Question

Complete the sentence using the appropriate option:
A: The ceiling in this room doesn’t look safe, does it?
B: No, it looks as if ___________ down (it/fall)
(a)It is going to fall
(b)It will have fallen
(c)It’s falling
(d)It’d fall

Answer 1

Hint: Upon reading sentence(A) we can say that it is a question directed towards someone of which sentence (B) is the reply. Determine what the question asks and then go through the options and select the one which answers the question whilst agreeing with the tense of the sentence(B).

Complete answer: Present continuous tense talks about an action that is going on while the speaker is speaking. Present continuous tense follows is/ are + verb+ ing. Now, let us go through the options and analyze :
Option A: ‘It is going to fall’ is in the present continuous tense because the structure of the verb is ‘is + verb + ing’
For Example, I am going to eat ice cream now
Option B: ‘It will have fallen’ is a form of the future perfect tense, because the structure of the verb is ‘will/ shall + have + Past participle.
For example, I will have reached the function hall by now.
Option C: ‘It’s falling’ indicates to us that the action is happening, but the speaker wants to say that action will happen in the future.
For example: Go! Catch hold of that cupboard, it’s falling!
Option D: ‘It’d fall’ is indicating to us that the action may or may not happen because of the word ‘would’, but the speaker wants to convey that the action would definitely happen in the near future.
For example, The books on the shelf would fall if they are not kept in order.

Note: Present continuous tense talks about an action that is going on while the speaker is speaking. For eg: She is presenting a presentation on the factors affecting demand. (Here, ‘is presenting’ helps us find out the tense of the verb i.e. present continuous. Whereas present perfect continuous refers to an act which began long back and is still continuing. For eg: I have been studying for my exams for 10 days.