Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate words
We _____ have our supper when our mother ____ from the market.
a) shall/comes
b) -/come
c) -/will come
d) shan’t/come
e) shall/come

Answer 1

Hint: Go through all the options carefully and apply each of them to the sentence to see if the sentence sounds grammatically correct. The two tenses must be consistent so be careful with the application. The mother has gone to the market and is yet to come back. Thus, the children shall be having supper only after she comes back.

Complete answer:
 Option a is the correct answer since it is correct in all aspects. We shall have our supper- so they have not eaten their supper yet. Why haven’t they had their supper? Because their mother is in the market and they shall eat it when she comes back. The usage of a plural verb (comes) with a singular noun is also correct.
Option b is wrong because the author is not talking about every day, he is talking about a particular day. Not using a verb in the first blank makes it look like something which happens every day. Using “come” with a singular noun (mother) is wrong.
Option c is wrong because, as explained above, the first blank needs a verb
Option d is wrong because using a negative word in the first blank makes the sentence wrong. Also, the usage of “come” (singular) with a singular noun is wrong.
Option e is wrong because of the usage of a singular verb (come) with a singular noun (mother) is wrong.

Note:
Do not always focus on making the tense of a sentence correct. There is a lot more to English grammar than just tenses. If the usage of singular-plural is wrong, the sentence becomes wrong. That is why it is always helpful to place the words in the given sentence and carefully read them.