Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
“I need to post these letters.”
“I ______ shopping soon. I ______ them for you.”
a) will go / will post
b) am going / will post
c) am going / am going post
d) go / am going post

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. The verb is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given question, the first blank requires present continuous tense as ‘shopping’ is a continuous activity as indicated by ing and ‘soon’ already indicates that this activity will take place in the future. In the second blank, future tense shall be used as ‘soon’ indicates that this activity will take place in the future.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'will go / will post', refers to ‘will go’ for the first blank which is in the future tense. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect.
Option (b.), ‘am going / will post', uses present continuous for the first blank and future tense for the second. Therefore, option (b.) is correct.
Option (c.), ‘am going / am going post', refers to ‘am going post’ which is grammatically incorrect as there is a need of the preposition ‘to’ before post to indicate purpose. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect.
Option (d.), ‘go / am going post', refers to ‘go’ for the first blank which is in simple present tense, and the second alternative is grammatically incorrect. Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect.

Note:
 In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of tense. Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. There are three tenses- past, present, and future.