Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
A: Would you like me to give Mike a message for you?
B: Oh, I don’t want to trouble you.
A: It’s no trouble, really. I ______ Mike tomorrow anyway.
A) am seeing
B) saw
C) have seen
D) would see

Answer 1

Hint: Every English verb has a form called the present participle, also known as the gerund. To create it, we use the verb's base form and add the suffix -ing. When two things happen at the same time, the present participle can be used. This is a very formal use of the present participle, and it is typically only found in written English.

Complete answer:
Here if you look at the question, two people A and B are talking about some situation and in the last dialogue we need to fill in the correct answer.
If you observe that, “I ______ Mike tomorrow anyway.” is a future tense sentence. Therefore, the rules for future tense will be applied.

Future tense - A verb tense that is used to describe a future activity (upcoming or going to take place in the future) or a future state of being. For instance: “I will feel miserable.”
In the given blank, we can notice that it is a future continuous tense. Hence, the structure of the sentence will be : SUbject + shall/will + be + verb + ing.

Let’s go through the options:
Option A) am seeing: This option is correct. In the above sentence the person is going to see mike tomorrow so we have to use the present continuous form of the verb. The word “Seeing” is a Present participle which can be used as a verb in continuous tense. So, Option A is correct.

Option B) saw: The word “Saw” is the past tense form of the verb see whereas in the above sentence the action of ‘seeing mike’ has not happened yet therefore past tense cannot be used. So, this option is incorrect.

Option C) have seen: This option is incorrect because “Have seen” is used in past tense to describe that the action has already taken place in the past. This does not match with the tense of the given sentence which should be in present continuous form.

Option D) would see: This option is incorrect because the word “Would” is the past tense form of the verb will. In the above sentence we have to use the present continuous tense of the verb ‘see’.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A) am seeing. “I am seeing Mike tomorrow anyway.”

Note: The present continuous, sometimes known as the present progressive, is a verb form that combines the present tense with the continuous aspect in modern English. The present continuous verb tense denotes that something is happening right now, on a regular basis, and may continue in the future.