Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
I wonder whether he ________ if nothing unexpected ________ him.
a) comes/detains
b) will come/detain
c) comes/will detain
d) will come/will detain
e) will come/detains

Answer 1

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

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options contain the future tense of come for a singular noun and the simple present tense form of detain for a singular noun.
The first blank needs a future tense form of come as an imaginary situation in the future is being described by the use of ‘wonder’. It should be for a singular noun as ‘he’ is singular.
The second blank needs the simple present tense form of detain as the condition is being discussed of him being able to come.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'comes/detains’, is incorrect as ‘comes’ is not in the future tense.
Option (b.), ‘will come/detain', is incorrect as ‘detain’ is used for a plural noun.
Option (c.), ‘comes/will detain', is incorrect as ‘will detain’ is in future tense and ‘comes’ is in the present tense.
Option (d.), ‘will come/will detain', is incorrect as ‘will detain’ is in the future tense.
Option (e.), ‘will come/detains', is correct as both the words are in the correct forms as discussed above.

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.