Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word.
They _____ dinner at this time tomorrow.
Have
A) Are having
B) Will being have
C) Having had
D) Will be having

Answer 1

Hint:
- Prepositions show how other words in a sentence are related. Many prepositions indicate the location of something or the time it occurred.
- Since most prepositions have several meanings, their interpretation varies greatly depending on the context. It is not a grammatical mistake to end a sentence with a preposition.

Complete answer:
Here, A sentence is given with a blank which is in future tense. So, we have to fill in the blanks considering the tense of the sentence. First let’s understand what future tense is -

A future tense is a verb form that indicates that the event indicated by the verb has not yet occurred but will do so in the future. The French aimera, which comes from the verb aimer and means "will love," is an example of a future tense form.
Structure of future tense: subject + shall/will + have + verb in the past participle.

Let’s evaluate the options now:
Option A) have: This is because ‘have’ is an action that is occurring in the present situation which is not applicable to the given question as the question involves an action that is to occur in the future-tomorrow. ‘Have’ can be used as a simple present tense. Example- They have dinner.
Hence, this option is incorrect.

Option B) are having: This option is incorrect. This is because ‘are having’ is an action that is occurring in the present situation which is not applicable to the given question as the question involves an action that is to occur in the future-tomorrow. ‘are having’ can be used as a simple present tense. Example- They are having dinner now. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Option C) will being have: The statement ‘They will being have dinner at this time tomorrow’ is grammatically incorrect. The term ‘being’ cannot be used to express the action that is going to occur in the statement. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Option D) having had: This is because ‘having had’ is an action that has occurred in the past which is not applicable to the given question as the question involves an action that is to occur in the future-tomorrow. ‘Having had’ can be used as a past tense. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Option E) will be having: This is because ‘will be having’ is an action that will be occurring in the future- that is tomorrow which is apt to the given question as the question involves an action that is to occur in the future-tomorrow. Hence, this option is correct.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘E’. Then the sentence would be like ‘They will be having dinner at this time tomorrow’.

Note:
- The tenses refer to the time frame or the happening of the sentence. To know which tense suits the best in a particular sentence, the happening of the situation is to be taken into consideration.
- The use of words like tomorrow, yesterday or since could be used to know the time frame of a sentence and know which sentence must be used.
- Future tenses are divided into four categories: future simple, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous.