Question

Fill the appropriate verb form from the given options:
Tom is on holiday and he is spending his money very quickly. If he continues like this,______(he/spend) all his money before the end of his holiday.
(a)He's spent
(b)He'd spend
(c)He'll have spent
(d)He spent

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence carefully. Try to make out the core meaning of it. Find out the subject, predicate, and object of the given sentence.

Complete answer:
 The given sentence has to be filled with the correct form of the words “he” and “spend”.
 The future perfect is a verb tense used for actions that will be completed before some other point in the future. It is for talking about an action that will be completed between now and some point in the future.
Here, the action of spending the money will be completed before a specific point at the end of the holiday. This is given in option ‘c' – He’ll have spent.
The rest of the options do not express this condition. They mention actions that have already happened (option D), actions that have just happened in the present (option A), or actions that are hypothetical (option B). So, we will eliminate all these options.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct option. Here, the correct form of the verb is – he’ll have spent. The complete sentence would be - Tom is on holiday and he is spending his money very quickly. If he continues like this, he’ll have spent all his money before the end of his holiday.
Hence, option ‘c’ is the correct option.

Note:
All the other options are plausible distractions. You must know the usage of all the verb forms, and tenses, to suit the given sentence.