Question

Select an appropriate option to complete the sentence:
Your friend is worried because she has lost an important letter.
YOU: Don't worry about the letter. I'm sure __________ it. (you/find)
FRIEND: I hope so.
a) you have found
b) you will find
c) you are finding
d) you will be finding

Answer 1

Hint: Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. There are three kinds of tense- past, present, and future.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to analyze which of the three tenses and their subtypes is to be used from the options.
In this case, a letter that is lost is being referred to in the question. However, the act of ‘finding’ the letter has not begun yet. Thus, it is to start in the future. Therefore, the tense to be used is the simple future tense.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'you have found', is using past perfect tense.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as the letter has not already been found, it is yet to be found.

Option (b.), ‘you will find', is using the simple future tense.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect.

Option (c.), ‘you are finding', is using the present tense.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as the task of finding the letter has not begun yet.

Option (d.), ‘you will be finding', is referring to a continuous action taking place in the future.
Therefore, option (d.) is thus incorrect.

Note: In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the forms of the future tense. There are four types of the future tense:
1) Future Progressive Tense.
2) Simple Future Tense.
3) Future Perfect Tense.
4) Future Perfect Progressive Tense.