Question

What time _________ the train ___________ for Hyderabad?
Fill in the blanks using the most appropriate future tense forms.
A) shall, leave
B) will, leaving
C) is, going to leave
D) will, leave

Answer 1

Hint: Tense is a grammatical concept that indicates the passage of time. The employment of distinct forms of verbs, especially in their conjugation patterns, is a common way of expressing tenses. Past, present, and future are the three major tenses found in most languages.

Complete answer:
Although the words 'will' and 'shall' can be interchanged in the future tense, the conventional norm is that 'shall' is used with first person pronouns (i.e. I and we) and 'will' is used with second and third person forms (i.e. you, he, she, it, they).

Let us look at the given options:
A) shall, leave: This option is incorrect because we use ‘shall’ with first person forms and since train is a third person form, we will use ‘it’ for this.
B) will, leaving: This option is incorrect because the above sentence is in future tense and the blank should also be filled with future tense but ‘leaving’ is present continuous form.
C) is, going to leave: This choice is wrong since the above statement is in the future tense, and the blank should also be completed in the future tense, yet the word "leaving" is in the present continuous form and ‘is’ is also in present tense.
D) will, leave: Since ‘will’ is used with second and third person forms, the first blank will contain ‘will’ also the train is yet to leave so the sentence is in future tense and ‘leave’ here is in future tense. This is the correct option.

Thus, the correct answer is option D) will, leave.

Note: The future tense is a verb tense that is used to describe a future action or state of being. For instance, I will jump into the lake. It is a verb form that typically indicates that the event mentioned by the verb has not yet occurred, but will do so in the future. A verb's tense is determined by when the action occurred.