Question

What time ______ you _______ to Delhi today? Choose the most appropriate future tense to fill the blank.
A. Shall, go
B. Will, going
C. Is, going to go
D. Will, go

Answer 1

Hint: In English grammar, future tense is a type of verb or tense which generally describes some situation that has not happened yet and is expected to take place in the future. The use of auxiliary verbs like 'will' and 'shall' is very frequent to describe future occurrences. Here, we can see the use of Auxiliary verbs because in English language we do not have a future tense which is formed by verb inflection like we have for simple past or present and past participle tense.

Complete answer:
1. In order to find the correct pair among the given options, we need to go through all the options and see which of the following is grammatically correct in accordance to the given situation.
2. The first option given is 'shall, go'. The word 'shall' is basically used in old English writing style but in modern scenario it is used only with second persons when it implies command, threat or promise on behalf of the speaker of the sentence. Therefore, this word is not in accordance with the context of this statement and hence is incorrect.
3. The second option contains 'will, going'. Here, the use of will is fine and contextual but the continuous form of the verb 'go' does not fit right with the given scenario. Hence, this pair is also incorrect.
4. The third option 'is, going to go' is also incorrect as the use of 'is' in this context is improper as it is used with continuous forms of verbs. Therefore, this pair is also incorrect.
5. The fourth option that is 'will, go' seems to fit correctly in the given context. Here, as I have discussed earlier, 'will' is used in future tense and there is no such verb inflection for future tense therefore, 'go' in its original form is used here. Hence, this pair is the correct one.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘D’

Note: It is very important to understand the difference between the usage of 'will' and 'shall'. The former one is used to depict compulsion while the latter one is used when there is some mention of choices. Mainly in British English, when some interrogative questions are formed, then ‘shall’ is used still now, whose answers will be only ‘yes’ or ‘no’. But please note that in our question sentence, it is not the case.