fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :

The guests ...... breakfast by the time the bus arrives.

  • A Are finishing
  • B Have finished
  • C Shall have finished
  • D Had finished
  • E Will have finished
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The correct answer is E. Will have finished

The correct option is Will have finished.

The phrase “will have finished” is used to express a future action that will be completed before some other action takes place.

So, the sentence should read: “The guests will have finished breakfast by the time the bus arrives.”

This means that the action of the guests finishing breakfast will be completed before the bus arrives.

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