JIPMAT 2024
VA
Grammar
Medium
Choose the option which best replaces the underlined phrase in the following sentence. "In a few minutes' time, when the clock strikes six I would be waiting here for an hour".
Choose the option which best replaces the underlined phrase in the following sentence. "In a few minutes' time, when the clock strikes six I would be waiting here for an hour".
Correct Option: 2
- Shall be waiting on: Incorrect. The phrase adds an unnecessary preposition 'on' which does not fit with the context of simply waiting.
- Shall have been waiting: Correct. It correctly conveys that by the time specified, the action of waiting will have been ongoing, matching the future perfect continuous tense needed here.
- Shall wait: Incorrect. This suggests a future action that has not yet begun, rather than one that has been ongoing.
- No improvement: Incorrect. The original 'I would be waiting' does not accurately reflect the ongoing nature of the action up to a specific future point.
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