Question

Ex 6. Underline the correct tense. 1. Next Monday, Amanda 1) will have been starting/ is starting work. She 2) is going to work/will work. She 2) is going to work/will work for large company in the city center. By the end of next week, she 3) will be finishing/will have finished her training. 2. My parents have been married for almost thirty years. In fact, this time next month, they 1) will be celebrating/will have been cele­brating their 30th wedding anniversary. They 2) will have been living/will be living in the same house for twenty-five years by next Thursday, and, by the time my father is sixty, he 3) will work/will have been work­ing for the same company for forty years.

Answer 1

1. Next Monday, Amanda 1) will have been starting/ is starting work. She 2) is going to work/will work. She 2) is going to work/will work for large company in the city center. By the end of next week, she 3) will be finishing/will have finished her training.
2. My parents have been married for almost thirty years. In fact, this time next month, they 1) will be celebrating/will have been cele­brating their 30th wedding anniversary. They 2) will have been living/will be living in the same house for twenty-five years by next Thursday, and, by the time my father is sixty, he 3) will work/will have been work­ing for the same company for forty years.

Answer 2

Here is a detailed breakdown of the correct tenses for each sentence in Exercise 6:

Sentence 1:

Next Monday, Amanda 1) will have been starting / is starting work. - The correct tense in this sentence is: will have been starting. - This tense indicates that Amanda will have already begun starting work by the time mentioned (Next Monday).

She 2) is going to work / will work. - The correct tense in this sentence is: is going to work. - This tense indicates Amanda's future plans to work.

She 3) is going to work / will work for a large company in the city center. - Both options are correct here, as they both indicate Amanda's future plans to work for a large company.

By the end of next week, she 4) will be finishing / will have finished her training. - The correct tense in this sentence is: will have finished. - This tense indicates that Amanda's training will be completed by the end of next week.

Sentence 2:

My parents have been married for almost thirty years. In fact, this time next month, they 1) will be celebrating / will have been celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. - The correct tense in this sentence is: will be celebrating. - This tense indicates that at the specific time mentioned (this time next month), they will be in the process of celebrating their anniversary.

They 2) will have been living / will be living in the same house for twenty-five years by next Thursday. - The correct tense in this sentence is: will have been living. - This tense indicates that by next Thursday, they will have already lived in the same house for twenty-five years.

By the time my father is sixty, he 3) will work / will have been working for the same company for forty years. - The correct tense in this sentence is: will have been working. - This tense indicates that by the time my father is sixty, he will have already worked for the same company for forty years.

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