Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate option (4) as your answer.

By the winter of 2008, we shall be living in this house for twelve years.

  1. would be living

  2. should be living

  3. shall have been living

  4. No improvement
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C Correct answer
Explanation

We use the Future Perfect Continuous to show that something will continue up until a particular event or time in the future .Future Perfect Continuous emphasizes a duration of time before something in the future. 'Shall have been living' is the correct option because 'for' is used in the sentence and because of that we need to use future perfect continuous tense.

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