Choose the correct tense:
By next year, she ________________ completed her research.
Identifying Future Perfect Tense
The phrase "By next year" signals a specific point in the future by which an action will be completed.
Tenses used to describe actions completed before a specific future time require the future perfect tense.
The structure for the future perfect tense is:
- Subject + $will have$ + Past Participle
Applying this structure to the sentence:
- Subject: $she$
- Past Participle: $completed$
- Required verb phrase: $will have$
Thus, the correct sentence is: "By next year, she will have completed her research."
Reasoning against other options:
- $will be$ (Option 1) forms the future continuous tense, indicating an ongoing action, not a completed one.
- $has$ (Option 2) is used for the present perfect tense, which relates to the present, not a future completion point.
- $had$ (Option 4) is used for the past perfect tense, referring to a time before another past event, which is irrelevant here.
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