Choose the correct verb form to fill in the blank:
At eleven tomorrow morning, our school bus ______ up the ghat road to Mahabaleshwar, so the teachers will serve breakfast before we leave.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → will be climbing
Future continuous tense:
- Its form is will be + V-ing.
- It shows an action that will be going on at a certain time in the future.
- Clue word: “At eleven tomorrow morning” names a future moment when the climb will be in progress.
- Complete sentence: At eleven tomorrow morning, our school bus will be climbing up the ghat road to Mahabaleshwar, so the teachers will serve breakfast before we leave.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: climbed — Incorrect.
- “Climbed” is the simple past.
- It shows a finished past action, but “tomorrow” is in the future.
- Example: We climbed the hill to the fort last winter.
Option 2: has climbed — Incorrect.
- “Has climbed” is the present perfect: has / have + past participle (V3).
- It joins a past action with now, not with a future time.
- Example: Our team has climbed to the top of the points table.
Option 4: had been climbing — Incorrect.
- “Had been climbing” is the past perfect continuous: had been + V-ing.
- It shows an action going on up to a past moment, not a future one.
- Example: The trekkers had been climbing for hours when it began to snow.