Choose the correct verb form to fill in the blank:
Amma will start frying the pakoras as soon as the guests from Indore ______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → arrive
Future in an “as soon as” part:
- After time words like as soon as, English uses the simple present for a future action, not “will”.
- The “will” stays in the main part.
- Clue word: “will start” in the main part shows the future.
- “As soon as” then takes “arrive”.
- Complete sentence: Amma will start frying the pakoras as soon as the guests from Indore arrive.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: will arrive — Incorrect.
- “Will arrive” is the simple future.
- The “as soon as” part does not take “will”, even for a future action.
- Example: The shop will open at ten tomorrow.
Option 2: would arrive — Incorrect.
- “Would arrive” shows a future seen from the past, after a past verb.
- The main verb here, “will start”, is in the future.
- Example: She said the parcel would arrive on Friday.
Option 3: arrived — Incorrect.
- “Arrived” is the simple past.
- It shows a past action.
- It does not go with the future “will start” in the main part.
- Example: The train reached Pune at noon yesterday.