Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:
She_________in Mumbai by the end of the year.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → will be living
Future continuous tense:
- The future continuous (will be + -ing) describes an action or state that will be going on at a certain time in the future.
- Clue words: "by the end of the year" points to a future time.
- This sentence: at the end of the year her life in Mumbai will be in progress, so "will be living" is needed. It is the only future form among the options.
- Complete sentence: She will be living in Mumbai by the end of the year.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: lives — Incorrect. The simple present states a present fact or habit. It does not point to the end of the year.
Option 2: has been living — Incorrect. The present perfect continuous describes something that started in the past and goes on now (with since/for), not a future time.
Option 4: is living — Incorrect. The present continuous describes what is happening now. "By the end of the year" needs a future form.
Contrast: will be + -ing = an action in progress at a future time. Will have + past participle = an action finished before a future time.