The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.
Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
At 6 p.m. tomorrow, / I will have been studied / for five hours straight.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. I will have been studied
Error Concept: related to the wrong use of tense (Future Perfect Continuous).
What is wrong: The phrase “I will have been studied” is grammatically wrong. The subject “I” cannot be the object of the verb “studied.”
Grammar Concept: In Future Perfect Continuous Tense, the correct structure is: Subject + will have been + verb (ing form). Example: “I will have been studying.”
Incorrectness of the concept in context: The sentence is about an action (studying) that will continue until a certain future time. Using “studied” (V3) is incorrect here.
Correction: Replace “studied” with “studying.”
Corrected phrase: I will have been studying.
Final sentence: At 6 p.m. tomorrow, I will have been studying for five hours straight.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.