By the end of next month, the workers ___ the whole novel.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. will have read
- Step 1: An action that will be complete before a future time uses the future perfect.
- Step 2: The marker "by the end of next month" calls for "will have read".
Answer
will have read.
Why not the others: will read, have read and would have read do not fit here.
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