Question

Choose a suitable option to complete the given statement:

The phone rings and you answer. Somebody wants to speak to Jim.
CALLER: Hello. Can I speak to Jim, please?
YOU: Just a moment. ____________ him. (I/get)

• A. I've got
• B. I'd get
• C. I'll get
• D. I'd got

Answer 1

The correct option is C I'll get

The simple future is a verb tense that’s used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet, here, getting Jim. We use the simple future to talk about an action or condition that will begin and end in the future. The formula for the simple future is will + [root form of verb], that is, I (subject) will get, or, I'll get. Hence, Option C is correct.

The rest of the options do not express this condition. They either mention actions that have already happened (options A 'have got' and D 'had got') or actions that are hypothetical/unreal (option B 'would get').

Hence these options are incorrect.