Question

Choose appropriate verb to fill in the blank:

There's no need to be afraid of the dog. It ____________(hurt) you.

• A. haven't hurt
• B. is not hurting
• C. did not hurt
• D. won't hurt

Answer 1

The correct option is D won't hurt

The simple future is a verb tense that’s used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet, here, hurting. 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 negative is will + not + [root form of verb], that is, will not hurt, or, won't hurt. Hence, Option D is correct.

The rest of the options do not express this condition. They either mention actions that have already happened (options A and C) or continuous actions that are happening in the present (option B).

Hence these options are incorrect.