Question

Choose the option that fills in the blank with the most appropriate verb form:
By this time tomorrow, we __________ Edward.

• A. met
• B. had met
• C. have met
• D. will have met

Answer 1

The correct option is D will have met

Here, 'will have met' in Future Perfect Tense is correct because it is used to indicate an action that will be complete before another event takes place. Here, 'by this time tomorrow...' indicates an action that will be complete before another event takes place.
'Met' in simple past is incorrect because it indicates an action that has already been completed.
'Had met' in past perfect is incorrect because it is used to indicate a completed action of the past that happened before another event took place.
'Have met' in present perfect is incorrect because it is used to indicate an action which started in the past and has continued up untill now.