Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
If you ____ your book, you will have a long holiday.

• A. finish
• B. will finish
• C. are going to finish
• D. finished

Answer 1

The correct option is A finish

The given statement is in the form of the first conditional. A first conditional talks about something that might happen in the future. Its structure is:

if + simple present verb,... will + infinitive

As we can see from the above structure, the blank must contain a simple present verb.

Option A is correct. 'finish' is a verb in the simple present tense. Thus, it fits in the given structure and is the correct answer.

Option B is incorrect. 'will finish' is in the simple future tense and not simple present tense. Thus, it does not fit in the structure.

Option C is incorrect. 'are going to finish' is in the present continuous tense and not simple present tense. Thus, it does not fit in the structure.

Option D is incorrect. 'finished' is in the simple past tense and not simple present tense. Thus, it does not fit in the structure.