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What is the tense of the verb in the following sentence? i will have been here for over four hours by lunchtime.?

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it is present tense but it is referring to the future
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Answer:

The tense in the sentence is future perfect simple

Step-by-step explanation:

The structure that a future perfect simple sentence follows is subject + will + have + participle, this tense is used to talk about something that is supposed or expected to be done before a specific moment in time in the future. The sentence "I will have been here for over four hours by lunchtime" means that the subject will arrive 4 hours earlier to the place that the specific moment in the future they mention.

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