JAMB - English Language (2018 - No. 46)
Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap. By the time the plane reaches Harare, it __________in the air for twelve hours
has been
would be
would have been
should be
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'By the time' is an adverb of time that can be used in the present, past and future tense. The question is, however, in the present tense which will be needing a present perfect tense to complete the sentence.