Question

Everybody will be at office at about 8:30 as the meeting___ (start) at nine o'clock​

Answer 1

Answer:

will be starting

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Answer 2

Concept:

To answer this question, we first recall the definition of parts of speech and tenses like past tense, present and future tense.

Parts of speech is the class of words(adjective, noun, verb, adverbs, pronouns) which are distinguished by the kind of idea and functions they perform in sentences.

Given:

We are given a sentence with a blank which is to be filled by the appropriate version of the word start, given in the bracket

Find:

We are asked to fill in the blank with the appropriate version of the word given.

Solution:

The sentence tells us that the meeting has not yet started, it will be starting at nine o'clock.

Hence,

Everybody will be at the office at about 8:30 as the meeting will be starting at nine o'clock.

As the meeting will happen in the future tense, the blank will be filled with will be starting.