Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
The names of the merit holders __________ next week.
(a)Will be announced
(b)Is announced
(c)Have been announced
(d)Was announced

Hint: A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. Verb is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.

Complete answer: In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us is in future tense as the usage of ‘next week’ in the sentence indicates the action occurring in the future.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a), 'will be announced', refers to simple future tense.
Therefore, option (a) is correct as the answer is supposed to be in future tense as the usage of ‘next week’ in the sentence indicates the event in the future.

Option (b), ‘is announced', is incorrect as it is not in future tense, but in simple present tense.

Option (c), ‘have been announced', refers to present perfect tense.
Therefore, option (c) is incorrect as we need future tense.

Option (d), ’was announced', refers to simple past tense.
Therefore, option (d) is incorrect as we need future tense.

Note: In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of tense. Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. There are three tenses- past, present, and future.