Complete the following sentence with an appropriate tense form. This time…

Correct answer: will be lying

Explanation: Use the future continuous to say that an activity will be in progress at a particular time in the future.

Form: Subject + will + be + verb-ing

Example:

This time tomorrow, I will be lying on the beach.

• “am lying”: present continuous — describes current actions or definite arrangements, not an action in progress at a specific future time in this context.

• “will lie”: simple future — states that the action will occur, but doesn’t emphasize that it will be in progress at that future moment.

• “None of these”: incorrect because one of the choices correctly expresses an action in progress at a specified future time.

Note: The verb “lie” (to recline) is intransitive; its -ing form is “lying,” which is why “will be lying” is the correct continuous form here.