Select the option that completes the sentence CORRECTLY. Next week I ________…

Concept

To talk about a plan or intention you already hold for the future, English uses the PRESENT SIMPLE of an intention verb such as "intend", followed by the to-infinitive: "intend to + base verb". The present-simple form carries the future meaning when a future time marker (here, "Next week") is present, so no separate future auxiliary is needed.

Application

The future time marker "Next week" sets the time, and the slot needs an intention verb that combines with "to visit". The natural, grammatical completion is the present simple "intend":

Next week I intend to visit my cousin.

Here "intend" states a present intention about a future visit, and "to visit" is the to-infinitive it governs.

Contrast

• "will intend" - pairing the future auxiliary with an intention verb is redundant and unidiomatic; an intention is held now, not formed later, so "will intend" is not used.

• "intending" - the bare -ing participle has no auxiliary (no form of "be"), so it cannot stand as the main verb of the clause and leaves the sentence without a finite verb.

• "intended" - this is past tense and clashes with the future marker "Next week", producing a tense mismatch.