A : 会議は何時ごろ終わりますか?
B : もうしばらく____はずですが。1.終わり 2.終わる 3.終わった 4.終わらない
I've been pondering why the answer has to be 4.
Can anyone explain it to me please?
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B : もうしばらく____はずですが。1.終わり 2.終わる 3.終わった 4.終わらない
I've been pondering why the answer has to be 4.
Can anyone explain it to me please?
The correct answer should be #4 終わらない because しばらく means "for a while" and not "in a while / after a while" or "a while ago".
もうしばらく終わらないはずですが。
lit. I think it won't finish for a little while more."
→ "I think it will continue for a little while more."
To use #1, #2 and #3, you'd need to change the sentence this way:
1 → もうしばらくで終わりのはずですが。(adding の since 終わり is a noun form)
"I think it will finish in a little while more. / soon."
2 → もう しばらくで終わる / しばらくすれば終わる はずですが。
"I think it will finish in a little while more. / soon."
3 → もうしばらく前に終わったはずですが。
"I think it already finished a while ago." (The もう here means "already".)