Correction verb

I'm a native speaker and only c. sounds right. The future perfect is rarely seen in English, but this appears to be one of its applications. a., b., and d. don't sound right. My reasoning here is that Harlon will be moving to Japan sometime in the future - this is an implied future situation, although the tense in the sentence appears to be present - and sometime before the move he will have st

d is the correct answer.

I disagree with the idea that d. is correct. This is an implied future situation, and the word "before" denotes a completed action in future time. So this has to be future perfect, completed action in future time, c.

AnonymousI disagree with the idea that d. is correct.

Sorry, you are wrong.
The sentence concerns the future up to a certain time. The instruction is to choose the best answer. And as a rule, the best choice is the simplest grammar that correctly

Everyone would agree that a. and b. can't be right (they don't sound right). So that leaves c. and d. To my native ears, d. just does not sound right. There is something wrong with it - grammatically you can perhaps make a case for it; but this is not good English. Native speakers do not speak like this. c. is a little long-winded - that's the future perfect for you - but it sounds right to m

Do you know if Harlon will be studying Japanese before moving to Japan?

I vote for D, too. It is quite natural. It is a question about a future fact ('will' future) with heightened interest (hence the continuous).

Take another example. "I will freshen up before we leave for the party." This is what you'd normally hear. If you say, "I will be freshening up before we leave for the party.", that just doesn't sound right. Things are just not said this way in English. However, if you say, "I will have been freshening up before we leave for the party.", that's a little long-winded, as befits the future perfe

Anonymous"I will be freshening up before we leave for the party.", that just doesn't sound right. Things are just not said this way in English.

Yes, they are, and frequently. Yours is not a particularly good example, but we use it all the time when we are particularly interested in the event or action:

Will we be seeing you at the club this evenin