Complete the terrified lab assistant's final log entry by choosing the appropriate tenses.
I plan to trigger the emergency containment grid as soon as the mutant _________________________ up. However, looking at these wildly fluctuating vitals, I honestly don't know when that _________________________. I've already packed my bags and bribed a getaway driver; we _________________________ out the back door tonight, regardless of whether the lab is still standing.
The correct answers are wakes, will be, and are sneaking.
wakes: In subordinate time clauses (after as soon as, when, before), we use the present simple to express a future action.
will be: This is a classic C1 trap! Unlike time clauses, this is a noun clause acting as an indirect question (I don't know [when that will be]). Noun clauses retain the future will.
are sneaking: We use the present continuous for confirmed personal arrangements in the future. Bribing the driver and packing bags shows this is a fixed plan, not a general timetable.