Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
Since 10 o’clock in the morning, he worked on this design.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDF- In the given sentence, the action started in the morning and it is still going on.
- So the sentence is in the present perfect continuous tense.
- We know that the structure of the present perfect continuous tense is:
- subject + has/have + been + verb + ing + since/for + object.
- Example: He has been playing in the garden for 2 hours.
- subject + has/have + been + verb + ing + since/for + object.
- Thus option 3 is the correct answer.
- We can use present perfect continuous tense for:
- to talk about a finished activity in the recent past. Using the present perfect continuous focuses on the activity.
- Example: I’ve just been cleaning the car. (The car is wet and clean.)
- for a single activity that began at a point in the past and is still continuing:
- Example: He’s been living in the village since 1995. (He is still living in the village.)
- to talk about repeated activities that started at a particular time in the past and are still continuing up until now:
- Example: I’ve been going to Spain on holiday every year since 1987.
- to talk about a finished activity in the recent past. Using the present perfect continuous focuses on the activity.
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