Question

Choose the correct option to correct the given sentence.
I am working here from 2008.
A. Have been working here since
B. Have worked here from
C. Have been working here from
D. No improvement

Answer 1

Hint: Try to think about the tense of the given sentence, and also see if the correct tense is mentioned in any of the given options. Ensure that you are aware of the usage of ‘from’ and ‘since’.

Complete answer:
Now let us analyze the given options:
A) Option A: ‘Have been working here since’ this sentence is in present perfect continuous tense because the structure of a present perfect continuous tense is ‘have/ has + been + verb + ing’. This tense is used when we want to talk about an event which has begun in the past but the effect of it can still be felt. For example, here the narrator wants to say that she has begun working in the past i.e. 2008 and is still working. Hence, the correct form of the sentence must be ‘I have been working here since 2008.
B) Option B: ‘Have worked here from’ would give a different meaning because it is in present perfect form. The structure of a present perfect tense is ‘have + past participle’. It is used to talk about events which have begun in the past and have ended recently. But using this would be wrong because the narrator is still working in the company. Hence, this is an incorrect answer.
C) Option C: ‘Have been working here from’, here ‘from’ just states the starting point of the action, but it doesn’t talk about the end of time/ continuation of the time, hence, it would be incorrect to choose this option.
D) Option D: There is improvement needed in this question and that improvement is mentioned in Option A. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: It is very essential for everyone to be through with the tenses, because it plays a very crucial part here. Ensure that you are aware of the usage of the tenses along with the sentence structure.