Question

Choose the correct present perfect or present perfect continuous form of the verb from the given options.
Steven Spielberg is a film director. He _______ a lot of famous films.
A) Is making
B) Made
C) Has been making
D) Has made

Answer 1

Hint: Present perfect tense is a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present.

Complete answer:
In the given question as the given sentences are facts, thus the sentences will have information that is true and complete. Therefore, we will use the present perfect tense to fill in the blank.
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'Is making', describes the action in the sentence in the present continuous tense. Since the director is not making films at the moment, we cannot use 'is making' in this sentence.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect.
Option (b.), 'Made', uses the past form of the verb 'make'. Since the sentence is in the present perfect tense, we cannot use 'made' in this sentence.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect
Option (c.), 'Has been making', refers to the sentence in the present perfect continuous tense
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect.
Option (d.), ‘has made', is in present perfect tense and since the present perfect tense requires the verb to be in the past participle form, 'made' is correct.

Therefore, option (d.) is correct.

Note: In this question, you may be confused as option (d.) uses the present perfect tense which uses the past participle of ‘make’. If this is the case, keep in mind that the syntax of the present perfect tense always uses the past participle form of the second verb.