Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
He ___ here for the last five years.
A. Worked
B. Is working
C. Has been working
D. None of these

Answer 1

Hint:Ensure that you are aware of the structure of the tenses. ‘For the last five years’ is suggestive of the tense in which the sentence is framed. Observe it carefully, you will arrive at the answer.

Complete answer:
‘For the last five years’ is a part of the statement which tries to tell us that the person is working in the firm for five years and is still working in the firm. Which means that the activity of ‘working’ is still continuing. Therefore, the sentence is in ‘present perfect continuous tense.

Option A: ‘Worked’ is the past tense of work. But we need to fill up the blank with a present perfect continuous tense. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B: ‘Is working’ is indicative of a present continuous tense. But we need to fill up the blank with a present perfect continuous tense.. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option C: ‘Has been working’ is indicative of a present perfect continuous tense., because the structure of a past continuous tense is ‘Subject + has/ have + been+ verb + ing’ . Therefore, this is the correct option.

Option D: ‘None of these’ can’t be the answer, because we know that the answer is Option C.

Therefore the correct answer is Option C.

Note: It is very essential for us to know all the tenses and the structure of every tense so that it becomes easy for us to identify the tense. ‘Been’ is the past participle of the infinitive ‘be’, whereas the simple past is ‘was/ were’.