13. She
in the house since 1980
a) will be living
b) has been living
c) will live
d) has lived
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Answer:
has been living
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Answer:
She ( has been living) in the house since 1980.
Explanation:
•To indicate the moment at which an event has occurred, tenses are utilised. Tenses are the different ways that verbs can be altered to represent time. The tenses can be categorised as follows:
1. Events that have already occurred are described in the past tense.
2. Things that are currently occurring are described in the present tense,
3. The future tense speaks of events that are yet to take place.
•Additionally, there are four features connected to each of these tenses. An aspect in this context relates to the type of activity that the verb is performing. These include:
1. Simple
2. Continuous
3. Pefect
4. Perfect continuous
•In the given sentence, She ( has been living) in the house since 1980, present continuous tense is used. The present perfect continuous tense is used to
shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time.
The present perfect continuous is formed using the construction has/have been + the present participle (root + -ing).