Question

Choose the correct verb from those in brackets:

6. He --------------- a mill in this town. ( have; has; is having).

7. He --------------- here for the last five years. (worked; is working; has been working).

8. He thanked me for what I ------------. (have done; had done; have been doing).

9. I -------------- a strange noise.(hear; am hearing; have been hearing).

10. I ------------------ him for a long time. (know; have known; am knowing)

Answer 1

6) has

7) has been working

8) had done

9) am hearing

10) have known

6) He has a mill in his town.

• It is simple present tense.
• It indicates possession. It means 'to own, possess or contain'.
• Has is used before he, she or it. Hence, has can be used before he.

7) He has been working here for the last five years.

• It is a present continuous tense
• It indicates he started the work in the past and still doing the work in the present.
• Has is used before he, she or it. Hence has can be used before he.

8) He thanked me for what I had done.

• It is past perfect tense.
• It indicates something happened in the past where another action also happened in the past.
• Hence, here had done is used.

9) I am hearing a strange noise.

• It is present continuous tense.
• It indicates,now, here, where I am at this moment, I am hearing a strange noise.

10) I have known him for a long time.

• It is present perfect tense.
• It indicates things that are true and present now.
• Have is used before I.
• Hence, have known is used here.