Question

Choose the most appropriate tense
Raja ............. in his house since 2010.
(Was living, is living ,will be living, has been living)

Answer 1

Raja has been living in his house since 2010.

Explanation:

• Has, have, has, are helping verbs that are added before a noun.

• Have is used for the pronouns and plural nouns.

• Whereas Has is used for the third singular person.

• Had is used in the past tense to show the completeness of action.

• Been is added with the three of them i.e.has, had, have, to show the continuity of action.

Answer 2

Raja has been living in his house since 2010.

Explanation:

• The correct tense to be used in the above sentence will be 'has been living'.
• 'Has been living' is the present perfect continuous tense.
• Present perfect continuous tense denotes the action which has started sometime in the past and has been continuing in the present.
• The action of living in the house has been started in 2010 and it has been continuing in the present.

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