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I ______for a house for two months ( search)​

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Answered by PADMINI
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I have been searching for a house for two months.

  • The given tense is present continuous tense. we need to correct the verb to present perfect continuous tense.

What is a Present perfect continuous tense?

  • Present perfect continuous tense describes an action that began in the past and continues at present.
  • It is also known as the present perfect progressive tense.

Structure of present perfect continuous tense:

Subject + has/have + been + 1st form of verb + ing + obj

Example: I have been waiting in the queue for 3 hours.

There are four present tenses:

1) Simple Present Tense: I go

2) Present Continuous Tense: I am going

3) Present Perfect Tense: I have gone.

4) Present Perfect Continuous Tense: I have been going

Answered by amikkr
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I __have been searching__for a house for two months (search)​.

  • In the given sentence, the past perfect continuous tense of the word 'search' is used to show the action performed by the doer in the past.
  • The past perfect continuous tense is used by adding "have been" with the past participle form of the verb (verb + 'ing').
  • The past perfect continuous tense which is also called the past perfect progressive tense, is used to imply the activity performed by the doer in the past and still continued to do the action in the past itself.

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