Question

my father _
the shed since 8 o'clock in the morning.
(1) Had been cleaning
(III) Cleaned
(II) Has been cleaning
(IV) Is cleaning
Kement antionet fill in the blanket complete the von Date​

Answer 1

Answer:

My father ___ the shed since 8 o'clock in the morning.

• For the blank space the right option is 'has been cleaning'.

• 'My father has been cleaning the shed since 8 o'clock in the morning' it is an example of Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

• Structure of Present Perfect Continuous Tense: Subject + auxiliary verbs ( has been and have been ) + main verb + ing + since or for ( for is used for period of time and since is used for point of time ) + object.

• My father is third person singular number that is why 'has been' has been used.

• Example : Have buses been playing here for five days? It is an Interrogative sentence of present perfect sentence.

Answer 2

My father has been cleaning the shed since 8 o'clock in the morning.

Option (II) is correct.

Explanation:

• This sentence is an example of present perfect continuous tense.
• It shows that something started in the past and is continues in the present time.
• The sentence structure of the present continuous tense is  
• Subject + has/have been + 1st form of verb + ing + object