Question

Raj and his family______ here since May 1980.
a) is living.
b) have been living.
c) are living
d) has been living.

Answer 1

Answer:

have been living ar thete 1980

Answer 2

Answer:

Raj and his family have been living here since May 1980.

Explanation:

The  answer is highlighted in the bold.

• The tense used here is present perfect continuous tense.

Have been teaching is used as present perfect  continuous tense here in the sentence.Present Perfect Continuous Tense is the tense which expresses the  time period of the ongoing activity . It states the connection between present and past event that still goes on.

Usage of Present perfect continuous tense.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense define the time frame of happening of a particular  verb how long it continues. Present participle form of the verb is used along with has been or have been.

Have been is used with I and they (plural) . While has been is used with singular third person verb like He/She/It.