alleryPick the correct form: I ____ for this company for ten years now.
AWorked there a year ago
BHave been working
CWork there at the time
DWas working at one point
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Have been working
1. 'For ten years now' = a continuing period up to the present.
2. Present Perfect Continuous expresses this.
3. Form: have/has been + verb-ing.
4. Hence 'have been working' is correct.
_Source: SSC Stenographer Study Material, Chapter on Tenses (jkchrome.com, Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on Present Perfect Continuous_
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