Question

(Directions) (Q. Nos. 126 - 130) : In these questions, look at the underlined part of the given sentence, below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If any of substitutions; (A), (B) or (C) is better than the underlined part, choose that substitution as your response. If more than one the substitutions improve the sentence, choose (D). If none of the suggestions improve the sentence choose (E). The poor villagers have waited in the bitter cold for more than four hours now.

• A. had been waited
• B. has been waiting
• C. have been waiting
• D. More than one of the above
• E. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

The given sentence shows the period of time and shaped in present perfect continuous tense, so it will take helping verb have been + ing. Hence, option (c) is correct