Identify the sentence that is NOT an example of the present perfect continuous tense:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The low-lying roads near the creek have been flooded since Tuesday.
Present perfect in the passive:
- The present perfect continuous is has / have been + V-ing.
- In Option 1, “flooded” after “have been” is a past participle (V3), not an -ing verb.
- “Have been + V3” is the present perfect in the passive: the roads received the action.
- Example: The tickets have been booked for Sunday.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: It has been raining in Mumbai since Tuesday. — Incorrect.
- This is the present perfect continuous: has been + V-ing (“has been raining”).
- “Since Tuesday” shows the rain started then and is still going on.
Option 3: The fishermen have been staying away from the sea all week. — Incorrect.
- This is the present perfect continuous: have been + V-ing (“have been staying”).
- “All week” tells how long it has gone on.
Option 4: How long have you been waiting for the bus? — Incorrect.
- This is the present perfect continuous in a question: have + subject + been + V-ing (“have you been waiting”).
- The words change places, but the tense is the same.