Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs from the given options.

They ____________ in New York for ten years now.

  1. have been living

  2. had lived

  3. are living

  4. lived

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A Correct answer
Explanation

The tense of the sentence is Present Perfect Tense as it indicates an action that began in the past and is still going on. The subject of the sentence is third person plural. Here 'have been' and-ing form of the verb is to be used. Hence 'have been living' is the correct option.