Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb, adjective, adverb, preposition or conjunction.

They ___________ to play football since yesterday.

  1. wanted

  2. have been wanting

  3. want

  4. had wanted

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

It is a case of “present perfect continuous tense” besides being a case of “participle followed by an infinitive”. Hence, (2) is the correct answer.