Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/13/2021 - 02:58
Question:
O:8:"stdClass":2:{s:8:"question";s:111:"Mr. Young ______ in charge of contracting services and managing the purchase of supplies for quite a few years.";s:7:"choices";a:4:{i:0;s:9:"was being";i:1;s:8:"is being";i:2;s:8:"has been";i:3;s:14:"will have been";}}
Answer:
c
TOEIC Reading 5 Category:
content access:
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answer explanation:
<p>The correct answer is (C) has been.<br></p>This is because the sentence is talking about Mr. Young's role and responsibilities in the present time, indicating that he has been in charge for a certain period of time leading up to the present. The present perfect tense, formed with "has been," is used to describe an action or situation that started in the past and continues up to the present. In this case, Mr. Young's role as being in charge of contracting services and managing the purchase of supplies started in the past and is still ongoing.
lesson_link:
toeic-reading/perfect-tenses