Question

Complete the given statement using the appropriate option:

Hello, Tom. I _______ (look) for you all morning. Where have you been?

• A. had been looking
• B. have been looking
• C. have looked
• D. is looking

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

have been looking

The present perfect continuous tense (also known as the present perfect progressive tense) shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time. Here the action of 'looking' is continuing to the present. The present perfect continuous is formed using the construction has/have been + the present participle (root verb + -ing). Hence, Option B is correct.

The rest of the options either indicate that the action has already happened or had been happening (Option C, Option A), or has just started and is continuing in the present (Option D). Hence they're incorrect.