Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable modal:
I ________ in London for eight years, and I don't want to move.

• A. live
• B. lived
• C. had lived
• D. have lived

Answer 1

The correct option is D have lived

Answer : D

Explanation:

To talk about something that happened at an indefinite time in the past or something that began in the past and continued until the present time, we use the Present Perfect Tense.

Here in the sentence, "I don't want to move" suggests that the speaker has been living in London for eight years.

To construct a sentence in the Present Perfect Tense, we use have+past participle form of the verb.

Thus, it should be have (because it is "I") and lived (past participle form of "live").

Therefore the correct complete sentence is:

I HAVE LIVED in London for eight years, and I don't want to move.