Question

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option to complete the sentence:

I ___________ (read) the book you lent me, so you can have it back now.

• A. have been reading
• B. have read
• C. am reading
• D. will read

Answer 1

The correct option is B have read

The present perfect is a verb tense which is used to show that an action has taken place once or many times before now, or has just happened. Here, it's reading a book. The present perfect is formed using has/have + past participle, here, "have read". Hence, Option B is correct.

The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule.

Options A and B state continuous actions in the present, and D states an action that is yet to happen. Hence these options are incorrect.