Question

Fill in the blanks from the options given below:

Kevin ____________ (look) for a job __________ he left school.

• A. have been looking ; since
• B. has looked ; for
• C. have been looking ; for
• D. has been looking ; since

Answer 1

The correct option is D has been looking ; since

The present perfect continuous tense (also known as the present perfect progressive tense) shows that something started in the past and is continuing to the present time. Here the action of looking for a job is continuing to the present. The present perfect continuous for singular subject is formed using the construction has been + the present participle (root + -ing). 'Since' is a preposition that indicates the point of time from which something begins, here, 'leaving school', whereas 'for' indicates duration of time. Hence, Option D is correct.

The rest of the options do not express this condition. Option B mentions actions that have just completed.

(Options B and C) 'For' does not indicate a particular point in time 'leaving school' but 'since' does.

(Options A and C) 'Have' is a plural verb that follows a plural subject, whereas the subject here 'Kevin' is singular.

Hence these options are incorrect.