Question

Use the most appropriate tense of the verb:

We always go to Ireland for our holidays. We ___________ (go) there for years.

• A. have gone
  
• B. have been going
  
• C. went
  
• D. are going
  

Answer 1

The correct option is B have been going

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 going to Ireland 'during the holidays' 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 happened (Options A and C), or is a continuous action in the present (Option D); hence they're incorrect.