Question

Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous 1. I … for you all day. Where have you been? a) was looking b) have looked c) looked d) have been looking

Answer 1

1. I … for you all day. Where have you been? d) have been looking

Answer 2

The correct answer is d) have been looking.

The sentence "I have been looking for you all day. Where have you been?" indicates an ongoing action in the past with a connection to the present. The present perfect continuous tense is used to express an action that started in the past and is still happening at the time of speaking. In this case, the speaker has been searching for the person all day, and the action is still ongoing.

Option a) "was looking" uses the past continuous tense, which indicates a past action that was happening at a specific point in time but does not convey the ongoing nature of the search.

Option b) "have looked" uses the present perfect tense, which is not suitable in this context because it does not convey the ongoing nature of the search. The speaker wants to emphasize the continuous action of looking.

Option c) "looked" uses the past simple tense, which implies that the action is completed and not ongoing. It doesn't convey the continuous effort of looking throughout the day.

Therefore, option d) "have been looking" is the correct choice to convey the intended meaning of the sentence.