Question

Read the situation and frame meaningful sentences using the words in brackets.
When they left college, Mary and Sue started making films together. They still make films.
(make/ ten films together) They ______
(make/ films since they left college) _____
A)They made ten films together
They have been making films since they left college.
B)They have made ten films together.
They are making films since they left college.
C)They made ten films together.
They are making films since they left college.
D)They make ten films together.
They have made films since they left college.

Answer 1

Hint: We need to frame the sentences in such a form that they express the right meaning; The two girls have made films in the past and continue to make films in the present.

Complete step-by-step answer:

With the help of the hint, we can understand that the two girls have performed action ‘X’ in the past and are still performing it.
The first verb states an action that took place and finished in the past itself. They started making films when they left college, hence we will use the Simple past tense to show the correct sense of the sentence, that is; They made ten films together.
Now, the second action ‘they still make films’, states that they began making films in the past and continue to do so. Hence, we will use the Present perfect continuous tense, that is; They have been making films since they left college.
The correct answer is Option A.

Note: We always use the Present Perfect continuous verb for an action that began in the past and continued in the present.