Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Can anyone tell ntext we use "have been " and in which context we use "had been" ?

We can use "have been" when we replace quarreled by quarrel. So the answer" c " might be correct. Now the sentence is in present.

@anitha

Then with present we have to use present perfect. Am I right ?

Have/has been used to show that some work has started in past and is going on in present and will continue for some time in future like " I have been working in IBM since June 9,2011."

Had been is also used in the same sense but just to indicate past,or we can say for past we use past perfact here that has been shown by the quarreled i.e. second form of verb. It gives the information about that some work started in past and ended in past. Or to more clearify we can say that when we wanna talk about past in past we use it.

" I have been doing this work, since I got in " Can anyone tell if this sentence is wrong ? .

@DEJI

No this sentence is right bcoz u r still doing that work until u got.. So it's continue past tense so it is right to put have instead of had....

We can also say the answer is "C"

"They have been very close friends until they quarrell."

For this type of questions always try to guess which comes first and later. I mean the sequence the first takes the past participle and the second takes the simple past just like

"As soon as I left for the railway station, the train had left."

What is the wrong in " have been"? plz explain to me.

Why have been is wrong here, can any one explain me?

And.

I have been doing this work, since I got in. It is correct or not?