Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

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

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.

@anitha

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

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

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

Had been might be right "have been" conveys that they are still friends but not as close as they must be.

In a sentence we cannot use peresent perfect (have been) with past tense (quarreled). In this sentence quarreled shows past and with past we always use past perfect. Its a grammer rule.

@jyothi:smart answer

Wa have to use 'had been' because they are no more friends now. Its past.

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