Discussion
In the sentence given below a part is underlined and for that part options are given. Choose the most suitable option that can replace the underlined part.
They are waiting for her since the afternoon.
Answer: C
It should read have been waiting.
Since the afternoon fixes a starting point, and an action continuing from a point in the past to now takes the present perfect continuous. The present continuous says nothing about when the waiting began.
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