Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose "No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
A large number of people have been get clean and pure water.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. have been getting.
Have been getting is the correct option.
The present perfect continuous tense, which expresses an activity that began in the past and is ongoing in the present, is properly expressed as "have been getting".
Compared to other options.
Been gets: The verb "gets" is in its base form and does not belong with "have been." For the structure "have been" to suggest ongoing action, the verb must be in present participle form.
Has been got: The word "got" does not belong in the present perfect continuous tense structure since it is the past tense of the verb "get". In English, "has been got" is not a proper tense construction.