Fill in the blank with an appropriate form of the verb given in the bracket.

We started waiting for the bus 20 minutes ago. We’re still waiting now.

We ______ (wait) for 20 minutes.

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have been waiting/ ‘ve been waiting

‘s been waiting/ has been waiting

‘re waiting/ are waiting

‘ve waited/ have waited

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The present perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that began in the past and is still ongoing in the present. The present perfect continuous tense emphasises the passage of time. We can deduct from the given question that Y and Z have been waiting for the bus for 20 minutes. They began the action of waiting here in the past, and it is still ongoing in the present.
‘Have been waiting/ ‘ve been waiting’ is the correct option because it is given in the present perfect continuous tense and it is used with plural nouns.

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