Present tenses are often used to tell stories. This usually happens in an informal style. In stories, the simple present tense is used for events that happen one after another. The present continuous tense is used for background actions.

Here is a list of all the active affirmative verb forms of the ordinary English verb work.

Simple present

I work; he/she/it works; they/we work; you work

A past tense in the main clause (principal clause) is usually followed by a past tense in the subordinate clause.

A future verb is necessary for future reference in subordinate clauses if the main verb does not refer to the future.

In subordinate clauses, present tenses are often used instead of will + infinitive to refer to the future. This usually happens in most subordinate clauses.

The basic meanings of the past perfect are ‘earlier past’ and ‘completed in the past’. A common use of the past perfect tense is to ‘go back’ when we are already talking about the past, so as to make it clear that something had already happened at the time we are talking about.

Make meaningful sentences in the present perfect continuous tense using the words given in each question.

1. We / since / live / 1990 / here.