My family _(18)_ Sebago Lake in Casco, Maine, every year. We _(19)_ each summer for eight years now. After this summer we _(20)_ for nine years straight. All of us _(21)_ life at the lake. We all _(22)_ to swim and canoe there. This year we _(23)_ our new kayak.
Go
Will have gone
Have been going
Went
My family has been going to Sebago Lake in Casco, Maine, every year. We have been going each summer for eight years now. After this summer we will have gone for nine years straight. All of us love life at the lake. We all love to swim and canoe there. This year we went with our new kayak.
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We have been going each summer for eight years now.
The correct answer is "Have been going."
To determine the correct verb tense, we need to consider the context and the time frame being referred to. Let's break it down:
- The sentence mentions that the family goes to Sebago Lake every year, which implies a repeated action in the present.
- The sentence also mentions that the family has been going for eight years, indicating a duration of time until the present.
Based on this information, the correct verb tense to fill in the blanks would be "have been going" (option C). This verb tense is used for actions that started in the past and continue up until the present.
So the complete sentence would be: "We have been going each summer for eight years now."