Choose the option which best replaces the underlined phrase. When Dr. Sapra came to the school in 1995, Dr. Anand had already been teaching there since five years.

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Choose the option which best replaces the underlined phrase. When Dr. Sapra came to the school in 1995, Dr. Anand had already been teaching there since five years. Option 1: have already been teaching there for five years Option 2: had already been teaching there for five years Option 3: has already been teaching there since five years Option 4: No improvement

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The option which best replaces the underlined phrase "had already been teaching there since five years" is had already been teaching there for five years. This is the correct option because: 1. It maintains the past perfect continuous tense ("had been teaching") which properly indicates an action that began in the past and continued up to another point in the past 2. It correctly replaces the preposition "since" with "for" when referring to a duration of time (five years) The original sentence uses "since" incorrectly, as "since" should be used with a specific point in time (e.g., "since 1990"), while "for" is the appropriate preposition to use with a period or duration of time. Hence, the correct answer is Option 2.

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