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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which is the tense of the underlined verb? She had been writing poetry but thought her ideas would work better as a novel. A. present perfect progressive B. past perfect progressive C. present progressive D. past progressive

OpenStudy (conqueror):

Any ideas ?

OpenStudy (conqueror):

And what's the underlined verb ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

had been writing

OpenStudy (anonymous):

plz help me

OpenStudy (cakemeister):

when you say you've already done something, when did you do it? Presently or was it in the past?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

past progressive

OpenStudy (cakemeister):

...not really because you would say "had been", it would be the past perfect progressive instead of simply past progressive.

OpenStudy (cakemeister):

past progressive means that it's still continuing. While past perfect progressive means that it is finished.

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