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

Question

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

conqueror · Answer

Any ideas ?

conqueror · Answer

And what's the underlined verb ?

anonymous · Answer

had been writing

anonymous · Answer

plz help me

cakemeister · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

past progressive

cakemeister · Answer

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

cakemeister · Answer

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