Which is the tense of the underlined verb?

My dad has been planning another trip to Massachusetts.

A.
past progressive

B.
past perfect progressive

C.
present progressive

D.
present perfect progressive

Question

Which is the tense of the underlined verb? 

My dad has been planning another trip to Massachusetts.
	
	
 
A.
	past progressive
	
 
B.
	past perfect progressive
	
 
C.
	present progressive
	
 
D.
	present perfect progressive

anonymous · Answer

past progressive?

has been playing

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anonymous · Answer

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whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

Please do not give out direct answers, as doing so is against the Code of Conduct.

anonymous · Answer

Alright I'm sorry.

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

It's okay, just try not to do so again. :p
Can you explain your answer?

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

...Guess not...
Well, "has been" implies that this has occurred in the past, and "planning" is a progressive verb, which, in turn makes this sentence be in the past progressive tense.
Does that make sense?

anonymous · Answer

so it is past progressive

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

Yes, but do you understand why?

anonymous · Answer

yep

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

Okay, good. ^.^

anonymous · Answer

but could it be past perfect progressive

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

It can't be a perfect tense because the action is in progress, it hasn't been completed.

anonymous · Answer

Which is the tense of the underlined verb? 

The cat was sitting on the gate when the workers came to put up the new fence.
	
	
 
A.
	past perfect progressive
	
 
B.
	present progressive
	
 
C.
	past progressive
	
 
D.
	present perfect progressive

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

Well, we have a past tense, a completed action, and a progressive action.

anonymous · Answer

was sitting is a past perfect progressive right?

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

Yes.

anonymous · Answer

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.
	present progressive
	
 
C.
	past progressive
	
 
D.
	past perfect progressive 

had been writing
c?

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

ok so i have 5 minutes to finish  15 questions or i fail this class cause it has to be submitted and its a big percent of my grade cause its kinda like a report almost... can i post my questions eally quickly and u answer them and then we can go over concepts after im done

anonymous · Answer

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