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 progressive

B.
past perfect progressive

C.
present perfect 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 progressive
 
 B.
past perfect progressive
 
 C.
present perfect progressive
 
 D.
past progressive

anonymous · Answer

had been writing is the underlined word

anonymous · Answer

hint: it is not present tense, so you can rule out a) and c)