Question

Identify the tense:- I had been completing my book since last night ​

Answer 1

Answer:

present perfect continous

Answer 2

The tense of the given sentence is past perfect continuous tense.

• There are different types of divisions of the past tense itself.
• We can identify the type of past tense of a sentence by analysing the grammatical pattern of the given sentence.
• The grammatical pattern of the given sentence is : Subject + had been + main verb with "ing" + Object.
• This same pattern follows in the past perfect continuous tense.
• That's why, we can consider the tense of the given sentence as past perfect continuous tense.