Question

lama had been doing penance for ages in a cave identify the tense

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Answer 1

Answer:

Past Perfect Continuous.

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Answer 2

The tense in 'Lama had been doing penance for ages in a cave.' is past perfect continuous tense.

• The past perfect continuous tense is used to depict an action that started in the past and is still going on and ended before another action started in the past.
• The structure of past continuous tense is had + been + V1 + ing.
• In the given sentence, Lama had been doing penance for ages in a cave shows the action that started in the past and ended in the past.
• The structure in the given sentence is S+ had + been + V1 + ing +O.
• The past perfect continuous tense usually recounts the story or action that happens in the past.

Hence, the tense in 'Lama had been doing penance for ages in a cave.' is past perfect continuous tense.