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Read the sentence.
He had also been hoping to link his files to those of other scientists and engineers.
Which is the correct tense of the underlined verbs?
past progressive
past perfect progressive
past
O past perfect

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Answer:

past perfect progressive

Step-by-step explanation:

This tense is formed with the modal "HAD" plus "BEEN," plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending).

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Answer:

The correct answer is: past perfect progressive.

Step-by-step explanation:

He had also been hoping to link his files to those of other scientists and engineers.

The underlined tense is past perfect progressive. We use this verbal tense to describe an action that started in the past and continued to another moment in the past. This means that the duration of action continues but it stops before some other action in the past. We form this tense with had been + present participle of the main verb.

The sentence above shows us both the cause and effect of an action in the past. At some point in the past, the speaker was hoping to his files to the files of other scientists and engineers, which already have existed.

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