Identify the tense: "Sruthi had been waiting for you for two hours."

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A Past continuous
B Present perfect continuous
C Past perfect continuous
D Future continuous

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Answer: C. Past perfect continuous

The structure had + been + verb-ing (had been waiting) is the past perfect continuous tense. It shows an action that was going on up to a point in the past.

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Identify the tense: "Sruthi had been waiting for you for two hours."

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