III Common III Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No Improvement. III End III She `ul("read that novel")` since she got up in the morning.

Options

A. No improvement
B. reads that novel
C. has been reading that novel
D. has read that novel

Answer

C

Explanation

The past perfect continuous tense (also known as the past perfect progressive tense) shows that an action that started in the past continued up until another time. The past perfect continuous tense is constructed using had been + the verb’s present participle (root + -ing). Hence, option C is the correct answer.