Identify the type of present tense in the sentence:

It has been raining outside for 2 hours.

 

Present Perfect Continuous Tense is a tense which is used to indicate an action that began in the past and has lasted or continued until the present moment. It is Present perfect continuous tense because the sentence is of the form: Subject (It) followed by has followed by been followed by 1st form of a verb followed by -ing (has been raining).