This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My parents had (quarrel) ..... 1 hour before my grandmother came back home A) Did quarrel. B) Been quarreling. C) Were quarreling. D) Had quarreling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been quarreling. 2. When you got sick, ..... enough? A) Had you been eating. B) You had been eating. C) You had eaten. D) Had you eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you been eating. 3. Everything was white because it had ..... snowing the whole day. A) BE. B) BEEN. C) WAS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BEEN. 4. Zoella ..... to find her mother for years but she failed. A) Had been tried. B) Had been trying. C) Had been triing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been trying. 5. Joshua ..... married twice before he met Carol. A) Had already been. B) Had already being been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already been. 6. James was on his hands and knees on the floor. He ..... for his contact lens. A) Was looking. B) Had been looking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was looking. 7. All the roads are flooded as it ..... non-stop for two days. A) Rained. B) Rains. C) Has been raining. D) Have been raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been raining. 8. .Last night I ..... in bed when I suddenly ..... a scream. (read, hear) A) Was reading-heard. B) Was reading-was hearing. C) Read-heard. D) Read-was hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading-heard. 9. ..... she ..... (to buy) clothes on internet? A) Has / been / buy. B) Has / being / buying. C) Has / been / buying. D) Have /been / buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has / been / buying. 10. Is this correct?I explained that the alarm had not go off. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 11. The man ..... (manage) to stay alive for 5 days before he was rescued. A) Had managed. B) Had been managing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had managed. 12. She ..... the dinner, so she decided to go have a rest for ten minutes. A) Had cooked already. B) Already had cooked. C) Had already cooked. D) Had already been cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already cooked. 13. Shelley ..... (never/play) golf in her life, but she realised she was very good at it. A) Never had played. B) Had never played. C) Never played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never played. 14. He ..... guitar when someone ..... the window and ..... out a bucket of water. (play, open, throw) A) Was playing-opened-threw. B) Was playing-was opening-was throwing. C) Played-opened-threw. D) Was playing-opened-throwed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing-opened-threw. 15. I have lived in Poland ..... 1990. A) For. B) Since. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 16. I ..... (drive) in the wrong direction for an hour before I noticed my mistake. A) Drove. B) Has been driving. C) Was driving. D) Had been driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been driving. 17. They hadn't been ..... the overall budget of the party last night. A) Been calculated. B) Calculating. C) Hadn't been calculating. D) Been calculating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calculating. 18. When they received the message, they ..... for half an hour. A) Had been studying. B) Had studied. C) Had study. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been studying. 19. What ..... they ..... that made you so mad?(PAST PERFECT) A) Have-doing. B) Had-did. C) Had-done. D) Has-done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had-done. 20. I did not go out last night because I ..... (work) all day. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) Had working. D) Has been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 21. "Had been studying" -is example of A) Past Perfect Continuous. B) Past continuous. C) Future Perfect. D) Present Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Continuous. 22. The designer ..... on the character models for months before the redesign. A) A) had been working. B) B) work. C) C) was worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been working. 23. If I ..... absent yesterday, I would have met him. A) Hadn't been. B) Hadn't been being. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been. 24. Which pronouns use "had been" ? A) I, you, we, they. B) He, she, it. C) All pronouns. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All pronouns. 25. He was punished, but he felt he ..... anything wrong. A) Hasn't done. B) Hadn't done. C) Hadn't been doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't done. 26. She realized she ..... the same level multiple times before finding the secret path. A) A) had played. B) B) plays. C) C) was played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had played. 27. Before we arrived at the expo, the presentation ..... A) A) had started. B) B) starts. C) C) start. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had started. 28. Before the firefighters saved the frightened kitten, they ..... bring a long ladder. A) Had had to. B) Had been having to. C) Had to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had had to. 29. The waiter served something that we ..... A) Hadn't been ordering. B) Hadn't ordered. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't ordered. 30. After Cindy ..... herself a sandwich, she poured some tea into a cup. A) Make. B) Had made. C) Made. D) Makes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had made. 31. When she got paid, Julie realized that her boss ..... her a pay rise. A) Gave. B) Had given. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had given. 32. They ..... (not fly) for long when they lost radio contact. A) Had not been flying. B) Not had been flying. C) Not had fly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not been flying. 33. I was really relieved when I found the documents. I ..... (look for) them whole morning (PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS) A) Had looked for. B) Had been looked. C) Had been looking for. D) Had been looked for. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been looking for. 34. I was really tired because I ..... A) Studied. B) Had studied. C) Had been studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 35. When she finally found her keys, she realized she ..... for almost an hour. A) Has been searching. B) Had been searching. C) Had been searching. D) Had searched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been searching. 36. They ..... (ALREADY LEAVE) the village before the sun ..... (RISE). A) Already left-had risen. B) Had already left-rose. C) Alreary left-rose. D) Had aleady left-rised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already left-rose. 37. When the captain arrived, they ..... for a boat FOR one hour A) Looked. B) Had been looking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been looking. 38. I was exhausted because I ..... (run) for over an hour. A) Had been ruined. B) Had been running. C) Has been running. D) Had been run. E) Has been runs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been running. 39. When I ..... (ARRIVE) home I ..... (SEE) that someone ..... (BREAK) into my house. A) Arrived-saw-had broken. B) Arrived-saw-broke. C) Arrived-had seen-broke. D) Had arrived-saw-broke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived-saw-had broken. 40. Marry had (walk) ..... three miles a day before her leg was broken A) Have been walking. B) Will have been walking. C) Is walking. D) Had been walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been walking. 41. By the time I arrived at the party, the guests ..... all the food. A) Ate. B) Were eating. C) Had been eating. D) Had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had eaten. 42. He hasn't been going to school ..... last year. A) For. B) Since. C) During. D) Then. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 43. Because Reina ..... she was tired. A) Had been jogging. B) Has been jogging. C) Jogs. D) Were jogging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been jogging. 44. Brad ..... for his sales receipt in his wallet and in all the shopping bags before he found it in the kitchen. A) Had been looking. B) Had looked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had looked. 45. The gamer ..... a professional career before turning 18. A) A) had started. B) B) starts. C) C) had been starting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had started. 46. ..... for a long time in the city before he finally found the hotel? A) Had he walked. B) Had he been walking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had he been walking. 47. Dad ..... all morning, and the kitchen smelled great. A) Had cooked. B) Had been cooking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been cooking. 48. The students ..... (prepare) for their excursion for months. A) Had prepared. B) Had been preparing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been preparing. 49. By the time his friend ..... the instructions, Luke ..... all the assignment. A) Had been reading/finished. B) Read/had finished. C) Had read/had finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read/had finished. 50. Complete the next sentence using past perfect or past perfect continuous:It ( rain ) heavily the whole day yesterday so we could not leave our shelter. A) Had been rain. B) Has been raining. C) Had rained. D) Had been raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been raining. 51. She realised with horror that the dog ..... all the food for the barbecue! A) Had been eating. B) Had eaten. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had eaten. 52. Before the update, I ..... never ..... such an interesting quest. A) A) had, seen. B) B) has, seeing. C) C) have been, seen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had, seen. 53. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Past perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.1. The survivors ..... (finally / reach) a village after days of walking. A) Had finally reached. B) Had finally been reaching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finally reached. 54. Form of Past Perfect Continuous: A) Had + been + V-ing. B) Have + been + V-ing. C) Had + V3. D) Was + V-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had + been + V-ing. 55. Past Perfect Simple is used to describe the future A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. For how long had they been studying English here? A) Present Continuous. B) Present Progressive. C) Present Perfect. D) Past Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Perfect. 57. Sarah ..... her homework when the phone rang. A) Did. B) Has done. C) Is doing. D) Was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was doing. 58. Which are the auxiliary verbs? A) Has been. B) Had. C) Had been. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 59. By the time Paul got to the party we ..... all the food. A) Had been eating. B) Had eaten. C) Eat. D) Eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had eaten. 60. He had been calling your clients for 2 years. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 3Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 4Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 5Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 6Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 7Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books