This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. SUBJECT +HAD+ VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + (SIMPLE PAST) A) PAST PERFECT SIMPLE. B) PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PAST PERFECT SIMPLE. 2. My son has been playing video games on his phone all day. A) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. 3. After they ..... (eat) they cleared the table. A) Have eaten. B) Were eating. C) Had eaten. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had eaten. 4. She wrote a review of the product even though she ..... it! A) Had never been using. B) Had never used. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never used. 5. Where have you been? We ..... for you for ages. A) Had been waiting. B) Had being waiting. C) Have been waiting. D) Have been waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been waiting. 6. Her friends ..... of calling the police when she showed up A) Have been thinking. B) Think. C) Had been thinking. D) Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been thinking. 7. I didn't see Jack yesterday. In fact ..... (not/see) him ..... Monday. A) Didn't saw / for. B) Haven't seen / since. C) Didn't see / for. D) Haven't see / since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haven't seen / since. 8. By the time we arrived at the cinema, Linda ..... the tickets. A) Already bought. B) Had already bought. C) Already buy. D) Already buys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already bought. 9. The team ..... hard for weeks before the championship game. A) Had been training. B) Had been train. C) Have been training. D) Has been training. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been training. 10. The teacher ..... the students' papers when the fire alarm went off. A) Has graded. B) Is grading. C) Was grading. D) Had graded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was grading. 11. "she had a big toy collection before it was sold to someone else"Is the sentence above a correct example of past perfect continuous? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 12. I didn't see the beginning, because when I arrived at the cinema, the movie ..... (PAST PERFECT) A) Had start. B) Had started. C) Have started. D) Has started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had started. 13. While it was raining, I ..... (have) a nice cup of coffee. A) Had. B) Have had. C) Was having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was having. 14. They had ..... money before they ..... the house in London. A) Bought / saved. B) Save / buy. C) Saved/ bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saved/ bought. 15. They ..... to London several times before they moved there. A) Had been. B) Were. C) Have been. D) Had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 16. By the time we got there, they had ..... all the food. A) Eaten. B) Been eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eaten. 17. They ..... to the gym three times a week but now they don't have that much time. A) Had gone. B) Used to go. C) Had been going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used to go. 18. Which one of these is used in the past perfect continuous formula? A) Had been. B) Had. C) Was/were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 19. By the time they left the town, their mechanic ..... the van. A) Had been repairing. B) Had repaired. C) Had repair. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had repaired. 20. I ..... all day; so I wasn't tired and went to the disco at night. ( not / work ) A) Had been working. B) Hadn't been working. C) Have not being working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been working. 21. They moved from wherever they ..... to Vancouver. A) Had been lived. B) Had living. C) Had been living. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been living. 22. Anna woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened and didn't know where she was. (she/dream) A) She has been dreaming. B) She had been dreaming. C) She is dreaming. D) She does dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had been dreaming. 23. She was tired because she ..... all day. A) Works. B) Worked. C) Had been working. D) Was work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 24. She failed the test because she ..... enough. A) Hadn't written. B) Hadn't been writing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't written. 25. Paul ..... his car for two days before he called the mechanic. (repair) A) Had repaired. B) Had been repairing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been repairing. 26. When the constable rushed into the street, the thieves ..... into the thin air. A) Had already vanished. B) Had already been vanishing. C) Had already vanish. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already vanished. 27. ..... forgotten to study so I did poorly on my exam:'( A) I's. B) I've. C) I'm. D) I'd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I'd. 28. Which sentence best fits this situation: "You arrived at 8 PM. The rain started at 6 PM and stopped at 8 PM." A) It was raining for two hours when you arrived. B) It had been raining for two hours when you arrived. C) It had rained for two hours when you arrived. D) It has been raining for two hours when you arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It had been raining for two hours when you arrived. 29. I (have) ..... lunch for 20 minutes by the time the others came into the restaurant A) Had. B) Had been having. C) Had had. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been having. 30. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Past perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.1. My grandfather ..... (live) in his old house for ages before he moved in with us. A) Had lived. B) Had living. C) Had been living. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been living. 31. She ..... too much television lately. A) Watched. B) Have been watching. C) Watch. D) Has been watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has been watching. 32. I had been reading this book because ..... A) I always have been happy. B) I don't like the movies with zombies. C) I liked so much and it is not so long. D) You will read it again tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I liked so much and it is not so long. 33. The Titanic (cross) ..... the Atlantic when it (strike) ..... an iceberg. A) Was crossing/ struck. B) Crossed / struck. C) Was crossing / striked. D) Was crossing / was striking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was crossing/ struck. 34. We had been ..... something for you A) Mewing. B) Draw. C) Drawing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drawing. 35. My son had been studying hard during exams. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 36. I had washed my hair before they ..... A) Been arrived. B) Had arrived. C) Arrived. D) Had been arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived. 37. Paul was really exhausted because he ..... (run) for three hours. A) Had run. B) Has run. C) Had been running. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been running. 38. The students ..... for hours before the exam began. A) Had studied. B) Had been studying. C) Have been studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. 39. The man ..... to stay alive for 5 days. A) Manage. B) Have managed. C) Had managed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had managed. 40. Henry failed the final test because she had not (attend) ..... class A) Been attending. B) Have been attending. C) Attended. D) Attending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been attending. 41. What ..... ? She looked so tired.a) had been she doing A) Had been she doing. B) Had she doing. C) Had she been doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had she been doing. 42. By the time Sam found an umbrella, it ..... for ten minutes. A) Has been raining. B) Had been raining. C) Have been raining. D) Had rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been raining. 43. I met them after they had divorced each other. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 44. We ..... in the garden for a long time when found the water hole. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) Had work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 45. Complete the sentence using past perfect continuous:Our pool pump ..... running properly before the storm. A) Had not have. B) Hadn't being. C) Hadn't been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't been. 46. Before the tournament, the team ..... in intensive training sessions. A) A) was participated. B) B) participates. C) C) had participated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) had participated. 47. My sister didn't see the money that I ..... on her desk. A) Put. B) Had been putting. C) Had put. D) Had been put. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had put. 48. Women ..... wear long skirts in the 19th century. A) Used to. B) Are used to. C) Got used to. D) Get used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to. 49. The pirates ..... before the rescue team arrived. (escape) A) Had escaped. B) Had been escaping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had escaped. 50. I split up with my girlfriend because we ..... a serious quarrel for the third time that week. A) Had been having. B) Had had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. 51. After the horrifying monster ..... , everyone thought they were safe. A) Had disappear. B) Has disappeared. C) Had disappeared. D) Had been disappearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had disappeared. 52. Which is the structure of the past perfect continuous? A) Had + past participle. B) Had + been + verb-ing. C) Had + verb-ing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + been + verb-ing. 53. Past Perfect Continuous is used to describe an action that started and finished after another action in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. She ..... never ..... a game jam before that weekend. A) A) had, joined. B) B) has, joining. C) C) have, joined. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had, joined. 55. Which sentence has a similar meaning?Someone stole my phone. I took my bag and the phone was not there. A) When I took my bag, I had noticed that someone had stolen my phone. B) When I took my bag, I had noticed that someone stole my phone. C) When I took my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I took my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone. 56. .... (they / already / call) a taxi by the time you arrived? A) Had they already called. B) They had already called. C) Had they already call. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had they already called. 57. Select the option that has the mistake from the following statement: "Luis had being dating Karen for about 5 years before he asked her to marry him." A) I:datingC:dated. B) I:beingC:been. C) I:askedC:had asked. D) I:for about 5 yearsC:for 5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I:beingC:been. 58. She called the police because someone ..... into her house. A) Had broken. B) Has broken. C) Had been breaking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had broken. 59. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuousI ..... all day, so I didn't want to go out ..... A) Had been working. B) Work. C) Had worked. D) Have been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had worked. 60. I (watch) ..... a mystery movie on TV when the electricity (go off) ..... A) Was watching/went off. B) Watched/went off. C) Was watching/was going off. D) Watched/ went off. 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