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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Her eyes were tired because she ..... TV for more than five hours! A) Had watched. B) Had been watching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been watching. 2. Complete the next sentence with Past perfect simple or Past perfect continuous:Robin (wait) for ages until his friend arrived and told him that everything was settled. A) Had been waiting. B) Had waited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 3. I couldn't take my flight because I had forgotten my boarding pass. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 4. She had been cooking food 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. 5. The correct verb is: A) Slept. B) Sleeping. C) Slepting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleeping. 6. Complete the following with the best choice.They ..... all day so when we met they were exhausted. A) Studied. B) Was studying. C) Had been studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 7. Mum ..... the house all day and she looked exhausted. A) Cleaned. B) Had been clean. C) Had been cleaning. D) Had cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been cleaning. 8. Mrs Green said that the cat ..... birds. A) Had chased. B) Have chased. C) Have been chasing. D) Had been chasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been chasing. 9. Until 2008, we ..... (never/ be) sailing A) Was never been. B) Had never be. C) Had never been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had never been. 10. They were tired because they ..... been running for more than an hour. A) Have. B) Had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 11. By the time the firefighters arrived, the house ..... completely destroyed. A) Was. B) Became. C) Had become. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been. 12. When I arrived at the concert, they ..... the first song. A) Have already played. B) Was playing. C) Had already played. D) Had been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already played. 13. The footballer ..... the game until he was told to by the coach. A) Hadn't started. B) Hadn't been starting. C) Hadn't start. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't started. 14. They had (fall) ..... in love for 5 years and prepared for a wedding A) Did fall. B) Were fall. C) Been falling. D) Fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been falling. 15. He was very nervous at that moment, but nobody ..... at him. A) Was looking. B) Not looking. C) Wasn't looking. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was looking. 16. We ..... for nearly an hour before we finally got in. A) Had been queueing. B) Queued. C) Were queueing. D) Have queued. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been queueing. 17. At ten o'clock yesterday the children ..... and couldn't break your bike. A) Had been sleeping. B) Were sleeping. C) Slept. D) Was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sleeping. 18. Pat ..... (sleep) all morning on Sunday. A) Had been sleeping. B) Had slept. C) Has slept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had slept. 19. Had you been ..... English for a long time before you went to London? A) STUDYING. B) STUDIED. C) STUDY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) STUDYING. 20. ..... at school yesterday? (you / be) A) Was you. B) Were you. C) Did you be. D) You were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you. 21. I ..... working at the company for five years when I got the promotion. A) Had been. B) Have been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 22. I ..... regularly, so I wasn't in good shape for the race. A) Hadn't been exercising. B) Had been exercising. C) Had never been exercising. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been exercising. 23. We had ..... for an hour when finally the director arrived. A) Waited. B) Been waiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been waiting. 24. A possible answer for the question "Why had you been going to bed late?" would be A) I had been going to bed late becase I had to study for my Science test. B) I had been going to bed late because I used to feel tired. C) I hadn't been going to bed late because I went to sleep at 4 a.m. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had been going to bed late becase I had to study for my Science test. 25. The composer ..... on the score for months when the movie was postponed. A) A) had been working. B) B) will work. C) C) had working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been working. 26. Choose the correct tense. I had to have a break. I ..... so long. A) Had been driving. B) Drove. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been driving. 27. He refused to admit to the store detective that he ..... the iPhone. A) Had been stealing. B) Had stolen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had stolen. 28. She ..... (finish) her homework by the time I arrived. A) Finished. B) Has finished. C) Were finishing. D) Had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had finished. 29. I was shocked, even though it was the third time ..... Aron's story. A) I had heard. B) I heard. C) I'd been hearing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had heard. 30. Where ..... when the police found him? A) Is the man hiding. B) Had the man been hiding. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had the man been hiding. ← 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