This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Until she graduated, Maxime ..... a foreign country. A) Never visited. B) Did not visit. C) Has not visited. D) Had never visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had never visited. 2. While I ..... in the garden it ..... me that I ..... off the oven. (WORK, STRIKE, NOT TURN) A) Was working / struck / had not turning. B) Was working / struck / hadn't turned. C) Worked / struck / hadn't turned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working / struck / hadn't turned. 3. The explorer had not imagined that it would be so difficult to cross the river. 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. 4. It (rain) ..... for two days before the storm came yesterday A) Had been rain. B) Had raining. C) Had been raining. D) Had being rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been raining. 5. I ..... at home before my mother came. A) Hadn't been. B) Hadn't been being. C) Hadn't be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been. 6. She didn't go to work. She ..... a cold. A) Had been catching. B) Had caught. C) Had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had caught. 7. Prices ..... up last year, but they ..... by 8% already this year. (NOT GO, INCREASE) A) Didn't go / have increased. B) Went / have increased. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't go / have increased. 8. Everyone knew the cattle ..... but one knew from whom. A) Had been stolen. B) Had being stolen. C) Had been stealing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been stolen. 9. After she ..... (finish) her work, she ..... (decide) to go for a walk. A) Has been finishing / decided. B) Had been finishing / deciding. C) Had been finishing / decided. D) Had been finish / decided. E) Has been finish / decided. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been finishing / decided. 10. She looked relaxed because she ..... (meditate) for a long time. A) Had been meditating. B) Had meditated. C) Meditated. D) Was meditated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been meditating. 11. ..... (Have finish) your homework before you hang out with your friends? A) Had you been finishing. B) Had you finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you finished. 12. Ride, rode, ..... A) Rode. B) Ride. C) Ridden. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ridden. 13. The survivors had finally reached a village after days of walking. 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. 14. When I saw her face, I knew she had ..... for a long time. A) Cried. B) Been crying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been crying. 15. We had been going out for three years when we ..... married. A) Got. B) Had gotten. C) Had been getting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 16. He ..... less than an hour when he ran out of petrol. (drive) A) Had being driving. B) Had been driving. C) Had drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been driving. 17. I (not / see) Jacob for several years, but I recognised him immediately. A) Had not seen. B) Had not been seeing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not seen. 18. What is the correct form of the verb in the Past Perfect Continuous tense for the pronoun "he" ? A) Have been run. B) Have been running. C) Had been runned. D) Had been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been running. 19. They ..... their way out of town before the sun ..... (ALREADY MAKE, RISE) A) Have already made / have risen. B) Has already made / had rose. C) Had already made/ rose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already made/ rose. 20. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuousThey ..... in Beijing for three years when he lost his job. A) Had been living. B) Has been living. C) Had lived. D) Lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been living. 21. What are the 2 auxiliary verbs of past perfect continuous? A) Had-Be. B) Had-ING. C) Have-Am. D) Had-Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had-Been. 22. We were very excited to meet again because we ..... each other for five years. A) Didn't see. B) Hadn't seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't seen. 23. Choose the correct answer using past perfectWhen we ..... dinner, we went out. A) Finished. B) Have been finished. C) Had finished. D) Have finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 24. By the time she got home, she ..... 15 kilometers. A) Was running. B) Had been running. C) Had run. D) Has been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been running. 25. They ..... at the restaurant for two hours before the waiter finally brought their food. A) Have been waiting. B) Had waited. C) Were waiting. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 26. Carry had been running a ten-kilometer for a young age. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 27. By the time we arrived, he had already finished ..... the gardening. A) DOING. B) DO. C) DONE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DOING. 28. Action finished in the past and result was visible. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Continuous. C) Present Perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 29. The kids ..... a lot of mess before their mother came back home from work. (make) A) Had made. B) Had been making. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had made. 30. My mother ..... really angry with me because I ..... all my exams. A) Was / had failed. B) Were / had failed. C) Had been / failed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was / had failed. 31. When Sally came home, I ..... for 3 hours. A) Had gardened. B) Had been gardening. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been gardening. 32. Jim and Sally ..... to see us but we were all too busy. A) Had hoped. B) Had hoped / had been hoping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had hoped / had been hoping. 33. ING form of the verb (cut) A) Cutting. B) Cuting. C) Cutinng. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutting. 34. They were wet because they ..... in the rain for over an hour. (walk) A) Has been walked. B) Had been walks. C) Has been walking. D) Had been walking. E) Had been walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been walking. 35. His face was dirty because he had been ..... chocolate. A) Eating. B) Eats. C) Ate. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. 36. Describes an action that started in the past, continued for some duration, and concluded or was ongoing before another specific point or action in the past.The text above is the definition of ..... A) Perfect past continuous. B) Past perfact continuous. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Past perfect continues. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect continuous. 37. Tom ..... never ..... a summer course in London. A) Had attended. B) Has attended. C) Had been attending. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had attended. 38. Has Anna been laying in her bed 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. 39. Orla felt fit for the marathon because she ..... (train) a lot. A) Had trained. B) Have been training. C) Had been training. D) Has been training. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been training. 40. Are the following questions Past Perfect Continuous?-They had been running- A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 41. When I ..... through the streets of Madrid, I ..... about the magnificent time I ..... there as a student. (WALK, THINK, SPEND) A) Was walking / thought /had spent. B) Was walking / was thinking / spent. C) Walked / thought / spent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking / thought /had spent. 42. I used to ..... up late. A) Stay. B) Staying. C) Stayed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stay. 43. ..... you ..... on this project before you joined our team? A) Have been working. B) Had done working. C) Had been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 44. We had been driving for a few hours before we realised that we were lost. A) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that started in the past and were still in progress when another action occurred in the past. B) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that were in progress in the past and had an effect on a later action in the past. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that started in the past and were still in progress when another action occurred in the past. 45. The passengers found out that their flight A) Had cancelled. B) Has cancelled. C) Have cancelled. D) Had been cancelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been cancelled. 46. The house ..... £ 150, 000 in 2003. (cost) A) Costed. B) Was costing. C) Cost. D) Costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cost. 47. He couldn't go out because he ..... his leg. A) Broken. B) Broke. C) Had broken. D) Had been breaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had broken. 48. She bought the book on Saturday, and by Sunday evening she ..... it all. A) Had been reading. B) Had read. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had read. 49. He had ..... three novels by the time he was 25. A) Written. B) Been writing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Written. 50. They had been using an iPhone 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. 51. The programmer ..... all night when the bug finally got fixed. A) A) had been working. B) B) works. C) C) had worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been working. 52. Dean and Fran ..... (walk) in Alps once and really enjoyed themselves. A) Walked. B) Was walked. C) Had walked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had walked. 53. John and I went for a walk ..... very fast, and I had difficulty keeping up with him. A) He was walking. B) He'd been walking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was walking. 54. How long ..... ( you / dig ) before you found the buried treasure? A) Have you been digging. B) Had you been digging. C) Has you been digging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been digging. 55. I wanted to sit down becuase I ..... for long time. A) Was standing. B) Have been standing. C) Stood. D) Had been standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been standing. 56. Choose the correct answer for the following question: "Where had you been? Everyone was looking for you!" A) I hadn't been to the park before you called me. B) I'm sorry, I had been at Laura's house and I didn't see your calls. C) We had eaten out when you got home. D) My mom had asked me to go to the supermarket so I didn't have time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm sorry, I had been at Laura's house and I didn't see your calls. 57. Complete the next sentence with Past perfect simple or Past perfect continuous:Samueln (walk) around the city for about five hours before he decided to have dinner. A) Had walked. B) Had been walking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been walking. 58. The teacher ..... our dictations for several minutes by the time the bell rang. (correct) A) Had corrected. B) Had been correcting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been correcting. 59. Louis's parents made him clean up the mess he and his friends ..... the night before. A) Have done. B) Had done. C) Have been doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done. 60. Choose the correct answer the completes the following sentence correctly: "I hadn't ..... my jacket when Cindy called me and asked me to pick her up." A) Taken in. B) Cut off. C) Taken off. D) Warm up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taken off. ← 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