This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... English for 2 years before they traveled to London A) Studied. B) Have been studying. C) Had been studying. D) Had studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 2. Complete the following with the best choice.The baby ..... some chocolate. That's why his face was so dirty. A) Was eating. B) Had been eating. C) Ate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ate. 3. Terry ..... Serena, but he didn't know she felt the same way about him. A) Had always liked. B) Had always liked / had always been liking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had always liked / had always been liking. 4. When we ..... the cinema, all people had gone home. A) Reaching. B) Had reached. C) Reached. D) Are reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reached. 5. Suddenly, Jessica ..... (remember) that she ..... (forget) to buy food for dinner and ..... (leave) A) Remembered, had forgotten, was leaving. B) Remembered, forgot, left. C) Remembered, had forgotten, left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remembered, had forgotten, left. 6. She ..... anything to anyone about the incident. A) Hadn't been explaining. B) Hadn't explaining. C) Hadn't explaining. D) Hadn't been explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been explaining. 7. Living on the edge of town, she ..... a country girl. A) Had being considered. B) Had been considering. C) Had been considered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been considered. 8. His English was perfect. He ..... it since he started school. A) Was studying. B) Studies. C) Had been studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 9. There was plenty of snow outside. It ..... all night. A) Has been snowing. B) Had been snowing. C) Had snwed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been snowing. 10. At this time yesterday, we ..... for 6 km. (ALREADY WALK) A) Had already been walking. B) Has walked. C) Has already been walking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already been walking. 11. She ..... a book when her friend arrived. A) Was reading. B) Has read. C) Read. D) Had been reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 12. Had she been bringing her a fruit parcel? When Maya visited Marry A) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. 13. When I ..... to school this morning, I saw a dangerous accident involving three cars. A) Was cycling. B) Had cycled. C) Had been cycling. D) Cycled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cycling. 14. His clothes were dirty because he ..... in the garden. A) Has been worked. B) Have been working. C) Had been working. D) Has been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 15. The snow ..... all night and the car was buried under a deep layer of it! A) Had been falling. B) Had fallen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been falling. 16. An action which lasted for some time in the past and result was visible A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continous. C) Past Simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continous. 17. We had been studying English at HANNA HERSOP A) Past perfect Continuous tense. B) Past Continuous tense. C) Past perfect tense. D) Past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect Continuous tense. 18. I ..... short hair when I was a teenager A) Used to have. B) Would have. C) Had been having. D) Have had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to have. 19. The young man ..... (surf) since he was a child. A) Had surfed. B) Had been surfing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been surfing. 20. Before moving to London, he ..... English fluently. A) Had never spoken. B) Had been speaking. C) Was speaking. D) Spoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never spoken. 21. I ..... my leg last week when I went climbing in the mountains. A) Broke. B) Have never broken. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke. 22. She had been sleeping for ten hours when I ..... her. A) Woke. B) Had woken. C) Had been waking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Woke. 23. The following verbs can be used with the "ing" form in Past Perfect Continuous. A) Understand, take, win. B) Be, wait, drink. C) Work, dance, write. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Work, dance, write. 24. By the time he found his girlfriend, he ..... for her in the mall for an hour A) Looking. B) Had looking. C) Had been looking. D) Was looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been looking. 25. Before the movie ended, we ..... the popcorn. A) Did ate. B) Were eating. C) Had eaten. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had eaten. 26. Little Thomas (cry) for hours before his mother finally comforted him. A) Had cried. B) Had been crying. C) Crying. D) Cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been crying. 27. The police had been jailing the criminals for five years A) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. 28. He ..... for the company for five years before he got promoted. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) Was working. D) Has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had worked. 29. She couldn't open the door because she had ..... the key. A) Lost. B) Been losing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lost. 30. When the head teacher turned up, the students ..... for about 10 minutes. A) Had been fighting. B) Had fought. C) Had fight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been fighting. 31. He ..... in a flat for 30 years before he moved to a house. A) Had living been. B) Had been living. C) Had living. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been living. 32. I ..... (know) Maritza for a long time. We ..... (meet) in 1998. A) Have known / met. B) Knew / have met. C) Knew / met. D) Have known / have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have known / met. 33. He was too tired to clean up because he ..... (party) all night. A) Had partied. B) Had been partying. C) Has partied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been partying. 34. Sarah was exhausted. She ..... the dishes for more than three hours. A) Had washed. B) Had been washing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been washing. 35. Had ..... been yelling something? A) Them. B) Their. C) They. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They. 36. They were very tired in the evening because they ..... on the farm all day. ( help ) A) Had been helping. B) Have helped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been helping. 37. Cual es el Tiempo verbal que estamos estudiando? A) Presente Perfecto Progresivo. B) Pasado Perfecto Progresivo. C) Pasado Progresivo. D) Futuro Perfecto Progresivo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pasado Perfecto Progresivo. 38. They ..... for over three hours when the rain finally stopped. A) Were running. B) Had been running. C) Had run. D) Had been ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been running. 39. Before he apologized, he ..... that he had hurt her feelings. A) Had not realized. B) Has not realized. C) Had been realizing. D) Did not realize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not realized. 40. They were tired when they arrived because ..... all through the night. A) They'd driven. B) They'd driven / they'd been driving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They'd driven / they'd been driving. 41. They ..... (play) football for about half an hour before it ..... (start) to rain. A) Had been playing, start. B) Been play, started. C) Had playing, started. D) Had been playing, started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been playing, started. 42. He ..... of being a basketball player before he had an accident. A) Had always thought. B) Had always been thinking. C) Had think. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had always thought. 43. He wanted to go to London because he ..... (NEVER BE) there before. A) Had never been. B) Never was. C) Were never. D) Had never was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never been. 44. Patricia ..... English for three years when she ..... and ..... a job. (STUDY, QUIT, GET) A) Studying / quited / got. B) Sudied / quit / got. C) Had been studying / quit / got. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying / quit / got. 45. She said that she ..... the UK before. A) Hasn't visited. B) Had been visiting. C) Hadn't visited. D) Didn't visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't visited. 46. Barbara ..... shopping more often than she does now. A) Had gone. B) Was going. C) Used to go. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Used to go. 47. Change from affirmative to negative.-The twins had been swimming in the morning. A) Hadn't swimming. B) Hadn't been swimming. C) Hadn't swim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been swimming. 48. Tina had no money left because she ..... at the flea market all morning A) Had shopped. B) Had been shopping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been shopping. 49. August's mother was angry at him as he ..... (not, take care) of his little brother and let him got wounded. A) Had not been taking care. B) Had not took care. C) Had not been tooking care. D) Had not take care. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not took care. 50. Mom ..... (cook) something for dinner while the kids were watching TV. A) Was cooking. B) Cooked. C) Had cooked. D) Has cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 51. I was crying, because I ..... been cheking the schedule from my school. A) Had. B) Have. C) Hat. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 52. Rachel's husband ..... the car since early morning. A) Had fixxed. B) Had been fixxing. C) Had been fixing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been fixing. 53. She ..... the same dress to every party. A) Had worn. B) Was wearing. C) Wore. D) Had been wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had worn. 54. The baby had been crying for fifteen minutes before her mother ..... her cry. A) Heard. B) Had heard. C) Had been hearing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heard. 55. He'd finished cleaning the house ..... she came home. A) Since. B) And. C) Before. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 56. They ..... (wait) at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived. A) Has waiting. B) Been waiting. C) Has been waiting. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 57. I had ..... (watch) tv all night long. A) Been watching. B) Be watching. C) Bin watching. D) Being watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been watching. 58. We had been ..... , but a drizzling weather came out. A) Running. B) Run. C) Corriendo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running. 59. We ..... (sit) in the doctor's office for 2 hours before they called our name A) Had been sat. B) Have been sit. C) Had been sitting. D) Had sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been sitting. 60. Past Perfect can also be used to express a past action which happened before a certain time in the past. A) That's right. B) No, that's not true. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That's right. ← 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