This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He'd been watching TV all morning when he decided to go outside. What happened first? A) He decided to go outside. B) He'd been watching TV. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He'd been watching TV. 2. When we finally reached the top, it was wonderful ..... for eight hours. A) We climbed. B) We've been climbing. C) We'd been climbing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We'd been climbing. 3. BY THE TIME the ship ..... some people had been waiting A) Arrived. B) Had been arriving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived. 4. They weren't doing their homework. A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 5. Joan's grandpa was upset. He ..... for an hour. A) Had been waited. B) Had been wait. C) Had waited. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 6. She ..... the letter away when she noticed it was not important. A) Had thrown. B) Had been throwing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had thrown. 7. The football fans ..... the town for some time when the police arrived. A) Had been demolishing. B) Had demolished. C) Had demolish. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been demolishing. 8. After he bought his ticket he ..... to wait for the train to arrive. A) Sat down. B) Had sat down. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sat down. 9. By 10 p.m., we ..... for six hours straight. A) Have studied. B) Had studied. C) Were studying. D) Had been studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been studying. 10. Christine had never been to an opera before last night. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 11. .When I ..... home, I saw that the children ..... (ARRIVE, LEAVE) A) Had arrived / had already left. B) Arrived/ had already left. C) Have arrived/ have already left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived/ had already left. 12. Change from negative to affirmative.-We hadn't been waiting long when the bus came. A) Had waiting. B) Had been wait. C) Had been waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 13. We were tired! We ..... for twenty minutes. A) Are running. B) Had been running. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been running. 14. I was disappointed when I had to cancel my holiday. (I/look/forward to it) A) I had be looking forward to it. B) I has been looking forward to it. C) I had been looking forward to it. D) I have been looking forward to it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had been looking forward to it. 15. By the time the patch was released, players ..... about the bugs for weeks. A) A) had been complaining. B) B) complains. C) C) were complained. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been complaining. 16. The negative form of "I had been eating potato chips while doing my homework" is A) I hadn't not been eating potato chips while doing my homework. B) I had been not eating potato chips while doing my homework. C) I hadn't been eating potato chips while doing my homework. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I hadn't been eating potato chips while doing my homework. 17. Complete the following sentence in negative past perfect continuous.Susan ..... a book, before her mom played the piano. A) Hadn't been reading. B) Wasn't reading. C) Read. D) Has been reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been reading. 18. Cathy ..... the piano for 35 years A) Played. B) Had been playing. C) Has been playing. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 19. I ..... all day, so I didn't want to go out. A) Worked. B) Had worked. C) Had been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 20. The developers ..... the game before the launch date was announced. A) A) were been finishing. B) B) finishes. C) C) had finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) had finished. 21. Before they moved, they ..... (live) in that house for over 10 years. A) Had been lives. B) Has been live. C) Had been lived. D) Had been living. E) Has been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been living. 22. I went to bed after I ..... my teeth. A) Brushed. B) Brush. C) Had brushed. D) Brushes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had brushed. 23. It was more than a month before we realised what ..... (happen) to him. A) HAD HAPPENED. B) HAD BEEN HAPPENING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HAD HAPPENED. 24. Which one is PPC? A) She wasn't eating well. B) She hadn't been eating well. C) She haven't eaten well. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She hadn't been eating well. 25. I was sad when I sold my car, I ..... it for 5 years A) Had been having. B) Had had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. 26. When Peter ran across those obstacles, he ..... for two hours. A) Had been travelling. B) Had travelled. C) Had travel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been travelling. 27. Until she graduated, Maxine ..... a foreign country. A) Has never visit. B) Had never visited. C) Has never visiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never visited. 28. We were very hungry because we ..... eaten since morning. A) HAD. B) HADN'T. C) HAVE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HADN'T. 29. BY THE TIME we ..... the job, he had been working alone for years A) Started. B) Had been starting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 30. Is Past Perfect Continuous exactly the same as Present Perfect Continuous? A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. ← 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