This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Had they been running A) Simple Present. B) Present Perfect. C) Past Perfect Continuous. D) Past Participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Perfect Continuous. 2. The dog hasn't been moving at all for more than three hours. 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. I ..... (cope) with my problem for weeks before I found a solution. A) Had coping. B) Had been coping. C) Had copied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been coping. 4. Complete the following with the best choice.When I ..... , it was clear that she didn't work. A) Arrived. B) Was arriving. C) Had been arriving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived. 5. The line is busy. Mandy ..... on the phone for hours. A) Talked. B) Has talked. C) Has been talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been talking. 6. We ..... to China because our flight ..... on short notice. (NOT GO, CANCEL) A) Didn't go / have cancelled. B) Went / cancelled. C) Didn't go / had been cancelled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't go / had been cancelled. 7. We were starving because we ..... (not / eat). A) HADN'T EATEN. B) HADN'T BEEN EATING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HADN'T EATEN. 8. Maria and Liza ..... for their English test since ten o'clock this morning. A) Study. B) Had studied. C) Studied. D) Had been studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been studying. 9. She ..... for two hours when she woke up to an explosion. A) Had slept. B) Has slept. C) Had been sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been sleeping. 10. By the time she called me, I ..... my homework. A) Had already finished. B) Was finishing. C) Have finished. D) Had been finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already finished. 11. Yesterday, my brother said he (stop) ..... smoking for 2 months A) Had been stopping. B) Are stoping. C) Has been stopping. D) Will have been stopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been stopping. 12. Jim ..... to the zoo yesterday.Jim isn't here now. He ..... to the zoo. A) Went / has been going. B) Went / have been going. C) Went / has gone. D) Has gone / went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went / has been going. 13. Complete the next sentence using past perfect or past perfect continuous:Albertto (propose) Helena before they went to the party. A) Had been proposing. B) Had proposed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had proposed. 14. The company ..... in research and development, which hurt its competitiveness. A) Hadn't been investing. B) Haven't been investing. C) Hadn't done investing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been investing. 15. When I got home Mark had just turned the TV. He ..... a film. A) Had watched. B) Was watching. C) Had been watching. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been watching. 16. The sales manager ..... the advantages of his product for about half an hour before I agreed to buy some samples. (describe) A) Had describe. B) Had been describing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been describing. 17. After he ..... the news, they burst into laughter. A) Had heard. B) Had been hearing. C) Had hear. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had heard. 18. By the time Doris ..... to the party, everyone ..... home. A) Had gone / went. B) Got / had gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got / had gone. 19. By the time Julia was twenty, she ..... more than fifty rare books. A) Had bought. B) Had been buying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had bought. 20. Is this correct?The centre of the town had been closed to general traffic because a new hospital had been built on the site of a disused factory. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 21. We ..... (sleep) for 12 hours when he woke us up A) Slept. B) Were sleeping. C) Had been sleeping. D) Have been sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been sleeping. 22. They hadn't been reading their books. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 23. I was sure that I ..... the place before. A) Had seen. B) Saw. C) Had been seeing. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had seen. 24. SUBJECT + HAD + BEEN + VERB(ING)/GERUND + TIME EXPRESSION A) PAST PERFECT SIMPLE. B) PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS. 25. By the time we arrived, the party ..... for an hour. A) Has started. B) Had started. C) Had been going on. D) Was starting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been going on. 26. We started to worry about Jimmy because we ..... him all afternoon. (CALL) A) Had been calling. B) Have been calling. C) Had called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been calling. 27. I missed our History test because you ..... me about it. A) Didn't tell. B) Hadn't told. C) Weren't telling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't told. 28. Swim, swam, ..... A) Swum. B) Swom. C) Swimmed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swum. 29. When I met her, I ..... never been in a serious relationship. A) HADN'T. B) HAD. C) HAVE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD. 30. WHEN the ship ..... the iceberg, the captain hadn't been paying attention to the warnings A) Hit. B) Had been hitting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hit. ← 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