This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A spokesperson said that the robbers ..... masks. A) Had wore. B) Have been wearing. C) Had been wearing. D) Has been wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been wearing. 2. One of the followings is the correct option. A) You had been traveling for five hours?. B) Had you being traveling for five hours?. C) Had you been traveling for five hours?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had you been traveling for five hours?. 3. Complete the following with the best choice.He ..... for his mother to arrive at the school hall for one hour before he called her again. A) Was waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Waited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 4. We ..... for two hours when we finally got to our hotel. (DRIVE) A) Had drove. B) Had been driving. C) Had driven. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been driving. 5. Martha ..... three miles a day before she broke her leg. A) Has been walking. B) Is walking. C) Walked. D) Had been walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been walking. 6. Sue was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She ..... A) Had been running. B) Was running. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been running. 7. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuousWhen we met, you ..... at that company for six months. A) Worked. B) Had worked. C) Had been working. D) Have work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 8. Past Perfect marks: A) Future action. B) An action which happened before another action in the past. C) Habitual action. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An action which happened before another action in the past. 9. It seemed like somebody ..... a cake. A) Had been cooking. B) Had cooked. C) Had cooking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been cooking. 10. When showing an action finished in the past and result was visible, we use A) Past Perfect. B) Past Continuous. C) Present Perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 11. She ..... the documents before the manager asked for them. A) Had been preparing. B) Has prepared. C) Was preparing. D) Had prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had prepared. 12. Sorry, I didn't catch that-what ..... ? A) Did you say. B) Had you said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you say. 13. Past Perfect continuous is often used when there was a certain result felt/ seen in the past. Choose the example which illustrates this idea: A) He was working in the garden there for he needed some rest in the evening. B) He had been working in the garden there for he needed some rest in the evening. C) He has been working in the garden there for he needed some rest in the evening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had been working in the garden there for he needed some rest in the evening. 14. It was not the first time I'd met him. We ..... (meet) many times before. A) Had met. B) Has met. C) Have met. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had met. 15. The dog ..... biting my shoes A) Had been. B) Is not. C) Is not. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 16. After they ..... the door, they saw that awful mess. A) Had opened. B) Had been opening. C) Had open. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had opened. 17. We were late for the plane because we ..... our passports. A) Had forgot. B) Forgot. C) Hadn't forgotten. D) Had forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had forgotten. 18. After I ..... (study) for several hours, I took a short break. A) Had been studies. B) Has been study. C) Had been study. D) Had been studying. E) Had been studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been studying. 19. Use perfect past continuous:If she had been korean, she ..... (Do not pay) much taxes for exports when she was in Japan. A) Had not paying. B) Have not paying. C) Have not been paying. D) Had not been paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had not been paying. 20. What is the typical structure of the past perfect continuous tense? A) Subject + will + V.inf. B) Subject + V.to be + V.ing. C) Subject + had + been + V.ing. D) Subject + had + V.3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject + had + been + V.ing. 21. Someone (paint) ..... the room because the smell of the paint was very strong when I got into the room A) Had been painted. B) Had been painting. C) Had painting. D) Had been pait. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been painting. 22. Sally ..... (type) this text for 3 hours before Mark came. A) Typed. B) Was typing. C) Had been typing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been typing. 23. I'd been waiting an hour for the bus when I ..... my friend in a car. A) SAW. B) SEE. C) SEEN. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SAW. 24. At the end of our trip, we were extremely tired. ..... for more than 24 hours. A) We were traveling. B) We'd been traveling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We'd been traveling. 25. When I arrived, they (wait) ..... for me. They were very angry with me A) Have been waited. B) Did wait. C) Had been waiting. D) Are waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 26. I like to run in the park. A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 27. -'Sarah had been watching a scary sci-fi film in the living room when she ..... an odd sound coming from the kitchen.'-'Goodness. She must have been horrified.' A) Had been hearing. B) Had heard. C) Heard. D) Had hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heard. 28. Stuart ..... that he was expected to attend the meeting. A) Hadn't realized. B) Hadn't realized / hadn't been realizing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't realized. 29. Complete the next sentence using past perfect or past perfect continuous:Sandy (repair) the car on his own before the mechanic arrived A) Had repaired. B) Had been reparing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had repaired. 30. The dog ..... me and ..... me jump A) Was frightening /made. B) Frightened/was making. C) Was frightening / was making. D) Frightened / made. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frightened / made. 31. The children were wet because they had been ..... soccer in the yard for too long. A) PLAY. B) PLAYING. C) PLAYED. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PLAYING. 32. The police arrived quickly, but it was too late-the robbers ..... A) Went. B) Had gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone. 33. I ..... my best friend to the party, but he couldn't come because he ..... other plans. (INVITE, ALREADY MAKE) A) Has invited / had made. B) Invited / had already made. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invited / had already made. 34. Tom was upset when he noticed his mother's eyes were red because she ..... A) Had been crying. B) Had cried. C) Has cried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been crying. 35. The following statement is correct: "I had been loving the series for many years before it became popular." A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 36. Cameron ..... for months, so he wasn't surprised when he won the tennis match. A) Had been practise. B) Had been practising. C) Has practised. D) Had practise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been practising. 37. I was very tired when I arrived home. I ..... hard all day. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 38. They ..... to another platform before the service outage occurred. A) A) had switched. B) B) switches. C) C) were been switching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had switched. 39. They ..... computer games for a long time before their mother came and turned off the computer. A) Had not been playing. B) Not had been playing. C) Hadn't been plaing. D) Had been not playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not been playing. 40. Before I finally decided to go to Africa, I ..... about it for two months. A) Had been thinking. B) Had been though. C) Though. D) Had though. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been thinking. 41. Miss Katty got very impatient with Carmen because she ..... attention at all that day. A) Had been paying. B) Hadn't been paying. C) Had pay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been paying. 42. Susan ..... (study) for the English exam all week. A) Has been studying. B) Had been studying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. 43. I was disappointed. I had ..... all yearm but I still I didn't have enough money. A) Saved. B) Had been saving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been saving. 44. They ..... (study), when I saw them in the library. A) Had studied. B) Studied. C) Have studied. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were studying. 45. After Sofia ..... her work, she went to lunch. A) Have finished. B) Had finished. C) Has finished. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished. 46. When I ..... at the cinema, the film had started . A) Arrived. B) Had arrived. C) Had been arriving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived. 47. They ..... (talk) for a few minutes before the rest of the group arrived. A) Had been talking. B) Have been talking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been talking. 48. Martina gained weight because she ..... A) Had been overeating. B) Is overeating. C) Has been overeating. D) Was been overeating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been overeating. 49. The following statement is correct: "I had gone to bed when Brian started calling me, so I didn't hear my cellphone." A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 50. Jack ..... online games for an hour before I came. (play) A) Had played. B) Had been playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 51. Before he talked to the psychologist, his feelings ..... A) Had been blocked. B) Had been blocking. C) Had been block. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been blocked. 52. I finally reached my teacher. I ..... her all day. A) Had called. B) Had been called. C) Had been calling. D) Called. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been calling. 53. The fans ..... positive reviews before the game had even launched. A) A) were been leaving. B) B) leaves. C) C) had left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) had left. 54. The survivors ..... a village after days of walking. A) Had finally reached. B) Finally reached. C) Have finally reach. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finally reached. 55. Poor Steve ..... around the forest for hours before the rescue team found him. A) Was walking. B) Walked. C) Had walked. D) Had been walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been walking. 56. The explorer ..... (not / imagine) that it would be so difficult to cross the river. A) Had not imagined. B) Had not been imagining. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not imagined. 57. Helen had to wash her hands because she ..... her car. A) Had been rapairing. B) Was repairing. C) Repaired. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been rapairing. 58. The fisherman had been hunting the fish all day long 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. 59. Choose the correct answer using past perfectHe ..... her somewhere before. A) Had been meeting. B) Had met. C) Has meet. D) Had meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had met. 60. Jane said that Ben ..... the bank. A) Had spilt. B) Have spilt. C) Had been splitting. D) Have been splitting. 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