This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the next sentence using past perfect or past perfect continuous:It ( rain ) heavily the whole day yesterday so we could not leave our shelter. A) Has been raining. B) Had been rain. C) Had been raining. D) Had rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been raining. 2. She realised with horror that the dog ..... all the food for the barbecue! A) Had been eating. B) Had eaten. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had eaten. 3. Before the update, I ..... never ..... such an interesting quest. A) A) had, seen. B) B) has, seeing. C) C) have been, seen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had, seen. 4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Past perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.1. The survivors ..... (finally / reach) a village after days of walking. A) Had finally reached. B) Had finally been reaching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finally reached. 5. Form of Past Perfect Continuous: A) Have + been + V-ing. B) Was + V-ing. C) Had + been + V-ing. D) Had + V3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had + been + V-ing. 6. Past Perfect Simple is used to describe the future A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. For how long had they been studying English here? A) Present Continuous. B) Past Perfect. C) Present Progressive. D) Present Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect. 8. Sarah ..... her homework when the phone rang. A) Is doing. B) Was doing. C) Did. D) Has done. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 9. Which are the auxiliary verbs? A) Has been. B) Had been. C) Have been. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 10. By the time Paul got to the party we ..... all the food. A) Eaten. B) Had been eating. C) Eat. D) Had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had eaten. 11. He had been calling your clients 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. 12. SUBJECT +HAD+ VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + (SIMPLE PAST) 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. 13. My son has been playing video games on his phone 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. 14. After they ..... (eat) they cleared the table. A) Had eaten. B) Have eaten. C) Ate. D) Were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had eaten. 15. She wrote a review of the product even though she ..... it! A) Had never been using. B) Had never used. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never used. 16. Where have you been? We ..... for you for ages. A) Have been waiting. B) Had being waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Have been waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been waiting. 17. Her friends ..... of calling the police when she showed up A) Had been thinking. B) Think. C) Have been thinking. D) Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been thinking. 18. I didn't see Jack yesterday. In fact ..... (not/see) him ..... Monday. A) Haven't see / since. B) Haven't seen / since. C) Didn't saw / for. D) Didn't see / for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haven't seen / since. 19. By the time we arrived at the cinema, Linda ..... the tickets. A) Had already bought. B) Already buy. C) Already bought. D) Already buys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already bought. 20. The team ..... hard for weeks before the championship game. A) Had been train. B) Had been training. C) Has been training. D) Have been training. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been training. 21. The teacher ..... the students' papers when the fire alarm went off. A) Was grading. B) Is grading. C) Has graded. D) Had graded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was grading. 22. "she had a big toy collection before it was sold to someone else"Is the sentence above a correct example of past perfect continuous? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 23. I didn't see the beginning, because when I arrived at the cinema, the movie ..... (PAST PERFECT) A) Have started. B) Had start. C) Had started. D) Has started. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had started. 24. While it was raining, I ..... (have) a nice cup of coffee. A) Had. B) Have had. C) Was having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was having. 25. They had ..... money before they ..... the house in London. A) Bought / saved. B) Save / buy. C) Saved/ bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saved/ bought. 26. They ..... to London several times before they moved there. A) Had been. B) Have been. C) Had gone. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 27. By the time we got there, they had ..... all the food. A) Eaten. B) Been eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eaten. 28. They ..... to the gym three times a week but now they don't have that much time. A) Had gone. B) Used to go. C) Had been going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used to go. 29. Which one of these is used in the past perfect continuous formula? A) Had been. B) Had. C) Was/were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 30. By the time they left the town, their mechanic ..... the van. A) Had been repairing. B) Had repaired. C) Had repair. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had repaired. ← 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