This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A spokesperson said that the robbers ..... masks. A) Has been wearing. B) Had wore. C) Had been wearing. D) Have been wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) Is walking. B) Walked. C) Has been walking. 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) Has prepared. B) Had prepared. C) Was preparing. D) Had been preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Is not. B) Is not. C) Had been. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) Forgot. B) Had forgotten. C) Had forgot. D) Hadn't forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had forgotten. 18. After I ..... (study) for several hours, I took a short break. A) Had been studied. B) Has been study. C) Had been studying. D) Had been studies. E) Had been study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 19. She ..... (teach) chemistry before she became a journalist (PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS) A) Had been taught. B) Had teached. C) Had been teached. D) Had been teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been teaching. 20. Use perfect past continuous:If she had been korean, she ..... (Do not pay) much taxes for exports when she was in Japan. A) Have not paying. B) Have not been paying. C) Had not been paying. D) Had not paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not been paying. 21. 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 + V.3. D) Subject + had + been + V.ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject + had + been + V.ing. 22. Someone (paint) ..... the room because the smell of the paint was very strong when I got into the room A) Had painting. B) Had been painted. C) Had been pait. D) Had been painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been painting. 23. When I first met Ann, she ..... (work) in Samsung for 15 years (PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS) A) Had been working. B) Have been working. C) Worked. D) Had worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. When I arrived, they (wait) ..... for me. They were very angry with me A) Have been waited. B) Did wait. C) Are waiting. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 28. 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. 29. -'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 hearing. C) Heard. D) Had heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heard. 30. 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. 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