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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Correct or Incorrect?Emily and Allie had traveled for days before they reached their destination yesterday. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 2. I opened the door, got inside, and ..... on the television. A) Had been turning. B) Turned. C) Had been turned. D) Had turned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turned. 3. It was the third time I ..... chess with him that month. A) Play. B) Had been playing. C) Had played. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had played. 4. Jonathan and David ..... our dinner for 2 hours before we arrived A) Have made. B) Have been making. C) Had made. D) Had been making. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been making. 5. It was the first time I saw him. We ..... before ((PAST PERFECT) A) Have meet. B) Had never met. C) Met. D) Had met. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never met. 6. John had been losing weight before he is an accident. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 7. Think, thought, ..... A) Thought. B) Thught. C) Thoughted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thought. 8. Bob ..... about Molly's birthday, so she ..... up with him. A) Forgot, were breaking. B) Forgot, was breaking. C) Was forgetting, broke. D) Forgot, broke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgot, broke. 9. The accountant has joined the meeting as he ..... a solution. A) Had been finding. B) Had found. C) Was finding. D) Found. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had found. 10. John asked me where I ..... the day before. (BE) A) Had been. B) Was. C) Have been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 11. One of the following answers is the correct one for the question "Had your teacher been grading exams all night?" . A) Yes, she been grading exams all night. B) Yes, she'd been. C) Yes, she'd been doing that. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes, she'd been doing that. 12. Mario ..... all day. A) Had been swim. B) Had been swiming. C) Had been swimming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been swimming. 13. She'd ..... ..... in the sales department for two years before she was promoted A) Been working. B) Being. C) Be worked. D) Been worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been working. 14. When I saw my old friend at the concert, I ..... him for years. A) Wasn't seeing. B) Hadn't seen. C) Hadn't been seeing. D) Didn't see. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't seen. 15. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuous We ..... all day, so we felt a bit ill. A) Had been eating. B) Had ate. C) Have eat. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been eating. 16. The athletes ..... around the stadium for some time before they were stopped by their coach. (run) A) Had run. B) Had been running. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been running. 17. We ..... for three hours before we finally found a hotel. A) Had driven. B) Had been driving. C) Were driving. D) Drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been driving. 18. Henry ..... his training when I got to the gym (PAST PERFECT) A) Will finish. B) Finishes. C) Has finish. D) Had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had finished. 19. I'm sorry but I ..... to be at your show. A) Han't intended. B) Had really intended. C) Intended. D) Was intended. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had really intended. 20. My parents ..... (to talk) with my sister for hours. A) Have been talking. B) Has been talking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been talking. 21. What (you, do) ..... when the accident occurred? A) Was you doing. B) You did. C) Did you do. D) Were you doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you doing. 22. When I arrived home, my mom ..... (already cook). A) Had been cooking already. B) Already had been cooking. C) Had already been cooking. D) Have already been cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already been cooking. 23. When I arrived at the party, Tom wasn't there. He ..... home. A) Had gone. B) Had been going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gone. 24. She ..... (not/drive) a car ..... she had the accident. A) Hasn't driven / since. B) Hasn't drive / for. C) Didn't drive / since. D) Didn't drive / for. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hasn't driven / since. 25. They ..... working on the new feature for six months when it was finally released. A) A) had been. B) B) was. C) C) have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been. 26. We ..... (discuss) the details before the meeting ended. A) Had been discussing. B) Had discussed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had discussed. 27. Which adverb is NOT typically used with Past Perfect Continuous? A) Since. B) For. C) When. D) All day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 28. Nobody ..... while he ..... his presentation. A) Talked was showing. B) Talked showed. C) Was talking was showing. D) Was talking showed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was talking was showing. 29. When Bob arrived at the station, his friends ..... for him. A) Had been waiting. B) Were been waiting. C) Were waiting. D) Haved been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 30. We ..... for the game release eagerly before it got delayed. A) A) had been waiting. B) B) waits. C) C) was waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been waiting. 31. She ..... never ..... he would do such a thing without her permission. A) Had thought. B) Has thought. C) Had been thinking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had thought. 32. The sentence of "Present Perfect Continuous Tense" is ..... A) He was angry because Amanda had not been coming late into his private course. B) The doctor has not been examining the patients in the front line. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The doctor has not been examining the patients in the front line. 33. Ernesto and I ..... some food, A) Had been buy. B) Had been buying. C) Had been bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been buying. 34. I ..... my phone until I called A) Had been looking. B) Had been looking for. C) Had looking for. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been looking for. 35. The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very tired. (they/play/football) A) They have played football. B) They do play football. C) They are playing football. D) They'd been playing football. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They'd been playing football. 36. The musician ..... (live) in this town for ten years when he became director of the opera house. A) Had been living. B) Had living. C) Has lived. D) Had lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been living. 37. What ..... you ..... at 5 p.m. yesterday? A) Were doing. B) Had doing. C) Was doing. D) Been doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were doing. 38. When Tommy came up, the girls ..... for a long time. A) Had sung. B) Had been singing. C) Had sing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been singing. 39. I had been to London twice by the time I got a job in New York. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 40. The divers had checked their equipment before they ..... the water. A) Entered. B) Had entered. C) Had been entering. D) Entering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entered. 41. Is this correct?Dad announced that he had written to the bank manager. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 42. There wasn't a gallery in the whole of Europe that ..... those paintings by Dali together before. A) Was showing. B) Had shown. C) Showed. D) Had been showing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had shown. 43. After the teacher ..... tests, the students started to write. A) Had handed out. B) Had been handing out. C) Had hand out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had handed out. 44. When we ..... the tour of the city we decided to go and eat in a local restaurant. A) Was doing. B) Had done. C) Had been doing. D) Had doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been doing. 45. Her friends had been ..... of calling the police when she walked in. A) Thinking. B) Think. C) Thinks. D) Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thinking. 46. I ..... (work) for Exxon for 15 years. A) Was working. B) Worked. C) Had been working. D) Have been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 47. I ..... English. A) Had been learn. B) Had been learning. C) Had learn been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been learning. 48. What is the correct form of the verb "go" in the Past Perfect Continuous tense for the pronoun "we" ? A) Had been going. B) Has been went. C) Had been went. D) Has been going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been going. 49. ..... the doctors ..... your blood pressure during your hospital stay? A) Had been monitoring. B) Have been monitoring. C) Have being monitoring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been monitoring. 50. Complete the sentence using past perfect continuous:I finally reached my mom ..... her all day. A) I'd been calling. B) I have called. C) I called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'd been calling. 51. My father ..... the car while the cat ..... all over A) Was cleaning/jumped. B) Cleaned/jumped. C) Cleaned/was jumping. D) Was cleaning/ was jumping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cleaning/ was jumping. 52. Before having the accident, he ..... (drive) for five hours. A) Had been driving. B) Has drove. C) Had drove. D) Have drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been driving. 53. I ..... studying in this school since 1 grade A) Was. B) Had been. C) Am not. D) Has been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has been. 54. Before the earthquake hit, the residents ..... evacuation procedures. A) Practiced. B) Were practicing. C) Have practiced. D) Had practiced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had practiced. 55. When I met him, he ..... at his previous job for five years. A) Worked. B) Had worked. C) Had been working. D) Has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 56. He ..... English for years when he went to university. A) Had been study. B) Had been studying. C) Had studied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. 57. They watered the trees that they ..... ? ..... A) Has planted. B) Plants. C) Had planted. D) Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had planted. 58. The studio ..... the project for a year when funding was cut. A) A) had been developing. B) B) develop. C) C) was developed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been developing. 59. Julia ..... rare books for ages, so she had a lot of them. A) Had bought. B) Had been buying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been buying. 60. What is the negative form of the sentence "She had been practicing the guitar." ? A) She had been not practicing the guitar. B) She have not been practicing the guitar. C) She had not been practicing the guitar. D) She have been not practicing the guitar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had not been practicing the guitar. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 4Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 5Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 6Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 7Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 8Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books