This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... (work) in the garden, when my dad came home. A) Have worked. B) Worked. C) Was working. D) Had worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working. 2. The party ..... by the time we arrived. A) Almost finished. B) Had almost finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had almost finished. 3. She had been loving our children since birth. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 4. Asem and Diana had been travelling for 2 months ..... the time the happy news came. A) In. B) For. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 5. We ..... (produce) these kind of chair since 1995. A) Had been producing. B) Have producing. C) Have produced. D) Have been producing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been producing. 6. By the time we got there, he ..... A) Had left. B) Have left. C) Has left. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 7. By the time Salim got to the theatre, the concert ..... A) Already started. B) Starts. C) Had already started. D) Already start. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already started. 8. She was tired because she ..... (work) all day yesturday. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) Worked. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 9. Can you use contractions in Past Perfect Continuous? (You'd, I'd, She'd, etc.) A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 10. Angelina got to the mountain, ..... the map and started walking. A) Picks up. B) Picked up. C) Pick up. D) Had picked up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Picked up. 11. How long had you ..... English before you moved to Miami? A) Study. B) Been studying. C) Studies. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been studying. 12. My friend ..... (NOT SEE) me for many years when I met him last week. A) Didn't see. B) Hadn't saw. C) Hadn't seen. D) Didn't saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't seen. 13. They had not been naming their new born baby when you gave them a new idea of baby name 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. 14. We (run) ..... along the street for about 40 minutes when a car suddenly stopped right in front of us A) Had been running. B) Are running. C) Had runned. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been running. 15. She was angry when I phoned because ..... to get the baby to sleep for an hour. A) She'd tried. B) She was trying. C) She'd been trying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She'd been trying. 16. How long ..... you ..... in Moscow before you moved to St. Petersburg? A) Had lived. B) Had been living. C) Was been living. D) Were living. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been living. 17. My parents went to Scotland which they ..... (not, visited) before. A) Had not been visiting. B) Had not visited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not visited. 18. Before the gameplay reveal, the media ..... a lot of speculation. A) A) had been making. B) B) making. C) C) had maken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been making. 19. I arrived on Sunday. I ..... at home for two days. A) Was not. B) Had not been. C) Hadn't been being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not been. 20. He ..... (knock) on the door for a long time before she let him in. A) Had knocked. B) Had been knocking. C) Has knocked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been knocking. 21. I was annoyed because the neighbors ..... loud music since morning. (play) A) Had been play. B) Had been played. C) Been had playing. D) Had been playing. E) Playing had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been playing. 22. When I arrived at the theater, Kathy ..... (pick, already) up the tickets and she was waiting for us near the entrance. A) HAD ALREADY PICKED. B) HAD ALREADY BEEN PICKING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HAD ALREADY PICKED. 23. When Tom was little, he ..... always ..... an obedient son. A) Has been. B) Had been. C) Has been being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 24. The students had been preparing for their excursion for months. A) Past Perfect Simple. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 25. Tina knew the flea market had good prices because she ..... there before. A) Had shopped. B) Had been shopping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had shopped. 26. They had been walking in the dessert for days, so they were exhausted. A) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that started in the past and were still in progress when another action occurred in the past. B) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that were in progress in the past and had effect on a later action in the past. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that were in progress in the past and had effect on a later action in the past. 27. ..... she ..... her car? A) Had-been drive. B) Had-been drove. C) Had-been driving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had-been driving. 28. "he had been walking to the mall before he tripped on a rock, and he saw that there were peoples laughing at him"One of these words is wrong. Pick the corrected word. A) Peopled. B) Peoples. C) People. D) None of the above are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People. 29. When I ..... , my brother ..... TV. A) Was getting home / was watching TV. B) Was getting home/ watched TV. C) Got home/watched TV. D) Got home/ was watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got home/ was watching TV. 30. Last year Mary ..... ( to pass) all her exams. A) Passed. B) Past. C) Had passed. D) Was passing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passed. 31. I ..... 5 km a day before I broke my right leg. A) Have been running. B) Ran. C) Had been running. D) Had run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been running. 32. Melany ..... her house by the time the guests arrived. (clean) A) Had cleaned. B) Had been cleaning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been cleaning. 33. Tom knew the city so well, because he ..... it many times before. A) Visit. B) Had visited. C) Has visited. D) Was visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had visited. 34. Kent ..... so many efficient gadgets by the time he retired that his company gave him an award. A) Had designed. B) Had been designing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had designed. 35. They ..... three kilometers when they realized they were on the wrong road. A) Had walked. B) Had been walking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had walked. 36. The young man had been surfing since he was a child. A) Past Perfect Simple. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 37. I had not been introducing my friend to your friend when you asked me to introduce my friend to you 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. 38. When we had been doing the tour of the city we ..... to go and eat in a local restaurant. A) Was deciding. B) Decided. C) Had decided. D) Had been deciding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decided. 39. Had been belomgs to A) Past perfect continuous. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Future arrangement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect continuous. 40. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuousShe ..... for ten hours when I woke her. A) Had been sleep. B) Has sleep. C) Had been sleeping. D) Had slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been sleeping. 41. Sam gained weight because he had (overeat) ..... A) Was overeating. B) Overeared. C) Had overeating. D) Been overeating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Been overeating. 42. The teacher ..... in while Jane ..... a joke. A) Was coming / was telling. B) Came / was telling. C) Came / told. D) Had come / had been telling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came / was telling. 43. She ..... her decision before anyone could change her mind. A) Was making. B) Had never made. C) Has made. D) Had already made. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already made. 44. I ..... the house when my brother arrived. A) Has clean. B) Am cleaning. C) Cleans. D) Had cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had cleaned. 45. Mandy was exhausted by the time she went on holiday because she ..... over 55 hours a week. A) Works. B) Worked. C) Had been working. D) Had worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 46. We ..... the convention center long before the event started. A) A) had left. B) B) leaves. C) C) had been leaving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had left. 47. He ..... in Asia FOR many years, when the war began. A) Lived. B) Had been living. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been living. 48. The flat was lovely and tidy because my flatmate ..... A) Had been cleaning. B) Had cleaned. C) Was cleaning. D) Had been cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been cleaning. 49. The sentence of "Past Perfect Continuous Tense" is ..... A) She has been announcing the important message to all of us. B) I was crying because the movie had been making me so emotional. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was crying because the movie had been making me so emotional. 50. ING form of the verb (tie) A) Tining. B) Tying. C) Tiening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tying. 51. My grandfather had been playing chess since his childhood. A) Has been played. B) Had been playing a. C) Had been playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 52. I was disappointed when I had to cancel my holidays. I ..... forward to it. A) Had looked. B) Had been looking. C) Was looking. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been looking. 53. Which one of these isn't a use for past perfect continuous? A) Action that has already been finished in the past. B) Reported speech. C) Cause of something in the past. D) Duration before something in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action that has already been finished in the past. 54. He ..... about moving abroad until his friend suggested it. A) Had never thought. B) Had been thinking. C) Was thinking. D) Has never thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never thought. 55. The police ..... the thief when we arrived to the police station. A) Had caught. B) Has caught. C) Did catch. D) Have catched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had caught. 56. "Edgard had been studying but then he failed every subject"Is the sentence above correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 57. I worked very hard all morning and by lunchtime ..... all my jobs for the day. A) I'd done. B) I'd done / I'd been doing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'd done. 58. I ..... tired because I hadn't slept much. A) Was. B) Am. C) Were. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 59. We wish we hadn't eaten son much at the buffet. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 60. Kent ..... efficient gadgets for a long time, so he was very good at it A) Had designed. B) Had been designing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been designing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 3Past 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