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 (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: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. 2. The dog ..... me and ..... me jump A) Frightened / made. B) Was frightening / was making. C) Was frightening /made. D) Frightened/was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frightened / made. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Cameron ..... for months, so he wasn't surprised when he won the tennis match. A) Had been practise. B) Has practised. C) Had been practising. D) Had practise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been practising. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. They ..... computer games for a long time before their mother came and turned off the computer. A) Had not been playing. B) Hadn't been plaing. C) Not had been playing. D) Had been not playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not been playing. 12. Before I finally decided to go to Africa, I ..... about it for two months. A) Though. B) Had been though. C) Had been thinking. D) Had though. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been thinking. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. They ..... (study), when I saw them in the library. A) Studied. B) Had studied. C) Were studying. D) Have studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were studying. 17. After Sofia ..... her work, she went to lunch. A) Finished. B) Has finished. C) Have finished. D) Had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had finished. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. Martina gained weight because she ..... A) Has been overeating. B) Was been overeating. C) Is overeating. D) Had been overeating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been overeating. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. Poor Steve ..... around the forest for hours before the rescue team found him. A) Walked. B) Had walked. C) Had been walking. D) Was walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been walking. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. 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. ← 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