This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct answer using past perfectHe ..... her somewhere before. A) Had been meeting. B) Had meet. C) Has meet. D) Had met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had met. 2. Jane said that Ben ..... the bank. A) Have been splitting. B) Have spilt. C) Had been splitting. D) Had spilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had spilt. 3. 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. 4. I opened the door, got inside, and ..... on the television. A) Had been turning. B) Had been turned. C) Turned. D) Had turned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turned. 5. 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. 6. Jonathan and David ..... our dinner for 2 hours before we arrived A) Had made. B) Had been making. C) Have made. D) Have been making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been making. 7. It was the first time I saw him. We ..... before ((PAST PERFECT) A) Had never met. B) Have meet. C) Met. D) Had met. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never met. 8. 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. 9. Think, thought, ..... A) Thought. B) Thught. C) Thoughted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thought. 10. Bob ..... about Molly's birthday, so she ..... up with him. A) Forgot, was breaking. B) Forgot, were breaking. C) Was forgetting, broke. D) Forgot, broke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgot, broke. 11. The accountant has joined the meeting as he ..... a solution. A) Found. B) Had found. C) Had been finding. D) Was finding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had found. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. She'd ..... ..... in the sales department for two years before she was promoted A) Been worked. B) Being. C) Be worked. D) Been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Been working. 16. When I saw my old friend at the concert, I ..... him for years. A) Didn't see. B) Hadn't seen. C) Hadn't been seeing. D) Wasn't seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't seen. 17. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuous We ..... all day, so we felt a bit ill. A) Ate. B) Have eat. C) Had ate. D) Had been eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been eating. 18. 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. 19. We ..... for three hours before we finally found a hotel. A) Had driven. B) Drove. C) Were driving. D) Had been driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been driving. 20. Sally ..... this text for 3 hours before Mark came. A) Had typed. B) Has been typed. C) Had been typing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been typing. 21. Henry ..... his training when I got to the gym (PAST PERFECT) A) Had finished. B) Finishes. C) Will finish. D) Has finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. What (you, do) ..... when the accident occurred? A) Was you doing. B) You did. C) Were you doing. D) Did you do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you doing. 25. When I arrived home, my mom ..... (already cook). A) Already had been cooking. B) Have already been cooking. C) Had been cooking already. D) Had already been cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already been cooking. 26. 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. 27. She ..... (not/drive) a car ..... she had the accident. A) Didn't drive / for. B) Hasn't driven / since. C) Hasn't drive / for. D) Didn't drive / since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasn't driven / since. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. Which adverb is NOT typically used with Past Perfect Continuous? A) Since. B) For. C) When. D) All day. 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