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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We ..... (have) lunch at 2 pm yesterday. A) Had had. B) Have had. C) Were having. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were having. 2. Brad ..... for his sales receipt for an hour before he found it in the kitchen. A) Had been looking. B) Had looked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been looking. 3. They ..... (sleep) peacefully until the alarm rang. A) Have slept. B) Slept. C) Were sleeping. D) Had slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were sleeping. 4. When they finally reached the mountain peak, they ..... for eight hours. A) Were climbing. B) Have climbed. C) Had climbed. D) Had been climbing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been climbing. 5. Which sentence has a similar meaning?James is sick because he didn't take his medication. A) James is sick because he hadn't been taking his medication. B) James is sick because he had been taken his medication. C) James is sick because he had his medication. D) James taking his medication because he had been sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James is sick because he hadn't been taking his medication. 6. ..... writing poetry books? A) Was she. B) Is she. C) Had she been. D) Does she. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had she been. 7. Is the following correct?A few years ago, I had been to my old school to visit my teachers. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 8. She only understood the movie because she ..... the book. A) Had read. B) Was reading. C) Is reading. D) Had red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had read. 9. The police ..... (explain) that the man ..... (break) the window A) Explained, broke. B) Explained, has broken. C) Explained, had broken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explained, had broken. 10. He had studied in the library before he ..... to class. A) Has come. B) Had come. C) Come. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came. 11. Maria ..... her suitcase last night. (PACK) A) Had been packing. B) Packed. C) Had packed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Packed. 12. I ..... about having a car until I got a rise. A) Hadn't dreamed. B) Hadn't been dreaming. C) Hadn't dream. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't dreamed. 13. When I turned on the television, my favourite program ..... A) Had finished nearly. B) Has finished. C) Had already finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already finished. 14. "I am almost confident either Lucas or 80% of the class had not been listening during the presentation"Is the sentence above correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 15. Steven felt tired as he ..... for several hours. A) Learned. B) Has been learning. C) Had been learning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been learning. 16. She ..... tired because she'd been working for hours. A) IS. B) WERE. C) WAS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WAS. 17. My father ..... out when my sister arrived in the zoo. A) Goes. B) Have gone. C) Has gone. D) Had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had gone. 18. Which sentence has a similar meaning?I failed my test.I didn't study for my test. A) I had failed my test because I had not studied for it. B) I failed my test because I had not studied for it. C) I had not studied for my test because I had not failed my test. D) I failed my test because I had not been studied for it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I failed my test because I had not studied for it. 19. My sister hadn't ..... coming without his stuff to the school A) Being. B) Be. C) Been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been. 20. His teenage years ..... very difficult to deal with. A) Have become. B) Have been becoming. C) Had become. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had become. 21. To put emphasis on the duration of an action completed in the past before another past action, usually with since or for, we use A) Past Pefect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) Past Simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 22. Mom was tired yesterday because she ..... the house all day. A) Has been cleaning. B) Had been cleaned. C) Had been cleaning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been cleaning. 23. We ..... (play) in the rain since midday, so we were very wet. A) Had be playing. B) Had been played. C) Had been playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 24. The witnesses ..... questions since 3:45. A) Had been answering. B) Answered. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been answering. 25. He ..... walking to the park for 10 minutes before he saw an accident. A) Had. B) Been. C) Had been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 26. The principal action ends with-ing A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. Julie ..... until after I had left. A) Didn't arrive. B) Had arrived. C) Had been arriving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't arrive. 28. Convert to Present Perfect Continuous.-She has played a game.- A) She had been playing a game. B) She had played a game. C) She was playing a game. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been playing a game. 29. They didn't want any lunch because they ..... already ..... A) Had eaten. B) Had been eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had eaten. 30. John ..... (reject) the job offer of the MNC of Cambridge. A) Had rejecting. B) Had been rejecting. C) Rejecting. D) Had been rejected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been rejecting. 31. When the police arrived, the thief ..... already ..... with all the money (PAST PERFECT) A) Had-left. B) Has-leave. C) Will-leave. D) Not-left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had-left. 32. My parents ..... for me ALL NIGHT when I got home A) Waited. B) Had been waiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 33. Choose the correct answer using past perfect When I arrived at the cinema, the film ..... A) Had been started. B) Had start. C) Has started. D) Had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had started. 34. When did you meet her?-I ..... her last week. A) Had. B) Had been meeting. C) Had met. D) Met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Met. 35. I wasn't impressed at all and I ..... Dali's works. A) Was liking. B) Liked. C) Have been liking. D) Had always liked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had always liked. 36. Is the following correct?I had been dreaming about a holiday in Greece. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 37. She ..... (read) the book before she ..... (write) a summury. A) Read, had written. B) Had read, wrote. C) Was reading, wrote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had read, wrote. 38. Kevin ..... the movie three times, but he still didn't really understand it. A) Had watched. B) Had been watching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had watched. 39. The new student ..... sin the classroom for 15 minutes before they realized that it was the wrong classroom. (wait) A) Had waited. B) Had been waiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 40. I got stuck in traffic because there had been an accident A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 41. The Smiths were angry. Their daughter ..... a party without permission. A) Had given. B) Were having. C) Had been giving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had given. 42. Sing, sang, ..... A) Singed. B) Song. C) Sung. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sung. 43. When I saw him, he had been ..... near the traffic signal on the highway. A) Beg. B) Begged. C) Beging. D) Begging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Begging. 44. ..... from fever due to the change in the climate? A) Had been suffering. B) Had he suffering. C) Had he been suffering. D) He had been suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had he been suffering. 45. Choose the two options that complete the following idea correctly and logically: "When Melissa got off the plane ..... " A) My father and I had eaten out.". B) My mom and I realized she had been in a jam at work.". C) Her boyfriend had been warming up everything from the fridge.". D) Her brother hadn't gotten to the airport.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My mom and I realized she had been in a jam at work.". 46. I couldn't find the restaurtant because I had lost the adress.Which of the 2 events happened first? A) I couldn't find the restaurtant. B) I had lost the adress. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had lost the adress. 47. Karen ..... her father for a month so she was very happy to see him. A) Hadn't been seeing. B) Hadn't saw. C) Had seen not. D) Hadn't seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't seen. 48. I failed the English exam because I had not studied.Which of the 2 events happened first? A) I failed the English exam. B) I had not studied. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had not studied. 49. He said the conspiracy to falsify the books ..... by his corporate superiors. A) Hadn't been directed. B) Hadnot been directed. C) Didn't have been directed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been directed. 50. Everybody noticed that you ..... a mistake. A) Had made. B) Had been making. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had made. 51. The teacher was happy because the students ..... hard on the project. A) Had worked. B) Have worked. C) Had been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 52. Mum was angry when she realised that I ..... computer games all night. A) Had been playing. B) Had played. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 53. She ..... (not / work) but she was tired anyway. A) Was not working. B) Had not worked. C) Had not been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not been working. 54. They ..... the project for a month before it was completed. A) Had worked on. B) Worked on. C) Had been working on. D) Have been working on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working on. 55. We couldn't go into the concert because we ..... our tickets. A) Didn't bring. B) Had brough. C) Brought. D) Hadn't brought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't brought. 56. Her eyes were tired because she ..... TV for more than five hours! A) Had watched. B) Had been watching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been watching. 57. Complete the next sentence with Past perfect simple or Past perfect continuous:Robin (wait) for ages until his friend arrived and told him that everything was settled. A) Had been waiting. B) Had waited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 58. I couldn't take my flight because I had forgotten my boarding pass. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 59. She had been cooking food for 2 years. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 60. The correct verb is: A) Slept. B) Sleeping. C) Slepting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleeping. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 3Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 4Past 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