This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the following with the best choice.They ..... all day so when we met they were exhausted. A) Studied. B) Was studying. C) Had been studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 2. Mum ..... the house all day and she looked exhausted. A) Cleaned. B) Had cleaned. C) Had been cleaning. D) Had been clean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been cleaning. 3. Mrs Green said that the cat ..... birds. A) Had chased. B) Had been chasing. C) Have been chasing. D) Have chased. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been chasing. 4. Until 2008, we ..... (never/ be) sailing A) Was never been. B) Had never be. C) Had never been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had never been. 5. They were tired because they ..... been running for more than an hour. A) Have. B) Had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 6. By the time the firefighters arrived, the house ..... completely destroyed. A) Had become. B) Had been. C) Became. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 7. When I arrived at the concert, they ..... the first song. A) Was playing. B) Had been playing. C) Have already played. D) Had already played. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already played. 8. The footballer ..... the game until he was told to by the coach. A) Hadn't started. B) Hadn't been starting. C) Hadn't start. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't started. 9. They had (fall) ..... in love for 5 years and prepared for a wedding A) Did fall. B) Were fall. C) Been falling. D) Fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been falling. 10. He was very nervous at that moment, but nobody ..... at him. A) Not looking. B) Was looking. C) Looked. D) Wasn't looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was looking. 11. We ..... for nearly an hour before we finally got in. A) Have queued. B) Queued. C) Had been queueing. D) Were queueing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been queueing. 12. At ten o'clock yesterday the children ..... and couldn't break your bike. A) Slept. B) Were sleeping. C) Was sleeping. D) Had been sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sleeping. 13. Pat ..... (sleep) all morning on Sunday. A) Had been sleeping. B) Had slept. C) Has slept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had slept. 14. Had you been ..... English for a long time before you went to London? A) STUDYING. B) STUDIED. C) STUDY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) STUDYING. 15. ..... at school yesterday? (you / be) A) Was you. B) Were you. C) You were. D) Did you be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you. 16. I ..... working at the company for five years when I got the promotion. A) Had been. B) Have been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 17. I ..... regularly, so I wasn't in good shape for the race. A) Hadn't been exercising. B) Had been exercising. C) Had never been exercising. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been exercising. 18. We had ..... for an hour when finally the director arrived. A) Waited. B) Been waiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been waiting. 19. A possible answer for the question "Why had you been going to bed late?" would be A) I had been going to bed late becase I had to study for my Science test. B) I had been going to bed late because I used to feel tired. C) I hadn't been going to bed late because I went to sleep at 4 a.m. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had been going to bed late becase I had to study for my Science test. 20. The composer ..... on the score for months when the movie was postponed. A) A) had been working. B) B) will work. C) C) had working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been working. 21. Choose the correct tense. I had to have a break. I ..... so long. A) Had been driving. B) Drove. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been driving. 22. He refused to admit to the store detective that he ..... the iPhone. A) Had been stealing. B) Had stolen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had stolen. 23. She ..... (finish) her homework by the time I arrived. A) Finished. B) Were finishing. C) Has finished. D) Had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had finished. 24. I was shocked, even though it was the third time ..... Aron's story. A) I had heard. B) I heard. C) I'd been hearing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had heard. 25. Where ..... when the police found him? A) Is the man hiding. B) Had the man been hiding. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had the man been hiding. 26. We had been hoping to find some waters for days. 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. 27. Luke ..... a car. A) Had had. B) Didn't use to have. C) Had been having. D) Didn't used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't use to have. 28. They didn't let us go home until ..... tidying up. A) We'd finished. B) We were finishing. C) We'd been finishing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We'd finished. 29. You have been running in circles ..... 30 minutes! A) Since. B) For. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 30. Richard had gone out when his wife arrived in the office. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 31. Before deciding to go to Oxford, he ..... lots of doubts. A) Has had. B) Had had. C) Had been having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. 32. What is the structure of past perfect continuous? A) Subject + had been + verb + object/complement. B) Subject + had been + verb(-ing) + object/complement. C) Subject + had + verb(-ing) + object/complement. D) Subject + was/were + verb(-ing) + object/complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject + had been + verb(-ing) + object/complement. 33. Star could not walk because he ..... his leg. A) Had broken. B) Had been broking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had broken. 34. We ..... been outsise for long when it started to rain. A) Had. B) Hadn't. C) Weren't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't. 35. The dog ate our lunch while we ..... A) Wasn't watching. B) Didn't watch. C) Weren't watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't watching. 36. Change from negative to affirmative.-Nicolas hadn't been studying hard. A) Had been studying. B) Had studying. C) Had been study. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been studying. 37. ..... she ..... (drive) her car? A) Has, been driving. B) Had, been drove. C) Had, been driving. D) Had, been drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had, been driving. 38. By the time they were rescued, ..... nearly three days without food or water. A) They'd spent. B) They'd spent / they'd been spending. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They'd spent. 39. After I ..... for 3 hours, they ..... here. A) Sleeping, came. B) I had been sleeping, come. C) I had been sleeping, came. D) I been sleeping, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had been sleeping, came. 40. He was red in the face because he ..... A) Had been ranning. B) Has run. C) Had been running. D) Hadnt run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been running. 41. Which sentence has a similar meaning?The film started. Then we arrived at the cinema. A) When we had arrived at the cinema, the film had started. B) When we had arrived at the cinema, the film started. C) When we arrived at the cinema, the film had already started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When we arrived at the cinema, the film had already started. 42. We have been waiting for them. A) Simple present. B) Simple present perfect. C) SImple present perfect continuous progressive. D) Present perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present perfect continuous. 43. She was very tired. She ..... (type) letters all day long. A) Had typed. B) Had been typing. C) Has been typing. D) Has typed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been typing. 44. BY THE TIME he ..... home, we had been watching TV for about one hour A) Got. B) Had been getting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 45. When Bob arrived at the station, his friends ..... already ..... for him for half an hour. A) Were waiting. B) Haved been waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Were been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 46. Joe told me that it ..... in England. A) Have been snowing. B) Had snowed. C) Have snowed. D) Had been snowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been snowing. 47. Maria (leave) the field when her friend got there. A) Have left. B) Had left. C) Has left. D) Had leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left. 48. The entire scene with the three witches ..... from Macbeth. A) Had redacted. B) Had been redacted. C) Had being redacting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been redacted. 49. We will have been studying English at HANNA HERSOP A) Future perfect Continuous tense. B) Future tense. C) Future perfect tense. D) Future Continuous tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future perfect Continuous tense. 50. "she had been studying for a long time before the lights went out?"Is the sentence above correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 51. I ..... breakfast when he arrived . A) Had. B) Hadn't had. C) Had been having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't had. 52. You hadn't studied for the test, so you ..... very nervous. A) Were. B) Hadn't been. C) Hadn't been being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 53. Actually I ..... it to her a few times already, but she didn't listen. A) Had mentioned. B) Had been mentioning. C) Was mentioning. D) Mentioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had mentioned. 54. We ..... (go) out with each other for two years before I met his family. A) Had been going. B) Were going. C) Has been going. D) Had going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been going. 55. After the thunderstorm ..... we left the shelter. A) Had stopped. B) Had been stopping. C) Had stop. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had stopped. 56. When Mary went shopping, all the shops ..... (close) A) Has closed. B) Have closed. C) Had closed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had closed. 57. Sarah is a true vegetarian. She ..... chicken all her life. A) Not eat. B) Have not eaten. C) Did not eat. D) Has not eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has not eaten. 58. By the time we arrived, they ..... (clean) the house for hours. A) Has been cleaning. B) Had been clean. C) Has been cleaned. D) Had been cleaning. E) Had been cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been cleaning. 59. Where do you put 'had' in a sentence to make a question in Past Perfect Continuous? A) Before the subject. B) After the subject. C) At the end of a sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before the subject. 60. When I phoned him yesterday, he ..... a shower and didn't hear my call. A) Have been taking. B) Was taking. C) Took. D) Has been taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 3Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 4Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 5Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 7Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 8Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books