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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nobody ..... while he ..... his presentation. A) Talked was showing. B) Was talking showed. C) Was talking was showing. D) Talked showed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was talking was showing. 2. When Bob arrived at the station, his friends ..... for him. A) Were waiting. B) Haved been waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Were been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were waiting. 3. We ..... for the game release eagerly before it got delayed. A) A) had been waiting. B) B) waits. C) C) was waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been waiting. 4. She ..... never ..... he would do such a thing without her permission. A) Had thought. B) Has thought. C) Had been thinking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had thought. 5. The sentence of "Present Perfect Continuous Tense" is ..... A) He was angry because Amanda had not been coming late into his private course. B) The doctor has not been examining the patients in the front line. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The doctor has not been examining the patients in the front line. 6. The students ..... for the excursion for months. A) Had been preparing. B) Prepared. C) Have prepared. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been preparing. 7. Ernesto and I ..... some food, A) Had been buy. B) Had been buying. C) Had been bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been buying. 8. I ..... my phone until I called A) Had been looking. B) Had been looking for. C) Had looking for. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been looking for. 9. The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very tired. (they/play/football) A) They have played football. B) They do play football. C) They are playing football. D) They'd been playing football. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They'd been playing football. 10. The musician ..... (live) in this town for ten years when he became director of the opera house. A) Has lived. B) Had lived. C) Had living. D) Had been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been living. 11. What ..... you ..... at 5 p.m. yesterday? A) Been doing. B) Had doing. C) Was doing. D) Were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were doing. 12. When Tommy came up, the girls ..... for a long time. A) Had sung. B) Had been singing. C) Had sing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been singing. 13. I had been to London twice by the time I got a job in New York. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 14. The divers had checked their equipment before they ..... the water. A) Had entered. B) Had been entering. C) Entered. D) Entering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Entered. 15. Is this correct?Dad announced that he had written to the bank manager. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 16. There wasn't a gallery in the whole of Europe that ..... those paintings by Dali together before. A) Had shown. B) Had been showing. C) Showed. D) Was showing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had shown. 17. After the teacher ..... tests, the students started to write. A) Had handed out. B) Had been handing out. C) Had hand out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had handed out. 18. When we ..... the tour of the city we decided to go and eat in a local restaurant. A) Had doing. B) Was doing. C) Had been doing. D) Had done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been doing. 19. Her friends had been ..... of calling the police when she walked in. A) Thinks. B) Thinking. C) Think. D) Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thinking. 20. I ..... (work) for Exxon for 15 years. A) Have been working. B) Was working. C) Worked. D) Had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working. 21. I ..... English. A) Had been learn. B) Had been learning. C) Had learn been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been learning. 22. What is the correct form of the verb "go" in the Past Perfect Continuous tense for the pronoun "we" ? A) Has been going. B) Had been going. C) Had been went. D) Has been went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been going. 23. ..... the doctors ..... your blood pressure during your hospital stay? A) Had been monitoring. B) Have been monitoring. C) Have being monitoring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been monitoring. 24. Complete the sentence using past perfect continuous:I finally reached my mom ..... her all day. A) I'd been calling. B) I have called. C) I called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'd been calling. 25. My father ..... the car while the cat ..... all over A) Was cleaning/ was jumping. B) Cleaned/was jumping. C) Cleaned/jumped. D) Was cleaning/jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cleaning/ was jumping. 26. Before having the accident, he ..... (drive) for five hours. A) Have drove. B) Had been driving. C) Had drove. D) Has drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been driving. 27. I ..... studying in this school since 1 grade A) Has been. B) Am not. C) Had been. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been. 28. Before the earthquake hit, the residents ..... evacuation procedures. A) Have practiced. B) Were practicing. C) Had practiced. D) Practiced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had practiced. 29. When I met him, he ..... at his previous job for five years. A) Had worked. B) Has worked. C) Worked. D) Had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working. 30. He ..... English for years when he went to university. A) Had been study. B) Had been studying. C) Had studied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. ← 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