This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They watered the trees that they ..... ? ..... A) Plant. B) Had planted. C) Has planted. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had planted. 2. The studio ..... the project for a year when funding was cut. A) A) had been developing. B) B) develop. C) C) was developed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been developing. 3. Julia ..... rare books for ages, so she had a lot of them. A) Had bought. B) Had been buying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been buying. 4. What is the negative form of the sentence "She had been practicing the guitar." ? A) She had not been practicing the guitar. B) She have not been practicing the guitar. C) She had been not practicing the guitar. D) She have been not practicing the guitar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had not been practicing the guitar. 5. I ..... (work) in the garden, when my dad came home. A) Worked. B) Had worked. C) Was working. D) Have worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working. 6. The party ..... by the time we arrived. A) Almost finished. B) Had almost finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had almost finished. 7. She had been loving our children since birth. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 8. Asem and Diana had been travelling for 2 months ..... the time the happy news came. A) In. B) For. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 9. We ..... (produce) these kind of chair since 1995. A) Had been producing. B) Have been producing. C) Have produced. D) Have producing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been producing. 10. By the time we got there, he ..... A) Had left. B) Has left. C) Left. D) Have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 11. By the time Salim got to the theatre, the concert ..... A) Already start. B) Already started. C) Starts. D) Had already started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already started. 12. She was tired because she ..... (work) all day yesturday. A) Was working. B) Worked. C) Had worked. D) Had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working. 13. Can you use contractions in Past Perfect Continuous? (You'd, I'd, She'd, etc.) A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 14. Angelina got to the mountain, ..... the map and started walking. A) Picked up. B) Had picked up. C) Pick up. D) Picks up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Picked up. 15. How long had you ..... English before you moved to Miami? A) Studies. B) Studied. C) Study. D) Been studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Been studying. 16. My friend ..... (NOT SEE) me for many years when I met him last week. A) Hadn't saw. B) Didn't see. C) Didn't saw. D) Hadn't seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't seen. 17. They had not been naming their new born baby when you gave them a new idea of baby name 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. 18. We (run) ..... along the street for about 40 minutes when a car suddenly stopped right in front of us A) Run. B) Had runned. C) Are running. D) Had been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been running. 19. She was angry when I phoned because ..... to get the baby to sleep for an hour. A) She'd tried. B) She was trying. C) She'd been trying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She'd been trying. 20. How long ..... you ..... in Moscow before you moved to St. Petersburg? A) Had lived. B) Had been living. C) Were living. D) Was been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been living. 21. My parents went to Scotland which they ..... (not, visited) before. A) Had not been visiting. B) Had not visited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not visited. 22. Before the gameplay reveal, the media ..... a lot of speculation. A) A) had been making. B) B) making. C) C) had maken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been making. 23. I arrived on Sunday. I ..... at home for two days. A) Was not. B) Had not been. C) Hadn't been being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not been. 24. I was really hungry. I ..... anything since the morning. A) Had not been eating. B) Had not eaten. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not eaten. 25. He ..... (knock) on the door for a long time before she let him in. A) Had knocked. B) Had been knocking. C) Has knocked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been knocking. 26. I was annoyed because the neighbors ..... loud music since morning. (play) A) Playing had been. B) Had been playing. C) Been had playing. D) Had been played. E) Had been play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 27. When I arrived at the theater, Kathy ..... (pick, already) up the tickets and she was waiting for us near the entrance. A) HAD ALREADY PICKED. B) HAD ALREADY BEEN PICKING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HAD ALREADY PICKED. 28. When Tom was little, he ..... always ..... an obedient son. A) Has been. B) Had been. C) Has been being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 29. The students had been preparing for their excursion for months. 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. 30. Tina knew the flea market had good prices because she ..... there before. A) Had shopped. B) Had been shopping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had shopped. ← 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 6Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 8Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books