This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After he bought his ticket he ..... to wait for the train to arrive. A) Sat down. B) Had sat down. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sat down. 2. By 10 p.m., we ..... for six hours straight. A) Had studied. B) Were studying. C) Have studied. D) Had been studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been studying. 3. Christine had never been to an opera before last night. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 4. .When I ..... home, I saw that the children ..... (ARRIVE, LEAVE) A) Had arrived / had already left. B) Arrived/ had already left. C) Have arrived/ have already left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived/ had already left. 5. Change from negative to affirmative.-We hadn't been waiting long when the bus came. A) Had waiting. B) Had been wait. C) Had been waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 6. We were tired! We ..... for twenty minutes. A) Are running. B) Had been running. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been running. 7. I was disappointed when I had to cancel my holiday. (I/look/forward to it) A) I had been looking forward to it. B) I had be looking forward to it. C) I has been looking forward to it. D) I have been looking forward to it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had been looking forward to it. 8. By the time the patch was released, players ..... about the bugs for weeks. A) A) had been complaining. B) B) complains. C) C) were complained. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been complaining. 9. The negative form of "I had been eating potato chips while doing my homework" is A) I hadn't not been eating potato chips while doing my homework. B) I had been not eating potato chips while doing my homework. C) I hadn't been eating potato chips while doing my homework. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I hadn't been eating potato chips while doing my homework. 10. Complete the following sentence in negative past perfect continuous.Susan ..... a book, before her mom played the piano. A) Read. B) Hadn't been reading. C) Has been reading. D) Wasn't reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been reading. 11. Cathy ..... the piano for 35 years A) Has been playing. B) Played. C) Plays. D) Had been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been playing. 12. I ..... all day, so I didn't want to go out. A) Worked. B) Had worked. C) Had been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 13. The developers ..... the game before the launch date was announced. A) A) were been finishing. B) B) finishes. C) C) had finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) had finished. 14. Before they moved, they ..... (live) in that house for over 10 years. A) Had been living. B) Has been living. C) Had been lived. D) Had been lives. E) Has been live. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been living. 15. I went to bed after I ..... my teeth. A) Brushed. B) Brushes. C) Had brushed. D) Brush. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had brushed. 16. It was more than a month before we realised what ..... (happen) to him. A) HAD HAPPENED. B) HAD BEEN HAPPENING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HAD HAPPENED. 17. Which one is PPC? A) She wasn't eating well. B) She hadn't been eating well. C) She haven't eaten well. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She hadn't been eating well. 18. I was sad when I sold my car, I ..... it for 5 years A) Had been having. B) Had had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. 19. When Peter ran across those obstacles, he ..... for two hours. A) Had been travelling. B) Had travelled. C) Had travel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been travelling. 20. Until she graduated, Maxine ..... a foreign country. A) Has never visit. B) Had never visited. C) Has never visiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never visited. 21. We were very hungry because we ..... eaten since morning. A) HAD. B) HADN'T. C) HAVE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HADN'T. 22. BY THE TIME we ..... the job, he had been working alone for years A) Started. B) Had been starting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 23. Is Past Perfect Continuous exactly the same as Present Perfect Continuous? A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 24. Had they been running A) Simple Present. B) Past Participle. C) Past Perfect Continuous. D) Present Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Perfect Continuous. 25. The dog hasn't been moving at all for more than three hours. A) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. 26. Complete the following with the best choice.When I ..... , it was clear that she didn't work. A) Arrived. B) Was arriving. C) Had been arriving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived. 27. The line is busy. Mandy ..... on the phone for hours. A) Talked. B) Has talked. C) Has been talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been talking. 28. We ..... to China because our flight ..... on short notice. (NOT GO, CANCEL) A) Didn't go / have cancelled. B) Went / cancelled. C) Didn't go / had been cancelled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't go / had been cancelled. 29. We were starving because we ..... (not / eat). A) HADN'T EATEN. B) HADN'T BEEN EATING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HADN'T EATEN. 30. Maria and Liza ..... for their English test since ten o'clock this morning. A) Studied. B) Had been studying. C) Study. D) Had studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. 31. She ..... for two hours when she woke up to an explosion. A) Had slept. B) Has slept. C) Had been sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been sleeping. 32. By the time she called me, I ..... my homework. A) Had been finishing. B) Had already finished. C) Was finishing. D) Have finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already finished. 33. Jim ..... to the zoo yesterday.Jim isn't here now. He ..... to the zoo. A) Went / have been going. B) Went / has been going. C) Has gone / went. D) Went / has gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went / has been going. 34. Complete the next sentence using past perfect or past perfect continuous:Albertto (propose) Helena before they went to the party. A) Had been proposing. B) Had proposed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had proposed. 35. The company ..... in research and development, which hurt its competitiveness. A) Hadn't been investing. B) Haven't been investing. C) Hadn't done investing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been investing. 36. When I got home Mark had just turned the TV. He ..... a film. A) Had been watching. B) Watched. C) Was watching. D) Had watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been watching. 37. The sales manager ..... the advantages of his product for about half an hour before I agreed to buy some samples. (describe) A) Had describe. B) Had been describing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been describing. 38. After he ..... the news, they burst into laughter. A) Had heard. B) Had been hearing. C) Had hear. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had heard. 39. By the time Doris ..... to the party, everyone ..... home. A) Had gone / went. B) Got / had gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got / had gone. 40. By the time Julia was twenty, she ..... more than fifty rare books. A) Had bought. B) Had been buying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had bought. 41. Is this correct?The centre of the town had been closed to general traffic because a new hospital had been built on the site of a disused factory. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 42. We ..... (sleep) for 12 hours when he woke us up A) Slept. B) Have been sleeping. C) Were sleeping. D) Had been sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been sleeping. 43. They hadn't been reading their books. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 44. I was sure that I ..... the place before. A) Saw. B) Had been seeing. C) Had seen. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had seen. 45. SUBJECT + HAD + BEEN + VERB(ING)/GERUND + TIME EXPRESSION A) PAST PERFECT SIMPLE. B) PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS. 46. By the time we arrived, the party ..... for an hour. A) Has started. B) Had started. C) Was starting. D) Had been going on. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been going on. 47. We started to worry about Jimmy because we ..... him all afternoon. (CALL) A) Had been calling. B) Have been calling. C) Had called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been calling. 48. I missed our History test because you ..... me about it. A) Didn't tell. B) Hadn't told. C) Weren't telling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't told. 49. Swim, swam, ..... A) Swum. B) Swom. C) Swimmed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swum. 50. When I met her, I ..... never been in a serious relationship. A) HADN'T. B) HAD. C) HAVE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD. 51. WHEN the ship ..... the iceberg, the captain hadn't been paying attention to the warnings A) Hit. B) Had been hitting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hit. 52. Which word often goes with this tense? A) Tomorrow. B) Next week. C) Since. D) Now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since. 53. They (talk) ..... on the phone when the rain poured down A) Had been talking. B) Are talking. C) Have been talking. D) Will have talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been talking. 54. Everywhere looked white because it ..... (snow) all night. A) HAD SNOWED. B) HAD BEEN SNOWING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD BEEN SNOWING. 55. She ..... him the cake that she had baked. A) Had been given. B) Given. C) Given. D) Gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gave. 56. ORGANIZE:had descended/ the miners/ 700 meters A) Had descended the miners 700 meters. B) The miners had descended 700 meters. C) Descended 700 meters the miners had . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The miners had descended 700 meters. 57. She had finished her homework when I called her. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 58. Which of the following is a question with Past Perfect Continuous? A) How long have you been studying English?. B) Are you studying Enin US?. C) How long had you been studying English in US?. D) Did you study English?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How long had you been studying English in US?. 59. I ..... the sauce while Bob ..... up the vegetables. A) Had prepared / has been cutting. B) Was preparing / was cutting. C) Prepared / cut. D) Were preparing / were cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was preparing / was cutting. 60. I ..... (wait) here for hour last Monday before the bus came. A) Was waiting. B) Had waited. C) Had been waiting. D) Have been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. ← 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 7Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books