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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They had been walking in the dessert for days, so they were exhausted. A) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that started in the past and were still in progress when another action occurred in the past. B) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that were in progress in the past and had effect on a later action in the past. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that were in progress in the past and had effect on a later action in the past. 2. ..... she ..... her car? A) Had-been drive. B) Had-been drove. C) Had-been driving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had-been driving. 3. "he had been walking to the mall before he tripped on a rock, and he saw that there were peoples laughing at him"One of these words is wrong. Pick the corrected word. A) Peopled. B) Peoples. C) People. D) None of the above are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People. 4. When I ..... , my brother ..... TV. A) Was getting home/ watched TV. B) Got home/ was watching TV. C) Got home/watched TV. D) Was getting home / was watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got home/ was watching TV. 5. Last year Mary ..... ( to pass) all her exams. A) Had passed. B) Passed. C) Past. D) Was passing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passed. 6. I ..... 5 km a day before I broke my right leg. A) Had run. B) Had been running. C) Have been running. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been running. 7. Melany ..... her house by the time the guests arrived. (clean) A) Had cleaned. B) Had been cleaning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been cleaning. 8. Tom knew the city so well, because he ..... it many times before. A) Had visited. B) Was visiting. C) Visit. D) Has visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had visited. 9. Kent ..... so many efficient gadgets by the time he retired that his company gave him an award. A) Had designed. B) Had been designing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had designed. 10. They ..... three kilometers when they realized they were on the wrong road. A) Had walked. B) Had been walking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had walked. 11. The young man had been surfing since he was a child. 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. 12. I had not been introducing my friend to your friend when you asked me to introduce my friend to you 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. 13. When we had been doing the tour of the city we ..... to go and eat in a local restaurant. A) Decided. B) Was deciding. C) Had been deciding. D) Had decided. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decided. 14. Had been belomgs to A) Future arrangement. B) Past perfect continuous. C) Past continuous. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect continuous. 15. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuousShe ..... for ten hours when I woke her. A) Had been sleep. B) Had slept. C) Had been sleeping. D) Has sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been sleeping. 16. Sam gained weight because he had (overeat) ..... A) Was overeating. B) Had overeating. C) Been overeating. D) Overeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been overeating. 17. The teacher ..... in while Jane ..... a joke. A) Came / was telling. B) Came / told. C) Had come / had been telling. D) Was coming / was telling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came / was telling. 18. She ..... her decision before anyone could change her mind. A) Has made. B) Had never made. C) Was making. D) Had already made. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already made. 19. I ..... the house when my brother arrived. A) Had cleaned. B) Cleans. C) Am cleaning. D) Has clean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had cleaned. 20. Mandy was exhausted by the time she went on holiday because she ..... over 55 hours a week. A) Had worked. B) Works. C) Worked. D) Had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working. 21. We ..... the convention center long before the event started. A) A) had left. B) B) leaves. C) C) had been leaving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had left. 22. He ..... in Asia FOR many years, when the war began. A) Lived. B) Had been living. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been living. 23. The flat was lovely and tidy because my flatmate ..... A) Had been cleaned. B) Had been cleaning. C) Had cleaned. D) Was cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been cleaning. 24. The sentence of "Past Perfect Continuous Tense" is ..... A) She has been announcing the important message to all of us. B) I was crying because the movie had been making me so emotional. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was crying because the movie had been making me so emotional. 25. ING form of the verb (tie) A) Tining. B) Tying. C) Tiening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tying. 26. My grandfather had been playing chess since his childhood. A) Has been played. B) Had been playing a. C) Had been playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 27. I was disappointed when I had to cancel my holidays. I ..... forward to it. A) Had been looking. B) Had looked. C) Looked. D) Was looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been looking. 28. Which one of these isn't a use for past perfect continuous? A) Action that has already been finished in the past. B) Reported speech. C) Cause of something in the past. D) Duration before something in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action that has already been finished in the past. 29. He ..... about moving abroad until his friend suggested it. A) Was thinking. B) Has never thought. C) Had never thought. D) Had been thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had never thought. 30. The police ..... the thief when we arrived to the police station. A) Did catch. B) Has caught. C) Had caught. D) Have catched. 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