This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My mother noticed that I had ..... my room. It was clean and shiny. A) CLEAN. B) CLEANED. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CLEANED. 2. Joe said that he ..... for hours. A) Has been waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Had waited. D) Have been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 3. After the janitor ..... the gate, he brought the dangerous dogs too. A) Had locked. B) Had been locking. C) Had lock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had locked. 4. She ..... (go) home by the time he arrived at the party. A) Had been going. B) Has gone. C) Had gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had gone. 5. They were punished because they ..... at school. A) Had misbehaved. B) Had been misbehaving. C) Were misbehaving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had misbehaved. 6. Julie and Anne ..... before the party. A) Hadn't meet. B) Didn't met. C) Hadn't met. D) Hasn't met. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't met. 7. ..... you ..... long before the taxi arrived? A) Have; been waiting. B) Been; waiting. C) Had; been waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had; been waiting. 8. Mike ..... his friends before he went abroad for two months. (visit) A) Had visited. B) Had been visiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had visited. 9. Jolly ..... to Paris three years ago. A) Had gone. B) Gone. C) Had been going. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 10. Past Perfect continuous is used when the focus is on ..... of a past action happening before another past action. A) End. B) Duration. C) Result. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duration. 11. We admired the picture that Lucy ..... ? ..... A) Have painted. B) Paints. C) Had painted. D) Painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had painted. 12. I (finish) ..... my homework before I went to bed. A) Had finish. B) Finished. C) Had finished. D) Have finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 13. Once they had heard the explosion, they left the building immediately. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 14. When I got home, Tom was sitting in front of the TV. He had just turned it off. A) He had been watched a film. B) He was watched a film. C) He had been looking at a film. D) He had been watching a film. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had been watching a film. 15. Sally gained weight because she ..... overeating A) Have been. B) Been. C) Has been. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been. 16. To put emphasis on duration of an action and finished in the past before another past action, usually with since or for. A) Past Pefect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) Past Simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 17. When I arrived, she ..... for two hours. A) Was studying. B) Has been studying. C) Studied. D) Had been studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been studying. 18. When he got to the finish line, he ..... for three hours. A) Had been running. B) Had run. C) Had ran. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been running. 19. When do we use the past perfect continuous tense? A) To discuss present habits. B) To talk about future plans. C) To express actions that were ongoing before a certain point in the past. D) To describe actions that were completed in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To express actions that were ongoing before a certain point in the past. 20. The community manager ..... feedback before updating the forum rules. A) A) had been collecting. B) B) will collect. C) C) was been collecting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been collecting. 21. They ..... all day so their legs were sore in the evening. (cycle) A) Had been cycling. B) Had being cycling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been cycling. 22. I ..... (not to study) Japanese before I ..... (to go) to Japan. A) Didn't study/had gone. B) Not studied/had went. C) Hadn't studied/went. D) Wasn't studying/ was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't studied/went. 23. Which is the correct form for Past Perfect? A) He paid the musician before. B) He had paid the musician before. C) He will be paying the musician before. D) He had been paying the musician before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had paid the musician before. 24. When Mary arrived home, her mother ..... lunch. A) Had been cooking. B) Had cooked. C) Has cooked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had cooked. 25. We use Past Perfect Continuous to talk about present situations. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. For an action which lasted for some time in the past and result was visible, we use A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) Past Simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 27. Jorgy and Akbar have been studying since this morning. 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. 28. I love this writer's books. I ..... them for years. A) Had been reading. B) Had been read. C) Has been reading. D) Have been reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been reading. 29. Lorraine ..... (learn) English for 12 years before she moved to England. A) Has learned. B) Had been learning. C) Had learned. D) Has been learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been learning. 30. The passengers were cross because the airline (lose) everyone's bags. A) Had lost. B) Had been losing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lost. 31. She ..... a small flat in Mirfa in 2010. A) Has bought. B) Bought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 32. When I ..... the essay, I gave it to the teacher. A) Was finishing. B) Have finished. C) Had finished. D) Had been finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 33. Last night I ..... my dog. I ..... my dog. Can you help me look for him? A) Lost / has found. B) Have lost / found. C) Lost / have't found. D) Lose / have find. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lost / have't found. 34. She noticed Louise's attention ..... at her daughter. A) Had directed. B) Had been directed. C) Had being directed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been directed. 35. Is this correct?They had been offered half a million dollars for the house, but they did not want to sell it. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 36. When we met, you ..... at that company for six months. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) Worked. D) Have worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 37. When I ..... (WALK) through Bologna I ..... (THINK) about the wonderful times I ..... (SPEND) there as a student. A) Walked-was thinking-was spending. B) Was walking-was thinking-had spent. C) Walked-thought-spent. D) Was walking-thought-was spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was walking-was thinking-had spent. 38. The children were tired because they ..... football for two hours. A) Played. B) Had been playing. C) Had been played. D) Had played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 39. When we arrived, the show ..... (to start) A) Didn't start. B) Had started. C) Have started. D) Hasn't started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had started. 40. Alice ..... (not / be) hungry because she ..... (just / eat). A) Is not / had just eaten. B) Wasn't / had eaten. C) Wasn't / had just eaten. D) Wasn't / has just eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't / had just eaten. 41. I didn't want to watch the film because ..... it five times. A) I've already been seeing. B) I'd already seen. C) I'd already been seeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'd already seen. 42. They ..... anything all day, so they were really hungry. 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. 43. By the time we got to the theatre, the play ..... A) Had already started. B) Had already been starting. C) Had already start. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already started. 44. Which of the following is a sentence in "Past Perfect Continuous" ? A) It has been a hard day today, I will go to sleep. B) It rained today and the streets are wet. C) It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were very wet. D) It had been rained hard for several hours and the streets were very we. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were very wet. 45. I ..... (work) as an instructor for ages and was a bit bored with my job. A) Had worked. B) Had work. C) Was worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had worked. 46. We'd been waiting for our friend when the movie started. What happened first? A) We'd been waiting for our friend. B) The movie started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We'd been waiting for our friend. 47. "for" and "since" are time expressions often used with ..... A) Past Perfect continuous. B) Past Simple. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect continuous. 48. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Past Perfect Simple of the Verbs in brackets.1. The skier ..... (return) to the hotel before the storm started. A) Returned. B) Was returned. C) Had returned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had returned. 49. When I came to the quay, our ship ..... for a few minutes. A) Had sailed. B) Had been sailing. C) Had sail. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been sailing. 50. She ..... a bright yellow dress when I ..... her last (wear, see) A) Was wearing-saw. B) Weared-was seeing. C) Was wearing-was seeing. D) Wore-saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was wearing-saw. 51. Choose the correct answer using past perfectThe garden was dead because it ..... dry all summer. A) Has been. B) Had been. C) Have had. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 52. The children ..... attention in class, so they didn't understand the lesson. A) Hadn't been paying. B) Haven't been paying. C) Wasn't been paying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been paying. 53. Choose the sentence that is in past perfect continuous A) Had they traveled to china?. B) They traveled to China. C) Had they been traveling to China?. D) Did they travel to China?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had they been traveling to China?. 54. We ..... for ages before we finally managed to pay for our clothes. A) Had been waiting. B) Had waited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 55. Frank caught the flu because he (sing) ..... in the rain. A) Had been singing. B) Had sang. C) Had singing. D) Had sung. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had sung. 56. Before she got promoted, she ..... at the company for ten years. A) Had worked. B) Was working. C) Had been working. D) Has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had worked. 57. The dog ..... (to bark) at me ..... 5 minutes. A) Have been barking / for. B) Has been barking / for. C) Has been barking / since. D) Have been barking / since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been barking / for. 58. In questions "had" is removed to the beginning of a sentence (before subject). A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 59. By the time we got there, they ..... (already/finish) dinner. A) Had already finished. B) Were finishing. C) Finished. D) Have already finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already finished. 60. As soon as the maid ..... scrubbing the kitchen floor, she ..... working in the garden. (FINISH, START) A) Finished / started. B) Had finished / started. C) I was finishing / started. D) None of the above. 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