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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Edgard had been studying but then he failed every subject"Is the sentence above correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 2. I worked very hard all morning and by lunchtime ..... all my jobs for the day. A) I'd done. B) I'd done / I'd been doing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'd done. 3. I ..... tired because I hadn't slept much. A) Was. B) Am. C) Were. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 4. We wish we hadn't eaten son much at the buffet. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 5. Kent ..... efficient gadgets for a long time, so he was very good at it A) Had designed. B) Had been designing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been designing. 6. We ..... (have) lunch at 2 pm yesterday. A) Were having. B) Had. C) Had had. D) Have had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were having. 7. Brad ..... for his sales receipt for an hour before he found it in the kitchen. A) Had been looking. B) Had looked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been looking. 8. They ..... (sleep) peacefully until the alarm rang. A) Slept. B) Had slept. C) Have slept. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sleeping. 9. When they finally reached the mountain peak, they ..... for eight hours. A) Had climbed. B) Were climbing. C) Had been climbing. D) Have climbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been climbing. 10. Which sentence has a similar meaning?James is sick because he didn't take his medication. A) James taking his medication because he had been sick. B) James is sick because he had his medication. C) James is sick because he hadn't been taking his medication. D) James is sick because he had been taken his medication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James is sick because he hadn't been taking his medication. 11. ..... writing poetry books? A) Does she. B) Had she been. C) Is she. D) Was she. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had she been. 12. Is the following correct?A few years ago, I had been to my old school to visit my teachers. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 13. She only understood the movie because she ..... the book. A) Had read. B) Was reading. C) Had red. D) Is reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had read. 14. The police ..... (explain) that the man ..... (break) the window A) Explained, broke. B) Explained, has broken. C) Explained, had broken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explained, had broken. 15. He had studied in the library before he ..... to class. A) Come. B) Came. C) Had come. D) Has come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 16. Maria ..... her suitcase last night. (PACK) A) Had been packing. B) Packed. C) Had packed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Packed. 17. I ..... about having a car until I got a rise. A) Hadn't dreamed. B) Hadn't been dreaming. C) Hadn't dream. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't dreamed. 18. When I turned on the television, my favourite program ..... A) Had finished nearly. B) Has finished. C) Had already finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already finished. 19. "I am almost confident either Lucas or 80% of the class had not been listening during the presentation"Is the sentence above correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 20. Steven felt tired as he ..... for several hours. A) Learned. B) Has been learning. C) Had been learning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been learning. 21. She ..... tired because she'd been working for hours. A) IS. B) WERE. C) WAS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WAS. 22. My father ..... out when my sister arrived in the zoo. A) Goes. B) Has gone. C) Have gone. D) Had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had gone. 23. Which sentence has a similar meaning?I failed my test.I didn't study for my test. A) I had failed my test because I had not studied for it. B) I failed my test because I had not studied for it. C) I failed my test because I had not been studied for it. D) I had not studied for my test because I had not failed my test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I failed my test because I had not studied for it. 24. My sister hadn't ..... coming without his stuff to the school A) Being. B) Be. C) Been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been. 25. His teenage years ..... very difficult to deal with. A) Have become. B) Have been becoming. C) Had become. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had become. 26. To put emphasis on the duration of an action completed in the past before another past action, usually with since or for, we use A) Past Pefect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) Past Simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 27. Mom was tired yesterday because she ..... the house all day. A) Has been cleaning. B) Had been cleaned. C) Had been cleaning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been cleaning. 28. We ..... (play) in the rain since midday, so we were very wet. A) Had be playing. B) Had been played. C) Had been playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 29. The witnesses ..... questions since 3:45. A) Had been answering. B) Answered. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been answering. 30. He ..... walking to the park for 10 minutes before he saw an accident. A) Had. B) Been. C) Had been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. ← 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books