This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was really relieved when I found the documents. I ..... (look for) them whole morning. A) Had looked for. B) Had been looked. C) Had been looking for. D) Had been looked for. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been looking for. 2. In the sentence 'He had been studying for two hours when the power went out, ' what is the main idea the verb tense is showing? A) An action that will happen in the future. B) An action that happened for a period of time before another event in the past. C) An action that was just starting. D) An action happening right now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An action that happened for a period of time before another event in the past. 3. She ..... her guitar all morning so she was prepared for the test in the afternoon. A) Is strumming. B) Has been strumming. C) Have been strumming. D) Had been strumming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been strumming. 4. He ..... for two hours in the meeting room. A) Have been waiting. B) Had waiting. C) Have waiting. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 5. They do not visit their grandparents every month. A) They weren't visiting their grandparents every month. B) They hadn't been visiting their grandparents every month. C) They hadn't visit their grandparents every month. D) They didn't visit their grandparents every month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They hadn't been visiting their grandparents every month. 6. Complete the sentence:By the time my mom called us for dinner, my sister and I ..... a movie for an hour. A) Had been watching. B) Watched. C) Were watching. D) Have been watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been watching. 7. When I ..... (arrive), it was clear that she ..... (work). Which option shows the correct use of past perfect continuous and past simple? A) Had arrived, worked. B) Arrived, had been working. C) Was arriving, was working. D) Arrives, works. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived, had been working. 8. Your friend's eyes are red. You think they were playing video games for a long time before you arrived. What is the best question to ask? A) Did you play video games?. B) How long had you been playing video games?. C) Were you playing video games when I came in?. D) Have you been playing video games?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How long had you been playing video games?. 9. Which three words are the building blocks for the past perfect continuous tense? A) Was, were, verb-ing. B) Had, be, verb-ing. C) Had, been, verb-ing. D) Has, been, verb-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had, been, verb-ing. 10. We ..... (not see) such a beautiful sunset before we visited that place. A) Weren't seeing. B) Hadn't been seeing. C) Didn't see. D) Hadn't seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't seen. 11. Emphasize on the duration of an activity in the past A) Past perfect continuous. B) Past perfect simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect continuous. 12. Which sentence has a mistake in its use of the past perfect continuous tense? A) I had been knowing my best friend since kindergarten. B) The team had been practicing all afternoon. C) She hadn't been feeling well all day. D) We had been driving for three hours when the car broke down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had been knowing my best friend since kindergarten. 13. The office mangaer did not ..... enough money to purchase software. A) Allocate. B) Ignore. C) Warn. D) Figure out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allocate. 14. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct:'We have been studying for an hour when the power went out.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which sentence is in the present perfect continuous tense? A) I read a book for two hours. B) I have been reading a book for two hours. C) I had read a book for two hours. D) I am reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have been reading a book for two hours. 16. The main function of Past Perfect Tense is to express ..... A) An activity that happened at the same time in the past. B) An activity that started in the past and continues to the present. C) An activity that was completed before another past action. D) An activity that will be completed in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An activity that was completed before another past action. 17. They went home after they ..... their work. A) Had finished. B) Had been finishing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 18. Mr. Tom ..... a Math teacher at the Junior High School in 2015. A) Is. B) Does. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 19. He was soaking wet because he ..... in the rain for 2 hours. A) Had walked. B) Had been walking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been walking. 20. Which of these are the three main parts needed to form the past perfect continuous tense? A) Has + been + verb-ing. B) Was + verb-ing. C) Had + verb-ed. D) Had + been + verb-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had + been + verb-ing. 21. Saya belum berada di perpustakaan selama satu jam sebelum Dina datang A) I had been being in the library for an hour before Dina come. B) I hadn't been being in the library for an hour before Dina came. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I hadn't been being in the library for an hour before Dina came. 22. Which sentence is conjugate wrong (Past Perfect Progressive) A) They hadn't play tennis. B) Had they been playing tennis?. C) They had been playing tennis. D) They been had playing tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They been had playing tennis. 23. Complete the sentence:He was out of breath because he ..... up the stairs. A) Had been running. B) Had be running. C) Was been running. D) Had been runing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been running. 24. True or False:In the sentence, 'While I was cooking, my brother had been watching TV, ' the use of past perfect continuous is the best choice to show both actions happened at the exact same time. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. I ..... (try) to win your mother's heart for months before she finally agreed to go out with me. A) Had trying. B) Had tried. C) Had been tried. D) Had been trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been trying. 26. How do you form a negative sentence in the past perfect continuous? A) Subject + was not + verb(-ing). B) Subject + had not been + verb(-ing). C) Subject + had not + verb(-ing). D) Subject + did not have + verb(-ing). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject + had not been + verb(-ing). 27. Your friend asks why you were so tired after school yesterday. Which is the best response using the past perfect continuous to explain the cause? A) I was tired because I had been running laps for thirty minutes. B) I was tired because I ran in gym class. C) I was tired because I would be running later. D) I am tired because I had run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was tired because I had been running laps for thirty minutes. 28. Which sentence correctly uses the three parts needed for the past perfect continuous tense:had, been, and a verb ending in-ing? A) He was playing soccer. B) She had been playing soccer. C) They have been playing soccer. D) I will be playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had been playing soccer. 29. The Sales Team ..... in the all-employee meeting last month, but most of its member were away on business trips A) Will be participating. B) Can participate. C) Have been participating. D) Would have participated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would have participated. 30. Complete the story:The kitchen was a mess. Flour dusted every surface, and empty eggshells were on the counter. My sister ..... a cake for the party. A) Has made. B) Had been making. C) Was making. D) Had made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been making. 31. I had been working ..... 2018 A) For. B) Before. C) When. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since. 32. We ..... to visit Maggie in Belfast but there wasn't enough time. A) Had been planning. B) Had planned. C) Have planned. D) Have been planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had planned. 33. The students had already completed the work when the teacher entered the class. A) Past perfect tense. B) Past continuous tense. C) Present continuous tense. D) Simple past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect tense. 34. I ..... visiting paris since 2006. A) Had been visiting. B) Have been visited. C) Have been visiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been visiting. 35. What is the past perfect continuous form of 'She walks to school every day'? A) She had been walking to school every day. B) She had walked to school every day. C) She walked to school every day. D) She was walking to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been walking to school every day. 36. They ..... fruits for the meeting till they were told to stop. A) Have cutting. B) Has been cutting. C) Have been cutting. D) Had been cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been cutting. 37. Frame ..... from Anna for many months before she ..... him. A) Hadn't heard, called. B) Heard, called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't heard, called. 38. Complete the question:' ..... had you been waiting before the train finally came?' A) How long. B) When. C) Were. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How long. 39. The gardener ..... flower for twenty years. A) Had been planting. B) Has been planned. C) Was been planting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been planting. 40. The past perfect continuous tense is used to express: A) An action happening now. B) A future action. C) A completed action in the past. D) A continuing action that was completed before another past action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A continuing action that was completed before another past action. 41. What is the auxiliary verb to form the past perfect continuous? A) Have + been. B) Had + been. C) Had + be. D) Has + been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + been. 42. Helen ..... (to wash) the dishes for fifteen minutes. A) Is washing. B) Have been washing. C) Has been washing. D) Has be washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been washing. 43. True or False:To fix the sentence 'He had watching TV all morning, ' you need to add the word 'been' after 'had'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. Sare ..... french for three months. A) Have been learning. B) Had been learning. C) Has been learner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been learning. 45. Which form of the verb is used in the present perfect continuous tense? A) Am/is/are + present participle. B) Had + past participle. C) Have/has + past participle. D) Have/has + been + present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have/has + been + present participle. 46. We ..... the information on the company's website. A) Accessed. B) Allocated. C) Compatible. D) Deleting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accessed. 47. Fill in the blank to fix the grammar:My phone was dead because I ..... using it all day. A) Have been. B) Was been. C) Had been. D) Had using. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 48. Complete the sentence with the correctly spelled verb:My friends had been ..... a surprise party for me all week. A) Planeng. B) Planing. C) Planning. D) Planying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planning. 49. Which of the following is an example of a verb using the past perfect progressive? A) Baked. B) Had baked. C) Had been baking. D) Will have baked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been baking. 50. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect continuous tense? A) I was waiting for hours. B) I had been waiting for hours. C) I waited for hours. D) I wait for hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been waiting for hours. 51. Identify the sentence that is NOT in the past perfect continuous tense. A) I had been working on the project all night. B) She had been feeling unwell for days. C) They were being noisy. D) We had been planning the trip for months. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were being noisy. 52. True or False:The sentence 'She had been cry all morning' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 53. She ..... (teach) chemistry before she became a journalist. A) Had teached. B) Had been taught. C) Had been teaching. D) Had been teached. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been teaching. 54. The sentence 'She had been studying when her friend called' is a correct example of the Past Perfect Continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. Complete the sentence: "It ..... (rain) and the pavement ..... (be) covered with puddles." Which option uses the correct tenses? A) Had been raining, was. B) Had rained, was. C) Was raining, is. D) Rains, is. E) Rained, was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been raining, was. 56. In the afternoon he ..... (do) his homework, so he had no time to study for the test. A) Was doing. B) Had been doing. C) Had done. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been doing. 57. Select the correct negative form in past perfect continuous: A) I hadn't worked. B) I not had been working. C) I hadn't been working. D) I hadn't working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I hadn't been working. 58. He has been improving his communication skills for a while. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 59. Complete the sentence to show the first action was ongoing:Before my mom called us for dinner, my sister and I ..... a fort in the living room. A) Had built. B) Were building. C) Built. D) Had been building. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been building. 60. By the time we arrived, the kids ..... for an hour. A) Have been playing. B) Had been playing. C) Played. D) Were playing. 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