This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When it ..... (start) to rain, the kids ..... (clean) the classroom. A) Started, is cleaning. B) Started, was cleaning. C) Started, cleaned. D) Started, were cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Started, were cleaning. 2. The rooms ..... (be) lovely and tidy because my flatmate ..... (clean). A) Had been being, cleaned. B) Had been, cleaned. C) Was, had been cleaning. D) Were, had been cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were, had been cleaning. 3. Daniel ..... dinner when Emma came in. A) Were having. B) Was having. C) Has. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having. 4. By the time the party ended, they ..... music for five hours. A) Have been playing. B) Play. C) Had been playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 5. Complete the sentence to show that a habit continued for a long time in the past, using the adverb 'always'. A) He had been always talking about getting a dog before he finally got one. B) He always had been talking about getting a dog before he finally got one. C) He had always been talking about getting a dog before he finally got one. D) He had been talking always about getting a dog before he finally got one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had always been talking about getting a dog before he finally got one. 6. "He had been ..... his room for five hours yesterday."(Paint) A) Painted. B) Is paint. C) Painting. D) Paint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painting. 7. He ..... to Cape Town before 1997. A) Didn't be. B) Hasn't been. C) Hadn't been. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't been. 8. Identify the correct past perfect continuous form for the sentence:'By the time the movie started, we ..... popcorn.' A) Eat. B) Have been eating. C) Were eating. D) Had been eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been eating. 9. She'd been working here ..... two years. A) For. B) Since. C) Since. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 10. "It had ..... all day yesterday."(Rain) A) Been raining. B) Been rained. C) Been rain. D) Been rainest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been raining. 11. Select the sentence that uses the Past Perfect Continuous tense. A) I had played that level before. B) I was playing my new game all afternoon. C) I had been playing my new game for hours when my mom called me for dinner. D) I play video games after school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had been playing my new game for hours when my mom called me for dinner. 12. Choose the sentence with the same meaning:"David had gone home before we arrived." A) We arrived before David had gone home. B) After David had gone home, we arrived. C) Before David had gone home, we arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After David had gone home, we arrived. 13. Complete the sentence:By the time the bell rang, we ..... on our science project for a full hour. A) Have been working. B) Were working. C) Had been working. D) Worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 14. Karan ( ..... ) all day, so he had a headache. A) Had been working. B) Was working. C) Had worked. D) Has been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 15. She ..... (cook) dinner for two hours before the guests ..... (arrive). A) Had cooked, arrive. B) Had been cooking, arrived. C) Cooked, arrived. D) Had been cooked, arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been cooking, arrived. 16. The naughty boy ..... all the answers before the teacher caught him. A) Had been copying. B) Has been copying. C) Has copying. D) Have been copying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been copying. 17. Wattie was angry. She ..... for a long time but they only arrived an hour ago. A) Were waiting. B) Has been waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Have been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 18. What is the difference between past perfect and past perfect continuous? A) The past perfect focuses on duration, while the past perfect continuous emphasizes completion. B) The past perfect focuses on completion, while the past perfect continuous emphasizes duration. C) The past perfect continuous is used for actions that are completed in the past. D) Both tenses are used interchangeably without any difference in meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The past perfect focuses on completion, while the past perfect continuous emphasizes duration. 19. By the time I arrived, they ..... (play) football for two hours. A) Played. B) Had played. C) Were playing. D) Had been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been playing. 20. She admitted that she ..... a divorce lawyer. A) Had been consulting. B) Had been consulted. C) Had consulted. D) Had consulting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been consulting. 21. I ..... to bed after I ..... dinner. A) Went, had had. B) Had gone, had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went, had had. 22. Mary told me that she ..... that film 2 years before. A) Saw. B) Have seen. C) Was seeing. D) Had seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had seen. 23. Maria ..... for two hours before she arrived. A) Was driving. B) Has been driving. C) Had been driven. D) Had been driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been driving. 24. She ..... ten pages already. A) Writed. B) Has wrote. C) Has written. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has written. 25. Which sentence best explains *why* the sidewalk was slippery, using the past perfect continuous? A) The sidewalk was slippery when it rained. B) The sidewalk was slippery because it had been raining. C) The sidewalk was slippery, and it was raining. D) The sidewalk was slippery because it has rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sidewalk was slippery because it had been raining. 26. They had lived in Tallinn for 3 months before they ..... to Saue. A) Move. B) Have moved. C) Moved. D) Were moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moved. 27. What do we add in the verb to make it a Past Continuous? A) -ing. B) -ed. C) -d. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing. 28. Imagine your friend got a sunburn at the beach. You want to explain that they were swimming for a long time *before* they got the sunburn. Which sentence best shows this continuing past action? A) He had been swimming in the ocean for hours when he noticed his shoulders were red. B) He was swimming in the ocean when he saw a dolphin. C) He had swum in the ocean before. D) He swam in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had been swimming in the ocean for hours when he noticed his shoulders were red. 29. What verb tense do you use for something that was started and completed in the past? A) Simple past. B) Present perfect. C) Past perfect. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple past. 30. How long ..... you ..... before the meeting started? A) Have-prepare. B) Had-been preparing. C) Had-preparing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had-been preparing. 31. That dog has been wonderful ..... you got it. A) But. B) When. C) Since. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since. 32. What ..... you ..... when I visited your house? A) Have-done. B) Had-been doing. C) Had-do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had-been doing. 33. My family ..... a great time at your party. A) Had. B) Has had. C) Was had. D) Have had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 34. Why ..... they ..... so much before the event? A) Had-been preparing. B) Had-prepare. C) Have-prepared. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had-been preparing. 35. After all the workers ..... (go) home, the security guard locked the office. A) Go. B) Are going. C) Went. D) Had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had gone. 36. Ann ..... (return) the books to the library immediately after she ..... (read) them. A) Returns, reads. B) Returned, read. C) Returned, had read. D) Had returned, read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Returned, had read. 37. We have lived here ..... 2008. A) Since. B) In. C) For. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since. 38. ..... they ..... the movie before it was released? A) Have-seen. B) Had-been seeing. C) Had-seen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had-been seeing. 39. What is the past tense of the verb BREAK? A) Breaking. B) Breaked. C) Broke. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broke. 40. We ..... (BE) worried about John because we ..... (CALL) several times but he never answered A) Were ; had called. B) Was ; had called. C) Had been ; called. D) Be ; has called. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were ; had called. 41. What ..... they ..... when the storm hit? A) Had-do. B) Have-done. C) Had-been doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had-been doing. 42. We ..... the game before Jim showed up. A) Are finishing. B) Have finished. C) Finish. D) Had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had finished. 43. The fire ..... (break out) after Sam ..... (fall) asleep. A) Broke out, had fallen. B) Breaks out, falls. C) Had broken out, fell. D) Broke out, had fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke out, had fallen. 44. What ..... they ..... all afternoon before the meeting? A) Had-been doing. B) Had-been done. C) Have-do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had-been doing. 45. I've been ..... in Korea since 2001. A) Live. B) Living. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Living. 46. When we reached home, they ..... already ..... eating. A) Was starting. B) Were start. C) Had started. D) Have started. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had started. 47. What ..... they ..... when the lights went out? A) Had-do. B) Have-done. C) Had-been doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had-been doing. 48. As she ..... the beach, suddenly she saw a dolphin jumping out in the air. A) Had strolled. B) Was strolling. C) Strolled. D) Strolling. E) Strolls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was strolling. 49. What tense of verb to we use if if it's about PAST PERFECT? A) Past participle. B) Present tense. C) Past tense. D) Future tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past participle. 50. Before we parked our car we ..... (collect) the ticket. A) Had collect. B) Had been collecting. C) Had been collected. D) Had collected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had collected. 51. My dad was so proud when he finally bought the new car. Which option best explains what he was doing before he bought it? A) He saved money for over a year. B) He was saving money for over a year. C) He had been saving money for over a year. D) He has been saving money for over a year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had been saving money for over a year. 52. Steven ..... seven movies so far this month. A) Saw. B) Has seen. C) Will see. D) Will have seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has seen. 53. What ..... she ..... when I arrived at the party? A) Had-been doing. B) Had-do. C) Have-doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had-been doing. 54. They ..... to do the chores but they played video games instead. A) Promise. B) Had promised. C) Promised. D) Was promising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had promised. 55. Your friend wants to say they WEREN'T studying before the test. Which sentence is the correct way to say this in the past perfect continuous tense? A) I hadn't been studying for the test when my mom called. B) I haven't been studying for the test. C) I wasn't studying for the test. D) I had been not studying for the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I hadn't been studying for the test when my mom called. 56. Why ..... she ..... so late before the meeting? A) Had-been arriving. B) Had-arrive. C) Have-arriving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had-been arriving. 57. Which sentence correctly describes something that was happening right before another past event? A) They has been arguing before the teacher walked in. B) They had were arguing before the teacher walked in. C) They had been arguing before the teacher walked in. D) They have been arguing before the teacher walked in. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had been arguing before the teacher walked in. 58. We use Past Perfect for? A) Something that happened again and again. B) For something that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past. C) Something that happened once in the past. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For something that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past. 59. We use Past Simple for? A) Something that happened once in the past. B) Something that happened before and after a specific time. C) Something happened again and again. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something that happened once in the past. 60. True or False:You can use the past perfect continuous tense to show an action that was happening for a while *before* something else happened in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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