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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Andrew finally decided to buy a new phone. He ..... problem with his old phone for a while. A) Had. B) Had been having. C) Has had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been having. 2. To form the past perfect continuous tense, which three parts do you need to list in order? A) Had + been + verb-ing. B) Have + been + verb-ing. C) Was + been + verb-ing. D) Had + verb-ed + been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had + been + verb-ing. 3. Give an example of using past perfect tense in a sentence. A) She had already ate dinner when I arrived. B) She already eaten dinner when I arrived. C) She had already eaten dinner when I arrived. D) She has already eaten dinner when I arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had already eaten dinner when I arrived. 4. What is the main job of the past perfect continuous tense when you're telling a story? A) To describe the single most important event. B) To talk about something happening in the present. C) To give background information about an action that was going on before the main past event happened. D) To list a series of completed actions in order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To give background information about an action that was going on before the main past event happened. 5. She ..... out when I called her. A) Had just gone. B) Had been just going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had just gone. 6. Complete the sentence:How long ..... for your friend before you decided to leave the park? A) Had you been waiting. B) Have you been waiting. C) You had been waiting. D) Were you waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you been waiting. 7. My cat ..... been sleeping all day. A) Has. B) Is. C) Have. D) Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 8. How long ..... you ..... (watch) TV before you decided to go to bed? A) Has you been watching. B) Had you been watching. C) Had watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been watching. 9. Complete the sentence:He ..... on his project since last week when his teacher finally checked it. A) Had been working. B) Has been working. C) Was been working. D) Had worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 10. What are the auxiliary verbs of the past perfect continuous tense? A) Was being. B) Has been. C) Have been. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been. 11. We ..... (go) out for three years when we got married. A) Had been go. B) Are going. C) Had been going. D) Were going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been going. 12. We ..... working last night, so we were very sleepy. A) Have been. B) Had been. C) Were. D) Was being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 13. Which sentence is incorrect in the past perfect continuous tense? A) I had been studying all night when the alarm rang. B) He had been playing guitar since he was a child. C) They had been wait for the bus for an hour. D) She had been cooking for two hours before the guests arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had been wait for the bus for an hour. 14. Identify the correctly written negative sentence. A) He had not been listen to the teacher. B) He not had been listening to the teacher. C) He had not been listening to the teacher. D) He had been not listening to the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had not been listening to the teacher. 15. Her eyes were red. It was obvious that she ..... (cry). A) Had cried. B) Cried. C) Had been crying. D) Have cried. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been crying. 16. When I first met Ann, she ..... (work) in Samsung for 15 years. A) Had worked. B) Worked. C) Have been working. D) Had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working. 17. The light ..... before we got out of the office. A) Had gone out. B) Had switch off. C) Had been going out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gone out. 18. Which sentence uses the past perfect continuous tense incorrectly, based on the type of verb? A) She had been knowing the secret for a week. B) They had been running for an hour. C) He had been building a treehouse all summer. D) I had been thinking about the problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been knowing the secret for a week. 19. The Past Perfect Tense connects ..... A) Two present actions. B) A future and present action. C) Two past actions, where one happened before the other. D) A past action and a future plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two past actions, where one happened before the other. 20. Peter and Jane ..... at the park when they parents found them. A) Had played. B) Were playing. C) Had been playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 21. (2) when he come to the library, his friend ..... (leave) him to canteen A) Had been left. B) Had been leaving. C) Had left. D) Had leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left. 22. Which option correctly completes the sentence? By the time my dad got home, we ..... dinner for ten minutes. A) Were already eating. B) Did eat. C) Have already been eating. D) Had already been eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were already eating. 23. Which question is correctly written in the Past Perfect Continuous tense? A) Were they practicing their lines for the play?. B) Have they been practicing their lines for the play?. C) Had they been practicing their lines for the play?. D) Had they be practicing their lines for the play?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had they been practicing their lines for the play?. 24. Which scenario is best described using the Past Perfect Continuous tense? A) The reason your shoes were muddy yesterday was that you were playing in the park. B) A plan to do homework later tonight. C) Why you are feeling tired right now. D) The moment the school bell rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason your shoes were muddy yesterday was that you were playing in the park. 25. Which sentence shows the correct 'recipe' for the past perfect continuous tense? A) Was + verb-ing. B) Had + been + verb-ing. C) Has + been + verb-ing. D) Had + verb-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + been + verb-ing. 26. Complete the sentence:By the time the pizza arrived, we ..... about what to watch for thirty minutes. A) Were arguing. B) Have been arguing. C) Argued. D) Had been arguing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been arguing. 27. In the sentence, 'By the time we arrived, they had been cleaning the house all morning, ' what does the tense show? A) An action that was happening at the exact same time we arrived. B) An action that finished a long time ago. C) An action that started when we arrived. D) An ongoing action that happened for a period of time before we arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An ongoing action that happened for a period of time before we arrived. 28. Which sentence best uses the Past Perfect Continuous to show the *duration* of the first action based on this timeline:[Action 1:Studying from 3-5 PM] $\rightarrow$ [Action 2:Mom arrived at 5 PM]. A) I was studying when my mom arrived. B) I will be studying when my mom arrives. C) I had been studying for two hours when my mom arrived. D) I studied before my mom arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had been studying for two hours when my mom arrived. 29. Identify the sentence that correctly places the adverb 'always'. A) He had been always helping his mom with chores. B) He always had been helping his mom with chores. C) He had always been helping his mom with chores. D) He had been helping always his mom with chores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had always been helping his mom with chores. 30. I ..... coffee for five years. A) Had been drinking. B) Have been drinking. C) Has been drinking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been drinking. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 3Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 4Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 5Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 6Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 7Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books