This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the correct negative form. A) She don't study the lesson before the exam. B) She hasn't studied the lesson before the exam. C) She hadn't studied the lesson before the exam. D) She didn't studied the lesson before the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She hadn't studied the lesson before the exam. 2. Fill in the blank with the phrase that correctly places the adverb 'always':She said she ..... wanting to visit Japan before she finally got to go. A) Had always been. B) Had been always. C) Always had been. D) Been always had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had always been. 3. Your friend looks exhausted and says, 'I just finished my part of the group project.' Which question correctly uses past perfect continuous to ask about the duration of their work? A) How long you had been working on it?. B) How long were you working on it?. C) How long have you been working on it?. D) How long had you been working on it?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How long had you been working on it?. 4. Provide an example of a question in the past perfect continuous tense. A) How long have you been waiting for the bus?. B) What time did you wake up yesterday?. C) How long had you been studying before the exam started?. D) Did you finish your homework last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How long had you been studying before the exam started?. 5. In the sentence "By the time I arrived, it ..... for hours, " which option is correct? A) Was raining. B) Had been raining. C) Has been raining. D) Is raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been raining. 6. The roads were blocked in the morning. It ..... all night. A) Had been snowing. B) Had snowed. C) Snows. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been snowing. 7. Complete the sentence:I finally finished my homework at 8 PM. I ..... on it since I got home from school. A) Had been working. B) Worked. C) Was working. D) Have worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 8. I ..... at this college for many years. A) Had been studying. B) Has been studying. C) Have been studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been studying. 9. A student wrote the following sentence. Select the option that correctly identifies and fixes the error:'Before the coach arrived, the team had be running drills for an hour.' A) The error is 'running.' It should be 'ran.'. B) The error is 'for an hour.' It should be 'since an hour.'. C) The sentence is already correct. D) The error is 'had be.' It should be 'had been.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The error is 'had be.' It should be 'had been.'. 10. Which sentence is grammatically incorrect in the past perfect continuous tense? A) She had been cooking dinner when the power went out. B) He had been work in the garden. C) We had been discussing the issue for hours. D) They had been studying before the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had been work in the garden. 11. Before the power went out, we ..... a movie. A) Watched. B) Have been watching. C) Will watch. D) Had been watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been watching. 12. True or False:In the past perfect continuous tense, words like 'for' and 'since' are often used to specify how long the action was happening. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which sentence best explains *why* the team lost the game, focusing on a long-term problem? A) The team was not practicing enough when they lost. B) The team had not been practicing enough for weeks before the final game. C) The team has not been practicing enough. D) The team did not practice enough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The team had not been practicing enough for weeks before the final game. 14. She ..... (not play) tennis when I called her yesterday. A) Hadn't played. B) Wasn't playing. C) Didn't play. D) Hadn't been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't been playing. 15. Emphasize the result of an activity in the past A) Past perfect simple. B) Past perfect continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect simple. 16. We'd been working, ..... ? A) Have we. B) Hadn't we. C) Haven't we. D) Had we. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't we. 17. Choose the sentence that shows an action that began in the past and continued up until another point in the past: A) I was sleeping when you called. B) I had been sleeping when you called. C) I have been sleeping since morning. D) I slept when you called. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been sleeping when you called. 18. Identify which sentence best describes a background action that was happening before a main event. A) When the teacher walked in, we had been whispering for ten minutes. B) When the teacher walked in, we have been whispering. C) When the teacher walked in, we whispered. D) When the teacher walked in, we were whispering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the teacher walked in, we had been whispering for ten minutes. 19. She ..... English for two hours before dinner. A) Studied. B) Was studying. C) Had been studying. D) Has studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 20. Complete the sentence:My dad was exhausted because he ..... the whole house all afternoon. A) Had cleaned. B) Had been cleaning. C) Has been cleaning. D) Was cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been cleaning. 21. Choose the best way to combine these ideas into one sentence:'I started waiting at 10:00 AM. My friend finally showed up at 10:30 AM.' A) I was waiting when my friend showed up. B) I had been waiting for thirty minutes when my friend finally showed up. C) I waited for thirty minutes, and then my friend showed up. D) I have been waiting for my friend for thirty minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been waiting for thirty minutes when my friend finally showed up. 22. They (look) ..... for the keys for three days, when they suddenly (appear) ..... under the bad. A) Had look/appeared. B) Was look/appearing. C) Had been looking/appearing. D) Had been looking/appeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been looking/appeared. 23. Select the sentence that is written in the past perfect continuous tense. A) She was drawing a picture when I called. B) She has been drawing a picture all morning. C) She had been drawing a picture before I called. D) She had drawn a picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been drawing a picture before I called. 24. Which time expression is often used in Past Perfect Tense? A) Tomorrow, next year. B) Yesterday at 5 p.m. C) Before, after, by the time. D) Always, usually. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before, after, by the time. 25. In the sentence, 'The sidewalk was slippery because it had been raining all morning, ' what is the main job of the phrase 'had been raining'? A) To show that the rain was a single, completed event. B) To describe two actions happening at the exact same time. C) To show a long, continuous past action that caused a past result. D) To suggest that it might rain again in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show a long, continuous past action that caused a past result. 26. Which sentence correctly shows that an action was NOT happening before another past event? A) She didn't been doing her homework, so she was worried. B) She had been not doing her homework, so she was worried. C) She hadn't been doing her homework, so she was worried about the test. D) She wasn't did her homework, so she was worried. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She hadn't been doing her homework, so she was worried about the test. 27. Choose the verb phrase that best completes the sentence in the Past Perfect Continuous tense:My friends were annoyed because they ..... for me for twenty minutes. A) Had waited. B) Have been waiting. C) Were waiting. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 28. I had been completing the project since yesterday. ( Which words best represent Past Perfect Continuous Tense) A) Since yesterday. B) Had been. C) Project. D) Completing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 29. Which sentence correctly contrasts an earlier, ongoing action with a later one? A) He was tired because he was working all night. B) He was tired because he had been working all night. C) He had been tired because he was working all night. D) He is tired because he had been working all night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was tired because he had been working all night. 30. Tom ..... for Julia for two hours. A) Has been waited. B) Had been waiting. C) Have been wait. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. ← 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