This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Her eyes were red. It was obvious she ..... A) 'd crying. B) Had crying. C) Had be crying. D) 'd been crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'd been crying. 2. We (clean) our flat all day long. A) A) have been cleaning. B) B) have cleaned. C) C) has cleaned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) have been cleaning. 3. Which time signal is commonly used with Past Perfect Continuous? A) Now, today. B) Always, every day. C) Tomorrow, next time. D) For, since, before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For, since, before. 4. True or False:The sentence 'She had been practicing piano since two hours before her teacher arrived' uses the word 'since' correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Complete the sentence:My phone died because I ..... videos all morning. A) Was watching. B) Am watching. C) Had been watching. D) Have been watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been watching. 6. She ..... verb for two weeks. A) Had been practicing. B) Have been practicing. C) Has been practicing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been practicing. 7. True or False:The sentence 'He was tired because he had been running' shows an action (running) that happened for a while before he felt tired. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. We ..... English together a few minutes ago. A) Studying. B) Studied. C) Study. D) Were study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studied. 9. Which auxiliary verbs are used in the past perfect continuous tense? A) Have/has. B) Had/been. C) Was/were. D) Will/shall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had/been. 10. Which question is formed correctly to ask about a past ongoing action? A) Have you been studying long before taking a break?. B) Did you were studying for a long time before your break?. C) You had been studying for how long before you took a break?. D) How long had you been studying before you took a break?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How long had you been studying before you took a break?. 11. My eyes were sore because I ..... on my phone all night. Choose the phrase that best completes the sentence to show the cause. A) Had looked. B) Had been looking. C) Have been looking. D) Was looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been looking. 12. Andrew ..... as an assistant manager before he was promoted. A) Had been working. B) Had been worked. C) Working. D) Have working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 13. "They ..... for an hour before the rain stopped." A) Had been playing. B) Played. C) Were playing. D) Had played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 14. I ..... to get tickets for that play for months, and didn't want to miss it. A) Has been trying. B) Had been trying. C) Had been tried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been trying. 15. Which sentence shows an action that was happening *before* the main event, not at the same time? A) She was reading when the lights went out. B) She had been reading for an hour when the lights went out. C) She read while the lights were out. D) She has been reading since the lights went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had been reading for an hour when the lights went out. 16. Choose the correct sentence in the present perfect continuous tense. A) They have played football for an hour. B) They were playing football for an hour. C) They have been playing football for an hour. D) They will be playing football for an hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They have been playing football for an hour. 17. Identify the sentence that correctly uses a time marker to connect two past actions. A) She was practicing piano before she had heard the knock. B) She had practiced piano when she had been hearing the knock. C) She had been practicing piano when she heard the knock. D) She has been practicing piano when she heard the knock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been practicing piano when she heard the knock. 18. Rita ..... english grammar since 2007. A) Had been traveling. B) Have been teaching. C) Has been teaching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been traveling. 19. Which sentence best combines these two ideas? 'The band practiced all month. Then, they performed an amazing concert.' A) The band was practicing when they performed the concert. B) The band had been practicing all month before they performed an amazing concert. C) The band practiced and then they were performing the concert. D) The band that performed has been practicing all month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The band had been practicing all month before they performed an amazing concert. 20. Complete the sentence:By the time the pizza arrived, we ..... for over an hour. A) Have been waiting. B) Had waited. C) Was waiting. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 21. How do you correctly form a yes/no question with the past perfect continuous tense? A) You had been studying?. B) Had you been studying?. C) Have you were studying?. D) Did you have been studying?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been studying?. 22. Complete the sentence:He was out of breath because he had been jogging ..... the park. A) Around. B) Since. C) For. D) Until. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Around. 23. It had been ..... and the ground was still wet. A) Rainy. B) Raining. C) Rained. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raining. 24. True or False:The sentence 'They had been wait for the bus' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Zac was ecstatic when his parents bought him a bicycle he ..... for. A) Wished. B) Had been wishing. C) Had wished. D) Was wishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been wishing. 26. Complete the sentence:My fingers were sore because I ..... on my phone for three hours. A) Had been texting. B) Had texted. C) Was texting. D) Have been texting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been texting. 27. Your sister ..... online games all afternoon yesterday. This was why she didn't finish her homework. A) Has been playing. B) Had played. C) Had been playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 28. Laura needed a break because she (solve) ..... past perfect continuous tense exercises all morning. A) Had been solving. B) Solving. C) Was solved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been solving. 29. Had the company been fair in giving bonuses, the employees would not have gone on strike." A) The employees were quite dissatisfied. B) The employees are still going on strike. C) The employees were not given bonuses at all. D) The company has given the employees fair bonuses. E) The company has lost many employees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The employees were quite dissatisfied. 30. Complete the sentence:He ..... (wait) for the bus for half an hour before it finally arrived. A) Waiting. B) Waits. C) Waited. D) Had waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had waited. 31. Which sentence demonstrates the correct use of past perfect continuous with "since" ? A) He had been teaching since he had joined the school. B) He had been teaching since he joined the school. C) He had been teaching since joined the school. D) He was teaching since he joined the school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had been teaching since he joined the school. 32. Which sentence contains a past perfect continuous phrase? A) A strange man have been visiting us regularly when we lived there. B) A strange man has been visiting us regularly since we moved here. C) A strange man had been visiting us regularly when we lived there. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A strange man had been visiting us regularly when we lived there. 33. Complete the sentence:I ..... for my keys for ten minutes when I finally found them in my pocket. A) Had been looking. B) Was looking. C) Looked. D) Have been looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been looking. 34. When my dad got home, his hands were covered in grease. Choose the sentence that best explains the reason using the past perfect continuous tense. A) He had fixed the car. B) He had been fixing the car. C) He fixed the car. D) He was fixing the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had been fixing the car. 35. An adverb like 'always' or 'just' has a special place in this tense. Which sentence puts the adverb in the right spot? A) She had been wanting always a puppy. B) She had always been wanting a puppy. C) She always had been wanting a puppy. D) She had been always wanting a puppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had always been wanting a puppy. 36. David ..... to move house for a year before he was able to do. A) Planned. B) Had been planning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been planning. 37. Had the players ..... playing by the rules? A) Been. B) Have. C) Be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been. 38. We ..... here since 2009 A) Had been not living. B) Hadn't been living. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been living. 39. Susan had many game cards. She ..... game cards from different players before she was ten. A) Collected. B) Has collected. C) Had been collecting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been collecting. 40. True or False:The sentence 'She had been to the library before it closed' is an example of the past perfect continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. His clothes were wet because he ..... A) Had not been swimming. B) Has been swimming. C) Had been swimming. D) Have been swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been swimming. 42. I ..... (think) about the problem all day, and finally, I found a solution. A) Thought. B) Had thought. C) Had been thinking. D) Was thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been thinking. 43. Which of these verbs are not past perfect continuous? A) Had forgotten. B) Had been washing. C) Had been walking. D) Had been travelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had forgotten. 44. Your classmate wrote this sentence:'I was out of breath because I had been run to catch the bus.' Which choice best corrects the error in their sentence? A) Change 'was out of breath' to 'am out of breath'. B) Change 'had been run' to 'was running'. C) Change 'had been run' to 'had been running'. D) The sentence is already correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change 'had been run' to 'had been running'. 45. He ..... (travel) around Europe for six months before he returned home. A) Was traveling. B) Had traveled. C) Traveled. D) Had been traveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been traveling. 46. Select the sentence that is built correctly in the past perfect continuous tense. A) He had been playing basketball when he fell. B) He had playing basketball when he fell. C) He was been playing basketball when he fell. D) He has been playing basketball when he fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had been playing basketball when he fell. 47. Which sentence correctly shows a negative idea in the past perfect continuous tense? A) They had been not listening to the teacher. B) They not had been listening to the teacher. C) They had been listening not to the teacher. D) They had not been listening to the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They had not been listening to the teacher. 48. Structure:"Had been" + present participle of the main verb. A) Past Perfect Simple Tense. B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. 49. They ..... (live) in Beijing for three years when he lost his job A) Were living. B) Are living. C) Living. D) Had been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been living. 50. Do we watch movies on the weekends? A) Had we watched movies on the weekends?. B) Were we watching movies on the weekends?. C) Did we watch movies on the weekends?. D) Had we been watching movies on the weekends?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had we been watching movies on the weekends?. 51. Suda ..... when her mom came home. A) Had gone to bed. B) Had been going to bed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gone to bed. 52. Why was the baby's face so dirty? A) He had been playing outside. B) He had been sleeping. C) He had been eating chocolate. D) He had been drawing with markers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had been eating chocolate. 53. Which situation is best described using the past perfect continuous tense? A) An action that was happening at one moment in the past. B) An action that continued for some time before another event in the past. C) An action that was completed before a moment in the past. D) An action that is still happening now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An action that continued for some time before another event in the past. 54. Complete the story:The detective knew the suspect was lying. The suspect claimed he was asleep, but his shoes were muddy because he ..... through the woods. A) Had been running. B) Has been running. C) Was running. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been running. 55. Krishna ..... (write) an e-mail when his laptop suddenly ..... (go) off. A) Was writing, went. B) Was writing, was going. C) Wrote, was going. D) Were writing, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was writing, went. 56. Which statement best explains why James was so good at the video game on his first try? A) He had been watching strategy videos for a week before he played. B) He will watch videos to get better. C) He was watching videos about it. D) He has watched videos about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was watching videos about it. 57. Complete the sentence:When the teacher walked into the noisy classroom, the students ..... , but the class president ..... to quiet them down for several minutes. A) Shouted / tried. B) Had been shouting / was trying. C) Were shouting / was trying. D) Were shouting / had been trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were shouting / had been trying. 58. True or False:The sentence 'They had waiting for an hour when the bus finally came' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 59. Choose the sentence that shows the correct time markers used with past perfect continuous: A) I will be working for two hours. B) I had been working until yesterday. C) I have working for two hours. D) I am working for two hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been working until yesterday. 60. Which sentence is NOT in the past perfect continuous tense? A) I have been reading a book. B) They had been waiting for the bus. C) She was baking a cake. D) We were watching TV. 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