This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Wattie was angry. She ..... for a long time but they only arrived an hour ago. A) Have been waiting. B) Were waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Has been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 2. 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. 3. By the time I arrived, they ..... (play) football for two hours. A) Were playing. B) Had played. C) Played. D) Had been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been playing. 4. She admitted that she ..... a divorce lawyer. A) Had consulting. B) Had been consulting. C) Had been consulted. D) Had consulted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been consulting. 5. 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. 6. Mary told me that she ..... that film 2 years before. A) Have seen. B) Saw. C) Was seeing. D) Had seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had seen. 7. Maria ..... for two hours before she arrived. A) Had been driven. B) Had been driving. C) Was driving. D) Has been driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been driving. 8. She ..... ten pages already. A) Writed. B) Has wrote. C) Wrote. D) Has written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has written. 9. 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. 10. They had lived in Tallinn for 3 months before they ..... to Saue. A) Were moving. B) Move. C) Have moved. D) Moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moved. 11. 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. 12. 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 swum in the ocean before. B) He had been swimming in the ocean for hours when he noticed his shoulders were red. C) He was swimming in the ocean when he saw a dolphin. D) He swam in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had been swimming in the ocean for hours when he noticed his shoulders were red. 13. What verb tense do you use for something that was started and completed in the past? A) Present perfect. B) Past perfect. C) Simple past. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple past. 14. 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. 15. That dog has been wonderful ..... you got it. A) When. B) Since. C) For. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 16. 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. 17. My family ..... a great time at your party. A) Was had. B) Had. C) Have had. D) Has had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 18. 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. 19. After all the workers ..... (go) home, the security guard locked the office. A) Go. B) Went. C) Are going. D) Had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had gone. 20. Ann ..... (return) the books to the library immediately after she ..... (read) them. A) Returned, read. B) Returns, reads. C) Returned, had read. D) Had returned, read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Returned, had read. 21. We have lived here ..... 2008. A) Since. B) On. C) In. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since. 22. ..... 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. 23. What is the past tense of the verb BREAK? A) Breaked. B) Broke. C) Broken. D) Breaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. Select the sentence that is written correctly in the past perfect continuous tense. A) She had running for an hour before she felt tired. B) She had been running for an hour when she saw her friend. C) She has been running for an hour when the storm started. D) She had been ran for an hour before the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had been running for an hour when she saw her friend. 27. True or False:The sentence 'They hadn't been paying attention in class' is a correct negative sentence in the past perfect continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. I ..... that book last week. A) Read. B) Has read. C) Readed. D) Have read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Read. 29. We ..... the game before Jim showed up. A) Finish. B) Are finishing. C) Had finished. D) Have finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 30. 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. 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