This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. When we reached home, they ..... already ..... eating. A) Were start. B) Was starting. C) Have started. D) Had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had started. 4. 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. 5. As she ..... the beach, suddenly she saw a dolphin jumping out in the air. A) Strolled. B) Strolling. C) Strolls. D) Was strolling. E) Had strolled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was strolling. 6. What tense of verb to we use if if it's about PAST PERFECT? A) Present tense. B) Future tense. C) Past participle. D) Past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past participle. 7. Before we parked our car we ..... (collect) the ticket. A) Had collect. B) Had been collected. C) Had collected. D) Had been collecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had collected. 8. 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 has been saving money for over a year. C) He was saving money for over a year. D) He had been saving money for over a year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had been saving money for over a year. 9. Steven ..... seven movies so far this month. A) Has seen. B) Saw. C) Will see. D) Will have seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has seen. 10. 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. 11. They ..... to do the chores but they played video games instead. A) Had promised. B) Promise. C) Promised. D) Was promising. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had promised. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Which sentence correctly describes something that was happening right before another past event? A) They have 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 has been arguing before the teacher walked in. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had been arguing before the teacher walked in. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. She ..... to Portugal many times. A) Is going. B) Has been. C) Was going. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been. 19. I ..... to Oregon twice last year A) Has been. B) Went. C) Have been. D) Was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 20. What ..... he ..... when I called him? A) Have-doing. B) Had-do. C) Had-been doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had-been doing. 21. ..... he ..... the piano for a long time before the concert? A) Had-been practice. B) Had-been practicing. C) Had-practicing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had-been practicing. 22. I ..... my car when I was young. A) Have crashed. B) Crashed. C) Will crash. D) Had crashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crashed. 23. Your friend tells you about their long wait for the bus yesterday. Which sentence best describes this using the Past Perfect Continuous tense? A) I had waited for the bus. B) I was waiting for the bus for a long time. C) I had been waiting for the bus for an hour when it finally arrived. D) I have been waiting for the bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had been waiting for the bus for an hour when it finally arrived. 24. True or False:You use the Past Perfect Continuous tense to talk about an action that finished a long, long time ago and has no connection to any other past event. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Read the sentence: "My brother had been playing video games for two hours when our dad got home." Is this sentence written correctly 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. 26. Why ..... they ..... the project before the deadline? A) Had-been completing. B) Had-completed. C) Have-complete. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had-been completing. 27. Which of these sentences is written in the past perfect continuous tense? A) She was playing soccer after school. B) She had been playing soccer when it started to rain. C) She had played soccer last year. D) She has been playing soccer all day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had been playing soccer when it started to rain. 28. Why ..... they ..... so much before they settled down? A) Had-been traveling. B) Had-been travel. C) Had-traveling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had-been traveling. 29. What is the Past Simple of the verb THINK? A) Thought. B) Thinked. C) Thinking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thought. 30. He was really angry because he ..... (wait) for a month when the parcel arrived. A) Had waited. B) Had been waiting. C) All the above. 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