This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Our clothes were wet because we ..... football in the rain. A) Had played. B) Had been playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 2. If your friend's eyes were red, which sentence best explains the reason using the past perfect continuous tense? A) She has been watching a sad movie. B) She watched a sad movie. C) She was watching a sad movie when I arrived. D) She had been watching a sad movie before I arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She had been watching a sad movie before I arrived. 3. They do not buy a book. A) Had they not been buying a book?. B) Had they been not buying a book?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had they not been buying a book?. 4. They ..... (not prepare) for the meeting when the boss arrived. A) Didn't prepare. B) Hadn't been preparing. C) Weren't preparing. D) Hadn't prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been preparing. 5. Read this:'The ground was wet and the air smelled fresh. It had been raining all morning, but the sun was finally peeking out.' Why is 'had been raining' the best verb choice here? A) To show the result of a past action (the wet ground) was caused by a longer, continuous action (the rain). B) To show that it was raining at the exact moment the sun came out. C) To show the rain just started. D) To make a prediction about future rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show the result of a past action (the wet ground) was caused by a longer, continuous action (the rain). 6. They ..... (not work) on the project before the deadline. A) Had not worked. B) Had not been working. C) Hadn't worked. D) Hadn't been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not been working. 7. Agus had been living in Yogyakarta A) Agus had not been living in Yogyakarta. B) Agus had been not living in Yogyakarta. C) Agus not had been living in Yogyakarta. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agus had not been living in Yogyakarta. 8. I ..... for an hour when an ambulance arrived at my neighbour's. A) Was working out. B) Had worked out. C) Had been working out. D) Has worked out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working out. 9. Complete the sentence:My eyes were sore ..... I had been reading for three hours straight. A) So. B) Because. C) But. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because. 10. John ..... out when I ..... in the office. A) Went / had arrived. B) Had gone / arrived. C) Has gone / arrived. D) Had gone / had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone / arrived. 11. ..... the players ..... playing by the rules? A) Had, been. B) Has, being. C) Have, being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had, been. 12. True or False:The sentence 'They hadn't been waiting long before the movie started' 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. 13. Complete the question:How long ..... on the phone before her mom told her to hang up? A) Had she been talking. B) Has she been talking. C) She had been talking. D) Was she talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had she been talking. 14. Before you leave, please ..... that file by making a copy on a floppy disk. A) Display. B) Delete. C) Compatible. D) Duplicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duplicate. 15. Which sentence correctly uses a duration phrase like 'for' or 'since' with the past perfect continuous tense? A) He had been waiting since the bus arrived. B) She had been practicing for she was five. C) They had been studying for three hours before they took a break. D) I had been watching that show since last week and finished it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had been studying for three hours before they took a break. 16. Choose the sentence that correctly places the adverb 'never'. A) He never had been trying to ski before that trip. B) He had been never trying to ski before that trip. C) He had never been trying to ski before that trip. D) He had been trying never to ski before that trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had never been trying to ski before that trip. 17. My father ..... to Surabaya two days ago. A) Flew. B) Flies. C) Fly. D) Flown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flew. 18. I ..... (not / sleep) long when there was a knock on the door. A) Had not been sleeping. B) Had not slept. C) Had been slept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not been sleeping. 19. Which words correctly start this question in the Past Perfect Continuous tense: ..... practicing for very long before the coach arrived? A) Did you been. B) Were you. C) Had you been. D) Have you been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had you been. 20. Complete the sentence with the correct adverb placement:I was surprised she failed the test because she ..... so hard. A) Been always studying. B) Had always been studying. C) Had been studying always. D) Had been always studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had always been studying. 21. He was happy when he finally finished his art project. Which sentence best explains the long effort he put in *before* he finished? A) He has been working on it for three days. B) He was working on it for three days. C) He had been working on it for three days. D) He had worked on it for three days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had been working on it for three days. 22. True or False:The sentence 'She had been watching that show for three days straight' is written 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. 23. Complete the sentence:My friend told me that she ..... for that video game console for months. A) Was saving. B) Had been saving. C) Is saving. D) Has been saving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been saving. 24. Which sentence is in the past perfect continuous tense? A) They are playing soccer. B) She had been studying for the test. C) I have been reading the book. D) He was watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had been studying for the test. 25. Choose the correct sentence in the past perfect continuous tense. A) He was playing for two hours before the match ended. B) He will have been playing for two hours before the match ended. C) He had been playing for two hours before the match ended. D) He is playing for two hours before the match ended. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had been playing for two hours before the match ended. 26. The road was flooded because it ..... A) Was been raining. B) Had been raining. C) Is been raining. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been raining. 27. Which sentence best uses the past perfect continuous to explain *why* the ground was wet? A) It was raining when I left. B) It had been raining all morning. C) It had rained yesterday. D) It will rain later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It had been raining all morning. 28. She had been drinking juice ..... father came home. A) When. B) Before. C) For. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 29. I just heard about the accident ..... been driving all night? A) Was the driver. B) Were the driver. C) Had the driver. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had the driver. 30. Find the sentence with an error and choose the option that corrects it:'She was tired because she had been study for the test for five hours.' A) She was tired because she has been studying for the test for five hours. B) She was tired because she was studying for the test for five hours. C) The original sentence is correct. D) She was tired because she had been studying for the test for five hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was tired because she had been studying for the test for five hours. 31. True or False:The sentence 'They hadn't been paying attention in class' is a grammatically 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. 32. The children were wet because they ..... football in the rain. A) Had been playing. B) Play. C) Played. D) Had played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 33. The correct pattern for Past Perfect Tense is ..... A) S + was/were + V-ing. B) S + have + V3. C) S + had been + V-ing. D) S + had + V3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) S + had + V3. 34. He ..... (not feel) well before he went to the doctor. A) Hadn't been feeling. B) Didn't feel. C) Wasn't feeling. D) Hadn't felt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been feeling. 35. She ..... (study) English for several years before she moved abroad. A) Was studying. B) Had studied. C) Studied. D) Had been studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been studying. 36. What do we need to add to the main verb in the Past perfect continuous tense? A) -er. B) -s. C) -ed. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ing. 37. The students ..... for their excursion for months. A) Had been prepared. B) Has been preparing. C) Has been prepared. D) Had been preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been preparing. 38. She ..... her homework when I arrived. A) Had been just finishing. B) Had just finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had just finished. 39. My mother ..... working rendang for 3 days when I came. A) Has been. B) Was doing. C) Had been. D) Had done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 40. He ..... from fever for many days. A) Have been suffering. B) Had been suffering. C) Was been suffered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been suffering. 41. A friend asks, 'Why was the coach so mad?' Choose the best response using a 'Wh-' question in the past perfect continuous. A) Why had the team been ignoring his plays?. B) Why did the team been ignoring his plays?. C) Why was the team ignoring his plays?. D) Why the team had been ignoring his plays?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why had the team been ignoring his plays?. 42. Jenny was annoyed. Jim ..... (call) her every night for the whole week! A) Called. B) Had been calling. C) Has been calling. D) Had called. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been calling. 43. What is the past perfect continuous form of "write" ? A) Was writing. B) Had been writing. C) Have been writing. D) Had written. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been writing. 44. A story needs to explain why a character, Leo, was covered in flour when his dad got home. Which sentence provides the best cause-and-effect explanation using the past perfect continuous? A) Leo was making cookies when his dad got home. B) Leo had made cookies before his dad got home. C) Leo was covered in flour because he had been trying to bake cookies all afternoon. D) Leo is covered in flour from baking cookies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leo was covered in flour because he had been trying to bake cookies all afternoon. 45. Your friend looks exhausted. You suspect they were up all night playing video games. Choose the best question to ask. A) Did you play video games all night?. B) Were you playing video games all night?. C) Had you been playing video games all night?. D) Have you been playing video games all night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had you been playing video games all night?. 46. True or False:To ask a question in the past perfect continuous, you would say, 'You had been listening to the music?' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. By the time I got home, my brother ..... video games for three hours. A) Played. B) Has been playing. C) Had been playing. D) Was played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 48. The students ..... (play) football when the bell ..... (ring). A) Was playing, ringing. B) Were playing, rang. C) Were playing, was ringing. D) Was playing, rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing, rang. 49. "Had they ..... studying in the classroom?" A) Being. B) Been. C) Be. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been. 50. Mary was distraught when she could not calm the baby who ..... for an hour. A) Had cried. B) Had been crying. C) Cried. D) Was crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been crying. 51. Bonnie was out when we called. Luckily, when we ..... at her home, she ..... A) Arrived had returned. B) Had arrived returned. C) Had been arriving had returned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived had returned. 52. Identify the past perfect continuous tense in this sentence:'By the time we arrived, the band ..... playing for an hour.' A) Had. B) Had been. C) Been. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 53. The doctor asked me how long ..... (have) the symptoms before I came to check it. A) Had been having. B) Had been have. C) Had been had. D) Had having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been having. 54. My dad ..... smoking in the garage. A) Has. B) Had. C) Had been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 55. Jame was tired because he ..... all day. A) Had been working. B) Worked. C) Had work. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 56. What are the three parts that make up the past perfect continuous tense? A) Had + been + verb-ing. B) Was + been + verb-ing. C) Has + been + verb-ing. D) Had + verb-ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had + been + verb-ing. 57. Complete the sentence:She didn't get the joke because she ..... to the conversation. A) Didn't been listening. B) Wasn't listen. C) Hadn't listened. D) Hadn't been listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't been listening. 58. Which sentence correctly shows the structure of the past perfect continuous tense? A) He has been playing soccer. B) He had played soccer. C) He had been playing soccer. D) He was playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had been playing soccer. 59. The kids ..... up early this morning. A) Wake. B) Wakes. C) Waking. D) Woke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Woke. 60. Which places ..... they ..... before they arrived here? A) Have ; visiting. B) Had ; been visiting. C) Had ; visit. D) Has ; visited. 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