This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:He ..... (wait) for the bus for half an hour before it finally arrived. A) Waits. B) Waited. C) Waiting. D) Had waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had waited. 2. 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 joined the school. C) He was teaching since he joined the school. D) He had been teaching since he joined the school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had been teaching since he joined the school. 3. 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. 4. Complete the sentence:I ..... for my keys for ten minutes when I finally found them in my pocket. A) Was looking. B) Have been looking. C) Looked. D) Had been looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been looking. 5. 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 was fixing the car. B) He had been fixing the car. C) He fixed the car. D) He had fixed the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had been fixing the car. 6. 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 always had been wanting a puppy. C) She had been always wanting a puppy. D) She had always been wanting a puppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She had always been wanting a puppy. 7. 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. 8. Had the players ..... playing by the rules? A) Been. B) Have. C) Be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. His clothes were wet because he ..... A) Has been swimming. B) Have been swimming. C) Had been swimming. D) Had not been swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been swimming. 13. I ..... (think) about the problem all day, and finally, I found a solution. A) Was thinking. B) Thought. C) Had thought. D) Had been thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been thinking. 14. Which of these verbs are not past perfect continuous? A) Had forgotten. B) Had been travelling. C) Had been walking. D) Had been washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had forgotten. 15. 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) The sentence is already correct. B) Change 'was out of breath' to 'am out of breath'. C) Change 'had been run' to 'was running'. D) Change 'had been run' to 'had been running'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change 'had been run' to 'had been running'. 16. He ..... (travel) around Europe for six months before he returned home. A) Traveled. B) Had traveled. C) Had been traveling. D) Was traveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been traveling. 17. 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. 18. 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 not been listening to the teacher. D) They had been listening not to the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had not been listening to the teacher. 19. 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. 20. They ..... (live) in Beijing for three years when he lost his job A) Are living. B) Were living. C) Had been living. D) Living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been living. 21. Do we watch movies on the weekends? A) Had we been watching movies on the weekends?. B) Were we watching movies on the weekends?. C) Had we watched movies on the weekends?. D) Did we watch movies on the weekends?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had we been watching movies on the weekends?. 22. 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. 23. Why was the baby's face so dirty? A) He had been eating chocolate. B) He had been drawing with markers. C) He had been playing outside. D) He had been sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had been eating chocolate. 24. 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 was completed before a moment in the past. C) An action that is still happening now. D) An action that continued for some time before another event in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An action that continued for some time before another event in the past. 25. 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) Was running. B) Ran. C) Has been running. D) Had been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been running. 26. Krishna ..... (write) an e-mail when his laptop suddenly ..... (go) off. A) Was writing, was going. B) Were writing, went. C) Wrote, was going. D) Was writing, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was writing, went. 27. 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 has watched videos about it. D) He was watching videos about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was watching videos about it. 28. 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) Were shouting / was trying. B) Had been shouting / was trying. C) Shouted / tried. D) Were shouting / had been trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were shouting / had been trying. 29. 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. 30. Choose the sentence that shows the correct time markers used with past perfect continuous: A) I had been working until yesterday. B) I have working for two hours. C) I will be working for two hours. D) I am working for two hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had been working until yesterday. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 3Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 5Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 6Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 7Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 8Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books