This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We saw that the bus (already leave) ..... A) Has left. B) Had been leaving. C) Left. D) Had already left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already left. 2. Mary ..... sad because I ..... her birthday. A) Was have forgotten. B) Had been forgot. C) Was had forgotten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was had forgotten. 3. True or False:The sentence 'We hadn't been waiting long before the bus arrived' is a grammatically correct negative sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. I assumed you ..... paying for the repairs until the end of last year. A) Have been. B) Was been. C) Are being. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been. 5. My sister ..... playing badminton. A) Hadn't be. B) Hasn't be. C) Had not. D) Hadn't been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't been. 6. In the sentence "They ..... living in Paris for ten years before they moved to London, " which option completes it correctly using past perfect continuous? A) Had. B) Were. C) Had been. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 7. The sentence I hope they had not being standing out on the street, is: A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 8. " ..... you been working at home?" A) Are. B) Has. C) Were. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 9. Scenario:Leo looked exhausted and had smudges of paint on his face when he came to dinner. Which sentence best explains why, using the Past Perfect Continuous tense? A) He had been painting his room. B) He painted his room. C) He has been painting his room. D) He was painting his room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had been painting his room. 10. Identify the sentence that best describes an action that was in progress for a while before something else happened in the past. A) I was finishing my test. B) When the bell rang, I finished my test. C) When the bell rang, I had been finishing my test for ten minutes. D) I have been finishing my test. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the bell rang, I had been finishing my test for ten minutes. 11. True or False:The sentence 'She had been waiting until her friend arrived' correctly shows that the waiting stopped at the moment her friend got there. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. How long ..... before you found the buried treasure? A) Has you been digging. B) Had you been dig. C) Has you been dig. D) Had you been digging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had you been digging. 13. Mannu and Annu met at a restaurant, which Annu ( ..... ) for a long time. A) Has been running. B) Had been running. C) Was running. D) Had run. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been running. 14. By the time I got to the party, my friends ..... for over an hour. A) Danced. B) Have been dancing. C) Had been dancing. D) Were dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been dancing. 15. Your friend asks why the kitchen floor is sticky. Choose the best explanation using the past perfect continuous tense. A) My little brother spills juice. B) My little brother had been spilling juice while trying to pour a glass. C) My little brother was spilling juice. D) My little brother spilled juice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My little brother had been spilling juice while trying to pour a glass. 16. Had the players ..... playing by the rules? The past perfect progressive tense is ..... A) Been. B) Are. C) Will be. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been. 17. What is the structure of the past perfect continuous tense? A) Had been + present participle (verb+ing). B) Have been + present participle. C) Had been + past participle. D) Was + present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been + present participle (verb+ing). 18. Complete the sentence:They ..... (play) football for two hours before it started raining. A) Had played. B) Had been played. C) Had been playing. D) Had playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 19. Which is past perfect continuous sentence? A) I am studying English now. B) I had seen a ghost. C) I had been playing in the rain for 3 hours. D) I was opening the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had been playing in the rain for 3 hours. 20. They ..... before John ..... back home. A) Had tidied, came. B) Tidied, had come. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had tidied, came. 21. Complete the sentence:By the time I got to the party, my friends ..... for an hour. A) Have already been dancing. B) Were already leaving. C) Had already been dancing. D) Had already been leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already been dancing. 22. When she arrived home, he ..... TV for 3 hours. A) Had watched. B) Had been watching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been watching. 23. Give an example of using past perfect continuous tense in a sentence. A) They have been waiting for years and now they finally met. B) She had been studied for only some minutes before the exam. C) She had been studying for hours before she took the exam. D) He has been working for days, and now he is really tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been studying for hours before she took the exam. 24. Identify the past perfect continuous form of 'to run'. A) Will have run. B) Had been running. C) Was running. D) Has been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been running. 25. Jane was tired because she ..... all day. A) Was working. B) Had been working. C) Worked. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 26. Andrew finally decided to buy a new phone. He ..... problem with his old phone for a while. A) Had. B) Had been having. C) Has had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been having. 27. To form the past perfect continuous tense, which three parts do you need to list in order? A) Was + been + verb-ing. B) Had + been + verb-ing. C) Had + verb-ed + been. D) Have + been + verb-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + been + verb-ing. 28. Give an example of using past perfect tense in a sentence. A) She had already ate dinner when I arrived. B) She had already eaten dinner when I arrived. C) She already eaten dinner when I arrived. D) She has already eaten dinner when I arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had already eaten dinner when I arrived. 29. What is the main job of the past perfect continuous tense when you're telling a story? A) To list a series of completed actions in order. B) To give background information about an action that was going on before the main past event happened. C) To describe the single most important event. D) To talk about something happening in the present. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give background information about an action that was going on before the main past event happened. 30. She ..... out when I called her. A) Had just gone. B) Had been just going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had just gone. 31. Complete the sentence:How long ..... for your friend before you decided to leave the park? A) Have you been waiting. B) Had you been waiting. C) You had been waiting. D) Were you waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been waiting. 32. My cat ..... been sleeping all day. A) Been. B) Is. C) Have. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has. 33. How long ..... you ..... (watch) TV before you decided to go to bed? A) Has you been watching. B) Had you been watching. C) Had watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been watching. 34. Complete the sentence:He ..... on his project since last week when his teacher finally checked it. A) Was been working. B) Has been working. C) Had been working. D) Had worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 35. What are the auxiliary verbs of the past perfect continuous tense? A) Was being. B) Has been. C) Have been. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been. 36. We ..... (go) out for three years when we got married. A) Had been go. B) Were going. C) Had been going. D) Are going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been going. 37. We ..... working last night, so we were very sleepy. A) Was being. B) Had been. C) Were. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 38. Which sentence is incorrect in the past perfect continuous tense? A) I had been studying all night when the alarm rang. B) He had been playing guitar since he was a child. C) They had been wait for the bus for an hour. D) She had been cooking for two hours before the guests arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had been wait for the bus for an hour. 39. Identify the correctly written negative sentence. A) He had not been listen to the teacher. B) He had not been listening to the teacher. C) He had been not listening to the teacher. D) He not had been listening to the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had not been listening to the teacher. 40. Her eyes were red. It was obvious that she ..... (cry). A) Had cried. B) Have cried. C) Had been crying. D) Cried. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been crying. 41. When I first met Ann, she ..... (work) in Samsung for 15 years. A) Had worked. B) Worked. C) Have been working. D) Had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working. 42. The light ..... before we got out of the office. A) Had gone out. B) Had switch off. C) Had been going out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gone out. 43. Which sentence uses the past perfect continuous tense incorrectly, based on the type of verb? A) She had been knowing the secret for a week. B) They had been running for an hour. C) He had been building a treehouse all summer. D) I had been thinking about the problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been knowing the secret for a week. 44. The Past Perfect Tense connects ..... A) Two present actions. B) A future and present action. C) Two past actions, where one happened before the other. D) A past action and a future plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two past actions, where one happened before the other. 45. Peter and Jane ..... at the park when they parents found them. A) Had been playing. B) Had played. C) Were playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 46. (2) when he come to the library, his friend ..... (leave) him to canteen A) Had been left. B) Had leave. C) Had been leaving. D) Had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had left. 47. Which option correctly completes the sentence? By the time my dad got home, we ..... dinner for ten minutes. A) Have already been eating. B) Were already eating. C) Did eat. D) Had already been eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were already eating. 48. Which question is correctly written in the Past Perfect Continuous tense? A) Had they been practicing their lines for the play?. B) Were they practicing their lines for the play?. C) Have they been practicing their lines for the play?. D) Had they be practicing their lines for the play?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had they been practicing their lines for the play?. 49. Which sentence shows the correct 'recipe' for the past perfect continuous tense? A) Had + been + verb-ing. B) Was + verb-ing. C) Had + verb-ing. D) Has + been + verb-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had + been + verb-ing. 50. Complete the sentence:By the time the pizza arrived, we ..... about what to watch for thirty minutes. A) Have been arguing. B) Were arguing. C) Had been arguing. D) Argued. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been arguing. 51. In the sentence, 'By the time we arrived, they had been cleaning the house all morning, ' what does the tense show? A) An action that was happening at the exact same time we arrived. B) An ongoing action that happened for a period of time before we arrived. C) An action that finished a long time ago. D) An action that started when we arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An ongoing action that happened for a period of time before we arrived. 52. Which sentence best uses the Past Perfect Continuous to show the *duration* of the first action based on this timeline:[Action 1:Studying from 3-5 PM] $\rightarrow$ [Action 2:Mom arrived at 5 PM]. A) I will be studying when my mom arrives. B) I had been studying for two hours when my mom arrived. C) I was studying when my mom arrived. D) I studied before my mom arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been studying for two hours when my mom arrived. 53. Identify the sentence that correctly places the adverb 'always'. A) He had been always helping his mom with chores. B) He had always been helping his mom with chores. C) He had been helping always his mom with chores. D) He always had been helping his mom with chores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had always been helping his mom with chores. 54. I ..... coffee for five years. A) Had been drinking. B) Have been drinking. C) Has been drinking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been drinking. 55. Identify the correct negative form. A) She didn't studied the lesson before the exam. B) She hadn't studied the lesson before the exam. C) She hasn't studied the lesson before the exam. D) She don't study the lesson before the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She hadn't studied the lesson before the exam. 56. Fill in the blank with the phrase that correctly places the adverb 'always':She said she ..... wanting to visit Japan before she finally got to go. A) Been always had. B) Had always been. C) Had been always. D) Always had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had always been. 57. Your friend looks exhausted and says, 'I just finished my part of the group project.' Which question correctly uses past perfect continuous to ask about the duration of their work? A) How long were you working on it?. B) How long you had been working on it?. C) How long had you been working on it?. D) How long have you been working on it?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How long had you been working on it?. 58. Provide an example of a question in the past perfect continuous tense. A) How long have you been waiting for the bus?. B) What time did you wake up yesterday?. C) How long had you been studying before the exam started?. D) Did you finish your homework last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How long had you been studying before the exam started?. 59. In the sentence "By the time I arrived, it ..... for hours, " which option is correct? A) Had been raining. B) Was raining. C) Has been raining. D) Is raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been raining. 60. The roads were blocked in the morning. It ..... all night. A) Had been snowing. B) Had snowed. C) Snows. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been snowing. ← 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 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