This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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) The original sentence is correct. B) She was tired because she was studying for the test for five hours. C) She was tired because she has been studying for the test for five hours. 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. 3. 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. 4. The children were wet because they ..... football in the rain. A) Had played. B) Had been playing. C) Play. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 5. The correct pattern for Past Perfect Tense is ..... A) S + had + V3. B) S + have + V3. C) S + was/were + V-ing. D) S + had been + V-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) S + had + V3. 6. He ..... (not feel) well before he went to the doctor. A) Wasn't feeling. B) Didn't feel. C) Hadn't been feeling. D) Hadn't felt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't been feeling. 7. She ..... (study) English for several years before she moved abroad. A) Had been studying. B) Was studying. C) Studied. D) Had studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been studying. 8. What do we need to add to the main verb in the Past perfect continuous tense? A) -ed. B) -s. C) -er. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ing. 9. The students ..... for their excursion for months. A) Had been prepared. B) Has been preparing. C) Had been preparing. D) Has been prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been preparing. 10. 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. 11. My mother ..... working rendang for 3 days when I came. A) Had been. B) Has been. C) Had done. D) Was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 12. 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. 13. A friend asks, 'Why was the coach so mad?' Choose the best response using a 'Wh-' question in the past perfect continuous. A) Why was the team ignoring his plays?. B) Why had the team been ignoring his plays?. C) Why the team had been ignoring his plays?. D) Why did the team been ignoring his plays?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why had the team been ignoring his plays?. 14. 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. 15. What is the past perfect continuous form of "write" ? A) Have been writing. B) Had written. C) Was writing. D) Had been writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been writing. 16. 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. 17. 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?. 18. 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. 19. By the time I got home, my brother ..... video games for three hours. A) Had been playing. B) Played. C) Has been playing. D) Was played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 20. The students ..... (play) football when the bell ..... (ring). A) Was playing, rang. B) Was playing, ringing. C) Were playing, rang. D) Were playing, was ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing, rang. 21. "Had they ..... studying in the classroom?" A) Being. B) Been. C) Be. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been. 22. Mary was distraught when she could not calm the baby who ..... for an hour. A) Had been crying. B) Cried. C) Was crying. D) Had cried. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been crying. 23. 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. 24. Identify the past perfect continuous tense in this sentence:'By the time we arrived, the band ..... playing for an hour.' A) Had been. B) Had. C) Was. D) Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 25. The doctor asked me how long ..... (have) the symptoms before I came to check it. A) Had been had. B) Had been have. C) Had having. D) Had been having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been having. 26. 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. 27. Jame was tired because he ..... all day. A) Worked. B) Had been working. C) Work. D) Had work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 28. What are the three parts that make up the past perfect continuous tense? A) Had + been + verb-ing. B) Had + verb-ed. C) Was + been + verb-ing. D) Has + been + verb-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had + been + verb-ing. 29. Complete the sentence:She didn't get the joke because she ..... to the conversation. A) Didn't been listening. B) Hadn't listened. C) Wasn't listen. D) Hadn't been listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't been listening. 30. Which sentence correctly shows the structure of the past perfect continuous tense? A) He had played soccer. B) He has been playing soccer. C) He was playing soccer. D) He had been playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had been playing soccer. ← 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 7Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 8Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books