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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:I finally finished my homework at 8 PM. I ..... on it since I got home from school. A) Was working. B) Have worked. C) Worked. D) Had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working. 2. I ..... at this college for many years. A) Had been studying. B) Has been studying. C) Have been studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been studying. 3. A student wrote the following sentence. Select the option that correctly identifies and fixes the error:'Before the coach arrived, the team had be running drills for an hour.' A) The error is 'for an hour.' It should be 'since an hour.'. B) The sentence is already correct. C) The error is 'had be.' It should be 'had been.'. D) The error is 'running.' It should be 'ran.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The error is 'had be.' It should be 'had been.'. 4. Before the power went out, we ..... a movie. A) Had been watching. B) Watched. C) Have been watching. D) Will watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been watching. 5. True or False:In the past perfect continuous tense, words like 'for' and 'since' are often used to specify how long the action was happening. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Which sentence best explains *why* the team lost the game, focusing on a long-term problem? A) The team has not been practicing enough. B) The team was not practicing enough when they lost. C) The team did not practice enough. D) The team had not been practicing enough for weeks before the final game. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The team had not been practicing enough for weeks before the final game. 7. She ..... (not play) tennis when I called her yesterday. A) Hadn't played. B) Hadn't been playing. C) Didn't play. D) Wasn't playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been playing. 8. Emphasize the result of an activity in the past A) Past perfect simple. B) Past perfect continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect simple. 9. We'd been working, ..... ? A) Had we. B) Haven't we. C) Hadn't we. D) Have we. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't we. 10. Choose the sentence that shows an action that began in the past and continued up until another point in the past: A) I was sleeping when you called. B) I had been sleeping when you called. C) I have been sleeping since morning. D) I slept when you called. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been sleeping when you called. 11. Identify which sentence best describes a background action that was happening before a main event. A) When the teacher walked in, we whispered. B) When the teacher walked in, we have been whispering. C) When the teacher walked in, we had been whispering for ten minutes. D) When the teacher walked in, we were whispering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the teacher walked in, we had been whispering for ten minutes. 12. She ..... English for two hours before dinner. A) Has studied. B) Had been studying. C) Was studying. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. 13. Complete the sentence:My dad was exhausted because he ..... the whole house all afternoon. A) Was cleaning. B) Had been cleaning. C) Had cleaned. D) Has been cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been cleaning. 14. Choose the best way to combine these ideas into one sentence:'I started waiting at 10:00 AM. My friend finally showed up at 10:30 AM.' A) I was waiting when my friend showed up. B) I had been waiting for thirty minutes when my friend finally showed up. C) I waited for thirty minutes, and then my friend showed up. D) I have been waiting for my friend for thirty minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been waiting for thirty minutes when my friend finally showed up. 15. They (look) ..... for the keys for three days, when they suddenly (appear) ..... under the bad. A) Had look/appeared. B) Had been looking/appearing. C) Had been looking/appeared. D) Was look/appearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been looking/appeared. 16. Select the sentence that is written in the past perfect continuous tense. A) She was drawing a picture when I called. B) She has been drawing a picture all morning. C) She had been drawing a picture before I called. D) She had drawn a picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been drawing a picture before I called. 17. Which time expression is often used in Past Perfect Tense? A) Tomorrow, next year. B) Yesterday at 5 p.m. C) Before, after, by the time. D) Always, usually. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before, after, by the time. 18. In the sentence, 'The sidewalk was slippery because it had been raining all morning, ' what is the main job of the phrase 'had been raining'? A) To suggest that it might rain again in the future. B) To show that the rain was a single, completed event. C) To show a long, continuous past action that caused a past result. D) To describe two actions happening at the exact same time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show a long, continuous past action that caused a past result. 19. Which sentence correctly shows that an action was NOT happening before another past event? A) She wasn't did her homework, so she was worried. B) She hadn't been doing her homework, so she was worried about the test. C) She didn't been doing her homework, so she was worried. D) She had been not doing her homework, so she was worried. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She hadn't been doing her homework, so she was worried about the test. 20. Choose the verb phrase that best completes the sentence in the Past Perfect Continuous tense:My friends were annoyed because they ..... for me for twenty minutes. A) Had waited. B) Have been waiting. C) Were waiting. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 21. I had been completing the project since yesterday. ( Which words best represent Past Perfect Continuous Tense) A) Had been. B) Project. C) Since yesterday. D) Completing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 22. Which sentence correctly contrasts an earlier, ongoing action with a later one? A) He was tired because he was working all night. B) He was tired because he had been working all night. C) He had been tired because he was working all night. D) He is tired because he had been working all night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was tired because he had been working all night. 23. Tom ..... for Julia for two hours. A) Has been waited. B) Had been waiting. C) Have been wait. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 24. I ..... (hear) about the accident because I ..... (work) all night. A) Heard, had working. B) Hear, been working. C) Had heard, had been working. D) Heard, had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heard, had been working. 25. Which sentence is better for emphasizing the *duration* of the activity, not just that it was finished? A) By the time I arrived, he had built the sandcastle. B) By the time I arrived, he had been building the sandcastle. C) By the time I arrived, he was building the sandcastle. D) By the time I arrived, he built the sandcastle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the time I arrived, he had been building the sandcastle. 26. Priscilla ..... information about an accident for two days, when the thief stole her notes. A) Had gathered. B) Had been gathering. C) Had been gathered. D) Was gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been gathering. 27. Were you visiting Bali? A) Had been you visiting Bali?. B) Had you been visiting Bali?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been visiting Bali?. 28. True or False:The sentence 'We were walking to school when it started to rain' uses the past perfect continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. I ..... John yesterday, but he ..... so he was too tired to chat. A) Saw / run. B) Saw / had run. C) Saw / had been running. D) Had been seeing / run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw / had been running. 30. If someone had been drinking coffee all morning, what might they feel in the end? A) Really strange. B) Very sleepy. C) Extremely hungry. D) Very bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Really strange. 31. Which sentence best explains *why* the kitchen was a mess using the past perfect continuous tense? A) The kitchen was a mess, and my dad had been baking a cake. B) My dad baked a cake, which made the kitchen a mess. C) The kitchen was a mess because my dad had been baking a cake for hours. D) While my dad was baking, the kitchen got messy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The kitchen was a mess because my dad had been baking a cake for hours. 32. They ..... for hours, so they ..... bored. A) Had been waiting, had been being. B) Had been waiting, were. C) Had waited, had been. D) Had waited, were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting, were. 33. True or False:The following sentence correctly uses the Past Perfect Continuous tense. 'My brother has been eating the cookie dough before we even put the cookies in the oven.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. By the time Mrs Lee got home, the children ..... computer games for two hours. A) Had been playing. B) Were playing. C) Have been playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 35. He doesn't read a newspaper in the morning. A) He hadn't read a newspaper in the morning. B) He wasn't reading a newspaper in the morning. C) He hadn't been reading a newspaper in the morning. D) He didn't read a newspaper in the morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He hadn't been reading a newspaper in the morning. 36. Your friend wrote:'The ground was wet because it had been rain.' How would you correct this sentence to use the proper grammar rule? A) The ground was wet because it had been raining. B) The ground was wet because it was be raining. C) The ground was wet because it had rained. D) The ground was wet because it had raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ground was wet because it had been raining. 37. "She ..... been reading a novel." A) Were. B) Was. C) Had. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 38. Report the sentence 'Gio has been cooking all day.' She said. A) She has been cooking all night. B) She said Gio has been baking all day. C) She said Gio had been cooking all day. D) She said Gio had been cleaning all day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said Gio had been cooking all day. 39. I ..... (live) in the city for many years before I moved to the countryside. A) Had lived. B) Lived. C) Had been living. D) Was living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been living. 40. Complete the question:How long ..... on that video game before your dad told you to stop? A) Did you play. B) Had you been playing. C) Have you been playing. D) You had been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been playing. 41. Bill finally got out of the chair taht he ..... on the whole afternoon. A) Have sit. B) Has been sitting. C) Had been sitting. D) Have been sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been sitting. 42. She had been going to the store to buy grapes. A) Future Progressive. B) Past Perfect Progressive. C) Present Progressive. D) Past Progressive. E) Present Perfect Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Progressive. 43. When we met you, you ..... at the company for six hours. A) Had been working. B) Has been working. C) Was been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 44. After she ..... his homework, she ..... games. A) Finished, had played. B) Had finished, played. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished, played. 45. They were hungry because they ..... since morning. A) Don't eat. B) Hadn't been eating. C) Were eating. D) Didn't eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been eating. 46. Identify the sentence that uses the past perfect continuous tense. A) My dad had been fixing the car when I got home. B) My dad was fixing the car. C) My dad has fixed the car. D) My dad had fixed the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My dad had been fixing the car when I got home. 47. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:We missed the bus because we ..... attention to the time. A) Weren't paying. B) Hadn't been paying. C) Hadn't been pay. D) Haven't been paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been paying. 48. The sentence 'She had been painting the fence for hours before it started raining' is 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. 49. "Before the bell rang, the students ..... for the exam." A) Were preparing. B) Prepared. C) Had prepared. D) Had been preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been preparing. 50. ..... against the disease for long before she died? A) Had she been fighting. B) Had she be fighting. C) Has she being fighted. D) Had she been fought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had she been fighting. 51. This sentence is grammatically correct:'She had been try to call me for an hour before her phone died.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. True or False:The sentence 'By the time the pizza arrived, we had been waiting for over an hour' correctly uses a time marker. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. Which sentence is written correctly in the past perfect continuous tense? A) She had playing soccer when it started to rain. B) She have been playing soccer when it started to rain. C) She had been playing soccer when it started to rain. D) She was been playing soccer when it started to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been playing soccer when it started to rain. 54. My friend was upset. She ..... for an hour. A) Was been waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Is being waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 55. True or False:The sentence 'They have been waiting for the bus for an hour before it arrived.' is in the past perfect continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. Sameer ( ..... ) for two hours before he arrived. A) Had been driving. B) Had been driven. C) Has been driving. D) Was driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been driving. 57. When the teacher walked in, the students were shouting. How can you rewrite this to show the shouting was happening for a while *before* she walked in? A) When the teacher walked in, the students had shouted. B) When the teacher walked in, the students had been shouting. C) When the teacher walked in, the students shouted. D) The students were shouting and the teacher had been walking in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the teacher walked in, the students had been shouting. 58. True or False:To make a past perfect continuous sentence negative, you add 'not' right after the word 'been'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 59. Find the error in the sentence:'By the time I finished my homework, my brother had been watch TV for three hours.' A) The phrase 'By the time' is used incorrectly. B) The duration 'for three hours' is incorrect. C) The verb 'watch' should be 'watching'. D) The verb 'finished' should be 'finishing'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The verb 'watch' should be 'watching'. 60. Complete the sentence to show a consistent, past habit:My dad was a great cook because he ..... new recipes his whole life. A) Had been trying always. B) Always had been trying. C) Had been always trying. D) Had always been trying. 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