This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:The sentence 'She had been seeming tired for days before she finally took a break' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Which of the following sentences uses the past perfect continuous tense? A) We will have been working all day. B) I had been sleeping when the phone rang. C) He has been traveling for a week. D) They are going to be playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been sleeping when the phone rang. 3. Complete the sentence:He missed the first part of the movie because he ..... attention. A) Wasn't paying. B) Didn't pay. C) Hasn't been paying. D) Hadn't been paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't been paying. 4. Identify the error in this sentence:'He had been playing football when it started to rain.' A) The error is in the word 'football'. B) It should be 'He plays football when it started to rain.'. C) The sentence is correct as it is. D) The tense is incorrect; it should be 'He was playing football when it started to rain.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The tense is incorrect; it should be 'He was playing football when it started to rain.'. 5. True or False:In the sentence, 'By the time the pizza arrived, we had been waiting for an hour, ' the waiting happened *after* the pizza arrived. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. By the time the show started, they ..... (eat) dinner. A) Had been eating. B) Ate. C) Were eating. D) Had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had eaten. 7. Your friend says, 'I was studying for three hours.' How would you report this to someone else, emphasizing the duration before you spoke to her? A) She said she had been studying for three hours. B) She said she studied for three hours. C) She said she was studying for three hours. D) She said she has been studying for three hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she had been studying for three hours. 8. Imagine you're telling a story. Your character, Sarah, finally finished a huge painting. Which sentence best describes her long effort *before* she finished? A) Sarah was working on it when she finished. B) Sarah worked on it and then she was finished. C) Sarah had been working on that single painting for a month before she finally put her brush down. D) Sarah has been working on that painting for a month. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah had been working on that single painting for a month before she finally put her brush down. 9. My mother ..... all day, so she was tired. A) Cleaned. B) Was cleaning. C) Had been cleaning. D) Cleans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been cleaning. 10. Which sentence best contrasts a longer, earlier action with a shorter, later one? A) They had been hiking for miles before they saw the bear. B) They had hiked for miles, then they saw the bear. C) They have been hiking for miles before they saw the bear. D) They were hiking for miles when they were seeing the bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had been hiking for miles before they saw the bear. 11. Which of these is not past perfect continuous tense? A) Richard had been practicing to sing the song since morning. B) We had been enjoying the program thoroughly for three hours. C) I had been helping him to do the task before I started the program. D) They had been to London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They had been to London. 12. Choose the sentence with the same meaning:"Before I left the office, I had been working on the report all day." A) After I left the office, I had been working on the report all day. B) When I left the office, I had been working on the report all day. C) I had been working on the report all day after I left the office, . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When I left the office, I had been working on the report all day. 13. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct. 'She was tired because she had been studied for six hours.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Convert the following to past perfect continuous:'She studies for hours.' A) She has studied for hours. B) She had been studying for hours. C) She was studying for hours. D) She had studied for hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had been studying for hours. 15. True or False:The sentence 'I knew the answer because I had been paying attention' uses the past perfect continuous to show a completed action. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. We ..... (prepare) him for this race for months before he decided to quit. A) Had prepared. B) Had preparing. C) Had been preparing. D) Had been prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been preparing. 17. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:We missed the start of the movie because we ..... attention to the time. A) Hadn't paying. B) Weren't be paying. C) Not had been paying. D) Hadn't been paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't been paying. 18. True or False:The sentence 'They hadn't been waiting long' 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. 19. The roads were blocked in the morning. It ..... (snow) all night. A) Had been snowing. B) Had snowed. C) Had snow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been snowing. 20. Had Muhammad ..... driving? A) Be. B) Have. C) Been. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been. 21. She ..... (not/sit) at home for long before she went out. A) Has not been sat. B) Had not been sitting. C) Didn't sit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not been sitting. 22. What is the formation of past perfect tense? A) Have + past participle. B) Had + past participle. C) Was + past participle. D) Has + past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + past participle. 23. Which sentence is a correct example of the Past Perfect Continuous tense? A) I have been studying for the test. B) I had studied for the test. C) I had been studying for the test. D) I was studying for the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had been studying for the test. 24. The question form of Past Perfect Tense is ..... A) Had + S + V3 + O/C?. B) Did + S + V1 + O/C?. C) Have + S + V3 + O/C?. D) Was + S + V-ing + O/C?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had + S + V3 + O/C?. 25. My family had ..... giraffes when my brother interested seeing tiger. A) Been seeing. B) Had seen. C) Saw. D) Have been watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been seeing. 26. What is the main purpose of the past perfect continuous tense? A) To describe an action that happened for a period of time before another past event. B) To describe an action that is happening right now. C) To describe a future plan that was made in the past. D) To describe a single, completed action in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To describe an action that happened for a period of time before another past event. 27. What is the result of the boss talking to clients on Skype for hours? A) She wanted to talk more. B) She wanted to go home. C) She wanted a break. D) She wanted to eat lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wanted a break. 28. Which word best completes the sentence? "She had never seen snow ..... she moved to Canada." A) Until. B) Since. C) Before. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 29. Tom ..... TV when his mother came home. A) Watched. B) Watches. C) Had been watching. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been watching. 30. Before finally dead on June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson ..... a pop singer since 1980's A) Had. B) Had been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 31. Apakah kamu telah tidur selama satu jam ketika aku datang? A) Had you been sleeping an hour when I came?. B) Had you been sleep for an hour when I came?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you been sleeping an hour when I came?. 32. Janet was tired that morning but she ..... to help her friend so she made herself get out of bed. A) Did promise. B) Has promised. C) Had promised. D) Has been promising. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had promised. 33. How long ..... (you/ learn) English before you took TOEFL? A) Had you been learning. B) Learnt. C) Has learnt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you been learning. 34. Past perfect continuous tense refers to an action that started in the distant past and continued in the past A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. When we met, you ..... (work) at that company for six months A) Are working. B) Were working. C) Had been working. D) Working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 36. Tiffany ..... her final decision when her parents called her. A) Have made. B) Had maden. C) Has maden. D) Had made. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had made. 37. True or False:In the sentence 'I had not been sleeping well, ' the word 'not' is placed correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. Complete the question: ..... you been waiting long when the bus finally arrived? A) Have. B) Did. C) Had. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 39. After swimming all day they were hungry.They were hungry because they ..... (swim) all day. A) Had swam. B) Had been swimming. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been swimming. 40. I ..... book about Indonesian history. A) Has been reading. B) Had reading. C) Had been reading. D) Been reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been reading. 41. My sister roommate ..... (be) upset. She ..... (wait) for an hour. A) Were, waiting. B) Were, had been waiting. C) Was, waiting. D) Was, had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was, had been waiting. 42. Complete the sentence:My thumbs were sore because I ..... video games for hours. A) Had been playing. B) Have played. C) Did play. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 43. Complete the sentence:By the time the movie started, we ..... for our friends for over twenty minutes. A) Had been waiting. B) Have waited. C) Were waiting. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 44. Why ..... the baby's face so dirty? He ..... chocolate. A) Was / had ate. B) Were / has been eating. C) Was / had been eating. D) Had been / had been eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was / had been eating. 45. True or False:The sentence 'They had been playing soccer for two hours' describes an action that was completed before a specific time in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. I ..... (wait) for her for hours before she came. A) Has been waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Had been waited. D) Had waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 47. Select the sentence that correctly places the adverb 'always' to emphasize a repeated past habit. A) He always had been wanting to visit Japan. B) He had been wanting always to visit Japan. C) He had always been wanting to visit Japan. D) He had been always wanting to visit Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had always been wanting to visit Japan. 48. True or False:In the sentence, 'He'd been trying to fix his bike all afternoon, ' the contraction ''d' stands for 'would.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. My phone died because I ..... it all morning. Which is the correct negative form to complete the sentence? A) Haven't been charging. B) Wasn't charging. C) Not had charged. D) Hadn't been charging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't been charging. 50. May (study) ..... for six hours, so took a break. A) Had studied. B) Had been studying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. 51. I was very nervous while holding my speech. I ..... (never stand) in front of so many people. A) Had never been standing. B) Had been standing never. C) Hadn't been standing never. D) Hadn't never been standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never been standing. 52. Which sentence shows the use of Past Perfect Tense correctly? A) They have eaten before they came. B) They were eating before they come. C) They eat before they came. D) They had eaten before they came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They had eaten before they came. 53. How would you correctly change this sentence to be negative? 'He had been listening to the teacher.' A) He had been not listening to the teacher. B) He had not been listening to the teacher. C) He was not been 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. 54. True or False:To correct the error in 'She was tired because she had been ran all morning, ' you should change 'ran' to 'running'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. My brother and I ..... a movie at home last Sunday. A) Watching. B) Watched. C) Watches. D) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watched. 56. Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence:By the time we arrived, they ..... for hours. A) Was waiting. B) Were waiting. C) Have been waiting. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 57. Suzan was happy after dancing with Peter.Suzan was happy because she ..... (dancing) with Peter. A) Had danced. B) Had been dancing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been dancing. 58. They ..... these sweets until someone told them it was poisonous. A) Has been eating. B) Had been eating. C) Have ate. D) Have been eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been eating. 59. Complete the sentence:My eyes were sore because I ..... video games for three hours. A) Played. B) Has been playing. C) Had been playing. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 60. He ..... TV for a long time before he slept. A) Had been watching. B) Has watched. C) Watched. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been watching. ← 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 6Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 8Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books