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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The kids ..... up early this morning. A) Wakes. B) Waking. C) Woke. D) Wake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woke. 2. Which places ..... they ..... before they arrived here? A) Had ; visit. B) Have ; visiting. C) Had ; been visiting. D) Has ; visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had ; been visiting. 3. What is the main idea the past perfect continuous tense expresses in this sentence:'The ground was wet because it had been raining'? A) The rain and the wet ground happened at the same time. B) The rain started after the ground was already wet. C) The rain was an ongoing action that caused a result in the past. D) The rain was a single, completed event in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rain was an ongoing action that caused a result in the past. 4. The young man ..... since he was a child. A) Has be surfed. B) Have been surfing. C) Had been surf. D) Had been surfing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been surfing. 5. Select the correct question form for the past perfect continuous tense. A) Been you waiting long?. B) You had been waiting long?. C) Had you been waiting long?. D) Did you been waiting long?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had you been waiting long?. 6. I ..... him, so I did not miss him. A) Had been seeing. B) Has been seen. C) Has been seeing. D) Have been seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been seeing. 7. ..... ? ..... anything before you went to the theater? A) Has you eaten. B) Had you eat. C) Had you eaten. D) You have eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had you eaten. 8. Identify if the following sentence has a grammatical error:She was exhausted because she had been study all night for the test. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Complete the sentence to show why Sam missed the call:He couldn't hear the phone because he ..... to loud music with his headphones on. A) Listened. B) Hadn't been listening. C) Had been listening. D) Was listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been listening. 10. By the time we got there, they ..... (leave). A) Had left. B) Had been left. C) Left. D) Had been leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 11. Choose the correct question form: ..... for a long time when the bus finally arrived? A) Have you been waiting. B) Were you waiting. C) Had you been waiting. D) Did you wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have you been waiting. 12. Raj was sick because he had ( ..... ) properly for a few days. A) Not slept. B) Not been sleeping. C) Had not been sleeping. D) Slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not been sleeping. 13. Read the context:'The ground was wet when I left for school.' Which sentence best explains *why* it was wet, focusing on the duration of the action? A) It was raining. B) It had been raining. C) It rained. D) It had rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It had been raining. 14. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect continuous to emphasize the *long duration* of an activity, rather than just its completion? A) She had been writing the report for three days when her computer crashed. B) She was writing the report when her computer crashed. C) She had written the report before the meeting. D) She wrote the report. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been writing the report for three days when her computer crashed. 15. Which sentence correctly shows the basic structure for the past perfect continuous tense? A) She had been listening to music. B) She had listening to music. C) She has been listening to music. D) She was been listening to music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been listening to music. 16. Complete the sentence:I was tired yesterday because I ..... for my science test all night. A) Have been studying. B) Had been studying. C) Had studied. D) Was study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. 17. It is a MUST for past perfect continuous to have: A) Have+ been + verb in "ing" form. B) Have+ past participle of the main verb. C) Had+ been + verb in "ing" form. D) Had + past participle of the main verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had+ been + verb in "ing" form. 18. She ..... (wait) for her friend when I saw her. A) Waited. B) Had waited. C) Was waiting. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 19. You and your friends walk into the jungle. On the way, there is a separate way. One of your friends would like to go left but another one wants to go right. Both of them ask you decide on this; by the way, you don't want to make the decision. At that time, you want Kathy to decide. How do you say in English to ask Kathy to make a decision. A) Make up your mind. B) Chicken. C) Throw in the towel. D) Give me a hard time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make up your mind. 20. What is the formation of past perfect continuous tense? A) Had been + past participle. B) Had + past participle. C) Was + present participle. D) Had been + present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been + present participle. 21. Complete the sentence:They told me they ..... about the plan for weeks before the meeting. A) Were knowing. B) Had been thinking. C) Had known. D) Had been knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been thinking. 22. Which sentence places the adverb 'always' in the correct position? A) He had always been wanting a new bike. B) He always had been wanting a new bike. C) He had been always wanting a new bike. D) He had been wanting always a new bike. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had always been wanting a new bike. 23. Lucy ..... (hope) for a new car, so she was delighted when she ..... (get) one. Which option uses the correct tenses? A) Hopes, had got. B) Had been hoping, got. C) Hoped, gets. D) Had hoped, gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been hoping, got. 24. She ..... (live) in that house for 10 years before she moved. A) Lived. B) Had been living. C) Had lived. D) Was living. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been living. 25. They got to the beach after they ..... for hours. A) Were walking. B) Had been walking. C) Had been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been walking. 26. My printer ..... well. A) Not working. B) Had not been working. C) Was not been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not been working. 27. We ..... in the rain since midday, so we were very wet. A) Has been playing. B) Had been plays. C) Has been plays. D) Had been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been playing. 28. Complete the sentence:My brother was tired because he ..... all day. A) Is traveling. B) Has been traveling. C) Had been traveling. D) Was traveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been traveling. 29. Complete the sentence:I ..... (live) in that city for five years before I moved to a different country. A) Lived. B) Had lived. C) Left. D) Have lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had lived. 30. When we moved to Park Street, the Johnsons ..... there for ages. A) Had been living. B) Had lived. C) Lived. D) None of the above. 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