This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Peter clicked on the button on screen, and then sat down and ..... to his favourite music. A) Had listened. B) Listened. C) Had been listening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listened. 2. Yesterday it ..... when you called me. A) Was raining. B) Were raining. C) Is raining. D) Rains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining. 3. By the time I arrived, the teacher ..... the lesson. A) Explains. B) Explained. C) Was explaining. D) Had explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had explained. 4. Complete the sentence:My brother was sleepy because he ..... video games all night. A) Has been playing. B) Had been playing. C) Is playing. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 5. Complete the sentence:Before the coach arrived, the team ..... drills. A) Had been practiceing. B) Had be practicing. C) Had been practicing. D) Had been practing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been practicing. 6. Thomas and I ..... this movie for 2 hours when you came. A) Had been playing. B) Will play. C) Have play. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 7. ExerciseWe ..... (wait) 45 minutes for the bus before it finally. A) Has been waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Had been waitting. D) Hadn't been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 8. It ..... and the pavement ..... covered with puddles. A) Rained / had been. B) Had been raining / was. C) Had rained / had been. D) Was raining / had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been raining / was. 9. She ..... for her exam for weeks before she finally took it. A) Prepared. B) Was preparing. C) Had been preparing. D) Has been preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been preparing. 10. "Past Perfect Tense" Robert ..... from Maria for ages before she called him. A) Had been hearding. B) Heard. C) Hasn't heard. D) Hadn't heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't heard. 11. Had the teachers ..... before the strike? A) Been work. B) Working. C) Been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been working. 12. I ..... riding a horse when I visited my grandparents. A) Has been. B) Were. C) Had been. D) Is being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been. 13. Who ..... all this while when Mother was away? A) Had been cooking. B) Are cooking. C) Have been cooking. D) Was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been cooking. 14. Steven felt tired as he ..... (sail) for several hours. A) Has sailed. B) Had been sailing. C) Was sailed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been sailing. 15. Fill in the blank to best show the *reason* for the result:The ground was muddy because it ..... all night. A) Has rained. B) Had been raining. C) Rained. D) Was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been raining. 16. The car ..... in the advertisement had already ..... A) Listed, stalled. B) Listing, stalling. C) Listed, stalling. D) Listing, stalled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listed, stalled. 17. Carlos ..... all day, so he had a headache. A) Had worked. B) Has been working. C) Was working. D) Had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working. 18. Identify the tense in the following sentence:It had been raining since last night. A) Past Perfect Continuous. B) Present Perfect Continuous. C) Future Perfect Continuous. D) Past Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Continuous. 19. Why was the baby's face so dirty? Choose the correct past perfect continuous form for the answer. A) He was eating chocolate. B) He eats chocolate. C) He had eaten chocolate. D) He had been eating chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had been eating chocolate. 20. True or False:The past perfect continuous tense describes an action that started and finished at the exact same time as another past action. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Terry wasn't at home when I visited his place. He ..... out. A) Has just gone. B) Have just gone. C) Had gone. D) Just went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had gone. 22. She eats dinner at 7 p.m. A) She had eaten dinner at 7 p.m. B) She was eating dinner at 7 p.m. C) She ate dinner at 7 p.m. D) She had been eating dinner at 7 p.m. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She had been eating dinner at 7 p.m. 23. We ..... that car for ten years before it broke down. (used with non-continuous/stative verbs) A) Had been having. B) Had had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. 24. Your sister did not like fried rice. Had your sister been cooking fried rice? A) Your sister loves fried rice and was cooking it. B) Yes, your sister was cooking fried rice. C) No, your sister had not been cooking fried rice. D) Your sister cooked fried rice yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, your sister had not been cooking fried rice. 25. Dio ..... (not/operate) his phone when he used his laptop to learn A) Had not operated. B) Operated. C) Was operating. D) Don't operate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not operated. 26. Andi: " ..... ?"Aliya:'' Yes, I had been staying for a while." A) Did you enjoy your staying?. B) Have you been staying for a while?. C) Had you been staying for a while?. D) Are you staying to stay somewhere?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had you been staying for a while?. 27. Complete the sentence to show the action was ongoing before the discovery:When I walked in, I could tell my brother ..... my video games without asking. A) Had been playing. B) Was playing. C) Has been playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 28. Which auxiliary verb is used in the past perfect continuous tense? A) Is. B) Have. C) Was. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 29. Choose the best sentence that uses the past perfect continuous tense. A) I will wait at the bus stop. B) I have waited at the bus stop. C) I wait at the bus stop. D) I had been waiting at the bus stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I had been waiting at the bus stop. 30. Timothy ..... networking courses for two years when he was promoted to be a coach. A) Could have taken. B) Had been taking. C) Have been taking. D) Had taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been taking. 31. Which sentence correctly uses the negative form of the past perfect continuous tense? A) She had not been pay attention in class. B) They not had been listening to the teacher. C) We had been not studying for the test. D) He hadn't been feeling well, so he went home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He hadn't been feeling well, so he went home. 32. You ..... for the test, so you were very nervous. A) Hasn't been stydying. B) Hadn't studied. C) Weren't studying. D) Hadn't studyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't studied. 33. You ..... the whole family before you migrated. A) Had been supporting. B) Has been supporting. C) Has supported. D) Have been supporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been supporting. 34. True or False:The sentence 'They had been playing soccer for two hours before it started to rain' is a correct example of the past perfect continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. Aiden and Siti ..... for twenty minutes when the Discipline Master was called. A) Were quarrelling. B) Had been quarrelling. C) Quarrelled. D) Had quarrelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been quarrelling. 36. Sam failed his math test. It was obvious that he ..... attention to the lessons in the weeks before. A) Has not been paying. B) Had not been paying. C) Was not paying. D) Had not paid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not been paying. 37. We had been playing video games for 5 hours. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 38. We ..... for a long time with them before I left the group. A) Had danced. B) Had been dancing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been dancing. 39. She ..... (sing) in the bathroom when her mom ..... (knock) on the door. A) Was singing, was knocking. B) Sang, was knocking. C) Were singing, knocking. D) Was singing, knocked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was singing, knocked. 40. What is the main use of the past perfect continuous tense? A) To indicate a completed action in the present. B) To show that an action was ongoing in the past before another past action. C) To express a habitual action in the past. D) To describe a future action that will happen before another future action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To show that an action was ongoing in the past before another past action. 41. Read the timeline of events:1. (Morning) Sarah started practicing piano. 2. (Afternoon) She continued practicing. 3. (4 PM) Her friends arrived. Which sentence best describes the situation at 4 PM? A) When her friends arrived, Sarah was practicing the piano. B) Before her friends arrived, Sarah practiced the piano. C) By the time her friends arrived, Sarah had practiced the piano. D) When her friends arrived, Sarah had been practicing the piano for hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When her friends arrived, Sarah had been practicing the piano for hours. 42. When we arrived at the restaurant, the buffet ..... already. A) Had started. B) Started. C) Had been starting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had started. 43. Shamsul was tired because he (work) ..... all day A) Had been working. B) Worked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 44. The sentence 'He had been studying for the test all night' 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. 45. The class is quietly working on their projects. A) Present Simple. B) Present Perfect. C) Present Continuous. D) Present Perfect Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present Continuous. 46. Which of these verbs are past perfect A) Seen. B) Have looked. C) Had not been. D) Hasn't wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not been. 47. We ..... the contract before the meeting ended. A) Had been signing. B) Had signed. C) Sang. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had signed. 48. When I walked into the kitchen, the floor was soaked. Which sentence best uses the Past Perfect Continuous tense to explain why? A) The sink was overflowing. B) The sink had been overflowing. C) The sink had overflowed. D) The sink overflowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sink had been overflowing. 49. I ..... borrow the book from Tim because I ..... it already. A) Didn't had read. B) Was not had read. C) Didn't read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't had read. 50. Before we parked our car we ..... the ticket. A) Collected. B) Had collected. C) Had been collecting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had collected. 51. Ramya ( ..... ) information about an accident for two days, when the thief stole her notes. A) Had gathered. B) Had been gathered. C) Was gathering. D) Had been gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been gathering. 52. "She ..... watching TV when I called her." A) Don't be. B) Is be. C) Had been. D) Have be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 53. Lucy was delighted when she got a new car. What is the reason for her delight, based on evidence from the sentences? A) She had been hoping for a new car. B) She had been saving money for a trip. C) She had been working late. D) She had been studying all day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been hoping for a new car. 54. The sentence 'They was been working on the project since last week' is correctly written in past perfect continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 55. Fill in the blank with the correct form:She ..... the piano for years before she performed on stage. A) Has been playing. B) Played. C) Was playing. D) Had been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been playing. 56. "They ..... reading a story." A) Are been. B) Has be. C) Had been. D) Had be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 57. And then finally, after he told me everything, I realised what ..... (happen) to him when he was a little boy. A) Had been happened. B) Had happened. C) Had been happening. D) Had happening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been happening. 58. Jame was hungry because he ..... anything. A) Eaten. B) Had not eaten. C) Had been eating. D) Had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not eaten. 59. How long ..... before she finally found the missing cat? A) Had she been searching. B) Is she searching. C) Was she searching. D) Has she been searching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had she been searching. 60. The sentence 'They had been waiting for the bus' is written in the Past Perfect Continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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