This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Present > Present Perfect Continuous – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Present Perfect Continuous Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Maria has a new car. She ..... to work many times. A) Has driven. B) Driven. C) Has drive. D) Had drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has driven. 2. They ..... resigned their current jobs this year. A) Has. B) Are. C) Is. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 3. He has been ..... to the office late this week. A) Arriving. B) Leaving. C) Forgetting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arriving. 4. The couple ..... on a vacation last summer. A) Goes. B) Went. C) Has gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 5. The teacher ..... already our tests. A) Has checked. B) Has been checking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has checked. 6. Adam ..... (send) five e-mails today. A) Sent. B) Send. C) Have sent. D) Has sent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has sent. 7. They are very happy. They ..... married . A) Have just gotten. B) Have just been getting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have just gotten. 8. Choose the option that uses both tenses: A) I have been reading this book for hours, and I will finish it tonight. B) They have been playing soccer all morning, and they play tennis yesterday. C) She has been practicing the piano, and she has played a beautiful song. D) He has been studying Spanish, and he has learned a lot during the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He has been studying Spanish, and he has learned a lot during the trip. 9. Sue ..... a new phone. What do you think of it? A) Has been bought. B) Has bought. C) Buys. D) Has been buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has bought. 10. I have been ..... part-time as a librarian. A) Worked. B) Working. C) Work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Working. 11. John ..... (break) his leg yesterday. A) Has broken. B) Broke. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke. 12. How long has he ..... for that project? A) Being researching. B) Been researched. C) Been researching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been researching. 13. Since & for we use in: A) Present Simple. B) Past Simple. C) Past Continuous. D) Present Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present Perfect. 14. I ..... this book all morning. A) Have read. B) Have been reading. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been reading. 15. Your hands are covered with chocolate ..... a cake? (you | make) A) Has you been making a cake?. B) Have you been making a cake?. C) Have you making a cake?. D) You have been making a cake?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have you been making a cake?. 16. We ..... in London for six months. A) Has being / live. B) Have been living. C) Has been / living. D) Have been live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been living. 17. How much money ..... in the last ten years? A) Have you been saving. B) You have saved. C) Have you saved. D) You have been saving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have you saved. 18. The night is over. It's daytime now. The sun ..... (rise) A) Have risen. B) Haven't risen. C) Hasn't risen. D) Has risen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has risen. 19. 12-She has never ..... to Paris. A) Been. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been. 20. I've ..... playing this game for hours now A) Been. B) Being. C) Bean. D) Beang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been. 21. People sometimes use the present perfect continuous A) To stress when something happened. B) To stress irritation. C) To give a compliment. D) To command someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To stress irritation. 22. (-) My sister ..... the house so far. A) Hasn't leave. B) Hasn't left. C) Hasn't leaved. D) Haven't left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasn't left. 23. She has been ..... at that company for three years. A) Working. B) Is work. C) Worked. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working. 24. I ..... well lately. A) Haven't been feeling. B) Has been feeling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haven't been feeling. 25. Correct or incorrect?How long she has been reading? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 26. A:Sorry I'm late!B:I ..... (wait) here since three o'clock. A) Have been waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Has waited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been waiting. 27. The present perfect continuous tense describes A) Actions happening at the time of speaking. B) Main events in a story. C) Actions continuing up to now or just before now. D) Background information in a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actions continuing up to now or just before now. 28. I've known almost all my Polyglotmates ..... February. A) Since. B) For. C) With. D) During. E) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since. 29. Sam has ..... climbed up the mountain. A) Still. B) Already. C) Yet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Already. 30. I ..... (not, sleep) well since we moved. A) Haven't been sleeping. B) Hasn't been slept. C) Has not been sleeping. D) Haven't sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haven't been sleeping. 31. My classmates ..... (to write) a dictation since the beginning of the lesson. A) Have been writing. B) Have been writed. C) Has been writing. D) Have writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been writing. 32. Have you ever ..... him? A) See. B) Meet. C) Met. D) Know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Met. 33. Choose the sentence that uses Present Perfect tense correctly: A) Have you finished your dinner yet?. B) She usually goes for a run in the morning. C) They are currently studying for their exams at the library. D) She is cooking dinner while listening to her favorite music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have you finished your dinner yet?. 34. I ..... (not/ pay) attention to the lecture A) Haven't been paying. B) Am paying. C) Am not paying. D) Hasn't been paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haven't been paying. 35. We use it for duration from the Past until now A) Present Perfect. B) Present Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect Continuous. 36. El presente perfecto se forma con have, has y el pasado participio de los verbos. A) Falso. B) Verdadero. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verdadero. 37. The present perfect continuous isn't often used with A) "It's the first time ". B) Just. C) Since. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "It's the first time ". 38. Ugh! I ..... e-mails all morning and I still have lots to reply. A) Have wrote. B) Wrote. C) Have been writing. D) Have written. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been writing. 39. New Zealand ..... divided into the North Island and the South Island. (be) A) Has been. B) Is being. C) Be. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 40. Ruth and Martha are best friends.They ..... (spend) time together since they were young girls. A) Has been spending. B) Have been spending. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been spending. 41. 4-I have been studying ..... two hours. A) Since. B) For. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 42. You have been waiting here for two hours A) Present Perfect. B) Present Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect Continuous. 43. I've liked English since I was 10 years old. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CORRECT. 44. Father (read) ..... the newspaper for an hour. A) Have been reading. B) Read. C) Has been reading. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been reading. 45. ..... you ever (see) a ghost? A) Have/ seen. B) Has /saw. C) Have/ seing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have/ seen. 46. It / rain / all day. The street is wet. A) Have been. B) Has raining. C) Has been raining. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been raining. 47. He's waiting for Amy. He arrived 40 minutes ago. A) He's been waiting for 40 minutes. B) He waits for 40 minutes. C) He's waited for Amy for 40 minutes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He's been waiting for 40 minutes. 48. Harry ..... a lot this month so he thinks he will be chosen as the best worker. A) Was working. B) Works. C) Worked. D) Has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has worked. 49. He / wait / for his girlfriend since 6 o'clock. A) Has been waiting. B) Have been waiting. C) Was waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been waiting. 50. Andy and Alan ..... the plans for their winter holidays for two hours now. A) Has been discussing. B) Have discussed. C) Has discussed. D) Have been discussing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been discussing. 51. Which of the following sentences expresses a recent action that has clear evidence as of now? A) She has been studying the whole week. B) My friends and I have been thinking about our own future. C) I'm wet because I have been swimming all day in the pool. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'm wet because I have been swimming all day in the pool. 52. The structure of Present Perfect Continuous is ..... A) Subject + have/has been + V + ing. B) Subject + has been + V + ed. C) Subject + have been + V + ed. D) Subject + have been + V + ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject + have/has been + V + ing. 53. I ..... (clean) all morning-I'm fed up! A) Have cleaned. B) Have been cleaning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been cleaning. 54. A:How long ..... you ..... (work) at this restaurant?B:Just six months. I started work in June. A) Had worked. B) Has worked. C) Have worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have worked. 55. The sentence above is correct. Have you been reading lately? A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 56. John: ..... have you been working in the last months?Sam: ..... at the new hardware in town. A) WhereI've been working. B) What I've been working. C) When I haven't been working. D) Why I haven't been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WhereI've been working. 57. We have known Chris for two years. A) Present Perfect Continuous. B) Present Perfect Simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect Simple. 58. ..... for three whole hours. When are we going to get home? A) You been driving. B) We've been driving. C) I'm riding my burro. D) I've been ridden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We've been driving. 59. Choose the correct option:Bill's eyes were red. He ..... A) Is crying. B) Has been crying. C) Cried. D) Has cried. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been crying. 60. They ..... (paint) now. A) Are painting. B) Have been painting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are painting. 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