This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Present > Present Perfect Continuous – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Present Perfect Continuous Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the best option to fill in the blank. "The Present Perfect focuses on the result of the action meanwhile the P.P.C. focuses on ..... " A) A)how many/how much. B) B)the action itself, the process of doing. C) C)how long an action has been repeated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B)the action itself, the process of doing. 2. She is tired. She ..... (run). A) Has running. B) Has been running. C) Has run. D) Is running. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been running. 3. The family I'm living with are very kind and I ..... (met) some really nice Spanish people of my age. A) Have been meeting. B) Have met. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have met. 4. You look tired ..... you ..... hard? A) Have been working. B) Have worked. C) Have been worked. D) Were working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been working. 5. Which of the following is a sentence in Present Perfect Continuous tense? A) I have been playing video games all day. B) I have played video games on the weekend. C) I has been playing video games since yesterday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have been playing video games all day. 6. ..... an e-mail before? A) Have you ever sent. B) Did you ever send. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have you ever sent. 7. ' ..... in a factory?' 'No, never.' A) Have you ever been working. B) Have you ever worked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have you ever worked. 8. I hope she rings back soon because I've ..... for ages. A) Waited. B) Been waiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been waiting. 9. What do we add to the common verbs to change into a continuous form? A) V + LY. B) V + ING. C) V + ED. D) Change their structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) V + ING. 10. Use the present perfect for action that ..... in the past and ..... up to now. A) Finished-continues. B) Now-continues. C) Started-finished. D) Started-continues. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Started-continues. 11. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: "She ..... (to read) that book for the past two hours." A) Has read. B) Have read. C) Have been reading. D) Has been reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has been reading. 12. I ..... the book you lent me, but I haven't finished it yet. A) Have been reading. B) Has read. C) Has been reading. D) Have read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been reading. 13. It is 7 p.m. and Alfred ..... yet. He ..... in the field since morning. A) Hasn't returned / has been working. B) Hasn't been returning / has worked. C) Hasn't been returning / has been working. D) Hasn't returned / has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hasn't been returning / has been working. 14. Shane ..... around the world with his best friends. A) Is traveling. B) Are travels. C) Has traveled. D) Have traveled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has traveled. 15. John and Lisa ..... a movie all evening. A) Has been watching. B) Have been watching. C) Had been watching. D) Have watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been watching. 16. My brother is an actor. ..... in several films. A) He's been appearing. B) He's appeared. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He's appeared. 17. Have you ..... TV all night? A) Been watching. B) Watching. C) Watched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been watching. 18. A friend of yours is a painter. You ask:How long ..... (teach)? A) Have you teached. B) Have you been teaching. C) Have you taught. D) Has you been teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have you been teaching. 19. The grass looks wet ..... ? A) Has it rained. B) Has it been raining. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has it been raining. 20. Clare hasn't finished her homework ..... A) Yet. B) Ever. C) Already. D) Just. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yet. 21. How much time ..... ? A) Have you waiting. B) Did you waited. C) Have you been waiting. D) Are you been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have you been waiting. 22. They ..... cleaning their bedrooms. A) Hasn't. B) Hasn't been. C) Haven't. D) Haven't been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haven't been. 23. You meet a writer. You ask:How many books ..... (write)? A) Have you wrote?. B) Have you been writing?. C) Have you written?. D) Have you writed?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have you written?. 24. I haven't listened to their new CD ..... Is this any good? A) Already. B) Never. C) Before. D) E. E) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Yet. 25. Past participle of STUDY A) Studying. B) Studyed. C) Studied. D) Studyied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studied. 26. Sophie is planning to buy souvenirs. It's on her list of things to do. A) Sophie's already bought souvenirs. B) Sophie hasn't bought souvenirs already. C) Sophie hasn't bought souvenirs yet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sophie hasn't bought souvenirs yet. 27. James and Kristy ..... at most of the photos from the school trip. A) Have looked. B) Have been looking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have looked. 28. Has Sebastian eaten lasagna? A) Yes, he did. B) Yes, he is. C) Yes, he have. D) Yes, he has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes, he has. 29. Rob ..... to Europe twice. A) Have was. B) Has am. C) Has been. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been. 30. "Your parents look relaxed." "Well, they ..... all the weekend. (relax) A) Have been relaxing. B) Have been relax. C) Has been relaxing. D) Has been relax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been relaxing. 31. Don't you think you should get out of the sun? You' ..... for two hours and your skin is red. A) 've sunbathed. B) 've been sunbathing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 've been sunbathing. 32. I ..... ice cream since I was 10 years old. So I don't even remember how it tastes anymore. A) Have eaten. B) Didn't eat. C) Haven't eaten. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haven't eaten. 33. Our boss ..... (just/receive) the report. A) Has just been receiving. B) Have just been receiving. C) Have just received. D) Has just received. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has just received. 34. I ..... in Barcelona for 6 years, but now I've been living in Madrid. A) Had lifed. B) Has lived. C) Lived. D) Have lived. E) Have been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lived. 35. My colleague ..... hairdressing. A) Has been study. B) Has been studying. C) Have been studying. D) Have been study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been studying. 36. Dan ..... comics for seven years. A) Has collected. B) Has been collecting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been collecting. 37. Sam and Matt have been ..... rugby. A) Practising. B) Practise. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Practising. 38. ..... you ever (buy) an I-pnone 10? A) Has/ bought. B) Have/ buying. C) Have/ bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have/ bought. 39. The famous Sydney Opera House ..... as an arts center since 1973. (serve) A) Have served. B) Serves. C) Has served. D) Is serving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has served. 40. Choose the correct option:It ..... all day! Why can't it stop! A) Have been raining. B) Rains. C) Has been raining. D) Is raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been raining. 41. ..... to Greece? A) Did you ever went. B) Have you ever been. C) Have you ever gone. D) Did you ever go. E) Have you ever be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have you ever been. 42. She ..... been to a concert at the Lincoln Center. A) For. B) Since. C) Have. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has. 43. Rick ..... (to not clean) his room ..... he broke the broom. A) Hasn't been cleaning / since. B) Haven't been cleaning / for. C) Hasn't been cleaning / for. D) Haven't been cleaning / since. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hasn't been cleaning / since. 44. I ..... (have) my cell phone for many years. A) Have been having. B) Have had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have had. 45. Correct or incorrect?Jane have been studying for two hours already. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 46. I ..... my phone. A) Has lost. B) Have lost. C) Have been losing. D) Has been losing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have lost. 47. We ..... tennis all morning! A) Has been playing. B) Have playing. C) Have played. D) Have been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been playing. 48. Para formar el present perfect simple A) Sujeto + auxiliar have/has + participio. B) Sujeto + auxiliar have/has + pasado. C) Sujeto + auxiliar have/has +been + participio. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sujeto + auxiliar have/has + participio. 49. We ..... new stories in our English class these days. A) Haven't been reading. B) Hasn't been reading. C) Aren't reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haven't been reading. 50. ..... the book you lent me, so you can have it back now. A) I haven't finished. B) I have been finishing. C) I have finished. D) I haven't been finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I have finished. 51. Which sentence is correct:1. I have known Stella all my life.2. I have been knowing Stella all my life. A) The first sentence is correct. B) The second sentence is correct. C) Both variants are possible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The first sentence is correct. 52. It ..... rained for the last month A) Have not. B) Haven't. C) Has not. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has not. 53. What tense gives importance to the process and duration of an action? A) PRESENTT PERFECT SIMPLE. B) PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS. 54. 11-How long ..... you been studying English? A) Has. B) Have. C) Do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 55. For the verb "throwing" , which rule was used to change it to its-ing form? A) Verb ends in w, x or y, double the last letter and add-ing. B) Verb ends in w, x or y, do not double the last letter and add-ing. C) Verb ends in z, x or y, do not double the last letter and add-ing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb ends in w, x or y, do not double the last letter and add-ing. 56. Are any more taxis coming? A) I hope so. I've waited for ages. B) I hope so. I've been waiting for ages. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I hope so. I've been waiting for ages. 57. She (paint) her room since 8 o'clock. A) Has painted. B) Has been painting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been painting. 58. My parents ..... been married ..... thirty years. A) Have-for. B) Have-since. C) Has-since. D) Has-for. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have-for. 59. Have I been singing too loudly? A) Present Perfect Continuous. B) Present Perfect Simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Perfect Continuous. 60. She ..... living here for long. A) Haven't been. B) Haven't. C) Hasn't been. D) Hasn't. 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