This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Present > Present Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tracy and Tom ..... playing tennis for an hour. A) Have been. B) Has been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been. 2. I ..... home at eight o' clock this morning. A) Have left. B) Have been leaving. C) Was leaving. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left. 3. Choose the correct sentence:a) John runs faster than anyone in his class. b) She is the most fastest runner in the team. c) This car is expensive than that one. d) My house is the more bigger than theirs. A) This car is expensive than that one. B) She is the most fastest runner in the team. C) My house is the more bigger than theirs. D) John runs faster than anyone in his class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John runs faster than anyone in his class. 4. A:(you / take) the dog for a walk yet? A) Has you taken . B) Have you been taking . C) Did you take . D) Have you taken . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have you taken . 5. Mary ..... to John on the phone last night. A) Talks. B) Talked. C) Is talking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talked. 6. Prices ..... in 1995 but then ..... in 1996. A) Rised falled. B) Rose fell. C) Have risen have fallen. D) Rose have fallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rose fell. 7. They / debate/ for 3 hours A) They are debating for 3 hours. B) They've been debating for 3 hours. C) They debated for 3 hours. D) They has been debating for 3 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They've been debating for 3 hours. 8. Have Benny and Dan been playing piano? A) No, she has not. B) Yes, they are not. C) No, they have not. D) Yes, she is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, they have not. 9. Which one of the following time signal to simple past? A) Yesterday, last week and the year before. B) So far, since, for. C) Last year, last month, for. D) At Christmas, so far, yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday, last week and the year before. 10. I ..... for you for ages. A) Has been wait. B) Have been waiting. C) Has been waiting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been waiting. 11. He is my friend. I ..... him for 5 years. A) Has known. B) Have knowed. C) Have known. D) Have been knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have known. 12. We have been playing football ..... A) All day. B) Two hours ago. C) Yesterday. D) Already. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All day. 13. Tabitha ..... (play) the violin ..... age five. A) Have been playing since. B) Has been playing since. C) Has played for. D) Have been playing for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been playing since. 14. A and B ..... for 1 hour. A) Has been playing. B) Have been playing. C) Has play. D) Have play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been playing. 15. Which tense is used to describe past events? A) Past perfect continuous. B) Present perfect simple. C) Past perfect simple. D) Present perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect simple. 16. How we form the present perfect tense (negative form). A) Sub+haven't/hasn't +past participle. B) Haven't/hasn't +Sub.+ pasr participle. C) Sub+have/has+ base form. D) Sub+ haven't/has't +base form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sub+haven't/hasn't +past participle. 17. Joe (look) for a new job all week since Friday. A) Has looked. B) Have looked. C) Have been looking. D) Has been looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has been looking. 18. Peter ..... football yesterday. A) Played. B) Has played. C) Have played. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 19. I ..... in pare for 6 months. A) Have been staying. B) Has been staying. C) Has stayed. D) Am studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been staying. 20. That's the best speech ..... A) I never heard. B) I used to hear. C) I've ever heard. D) I didn't hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I've ever heard. 21. The zoo isn't far from here. I (walk) there many times. A) Has been walking. B) Have been walking. C) Have walked. D) Has walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have walked. 22. Report this sentence correctly.'I can swim really fast.' A) He said that he could swim really fast. B) He told that he could swim really fast. C) He said me that he could swim really fast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he could swim really fast. 23. Which of the following is true about the present perfect continuous tense? A) It can be used with state verbs. B) It is used to express future plans. C) It cannot be used with state verbs. D) It is only used for completed actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It cannot be used with state verbs. 24. ..... to him last week. A) I didn't spoke. B) I spoke. C) I've already spoken. D) I speaked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I didn't spoke. 25. Toni and Pitri ..... studied two foreign languages. A) Has. B) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 26. ..... from a business trip to France. A) I came back. B) I never came back. C) I come back. D) I've just come back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I've just come back. 27. Sue is in her room right now. She ..... at her desk. A) Is sitting. B) Are sitting. C) Sat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is sitting. 28. Which tense is used to express an action that started in the past, is still happening, and may continue into the future? A) Future Perfect Continuous. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) Present Continuous. D) Present Perfect Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present Perfect Continuous. 29. You ..... for 3 hours. A) Have waited. B) Are waiting. C) Have been waiting. D) Has been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been waiting. 30. 6] We have been washing our car ..... hours ago. A) For. B) Since. C) For/since. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 31. I ..... this exercise twice. I can't understand it:( A) 've done. B) Has. C) 've been doing. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 've done. 32. She ..... (a) ..... (work) for him for ten years and she ..... (b) ..... (never meet) a more considerate employer. A) Has been working has never met. B) Has worked has never been meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been working has never met. 33. A: ..... the game of chess?b:no, i did not. A) Did you win. B) Have you win. C) Have you. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you win. 34. Stefanus (just, turn off) the TV. A) Have just turned off. B) Has just turned off. C) Has been just turning off. D) Have been just turning off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has just turned off. 35. He has been preparing for an annual exam. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 36. My mother ..... delicious cakes A) Has made. B) Have made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has made. 37. She has ..... (go) to the cinema every weekend for years A) Been / been. B) Been / going. C) Have/ go. D) Has/ going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been / going. 38. You ..... jealous of my good looks ..... the forth grade. A) 've been for. B) 's been since. C) 're been for. D) 've been since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 've been since. 39. Which tense is used to talk about actions that started in the past and continue to the present?a) present perfect tenseb) present perfect continuous tense A) Past continuous tense. B) Past perfect tense. C) Past perfect continuous tense. D) Present perfect tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present perfect tense. 40. What is the correct sentence in the present perfect simple tense for the given picture:'He's been writing letters for an hour'? A) He's written a number of letters. B) He's wrote a number of letters. C) He's writing a number of letters. D) He's been written a number of letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He's written a number of letters. 41. I ..... to bed early last night. A) Go. B) Going. C) Went. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 42. In which tense is the verb formed by using 'have/has been' + 'ing' form of the verb? A) Present perfect continuous. B) Present perfect simple. C) Future perfect continuous. D) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present perfect continuous. 43. They have been ..... english for almost two hoursstudy A) Studying. B) Studies. C) Study. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studying. 44. He has been living here ..... 5 years A) For. B) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 45. Have they been jogging ..... ? A) Since. B) Just. C) All the evening. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All the evening. 46. Sinta has ..... to the school for 3 hours A) Gone. B) Going. C) Go went. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gone. 47. Which tense is used to express an action that has just finished or recently happened? A) Past tense. B) Future tense. C) Present perfect tense. D) Present continuous tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present perfect tense. 48. I've ..... most of his paintings. A) Been seeing. B) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seen. 49. Ann and Matin ..... the trumpet since they were in fifth grade. A) Have played. B) Have been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been playing. 50. How long ..... acting classes? A) Have you taken. B) Have you been taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have you been taking. 51. Jiya and Priksha ..... (not see) the pictures yet. A) Has not seen. B) Have not seen. C) Did not see. D) Have not saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have not seen. 52. We ..... (search) for the answers. A) Have been watching. B) Have watching. C) Has been watching. D) Has watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been watching. 53. These are the functions of present perfect continuous, except ..... A) Expresses an activity that happened only once or on a specified number of occasions. B) Emphasize that an activity is ongoing and repeated from the past until now. C) Expresses a conclusion from what we can sense and use it as a form to complain or criticize. D) Expresses a general activity in progress from the past until now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expresses an activity that happened only once or on a specified number of occasions. 54. She ..... (read) that letter for half an hour.[Present perfect tense] A) Had been reading. B) Has been reading. C) Had read. D) Have been reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been reading. 55. He ..... his lessons since lunch. A) Has done. B) Has been doing. C) Have been doing. D) Has been done. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been doing. 56. Something terrible ..... A) Have happened. B) Has happen. C) Happened. D) Has happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has happened. 57. My parents ..... for me to clean my room every day. But I hate it! A) Have been asking. B) Has been asked. C) Have asked. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been asking. 58. My young brother ..... ball for 5 hours. A) Is playing. B) Has been playing. C) Has played. D) Have been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been playing. 59. Report this sentence correctly.'There was an accident outside the supermarket'. A) He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket. B) He said there were an accident outside the supermarket. C) He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket. 60. We / chat / for 50 minutes A) We have been chatting for 50 minutes. B) We has been chatting for 50 years. C) We are chatting for 50 minutes. D) We chatted for 50 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We have been chatting for 50 minutes. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPresent Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 1Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 2Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 3Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 4Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 5Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 6Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 7Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books