This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was shocked, even though it was the third time ..... Aron's story. A) I had heard. B) I heard. C) I'd been hearing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had heard. 2. Where ..... when the police found him? A) Is the man hiding. B) Had the man been hiding. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had the man been hiding. 3. We had been hoping to find some waters for days. A) Past Perfect Simple. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 4. Luke ..... a car. A) Had been having. B) Didn't use to have. C) Had had. D) Didn't used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't use to have. 5. They didn't let us go home until ..... tidying up. A) We'd finished. B) We were finishing. C) We'd been finishing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We'd finished. 6. You have been running in circles ..... 30 minutes! A) Since. B) For. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 7. Richard had gone out when his wife arrived in the office. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 8. Before deciding to go to Oxford, he ..... lots of doubts. A) Has had. B) Had had. C) Had been having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. 9. What is the structure of past perfect continuous? A) Subject + had + verb(-ing) + object/complement. B) Subject + had been + verb(-ing) + object/complement. C) Subject + was/were + verb(-ing) + object/complement. D) Subject + had been + verb + object/complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject + had been + verb(-ing) + object/complement. 10. Star could not walk because he ..... his leg. A) Had broken. B) Had been broking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had broken. 11. We ..... been outsise for long when it started to rain. A) Had. B) Hadn't. C) Weren't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't. 12. The dog ate our lunch while we ..... A) Wasn't watching. B) Didn't watch. C) Weren't watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't watching. 13. Change from negative to affirmative.-Nicolas hadn't been studying hard. A) Had been studying. B) Had studying. C) Had been study. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been studying. 14. ..... she ..... (drive) her car? A) Had, been driving. B) Had, been drove. C) Had, been drive. D) Has, been driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had, been driving. 15. By the time they were rescued, ..... nearly three days without food or water. A) They'd spent. B) They'd spent / they'd been spending. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They'd spent. 16. After I ..... for 3 hours, they ..... here. A) I had been sleeping, come. B) I been sleeping, came. C) Sleeping, came. D) I had been sleeping, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I had been sleeping, came. 17. He was red in the face because he ..... A) Hadnt run. B) Had been ranning. C) Has run. D) Had been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been running. 18. Which sentence has a similar meaning?The film started. Then we arrived at the cinema. A) When we had arrived at the cinema, the film had started. B) When we had arrived at the cinema, the film started. C) When we arrived at the cinema, the film had already started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When we arrived at the cinema, the film had already started. 19. We have been waiting for them. A) Present perfect continuous. B) Simple present perfect. C) Simple present. D) SImple present perfect continuous progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present perfect continuous. 20. She was very tired. She ..... (type) letters all day long. A) Had been typing. B) Had typed. C) Has been typing. D) Has typed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been typing. 21. BY THE TIME he ..... home, we had been watching TV for about one hour A) Got. B) Had been getting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 22. When Bob arrived at the station, his friends ..... already ..... for him for half an hour. A) Haved been waiting. B) Were waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Were been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 23. Joe told me that it ..... in England. A) Had been snowing. B) Have snowed. C) Have been snowing. D) Had snowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been snowing. 24. Maria (leave) the field when her friend got there. A) Had left. B) Had leaving. C) Has left. D) Have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 25. The entire scene with the three witches ..... from Macbeth. A) Had redacted. B) Had been redacted. C) Had being redacting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been redacted. 26. We will have been studying English at HANNA HERSOP A) Future perfect Continuous tense. B) Future perfect tense. C) Future Continuous tense. D) Future tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future perfect Continuous tense. 27. "she had been studying for a long time before the lights went out?"Is the sentence above correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 28. I ..... breakfast when he arrived . A) Had. B) Hadn't had. C) Had been having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't had. 29. You hadn't studied for the test, so you ..... very nervous. A) Were. B) Hadn't been. C) Hadn't been being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 30. Actually I ..... it to her a few times already, but she didn't listen. A) Mentioned. B) Was mentioning. C) Had mentioned. D) Had been mentioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had mentioned. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 3Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 4Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 5Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 6Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 7Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books