This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When I came to the quay, our ship ..... for a few minutes. A) Had sailed. B) Had been sailing. C) Had sail. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been sailing. 2. She ..... a bright yellow dress when I ..... her last (wear, see) A) Wore-saw. B) Was wearing-was seeing. C) Weared-was seeing. D) Was wearing-saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was wearing-saw. 3. Choose the correct answer using past perfectThe garden was dead because it ..... dry all summer. A) Had been. B) Has been. C) Have been. D) Have had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 4. The children ..... attention in class, so they didn't understand the lesson. A) Hadn't been paying. B) Haven't been paying. C) Wasn't been paying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been paying. 5. Choose the sentence that is in past perfect continuous A) Did they travel to China?. B) They traveled to China. C) Had they traveled to china?. D) Had they been traveling to China?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had they been traveling to China?. 6. We ..... for ages before we finally managed to pay for our clothes. A) Had been waiting. B) Had waited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 7. Frank caught the flu because he (sing) ..... in the rain. A) Had been singing. B) Had sung. C) Had sang. D) Had singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had sung. 8. Before she got promoted, she ..... at the company for ten years. A) Had worked. B) Was working. C) Had been working. D) Has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had worked. 9. The dog ..... (to bark) at me ..... 5 minutes. A) Has been barking / for. B) Have been barking / for. C) Has been barking / since. D) Have been barking / since. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been barking / for. 10. In questions "had" is removed to the beginning of a sentence (before subject). A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. By the time we got there, they ..... (already/finish) dinner. A) Finished. B) Had already finished. C) Were finishing. D) Have already finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already finished. 12. As soon as the maid ..... scrubbing the kitchen floor, she ..... working in the garden. (FINISH, START) A) Finished / started. B) Had finished / started. C) I was finishing / started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished / started. 13. My parents had (quarrel) ..... 1 hour before my grandmother came back home A) Did quarrel. B) Had quarreling. C) Were quarreling. D) Been quarreling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Been quarreling. 14. When you got sick, ..... enough? A) You had eaten. B) You had been eating. C) Had you eaten. D) Had you been eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had you been eating. 15. Everything was white because it had ..... snowing the whole day. A) BE. B) BEEN. C) WAS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BEEN. 16. Zoella ..... to find her mother for years but she failed. A) Had been tried. B) Had been trying. C) Had been triing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been trying. 17. Sue was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath ..... A) She was running. B) She'd been running. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She'd been running. 18. Joshua ..... married twice before he met Carol. A) Had already been. B) Had already being been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already been. 19. James was on his hands and knees on the floor. He ..... for his contact lens. A) Was looking. B) Had been looking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was looking. 20. All the roads are flooded as it ..... non-stop for two days. A) Rains. B) Rained. C) Has been raining. D) Have been raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been raining. 21. .Last night I ..... in bed when I suddenly ..... a scream. (read, hear) A) Read-heard. B) Was reading-was hearing. C) Was reading-heard. D) Read-was hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading-heard. 22. ..... she ..... (to buy) clothes on internet? A) Has / being / buying. B) Has / been / buying. C) Have /been / buying. D) Has / been / buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has / been / buying. 23. Is this correct?I explained that the alarm had not go off. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 24. The man ..... (manage) to stay alive for 5 days before he was rescued. A) Had managed. B) Had been managing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had managed. 25. She ..... the dinner, so she decided to go have a rest for ten minutes. A) Had cooked already. B) Already had cooked. C) Had already cooked. D) Had already been cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already cooked. 26. Shelley ..... (never/play) golf in her life, but she realised she was very good at it. A) Never had played. B) Had never played. C) Never played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never played. 27. He ..... guitar when someone ..... the window and ..... out a bucket of water. (play, open, throw) A) Played-opened-threw. B) Was playing-was opening-was throwing. C) Was playing-opened-threw. D) Was playing-opened-throwed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing-opened-threw. 28. I have lived in Poland ..... 1990. A) For. B) Since. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 29. I ..... (drive) in the wrong direction for an hour before I noticed my mistake. A) Had been driving. B) Was driving. C) Drove. D) Has been driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been driving. 30. They hadn't been ..... the overall budget of the party last night. A) Been calculating. B) Been calculated. C) Hadn't been calculating. D) Calculating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calculating. ← 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