This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Women ..... wear long skirts in the 19th century. A) Used to. B) Are used to. C) Got used to. D) Get used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to. 2. The pirates ..... before the rescue team arrived. (escape) A) Had escaped. B) Had been escaping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had escaped. 3. I split up with my girlfriend because we ..... a serious quarrel for the third time that week. A) Had been having. B) Had had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. 4. After the horrifying monster ..... , everyone thought they were safe. A) Had been disappearing. B) Has disappeared. C) Had disappear. D) Had disappeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had disappeared. 5. Which is the structure of the past perfect continuous? A) Had + past participle. B) Had + been + verb-ing. C) Had + verb-ing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + been + verb-ing. 6. Past Perfect Continuous is used to describe an action that started and finished after another action in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. She ..... never ..... a game jam before that weekend. A) A) had, joined. B) B) has, joining. C) C) have, joined. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had, joined. 8. Which sentence has a similar meaning?Someone stole my phone. I took my bag and the phone was not there. A) When I took my bag, I had noticed that someone had stolen my phone. B) When I took my bag, I had noticed that someone stole my phone. C) When I took my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I took my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone. 9. .... (they / already / call) a taxi by the time you arrived? A) Had they already called. B) They had already called. C) Had they already call. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had they already called. 10. After I ..... the letter, I ..... that I ..... the wrong address on it. (POST, REALISE, WRITE) A) Had posted / had realised / wrote. B) Posted / realised / wrote. C) Had posted / realised / had written. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had posted / realised / had written. 11. Select the option that has the mistake from the following statement: "Luis had being dating Karen for about 5 years before he asked her to marry him." A) I:datingC:dated. B) I:for about 5 yearsC:for 5 years. C) I:beingC:been. D) I:askedC:had asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I:beingC:been. 12. She called the police because someone ..... into her house. A) Had broken. B) Has broken. C) Had been breaking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had broken. 13. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuousI ..... all day, so I didn't want to go out ..... A) Have been working. B) Had worked. C) Had been working. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had worked. 14. I (watch) ..... a mystery movie on TV when the electricity (go off) ..... A) Watched/ went off. B) Was watching/went off. C) Watched/went off. D) Was watching/was going off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching/went off. 15. Until she graduated, Maxime ..... a foreign country. A) Had never visited. B) Never visited. C) Did not visit. D) Has not visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never visited. 16. While I ..... in the garden it ..... me that I ..... off the oven. (WORK, STRIKE, NOT TURN) A) Was working / struck / had not turning. B) Was working / struck / hadn't turned. C) Worked / struck / hadn't turned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working / struck / hadn't turned. 17. The explorer had not imagined that it would be so difficult to cross the river. A) Past Perfect Simple. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Simple. 18. It (rain) ..... for two days before the storm came yesterday A) Had been rain. B) Had raining. C) Had been raining. D) Had being rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been raining. 19. I ..... at home before my mother came. A) Hadn't been. B) Hadn't been being. C) Hadn't be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been. 20. She didn't go to work. She ..... a cold. A) Had been catching. B) Had caught. C) Had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had caught. 21. Prices ..... up last year, but they ..... by 8% already this year. (NOT GO, INCREASE) A) Didn't go / have increased. B) Went / have increased. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't go / have increased. 22. Everyone knew the cattle ..... but one knew from whom. A) Had been stolen. B) Had being stolen. C) Had been stealing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been stolen. 23. After she ..... (finish) her work, she ..... (decide) to go for a walk. A) Has been finishing / decided. B) Had been finishing / decided. C) Had been finish / decided. D) Had been finishing / deciding. E) Has been finish / decided. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been finishing / decided. 24. She looked relaxed because she ..... (meditate) for a long time. A) Meditated. B) Had meditated. C) Was meditated. D) Had been meditating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been meditating. 25. ..... (Have finish) your homework before you hang out with your friends? A) Had you been finishing. B) Had you finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you finished. 26. Ride, rode, ..... A) Rode. B) Ride. C) Ridden. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ridden. 27. The survivors had finally reached a village after days of walking. A) Past Perfect Simple. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Simple. 28. When I saw her face, I knew she had ..... for a long time. A) Cried. B) Been crying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been crying. 29. We had been going out for three years when we ..... married. A) Got. B) Had gotten. C) Had been getting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 30. He ..... less than an hour when he ran out of petrol. (drive) A) Had being driving. B) Had been driving. C) Had drove. D) None of the above. 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