This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I (not / see) Jacob for several years, but I recognised him immediately. A) Had not seen. B) Had not been seeing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not seen. 2. What is the correct form of the verb in the Past Perfect Continuous tense for the pronoun "he" ? A) Had been running. B) Have been running. C) Have been run. D) Had been runned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been running. 3. They ..... their way out of town before the sun ..... (ALREADY MAKE, RISE) A) Have already made / have risen. B) Has already made / had rose. C) Had already made/ rose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already made/ rose. 4. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuousThey ..... in Beijing for three years when he lost his job. A) Lived. B) Had lived. C) Has been living. D) Had been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been living. 5. What are the 2 auxiliary verbs of past perfect continuous? A) Had-Be. B) Have-Am. C) Had-Been. D) Had-ING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had-Been. 6. We were very excited to meet again because we ..... each other for five years. A) Didn't see. B) Hadn't seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't seen. 7. Choose the correct answer using past perfectWhen we ..... dinner, we went out. A) Have finish. B) Had finished. C) Finished. D) Have been finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished. 8. By the time she got home, she ..... 15 kilometers. A) Was running. B) Has been running. C) Had run. D) Had been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been running. 9. They ..... at the restaurant for two hours before the waiter finally brought their food. A) Had been waiting. B) Had waited. C) Have been waiting. D) Were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 10. Carry had been running a ten-kilometer for a young age. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 11. By the time we arrived, he had already finished ..... the gardening. A) DOING. B) DO. C) DONE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DOING. 12. Action finished in the past and result was visible. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Continuous. C) Present Perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 13. The kids ..... a lot of mess before their mother came back home from work. (make) A) Had made. B) Had been making. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had made. 14. My mother ..... really angry with me because I ..... all my exams. A) Was / had failed. B) Were / had failed. C) Had been / failed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was / had failed. 15. When Sally came home, I ..... for 3 hours. A) Had gardened. B) Had been gardening. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been gardening. 16. Jim and Sally ..... to see us but we were all too busy. A) Had hoped. B) Had hoped / had been hoping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had hoped / had been hoping. 17. ING form of the verb (cut) A) Cutting. B) Cuting. C) Cutinng. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutting. 18. They were wet because they ..... in the rain for over an hour. (walk) A) Had been walked. B) Had been walks. C) Had been walking. D) Has been walking. E) Has been walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been walking. 19. His face was dirty because he had been ..... chocolate. A) Ate. B) Eating. C) Eat. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating. 20. Describes an action that started in the past, continued for some duration, and concluded or was ongoing before another specific point or action in the past.The text above is the definition of ..... A) Perfect past continuous. B) Past perfect continues. C) Past perfact continuous. D) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past perfect continuous. 21. Tom ..... never ..... a summer course in London. A) Had attended. B) Has attended. C) Had been attending. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had attended. 22. Has Anna been laying in her bed all day? A) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. 23. Orla felt fit for the marathon because she ..... (train) a lot. A) Had trained. B) Had been training. C) Has been training. D) Have been training. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been training. 24. Are the following questions Past Perfect Continuous?-They had been running- A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 25. When I ..... through the streets of Madrid, I ..... about the magnificent time I ..... there as a student. (WALK, THINK, SPEND) A) Was walking / thought /had spent. B) Was walking / was thinking / spent. C) Walked / thought / spent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking / thought /had spent. 26. The negative form for the sentence "Adam had learnt French before he went to France" is ..... A) Adam had not learnt French before he went to France. B) Adam has not learnt French before he went to France. C) Adam learnt French before he went to France. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adam had not learnt French before he went to France. 27. I used to ..... up late. A) Stay. B) Staying. C) Stayed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stay. 28. ..... you ..... on this project before you joined our team? A) Have been working. B) Had done working. C) Had been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 29. We had been driving for a few hours before we realised that we were lost. A) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that started in the past and were still in progress when another action occurred in the past. B) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that were in progress in the past and had an effect on a later action in the past. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions that started in the past and were still in progress when another action occurred in the past. 30. The passengers found out that their flight A) Has cancelled. B) Have cancelled. C) Had cancelled. D) Had been cancelled. 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