This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 27 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Barbara ..... shopping more often than she does now. A) Used to go. B) Had gone. C) Was going. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to go. 2. Change from affirmative to negative.-The twins had been swimming in the morning. A) Hadn't swimming. B) Hadn't been swimming. C) Hadn't swim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been swimming. 3. Tina had no money left because she ..... at the flea market all morning A) Had shopped. B) Had been shopping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been shopping. 4. When I arrived at the station, the train ..... A) Had been leaving. B) Had left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left. 5. August's mother was angry at him as he ..... (not, take care) of his little brother and let him got wounded. A) Had not took care. B) Had not been taking care. C) Had not been tooking care. D) Had not take care. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not took care. 6. Mom ..... (cook) something for dinner while the kids were watching TV. A) Cooked. B) Has cooked. C) Had cooked. D) Was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking. 7. George ..... off the ladder while he ..... the ceiling. (fall, paint) A) Fell-painted. B) Fell-was painting. C) Was falling-was painting. D) Was falling-painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fell-was painting. 8. I was crying, because I ..... been cheking the schedule from my school. A) Had. B) Have. C) Was. D) Hat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 9. Rachel's husband ..... the car since early morning. A) Had fixxed. B) Had been fixxing. C) Had been fixing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been fixing. 10. She ..... the same dress to every party. A) Wore. B) Was wearing. C) Had worn. D) Had been wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had worn. 11. The baby had been crying for fifteen minutes before her mother ..... her cry. A) Heard. B) Had heard. C) Had been hearing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heard. 12. He'd finished cleaning the house ..... she came home. A) Since. B) And. C) Before. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 13. They ..... (wait) at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived. A) Has been waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Has waiting. D) Been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 14. I had ..... (watch) tv all night long. A) Been watching. B) Bin watching. C) Being watching. D) Be watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been watching. 15. We had been ..... , but a drizzling weather came out. A) Running. B) Run. C) Corriendo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running. 16. We ..... (sit) in the doctor's office for 2 hours before they called our name A) Have been sit. B) Had been sat. C) Had been sitting. D) Had sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been sitting. 17. Past Perfect can also be used to express a past action which happened before a certain time in the past. A) That's right. B) No, that's not true. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That's right. 18. How long ..... the restaurant ..... sushi before they added a new menu item? A) Has been serving. B) Have been serving. C) Had been serving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been serving. 19. Choose the correct answer using past perfect She ..... in China before she went to Thailand. A) Had been living. B) Have live. C) Had lived. D) Has live. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had lived. 20. I saw many huge puddles ..... it ..... hard? A) Was raining. B) Had been raining. C) Had been rained. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been raining. 21. Pamela ..... for two hours before her boyfriend arrived. (dance) A) Had danced. B) Had been dancing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been dancing. 22. Ben had always ..... in front of his teacher in his lecture. A) Had been nodding. B) Been nodding. C) Nodding. D) Been nodded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been nodding. 23. The team ..... all the graphics before the first trailer dropped. A) A) had designed. B) B) had designing. C) C) design. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had designed. 24. The structure of the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS sentences is:Has + been + verb(ing) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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