This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The children were very tired. They ..... football the whole afternoon. A) Had been paying. B) Had played. C) Have played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been paying. 2. Sam did not even realize what a hard time Molly ..... A) Has been had. B) Has been having. C) Had been having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been having. 3. It was the first time that she ..... me to dinner. (INVITE) A) Invited. B) Had invited. C) Has invited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had invited. 4. The construction workers ..... the bridge for six months before it was completed. A) Have been building. B) Had been building. C) Haven't been building. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been building. 5. Sleep, slept, ..... A) Slept. B) Slepten. C) Sleeped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slept. 6. The weather around here ..... terrible in the last few weeks. (BE) A) Had been. B) Was. C) Have was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 7. If I ..... , I wouldn't be here right now A) Had been riding. B) Had been ride. C) Had had riden. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been riding. 8. WHEN they finally ..... the ship, it had been hiding secrets for many years A) Found. B) Ha been finding. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Found. 9. We ..... for Ann for three hours before she finally came. A) Had been waiting. B) Had waited. C) Waited. D) Waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 10. You got sick because you ..... (eat) the whole time. A) Had eaten. B) Had eating. C) Had been eating. D) Has eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been eating. 11. Her friend said that they ..... at the airport for 10 hours because of the delay of their flight. A) Had been staying. B) Had been staing. C) Had staing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been staying. 12. The lady ..... the twenty dollar bill before my father came back to pick his bill up. A) Had found. B) Finds. C) Has found. D) Was found. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had found. 13. Laura had been living in California before she moved to New York. What happened first? A) Laura had been living in California. B) She moved to New York. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laura had been living in California. 14. We ..... (hope) to find some water for days. A) Had hoped. B) Had been hoping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been hoping. 15. My brother ..... before I felt angry with him. (apologize) A) Had apologized. B) Had been apologizing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had apologized. 16. After I ..... (POST) the letter I ..... (REALISE) I ..... (WRITE) the wrong address. A) Had posted-realised-wrote. B) Had posted-had realised-had written. C) Had posted-realised-had written. D) Posted-realized-writed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had posted-realised-had written. 17. My little sister Jane ..... (study) in the living room when the doorbell rang A) Studied. B) Has studied. C) Was studying. D) Had studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. 18. Laura needed a break because she ..... (study) all morning. A) Had studying. B) Had been studying. C) Has been studying. D) Had studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. 19. We (run) ..... along the street for about 60 minutes when a motorbike suddenly stopped right in front of us A) Were running. B) Did run. C) Had been running. D) Are running. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been running. 20. She ..... (MEET) James on the street yesterday and he ..... (TELL) her that he ..... (BE) ill for the past two weeks. A) Met-told-was. B) Met-told-had been. C) Met-had told-had been. D) Had met-told-was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met-told-had been. 21. She had been walking next to the river when she ..... a strange noise. A) Heard. B) Had heard. C) Had been hearing. D) Hears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heard. 22. When I got home, the children ..... (play) computer games for two hours. A) Were playing. B) Have been playing. C) Had been playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 23. My friends were very tired at the end of our long trip. We ..... for 6 hours. A) Have been driving. B) Had been driving. C) Had driving been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been driving. 24. After the film had started, we arrived. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 25. The following sentence is incorrect: "My friends and I had gone to our first concert when we graduated from high school." A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. Next →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast 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 8Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books