This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Had been belomgs to A) Past perfect. B) Past continuous. C) Future arrangement. D) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past perfect continuous. 2. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuousShe ..... for ten hours when I woke her. A) Had been sleeping. B) Had been sleep. C) Had slept. D) Has sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been sleeping. 3. Sam gained weight because he had (overeat) ..... A) Overeared. B) Was overeating. C) Had overeating. D) Been overeating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Been overeating. 4. The teacher ..... in while Jane ..... a joke. A) Came / was telling. B) Was coming / was telling. C) Came / told. D) Had come / had been telling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came / was telling. 5. She ..... her decision before anyone could change her mind. A) Had never made. B) Had already made. C) Was making. D) Has made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already made. 6. I ..... the house when my brother arrived. A) Am cleaning. B) Cleans. C) Had cleaned. D) Has clean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had cleaned. 7. Mandy was exhausted by the time she went on holiday because she ..... over 55 hours a week. A) Works. B) Worked. C) Had been working. D) Had worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 8. We ..... the convention center long before the event started. A) A) had left. B) B) leaves. C) C) had been leaving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had left. 9. He ..... in Asia FOR many years, when the war began. A) Lived. B) Had been living. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been living. 10. The flat was lovely and tidy because my flatmate ..... A) Had cleaned. B) Was cleaning. C) Had been cleaning. D) Had been cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been cleaning. 11. The sentence of "Past Perfect Continuous Tense" is ..... A) She has been announcing the important message to all of us. B) I was crying because the movie had been making me so emotional. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was crying because the movie had been making me so emotional. 12. ING form of the verb (tie) A) Tining. B) Tying. C) Tiening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tying. 13. My grandfather had been playing chess since his childhood. A) Has been played. B) Had been playing a. C) Had been playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 14. I was disappointed when I had to cancel my holidays. I ..... forward to it. A) Had looked. B) Had been looking. C) Was looking. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been looking. 15. Which one of these isn't a use for past perfect continuous? A) Duration before something in the past. B) Cause of something in the past. C) Action that has already been finished in the past. D) Reported speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Action that has already been finished in the past. 16. He ..... about moving abroad until his friend suggested it. A) Had never thought. B) Has never thought. C) Had been thinking. D) Was thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never thought. 17. The police ..... the thief when we arrived to the police station. A) Have catched. B) Did catch. C) Had caught. D) Has caught. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had caught. 18. "Edgard had been studying but then he failed every subject"Is the sentence above correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 19. I worked very hard all morning and by lunchtime ..... all my jobs for the day. A) I'd done. B) I'd done / I'd been doing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'd done. 20. I ..... tired because I hadn't slept much. A) Was. B) Were. C) Had been. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 21. We wish we hadn't eaten son much at the buffet. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 22. Kent ..... efficient gadgets for a long time, so he was very good at it A) Had designed. B) Had been designing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been designing. 23. We ..... (have) lunch at 2 pm yesterday. A) Had. B) Have had. C) Had had. D) Were having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were having. 24. Brad ..... for his sales receipt for an hour before he found it in the kitchen. A) Had been looking. B) Had looked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been looking. 25. They ..... (sleep) peacefully until the alarm rang. A) Slept. B) Have slept. C) Were sleeping. D) Had slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were sleeping. ← 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