This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A possible answer for the question "Why had you been going to bed late?" would be A) I had been going to bed late becase I had to study for my Science test. B) I had been going to bed late because I used to feel tired. C) I hadn't been going to bed late because I went to sleep at 4 a.m. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had been going to bed late becase I had to study for my Science test. 2. The composer ..... on the score for months when the movie was postponed. A) A) had been working. B) B) will work. C) C) had working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been working. 3. Choose the correct tense. I had to have a break. I ..... so long. A) Had been driving. B) Drove. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been driving. 4. He refused to admit to the store detective that he ..... the iPhone. A) Had been stealing. B) Had stolen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had stolen. 5. She ..... (finish) her homework by the time I arrived. A) Finished. B) Has finished. C) Had finished. D) Were finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 6. I was shocked, even though it was the third time ..... Aron's story. A) I had heard. B) I heard. C) I'd been hearing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had heard. 7. Where ..... when the police found him? A) Is the man hiding. B) Had the man been hiding. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had the man been hiding. 8. We had been hoping to find some waters for days. A) Past Perfect Simple. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 9. Luke ..... a car. A) Had been having. B) Didn't use to have. C) Had had. D) Didn't used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't use to have. 10. They didn't let us go home until ..... tidying up. A) We'd finished. B) We were finishing. C) We'd been finishing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We'd finished. 11. You have been running in circles ..... 30 minutes! A) Since. B) For. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 12. Richard had gone out when his wife arrived in the office. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 13. Before deciding to go to Oxford, he ..... lots of doubts. A) Has had. B) Had had. C) Had been having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. 14. What is the structure of past perfect continuous? A) Subject + had + verb(-ing) + object/complement. B) Subject + had been + verb(-ing) + object/complement. C) Subject + was/were + verb(-ing) + object/complement. D) Subject + had been + verb + object/complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject + had been + verb(-ing) + object/complement. 15. Star could not walk because he ..... his leg. A) Had broken. B) Had been broking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had broken. 16. We ..... been outsise for long when it started to rain. A) Had. B) Hadn't. C) Weren't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't. 17. The dog ate our lunch while we ..... A) Wasn't watching. B) Didn't watch. C) Weren't watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't watching. 18. Change from negative to affirmative.-Nicolas hadn't been studying hard. A) Had been studying. B) Had studying. C) Had been study. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been studying. 19. ..... she ..... (drive) her car? A) Had, been driving. B) Had, been drove. C) Had, been drive. D) Has, been driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had, been driving. 20. By the time they were rescued, ..... nearly three days without food or water. A) They'd spent. B) They'd spent / they'd been spending. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They'd spent. 21. After I ..... for 3 hours, they ..... here. A) I had been sleeping, come. B) I been sleeping, came. C) Sleeping, came. D) I had been sleeping, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I had been sleeping, came. 22. He was red in the face because he ..... A) Hadnt run. B) Had been ranning. C) Has run. D) Had been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been running. 23. Which sentence has a similar meaning?The film started. Then we arrived at the cinema. A) When we had arrived at the cinema, the film had started. B) When we had arrived at the cinema, the film started. C) When we arrived at the cinema, the film had already started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When we arrived at the cinema, the film had already started. 24. We have been waiting for them. A) Present perfect continuous. B) Simple present perfect. C) Simple present. D) SImple present perfect continuous progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present perfect continuous. 25. She was very tired. She ..... (type) letters all day long. A) Had been typing. B) Had typed. C) Has been typing. D) Has typed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been typing. ← 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