This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. BY THE TIME he ..... home, we had been watching TV for about one hour A) Got. B) Had been getting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 2. When Bob arrived at the station, his friends ..... already ..... for him for half an hour. A) Haved been waiting. B) Were waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Were been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 3. Joe told me that it ..... in England. A) Had been snowing. B) Have snowed. C) Have been snowing. D) Had snowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been snowing. 4. Maria (leave) the field when her friend got there. A) Had left. B) Had leaving. C) Has left. D) Have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 5. The entire scene with the three witches ..... from Macbeth. A) Had redacted. B) Had been redacted. C) Had being redacting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been redacted. 6. We will have been studying English at HANNA HERSOP A) Future perfect Continuous tense. B) Future perfect tense. C) Future Continuous tense. D) Future tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future perfect Continuous tense. 7. "she had been studying for a long time before the lights went out?"Is the sentence above correct? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 8. I ..... breakfast when he arrived . A) Had. B) Hadn't had. C) Had been having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't had. 9. You hadn't studied for the test, so you ..... very nervous. A) Were. B) Hadn't been. C) Hadn't been being. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 10. Actually I ..... it to her a few times already, but she didn't listen. A) Mentioned. B) Was mentioning. C) Had mentioned. D) Had been mentioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had mentioned. 11. We ..... (go) out with each other for two years before I met his family. A) Were going. B) Had going. C) Has been going. D) Had been going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been going. 12. After the thunderstorm ..... we left the shelter. A) Had stopped. B) Had been stopping. C) Had stop. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had stopped. 13. When Mary went shopping, all the shops ..... (close) A) Has closed. B) Have closed. C) Had closed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had closed. 14. Sarah is a true vegetarian. She ..... chicken all her life. A) Not eat. B) Did not eat. C) Have not eaten. D) Has not eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has not eaten. 15. By the time we arrived, they ..... (clean) the house for hours. A) Had been clean. B) Had been cleaning. C) Has been cleaned. D) Has been cleaning. E) Had been cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been cleaning. 16. Where do you put 'had' in a sentence to make a question in Past Perfect Continuous? A) Before the subject. B) After the subject. C) At the end of a sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before the subject. 17. When I phoned him yesterday, he ..... a shower and didn't hear my call. A) Took. B) Was taking. C) Have been taking. D) Has been taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 18. We ate appples from the tree that my grandfather ..... (to plant) many years before. A) Had planted. B) Have planted. C) Has planted. D) Haven't planted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had planted. 19. .... (she / fight) against the disease for long before she died? A) She been fighting. B) Has she been fighting. C) Had she been fighting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had she been fighting. 20. Is the following correct?I had been drinking coffee all morning. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 21. He hasn't decided on a career yet, but he ..... about it lately. A) Has been thinking. B) Has being thinking. C) Had been thinking. D) Have been thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been thinking. 22. Why was your jacket so wet?-Because it ..... all day. A) Rained. B) Had rained. C) Had been raining. D) Raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been raining. 23. I did not have any money because I ..... my wallet. A) Was loosing. B) Had lost. C) Lost. D) Had loosed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had lost. 24. Amalia ..... (move) to New York before she ..... (get) married. A) Has move / got. B) Moved /had gotten. C) Had moved / got. D) Moved / got. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had moved / got. 25. They had been walking for over 6 hours ..... A) Progressing Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect with been. C) Past Perfect Continuous. D) Past Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Perfect Continuous. ← 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