This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We ..... (not listen) to the teacher, while she was speaking. A) Didn't listen. B) Haven't listened. C) Hadn't listened. D) Weren't listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weren't listening. 2. Michael didn't want to see the movie because he ..... the book yet. (not read) A) Hadn't read. B) Had read. C) Didn't read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't read. 3. The moment we ..... the crocodiles, we knew we were in trouble. A) Had seen. B) Saw. C) Watched. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 4. By the age of 10, Mozart ..... three operas and 25 symphonies. A) Had composed. B) Had composed / had been composing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had composed. 5. The house was perfect-it was exactly what he ..... for. A) Had been looking. B) Is looking. C) Has been looking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been looking. 6. While the waiter ..... up the pieces of glass he ..... his finger (pick, cut) A) Picked-cut. B) Was picking-was cutting. C) Was picking-cut. D) Was picking-cutted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was picking-cut. 7. The man had managed to stay alive for 5 days before he was rescued. A) Past Perfect Simple. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Simple. 8. Robert ..... in Melaka since his first daughter was born. A) Live. B) Lived. C) Had been living. D) Been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been living. 9. We ..... there for 20 minutes when you called me. A) Had been waiting. B) Had waited. C) Waited. D) Have been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 10. My mom found the key after we ..... to open the door for 10 minutes. A) Tried. B) Were trying. C) Had been trying. D) Have been trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been trying. 11. I had arranged to meet Kate, but I was late. When I finally arrived, ..... for me. She was annoyed because ..... such a long time. A) She was waiting/ she was waiting. B) She was waiting/ she'd been waiting. C) She'd been waiting/ she was waiting. D) She'd been waiting/ she'd been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was waiting/ she'd been waiting. 12. I didn't know who he was. I ..... never ..... him before. A) Had seen. B) Hadn't seen. C) Had been seeing. D) Hadn't been seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had seen. 13. James told me you ..... the old vicarage two years before your son's birth. A) Had been buying. B) Had bought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had bought. 14. ..... Kate woke up, Ann ..... breakfast for 2 hours. A) For the time; had been cooking. B) By the time; had been cooking. C) By the way; had been cooking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the time; had been cooking. 15. Before he ..... (leave) for his trip, he ..... (pack) his suitcase. A) Has leaving / packed. B) Had been left / pack. C) Had been leaving / packed. D) Had been leaving / packs. E) Has been left / packed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been leaving / packed. 16. Louis confessed he ..... (plan) that party for some days. A) Has planned. B) Had been planning. C) Had planned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had planned. 17. What is the purpose of the past perfect continuous in the following sentence:Richard needed a holiday because he had been working hard for six months. A) To describe a past action, already started and continued up to another action o time in the past. B) To express the duration before something in the past. C) To describe the cause of something in the past. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To express the duration before something in the past. 18. They ..... in Beijing for three years when he lost his job. A) Had lived. B) Lived. C) Have been living. D) Had been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been living. 19. We had been driving for nearly 100 kilometres before we finally ..... a service station we could stop at. A) Had being found. B) Had found. C) Found. D) Had been finding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Found. 20. The man sitting next to me was very nervous, I think he ..... before. A) Had never fly. B) Had never flown. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never flown. 21. We use "was" or "were" in Past Perfect Continuous. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 22. He ..... for 15 minutes when he understood he had lost his swimsuit. A) Had been swimming. B) Had swum. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been swimming. 23. He'd been watching TV all morning when he decided to go outside. What happened first? A) He decided to go outside. B) He'd been watching TV. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He'd been watching TV. 24. When we finally reached the top, it was wonderful ..... for eight hours. A) We climbed. B) We've been climbing. C) We'd been climbing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We'd been climbing. 25. BY THE TIME the ship ..... some people had been waiting A) Arrived. B) Had been arriving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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