This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was sad when I sold my car ..... for a very long time. A) I've had it. B) I'd had it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'd had it. 2. As soon as I saw her, I knew I ..... the woman I wanted to marry. A) Met. B) Had met. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had met. 3. When they discovered radium, they ..... on it FOR a long time A) Worked. B) Had been working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 4. By the time we arrived at the station, the train ..... already ..... A) Had left. B) Had been leaving. C) Has left. D) Was leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 5. Carrie ..... the top when the other climbers got there. A) Had already reached. B) Had already been reaching. C) Had reach. D) Reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already reached. 6. I had been learning English for 10 years. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. 7. She had (make) ..... soup, so it was still hot and steamy when the visitors came in A) Was making. B) Been making. C) Make. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been making. 8. The Queen ..... her two-week tour through Australia yesterday. (START) A) Has started. B) Had been starting. C) Started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started. 9. She was exhausted because she ..... since eight o'clock that morning. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) Has been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 10. Paul and Debbie fought over a serious problem. They ..... on well for some time. A) Had been getting. B) Had gotten. C) Had not been getting. D) Had not gotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not been getting. 11. Before the knight joined the army, he ..... fighting with a sword for some time. A) Had been practicing. B) Had practiced. C) Had practice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been practicing. 12. Rita ..... for a year and she was very fit when her ex-boyfriend met her. A) Had been training. B) Has had training. C) Had trained. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been training. 13. Poli ..... PE for more than 30 years before he left Masatepe. A) Has been teaching. B) Had been teaching. C) Taught. D) Was teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been teaching. 14. ..... driving a bus? A) Does she. B) Had she been. C) Is she. D) Are she. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had she been. 15. Little Joe ..... his teeth by the time he went out. A) Had brushed. B) Had been brushing. C) Had brush. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had brushed. 16. Anthony ..... for his airplane for 3 hours when its delay was announced. A) Had been waiting. B) Has waited. C) Had waited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 17. I was sure I ..... that woman before but I couldn't remember when and where. A) Had seen. B) Saw. C) Had been seeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had seen. 18. I hadn't ..... Jacob for several years, but anyway I could recognise him immediately. A) SEEN. B) SAW. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SEEN. 19. The teacher was upset because the boys had ..... all through the lesson. A) Talked. B) Been talking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been talking. 20. My sister ..... the piano all morning when I arrived. A) Had be practicing. B) Have been practicing. C) Had been practicing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been practicing. 21. See-saw ..... A) See. B) Sow. C) Sew. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seen. 22. The children ..... their homework, so they were in trouble. A) Done. B) Didn't do. C) Had done. D) Hadn't done. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't done. 23. Stewart was really exhausted because he ..... after the twins the whole afternoon. A) Had been looking. B) Had looked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been looking. 24. The children ..... to bed when their mother came from work. A) Had already gone. B) Had been going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already gone. 25. By the time the bus arrived, we ..... for an hour and a half. A) Had been waiting. B) Have been waiting. C) Had waited. D) Waited. 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