This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. SUBJECT + HAD + BEEN + VERB(ING)/GERUND + TIME EXPRESSION A) PAST PERFECT SIMPLE. B) PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS. 2. By the time we arrived, the party ..... for an hour. A) Was starting. B) Had been going on. C) Had started. D) Has started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been going on. 3. We started to worry about Jimmy because we ..... him all afternoon. (CALL) A) Had been calling. B) Have been calling. C) Had called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been calling. 4. I missed our History test because you ..... me about it. A) Didn't tell. B) Hadn't told. C) Weren't telling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't told. 5. Swim, swam, ..... A) Swum. B) Swom. C) Swimmed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swum. 6. When I met her, I ..... never been in a serious relationship. A) HADN'T. B) HAD. C) HAVE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD. 7. WHEN the ship ..... the iceberg, the captain hadn't been paying attention to the warnings A) Hit. B) Had been hitting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hit. 8. Which word often goes with this tense? A) Tomorrow. B) Now. C) Next week. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since. 9. They (talk) ..... on the phone when the rain poured down A) Are talking. B) Have been talking. C) Had been talking. D) Will have talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been talking. 10. Everywhere looked white because it ..... (snow) all night. A) HAD SNOWED. B) HAD BEEN SNOWING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD BEEN SNOWING. 11. The explorer ..... that it would be so difficult to cross the river. A) Not imagine. B) Had not imagined. C) Have not imagine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not imagined. 12. She ..... him the cake that she had baked. A) Gave. B) Given. C) Had been given. D) Given. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gave. 13. ORGANIZE:had descended/ the miners/ 700 meters A) Had descended the miners 700 meters. B) The miners had descended 700 meters. C) Descended 700 meters the miners had . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The miners had descended 700 meters. 14. She had finished her homework when I called her. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 15. Which of the following is a question with Past Perfect Continuous? A) Are you studying Enin US?. B) Did you study English?. C) How long had you been studying English in US?. D) How long have you been studying English?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How long had you been studying English in US?. 16. I ..... the sauce while Bob ..... up the vegetables. A) Prepared / cut. B) Were preparing / were cutting. C) Had prepared / has been cutting. D) Was preparing / was cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was preparing / was cutting. 17. I ..... (wait) here for hour last Monday before the bus came. A) Have been waiting. B) Had waited. C) Had been waiting. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 18. My mother noticed that I had ..... my room. It was clean and shiny. A) CLEAN. B) CLEANED. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CLEANED. 19. Joe said that he ..... for hours. A) Have been waiting. B) Has been waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Had waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 20. After the janitor ..... the gate, he brought the dangerous dogs too. A) Had locked. B) Had been locking. C) Had lock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had locked. 21. She ..... (go) home by the time he arrived at the party. A) Had been going. B) Has gone. C) Had gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had gone. 22. They were punished because they ..... at school. A) Had misbehaved. B) Had been misbehaving. C) Were misbehaving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had misbehaved. 23. Julie and Anne ..... before the party. A) Didn't met. B) Hasn't met. C) Hadn't met. D) Hadn't meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't met. 24. ..... you ..... long before the taxi arrived? A) Have; been waiting. B) Been; waiting. C) Had; been waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had; been waiting. 25. Mike ..... his friends before he went abroad for two months. (visit) A) Had visited. B) Had been visiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had visited. ← 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