This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 22 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She noticed Louise's attention ..... at her daughter. A) Had directed. B) Had been directed. C) Had being directed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been directed. 2. Is this correct?They had been offered half a million dollars for the house, but they did not want to sell it. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 3. When we met, you ..... at that company for six months. A) Have worked. B) Had worked. C) Had been working. D) Worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been working. 4. When I ..... (WALK) through Bologna I ..... (THINK) about the wonderful times I ..... (SPEND) there as a student. A) Was walking-was thinking-had spent. B) Walked-thought-spent. C) Was walking-thought-was spending. D) Walked-was thinking-was spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking-was thinking-had spent. 5. The children were tired because they ..... football for two hours. A) Played. B) Had played. C) Had been played. D) Had been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been playing. 6. When we arrived, the show ..... (to start) A) Have started. B) Had started. C) Didn't start. D) Hasn't started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had started. 7. Alice ..... (not / be) hungry because she ..... (just / eat). A) Wasn't / had just eaten. B) Is not / had just eaten. C) Wasn't / has just eaten. D) Wasn't / had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't / had just eaten. 8. I didn't want to watch the film because ..... it five times. A) I've already been seeing. B) I'd already seen. C) I'd already been seeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'd already seen. 9. They ..... anything all day, so they were really hungry. A) Hadn't eaten. B) Hadn't been eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't eaten. 10. By the time we got to the theatre, the play ..... A) Had already started. B) Had already been starting. C) Had already start. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already started. 11. Which of the following is a sentence in "Past Perfect Continuous" ? A) It has been a hard day today, I will go to sleep. B) It rained today and the streets are wet. C) It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were very wet. D) It had been rained hard for several hours and the streets were very we. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were very wet. 12. I ..... (work) as an instructor for ages and was a bit bored with my job. A) Had worked. B) Had work. C) Was worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had worked. 13. We'd been waiting for our friend when the movie started. What happened first? A) We'd been waiting for our friend. B) The movie started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We'd been waiting for our friend. 14. "for" and "since" are time expressions often used with ..... A) Past Perfect continuous. B) Past Simple. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect continuous. 15. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Past Perfect Simple of the Verbs in brackets.1. The skier ..... (return) to the hotel before the storm started. A) Returned. B) Was returned. C) Had returned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had returned. 16. When I came to the quay, our ship ..... for a few minutes. A) Had sailed. B) Had been sailing. C) Had sail. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been sailing. 17. She ..... a bright yellow dress when I ..... her last (wear, see) A) Wore-saw. B) Was wearing-was seeing. C) Weared-was seeing. D) Was wearing-saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was wearing-saw. 18. Choose the correct answer using past perfectThe garden was dead because it ..... dry all summer. A) Had been. B) Has been. C) Have been. D) Have had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 19. The children ..... attention in class, so they didn't understand the lesson. A) Hadn't been paying. B) Haven't been paying. C) Wasn't been paying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been paying. 20. Choose the sentence that is in past perfect continuous A) Did they travel to China?. B) They traveled to China. C) Had they traveled to china?. D) Had they been traveling to China?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had they been traveling to China?. 21. We ..... for ages before we finally managed to pay for our clothes. A) Had been waiting. B) Had waited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 22. Frank caught the flu because he (sing) ..... in the rain. A) Had been singing. B) Had sung. C) Had sang. D) Had singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had sung. 23. Before she got promoted, she ..... at the company for ten years. A) Had worked. B) Was working. C) Had been working. D) Has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had worked. 24. The dog ..... (to bark) at me ..... 5 minutes. A) Has been barking / for. B) Have been barking / for. C) Has been barking / since. D) Have been barking / since. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been barking / for. 25. In questions "had" is removed to the beginning of a sentence (before subject). A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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