This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 25 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The students ..... (prepare) for their excursion for months. A) Had prepared. B) Had been preparing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been preparing. 2. By the time his friend ..... the instructions, Luke ..... all the assignment. A) Had been reading/finished. B) Read/had finished. C) Had read/had finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read/had finished. 3. Complete the next sentence using past perfect or past perfect continuous:It ( rain ) heavily the whole day yesterday so we could not leave our shelter. A) Has been raining. B) Had rained. C) Had been rain. D) Had been raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been raining. 4. She realised with horror that the dog ..... all the food for the barbecue! A) Had been eating. B) Had eaten. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had eaten. 5. Before the update, I ..... never ..... such an interesting quest. A) A) had, seen. B) B) has, seeing. C) C) have been, seen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had, seen. 6. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Past perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.1. The survivors ..... (finally / reach) a village after days of walking. A) Had finally reached. B) Had finally been reaching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finally reached. 7. Form of Past Perfect Continuous: A) Had + V3. B) Had + been + V-ing. C) Was + V-ing. D) Have + been + V-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + been + V-ing. 8. Past Perfect Simple is used to describe the future A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. For how long had they been studying English here? A) Present Continuous. B) Present Progressive. C) Present Perfect. D) Past Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Perfect. 10. Sarah ..... her homework when the phone rang. A) Is doing. B) Was doing. C) Has done. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 11. Which are the auxiliary verbs? A) Had been. B) Has been. C) Have been. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 12. By the time Paul got to the party we ..... all the food. A) Had eaten. B) Had been eating. C) Eaten. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had eaten. 13. He had been calling your clients for 2 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. 14. SUBJECT +HAD+ VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + (SIMPLE PAST) 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. 15. My son has been playing video games on his phone all day. A) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. 16. After they ..... (eat) they cleared the table. A) Ate. B) Have eaten. C) Had eaten. D) Were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had eaten. 17. She wrote a review of the product even though she ..... it! A) Had never been using. B) Had never used. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never used. 18. Where have you been? We ..... for you for ages. A) Have been waited. B) Have been waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Had being waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been waiting. 19. Her friends ..... of calling the police when she showed up A) Have been thinking. B) Had been thinking. C) Thought. D) Think. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been thinking. 20. I didn't see Jack yesterday. In fact ..... (not/see) him ..... Monday. A) Didn't see / for. B) Didn't saw / for. C) Haven't seen / since. D) Haven't see / since. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haven't seen / since. 21. By the time we arrived at the cinema, Linda ..... the tickets. A) Already buy. B) Already buys. C) Already bought. D) Had already bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already bought. 22. The team ..... hard for weeks before the championship game. A) Has been training. B) Have been training. C) Had been train. D) Had been training. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been training. 23. The teacher ..... the students' papers when the fire alarm went off. A) Was grading. B) Has graded. C) Had graded. D) Is grading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was grading. 24. "she had a big toy collection before it was sold to someone else"Is the sentence above a correct example of past perfect continuous? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 25. I didn't see the beginning, because when I arrived at the cinema, the movie ..... (PAST PERFECT) A) Has started. B) Have started. C) Had started. D) Had start. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had started. ← 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