This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The students ..... for hours before the exam began. A) Had studied. B) Had been studying. C) Have been studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. 2. The man ..... to stay alive for 5 days. A) Manage. B) Have managed. C) Had managed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had managed. 3. Henry failed the final test because she had not (attend) ..... class A) Have been attending. B) Attending. C) Attended. D) Been attending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Been attending. 4. What ..... ? She looked so tired.a) had been she doing A) Had been she doing. B) Had she doing. C) Had she been doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had she been doing. 5. By the time Sam found an umbrella, it ..... for ten minutes. A) Have been raining. B) Has been raining. C) Had been raining. D) Had rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been raining. 6. I met them after they had divorced each other. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 7. We ..... in the garden for a long time when found the water hole. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) Had work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 8. Complete the sentence using past perfect continuous:Our pool pump ..... running properly before the storm. A) Had not have. B) Hadn't being. C) Hadn't been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't been. 9. Before the tournament, the team ..... in intensive training sessions. A) A) was participated. B) B) participates. C) C) had participated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) had participated. 10. My sister didn't see the money that I ..... on her desk. A) Put. B) Had put. C) Had been put. D) Had been putting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had put. 11. Women ..... wear long skirts in the 19th century. A) Used to. B) Are used to. C) Got used to. D) Get used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to. 12. The pirates ..... before the rescue team arrived. (escape) A) Had escaped. B) Had been escaping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had escaped. 13. I split up with my girlfriend because we ..... a serious quarrel for the third time that week. A) Had been having. B) Had had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. 14. After the horrifying monster ..... , everyone thought they were safe. A) Had been disappearing. B) Has disappeared. C) Had disappear. D) Had disappeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had disappeared. 15. Which is the structure of the past perfect continuous? A) Had + past participle. B) Had + been + verb-ing. C) Had + verb-ing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + been + verb-ing. 16. Past Perfect Continuous is used to describe an action that started and finished after another action in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. She ..... never ..... a game jam before that weekend. A) A) had, joined. B) B) has, joining. C) C) have, joined. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had, joined. 18. Which sentence has a similar meaning?Someone stole my phone. I took my bag and the phone was not there. A) When I took my bag, I had noticed that someone had stolen my phone. B) When I took my bag, I had noticed that someone stole my phone. C) When I took my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I took my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone. 19. .... (they / already / call) a taxi by the time you arrived? A) Had they already called. B) They had already called. C) Had they already call. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had they already called. 20. After I ..... the letter, I ..... that I ..... the wrong address on it. (POST, REALISE, WRITE) A) Had posted / had realised / wrote. B) Posted / realised / wrote. C) Had posted / realised / had written. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had posted / realised / had written. 21. Select the option that has the mistake from the following statement: "Luis had being dating Karen for about 5 years before he asked her to marry him." A) I:datingC:dated. B) I:for about 5 yearsC:for 5 years. C) I:beingC:been. D) I:askedC:had asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I:beingC:been. 22. She called the police because someone ..... into her house. A) Had broken. B) Has broken. C) Had been breaking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had broken. 23. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuousI ..... all day, so I didn't want to go out ..... A) Have been working. B) Had worked. C) Had been working. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had worked. 24. I (watch) ..... a mystery movie on TV when the electricity (go off) ..... A) Watched/ went off. B) Was watching/went off. C) Watched/went off. D) Was watching/was going off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching/went off. 25. Until she graduated, Maxime ..... a foreign country. A) Had never visited. B) Never visited. C) Did not visit. D) Has not visited. 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