This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While I ..... in the garden it ..... me that I ..... off the oven. (WORK, STRIKE, NOT TURN) A) Was working / struck / had not turning. B) Was working / struck / hadn't turned. C) Worked / struck / hadn't turned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working / struck / hadn't turned. 2. The explorer had not imagined that it would be so difficult to cross the river. 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. 3. It (rain) ..... for two days before the storm came yesterday A) Had been rain. B) Had raining. C) Had been raining. D) Had being rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been raining. 4. I ..... at home before my mother came. A) Hadn't been. B) Hadn't been being. C) Hadn't be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been. 5. She didn't go to work. She ..... a cold. A) Had been catching. B) Had caught. C) Had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had caught. 6. Prices ..... up last year, but they ..... by 8% already this year. (NOT GO, INCREASE) A) Didn't go / have increased. B) Went / have increased. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't go / have increased. 7. Everyone knew the cattle ..... but one knew from whom. A) Had been stolen. B) Had being stolen. C) Had been stealing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been stolen. 8. After she ..... (finish) her work, she ..... (decide) to go for a walk. A) Has been finishing / decided. B) Had been finishing / decided. C) Had been finish / decided. D) Had been finishing / deciding. E) Has been finish / decided. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been finishing / decided. 9. She looked relaxed because she ..... (meditate) for a long time. A) Meditated. B) Had meditated. C) Was meditated. D) Had been meditating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been meditating. 10. ..... (Have finish) your homework before you hang out with your friends? A) Had you been finishing. B) Had you finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you finished. 11. Ride, rode, ..... A) Rode. B) Ride. C) Ridden. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ridden. 12. The survivors had finally reached a village after days of walking. 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. 13. When I saw her face, I knew she had ..... for a long time. A) Cried. B) Been crying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been crying. 14. We had been going out for three years when we ..... married. A) Got. B) Had gotten. C) Had been getting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 15. He ..... less than an hour when he ran out of petrol. (drive) A) Had being driving. B) Had been driving. C) Had drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been driving. 16. I (not / see) Jacob for several years, but I recognised him immediately. A) Had not seen. B) Had not been seeing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not seen. 17. What is the correct form of the verb in the Past Perfect Continuous tense for the pronoun "he" ? A) Had been running. B) Have been running. C) Have been run. D) Had been runned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been running. 18. They ..... their way out of town before the sun ..... (ALREADY MAKE, RISE) A) Have already made / have risen. B) Has already made / had rose. C) Had already made/ rose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already made/ rose. 19. Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuousThey ..... in Beijing for three years when he lost his job. A) Lived. B) Had lived. C) Has been living. D) Had been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been living. 20. What are the 2 auxiliary verbs of past perfect continuous? A) Had-Be. B) Have-Am. C) Had-Been. D) Had-ING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had-Been. 21. We were very excited to meet again because we ..... each other for five years. A) Didn't see. B) Hadn't seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't seen. 22. Choose the correct answer using past perfectWhen we ..... dinner, we went out. A) Have finish. B) Had finished. C) Finished. D) Have been finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished. 23. By the time she got home, she ..... 15 kilometers. A) Was running. B) Has been running. C) Had run. D) Had been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been running. 24. They ..... at the restaurant for two hours before the waiter finally brought their food. A) Had been waiting. B) Had waited. C) Have been waiting. D) Were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 25. Carry had been running a ten-kilometer for a young age. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous. ← 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