This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 30 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The programmer ..... all night when the bug finally got fixed. A) A) had been working. B) B) works. C) C) had worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been working. 2. Dean and Fran ..... (walk) in Alps once and really enjoyed themselves. A) Walked. B) Was walked. C) Had walked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had walked. 3. John and I went for a walk ..... very fast, and I had difficulty keeping up with him. A) He was walking. B) He'd been walking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was walking. 4. How long ..... ( you / dig ) before you found the buried treasure? A) Have you been digging. B) Had you been digging. C) Has you been digging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been digging. 5. I wanted to sit down becuase I ..... for long time. A) Was standing. B) Have been standing. C) Stood. D) Had been standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been standing. 6. Choose the correct answer for the following question: "Where had you been? Everyone was looking for you!" A) I hadn't been to the park before you called me. B) I'm sorry, I had been at Laura's house and I didn't see your calls. C) We had eaten out when you got home. D) My mom had asked me to go to the supermarket so I didn't have time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm sorry, I had been at Laura's house and I didn't see your calls. 7. Complete the next sentence with Past perfect simple or Past perfect continuous:Samueln (walk) around the city for about five hours before he decided to have dinner. A) Had walked. B) Had been walking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been walking. 8. The teacher ..... our dictations for several minutes by the time the bell rang. (correct) A) Had corrected. B) Had been correcting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been correcting. 9. Louis's parents made him clean up the mess he and his friends ..... the night before. A) Have done. B) Had done. C) Have been doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done. 10. Choose the correct answer the completes the following sentence correctly: "I hadn't ..... my jacket when Cindy called me and asked me to pick her up." A) Taken off. B) Cut off. C) Warm up. D) Taken in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taken off. 11. They ..... English for 2 years before they traveled to London A) Have been studying. B) Had studied. C) Had been studying. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 12. Complete the following with the best choice.The baby ..... some chocolate. That's why his face was so dirty. A) Was eating. B) Had been eating. C) Ate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ate. 13. Terry ..... Serena, but he didn't know she felt the same way about him. A) Had always liked. B) Had always liked / had always been liking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had always liked / had always been liking. 14. When we ..... the cinema, all people had gone home. A) Reached. B) Had reached. C) Are reached. D) Reaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reached. 15. Suddenly, Jessica ..... (remember) that she ..... (forget) to buy food for dinner and ..... (leave) A) Remembered, had forgotten, was leaving. B) Remembered, forgot, left. C) Remembered, had forgotten, left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remembered, had forgotten, left. 16. She ..... anything to anyone about the incident. A) Hadn't been explaining. B) Hadn't explaining. C) Hadn't been explain. D) Hadn't explaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been explaining. 17. Living on the edge of town, she ..... a country girl. A) Had being considered. B) Had been considering. C) Had been considered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been considered. 18. His English was perfect. He ..... it since he started school. A) Was studying. B) Studies. C) Had been studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 19. There was plenty of snow outside. It ..... all night. A) Has been snowing. B) Had been snowing. C) Had snwed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been snowing. 20. At this time yesterday, we ..... for 6 km. (ALREADY WALK) A) Had already been walking. B) Has walked. C) Has already been walking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already been walking. 21. She ..... a book when her friend arrived. A) Was reading. B) Has read. C) Had been reading. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 22. Had she been bringing her a fruit parcel? When Maya visited Marry A) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. 23. When I ..... to school this morning, I saw a dangerous accident involving three cars. A) Was cycling. B) Cycled. C) Had cycled. D) Had been cycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cycling. 24. His clothes were dirty because he ..... in the garden. A) Has been working. B) Have been working. C) Has been worked. D) Had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working. 25. The snow ..... all night and the car was buried under a deep layer of it! A) Had been falling. B) Had fallen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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