This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An action which lasted for some time in the past and result was visible A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continous. C) Past Simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continous. 2. We had been studying English at HANNA HERSOP A) Past tense. B) Past perfect Continuous tense. C) Past Continuous tense. D) Past perfect tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect Continuous tense. 3. I ..... short hair when I was a teenager A) Have had. B) Had been having. C) Used to have. D) Would have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Used to have. 4. The young man ..... (surf) since he was a child. A) Had surfed. B) Had been surfing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been surfing. 5. Before moving to London, he ..... English fluently. A) Spoke. B) Had been speaking. C) Had never spoken. D) Was speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had never spoken. 6. I ..... my leg last week when I went climbing in the mountains. A) Broke. B) Have never broken. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke. 7. She had been sleeping for ten hours when I ..... her. A) Woke. B) Had woken. C) Had been waking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Woke. 8. The following verbs can be used with the "ing" form in Past Perfect Continuous. A) Understand, take, win. B) Be, wait, drink. C) Work, dance, write. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Work, dance, write. 9. By the time he found his girlfriend, he ..... for her in the mall for an hour A) Looking. B) Had looking. C) Had been looking. D) Was looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been looking. 10. Before the movie ended, we ..... the popcorn. A) Had eaten. B) Did ate. C) Were eating. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had eaten. 11. Little Thomas (cry) for hours before his mother finally comforted him. A) Had cried. B) Had been crying. C) Cry. D) Crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been crying. 12. The police had been jailing the criminals for five years 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. 13. He ..... for the company for five years before he got promoted. A) Was working. B) Had worked. C) Had been working. D) Has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had worked. 14. She couldn't open the door because she had ..... the key. A) Lost. B) Been losing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lost. 15. When the head teacher turned up, the students ..... for about 10 minutes. A) Had been fighting. B) Had fought. C) Had fight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been fighting. 16. He ..... in a flat for 30 years before he moved to a house. A) Had living been. B) Had been living. C) Had living. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been living. 17. I ..... (know) Maritza for a long time. We ..... (meet) in 1998. A) Knew / met. B) Have known / have. C) Knew / have met. D) Have known / met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have known / met. 18. He was too tired to clean up because he ..... (party) all night. A) Had partied. B) Had been partying. C) Has partied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been partying. 19. Sarah was exhausted. She ..... the dishes for more than three hours. A) Had washed. B) Had been washing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been washing. 20. Had ..... been yelling something? A) They. B) Them. C) Their. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They. 21. They were very tired in the evening because they ..... on the farm all day. ( help ) A) Had been helping. B) Have helped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been helping. 22. Cual es el Tiempo verbal que estamos estudiando? A) Presente Perfecto Progresivo. B) Futuro Perfecto Progresivo. C) Pasado Perfecto Progresivo. D) Pasado Progresivo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pasado Perfecto Progresivo. 23. They ..... for over three hours when the rain finally stopped. A) Had run. B) Were running. C) Had been running. D) Had been ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been running. 24. Before he apologized, he ..... that he had hurt her feelings. A) Had not realized. B) Did not realize. C) Has not realized. D) Had been realizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not realized. 25. They were tired when they arrived because ..... all through the night. A) They'd driven. B) They'd driven / they'd been driving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They'd driven / they'd been driving. ← 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