This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The dog ..... biting my shoes A) Is not. B) Is not. C) Had. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been. 2. After they ..... the door, they saw that awful mess. A) Had opened. B) Had been opening. C) Had open. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had opened. 3. We were late for the plane because we ..... our passports. A) Hadn't forgotten. B) Had forgot. C) Forgot. D) Had forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had forgotten. 4. After I ..... (study) for several hours, I took a short break. A) Had been study. B) Had been studies. C) Had been studied. D) Had been studying. E) Has been study. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been studying. 5. She ..... (teach) chemistry before she became a journalist (PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS) A) Had teached. B) Had been teached. C) Had been taught. D) Had been teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been teaching. 6. Use perfect past continuous:If she had been korean, she ..... (Do not pay) much taxes for exports when she was in Japan. A) Had not paying. B) Have not been paying. C) Had not been paying. D) Have not paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not been paying. 7. What is the typical structure of the past perfect continuous tense? A) Subject + had + V.3. B) Subject + will + V.inf. C) Subject + had + been + V.ing. D) Subject + V.to be + V.ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject + had + been + V.ing. 8. Someone (paint) ..... the room because the smell of the paint was very strong when I got into the room A) Had painting. B) Had been painting. C) Had been pait. D) Had been painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been painting. 9. When I first met Ann, she ..... (work) in Samsung for 15 years (PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS) A) Had been working. B) Have been working. C) Worked. D) Had worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 10. Sally ..... (type) this text for 3 hours before Mark came. A) Typed. B) Was typing. C) Had been typing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been typing. 11. I'd been waiting an hour for the bus when I ..... my friend in a car. A) SAW. B) SEE. C) SEEN. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SAW. 12. At the end of our trip, we were extremely tired. ..... for more than 24 hours. A) We were traveling. B) We'd been traveling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We'd been traveling. 13. When I arrived, they (wait) ..... for me. They were very angry with me A) Had been waiting. B) Have been waited. C) Are waiting. D) Did wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 14. I like to run in the park. A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 15. -'Sarah had been watching a scary sci-fi film in the living room when she ..... an odd sound coming from the kitchen.'-'Goodness. She must have been horrified.' A) Had been hearing. B) Had heard. C) Had hearing. D) Heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heard. 16. Stuart ..... that he was expected to attend the meeting. A) Hadn't realized. B) Hadn't realized / hadn't been realizing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't realized. 17. Complete the next sentence using past perfect or past perfect continuous:Sandy (repair) the car on his own before the mechanic arrived A) Had repaired. B) Had been reparing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had repaired. 18. The dog ..... me and ..... me jump A) Frightened / made. B) Was frightening /made. C) Frightened/was making. D) Was frightening / was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frightened / made. 19. The children were wet because they had been ..... soccer in the yard for too long. A) PLAY. B) PLAYING. C) PLAYED. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PLAYING. 20. The police arrived quickly, but it was too late-the robbers ..... A) Went. B) Had gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone. 21. I ..... my best friend to the party, but he couldn't come because he ..... other plans. (INVITE, ALREADY MAKE) A) Has invited / had made. B) Invited / had already made. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invited / had already made. 22. Tom was upset when he noticed his mother's eyes were red because she ..... A) Had been crying. B) Had cried. C) Has cried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been crying. 23. The following statement is correct: "I had been loving the series for many years before it became popular." A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 24. Cameron ..... for months, so he wasn't surprised when he won the tennis match. A) Had been practise. B) Had been practising. C) Has practised. D) Had practise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been practising. 25. I was very tired when I arrived home. I ..... hard all day. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 3Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 5Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 6Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 7Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 8Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books