This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... to another platform before the service outage occurred. A) A) had switched. B) B) switches. C) C) were been switching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had switched. 2. They ..... computer games for a long time before their mother came and turned off the computer. A) Hadn't been plaing. B) Had been not playing. C) Not had been playing. D) Had not been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had not been playing. 3. Before I finally decided to go to Africa, I ..... about it for two months. A) Had though. B) Had been though. C) Though. D) Had been thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been thinking. 4. Miss Katty got very impatient with Carmen because she ..... attention at all that day. A) Had been paying. B) Hadn't been paying. C) Had pay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been paying. 5. Susan ..... (study) for the English exam all week. A) Has been studying. B) Had been studying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. 6. I was disappointed. I had ..... all yearm but I still I didn't have enough money. A) Saved. B) Had been saving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been saving. 7. They ..... (study), when I saw them in the library. A) Studied. B) Have studied. C) Had studied. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were studying. 8. After Sofia ..... her work, she went to lunch. A) Had finished. B) Have finished. C) Finished. D) Has finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 9. When I ..... at the cinema, the film had started . A) Arrived. B) Had arrived. C) Had been arriving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived. 10. They ..... (talk) for a few minutes before the rest of the group arrived. A) Had been talking. B) Have been talking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been talking. 11. Martina gained weight because she ..... A) Has been overeating. B) Was been overeating. C) Had been overeating. D) Is overeating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been overeating. 12. The following statement is correct: "I had gone to bed when Brian started calling me, so I didn't hear my cellphone." A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 13. Jack ..... online games for an hour before I came. (play) A) Had played. B) Had been playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 14. Before he talked to the psychologist, his feelings ..... A) Had been blocked. B) Had been blocking. C) Had been block. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been blocked. 15. I finally reached my teacher. I ..... her all day. A) Had called. B) Had been called. C) Had been calling. D) Called. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been calling. 16. The fans ..... positive reviews before the game had even launched. A) A) were been leaving. B) B) leaves. C) C) had left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) had left. 17. The survivors ..... a village after days of walking. A) Had finally reached. B) Finally reached. C) Have finally reach. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finally reached. 18. Poor Steve ..... around the forest for hours before the rescue team found him. A) Had been walking. B) Had walked. C) Walked. D) Was walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been walking. 19. The explorer ..... (not / imagine) that it would be so difficult to cross the river. A) Had not imagined. B) Had not been imagining. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not imagined. 20. Helen had to wash her hands because she ..... her car. A) Had been rapairing. B) Was repairing. C) Repaired. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been rapairing. 21. The fisherman had been hunting the fish all day long 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. 22. Choose the correct answer using past perfectHe ..... her somewhere before. A) Has meet. B) Had been meeting. C) Had meet. D) Had met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had met. 23. Jane said that Ben ..... the bank. A) Had spilt. B) Have spilt. C) Have been splitting. D) Had been splitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had spilt. 24. Correct or Incorrect?Emily and Allie had traveled for days before they reached their destination yesterday. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 25. I opened the door, got inside, and ..... on the television. A) Turned. B) Had turned. C) Had been turned. D) Had been turning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turned. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 3Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 4Past 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