This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which adverb is NOT typically used with Past Perfect Continuous? A) Since. B) For. C) When. D) All day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 2. Nobody ..... while he ..... his presentation. A) Was talking was showing. B) Talked showed. C) Was talking showed. D) Talked was showing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking was showing. 3. When Bob arrived at the station, his friends ..... for him. A) Haved been waiting. B) Were waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Were been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were waiting. 4. We ..... for the game release eagerly before it got delayed. A) A) had been waiting. B) B) waits. C) C) was waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) had been waiting. 5. She ..... never ..... he would do such a thing without her permission. A) Had thought. B) Has thought. C) Had been thinking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had thought. 6. The sentence of "Present Perfect Continuous Tense" is ..... A) He was angry because Amanda had not been coming late into his private course. B) The doctor has not been examining the patients in the front line. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The doctor has not been examining the patients in the front line. 7. The students ..... for the excursion for months. A) Had been preparing. B) Prepared. C) Have prepared. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been preparing. 8. Ernesto and I ..... some food, A) Had been buy. B) Had been buying. C) Had been bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been buying. 9. I ..... my phone until I called A) Had been looking. B) Had been looking for. C) Had looking for. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been looking for. 10. The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very tired. (they/play/football) A) They have played football. B) They do play football. C) They are playing football. D) They'd been playing football. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They'd been playing football. 11. The musician ..... (live) in this town for ten years when he became director of the opera house. A) Had lived. B) Had living. C) Had been living. D) Has lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been living. 12. What ..... you ..... at 5 p.m. yesterday? A) Were doing. B) Was doing. C) Had doing. D) Been doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were doing. 13. When Tommy came up, the girls ..... for a long time. A) Had sung. B) Had been singing. C) Had sing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been singing. 14. I had been to London twice by the time I got a job in New York. A) Past Perfect. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect. 15. The divers had checked their equipment before they ..... the water. A) Had entered. B) Entered. C) Had been entering. D) Entering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entered. 16. Is this correct?Dad announced that he had written to the bank manager. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 17. There wasn't a gallery in the whole of Europe that ..... those paintings by Dali together before. A) Was showing. B) Showed. C) Had been showing. D) Had shown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had shown. 18. After the teacher ..... tests, the students started to write. A) Had handed out. B) Had been handing out. C) Had hand out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had handed out. 19. When we ..... the tour of the city we decided to go and eat in a local restaurant. A) Was doing. B) Had done. C) Had been doing. D) Had doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been doing. 20. Her friends had been ..... of calling the police when she walked in. A) Thinking. B) Thought. C) Think. D) Thinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thinking. 21. I ..... (work) for Exxon for 15 years. A) Worked. B) Have been working. C) Was working. D) Had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working. 22. I ..... English. A) Had been learn. B) Had been learning. C) Had learn been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been learning. 23. What is the correct form of the verb "go" in the Past Perfect Continuous tense for the pronoun "we" ? A) Had been going. B) Has been going. C) Had been went. D) Has been went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been going. 24. ..... the doctors ..... your blood pressure during your hospital stay? A) Had been monitoring. B) Have been monitoring. C) Have being monitoring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been monitoring. 25. Complete the sentence using past perfect continuous:I finally reached my mom ..... her all day. A) I'd been calling. B) I have called. C) I called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'd been calling. ← 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 8Past Perfect Continuous Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books