This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 23 (16 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She called the police when she ..... (see) a strange man was following her. A) Had been seeing. B) Had seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had seen. 2. Bonny no longer had her car. She ..... it. A) Has sold. B) Sold. C) Did sell. D) Had sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had sold. 3. I ..... (watch) television for ten minutes when the phone ..... (ring). A) Watched, had rung. B) Watched, rang. C) Had been watching, rang. D) Had watched, rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been watching, rang. 4. How long ..... he ..... before he got the promotion? A) Had-worked. B) Have-work. C) Had-been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had-been working. 5. ..... she been living in New York for two years? A) Have. B) Has. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has. 6. I was really hungry. I ..... anything since the morning. (not eat) A) Haven't eaten. B) Hasn't eaten. C) Wasn't eating. D) Hadn't eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't eaten. 7. How long ..... she ..... before she got the job? A) Have-applied. B) Had-been applying. C) Had-apply. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had-been applying. 8. True or False:To make the past perfect continuous tense, you always need the words 'had' and 'been' plus a main verb ending in '-ing'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. ..... (you, have) breakfast before you attended your morning classes? A) Had you had. B) Had you been having. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you had. 10. Imagine you want to change the sentence "I was building a Lego castle" to show the action was happening for a while *before* something else happened. Which is the best way to demonstrate this using the Past Perfect Continuous tense? A) I am building a Lego castle. B) I had been building a Lego castle when my sister knocked it over. C) I was been building a Lego castle. D) I had built a Lego castle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been building a Lego castle when my sister knocked it over. 11. Why ..... he ..... so much before the presentation? A) Had-been practicing. B) Have-practiced. C) Had-practice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had-been practicing. 12. True or False:The sentence 'The dog was barking at the mailman' is a correct example of the past perfect continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. What have you been doing lately? A) I've been work a lot. B) I've been working a lot. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I've been working a lot. 14. What ..... they ..... when the fire alarm went off? A) Had-been doing. B) Had-do. C) Have-done. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had-been doing. 15. When Halim arrived at Siti's house, she ..... out. A) Went. B) Was going. C) Gone. D) Had already gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already gone. 16. How long have you been studying French? A) I've been studying French about two years. B) I've been studying French yesterday. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I've been studying French about two years. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 3Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 4Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 5Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 6Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 7Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books