This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which question correctly uses the past perfect continuous tense to ask about an activity before another past event? A) You had been playing games?. B) How long had you been playing games before your mom called you for dinner?. C) Did you play games for a long time?. D) Have you been playing games?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How long had you been playing games before your mom called you for dinner?. 2. Which of these sentences is a negative sentence in the past perfect continuous tense? A) She wasn't listening to the music. B) He hadn't been paying attention in class. C) They haven't been working on the project. D) I had not finished my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He hadn't been paying attention in class. 3. Complete the sentence:My dad was mad because my brother ..... his tools without asking. A) Had been using. B) Was using. C) Used. D) Has been using. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been using. 4. The main function of Past Perfect Continuous Tense is to emphasize ..... A) The result of a completed action. B) The duration of an action before another past action. C) An action that is still happening now. D) A habitual action in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The duration of an action before another past action. 5. The Past Perfect Continuous Tense focuses more on ..... A) The completion of the action. B) The starting point of an action. C) The process or duration of an action before another past action. D) A repeated action in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process or duration of an action before another past action. 6. Sandy ..... his sister since she ..... to university in 2014. A) Hadn't seen/went. B) Hasn't been seeing/went. C) Didn't see/has gone. D) Hasn't seen/went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hasn't seen/went. 7. I saw crumbs all over my brother's face. It was obvious that he ..... the cookies just before I came in. A) Ate. B) Had eaten. C) Was eating. D) Had been eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been eating. 8. True or False:The sentence 'They hadn't been listening to the teacher' is a correct negative sentence in the past perfect continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Which sentence is written in the past perfect continuous tense? A) He had been playing video games all afternoon. B) He will be playing video games later. C) He played video games yesterday. D) He has played that video game before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had been playing video games all afternoon. 10. They ..... football before it started to rain. A) Play. B) Played. C) Were playing. D) Had been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been playing. 11. Correct Past Perfect Progressive sentence: A) "It has felt the need to inform me about its hunger". B) "It had been feeling its heart size increase while it did a good deed". C) "Creation of man, destroying the land, completing the plan and snapping the mind". D) "He felt a golden closure in his story". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "It had been feeling its heart size increase while it did a good deed". 12. Max and Susie ..... so sad because of their friend's accident three weeks ago. A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 13. We ..... for the bus before it arrived. A) Wait. B) Were waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Have waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 14. They got to the beach after they ..... (walk) for hours. A) Had walked. B) Had walk. C) Had been walking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been walking. 15. Liz ..... her car when she ..... out of fuel. A) Driving / ran. B) Was driving / run. C) Was driving / ran. D) Were driving / ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was driving / ran. 16. The following sentence is grammatically correct:'They have been practicing their dance routine for weeks before the competition last month.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. The ground was all wet and muddy when I woke up. It ..... all night. A) Has been raining. B) Had been raining. C) Was raining. D) Rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been raining. 18. Mandy ..... (be) exhausted because she ..... (work) for over 55 hours a week. A) Were, had been working. B) Was, had been working. C) Had been being, worked. D) Had been, worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was, had been working. 19. A) What ..... before the tornado started?b) I'd been sleeping on the sofa. A) Had you done. B) Had you been doing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been doing. 20. "Novel" A) Kitap. B) Hikaye. C) Roman. D) Masal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roman. 21. We saw that the bus (already leave) ..... A) Had already left. B) Left. C) Had been leaving. D) Has left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already left. 22. Mary ..... sad because I ..... her birthday. A) Was have forgotten. B) Had been forgot. C) Was had forgotten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was had forgotten. 23. True or False:The sentence 'We hadn't been waiting long before the bus arrived' is a grammatically correct negative sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Complete the sentence:By the time the pizza arrived, we ..... for it for over an hour. A) Had been waiting. B) Were waiting. C) Have waited. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 25. I assumed you ..... paying for the repairs until the end of last year. A) Have been. B) Are being. C) Had been. D) Was been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. ← PreviousNext →Related 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