This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... coffee for five years. A) Had been drinking. B) Have been drinking. C) Has been drinking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been drinking. 2. Identify the correct negative form. A) She hadn't studied the lesson before the exam. B) She didn't studied the lesson before the exam. C) She don't study the lesson before the exam. D) She hasn't studied the lesson before the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She hadn't studied the lesson before the exam. 3. Fill in the blank with the phrase that correctly places the adverb 'always':She said she ..... wanting to visit Japan before she finally got to go. A) Had been always. B) Had always been. C) Been always had. D) Always had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had always been. 4. Your friend looks exhausted and says, 'I just finished my part of the group project.' Which question correctly uses past perfect continuous to ask about the duration of their work? A) How long had you been working on it?. B) How long were you working on it?. C) How long you had been working on it?. D) How long have you been working on it?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How long had you been working on it?. 5. Provide an example of a question in the past perfect continuous tense. A) Did you finish your homework last night?. B) What time did you wake up yesterday?. C) How long had you been studying before the exam started?. D) How long have you been waiting for the bus?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How long had you been studying before the exam started?. 6. In the sentence "By the time I arrived, it ..... for hours, " which option is correct? A) Had been raining. B) Was raining. C) Has been raining. D) Is raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been raining. 7. The roads were blocked in the morning. It ..... all night. A) Had been snowing. B) Had snowed. C) Snows. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been snowing. 8. Complete the sentence:I finally finished my homework at 8 PM. I ..... on it since I got home from school. A) Was working. B) Had been working. C) Have worked. D) Worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 9. I ..... at this college for many years. A) Had been studying. B) Has been studying. C) Have been studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been studying. 10. A student wrote the following sentence. Select the option that correctly identifies and fixes the error:'Before the coach arrived, the team had be running drills for an hour.' A) The error is 'had be.' It should be 'had been.'. B) The error is 'running.' It should be 'ran.'. C) The error is 'for an hour.' It should be 'since an hour.'. D) The sentence is already correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The error is 'had be.' It should be 'had been.'. 11. Which sentence is grammatically incorrect in the past perfect continuous tense? A) She had been cooking dinner when the power went out. B) They had been studying before the exam. C) He had been work in the garden. D) We had been discussing the issue for hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had been work in the garden. 12. Before the power went out, we ..... a movie. A) Watched. B) Had been watching. C) Will watch. D) Have been watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been watching. 13. True or False:In the past perfect continuous tense, words like 'for' and 'since' are often used to specify how long the action was happening. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Which sentence best explains *why* the team lost the game, focusing on a long-term problem? A) The team was not practicing enough when they lost. B) The team had not been practicing enough for weeks before the final game. C) The team did not practice enough. D) The team has not been practicing enough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The team had not been practicing enough for weeks before the final game. 15. She ..... (not play) tennis when I called her yesterday. A) Hadn't been playing. B) Hadn't played. C) Didn't play. D) Wasn't playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been playing. 16. Emphasize the result of an activity in the past A) Past perfect simple. B) Past perfect continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect simple. 17. We'd been working, ..... ? A) Hadn't we. B) Had we. C) Haven't we. D) Have we. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't we. 18. Choose the sentence that shows an action that began in the past and continued up until another point in the past: A) I was sleeping when you called. B) I had been sleeping when you called. C) I have been sleeping since morning. D) I slept when you called. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been sleeping when you called. 19. Identify which sentence best describes a background action that was happening before a main event. A) When the teacher walked in, we were whispering. B) When the teacher walked in, we whispered. C) When the teacher walked in, we had been whispering for ten minutes. D) When the teacher walked in, we have been whispering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the teacher walked in, we had been whispering for ten minutes. 20. She ..... English for two hours before dinner. A) Studied. B) Was studying. C) Had been studying. D) Has studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 21. Complete the sentence:My dad was exhausted because he ..... the whole house all afternoon. A) Has been cleaning. B) Had been cleaning. C) Was cleaning. D) Had cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been cleaning. 22. Choose the best way to combine these ideas into one sentence:'I started waiting at 10:00 AM. My friend finally showed up at 10:30 AM.' A) I was waiting when my friend showed up. B) I had been waiting for thirty minutes when my friend finally showed up. C) I waited for thirty minutes, and then my friend showed up. D) I have been waiting for my friend for thirty minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been waiting for thirty minutes when my friend finally showed up. 23. They (look) ..... for the keys for three days, when they suddenly (appear) ..... under the bad. A) Had been looking/appearing. B) Had been looking/appeared. C) Was look/appearing. D) Had look/appeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been looking/appeared. 24. Select the sentence that is written in the past perfect continuous tense. A) She was drawing a picture when I called. B) She has been drawing a picture all morning. C) She had been drawing a picture before I called. D) She had drawn a picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been drawing a picture before I called. 25. Which time expression is often used in Past Perfect Tense? A) Tomorrow, next year. B) Yesterday at 5 p.m. C) Before, after, by the time. D) Always, usually. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before, after, by the time. ← 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