This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the sentence, 'The sidewalk was slippery because it had been raining all morning, ' what is the main job of the phrase 'had been raining'? A) To show a long, continuous past action that caused a past result. B) To show that the rain was a single, completed event. C) To suggest that it might rain again in the future. D) To describe two actions happening at the exact same time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show a long, continuous past action that caused a past result. 2. Which sentence correctly shows that an action was NOT happening before another past event? A) She hadn't been doing her homework, so she was worried about the test. B) She didn't been doing her homework, so she was worried. C) She wasn't did her homework, so she was worried. D) She had been not doing her homework, so she was worried. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She hadn't been doing her homework, so she was worried about the test. 3. Choose the verb phrase that best completes the sentence in the Past Perfect Continuous tense:My friends were annoyed because they ..... for me for twenty minutes. A) Were waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Have been waiting. D) Had waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 4. I had been completing the project since yesterday. ( Which words best represent Past Perfect Continuous Tense) A) Completing. B) Had been. C) Since yesterday. D) Project. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 5. Which sentence correctly contrasts an earlier, ongoing action with a later one? A) He was tired because he was working all night. B) He was tired because he had been working all night. C) He had been tired because he was working all night. D) He is tired because he had been working all night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was tired because he had been working all night. 6. Tom ..... for Julia for two hours. A) Has been waited. B) Had been waiting. C) Have been wait. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 7. I ..... (hear) about the accident because I ..... (work) all night. A) Heard, had been working. B) Hear, been working. C) Heard, had working. D) Had heard, had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heard, had been working. 8. Which sentence is better for emphasizing the *duration* of the activity, not just that it was finished? A) By the time I arrived, he had built the sandcastle. B) By the time I arrived, he had been building the sandcastle. C) By the time I arrived, he was building the sandcastle. D) By the time I arrived, he built the sandcastle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the time I arrived, he had been building the sandcastle. 9. Priscilla ..... information about an accident for two days, when the thief stole her notes. A) Had gathered. B) Was gathering. C) Had been gathered. D) Had been gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been gathering. 10. Which question is formed correctly in the past perfect continuous tense? A) Had you been practicing the piano before I arrived?. B) You had been practicing the piano before I arrived?. C) Did you were practicing the piano before I arrived?. D) Have you been practicing the piano before I arrived?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you been practicing the piano before I arrived?. 11. Were you visiting Bali? A) Had been you visiting Bali?. B) Had you been visiting Bali?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been visiting Bali?. 12. True or False:The sentence 'We were walking to school when it started to rain' uses 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. I ..... John yesterday, but he ..... so he was too tired to chat. A) Saw / had run. B) Had been seeing / run. C) Saw / had been running. D) Saw / run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw / had been running. 14. If someone had been drinking coffee all morning, what might they feel in the end? A) Really strange. B) Very sleepy. C) Extremely hungry. D) Very bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Really strange. 15. Which sentence best explains *why* the kitchen was a mess using the past perfect continuous tense? A) The kitchen was a mess, and my dad had been baking a cake. B) My dad baked a cake, which made the kitchen a mess. C) The kitchen was a mess because my dad had been baking a cake for hours. D) While my dad was baking, the kitchen got messy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The kitchen was a mess because my dad had been baking a cake for hours. 16. They ..... for hours, so they ..... bored. A) Had waited, were. B) Had been waiting, were. C) Had waited, had been. D) Had been waiting, had been being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting, were. 17. True or False:The following sentence correctly uses the Past Perfect Continuous tense. 'My brother has been eating the cookie dough before we even put the cookies in the oven.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. By the time Mrs Lee got home, the children ..... computer games for two hours. A) Were playing. B) Have been playing. C) Had been playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 19. He doesn't read a newspaper in the morning. A) He hadn't read a newspaper in the morning. B) He wasn't reading a newspaper in the morning. C) He didn't read a newspaper in the morning. D) He hadn't been reading a newspaper in the morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He hadn't been reading a newspaper in the morning. 20. Your friend wrote:'The ground was wet because it had been rain.' How would you correct this sentence to use the proper grammar rule? A) The ground was wet because it had raining. B) The ground was wet because it had been raining. C) The ground was wet because it was be raining. D) The ground was wet because it had rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ground was wet because it had been raining. 21. "She ..... been reading a novel." A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 22. Report the sentence 'Gio has been cooking all day.' She said. A) She has been cooking all night. B) She said Gio has been baking all day. C) She said Gio had been cooking all day. D) She said Gio had been cleaning all day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said Gio had been cooking all day. 23. I ..... (live) in the city for many years before I moved to the countryside. A) Had been living. B) Had lived. C) Lived. D) Was living. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been living. 24. Complete the question:How long ..... on that video game before your dad told you to stop? A) You had been playing. B) Had you been playing. C) Did you play. D) Have you been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been playing. 25. Which of these sentences is in past perfect continuous tense? A) We were playing soccer. B) She had been reading all afternoon. C) They are finishing their homework. D) He has been cooking dinner. 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