This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Bill finally got out of the chair taht he ..... on the whole afternoon. A) Has been sitting. B) Had been sitting. C) Have been sitting. D) Have sit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been sitting. 2. She had been going to the store to buy grapes. A) Present Progressive. B) Past Progressive. C) Future Progressive. D) Past Perfect Progressive. E) Present Perfect Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Perfect Progressive. 3. When we met you, you ..... at the company for six hours. A) Had been working. B) Has been working. C) Was been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 4. After she ..... his homework, she ..... games. A) Finished, had played. B) Had finished, played. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished, played. 5. They were hungry because they ..... since morning. A) Don't eat. B) Didn't eat. C) Were eating. D) Hadn't been eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't been eating. 6. Identify the sentence that uses the past perfect continuous tense. A) My dad was fixing the car. B) My dad has fixed the car. C) My dad had been fixing the car when I got home. D) My dad had fixed the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My dad had been fixing the car when I got home. 7. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:We missed the bus because we ..... attention to the time. A) Hadn't been pay. B) Weren't paying. C) Haven't been paying. D) Hadn't been paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't been paying. 8. The sentence 'She had been painting the fence for hours before it started raining' is 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. "Before the bell rang, the students ..... for the exam." A) Had prepared. B) Were preparing. C) Had been preparing. D) Prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been preparing. 10. ..... against the disease for long before she died? A) Had she been fighting. B) Has she being fighted. C) Had she be fighting. D) Had she been fought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had she been fighting. 11. This sentence is grammatically correct:'She had been try to call me for an hour before her phone died.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. True or False:The sentence 'By the time the pizza arrived, we had been waiting for over an hour' correctly uses a time marker. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which sentence is written correctly in the past perfect continuous tense? A) She had been playing soccer when it started to rain. B) She had playing soccer when it started to rain. C) She have been playing soccer when it started to rain. D) She was been playing soccer when it started to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been playing soccer when it started to rain. 14. My friend was upset. She ..... for an hour. A) Was been waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Is being waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 15. True or False:The sentence 'They have been waiting for the bus for an hour before it arrived.' is in the past perfect continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Sameer ( ..... ) for two hours before he arrived. A) Was driving. B) Had been driving. C) Has been driving. D) Had been driven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been driving. 17. When the teacher walked in, the students were shouting. How can you rewrite this to show the shouting was happening for a while *before* she walked in? A) When the teacher walked in, the students had shouted. B) When the teacher walked in, the students had been shouting. C) When the teacher walked in, the students shouted. D) The students were shouting and the teacher had been walking in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the teacher walked in, the students had been shouting. 18. True or False:To make a past perfect continuous sentence negative, you add 'not' right after the word 'been'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Find the error in the sentence:'By the time I finished my homework, my brother had been watch TV for three hours.' A) The phrase 'By the time' is used incorrectly. B) The verb 'finished' should be 'finishing'. C) The verb 'watch' should be 'watching'. D) The duration 'for three hours' is incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The verb 'watch' should be 'watching'. 20. Complete the sentence to show a consistent, past habit:My dad was a great cook because he ..... new recipes his whole life. A) Had always been trying. B) Had been always trying. C) Always had been trying. D) Had been trying always. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had always been trying. 21. Which sentence correctly places the adverb 'always'? A) They always had been arguing about video games. B) They had always been arguing about video games. C) They had been always arguing about video games. D) They had been arguing always about video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had always been arguing about video games. 22. True or False:The sentence 'She had been seeming tired for days before she finally took a break' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. Which of the following sentences uses the past perfect continuous tense? A) We will have been working all day. B) I had been sleeping when the phone rang. C) He has been traveling for a week. D) They are going to be playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been sleeping when the phone rang. 24. Complete the sentence:He missed the first part of the movie because he ..... attention. A) Hadn't been paying. B) Hasn't been paying. C) Wasn't paying. D) Didn't pay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been paying. 25. Identify the error in this sentence:'He had been playing football when it started to rain.' A) The error is in the word 'football'. B) It should be 'He plays football when it started to rain.'. C) The sentence is correct as it is. D) The tense is incorrect; it should be 'He was playing football when it started to rain.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The tense is incorrect; it should be 'He was playing football when it started to rain.'. ← 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