This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tom ..... TV when his mother came home. A) Was watching. B) Had been watching. C) Watches. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been watching. 2. Before finally dead on June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson ..... a pop singer since 1980's A) Had. B) Had been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 3. Apakah kamu telah tidur selama satu jam ketika aku datang? A) Had you been sleeping an hour when I came?. B) Had you been sleep for an hour when I came?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you been sleeping an hour when I came?. 4. Janet was tired that morning but she ..... to help her friend so she made herself get out of bed. A) Did promise. B) Had promised. C) Has been promising. D) Has promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had promised. 5. How long ..... (you/ learn) English before you took TOEFL? A) Had you been learning. B) Learnt. C) Has learnt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you been learning. 6. Past perfect continuous tense refers to an action that started in the distant past and continued in the past A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. When we met, you ..... (work) at that company for six months A) Had been working. B) Are working. C) Were working. D) Working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 8. Tiffany ..... her final decision when her parents called her. A) Have made. B) Had made. C) Has maden. D) Had maden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had made. 9. True or False:In the sentence 'I had not been sleeping well, ' the word 'not' is placed correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Complete the question: ..... you been waiting long when the bus finally arrived? A) Was. B) Did. C) Have. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 11. After swimming all day they were hungry.They were hungry because they ..... (swim) all day. A) Had swam. B) Had been swimming. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been swimming. 12. I ..... book about Indonesian history. A) Had been reading. B) Has been reading. C) Been reading. D) Had reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been reading. 13. My sister roommate ..... (be) upset. She ..... (wait) for an hour. A) Was, had been waiting. B) Were, had been waiting. C) Was, waiting. D) Were, waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, had been waiting. 14. Complete the sentence:My thumbs were sore because I ..... video games for hours. A) Had been playing. B) Was playing. C) Have played. D) Did play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 15. Complete the sentence:By the time the movie started, we ..... for our friends for over twenty minutes. A) Were waiting. B) Have waited. C) Waited. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 16. Why ..... the baby's face so dirty? He ..... chocolate. A) Was / had been eating. B) Were / has been eating. C) Had been / had been eating. D) Was / had ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was / had been eating. 17. True or False:The sentence 'They had been playing soccer for two hours' describes an action that was completed before a specific time in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. I ..... (wait) for her for hours before she came. A) Had been waiting. B) Has been waiting. C) Had been waited. D) Had waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 19. Select the sentence that correctly places the adverb 'always' to emphasize a repeated past habit. A) He had been always wanting to visit Japan. B) He always had been wanting to visit Japan. C) He had always been wanting to visit Japan. D) He had been wanting always to visit Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had always been wanting to visit Japan. 20. True or False:In the sentence, 'He'd been trying to fix his bike all afternoon, ' the contraction ''d' stands for 'would.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. My phone died because I ..... it all morning. Which is the correct negative form to complete the sentence? A) Hadn't been charging. B) Wasn't charging. C) Haven't been charging. D) Not had charged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been charging. 22. May (study) ..... for six hours, so took a break. A) Had studied. B) Had been studying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying. 23. I was very nervous while holding my speech. I ..... (never stand) in front of so many people. A) Had never been standing. B) Had been standing never. C) Hadn't been standing never. D) Hadn't never been standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never been standing. 24. Which sentence shows the use of Past Perfect Tense correctly? A) They have eaten before they came. B) They had eaten before they came. C) They were eating before they come. D) They eat before they came. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had eaten before they came. 25. How would you correctly change this sentence to be negative? 'He had been listening to the teacher.' A) He had been not listening to the teacher. B) He not had been listening to the teacher. C) He was not been listening to the teacher. D) He had not been listening to the teacher. 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