This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Before the storm hit, they ..... flowers in the garden. A) Had been planting. B) Had planting. C) Been planting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been planting. 2. When he was driving to work he realized that he ..... to take his pendrive with him. A) Forgot. B) Has forgotten. C) Had forgotten. D) Forgets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had forgotten. 3. True or False:To emphasize that you finished all your chores *before* your friends came over, you should say, 'I had been doing my chores before they arrived.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. They ..... dinner and left the restaurant when I ..... A) Finished had called. B) Had finished called. C) Have finished called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished called. 5. To form the past perfect continuous tense, you need the auxiliary verb 'had' followed by which two other parts? A) Been + the past tense verb. B) Be + the-ing verb. C) Been + the-ing verb. D) Has + the-ing verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been + the-ing verb. 6. Jim could not have broken the vase as he ..... to repair his handphone in his room all morning. A) Had been trying. B) Tried. C) Had tried. D) Was trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been trying. 7. Aku telah memperbaiki mobilku selama beberapa menit sebelum aku menghadiri pesta. A) I had been repairing my car for a few minutes before I attended a party. B) I had been repairing my car for a few minutes before I attend a party. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had been repairing my car for a few minutes before I attended a party. 8. "I had ..... working." A) Be. B) Was. C) Been. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been. 9. Which sentence shows the correct way to make the past perfect continuous tense negative? A) They had been not playing. B) They not had been playing. C) They hadn't been playing. D) They been not playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They hadn't been playing. 10. I ..... (reach) my mom after I ..... (call) her all day. A) Reached, had been called. B) Reached, had been calling. C) Had reached, had been called. D) Had reached, had been calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reached, had been calling. 11. True or False:To ask a question in the past perfect continuous, you would say, 'Been you studying for a long time?' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. We ..... for two hours A) Have been driving. B) Has been driving. C) Have been drive. D) Have driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been driving. 13. True or False:The sentence 'He had working on his project since noon' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Identify the correct form of past perfect simple A) She had not finished her lunch. B) We took our bags and rushed on the platform. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had not finished her lunch. 15. My scores in high school ( ..... ) until I made an effort to study more. A) Couldn't be improved. B) Hadn't been improving. C) Haven't been improving. D) Wouldn't have improved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been improving. 16. They're friends had been waiting all day. A) They're friends had been waiting all day. B) They're friends were waiting all day. C) There friends had been waiting all day. D) Their friends had been waiting all day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their friends had been waiting all day. 17. True or False:'They have been studying for the final exam.' 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. 18. I ..... about a holiday in Greece. I couldn't believe it when my husband ..... one as a surprise! A) Dreamed / had been booking. B) Had been dreaming / booked. C) Had been dreaming / had booked. D) Has been dreaming / has been booking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been dreaming / booked. 19. This sentence is grammatically correct:'She had been write stories since she was in third grade.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. We were sitting and calling jack who ..... (travel) across Europe A) Has been traveling. B) Had been traveling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been traveling. 21. Which form of the verb is used in the past perfect continuous tense? A) Had + past participle. B) Had + been + present participle. C) Have/has + been + present participle. D) Was/were + present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + been + present participle. 22. Your friend says, 'I was so tired when I got home from the skatepark.' What is the best question to ask using the past perfect continuous to find out the duration? A) Why were you so tired?. B) Did you skate for a long time?. C) How long had you been skating?. D) What were you doing at the skatepark?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How long had you been skating?. 23. Choose the phrase that correctly completes the question:'How long ..... for your lost dog before you found him?' A) You had been looking. B) Had you been looking. C) Have you been looking. D) Did you looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been looking. 24. What is a necessary component of the past perfect continuous tense? A) Had. B) Been. C) Present Participle. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. We ..... there was a big sale at the shopping mall last week. Nobody ..... us about it before. A) Didn't knew told. B) Didn't know had told. C) Didn't know had been telling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't know had told. ← 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