This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do you form a negative sentence in the past perfect continuous? A) Subject + had not been + verb(-ing). B) Subject + was not + verb(-ing). C) Subject + had not + verb(-ing). D) Subject + did not have + verb(-ing). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject + had not been + verb(-ing). 2. Your friend asks why you were so tired after school yesterday. Which is the best response using the past perfect continuous to explain the cause? A) I was tired because I ran in gym class. B) I was tired because I had been running laps for thirty minutes. C) I was tired because I would be running later. D) I am tired because I had run. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was tired because I had been running laps for thirty minutes. 3. Which sentence correctly uses the three parts needed for the past perfect continuous tense:had, been, and a verb ending in-ing? A) She had been playing soccer. B) They have been playing soccer. C) He was playing soccer. D) I will be playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been playing soccer. 4. The Sales Team ..... in the all-employee meeting last month, but most of its member were away on business trips A) Have been participating. B) Would have participated. C) Can participate. D) Will be participating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would have participated. 5. Complete the story:The kitchen was a mess. Flour dusted every surface, and empty eggshells were on the counter. My sister ..... a cake for the party. A) Was making. B) Has made. C) Had made. D) Had been making. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been making. 6. I had been working ..... 2018 A) For. B) Since. C) When. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 7. We ..... to visit Maggie in Belfast but there wasn't enough time. A) Had been planning. B) Have been planning. C) Had planned. D) Have planned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had planned. 8. The students had already completed the work when the teacher entered the class. A) Past perfect tense. B) Simple past tense. C) Past continuous tense. D) Present continuous tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect tense. 9. I ..... visiting paris since 2006. A) Had been visiting. B) Have been visited. C) Have been visiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been visiting. 10. What is the past perfect continuous form of 'She walks to school every day'? A) She had walked to school every day. B) She was walking to school every day. C) She had been walking to school every day. D) She walked to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been walking to school every day. 11. They ..... fruits for the meeting till they were told to stop. A) Has been cutting. B) Have been cutting. C) Had been cutting. D) Have cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been cutting. 12. Frame ..... from Anna for many months before she ..... him. A) Hadn't heard, called. B) Heard, called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't heard, called. 13. Complete the question:' ..... had you been waiting before the train finally came?' A) How long. B) When. C) Did. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How long. 14. The gardener ..... flower for twenty years. A) Had been planting. B) Has been planned. C) Was been planting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been planting. 15. The past perfect continuous tense is used to express: A) A completed action in the past. B) An action happening now. C) A continuing action that was completed before another past action. D) A future action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A continuing action that was completed before another past action. 16. What is the auxiliary verb to form the past perfect continuous? A) Have + been. B) Has + been. C) Had + been. D) Had + be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had + been. 17. Helen ..... (to wash) the dishes for fifteen minutes. A) Have been washing. B) Has been washing. C) Is washing. D) Has be washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been washing. 18. True or False:To fix the sentence 'He had watching TV all morning, ' you need to add the word 'been' after 'had'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Sare ..... french for three months. A) Have been learning. B) Had been learning. C) Has been learner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been learning. 20. Which form of the verb is used in the present perfect continuous tense? A) Have/has + past participle. B) Have/has + been + present participle. C) Am/is/are + present participle. D) Had + past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have/has + been + present participle. 21. We ..... the information on the company's website. A) Accessed. B) Allocated. C) Compatible. D) Deleting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accessed. 22. Fill in the blank to fix the grammar:My phone was dead because I ..... using it all day. A) Had using. B) Have been. C) Had been. D) Was been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 23. Complete the sentence with the correctly spelled verb:My friends had been ..... a surprise party for me all week. A) Planing. B) Planning. C) Planeng. D) Planying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planning. 24. Which of the following is an example of a verb using the past perfect progressive? A) Will have baked. B) Had been baking. C) Baked. D) Had baked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been baking. 25. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect continuous tense? A) I waited for hours. B) I was waiting for hours. C) I had been waiting for hours. D) I wait for hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had been waiting for hours. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 1Past 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 8Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books