This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The staff ( ..... ) lunch for the special guests since 8 a.m. A) Had been preparing. B) Must have prepared. C) Would have prepared. D) Prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been preparing. 2. Kabir had ( ..... ) networking courses for two years when he was promoted to be a coach. A) Taken. B) Had been taking. C) Been taking. D) Taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been taking. 3. Complete the sentence:My phone died because I ..... videos for hours. A) Had been watching. B) Have been watching. C) Was watched. D) Had watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been watching. 4. Cool breeze ..... since morning. A) Have been blowing. B) Had been blowed. C) Had been blowing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been blowing. 5. She ..... all day. No wonder she was tired. A) Has been typing. B) Have been typing. C) Had been typing. D) Have typed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been typing. 6. His English was perfect. He ..... (study) it since he was five. A) Had been studying. B) Had study. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been studying. 7. "She was tired because she ..... all night." A) Had studied. B) Studied. C) Had been studying. D) Was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 8. Tabita ..... them tall stories. When they found out, they were furious. A) Has been telling. B) Had been telling. C) Have been telling. D) Have told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been telling. 9. They (look) for their cat since morning. A) A) have been looking. B) B) have looked. C) C) has looking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) have been looking. 10. Steve was disappointed when he had to cancel the trip he ..... since two months ago. A) Planned. B) Had planned. C) Was planning. D) Had been planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been planning. 11. True or False:The sentence 'I had been knowing the secret for a week' uses the past perfect continuous tense correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Which sentence places the adverb 'just' correctly? A) They had been just talking when the principal walked in. B) They had just been talking when the principal walked in. C) They just had been talking when the principal walked in. D) They had been talking just when the principal walked in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had just been talking when the principal walked in. 13. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect continuous tense structure? A) She had been practice her lines for the school play. B) They had been waiting for the bus before it started to rain. C) He has been playing video games all afternoon. D) We were been studying for the test for three hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had been waiting for the bus before it started to rain. 14. "Past Perfect Continuous Tense"Tim was angry because he ..... for his friend for over an hour. A) Has been waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Has waited. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 15. Choose the sentence that correctly shows the action was *ongoing* and not a single completed event before the snow started. A) By the time it started snowing, we had built the snowman. B) By the time it started snowing, we were building the snowman. C) By the time it started snowing, we had been building the snowman for an hour. D) By the time it started snowing, we built the snowman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By the time it started snowing, we had been building the snowman for an hour. 16. Find mistakes in the sentences below:She had been waiting for the bus for an hour when it arrives. A) Had been. B) For. C) When. D) Arrives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrives. 17. True or False:'Emily had been studying for hours before the test started.' is written 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. 18. Peter clicked on the button on screen, and then sat down and ..... to his favourite music. A) Had listened. B) Listened. C) Had been listening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listened. 19. Yesterday it ..... when you called me. A) Rains. B) Were raining. C) Was raining. D) Is raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was raining. 20. By the time I arrived, the teacher ..... the lesson. A) Had explained. B) Explained. C) Was explaining. D) Explains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had explained. 21. Complete the sentence:My brother was sleepy because he ..... video games all night. A) Was playing. B) Has been playing. C) Had been playing. D) Is playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 22. Complete the sentence:Before the coach arrived, the team ..... drills. A) Had been practiceing. B) Had been practicing. C) Had been practing. D) Had be practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been practicing. 23. Thomas and I ..... this movie for 2 hours when you came. A) Will play. B) Have play. C) Are playing. D) Had been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been playing. 24. ExerciseWe ..... (wait) 45 minutes for the bus before it finally. A) Has been waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Hadn't been waiting. D) Had been waitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 25. It ..... and the pavement ..... covered with puddles. A) Had rained / had been. B) Rained / had been. C) Was raining / had been. D) Had been raining / was. 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