This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 23 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "They ..... reading a story." A) Has be. B) Had been. C) Are been. D) Had be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 2. And then finally, after he told me everything, I realised what ..... (happen) to him when he was a little boy. A) Had happening. B) Had been happened. C) Had happened. D) Had been happening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been happening. 3. Jame was hungry because he ..... anything. A) Had eaten. B) Eaten. C) Had not eaten. D) Had been eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not eaten. 4. How long ..... before she finally found the missing cat? A) Had she been searching. B) Has she been searching. C) Was she searching. D) Is she searching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had she been searching. 5. The sentence 'They had been waiting for the bus' 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. 6. When it ..... (start) to rain, the kids ..... (clean) the classroom. A) Started, was cleaning. B) Started, were cleaning. C) Started, cleaned. D) Started, is cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started, were cleaning. 7. The rooms ..... (be) lovely and tidy because my flatmate ..... (clean). A) Were, had been cleaning. B) Was, had been cleaning. C) Had been being, cleaned. D) Had been, cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, had been cleaning. 8. Daniel ..... dinner when Emma came in. A) Has. B) Having. C) Was having. D) Were having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was having. 9. By the time the party ended, they ..... music for five hours. A) Had been playing. B) Were playing. C) Play. D) Have been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 10. Complete the sentence to show that a habit continued for a long time in the past, using the adverb 'always'. A) He had been always talking about getting a dog before he finally got one. B) He always had been talking about getting a dog before he finally got one. C) He had always been talking about getting a dog before he finally got one. D) He had been talking always about getting a dog before he finally got one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had always been talking about getting a dog before he finally got one. 11. "He had been ..... his room for five hours yesterday."(Paint) A) Painted. B) Paint. C) Is paint. D) Painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Painting. 12. He ..... to Cape Town before 1997. A) Hasn't been. B) Hadn't been. C) Didn't be. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been. 13. Identify the correct past perfect continuous form for the sentence:'By the time the movie started, we ..... popcorn.' A) Had been eating. B) Have been eating. C) Were eating. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been eating. 14. She'd been working here ..... two years. A) Since. B) Before. C) Since. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For. 15. "It had ..... all day yesterday."(Rain) A) Been raining. B) Been rain. C) Been rained. D) Been rainest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been raining. 16. Select the sentence that uses the Past Perfect Continuous tense. A) I had played that level before. B) I was playing my new game all afternoon. C) I had been playing my new game for hours when my mom called me for dinner. D) I play video games after school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had been playing my new game for hours when my mom called me for dinner. 17. Choose the sentence with the same meaning:"David had gone home before we arrived." A) We arrived before David had gone home. B) After David had gone home, we arrived. C) Before David had gone home, we arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After David had gone home, we arrived. 18. Complete the sentence:By the time the bell rang, we ..... on our science project for a full hour. A) Had been working. B) Were working. C) Worked. D) Have been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 19. Karan ( ..... ) all day, so he had a headache. A) Had worked. B) Was working. C) Has been working. D) Had been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working. 20. She ..... (cook) dinner for two hours before the guests ..... (arrive). A) Cooked, arrived. B) Had cooked, arrive. C) Had been cooking, arrived. D) Had been cooked, arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been cooking, arrived. 21. The naughty boy ..... all the answers before the teacher caught him. A) Has been copying. B) Have been copying. C) Has copying. D) Had been copying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been copying. 22. Wattie was angry. She ..... for a long time but they only arrived an hour ago. A) Has been waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Have been waiting. D) Were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 23. What is the difference between past perfect and past perfect continuous? A) The past perfect focuses on duration, while the past perfect continuous emphasizes completion. B) The past perfect focuses on completion, while the past perfect continuous emphasizes duration. C) The past perfect continuous is used for actions that are completed in the past. D) Both tenses are used interchangeably without any difference in meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The past perfect focuses on completion, while the past perfect continuous emphasizes duration. 24. By the time I arrived, they ..... (play) football for two hours. A) Had played. B) Had been playing. C) Were playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 25. She admitted that she ..... a divorce lawyer. A) Had consulting. B) Had consulted. C) Had been consulted. D) Had been consulting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been consulting. ← 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