This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence shows an action that was happening *before* the main event, not at the same time? A) She was reading when the lights went out. B) She had been reading for an hour when the lights went out. C) She read while the lights were out. D) She has been reading since the lights went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had been reading for an hour when the lights went out. 2. Choose the correct sentence in the present perfect continuous tense. A) They have played football for an hour. B) They were playing football for an hour. C) They have been playing football for an hour. D) They will be playing football for an hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They have been playing football for an hour. 3. Identify the sentence that correctly uses a time marker to connect two past actions. A) She had been practicing piano when she heard the knock. B) She has been practicing piano when she heard the knock. C) She was practicing piano before she had heard the knock. D) She had practiced piano when she had been hearing the knock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been practicing piano when she heard the knock. 4. Rita ..... english grammar since 2007. A) Had been traveling. B) Have been teaching. C) Has been teaching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been traveling. 5. Which sentence best combines these two ideas? 'The band practiced all month. Then, they performed an amazing concert.' A) The band was practicing when they performed the concert. B) The band had been practicing all month before they performed an amazing concert. C) The band practiced and then they were performing the concert. D) The band that performed has been practicing all month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The band had been practicing all month before they performed an amazing concert. 6. Complete the sentence:By the time the pizza arrived, we ..... for over an hour. A) Was waiting. B) Have been waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Had waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 7. How do you correctly form a yes/no question with the past perfect continuous tense? A) You had been studying?. B) Did you have been studying?. C) Had you been studying?. D) Have you were studying?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had you been studying?. 8. Complete the sentence:He was out of breath because he had been jogging ..... the park. A) Since. B) For. C) Around. D) Until. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Around. 9. It had been ..... and the ground was still wet. A) Raining. B) Rained. C) Rain. D) Rainy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raining. 10. True or False:The sentence 'They had been wait for the bus' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Zac was ecstatic when his parents bought him a bicycle he ..... for. A) Wished. B) Had wished. C) Was wishing. D) Had been wishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been wishing. 12. Complete the sentence:My fingers were sore because I ..... on my phone for three hours. A) Was texting. B) Had been texting. C) Have been texting. D) Had texted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been texting. 13. Your sister ..... online games all afternoon yesterday. This was why she didn't finish her homework. A) Has been playing. B) Had played. C) Had been playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 14. Laura needed a break because she (solve) ..... past perfect continuous tense exercises all morning. A) Had been solving. B) Solving. C) Was solved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been solving. 15. Had the company been fair in giving bonuses, the employees would not have gone on strike." A) The employees were quite dissatisfied. B) The employees are still going on strike. C) The employees were not given bonuses at all. D) The company has given the employees fair bonuses. E) The company has lost many employees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The employees were quite dissatisfied. 16. Complete the sentence:He ..... (wait) for the bus for half an hour before it finally arrived. A) Waits. B) Waited. C) Had waited. D) Waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had waited. 17. Which sentence demonstrates the correct use of past perfect continuous with "since" ? A) He had been teaching since joined the school. B) He had been teaching since he had joined the school. C) He had been teaching since he joined the school. D) He was teaching since he joined the school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had been teaching since he joined the school. 18. Which sentence contains a past perfect continuous phrase? A) A strange man have been visiting us regularly when we lived there. B) A strange man has been visiting us regularly since we moved here. C) A strange man had been visiting us regularly when we lived there. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A strange man had been visiting us regularly when we lived there. 19. Complete the sentence:I ..... for my keys for ten minutes when I finally found them in my pocket. A) Have been looking. B) Was looking. C) Looked. D) Had been looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been looking. 20. When my dad got home, his hands were covered in grease. Choose the sentence that best explains the reason using the past perfect continuous tense. A) He fixed the car. B) He was fixing the car. C) He had been fixing the car. D) He had fixed the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had been fixing the car. 21. An adverb like 'always' or 'just' has a special place in this tense. Which sentence puts the adverb in the right spot? A) She had been always wanting a puppy. B) She had always been wanting a puppy. C) She always had been wanting a puppy. D) She had been wanting always a puppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had always been wanting a puppy. 22. David ..... to move house for a year before he was able to do. A) Planned. B) Had been planning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been planning. 23. Had the players ..... playing by the rules? A) Been. B) Have. C) Be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been. 24. We ..... here since 2009 A) Had been not living. B) Hadn't been living. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been living. 25. Susan had many game cards. She ..... game cards from different players before she was ten. A) Collected. B) Has collected. C) Had been collecting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been collecting. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 1Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 2Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 3Past 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