This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Vs Past Continuous – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Vs Past Continuous Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This time yesterday my friends ..... (to play) football. A) Had played. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 2. They ..... (study) English before they went to London A) Had studied. B) Have studied. C) Studied. D) Was studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had studied. 3. The teacher wanted to know whether we ..... (read) the book. A) Had readed. B) Read. C) Had read. D) Has readed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had read. 4. She ..... too much A) Had ate. B) Eats. C) Was ate. D) Had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had eaten. 5. Tim and Tod ..... (go) fishing last week. They ..... (spend) the whole day fishing. However, by the time they ..... (have to) leave, they ..... (not catch) anything A) Went, spent, had to, hadn't caught. B) Were going, spent, had had to, didn't catch. C) Went, were spending, had to, hadn't caught. D) Went, were spending, had had to, didn't catch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went, spent, had to, hadn't caught. 6. I ..... (be) married for two years. A) Was. B) Have wasen. C) Have been. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been. 7. After they ..... (apply) for US visa ten times this year, they finally ..... (get) theirs yesterday. A) Had been applying; got. B) Had applied; got. C) Applied; had been getting. D) Applied; had got. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been applying; got. 8. When we arrived at the station, the train ..... ( to leave). A) Already left. B) Had already left. C) Had already leaving. D) Leaved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already left. 9. While Rose ..... (vacuum), Stan ..... (dust). A) Vacuumed, dusted. B) Was vacuumin, was dusting. C) Vacuumed, was dusting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was vacuumin, was dusting. 10. Yesterday at 5 a.m. It ..... (rain) A) Rained. B) Was raining. C) Had rained. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was raining. 11. When we ..... (be) children, my sister ..... (always/take) my clothes without asking me A) Were, had always taken. B) Were, was always taking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were, was always taking. 12. When I last ..... (to see) Mrs.Black she ..... )to water) the flowers in her garden. A) Saw/was watering. B) Was ssing/was watering. C) Had seen/had watered. D) Seed/watered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw/was watering. 13. We had already had dinner when Nick ..... (to come) home. A) Had come. B) Was coming. C) Come. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came. 14. James was late for work this morning. He ..... (forget) to set his alarm clock. When he ..... (get) to work, his boss ..... (be) very angry. A) Forgot, had got, was. B) Forgot, was getting, was. C) Had forgotten, got, was. D) Had forgotten, was getting, was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had forgotten, got, was. 15. We ..... (to go) to the theatre last Sunday. A) Had gone. B) Had went. C) Went. D) Were going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 16. Mr. Jo ..... (study) medicine for ten years before he ..... (get) his license last week. A) Had studied; got. B) Had been studying; got. C) Studied; had got. D) Studied; had been getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying; got. 17. We ..... (to play) tennis when it ..... ( to start) to rain. A) Was playing/was starting. B) Were playing/were starting. C) Was playing/had started. D) Were playing/started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing/started. 18. He ..... use to play the trumpet. He use to play the saxophone. A) Didn't. B) Don't. C) Doesn't. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't. 19. Yesterday I ..... (to come) home, ..... (to take off) my coat, ..... (to go) to the kitchen and ..... (to put) the kettle on. A) Had come/ took off/ went/ putted. B) Came/ took off / goed/ put. C) Came / taked off / went / put. D) Came / took off / went / put. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came / took off / went / put. 20. We ..... ( to have) a lot of troubles because we ..... (to lose) our passports. A) Had/had lost. B) Had had/lost. C) Have/ was losing. D) Have had/had lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had/had lost. 21. Luckily, after they ..... (negotiate) for months, the Chinese finally ..... (agree) to the one state two systems formula yesterday. A) Negotiated; had been agreeing. B) Negotiated; had agreed. C) Had been negotiating; agreed. D) Had negotiated; agreed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been negotiating; agreed. 22. ..... the book that you gave me yesterday? A) Have been he read. B) He had read. C) Read he had. D) Had he read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had he read. 23. The mechanics ..... (finish) repairing the car by the time my dad ..... (arrive) to take the car home yesterday. A) Had been finishing; arrived. B) Had finished; arrived. C) Finished; had arrived. D) Finished; had been arriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished; arrived. 24. Yuanita ..... (is/was) sick yesterday. She ..... (stay) up late for weeks to prepare for the yesterday's Biology exam. A) Was; had stayed. B) Was; had been staying. C) Is; had stayed. D) Is; had been staying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was; had been staying. 25. Susan ..... (to cut) her finger while she ..... (to slice) the bread. A) Was cutting/was slicing. B) Cut/was slicing. C) Had cut/had sliced. D) Cut/had sliced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut/was slicing. 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