This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Present > Present Perfect Continuous – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Present Perfect Continuous Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following sentences expresses a recent action that has clear evidence as of now? A) She has been studying the whole week. B) My friends and I have been thinking about our own future. C) I'm wet because I have been swimming all day in the pool. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'm wet because I have been swimming all day in the pool. 2. The structure of Present Perfect Continuous is ..... A) Subject + have been + V + ed. B) Subject + have been + V + ing. C) Subject + have/has been + V + ing. D) Subject + has been + V + ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject + have/has been + V + ing. 3. Which of the following sentences correctly uses the Present Perfect Continuous tense? A) I visited the museum last week. B) They have been baking cookies all morning. C) He will read a book tomorrow. D) She had finished her homework before dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They have been baking cookies all morning. 4. I ..... (clean) all morning-I'm fed up! A) Have cleaned. B) Have been cleaning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been cleaning. 5. A:How long ..... you ..... (work) at this restaurant?B:Just six months. I started work in June. A) Had worked. B) Has worked. C) Have worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have worked. 6. The sentence above is correct. Have you been reading lately? A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. John: ..... have you been working in the last months?Sam: ..... at the new hardware in town. A) What I've been working. B) WhereI've been working. C) When I haven't been working. D) Why I haven't been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WhereI've been working. 8. We have known Chris for two years. A) Present Perfect Continuous. B) Present Perfect Simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect Simple. 9. ..... for three whole hours. When are we going to get home? A) We've been driving. B) You been driving. C) I've been ridden. D) I'm riding my burro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We've been driving. 10. Choose the correct option:Bill's eyes were red. He ..... A) Has been crying. B) Has cried. C) Cried. D) Is crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been crying. 11. They ..... (paint) now. A) Are painting. B) Have been painting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are painting. 12. The wind ..... (to blow) since yesterday. A) Is blowing. B) Has blown. C) Has been blowing. D) Have been blowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been blowing. 13. She hasn't spoken English ..... her last holidays in the USA. A) Since. B) For. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since. 14. Without the duration, the tense has a more general meaning of "lately." We often use the words "lately" or "recently" to emphasize this meaning. A) Present Perfect. B) Present Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect Continuous. 15. I ..... emails all day A) 've been writing. B) 've written. C) 've been written. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 've been writing. 16. The structure of PPC is: A) Have/ has been + verb in past. B) Have/has + verb (ing). C) Have/has being+ verb (ing). D) Have/has been+ verb (ing). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have/has been+ verb (ing). 17. The children are in the yard. They ..... hide-and-seek since breakfast time. A) Are playing. B) Have played. C) Have been playing. D) Have been played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been playing. 18. She's exhausted because she ..... since 6:00 this morning. A) Has been working. B) Hasn't been slept. C) Has been worked. D) Hasn't been eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been working. 19. She has been an English teacher ..... 1989. A) Since. B) For. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since. 20. Hi Betty! I ..... you for ages. A) Have been seeing. B) Haven't seen. C) Didn't see. D) Have seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haven't seen. 21. How do you form the Past Continuous tense? A) Base form of verb +-ing. B) Was/were + base form of verb +-ing. C) Were + base form of verb +-ing. D) Was + base form of verb +-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was/were + base form of verb +-ing. 22. I've been practicing the piano since 10am. A) A. emphasize how long an activity has been happening. The activity my or may not be complete. B) B. talk generally about situations or activities that started in the past and are still continuing now. C) C. talk about situations or activities that have stopped but have a result in the present. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. talk generally about situations or activities that started in the past and are still continuing now. 23. How long you been talking Anna Karenina? A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 24. Choose the correct answer:They ..... each other since last year A) Have known. B) Has known. C) Has been knowing. D) Have been knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been knowing. 25. People have walked on the moon A) Present Perfect. B) Present Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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