This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Present > Present Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 26 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which structure correctly represents the present perfect tense? A) Subject + is/are + verb + ing. B) Subject + has/have + past participle. C) Subject + had + past participle. D) Subject + has/have + been + verb + ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject + has/have + past participle. 2. Have the boys ..... computer games since this morning? A) Been playing. B) Playing. C) Played. D) Been played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been playing. 3. You look tired!-I ..... the report all day. A) Was writing. B) Have written. C) Have been writing. D) Has been writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been writing. 4. Your friend looks exhausted. Which question is the most natural way to ask about the recent activity that caused this? A) Have you been studying for the test all night?. B) Are you studying for the test?. C) Did you study for the test?. D) Do you study for tests?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have you been studying for the test all night?. 5. We use ..... to talk about an action that happened at a specific time in the past. A) Simple present. B) Present perfect continuous. C) Simple past. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple past. 6. Barry have been writing a letter to his uncle since this morning. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. The film ..... (run / not) ..... for ten minutes yet, but there's a commercial break already. A) Had not been running. B) Has not been running. C) Have not been running. D) Has been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has not been running. 8. They ..... an expensive car for five years A) Have been owning. B) Have owning. C) Have owned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have owned. 9. I have ..... to find an affordable dorm but they're all expensive. A) Tried. B) Being tried. C) Trying. D) Been trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Been trying. 10. The Present Perfect Continuous says ..... A) When the action started. B) How long the action was in progress. C) When the action finished. D) How often the action happens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How long the action was in progress. 11. James has been in Thailand ..... months but he hasn't visited the beach ..... A) For/ still. B) Since/ already. C) Since/ just. D) For/ yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For/ yet. 12. You see your friend looks exhausted. What is the best question to ask about the duration of their activity? A) Why you have been running?. B) How long have you been running?. C) What have you running?. D) How long you are running?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How long have you been running?. 13. True or False:If someone asks, 'Has she been feeling sick lately?', a correct short answer is 'Yes, she has.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. We ..... (plan) this event for months. A) Planned. B) Plan. C) Have been planning. D) Are planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been planning. 15. They have not been ..... food since midnight. A) Order. B) Ordered. C) Ordering. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ordering. 16. She's ..... thinking of new project for days. A) Has been. B) Hasn't been. C) Been. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been. 17. (watch) they this show for 2 hours? A) A) Have they been watching. B) B) Have they watched. C) C) They have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) Have they been watching. 18. They have ..... me about this story. A) Told. B) Tell. C) Tells. D) Telling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 19. Complete the sentence:We ..... for the bus for twenty minutes, and it's still not here. A) Have been waiting. B) Are waiting. C) Have waited. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been waiting. 20. It ..... all night and, up to now, it hasn't stopped yet. Is it because of the storm? A) Has rained. B) Rained. C) Has been raining. D) Rains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been raining. 21. Clowns are very often frightening to look at, ..... ? A) Are they. B) Aren't they. C) Don't they. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aren't they. 22. Choose the right form of Present Perfect Continuous Tense:give A) Had been giving. B) Gave. C) Has given. D) Have been giving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been giving. 23. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the present perfect continuous to focus on the activity, not the finished result. A) I'm messy because I have been baking cookies. B) I have baked twelve cookies. C) I baked cookies this morning. D) I am baking cookies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'm messy because I have been baking cookies. 24. What is the structure for negative sentences in the Present Perfect Continuous Tense? A) Subject + has/have not been + present participle. B) Subject + will not have been + present participle. C) Subject + is not being + present participle. D) Subject + had not been + present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject + has/have not been + present participle. 25. I ..... (finish) dinner. A) Have just finished. B) Have just been finishing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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