Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Question 1: I (work) ____________for three hours when you arrived.

A

had been working

B

worked

C

had been worked

D

has been working

Question 2: Susan (think) _____________ about the idea for a while when he made the suggestion.

A

thought

B

had been thought

C

had been thinking

D

had thinking

Question 3: I (play) ______________ tennis for two hours when I sprained my ankle.

A

play

B

played

C

had been played

D

had been playing

Question 4: Jane (study) _____________ for two years when he was drafted into the army.

A

studied

B

has been studying

C

had been studied

D

had been studying

Question 5: I (practice) _______________ for three days and was ready for the concert.

A

had been practicing

B

practiced

C

had been practiced

D

had practicing

Question 6: Tom (study) _______________ hard and felt good about the test he was about to take.

A

studied

B

had studying

C

had been studying

D

had been studied

Question 7: It (rain) _________________ very hard for two hours before it stopped.

A

had been rained

B

had raining

C

rained

D

had been raining

Question 8: They (work) ______________ very hard before we came.

A

had working

B

had been worked

C

had been working

D

worked

Question 9: My father (do) _____________ anything when my mother came home.

A

didn’t have been doing

B

hadn’t been doing

C

hadn’t been done

D

didn’t have been done

Question 10: They (talk) ______________ to each other when we saw them.

A

hadn’t been talking

B

didn’t have been talking

C

hadn’t been talked

D

didn’t have been talked

Question 11: ______________ for me when you met them?

A

Had they waiting

B

Did they have been waiting

C

Had they been waited

D

Had they been waiting

Question 12: _____________ TV for 4 hours before she went to eat dinner?

A

Had she been waited

B

Did she have been waiting

C

Had she been waiting

D

Did she have been waited

Question 13: He _____________ for 3 hours before he finished his work.

A

had been typing

B

had been typed

C

had typing

D

typed

Question 14: My father ______________ for 2 hours before 11pm last night.

A

had driving

B

had been driving

C

had been driven

D

drove

Question 15: This morning he was very tired because he ______________ very hard all night.

A

worked

B

had working

C

had been working

D

had been worked

Question 16: When I arrived, they (wait) ______________ for me. They were very angry with me.

A

had been waiting

B

had been waited

C

had waiting

D

waited

Question 17: We (run) _______________ along the street for about 40 minutes when a car suddenly stopped right in front of us.

A

ran

B

had ran

C

had been run

D

had been running

Question 18: Yesterday, my brother said he (stop) _________________ smoking for 2 months.

A

had stoped

B

had been stopped

C

had been stopping

D

stopped

Question 19: Someone (paint) _______________ the room because the smell of the paint was very strong when I got into the room.

A

had been painting

B

had been painted

C

had painting

D

painted

Question 20: When I arrived the party, there was nobody here, perhaps they (go) home.

A

went

B

had gone

C

has been gone

D

have gone

Past Perfect Continuous Tense - Topic 3

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