Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz

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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which sentence uses the present perfect continuous tense correctly?
She is reading for two hours.
She has been reading for two hours.
She was reading for two hours.
She will have been reading for two hours.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which sentence uses the past perfect continuous tense correctly?
They were studying before the exam started.
They have been studying before the exam started.
They will have been studying before the exam starts.
They had been studying before the exam started.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which sentence uses the future perfect continuous tense correctly?
By next month, I had been working here for a year.
By next month, I will have been working here for a year.
By next month, I have been working here for a year.
By next month, I was working here for a year.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Choose the future perfect continuous tense: By the end of this year, they ____ in this city for five years.
have been living
will have been living
had been living
are living
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Choose the present perfect continuous tense: She ____ the piano for two hours when her teacher arrived.
will have been practicing
has been practicing
had been practicing
is practicing
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Choose the present perfect continuous tense: I ____ this book since yesterday morning.
have been reading
had been reading
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
You started learning French two years ago, and you are still learning it right now. Which sentence describes this situation?
I will have been learning French for two years.
I will be learning French for two years.
I have been learning French for two years.
I am learning French for two years.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
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