Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Choose the future perfect continuous tense: By the time the guests arrive, we ____ the house for three hours.

• will have been cleaning

• will be cleaning

• had been cleaning

• are cleaning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which of the following is correct for the present perfect continuous tense?

• She will have been waiting since this morning.

• She will been waiting since this morning.

• She has been waiting since this morning.

• She will had been waiting since this morning.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the present perfect continuous tense?

• A completed action in the past

• An action ongoing from the past to the present

• A future planned activity

• An action that interrupted another action

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D