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Past perfect continuous tense

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After Nela ______ for 20 minutes, she began to feel tired.

a)

jogging

b)

had been jogging

c)

has been jogging

d)

has jogged

2.

We had been playing video games for 5 hours.

a)

Past Perfect

b)

Past Perfect Continuous

3.

Thomas and I _ this movie for 2 hours when you came.

a)
  1. will play

b)

have play

c)

are playing

d)
  1. had been playing

4.

They ___ for long before they lost radio contact.

a)

had not been flew

b)

has not been flying

c)

had not been flying

d)

has not been fly

5.

I (a)   the meal when Jon entered the room. (eat)

6.

How ___ before you found the buried treasure?

a)

had you been digging

b)

had you been dig

c)

has you been digging

d)

has you been dig

7.

The car … in the advertisement had already …

a)

listed, stalled

b)

listing, stalling

c)

listed, stalling

d)

listing, stalled

8.

Little Thomas (cry) for hours before his mother finally comforted him.

Which is the correct past perfect continuous for the sentence above?

a)

A. had cried

b)

B. had been crying

c)

C. cry

d)

D. crying

9.

what is the verb tense we are studying?

a)

The verb tense is "present perfect".

b)

The verb tense is "present perfect progressive".

c)

The verb tense is "past perfect progressive".

10.

When I saw him, he (a)   near the traffic signal on the highway. (beg)

11.

Report the sentence 'Gio has been cooking all day.' She said.

a)

She has been cooking all night.

b)

She said Gio has been baking all day.

c)

She said Gio had been cooking all day.

d)

She said Gio had been cleaning all day.

12.

The children were wet because they (play) football in the rain.

a)

had played

b)

had been playing

13.

Carlos _________ _________ ___________ all day, so he had a headache.

a)

had worked

b)

was working

c)

has been working

d)

had been working

14.

Past perfect continuous tense is used for actions that started in the past and were still in progress when another action started or when something happened.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which tense is this?

"At last the bus came. I had been waiting for haft an hour!"

a)

Simple Past

b)

Past Continous

c)

Past Perfect

d)

Past Perfect Continous

16.

They _______________ for hours, so they ________ bored.

a)

had waited, were

b)

had been waiting, were

c)

had waited, had been

d)

had been waiting , had been being

17.

Had the company been fair in giving bonuses, the employees would not have gone on strike."

a)

A. the employees were quite dissatisfied

b)

B. the employees are still going on strike

c)

C. the employees were not given bonuses at all

d)

D. the company has given the employees fair bonuses

e)

E. the company has lost many employees

18.

The children were wet because they ______ (play) football in the rain all day.

a)

had been playing

b)

had played

c)

plays

d)

play

19.

They (look) ......... for the keys for three days, when they suddenly (appear) .......... under the bad.

a)

Had been looking/appearing

b)

Had been looking/appeared

c)

Was look/appearing

d)

Had look/appeared

20.

It is a MUST for past perfect continuous to have:

a)

had + past participle of the main verb

b)

Have+ past participle of the main verb

c)

have+ been + verb in "ing" form

d)

had+ been + verb in "ing" form.