Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz
English multiple-choice grammar quiz about Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous Tense
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Her eyes were red. It was obvious that she _____ (cry).
A. had cried
B. have cried
C. had been crying
D. cried
I __________(try) to win your mother’s heart for months before she finally agreed to go out with me.
A. had been tried
B. had been trying
C. had tried
D. had trying
We _________ (prepare) him for this race for months before he decided to quit.
A. had preparing
B. had prepared
C. had been prepared
D. had been preparing
When I first met Ann, she _____ (work) in Samsung for 15 years.
A. had been working
B. have been working
C. worked
D. had worked
The doctor asked me how long _______ (have) the symptoms before I came to check it.
A. had having
B. had been had
C. had been have
D. had been having
Jenny was annoyed. Jim _______ (call) her every night for the whole week!
A. called
B. had been calling
C. has been calling
D. had called
And then finally, after he told me everything, I realised what _________ (happen) to him when he was a little boy.
A. had happening
B. had been happened
C. had happened
D. had been happening
She ________ (teach) chemistry before she became a journalist.
A. had teached
B. had been teached
C. had been taught
D. had been teaching
I ___________ (wait) for her for hours before she came.
A. had been waiting
B. has been waiting
C. had been waited
D. had waited
I assumed you ________ paying for the repairs until the end of last year.
A. have been
B. are being
C. had been
D. was been
I was very nervous while holding my speech. I ________ (never stand) in front of so many people.
A. had never been standing
B. had been standing never
C. hadn’t been standing never
D. hadn’t never been standing
I was really relieved when I found the documents. I _________ (look for) them whole morning.
A. had looked for
B. had been looked
C. had been looked for
D. had been looking for
He hadn’t _____ to the police.
A. spoken
B. spoke
When we reached home, they …already…..eating.
A. were start
B. was starting
C. had started
D. have started
Monica ______ never __________ a beautiful painting like this one.
A. had seen
B. has saw
C. had saw
D. has seen