Past Perfect Simple & Past Perfect Continuous Quiz
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Past perfect simple tense is used to describe the future.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Had you already _____________ James his birthday present when we gave him ours?
A. given
B. been giving
I’d only __________the washing-up for a few minutes when Clare came home, so she offered to finish it.
A. done
B. been doing
Maria (leave) the field when her friend got there.
Which is the correct past perfect simple for the sentence above?
A. had left
B. had leaving
C. has left
D. have left
I realized that I (forget) to thank them.
Which is the correct past perfect simple for the sentence above?
A. had forget
B. has forgotten
C. having to forget
D. had forgotten
We use had been + the -ing of the main verb to form the past perfect continuous.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
The exam _________when Jimmy finally found the right room.
A. has already started
B. had already started
C. already started
D. already starts
It’s the first time __________ all the answers right in a test!
A. I’ve got
B. I’d got
C. I’ve been getting
D. I’d been getting
The negative form for the sentence “Adam had learnt French before he went to France” are…
A. Adam has not learnt French before he went to France
B. Adam haven’t learnt French before he went to France
C. Adam had not learnt French before he went to France
D. Adam did not learnt French before he went to France
Gali hadn’t __________me that she would help me, so I wasn’t angry when she didn’t
A. told
B. been telling
Mum had _________her cup of tea for several minutes before she realised it had salt in it!
A. drunk
B. been drinking
When they let us go in, we _________ outside the exam room for over half an hour.
A. have stood
B. have been standing
C. had been standing
D. are standing
It was a fantastic experience because I’d never __________in a plane before.
A. flown
B. flying
Lizzie has been having dance classes _________she was four years old.
A. for
B. since
C. from
D. when
The children thought they (had/has/having/have) done something wrong.
Which is the correct past perfect simple for the sentence above?
A. had
B. has
C. having
D. have
Clare hasn’t finished her homework __________ .
A. already
B. just
C. yet
D. ever
_____________that crosswrd for over an hour and you still haven’t finished it !
A. You’ve done
B. You’ve been doing
C. You’d done
D. You’d been doing
Mum told me she (clean) my bedroom.
Which is the correct past perfect simple for the sentence above?
A. clean
B. has clean
C. had cleaned
D. had clean
We (not travel) overseas for five years.
Which is the correct past perfect continuous for the sentence above?
A. had travelled
B. travel
C. not yet travel
D. had not been travelling
Had they climbed? is an example of Past Perfect Continuous
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
How long had you been waiting here? is an example of Past Perfect Continuous
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Which of the sentences below uses past perfect continuous?
A. The chefs had cooked all day before the party began.
B. The chefs had been cooking all day before the party began.
Had you been learning French ____________ several years before you took your first exam?
A. for
B. since
C. from
D. when
The man (not pay) his rent when he lost his job.
Which is the correct past perfect continuous for the sentence above?
A. had not pays
B. had not been paying
C. haven’t pay
D. not paid
Little Thomas (cry) for hours before his mother finally comforted him.
Which is the correct past perfect continuous for the sentence above?
A. had cried
B. had been crying
C. cry
D. crying
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