Past Perfect Simple & Past Perfect Continuous Quiz
English multiple-choice grammar quiz about Past Perfect Simple & Past Perfect Continuous
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We’d __________ready all day when they called to say the party had been cancelled.
A. got
B. been getting
The exam _________when Jimmy finally found the right room.
A. has already started
B. had already started
C. already started
D. already starts
_____________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
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
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
Had you already _____________ James his birthday present when we gave him ours?
A. given
B. been giving
Gali hadn’t __________me that she would help me, so I wasn’t angry when she didn’t
A. told
B. been telling
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
Clare hasn’t finished her homework __________ .
A. already
B. just
C. yet
D. ever
It was a fantastic experience because I’d never __________in a plane before.
A. flown
B. flying
Mum had _________her cup of tea for several minutes before she realised it had salt in it!
A. drunk
B. been drinking
Lizzie has been having dance classes _________she was four years old.
A. for
B. since
C. from
D. when
Have you ________ been on a school trip?
A. yet
B. before
C. ever
D. for
Had you been learning French ____________ several years before you took your first exam?
A. for
B. since
C. from
D. when
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
