Multiple Choice Questions
Day 23 - Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Practice Questions with Answers
Total 30 questions available
Q. 1
I _______ (try) to fix the car for hours before I finally called for help.
A
had triedB
triedC
was tryingD
had been tryingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 2
By the time I finished my coffee, he _______ (wait) for 30 minutes.
A
had been waitingB
waitedC
had waitedD
was waitingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 3
I _______ (look) for my keys for 30 minutes when I finally found them.
A
had lookedB
had been lookingC
was lookingD
lookedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 4
He _______ (study) all day, so he was very tired.
A
was studyingB
studiedC
had studiedD
had been studyingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 5
She _______ (work) on the project for two hours when I called her.
A
had been workingB
was workingC
workedD
had workedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 6
By the time I reached the station, she _______ (wait) for 20 minutes.
A
was waitingB
had waitedC
had been waitingD
waitedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 7
They _______ (work) for hours when the power went out.
A
had been workingB
were workingC
workedD
had workedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 8
They _______ (work) on the presentation all week before the meeting.
A
had been workingB
had workedC
workedD
were workingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 9
By the time I finished my homework, my friends _______ (wait) for me.
A
waitedB
were waitingC
had waitedD
had been waitingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 10
He _______ (study) for hours before he finally understood the concept.
A
studiedB
was studyingC
had studiedD
had been studyingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 11
By the time I reached the airport, they _______ (wait) for me for an hour.
A
had waitedB
waitedC
were waitingD
had been waitingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 12
They _______ (talk) about the issue for hours before the manager arrived.
A
talkedB
had been talkingC
were talkingD
had talkedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 13
They _______ (live) in that house for ten years before they moved.
A
had livedB
livedC
had been livingD
were livingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 14
By the time I arrived, they _______ (talk) for hours.
A
were talkingB
talkedC
had been talkingD
had talkedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 15
She _______ (work) for two hours when the phone rang.
A
workedB
was workingC
had been workingD
had workedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 16
I _______ (look) for my keys when I found them in the drawer.
A
was lookingB
had lookedC
lookedD
had been lookingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 17
She _______ (play) the piano for 10 years when she gave her first concert.
A
had playedB
had been playingC
was playingD
playedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 18
They _______ (play) tennis for two hours when it started to rain.
A
playedB
had playedC
were playingD
had been playingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 19
I _______ (write) emails all morning before I took a break.
A
was writingB
had been writingC
wroteD
had writtenClick an option to check your answer
Q. 20
When we got to the party, they _______ (talk) for an hour.
A
had talkedB
were talkingC
had been talkingD
talkedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 21
She _______ (exercise) for an hour before I called her.
A
exercisedB
had exercisedC
had been exercisingD
was exercisingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 22
We _______ (live) in the city for 10 years before we moved to the countryside.
A
had been livingB
livedC
had livedD
were livingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 23
She _______ (run) for 45 minutes when I saw her at the park.
A
had been runningB
ranC
was runningD
had ranClick an option to check your answer
Q. 24
I _______ (wait) for you when you called me.
A
had been waitingB
was waitingC
waitedD
had waitedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 25
They _______ (play) football all afternoon when it started to rain.
A
playedB
had playedC
were playingD
had been playingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 26
I _______ (work) on that project for a long time before I finished it.
A
had workedB
workedC
had been workingD
was workingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 27
We _______ (look) for the documents for hours before we found them.
A
had lookedB
lookedC
were lookingD
had been lookingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 28
I _______ (plan) my vacation for weeks when I finally booked the tickets.
A
had been planningB
had plannedC
plannedD
was planningClick an option to check your answer
Q. 29
I _______ (wait) for you for an hour when you finally arrived.
A
had been waitingB
waitedC
had waitedD
was waitingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 30
By the time she left, I _______ (work) for five hours straight.
A
had workedB
workedC
had been workingD
was workingClick an option to check your answer
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