Past Perfect Continuous Tense Exercise, Online

Before you do the exercise below, I would suggest you to read or to review the past perfect continuous tense.

Past Perfect Continuous

  

Read the questions carefully and choose the best answer to fill the blanks.

 

1. My daughter .......... the noodles for five minutes before i got home.
   1.   has eaten
   2.   had been eating
   3.   eaten
   4.   ate
2. The train ......... since 4 a.m.
   1.   has left
   2.   had been leaving
   3.   had left
   4.   has left
3. The police had............ the robber an hour ago before the general asked him to catch it.
   1.   caught
   2.   catched
   3.   catches
   4.   been catching
4. After the guest .............. my home for five minutes before my father arrived.
   1.   had been leaving
   2.   has left
   3.   had left
   4.   left
5. We ......... since you moved to Jakarta.
   1.   have met
   2.   had not been meeting
   3.   had been meeting
   4.   had meeted
6. The president ............ his speech since 7 o'clock when we turned the TV on.
   1.   had delivered
   2.   delivered
   3.   had been delivering
   4.   delivers
7. I .............. my dinner for an hour.
   1.   has eaten
   2.   ate
   3.   had been eating
   4.   had been eaten
8. The patient .............. in the emergency room for almost two hours before the surgeon finally treated him.
   1.   had been waiting
   2.   had waited
   3.   checked
   4.   had been checked
9. The new manager know what to do because he ............. in his previous company for five years.
   1.   had been working
   2.   experienced
   3.   had experienced
   4.   has experienced
10. Tomy was at home. He .......... his assignment since four-thirty before he phoned me.
    1.   phoned
    2.   had phoned
    3.   had been submitting
    4.   submitted