Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Present Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 5
1. I _____ (wait) _____ for you since two o'clock.
A) Has been waiting.
B) Am waiting.
C) Have been waiting.
D) Waiting.
2. Which sentence uses a past perfect verb tense correctly?.
A) Avery had eaten all of the cake by the time I'd gotten home last night.
B) Mary has eaten all of the potatoes.
C) Carmen had eaten six apples tomorrow.
D) Franny will have run 16 miles by the time she finishes the week.
3. I'm tired because I _____ been working out.
A) 've.
B) 's.
C) Has.
D) Am.
4. Have they been jogging _____ ?.
A) All the evening.
B) Since.
C) Just.
D) For.
5. The Present Perfect Continuous says _____ .
A) How often the action happens.
B) When the action started.
C) How long the action was in progress.
D) When the action finished.
6. Sinta has _____ to the school for 3 hours.
A) Go.
B) Going.
C) Go went.
D) Gone.
7. Which tense is used to express an action that has just finished or recently happened?.
A) Present perfect tense.
B) Present continuous tense.
C) Past tense.
D) Future tense.
8. I've _____ most of his paintings.
A) Seen.
B) Been seeing.
9. Ann and Matin _____ the trumpet since they were in fifth grade.
A) Have played.
B) Have been playing.
10. How long _____ acting classes?.
A) Have you been taking.
B) Have you taken.
11. Jiya and Priksha _____ (not see) the pictures yet.
A) Have not saw.
B) Did not see.
C) Has not seen.
D) Have not seen.
12. We _____ (search) for the answers.
A) Has watching.
B) Have been watching.
C) Have watching.
D) Has been watching.
13. These are the functions of present perfect continuous, except _____ .
A) Expresses an activity that happened only once or on a specified number of occasions.
B) Emphasize that an activity is ongoing and repeated from the past until now.
C) Expresses a conclusion from what we can sense and use it as a form to complain or criticize.
D) Expresses a general activity in progress from the past until now.
14. Did Mary come here?-She _____ twice since 1980.
A) Was visiting.
B) Visits.
C) Visited.
D) Has visited.
15. She _____ (read) that letter for half an hour.[Present perfect tense].
A) Have been reading.
B) Has been reading.
C) Had read.
D) Had been reading.
16. He _____ his lessons since lunch.
A) Has been done.
B) Has done.
C) Has been doing.
D) Have been doing.
17. She _____ (not / be) _____ in the garden for more than an hour.
A) Has not been.
B) Had not been.
C) Have not been.
D) Has not bee.
18. Something terrible _____ .
A) Has happened.
B) Have happened.
C) Has happen.
D) Happened.
19. What _____ ?.
A) Have Pam and Nicha been doing.
B) Have Pam and Nicha doing.
C) Have Pam and Nicha being done.
D) Has Pam and Nicha been doing.
20. Find the present perfect/ present perfect continuous tense:No one knows what caused the fire in this building.
A) Knows.
B) This building.
C) Caused.
D) Fire.
21. My brother _____ for five hours.
A) Has been sleeping.
B) Has been sleep.
C) Have been sleeping.
D) Have been sleep.
22. My parents _____ for me to clean my room every day. But I hate it!.
A) Has been asked.
B) Have been asking.
C) Have asked.
D) Asked.
23. _____ Jim _____ doing exercise?.
A) Has/been.
B) Have/ been.
C) Been/has.
D) Been/have.
24. My young brother _____ ball for 5 hours.
A) Is playing.
B) Have been playing.
C) Has played.
D) Has been playing.
25. Report this sentence correctly.'There was an accident outside the supermarket'.
A) He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket.
B) He said there were an accident outside the supermarket.
C) He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket.
D) None of above.