This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Present > Simple Present Vs Present Progressive – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Present Vs Present Progressive Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She ..... work at 5:30 p.m everyday A) Is finish. B) Finish. C) Finishes. D) Is finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finishes. 2. Which question in SIMPLE PRESENT is correct? A) DOES we having breakfast every morning?. B) DO we have breakfast every morning?. C) DO we has breakfast every morning?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DO we have breakfast every morning?. 3. His grandfather ..... as an architect. At the moment, he ..... a living room. A) Lives-are drawing. B) Work-are designing. C) Works-is designing. D) Live-is drawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Works-is designing. 4. Complete the sentence:She usually ..... to work by car, but today she ..... by bus. A) Drive/drives. B) Drives/is driving. C) Is driving/drives. D) Drove/drives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drives/is driving. 5. Order the question:the party / you / are / going to / today? A) You are going to the party today?. B) Today you are going to the party?. C) Are you going to the party today?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are you going to the party today?. 6. Which sentence is correct in simple present? A) She cries every morning. B) Sara crings every morning. C) Sara cryes every morning. D) Sara crys every morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She cries every morning. 7. I never wear glasses. A) Daily activity/habit. B) Activity on progress. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daily activity/habit. 8. To talk about scientific facts we use: A) Simple Present. B) Present Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Present. 9. To talk about physical laws, we use: A) Simple Present. B) Present Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Present. 10. To talk about things that are occuring in the moment, we use: A) Simple Present. B) Present Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Progressive. 11. At the moment, the technicians ..... the modifications for the car. A) Are assembling. B) Were doing. C) Are eating. D) Were driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are assembling. 12. When to add S or ES to the verb? A) In the Simple Future. B) In the Simple Past. C) In the Simple Present. D) In the Present Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the Simple Present. 13. How is your Math? Not bad. It ..... slowly. A) Improves. B) Is improving. C) Are improving. D) Improve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is improving. 14. He usually (get up) ..... early in the morning. A) Gets up. B) Is getting up. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gets up. 15. The clothes at that store ..... expensive. A) Are. B) Is being. C) Is. D) Are being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 16. Laura ..... English every day. A) Speaking. B) Is speaks. C) Speaks. D) Speakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaks. 17. Sally sometimes ..... (play) tennis after work. Today, she ..... (go) to the movies, though. A) Play, go. B) Plays, is going. C) Play, goes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plays, is going. 18. ..... you nervous? A) Is. B) Does. C) Do. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 19. Right now, John ..... with his family until he has enough money to get his own apartment. A) Is staying. B) Stays. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is staying. 20. I used to work in a small company, but now I ..... (to work) in a larger one. A) Am working. B) Work. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am working. 21. My colleague ..... (not to be) at her workplace, I ..... (to think) she ..... (to have) a coffee at the moment. A) Isn't / am thinking / has. B) Isn't / think / has. C) Is being / am thinking / is having. D) Isn't / think / is having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isn't / think / is having. 22. (They/visit) ..... their grandparents every Sunday. A) They were visiting. B) They are visiting. C) They visit. D) They visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They visit. 23. A: ..... (she/live) in New York?B:Yes, but right now she ..... (stay) with a friend in Philadelphia. A) Does she live, is staying. B) Do she live, stay. C) Does she live, stays. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does she live, is staying. 24. Anne:Do you want to come over and have dinner tonight?Laura:Oh, I am sorry. I can't. I ..... to a movie tonight. A) Going. B) Is going. C) Go. D) Am going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Am going. 25. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).She usually (walk) to school. A) Walks. B) Is walking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walks. 26. Why ..... the baby ..... now? A) Is / crying. B) Is / cries. C) Are / crying. D) Does / cring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is / crying. 27. She usually ..... her friends at the park on Sundays. A) Met. B) Meets. C) Is meeting. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meets. 28. Peter and Andrew ..... (be) journalist. This Monday they ..... (fly) to Brazil. A) Are, fly. B) Is, flies. C) Are, are flying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are, are flying. 29. It's 8am and they ..... to school now. A) Goes. B) Are going. C) Are goes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are going. 30. Every morning, he (jog) ..... in the park. A) Was jogging. B) Jogged. C) Is jogging. D) Jogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jogs. 31. When to ADD-S or-ES to the verb? A) In the Simple Present. B) In the Simple Past. C) In the Simple Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the Simple Present. 32. Correct sentence ( Present progressive) A) Does she studying at Sena?. B) Are she studying at Sena?. C) Is she studying at Sena?. D) Is she studying at Sena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is she studying at Sena?. 33. Is Katya going to go with us at Sam's birthday? I think no, you know that ..... A) Katya work everyday. B) Katya is always working. C) Katya is always free. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Katya is always working. 34. We can use the ..... with action verbs. A) Simple Present. B) Present Progressive. C) Simple Present and the Present Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple Present and the Present Progressive. 35. Currently, his parents ..... in Cebu. A) Lives. B) Are living. C) Live. D) Is living. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are living. 36. In newspaper reports we use the ..... A) Simple Present. B) Present Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Present. 37. What ..... he ..... after work today? A) Is/doing. B) Is/do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is/doing. 38. ..... you ready for takeoff? A) Do. B) Does. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 39. As a rule, I ..... (sleep) until 6 o'clock in the morning, and then I ..... (get) and ..... (study) for my classes. A) Sleep / get up / study. B) Am sleeping / get up / am studying. C) Am sleeping / getting up / studying. D) Sleep / get up / am studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleep / get up / study. 40. Identify the correct form of the verb. "Water ..... at 100 degrees Celsius." A) Is boiling. B) Has boiled. C) Boils. D) Boil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boils. 41. ..... the pilots sleep during the flight? A) Are. B) Does. C) Do. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do. 42. It ..... like it is going to rain. A) Looks. B) To look. C) Does not looking. D) Looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looks. 43. Amy's in her room. She ..... to music. A) Is listenning. B) Is listening. C) Listen. D) Listens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is listening. 44. My mom ..... an online course. A) 's currently taking. B) Currently 's taking. C) Currently takes. D) Takes currently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 's currently taking. 45. One hundred and thirty-two A) 102. B) 132. C) 1030. D) 1032. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 132. 46. On the weekends, (I/help) ..... on the farm. A) I was helping. B) I am helping. C) I helped. D) I help. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I help. 47. She ..... four languages A) Speak. B) Is speaking. C) Are speaking. D) Speaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaks. 48. The sentence "I'm thinking about you" is used correctly in the present progressive because of the preposition "about" . A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. A: "How many people live in Germany?"B: " ..... " A) There are around eighty-eighty million people in Germany. B) There are around eighty-three million people in Germany. C) There was around eighty-three million people in Germany. D) There is around 83 million people in Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are around eighty-three million people in Germany. 50. Emma is a housekeeper. She ..... hotel rooms every day. A) Is cleaning. B) Clean. C) Cleans. D) Cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleans. 51. Use don't/doesn't in questions and negatives. A) Simple present. B) Present progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple present. 52. We ..... our hands every day. A) Wash. B) Washies. C) Washes. D) Washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wash. 53. A lot of people ..... in the ocean this afternoon. A) Are swimming. B) Swims. C) Are swiming. D) Is swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are swimming. 54. At 6 pm they ..... Ben's aunt in Brighton. A) Are meeting. B) Meet. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are meeting. 55. Fix the sentence:I must go now. It gets late. A) There is no correction needed. B) I must go now. It is getting late. C) I must go now. It get late. D) I must go now. It'm getting late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I must go now. It is getting late. 56. Everyday is a Time Marker of the Simple Present Tense A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. Natalie ..... a uniform to her job every day. A) Wearing. B) Is wearing. C) Wear. D) Wears. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wears. 58. Kate is busy. She ..... for a test. A) Is study. B) Is studying. C) Is studies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is studying. 59. What are you studying? A) I am studying in my house. B) I am studying Math at the moment. C) I study at Boulevard High School. D) I don't like to study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I am studying Math at the moment. 60. I exercise at the gym every day. A) Daily activity/habit. B) Activity on progress. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daily activity/habit. Next →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Present Vs Present Progressive Quiz 2Simple Present Vs Present Progressive Quiz 3Simple Present Vs Present Progressive Quiz 4Simple Present Vs Present Progressive Quiz 5Simple Present Vs Present Progressive Quiz 6Simple Present Vs Present Progressive Quiz 7Forming The Present Progressive QuizPresent, Past, And Future Perfect Tenses Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books