This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Progressive Verb Tenses – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the blank with the correct verb.The mosquito is ..... close to us. A) Flying. B) Showering. C) Knitting. D) Driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flying. 2. Identify the tense of the verb phrase "will be going" in the sentence "Next year, Hugo and Lila will be going to a new school." A) Present Progressive. B) Present Perfect ProgressiveTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) Future Progressive. D) Past Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future Progressive. 3. Fill in the blank with the correct present progressive form: "Arianna ..... (write) a letter right now." A) Will be writing. B) Write. C) Was writing. D) Am writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Am writing. 4. When she ran to me, I ..... my friends. A) Will be calling. B) Was calling. C) Is calling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was calling. 5. Excuse me ..... to Menchester? A) This road goes. B) Does this road go. C) Is this road going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does this road go. 6. Both voyage and journey are ..... A) Crews. B) Trips. C) Topics. D) Admirers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trips. 7. What's the meaning of this personification?"The camera loves me!" A) Photos of me are always really good. B) I own an expensive camera. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photos of me are always really good. 8. They are talking to you. A) Past progressive tense. B) Present progressive tense. C) Future progressive tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present progressive tense. 9. What does the present progressive verb tense tell about? A) Action that happened in the past. B) Action that will happen in the future. C) Action that is happening in the present. D) Action that never happens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Action that is happening in the present. 10. Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses () to show continuing action in each sentence.I ..... last night to get ready for the trip. (pack) A) Am packing. B) Was packing. C) Will be packing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was packing. 11. Mr. Habermann will have watched the whole season of Stranger Things by Easter. A) Future progressive. B) Future. C) Present progressive. D) Future perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Future perfect. 12. Evaluate the sentence and identify the verb tense: "She is writing a letter." A) Simple present. B) Future progressive. C) Past progressive. D) Present progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present progressive. 13. Complete the sentence with the past progressive form of the verb.Three surfers paddle ferociously to position themselves on what was shaping up to be a massive wave. A) Was paddling. B) Were paddling. C) Will paddle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were paddling. 14. I will be making tacos Friday night, so come over! A) Future. B) Future perfect. C) Present progressive. D) Future progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Future progressive. 15. Jayla ..... visiting her grandmother in Maine next summer. A) Will be. B) Was. C) Is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be. 16. Read this sentence. I ..... some seeds in the garden when a wasp stung me. Choose the correct word that completes the sentence. A) Am planting. B) Will be planting. C) Was planting. D) Is planting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was planting. 17. My grandmother WILL BE SERVING chicken and mashed potatoes for dinner on Sunday. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future progressive. 18. Convert the verb phrase "were meeting" from the sentence "Charlie and Rory were meeting Lilly at the cafe" to past progressive tense. A) Were meeting. B) MeetsTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) Have been meeting. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were meeting. 19. Analyze the sentence: "They were running when it started to rain." What is the verb tense, and what does it tell you about the timing of the action? A) Present progressive; the action is happening now. B) Past progressive; the action was ongoing in the past when something else happened. C) Future progressive; the action will be ongoing in the future. D) Simple past; the action happened and finished in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive; the action was ongoing in the past when something else happened. 20. I ..... going on a vacation this summer. A) Are. B) Is. C) Am. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be. 21. I (read) a science book this time. A) Was reading. B) Will be reading. C) Am reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am reading. 22. Learning Goal:To be able to use varied verb forms to express a range of time references. A) I have read my learning goal. B) I have read and understood my learning goal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have read and understood my learning goal. 23. What is the present progressive tense of the verb 'eat'? A) Eaten. B) Ate. C) Eats. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating. 24. Level 2:Developing (On Level). Instruction:Fill in the blanks using the correct progressive tense. Right now, the teacher ..... (explain) the lesson. A) Was explaining. B) Explains. C) Is explaining. D) Will be explaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is explaining. 25. Luis is ..... to music now. A) Listening. B) Listen. C) Listens. D) Is listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listening. 26. Which sentence uses the future progressive tense correctly for a dinner plan? A) Noah was eating dinner at 7 PM. B) Angel will be eating dinner at 7 PM. C) John eats dinner at 7 PM. D) James is eating dinner at 7 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Angel will be eating dinner at 7 PM. 27. Which of the following sentences uses the past progressive tense? A) They will play soccer. B) They played soccer. C) They are playing soccer. D) They were playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were playing soccer. 28. We ..... (not use) this application very often. A) Don't use. B) Not use. C) Doesn't use. D) Aren't using. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't use. 29. Dominic is creating a new app. A) Past progressive tense. B) Present progressive tense. C) Future progressive tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present progressive tense. 30. You see your friend at the park. She says, "I was playing on the swings when I saw you." Why did she use the past progressive tense? A) To show an action that is happening right now. B) To show an action that was happening when something else happened. C) To show an action that happens every day. D) To show an action that will happen in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To show an action that was happening when something else happened. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesProgressive Verb Tenses Quiz 1Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 2Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 3Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 4Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 5Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 6Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 7Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books