This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Progressive Verb Tenses – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Level 1:Beginner (Support). Instruction:Choose the correct verb and add-ing. Word Bank:playing-reading-watching-eating. She (is / was) ..... (read) a book now. A) Was read. B) Is read. C) Is reading. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is reading. 2. Read the sentence.They were near the door standing.What is the BEST way to rewrite the sentence? A) Stand near the door they are. B) They were standing near the door. C) Near the door, they were standing. D) Standing near the door they were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were standing near the door. 3. The doctor was speaking to the nurse about me.4B. Is the verb in the above sentence past progressive, present progressive, or future progressive? A) Past progressive. B) Present progressive. C) Future progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past progressive. 4. Read the schedule:At 4 p.m., Mia starts piano. At 4:30 p.m., she practices scales. At 5 p.m., she stops. Which sentence describes 4:30 p.m. using progressive tense? A) Mia practiced scales at 4:30. B) Mia is practicing scales at 4:30. C) Mia practices scales at 4:30. D) Mia will be practicing scales at 4:30. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mia will be practicing scales at 4:30. 5. Wait a moment! I ..... (phone) my mum. A) Am phoneing. B) Phone. C) Am phoning. D) Phoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am phoning. 6. Select the correct past progressive verb tense of "make" to complete the sentence.You ..... lunch when the phone rang. A) Made. B) Making. C) Were making. D) Was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were making. 7. Which sentence has present progressive tense? A) They will be singing at the play tomorrow. B) They are signing at the play today. C) They were singing at the play yesterday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are signing at the play today. 8. What is the past progressive tense of the verb to run if the subject is singular? A) Has run. B) Were running. C) Was running. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was running. 9. A friend says, "We were walk yesterday." What is the correct past progressive fix? A) We will be walking yesterday. B) We walk yesterday. C) We were walking yesterday. D) We are walking yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We were walking yesterday. 10. The students were ignoring the directions. A) Past progressive tense. B) Present progressive tense. C) Future progressive tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past progressive tense. 11. He will be acing the test at this time tomorrow. A) Future perfect. B) Future progressive. C) Present perfect. D) Present progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Future progressive. 12. They (eat) ..... lunch at 12:00 everyday. A) Ate. B) Will eat. C) Eats. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eat. 13. They ..... to music right now. A) Is listening. B) Was listening. C) Were listening. D) Are listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are listening. 14. Choose the sentence that best describes an ongoing action in the past. A) The cat will sleep on the sofa. B) The cat was sleeping on the sofa. C) The cat sleeps on the sofa. D) The cat is sleeping on the sofa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat was sleeping on the sofa. 15. Complete the sentence with the future progressive form of the verb.Tracy arrive in Mumbai in three hours, and her first order of business is to eat pani puri from her favorite vendor. A) Will be arrive. B) Will be arriving. C) Will be arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be arriving. 16. Chandler ..... in cupcakes for his birthday. Which sentence is written in past perfect tense? A) Chandler have has cupcakes for his birthday. B) Chandler have brought in cupcakes for his birthday. C) Chandler will have had cupcakes for his birthday. D) Chandler had brought in cupcakes for his birthday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chandler had brought in cupcakes for his birthday. 17. Complete the sentence with the future-tense form of the verb.Emmett's manager approve his vacation days as long as he requests them four weeks in advance. A) Has approved. B) Will approved. C) Will approve. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will approve. 18. How do you write a sentence in the present progressive tense? A) Am, is, are + verb +-ing. B) Am, is, are +-ing + verb. C) Verb to be + verb +-ing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am, is, are + verb +-ing. 19. The baby ..... right now. A) Sleeps. B) Is sleeping. C) Is sleepping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is sleeping. 20. Which sentence shows the correct use of the past progressive tense to describe two actions happening at the same time in the past? A) He cooked while she cleaned. B) He was cooking while she was cleaning. C) He cooks while she cleans. D) He is cooking while she is cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was cooking while she was cleaning. 21. Success Criteria:I can recognise present and past progressive tenses. I can use present and past progressive tenses in sentences. A) I have read my success criteria for today. B) I have read and understood my success criteria for today. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have read and understood my success criteria for today. 22. Determine the verb tense in the sentence: "I was watching TV when the power went out." A) Past progressive. B) Simple past. C) Present progressive. D) Future progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past progressive. 23. Level 3:Confident (Challenge). Instruction:Choose the correct tense and write the full sentence. (tomorrow evening) I ..... (visit) my cousin. A) Was visiting. B) Will be visiting. C) Visit. D) Am visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be visiting. 24. Lydia WAS TELLING her friends about her plans for a sleepover on Saturday. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 25. What is the present progressive verb phrase in the sentence?Those papers are falling from the desk in the back. A) From the desk. B) Those papers. C) Are falling. D) In the back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are falling. 26. Jim was swimming before he found out there were sharks in the water. A) Future. B) Past progressive. C) Past perfect. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 27. Click on the box that states something incorrect. A) The Present Progressive expresses an action that is currently happening. B) The Past Progressive expresses an ongoing action in the past and it can be interrupted. C) The Future Progressive expresses an action in the future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Future Progressive expresses an action in the future. 28. What is the past progressive verb phrase in the sentence?A few of the televisions were flashing red when plugged in. A) Were flashing. B) Televisions were. C) A few. D) Plugged in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were flashing. 29. Form the past progressive of 'to eat'. A) Was eating / were eating. B) Ate. C) Was eat. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating / were eating. 30. What is the present progressive verb phrase in the sentence?Jerricho and David are creating a game at the table. A) Are creating. B) At the table. C) A game at. D) Jerricho and David. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are creating. 31. We ..... when you knocked on the door. A) Are eating. B) Is eating. C) Were eating. D) Was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were eating. 32. Level 4:Extension / High Ability. Instruction:Write your own sentences. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past progressive. A) I will be drawing a picture after dinner. B) I drew a picture after dinner. C) I was drawing a picture after dinner. D) I am drawing a picture after dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was drawing a picture after dinner. 33. Choose the progressive verb in the sentence: "They were playing soccer after school." A) Playing. B) Were. C) After. D) Soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing. 34. Bonus (Wayground / Interactive Option). Instruction:Look around you and answer. What is someone doing now? Choose the sentence that best answers in the present progressive. A) Someone was reading a book. B) Someone read a book. C) Someone is reading a book. D) Someone will read a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone is reading a book. 35. Identify which verb form the sentence below is written in.Oh no! It's starting to thunder! A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present progressive. 36. Which word BEST completes the sentence below?Ahmed ..... his favorite book. A) Is reading. B) Are reading. C) Were reading. D) Will have reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is reading. 37. When we reached the tip, my back am aching. A) Was aching. B) Were aching. C) Are aching. D) Will be aching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was aching. 38. Conjugate the verb in the progressive tense:I was (to sit) on the chair when it broke. A) Sit. B) Sitting. C) Siting. D) Sits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sitting. 39. Level 1:Beginner (Support). Instruction:Choose the correct verb and add-ing. Word Bank:playing-reading-watching-eating. We are ..... (eat) lunch at school. A) Eating. B) Eat. C) Ate. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. 40. CORRECT THIS SENTENCE:She sitted by the window on the school bus today. A) She is sitting by the window on the school bus today. B) She will be sitted by the window on the school bus today. C) She was sitted by the window on the school bus today. D) She sit by the window on the school bus today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is sitting by the window on the school bus today. 41. What is the past progressive verb phrase in the sentence?The friends were shopping in the mall for shoes. A) Were shopping. B) For shoes. C) In the mall. D) The friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were shopping. 42. In which sentence is the correct future tense of close used? A) The ride at the amusement park was closing soon. B) The ride at the amusement park is closing soon. C) The ride at the amusement park will be closing soon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ride at the amusement park will be closing soon. 43. Which sentence best completes:Tomorrow at 9, I ..... my bike to school. A) Was riding. B) Am riding. C) Ride. D) Will be riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be riding. 44. For the next group of questions, fill in the blank to complete this sentence using the progressive form of a verb.Example:My cousin ..... (play) hop-scotch with my sister when she tripped and fell down.Answer:was playing A) I get it!. B) I'm not so sure!. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I get it!. 45. The students were working in the school garden. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 46. Which sentence is written in the past continuous tense? A) Eric is choosing Ariel to be on his team. B) Eric chose Ariel to be on his team. C) Eric was choosing Ariel to be on his team. D) Eric chooses Ariel to be on his team. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eric was choosing Ariel to be on his team. 47. Right now I ..... a song. A) Were humming. B) Am humming. C) Will be humming. D) Was humming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am humming. 48. Mr. Haley ..... currently explaining how to operate the table saw. Once he's done, we'll be able to start using it. A) Is. B) Will be. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 49. Choose the correct tense for the sentence:Ka'Niyah is dancing up a storm! A) Past progressive. B) Future progressive. C) Present progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present progressive. 50. Yesterday, Hugo and Lila were preparing for their upcoming science project presentation. Change the verb phrase "were preparing" from the sentence to past progressive tense. A) Prepare. B) Prepared. C) Had been preparing. D) Will prepareTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been preparing. 51. Mrs. Crown ..... her class about progressive verb tenses last week. A) Was teaching. B) Will be teaching. C) Teaching. D) Is teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was teaching. 52. ..... (it rain) at the moment? A) It is raining. B) Does it rain. C) Is it raining. D) Is it rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is it raining. 53. Choose the FUTURE progressive of "to play." A) Is/are playing. B) Was/were playing. C) Will be playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be playing. 54. Change this sentence into present perfect tense:Will saw a penguin. A) Wilson had saw a penguin. B) Wilson have seen a penguin. C) Wilson has seen a penguin. D) Wilson will had seen a penguin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wilson has seen a penguin. 55. Imagine you are writing a story. You want to describe two things happening at the same time in the past. Which sentence would you use? A) I will eat dinner while my brother will watch TV. B) I am eating dinner while my brother is watching TV. C) I eat dinner while my brother watches TV. D) I was eating dinner while my brother was watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was eating dinner while my brother was watching TV. 56. John ..... football at the moment. A) Is playing. B) Plays. C) Are playing. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is playing. 57. Which of the following is an example of present progressive? (a) I eat (b) I am eating (c) I will eat A) I have eaten. B) I am running. C) I am eating. D) I eat quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I am eating. 58. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.Sam and Charlie were ..... the soccer ball around the playground. A) Kicking. B) Kick. C) Kicked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kicking. 59. My mother has finished her Master's Degree in Investigation. A) Future perfect. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Present perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present perfect. 60. The PSAT is ..... A) Important for college applications. B) For seniors in high school. C) Part of your ELL grade. D) For practice. 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