This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Progressive Verb Tenses – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What ..... Annie ..... over there? (do) A) Were/did. B) Was/doing. C) Will/did. D) Is/doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is/doing. 2. Which sentence uses the future progressive tense correctly?a) He is playing football now.b) She will play football tomorrow.c) They were playing football yesterday. A) She will play football tomorrow. B) She plays football tomorrow. C) They were playing football yesterday. D) He is playing football now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She will play football tomorrow. 3. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.The students ..... listening closely to Shina's speech two weeks ago. A) Was. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 4. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.Sam and Charlie ..... the soccer ball around at recess. A) Kicking. B) Was kicking. C) Were kicking. D) Is kicking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were kicking. 5. Am, is, are, be + present participle of main verb= what verb tense? A) Past Progressive. B) Present Progressive. C) Future Perfect Progessive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Progressive. 6. Today he ..... for a test. A) Study. B) Is studying. C) Is studing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is studying. 7. What ..... (she do) in the evenings? A) Does she do. B) She is doing. C) Do she does. D) Is she doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does she do. 8. The game will be going into overtime because the teams are tied. What tense is the verb in? A) Past Progressive. B) Present Progressive. C) Future Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future Progressive. 9. We usually ..... ( buy) food in our local shop. A) Buys. B) Is buying. C) Are buying. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buy. 10. Choose the correct form of the verb in the past progressive tense:a) I am eating dinner.b) I was eating dinner.c) I will be eating dinner. A) I have eaten dinner. B) I will be eating dinner. C) I was eating dinner. D) I am eating dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was eating dinner. 11. What is the helping verb for past perfect tense? A) Has. B) Have. C) Will have. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 12. What is the past progressive form of 'to drive'? A) Drives were. B) Driven were. C) Was driving / were driving. D) Driving was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was driving / were driving. 13. The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. What is being personified? A) The forest. B) The wind. C) A person whispering. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wind. 14. Choose the correct verb tense:Mariah and Kaleb will be attending a fancy party later. A) Present progressive. B) Future progressive. C) Past progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Future progressive. 15. I ..... my teeth three times a day. A) Washes. B) Wash. C) Is washing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wash. 16. If the day is calm, there is ..... wind. A) Big. B) A lot of. C) 100 mph. D) Not much. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not much. 17. Identify the tense of the verb phrase "are walking" in the sentence "Jayna and Miles are walking to the library." A) Present Perfect ProgressiveTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. B) Past Progressive. C) Future Progressive. D) Present Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present Progressive. 18. Identify the present progressive in the sentence:'She is reading a book.' A) Is reading. B) Was reading a book. C) Reads a book. D) Is reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is reading. 19. Dulce will be ..... to the drive-in movie theater. A) Go. B) Going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Going. 20. Form a sentence using the future progressive tense. A) I will study yesterday. B) I will be studying tomorrow. C) I am studying right now. D) I was studying next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I will be studying tomorrow. 21. Which progressive tense is the verb written in?The class was taking a spelling test. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 22. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past progressive tense. A) We were listening to music. B) We will listen to music. C) We are listening to music. D) We listen to music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We were listening to music. 23. Which sentence written in the present progressive is the correct one?Click in the correct box. A) I hide in my room because I like to play that game. B) We are hiding in the kitchen because we are playing. C) The dog was hiding from his its owner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are hiding in the kitchen because we are playing. 24. Select the correct past progressive form of the verb "to read" for the sentence: "Yesterday, I ..... a book when you called." A) Am reading. B) Read. C) Will read. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 25. Which sentence correctly uses the future progressive verb tense? A) She is spending all of her money. B) She is going to be spending all of her money. C) She was spending all of her money. D) She will have spent all of her money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is going to be spending all of her money. 26. Which of these sentences is in the present progressive tense? A) He swims in the pool. B) He swam in the pool. C) He will be swimming in the pool. D) He is swimming in the pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is swimming in the pool. 27. Level 4:Extension / High Ability. Instruction:Write your own sentences. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the present progressive. A) Someone plays soccer in the park. B) Someone will be playing soccer in the park. C) Someone was playing soccer in the park. D) Someone is playing soccer in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone is playing soccer in the park. 28. When we reached the top, my back am aching. A) Will aching. B) Will be aching. C) Are aching. D) Was aching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was aching. 29. My cat is sleeping in my lap. 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. CHOOSE THE CORRECT PRONOUN:I would like for you to meet James ..... is my best friend. A) Him. B) Their. C) He. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He. 31. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.My sister ..... a new song on the piano right now. A) Will be playing. B) Is playing. C) Were playing. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is playing. 32. Choose the sentence that uses the past progressive verb tense. A) They were playing soccer when it started to rain. B) They will play soccer next week.TagsCCSS.L.4.1B. C) They play soccer on Saturdays. D) They are playing soccer now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were playing soccer when it started to rain. 33. Choose the correct verb that will complete the sentence.We ..... my parents' wedding anniversary when the news of the accident came. A) Are celebrating. B) Was celebrating. C) Were celebrating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were celebrating. 34. Sophie usually ..... the piano in the afternoons. A) Play. B) Is playing. C) Plays. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plays. 35. Which sentence correctly uses a present progressive verb? A) She was painting a picture. B) I had been sleeping. C) He will be driving to work. D) They are watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are watching a movie. 36. Which verb form correctly completes the sentence in the present progressive tense?Right now, the cat ..... on the windowsill. A) Will be sleeping. B) Was sleeping. C) Is sleeping. D) Are sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is sleeping. 37. What is the past progressive form of 'to write'? A) Is writing. B) Was write. C) Were wrote. D) Was writing / were writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was writing / were writing. 38. Which verb tense describes an action that will be ongoing at some point in the future? A) Future progressive. B) Simple present. C) Past progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future progressive. 39. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.Matt is ..... his family make dinner. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. A) Help. B) Helping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping. 40. We are going to the amusement park this Saturday. A) Past Progressive. B) Present Progressive. C) Future Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Progressive. 41. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the future progressive tense. A) We traveled to Spain next summer. B) We travel to Spain next summer. C) We will be traveling to Spain next summer. D) We are traveling to Spain next summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We will be traveling to Spain next summer. 42. I am baking macarons for my sister's baby shower. A) Past Progressive. B) Present Progressive. C) Future Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Progressive. 43. She ..... (play) the piano every day. A) Plays. B) Played. C) Playing. D) Playes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plays. 44. Check ALL the helping verbs used for FUTURE PROGRESSIVE verb tense: A) Were. B) Are. C) Is. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be. 45. Mary ..... the dishes at the moment so she can't talk on the phone. (wash) A) Was washing. B) Is washing. C) Are washing. D) Will be washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is washing. 46. Last summer, Izzy and Charlie were planning their move. Change the verb phrase "will be going" from the sentence "Next year, we will be going to a new school" to past progressive tense. A) Went. B) Have goneTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) Were going. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were going. 47. Choose the correct present progressive tense of the verb 'swim' A) Was swimming. B) Swam. C) Is swimming. D) Will swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is swimming. 48. Aunt Tamay ..... fun activities for James. (future progressive) (plan) A) Are planning. B) Is planning. C) Will be planning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be planning. 49. Complete the sentence with the present progressive form of the verb.As the sun appeared over the Santa Ana Mountains, it revealed the dozens of men and women who pick Medjool dates on the Southern California farm. A) Are picking. B) Am Pick. C) Is pick. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are picking. 50. Christmas time is so exciting! A) Past progressive. B) Present progressive. C) Future progressive. D) Present. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present progressive. 51. Which verb tense describes an action that was continuing at one point in the past? A) Future progressive. B) Present progressive. C) Simple present. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present progressive. 52. Choose the past progressive form of the verb "eat" . A) Eats. B) Eating. C) Has eaten. D) Was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was eating. 53. The girls ..... video games every day. A) Play. B) Will played. C) Will playing. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Play. 54. She ..... (not go) to bed late on Mondays. A) Not going. B) Don't go. C) Doesn't go. D) Am not going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doesn't go. 55. Which sentence is present perfect tense? A) Hope will lose her backpack. B) Hope have lost her backpack. C) Hope has lost her backpack. D) Hope has been losing her backpack. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hope has lost her backpack. 56. Choose the present progressive form of:We read quietly. A) We will be reading quietly. B) We are reading quietly. C) We read quietly. D) We were reading quietly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are reading quietly. 57. What is the past progressive form of the verb "to play" for the subject "they" ? A) They will be playingTagsCCSS.L.4.1B. B) They were playing. C) They are playing. D) They play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were playing. 58. BONUS QUESTIONWhat are the names of Ms. Anderson's niece and nephews? A) Gloria and Grace. B) Sandy, Kim and Drew. C) Branden, Reagan, Walden and Fletcher. D) Lilo and Stitch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Branden, Reagan, Walden and Fletcher. 59. Select the sentence that uses the present progressive tense correctly.a) I am watching a movie yesterday.b) She will watch a movie tomorrow.c) They are watching a movie now. A) I am watching a movie yesterday. B) She will watch a movie tomorrow. C) They are watching a movie now. D) They is watching a movie now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are watching a movie now. 60. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past progressive tense.a) I am writing a letter later.b) She is writing a letter now.c) They were writing a letter when the phone rang. A) C. B) C) They are writing a letter now. C) B) She writes a letter every day. D) A) I wrote a letter yesterday. 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