This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Progressive Verb Tenses – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence uses the future progressive tense correctly?a) She is cooking dinner now.b) They will cook dinner tomorrow.c) He cooked dinner yesterday. A) They will cook dinner tomorrow. B) They cooked dinner tomorrow. C) He cooked dinner yesterday. D) She is cooking dinner now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will cook dinner tomorrow. 2. Choose the correct verb that will complete the sentence.I ..... my favorite song yesterday. A) Am singing. B) Are singing. C) Was singing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was singing. 3. Choose the future progressive form of:I paint the set. A) I will be painting the set. B) I paint the set. C) I am painting the set. D) I was painting the set. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I will be painting the set. 4. Level 3:Confident (Challenge). Instruction:Choose the correct tense and write the full sentence. (last night at 9) We ..... (study) for the test. A) Were studying. B) Are studying. C) Study. D) Will be studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were studying. 5. Patty the chicken has been laying eggs in the doghouse ever since the henhouse collapsed. A) Present perfect progressive. B) Simple present. C) Future progressive. D) Present perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present perfect progressive. 6. Select the sentence that best describes an ongoing action in the future. A) We watched a movie. B) We are watching a movie. C) We watch a movie. D) We will be watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We will be watching a movie. 7. Level 3:Confident (Challenge). Instruction:Choose the correct tense and write the full sentence. (now) She ..... (write) a story. A) Writes. B) Was writing. C) Is writing. D) Will be writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is writing. 8. Which verbs are used in Present Progressive Tense? A) Will be. B) Is-am-are. C) Was-were. D) Am going to be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is-am-are. 9. He ..... his homework right now. A) Was doing. B) Will be doing. C) Are doing. D) Is doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is doing. 10. They ..... to a restaurant every Saturday A) Goes. B) Going. C) Are going. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go. 11. Anna ..... in the musical next March. A) Were performing. B) Are performing. C) Will be performing. D) Was performing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be performing. 12. Phil will be taking over Pete's role starting next week. A) Past Progressive. B) Present Progressive. C) Future Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future Progressive. 13. I ..... going to Disneyland for spring break in March. A) Will be. B) Was. C) Are. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be. 14. I AM REMEMBERING the quiet streets in my hometown. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present progressive. 15. Identify the progressive tense of the verb.Ron is cutting the zucchini and the carrots. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present progressive. 16. Choose the sentence that correctly uses cook in the past progressive tense. A) I am cooking dinner. B) She is cooking dinner. C) My mom was cooking dinner. D) We will be cooking dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My mom was cooking dinner. 17. Kacion will be choosing a baseball bat. A) Past progressive tense. B) Present progressive tense. C) Future progressive tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future progressive tense. 18. Select the past progressive form of "read" . A) Was reading. B) Reads. C) Read. D) Is reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 19. Identify the sentence that uses the past progressive tense. A) They were playing soccer. B) They are playing soccer. C) They play soccer. D) They will play soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were playing soccer. 20. Which verbs are used in Past Progressive Tense? A) Was-were. B) Is-are-am. C) Am going to be. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was-were. 21. He ..... to you. (not lie) He ..... the truth. (tell) A) Wouldn't lie/told. B) Isn't lying/is telling. C) Isn't lied/ told. D) Wouldn't lie/ was telling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isn't lying/is telling. 22. Tomorrow morning, it ..... be cold. A) Was. B) Is. C) Will be. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be. 23. Choose the correct verb that will complete the sentence.Do you remember what you ..... at this time last Friday? A) Am doing. B) Was doing. C) Were doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were doing. 24. Write the appropriate auxiliary:My friends and I ..... walking to school A) Am. B) Are. C) Is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 25. What is the verb phrase in the sentence: "The children were playing in the park" ? A) The children. B) Were playing. C) In the park. D) Playing in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 26. Classify this sentence:Does your father teach in this school? A) Simple present. B) Present progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple present. 27. My brother IS VISITING our cousins in Chicago right now. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present progressive. 28. Choose the correct future verb tense to complete the sentence. Harry and Liam ..... a band together, A) Are forming. B) Was forming. C) Will be forming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be forming. 29. Right now, the children ..... for their test. A) Are studying. B) Were studying. C) Will study. D) Studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are studying. 30. My mother ..... breakfast now. A) Is make. B) Makes. C) Is making. D) Make. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is making. 31. The train is reaching New York now. A) Train is reaching. B) Reaching. C) Is reaching. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is reaching. 32. Julie ..... when she broke her ankle yesterday. A) Skating. B) Is skating. C) Will be skating. D) Was skating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was skating. 33. Choose the correct form of the verb in the past progressive tense:a) I am studying for the exam.b) She will study for the exam.c) They were studying for the exam. A) They were studying for the exam. B) I am studying for the exam. C) She will study for the exam. D) They was studying for the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were studying for the exam. 34. Select the sentence that uses the present progressive tense for Alexis. A) Alexis is reading a book. B) Alexis was reading a book. C) Alexis reads a book. D) Alexis will be reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexis is reading a book. 35. CORRECT THE PUNCTUATION:I love going to the beach, it is so much fun? A) I love going to the beach, it is so much fun!. B) I love going to the beach, it is so much fun;. C) I love going to the beach it is so much fun'. D) I love going to the beach, it is so much fun-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I love going to the beach, it is so much fun!. 36. Roy ..... selling homemade cupcakes and brownies at the bake sale tomorrow. A) Will be. B) Was. C) Is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be. 37. The dolphins ..... so close yesterday we could touch them. (swim) A) Are swimming. B) Were swimming. C) Is swimming. D) Will be swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were swimming. 38. Choose the correct verb that will complete the sentence.My parents ..... at this time tomorrow. A) Is arriving. B) Were arriving. C) Will be arriving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be arriving. 39. Read the sentence: "She is reading a book while her friend is drawing." Explain how the progressive verb tense is used in this sentence. A) It shows actions that are happening right now. B) It shows actions that will happen in the future. C) It shows actions that happen regularly.TagsCCSS.L.4.1B. D) It shows actions that happened in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It shows actions that are happening right now. 40. Jacob ..... soccer next year. A) Will be playing. B) Are playing. C) Was playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be playing. 41. Choose the correct verb tense for the following sentence:Onyinye ..... her hair when I called this afternoon. A) Will be washing. B) Was washing. C) Is washing. D) Washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was washing. 42. He had walked a mile before he was tired. A) Present. B) Past perfect. C) Past progressive. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect. 43. Which sentence has past progressive? A) Snowflake was smiling yesterday. B) Snowflake will be similing. C) Snowflake is smiling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snowflake was smiling yesterday. 44. Pablo is going to show his moves at the ..... on Saturday, October 19th. A) Spirit Festival. B) Fall Foliage. C) Homecoming Dance. D) ELL Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homecoming Dance. 45. Which sentence is written in the future progressive tense? A) I am eating lunch now. B) I eat lunch every day. C) I will be eating lunch at noon. D) I was eating lunch earlier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I will be eating lunch at noon. 46. What is the present progressive form of 'to swim'? A) Swimming. B) To swiming. C) Swimmingly. D) Swam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming. 47. Which progressive verb tense best completes the sentence?In class yesterday, Isaac ..... reading the longest book I had ever seen! A) Is reading. B) Will be reading. C) Was reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 48. The policeman was knocking on the car window. A) Past. B) Past progressive. C) Present. D) Present perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 49. Which progressive verb is this?Next semester Kevin Kelly will be running for head of the Sustainability Committee, and with his experience launching a composting program at school, it's likely that he will win. A) Future progressive verb. B) Present progressive Verb. C) Past Progressive Verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future progressive verb. 50. Identify the progressive verb.The firefighters are climbing the tall ladder. A) The firefighters. B) Are climbing. C) Tall ladder. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are climbing. 51. What is the verb phrase in the sentence: "Spencer and Gus are running late for work" ? A) Are running. B) Running late. C) Late for work. D) Spencer and Gus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are running. 52. My sister will be running in the marathon.7B. 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: C) Future progressive. 53. The Smith family ..... a new house last year. (buy) A) Is buying. B) Was buying. C) Were buying. D) Am buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was buying. 54. The kids ..... (laugh) loudly during the show. A) Laughed. B) Laughs. C) Laugh. D) Laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laughed. 55. Choose the correct verbs to complete the following sentence:When Mary ..... in New York, she ..... the subway to get to work. A) Was living; took. B) Will live; take. C) Live; will be taking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was living; took. 56. Which sentence uses run in future progressive form? A) I will be running in the 5K Color Run. B) I was running in the 5K Color Run. C) I am running in the 5K Color Run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I will be running in the 5K Color Run. 57. Choose the correct verb that will complete the sentence.At this time, my grandfather ..... in his bedroom. A) Am sleeping. B) Is sleeping. C) Are sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is sleeping. 58. James ..... to New York next summer. A) Was returning. B) Will be returning. C) Were returning. D) Am returning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be returning. 59. The students were working in the school garden.2B. 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. 60. Identify the past progressive in the sentence:'We were watching a movie.' A) Watched a movie. B) Were watching. C) Were viewing a movie. D) Were watching a film. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. ← 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 6Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 7Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 8Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books