This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Progressive Verb Tenses – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When we reached the top, my back am aching. A) Will be aching. B) Was aching. C) Are aching. D) Will aching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was aching. 2. 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. 3. CHOOSE THE CORRECT PRONOUN:I would like for you to meet James ..... is my best friend. A) He. B) Its. C) Their. D) Him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He. 4. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.My sister ..... a new song on the piano right now. A) Is playing. B) Were playing. C) Was playing. D) Will be playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is playing. 5. Choose the sentence that uses the past progressive verb tense. A) They play soccer on Saturdays. B) They will play soccer next week.TagsCCSS.L.4.1B. C) They are playing soccer now. D) They were playing soccer when it started to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were playing soccer when it started to rain. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Which sentence correctly uses a present progressive verb? A) They are watching a movie. B) I had been sleeping. C) He will be driving to work. D) She was painting a picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are watching a movie. 9. Which verb form correctly completes the sentence in the present progressive tense?Right now, the cat ..... on the windowsill. A) Was sleeping. B) Are sleeping. C) Is sleeping. D) Will be sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is sleeping. 10. What is the past progressive form of 'to write'? A) Was writing / were writing. B) Was write. C) Were wrote. D) Is writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was writing / were writing. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the future progressive tense. A) We will be traveling to Spain next summer. B) We are traveling to Spain next summer. C) We traveled to Spain next summer. D) We travel to Spain next summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We will be traveling to Spain next summer. 15. 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. 16. She ..... (play) the piano every day. A) Playing. B) Playes. C) Plays. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plays. 17. Check ALL the helping verbs used for FUTURE PROGRESSIVE verb tense: A) Is. B) Will be. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be. 18. Mary ..... the dishes at the moment so she can't talk on the phone. (wash) A) Will be washing. B) Are washing. C) Is washing. D) Was washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is washing. 19. 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) Have goneTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. B) Go. C) Went. D) Were going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were going. 20. Choose the correct present progressive tense of the verb 'swim' A) Will swimming. B) Is swimming. C) Was swimming. D) Swam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is swimming. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. Christmas time is so exciting! A) Future progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Present progressive. D) Present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present progressive. 24. 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. 25. Choose the past progressive form of the verb "eat" . A) Eating. B) Was eating. C) Has eaten. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was eating. 26. The girls ..... video games every day. A) Will playing. B) Playing. C) Will played. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Play. 27. She ..... (not go) to bed late on Mondays. A) Don't go. B) Not going. C) Doesn't go. D) Am not going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doesn't go. 28. Which sentence is present perfect tense? A) Hope have lost her backpack. B) Hope will lose her backpack. C) Hope has been losing her backpack. D) Hope has lost her backpack. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hope has lost her backpack. 29. Choose the present progressive form of:We read quietly. A) We read quietly. B) We will be reading quietly. C) We were reading quietly. D) We are reading quietly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We are reading quietly. 30. What is the past progressive form of the verb "to play" for the subject "they" ? A) They were playing. B) They will be playingTagsCCSS.L.4.1B. C) They are playing. D) They play. 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