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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The fans will be yelling in the stands.1B. 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. 2. Sophia T will be talking to you. 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. 3. Annie is barking at the mail carrier.What is the present progressive verb? A) Mail. B) Annie. C) Barking. D) Carrier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barking. 4. He ..... the milk, but it had gone bad. (past tense, drink) A) Was drinking. B) Drank. C) Is drinking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was drinking. 5. Fill in the blank with the correct verb.Bernardo and Ismael will be ..... pizza later today. A) Eating. B) Running. C) Fighting. D) Swinging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. 6. Lucia ..... writing in her agenda, when we sat down this morning. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 7. Yesterday, we will be hiking to the top of a mountain. A) Are hiking. B) Was hiking. C) Is hiking. D) Were hiking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were hiking. 8. Which tense is used in the following sentence?Maggie was walking to school with Juan when they ran into Sophie. A) Simple Past. B) Present Progressive. C) Past Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Progressive. 9. I live close to my friend ..... walk to school together. A) We. B) She. C) Us. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We. 10. What is the verb phrase in the sentence: "The team is preparing for the match" ? A) Preparing for the match. B) For the match. C) Is preparing. D) The team. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is preparing. 11. How is the future progressive verb tense used in a sentence? A) To describe an action that happened in the past. B) To describe an action that is happening now. C) To describe an action that will happen over a period of time in the future. D) To describe an action that will happen instantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe an action that will happen over a period of time in the future. 12. Last year, we ..... trying our best to avoid the coronavirus. A) Will be. B) Are. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 13. Which sentence uses the future progressive tense correctly?a) I am going to the park yesterday.b) She will be reading a book now.c) They were playing basketball tomorrow.d) He will be sleeping at 9 o'clock tonight. A) C. They were playing basketball tomorrow. B) B. She will be reading a book now. C) A. I am going to the park yesterday. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 14. Which of the following is an example of a past progressive verb? A) Worked. B) Works. C) Will work. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was working. 15. Choose the correct form of the verb in the future progressive tense:a) I am playing soccer.b) She will play soccer.c) They will be playing soccer. A) They will be playing soccer. B) I am playing soccer. C) She will play soccer. D) They will play soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will be playing soccer. 16. ..... to you? There's a big cut on your arm! A) What was happen. B) What did happen. C) What happened. D) Happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What happened. 17. The boys ..... to Florida next month. (travel) A) Was traveling. B) Is traveling. C) Were traveling. D) Will be traveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be traveling. 18. Tomorrow, my troop were taking an even longer hike. A) Was taking. B) Will be taking. C) Are taking. D) Am taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be taking. 19. What verb tense tells about action that is happening in the present? A) Present Progressive Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) Future Progressive Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Progressive Tense. 20. Jayna was running quickly through the park. Identify the tense of the verb phrase "was running." A) Present Progressive. B) Past Progressive. C) Future Progressive. D) Present Perfect ProgressiveTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive. 21. I ..... to my best friend tomorrow. (future tense, talk) A) Was talking. B) Will be talking. C) Will talk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be talking. 22. Read the sentence: "They ..... (walk) to school when it started to rain." Which is the correct progressive verb form to complete the sentence? A) Walked. B) Are walking. C) Were walking. D) Walks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were walking. 23. Fill in the blank with the correct verb.The mosquito is ..... close to us. A) Knitting. B) Driving. C) Flying. D) Showering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flying. 24. 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) Past Progressive. B) Present Perfect ProgressiveTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) Future Progressive. D) Present Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future Progressive. 25. Fill in the blank with the correct present progressive form: "Arianna ..... (write) a letter right now." A) Will be writing. B) Write. C) Am writing. D) Was writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am writing. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. Both voyage and journey are ..... A) Admirers. B) Trips. C) Topics. D) Crews. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trips. 29. 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. 30. What does the present progressive verb tense tell about? A) Action that never happens. B) Action that will happen in the future. C) Action that happened in the past. D) Action that is happening in the present. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Action that is happening in the present. 31. 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. 32. Mr. Habermann will have watched the whole season of Stranger Things by Easter. A) Future progressive. B) Present progressive. C) Future perfect. D) Future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future perfect. 33. Evaluate the sentence and identify the verb tense: "She is writing a letter." A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Simple present. D) Future progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present progressive. 34. 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. 35. I will be making tacos Friday night, so come over! A) Future perfect. B) Future progressive. C) Future. D) Present progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Future progressive. 36. 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. 37. Read this sentence. I ..... some seeds in the garden when a wasp stung me. Choose the correct word that completes the sentence. A) Will be planting. B) Is planting. C) Was planting. D) Am planting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was planting. 38. 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. 39. Convert the verb phrase "were meeting" from the sentence "Charlie and Rory were meeting Lilly at the cafe" to past progressive tense. A) Meet. B) MeetsTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) Were meeting. D) Have been meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were meeting. 40. 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. 41. I ..... going on a vacation this summer. A) Is. B) Am. C) Will be. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be. 42. 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. 43. 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. 44. What is the present progressive tense of the verb 'eat'? A) Eaten. B) Ate. C) Eating. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating. 45. 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) Will be explaining. C) Explains. D) Is explaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is explaining. 46. Luis is ..... to music now. A) Listens. B) Listening. C) Is listen. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listening. 47. Which sentence uses the future progressive tense correctly for a dinner plan? A) Noah was eating dinner at 7 PM. B) John eats dinner at 7 PM. C) Angel will be eating dinner at 7 PM. D) James is eating dinner at 7 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Angel will be eating dinner at 7 PM. 48. Which of the following sentences uses the past progressive tense? A) They were playing soccer. B) They will play soccer. C) They played soccer. D) They are playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were playing soccer. 49. We ..... (not use) this application very often. A) Doesn't use. B) Don't use. C) Not use. D) Aren't using. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't use. 50. 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. 51. 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 will happen in the future. B) To show an action that happens every day. C) To show an action that was happening when something else happened. D) To show an action that is happening right now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show an action that was happening when something else happened. 52. Carrie ..... a magazine while waiting for the doctor. A) Are reading. B) Is reading. C) Will have reading. D) Were reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is reading. 53. Identify the present progressive in the sentence:'I am studying for my test.' A) Am test. B) Studying for. C) Am studying. D) I study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am studying. 54. They will be talking to you. 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. 55. Identify which verb form the sentence below is written in.I was feeling very lonely whilst my parents were away. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 56. Which progressive tense is the verb written in?Mr. Davis will be leaving for vacation soon. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future progressive. 57. Will+be+present participle of main verb=what verb tense? A) Future Perfect. B) Future Progressive. C) Future Perfect Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Future Progressive. 58. Read the sentence: "While I was drawing, my brother was listening to music." What verb tense is used for the actions? A) Future progressive. B) Simple pastTagsCCSS.L.4.1B. C) Present progressive. D) Past progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past progressive. 59. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the present progressive tense. A) We are watching a movie. B) We will watch a movie. C) We watched a movie. D) We watch a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We are watching a movie. 60. 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