This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Progressive Verb Tenses – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The hikers are unpacking their backpacks.9B. 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: B) Present progressive. 2. The ..... was a famous luxury ship that sank on th eway from England to America in 1912. A) Samurai. B) Titanic. C) Avenger. D) Trojan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Titanic. 3. The door was opening slowly. A) Was opening slowly. B) Opening slowly. C) Was opening. D) Door was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was opening. 4. Differentiate between the sentences:'I was walking' and 'I walk'. What tenses are they? A) 'I was walking' is past continuous tense; 'I walk' is simple present tense. B) 'I was walking' is simple present tense; 'I walk' is past continuous tense. C) 'I was walking' is present continuous tense; 'I walk' is future tense. D) 'I was walking' is simple past tense; 'I walk' is past perfect tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'I was walking' is past continuous tense; 'I walk' is simple present tense. 5. Which sentence uses the progressive verb tense to describe an action that will be happening in the future? A) She is painting the wall. B) She painted the wall. C) She will be painting the wall tomorrow. D) She paints the wall every week.TagsCCSS.L.4.1B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She will be painting the wall tomorrow. 6. Zack is carrying his books to school.3B. 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: B) Present progressive. 7. Read the sentence. Jesus ..... dinner for his family. Which words should go in the blank? A) Are cooking. B) Am cooking. C) Is cooking. D) Were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is cooking. 8. Ahmed ..... his favorite book. A) Is reading. B) Are reading. C) Were reading. D) Will have reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is reading. 9. Tina will tell me the story later. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 10. Level 1:Beginner (Support). Instruction:Choose the correct verb and add-ing. Word Bank:playing-reading-watching-eating. I was ..... (watch) TV yesterday. A) Watching. B) Watch. C) Watched. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watching. 11. Read each sentence carefully and choose the verb that correctly shows the progressive tense.5. He ..... his shoes before leaving the house. A) Is tying. B) Ties. C) Tied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is tying. 12. "The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."What is being personified? A) The walls. B) The scream. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The walls. 13. Which progressive tense is the verb written in?The books are being ordered. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present progressive. 14. Identify the past progressive in the sentence:'I was cooking dinner.' A) Was dinner. B) Cooking was. C) I was. D) Was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking. 15. Which sentence has an error, or mistake, in grammar usage? A) I am going home right now. B) I is going home very soon. C) I will be going home when I am done. D) I was going home when my friend asked me to stay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I is going home very soon. 16. Every day, Frank ..... to work. A) Goes. B) Is going. C) Go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goes. 17. Choose the correct past progressive form of the verb in this sentence: "They ..... (play) soccer when it started to rain." A) Are playing. B) Were playing. C) Played. D) Will play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 18. Choose the correct verbs to complete the sentence. This afternoon, we ..... for the test. A) Will be studying. B) Is studying. C) Were study. D) Will be study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be studying. 19. Level 2:Developing (On Level). Instruction:Fill in the blanks using the correct progressive tense. At 8 a.m., I ..... (walk) to school. A) Was walking. B) Am walking. C) Will be walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 20. Which verb tense best completes the sentence?In class yesterday, Isaac ..... reading the longest book I had ever seen. A) Is. B) Will be. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 21. Which sentence uses the past progressive tense? A) She was playing the piano yesterday. B) She plays the piano yesterday. C) She will play the piano yesterday. D) She is playing the piano yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was playing the piano yesterday. 22. Which sentence correctly uses the future progressive tense? A) She is drawing a picture. B) She was drawing a picture. C) She will be drawing a picture. D) She draws a picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She will be drawing a picture. 23. Choose the sentence in future progressive tense. A) We are traveling to New York. B) We traveled to New York. C) We will be traveling to New York. D) We travel to New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We will be traveling to New York. 24. When I called Jay, he was working on his assignment at the library. A) Past Progressive. B) Present Progressive. C) Future Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Progressive. 25. Read the sentence. Ashley ..... her art project next Tuesday.Which words should go in the blank? A) Will be finishing. B) Is finishing. C) Was finishing. D) Are finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be finishing. 26. Which words BEST complete the sentence below?Next summer Amber ..... a new camp. A) Are attending. B) Was attending. C) Were attending. D) Will be attending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be attending. 27. Tomorrow, she ..... a movie. A) Watch. B) Watched. C) Will watching. D) Will watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will watch. 28. Which sentence demonstrates the future progressive tense?a) I am eating dinner.b) She will eat dinner.c) They will be eating dinner at 7 PM. A) I am eating dinner. B) They will eat dinner at 7 AM. C) They will be eating dinner at 7 PM. D) She will eat dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They will be eating dinner at 7 PM. 29. CHOOSE THE CORRECT PRONOUN:My dogs love to play with ..... squeaky toys. A) He. B) Him. C) Its. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their. 30. The photographer WAS TAKING amazing pictures at the wedding. A) Present progressive. B) Future progressive. C) Past progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past progressive. ← 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 5Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 6Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 7Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books