This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Progressive Verb Tenses – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Smith family ..... a new house last year. (buy) A) Was buying. B) Is buying. C) Were buying. D) Am buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was buying. 2. The kids ..... (laugh) loudly during the show. A) Laughed. B) Laugh. C) Laughs. D) Laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laughed. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. James ..... to New York next summer. A) Was returning. B) Am returning. C) Were returning. D) Will be returning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be returning. 7. 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. 8. Identify the past progressive in the sentence:'We were watching a movie.' A) Watched a movie. B) Were watching a film. C) Were watching. D) Were viewing a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were watching. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. Annie is barking at the mail carrier.What is the present progressive verb? A) Annie. B) Mail. C) Carrier. D) Barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barking. 12. 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. 13. Fill in the blank with the correct verb.Bernardo and Ismael will be ..... pizza later today. A) Eating. B) Swinging. C) Running. D) Fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. 14. Lucia ..... writing in her agenda, when we sat down this morning. A) Was. B) Is. C) Are. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 15. Yesterday, we will be hiking to the top of a mountain. A) Was hiking. B) Are hiking. C) Were hiking. D) Is hiking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were hiking. 16. 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. 17. I live close to my friend ..... walk to school together. A) Us. B) They. C) We. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We. 18. What is the verb phrase in the sentence: "The team is preparing for the match" ? A) Is preparing. B) Preparing for the match. C) For the match. D) The team. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is preparing. 19. How is the future progressive verb tense used in a sentence? A) To describe an action that will happen instantly. B) To describe an action that will happen over a period of time in the future. C) To describe an action that happened in the past. D) To describe an action that is happening now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To describe an action that will happen over a period of time in the future. 20. Last year, we ..... trying our best to avoid the coronavirus. A) Were. B) Are. C) Will be. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 21. 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. 22. Which of the following is an example of a past progressive verb? A) Will work. B) Worked. C) Was working. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working. 23. 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) She will play soccer. B) They will play soccer. C) They will be playing soccer. D) I am playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They will be playing soccer. 24. ..... 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. 25. The boys ..... to Florida next month. (travel) A) Is traveling. B) Will be traveling. C) Were traveling. D) Was traveling. 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