This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Progressive Verb Tenses – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the progressive tense of the verb.I am cutting the onions now. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present progressive. 2. Rewrite the sentence using the future progressive verb tense: "We play outside after lunch." A) We are playing outside after lunch. B) We were playing outside after lunch. C) We will be playing outside after lunch. D) We played outside after lunch.TagsCCSS.L.4.1B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We will be playing outside after lunch. 3. Choose the correct tense for the sentence:Brooke, Ja'Naijah, and Korie are watching silly Youtube videos. A) Past progressive. B) Future progressive. C) Present progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present progressive. 4. Choose the correct form of the verb in the past progressive tense:a) I am writing a letter.b) She will write a letter.c) They were writing a letter. A) I am writing a letter. B) They were writing a letter. C) She will write a letter. D) They was writing a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were writing a letter. 5. Select the sentence that uses the past progressive tense. A) She is reading a book. B) She was reading a book. C) She reads a book. D) She will read a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was reading a book. 6. What does the future progressive verb tense describe? A) Action that happened in the past. B) Action that is happening now. C) Action that will happen over a period of time in the future. D) Action that is a routine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Action that will happen over a period of time in the future. 7. Could you turn the TV down? She ..... (do) her homework. A) Do. B) Doing. C) Am doing. D) Is doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is doing. 8. Identify the sentence that uses the present progressive tense. A) They are playing basketball. B) They played basketball. C) They will play basketball. D) They play basketball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are playing basketball. 9. Write a sentence in the past progressive tense about a cat sleeping. A) The cat sleeps on the sofa. B) The cat was sleeping on the sofa. C) The cat will sleep on the sofa. D) The cat is sleeping on the sofa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat was sleeping on the sofa. 10. What is the present progressive verb phrase in the sentence?She is taping the poster to the wall. A) Is taping. B) To the wall. C) Poster to. D) The poster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is taping. 11. Which helper verb pair correctly forms the past progressive tense? A) Am + verb-ing. B) Is + verb-ing. C) Was/were + verb-ing. D) Will be + verb-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was/were + verb-ing. 12. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'She was reading a book.' A) Read a book. B) Is reading. C) Was reading. D) Was reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 13. What is the past simple of PLAY? A) Plaied. B) Played. C) Playd. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 14. You (wait) for her when her plane arrives tonight. A) Are waiting. B) Will be waiting. C) Were waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be waiting. 15. My brother is a pilot and ..... (travel) a lot. A) Travel. B) Travels. C) Is travelling. D) Travelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Travels. 16. Choose the correct verb that will complete the sentence.At this time, all factory workers ..... their short break. A) Am having. B) Is having. C) Are having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are having. 17. Emma is baking chocolate chip cookies for tomorrow. A) Past Progressive. B) Present Progressive. C) Future Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Progressive. 18. Which of the following is an example of a present progressive verb? A) Traveled. B) Travels. C) Traveling. D) Travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traveling. 19. Which sentence uses the present progressive tense correctly?a) I will be going to the party tomorrow.b) She is going to the store yesterday.c) They are playing soccer right now.d) He has been eating lunch at 12 o'clock. A) A. I will be going to the party tomorrow. B) B. She is going to the store yesterday. C) D. He has been eating lunch at 12 o'clock. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 20. Fill in the blank: "Paul and Isabelle ..... (build) a treehouse right now." A) Are building. B) Were building. C) Will be building. D) Build. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are building. 21. Which words BEST complete the sentence below?Jacob ..... soccer next year. A) Was playing. B) Are playing. C) Were playing. D) Will be playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be playing. 22. Zack is carrying his books to school. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present. 23. Form the past progressive of 'to dance'. A) Dancing was. B) Danced. C) Was dancing / were dancing. D) Is dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was dancing / were dancing. 24. How much ..... (it cost)? A) Is it cost. B) It is costing. C) Does it costs. D) Does it cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does it cost. 25. Which sentence used the PRESENT PERFECT tense? A) I have enjoyed reading ever since I can remember. B) Do you have any homework tonight?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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