This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Progressive Verb Tenses – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He will be acing the test at this time tomorrow. A) Future progressive. B) Present progressive. C) Present perfect. D) Future perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future progressive. 2. They (eat) ..... lunch at 12:00 everyday. A) Eat. B) Eats. C) Ate. D) Will eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eat. 3. They ..... to music right now. A) Is listening. B) Are listening. C) Was listening. D) Were listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are listening. 4. Choose the sentence that best describes an ongoing action in the past. A) The cat is sleeping on the sofa. B) The cat was sleeping on the sofa. C) The cat sleeps on the sofa. D) The cat will sleep on the sofa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat was sleeping on the sofa. 5. Complete the sentence with the future progressive form of the verb.Tracy arrive in Mumbai in three hours, and her first order of business is to eat pani puri from her favorite vendor. A) Will be arrive. B) Will be arriving. C) Will be arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be arriving. 6. Chandler ..... in cupcakes for his birthday. Which sentence is written in past perfect tense? A) Chandler have has cupcakes for his birthday. B) Chandler have brought in cupcakes for his birthday. C) Chandler will have had cupcakes for his birthday. D) Chandler had brought in cupcakes for his birthday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chandler had brought in cupcakes for his birthday. 7. Complete the sentence with the future-tense form of the verb.Emmett's manager approve his vacation days as long as he requests them four weeks in advance. A) Has approved. B) Will approved. C) Will approve. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will approve. 8. How do you write a sentence in the present progressive tense? A) Am, is, are + verb +-ing. B) Am, is, are +-ing + verb. C) Verb to be + verb +-ing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am, is, are + verb +-ing. 9. The baby ..... right now. A) Sleeps. B) Is sleeping. C) Is sleepping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is sleeping. 10. Which sentence shows the correct use of the past progressive tense to describe two actions happening at the same time in the past? A) He was cooking while she was cleaning. B) He cooks while she cleans. C) He is cooking while she is cleaning. D) He cooked while she cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was cooking while she was cleaning. 11. Success Criteria:I can recognise present and past progressive tenses. I can use present and past progressive tenses in sentences. A) I have read my success criteria for today. B) I have read and understood my success criteria for today. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have read and understood my success criteria for today. 12. Determine the verb tense in the sentence: "I was watching TV when the power went out." A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) Simple past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 13. Level 3:Confident (Challenge). Instruction:Choose the correct tense and write the full sentence. (tomorrow evening) I ..... (visit) my cousin. A) Will be visiting. B) Am visiting. C) Was visiting. D) Visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be visiting. 14. Lydia WAS TELLING her friends about her plans for a sleepover on Saturday. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 15. What is the present progressive verb phrase in the sentence?Those papers are falling from the desk in the back. A) From the desk. B) Those papers. C) Are falling. D) In the back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are falling. 16. Jim was swimming before he found out there were sharks in the water. A) Past. B) Past progressive. C) Past perfect. D) Future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 17. Which of the following sentences is in the past progressive tense? A) She was reading a book. B) They will be going to the park. C) He is eating dinner. D) I have completed the task. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was reading a book. 18. Click on the box that states something incorrect. A) The Present Progressive expresses an action that is currently happening. B) The Past Progressive expresses an ongoing action in the past and it can be interrupted. C) The Future Progressive expresses an action in the future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Future Progressive expresses an action in the future. 19. What is the past progressive verb phrase in the sentence?A few of the televisions were flashing red when plugged in. A) A few. B) Were flashing. C) Plugged in. D) Televisions were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were flashing. 20. Which sentence is NOT in the progressive tense? A) We are swimming in the pool. B) We were swimming in the pool. C) We swim in the pool. D) We are swimming every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We swim in the pool. 21. Form the past progressive of 'to eat'. A) Was eating / were eating. B) Ate. C) Eating. D) Was eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating / were eating. 22. What is the present progressive verb phrase in the sentence?Jerricho and David are creating a game at the table. A) Are creating. B) At the table. C) A game at. D) Jerricho and David. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are creating. 23. We ..... when you knocked on the door. A) Is eating. B) Are eating. C) Was eating. D) Were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were eating. 24. Level 4:Extension / High Ability. Instruction:Write your own sentences. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past progressive. A) I was drawing a picture after dinner. B) I am drawing a picture after dinner. C) I will be drawing a picture after dinner. D) I drew a picture after dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was drawing a picture after dinner. 25. Choose the progressive verb in the sentence: "They were playing soccer after school." A) Playing. B) Soccer. C) After. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing. ← 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books