This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Progressive Verb Tenses – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Progressive Verb Tenses Quiz 33 (23 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.Sam and Charlie were ..... the soccer ball around the playground. A) Kicking. B) Kick. C) Kicked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kicking. 2. My mother has finished her Master's Degree in Investigation. A) Present perfect. B) Past perfect. C) Future perfect. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present perfect. 3. The PSAT is ..... A) For practice. B) Important for college applications. C) Part of your ELL grade. D) For seniors in high school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For practice. 4. I am 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. 5. Identify the present progressive in the sentence:'They are playing video games.' A) Are playing. B) They are playing. C) Play games. D) Are gaming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are playing. 6. Which verbs are used in Future Progressive Tense? A) Is-am-are. B) Was-were. C) Will be-am going to be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be-am going to be. 7. In what tense is this sentence written?My mother was brushing her hair. A) Present progressive tense. B) Past progressive tense. C) Future progressive tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive tense. 8. In the sentence "Hugo was reading a book quietly in the library, " identify the tense of the verb phrase "was reading." A) Present Progressive. B) Past Progressive. C) Future Progressive. D) Present Perfect ProgressiveTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive. 9. The birds ..... (sing) in the trees. A) Sung. B) Sings. C) Sang. D) Singed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sings. 10. I ..... Peter for a drink later. (meet) A) Will meet. B) Will meeting. C) Am meeting. D) Am meet with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am meeting. 11. Find the progressive verb phrase in the following sentence. Then identify if it is past, present or future progressive.The children were throwing coins in the fountain. A) Throwing $\rightarrow$ present progressive. B) Were $\rightarrow$ past progressive. C) Were throwing $\rightarrow$ past progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were throwing $\rightarrow$ past progressive. 12. Which verb or verb phrase could be used in the present progressive tense with 'they' as the subject of the sentence? A) Were laughing. B) Have laughed. C) Had laughed. D) Are laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are laughing. 13. Choose the correct form of the verb in the present progressive tense:a) I will cook dinner.b) She is cooking dinner.c) They cooked dinner yesterday. A) He cooks dinner. B) They cooked dinner yesterday. C) She is cooking dinner. D) I will cook dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is cooking dinner. 14. Complete the sentence with the future-tense form of the verb.This catalog give you some ideas for decorating the conference room.Submit A) Will give. B) Has given. C) Will given. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will give. 15. Choose the sentence that shows the past perfect progressive tense:a) I am studying for the exam.b) She will be cooking dinner tonight.c) They had been watching a movie.d) He has been working on the project. A) They had been watching a movie. B) I am studying for the exam. C) He has been working on the project. D) She will be cooking dinner tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had been watching a movie. 16. In the sentence "Dora was babysitting on Saturday, " what is the tense of the verb phrase? A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Future progressive. D) Simple past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 17. Kimberley and LaKya like going ice skating ..... are going to the ice skating rink this afternoon. A) Their. B) They. C) Them. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They. 18. In what tense is this sentence written?We will be going to fifth grade next year. A) Present progressive tense. B) Past progressive tense. C) Future progressive tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future progressive tense. 19. Bernard ..... searching for the key when Joy found a spare. A) Is. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 20. How is the past progressive tense formed? A) Using the present tense form of be and adding-ed. B) Using the past tense form of be and adding-ing. C) Using the future tense form of be and adding-ing. D) Using the past tense form of be and adding-ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using the past tense form of be and adding-ing. 21. Choose the correct present progressive:'He is walk to school' or 'He is walking to school'? A) He is walkings to school. B) He is walking to school. C) He is walks to school. D) He walking to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is walking to school. 22. Complete the sentence with the verb in past tense.The guest conductor stride to the stage, bowed to the audience, and then turned to face the orchestra. A) Strided. B) Stride. C) Strode. D) Stroded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strode. 23. How much money ..... they ..... in the company? (invest) A) Are/invest. B) Will/invest. C) Will/ investing. D) Are/investing. 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