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Grammar Quizzes


Simple Progressive Verb Forms



1. Betty has a great vocabulary. She ____ the dictionary.

    a. is always reading
    b. were always reading
    c. are always reading

2. When ____ the doctor today?

    a. will you be seeing
    b. am you seeing
    c. have you been seeing

3. My brother ____ in Brisbane now.

    a. has been living
    b. is living
    c. was living.

4. ____ baseball this Saturday?

    a. Were you be playing
    b. Will you be playing
    c. Have you be playing

5. While I ____ the housework John ____. He is very lazy.

    a. have doing
    b. were doing
    c. was doing

    a. was watching TV
    b. will watching TV
    c. are watching TV

6. ____ the piano last night? Yes, I was.

    a. Had you playing
    b. Was you playing
    c. Were you playing

7. Don't ring me after 6:00, I ____ the football game on TV.

    a. am be watching
    b. will be watching
    c. have be watching

8. We ____ to Japan for our vacation this summer.

    a. is going
    b. have going
    c. are going

9. What ____ about just now? You had a big smile on your face.

    a. will you thinking
    b. were you thinking
    c. had you thinking

10. Tom ___ overseas next month.

    a. been going
    b. were going
    c. will be going

11. When I ____ at the Hilton Hotel I ____ good tips.

    a. were working
    b. will working
    c. was working

    a. will always getting
    b. was always getting
    c. are always getting

12. What ____ next week? Nothing much. Why?

    a. have you doing
    b. are you doing
    c. was you doing

13. Just as I ____ the phone rang and woke me up. I didn't sleep for the rest of the night.

    a. have falling
    b. was falling
    c. will falling

14. I ____ if you could open the door for me please.

    a. were wondering
    b. will wondering
    c. was wondering

15. By this time next month I ____ on a beach at the Gold Coast.

    a. will be lying
    b. am be lying
    c. have be lying

16. Please turn down the radio, I ____ to study English.

    a. am trying
    b. are trying
    c. have trying

17. Tom ____ at university in 1972.

    a. was studying
    b. will studying
    c. are studying