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SIMPLE PRESENT VS. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE 1 - Quiz
Contributed by: Rossbach
  • 1. Every morning, passengers ________ in line to board the trains at Chiswick station.
A) stands
B) are standing
C) stand
D) were stooding
E) standed
  • 2. Many people _____ up early to take the train to work.
A) gotted
B) are getting
C) gets
D) get
E) get not
  • 3. The train to London _____ promptly at 7:13 a.m. daily.
A) departs
B) deport
C) are departing
D) depart
E) depart not
  • 4. This morning, there _____ a mechanical problem with the train.
A) is being
B) was being
C) is
  • 5. Right now, engineers _____ to figure out what to do.
A) try
B) tries
C) tried
D) are trying
  • 6. Although it is now 7:30 a.m., the passengers ______ for the train.
A) are still waiting
B) were waiting
C) still wait
D) was wait
E) waited
  • 7. Today, Mike _____ a business meeting at 9 a.m.
A) has
B) has had
C) is having
  • 8. Mike _____ at his watch every few minutes.
A) looking
B) looks
C) is looking
D) looked not
  • 9. Now he _____ his foot impatiently.
A) is tapping
B) tapped
C) don`t taps
D) tap
E) taps
  • 10. Mike Berkley _____ the train to London every morning.
A) doesn´t takes
B) takes
C) is taking
D) don`t took
  • 11. He ________ to be late for work in the city.
A) wants not
B) don´t want
C) does not want
  • 12. It is a warm, sunny afternoon. Cathy and Joice _____ in Greenland Park.
A) walk
B) walked
C) walkes
D) are walking
  • 13. Right now, some children _____ at the park.
A) aren´t playing
B) played
C) play
D) are playing
E) don´t play
  • 14. In this moment, the dog _____ in the fountain.
A) don´t swim
B) swims
C) swam
D) is swimming
E) was swimming
  • 15. Everyone _____ this beautiful day!
A) enjoy
B) were enjoy
C) is enjoying
D) was enjoying
E) enjoys
  • 16. Josh _____ a typical American teenager as he loves everything with a screen.
A) has
B) is
C) was
D) is being
E) were
  • 17. My friend _____ a laptop computer, a digital music player, and a cell phone.
A) don`t have
B) has
C) have
D) haven`t
E) haves
  • 18. Right now Josh ____ with his friends on Skype or Hangouts.
A) don´t talk
B) is talking
C) talks
D) talked
E) talking
  • 19. The team often _____ at the soccer court during Summer time.
A) practicing
B) practice
C) was practice
D) is practicing
E) practices
  • 20. Josh`s parents _______ his addiction to electronic devices because they belong to a different generation.
A) understood
B) are understanding
C) understand not
D) doesn`t understand
E) don´t understand
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