Present Continuous Tense — 20 MCQs

 

Master Present Continuous Tense — 20 MCQs (With Answers & Explanations)

Quick practice set to master the Present Continuous (Progressive) tense. Each question shows options, the correct answer and a short explanation.

1. Choose the correct sentence (Affirmative):

A. She is cook dinner.

B. She is cooking dinner.

C. She cooking is dinner.

D. She are cooking dinner.

Answer: B

Explanation: Present Continuous = is/am/are + verb+ing → "She is cooking."

2. Fill in the blank: They ____ playing football.

A. is

B. am

C. are

D. be

Answer: C

Explanation: "They" = plural → use are → "are playing."

3. Identify the correct negative sentence:

A. He is not coming today.

B. He not is coming today.

C. He is coming not today.

D. He does not coming today.

Answer: A

Explanation: Negative structure = is/am/are + not + verb+ing.

4. Choose the correct interrogative sentence:

A. Are you coming?

B. You are coming?

C. Coming you are?

D. Do you coming?

Answer: A

Explanation: Interrogative = Am/Is/Are + subject + verb+ing?

5. What is she ____ (do) now?

A. doing

B. do

C. does

D. did

Answer: A

Explanation: After a WH-word we use verb+ing → "doing."

6. Choose the correct negative sentence:

A. They are not going to school.

B. They not are going to school.

C. They are going not to school.

D. They don’t going to school.

Answer: A

Explanation: Correct negative form → are not + verb+ing.

7. Select the correct WH-question:

A. Why he is crying?

B. Why is he crying?

C. He is crying why?

D. Why crying he is?

Answer: B

Explanation: Structure → WH-word + am/is/are + subject + verb+ing.

8. Choose the correct affirmative sentence:

A. I am write a letter.

B. I am writing a letter.

C. I writing am a letter.

D. I are writing a letter.

Answer: B

Explanation: "I" → use am → "am writing."

9. Fill in the blank: The baby ____ sleeping.

A. are

B. is

C. am

D. be

Answer: B

Explanation: "Baby" is singular → use is.

10. Select the correct interrogative sentence:

A. Is the teacher teaching English?

B. The teacher is teaching English?

C. Does the teacher teaching English?

D. Is teaching English the teacher?

Answer: A

Explanation: Interrogative = Is + subject + verb+ing?

11. Choose the correct negative sentence:

A. I am not going anywhere.

B. I not am going anywhere.

C. I am going not anywhere.

D. I do not going anywhere.

Answer: A

Explanation: Correct negative: am + not + verb+ing.

12. What are they ____ (talk) about?

A. talks

B. talking

C. talk

D. talked

Answer: B

Explanation: Present Continuous → verb+ing = talking.

13. Choose the correct WH-question:

A. What doing you are?

B. What are you doing?

C. You are doing what?

D. Doing what you are?

Answer: B

Explanation: WH-pattern → WH-word + helping verb + subject + verb+ing.

14. Fill in the blank: She ____ watching a movie right now.

A. am

B. are

C. is

D. be

Answer: C

Explanation: "She" → use is.

15. Choose the correct affirmative sentence:

A. They are learning English.

B. They learning are English.

C. They are learn English.

D. They is learning English.

Answer: A

Explanation: Correct structure = are + verb+ing.

16. Identify the correct negative form:

A. He is not sleeping.

B. He not sleeping is.

C. He sleeping not is.

D. He does not sleeping.

Answer: A

Explanation: Negative = is + not + verb+ing.

17. Select the correct interrogative sentence:

A. Are they coming now?

B. They are coming now?

C. Coming now they are?

D. Do they coming now?

Answer: A

Explanation: Correct interrogative: Are + subject + verb+ing?

18. Where ____ you going?

A. is

B. are

C. am

D. be

Answer: B

Explanation: "You" → use are → "are you going?"

19. Choose the correct WH-question:

A. Why you are laughing?

B. Why are you laughing?

C. You are laughing why?

D. Are why you laughing?

Answer: B

Explanation: Correct pattern: Why + are + subject + verb+ing.

20. She ____ (not / write) a letter now.

A. is not writing

B. not is writing

C. is not write

D. does not writing

Answer: A

Explanation: Negative → is not + verb+ing → "is not writing."

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