Common Core Practice: Progressive Verb Tense

Choose the correct progressive verb tense.

Efrain, accompanied by his parents, _____ to Europe this summer.

• are traveling

• will be traveling

• was traveling

• is traveling

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

Darrel and I _____ the football game with friends this Friday night.

• is attending

• am attending

• was attending

• will attend

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the sentence that has the proper progressive verb tense.

• Minnie, Jill, and Sandra are singing the birthday song to Ann right now.

• Bob, Jim, and Harry have played baseball next summer.

• One of my five hamsters might out of the cage tomorrow night.

• Twenty-five dollars are too much to charge for that bracelet.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Choose the sentence that has proper verb tense.

• Everyone in my neighborhood, including the woman with nine dogs, were walking each night after dinner.

• Contestants from Europe, America, and Germany are competing in last year's contest

• Neither of the girls is planning to audition for the school play today.

• No one in my history class wishes that we had more homework each night.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Choose the correct one.

Jenny, one of my many friends, _____ to buy a new car this summer with money she earns during this school year at her baby-sitting job.

• will be saving

• is saving

• am saving

• be hoping

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What should the correct sentence be?

The cheerleader, who was cheering for her team, wore one of the team's new uniforms.

• The cheerleader, who was cheering for her team, were dressed in one of the team's new uniforms.

• The cheerleader, who was cheering for her team, was wearing one of the team's new uniforms.

• The cheerleader, who were cheering for her team, were wearing one of the team's new uniforms.

• The cheerleaders, who was cheering for her teams, will be wearing one of the teams new uniforms.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1D

What should the correct sentence be?

The trees that keeps waved in the wind on the side of the street show how forceful the wind is.

• The trees that waved in the wind on the side of the street show how forceful the wind is.

• The trees that will be waving in the wind on the side of the street show how forceful the wind is.

• The trees that keep waving in the wind on the side of the street show how forceful the wind is.

• The trees that waving in the wind on the side of the street shows how forceful the wind is.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct sentence.

The world change so rapidly that we can hardly keep up.

• The world will be changing so rapidly that we can hardly keep up.

• The world change so rapidly that we can hardly keep up.

• The world is changing so rapidly that we can hardly keep up.

• The worlds change so rapidly that we can hardly keep up.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct sentence.

She sitted at the table by the window when the waiter approached.

• She sitting at the table by the window when the waiter approached.

• She was sitting at the table by the window when the waiter approached.

• She is sitting at the table by the window when the waiter approached.

• Shes will be sitting at the table by the window when the waiter approached.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

Which verb best completes the sentence?

Kenji and Briana _____ at recess when their parents pick them up for their doctor appointments.

• play

• will play

• will be playing

• were playing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D