Progressive Tenses (Grade 6)

We use present progressive to talk about _______________.

• actions in progress

• actions in present simple

• habits and routines

• actions in past

We use past progressive to talk about _______________.

• progressive actions in the past

• progressive actions in the present

While they__________Paris last year, thousands of tourists saw Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa at the Louvre.

• were visiting

• visit

• are visiting

• would visit

The number of cases of asthma ______ these days, perhaps partly because more people own cats.

• increase
• is increasing
• was increasing
• were increased

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

The PAST PROGRESSIVE is formed by ____________.

• to be in the present (am\is\are) + the -ing of the mais verb.

• -ed.

• the auxiliary did + -ing.

• to be in the past (was\were) + the -ing of the main verb.

We __________ a good time when the power suddenly went off.

• are having

• was having

• were having

• will be having

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

The class __________ their retreat three weeks from now.

• is having

• are having

• were having

• will be having

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

We __________ the beauty of the place once we get there.

• are seeing

• was seeing

• were seeing

• will be seeing

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

I __________ the newspaper when a sudden explosion was heard.

• read

• am reading

• was reading

• will be reading

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

Lily __________ all her assignments when the delivery guy arrived.

• answers

• answered

• is answering

• was answering

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D