Present Simple and progressive Quiz | Grammar Tense MCQ [SET: 16]

Present Tense: Simple and Progressive

_____ how old I am? (you know)

Do you know

Did you know

Does you know

Will you know

✅ Do you know how old I am?

I usually _____ so quickly that he doesn’t understand me. (speak)

speak

spoke

speaks

has spoken

✅ I usually speak so quickly that he doesn’t understand me.

Jane’s husband _____. (not smoke)

doesn’t smoke

don’t smoke

didn’t smoke

won’t smoke

✅ Jane’s husband doesn’t smoke.

Why are you putting on your coat? – I _____ for a walk. (go)

am going

was going

go

went

✅ I am going for a walk.

I always _____ lottery tickets, but I never _____ anything. (buy, win)

buy, win

buys, wins

bought, won

have bought, have won

✅ I always buy lottery tickets, but I never win anything.

It _____ in Egypt. (not often rain)

doesn’t often rain

didn’t often rain

don’t often rain

hasn’t often rained

✅ It doesn't often rain in Egypt.

_____ to him today? – Yes, I always write to him on his birthday. (you write)

are you writing

do you write

did you write

have you written

✅ Are you writing to him today? – Yes, I always write to him on his birthday.

Can you hear that? The car is making such a strange noise? – It’s OK. It always _____ like that. (sound)

sounds

sound

sounded

will sound

✅ It always sounds like that.

The plane that you _____ at right now _____ for Paris. (look, leave)

are looking, is leaving

look, leave

looked, left

has looked, has left

✅ The plane that you are looking at right now is leaving for Paris.

What is he doing to his car? – I think he _____ it. (polish)

is polishing

was polishing

polished

polishes

✅ I think he is polishing it.

Susan _____ to her parents every Sunday. In fact, she _____ to them today. (write, write)

writes, is writing

write, is writing

wrote, wrote

has written, has written

✅ Susan writes to her parents every Sunday. In fact, she is writing to them today.

Where is Kevin? I can’t find him anywhere. – He _____ with Sue in the garden (play).

is playing

plays

played

was playing

✅ He is playing with Sue in the garden.

She normally _____ in London, but this weekend she _____ with some friends in Liverpool. (live, stay)

lives, is staying

is living, stays

live, is staying

lived, was staying

✅ She normally lives in London, but this weekend she is staying with some friends in Liverpool.

Hurry up, the teacher _____ to begin! (wait)

is waiting

was waiting

wait

waits

✅ Hurry up, the teacher is waiting to begin!

What do you do for a living, Claire? – Well as a secretary, I _____ emails for my boss all the time. (you do, write)

write

writes

am writing

wrote

✅ Well as a secretary, I write emails for my boss all the time.