The Continuous Tenses

$$$ 1A

Choose the right form of the verb:

It... raining now.

A) is

B) are

C) were not

D) were

E) was

$$$ 2D

Choose the right form of the verb:

I... reading when you rang me up.

A) will

B) are

C) were

D) was

E) shall

$$$ 3E

Choose the right form of the verb:

That man … up and down the street now.

A) has been walking

B) walks

C) have been walking

D) has walked

E) is walking

$$$ 4A

Choose the right form of the verb:

Stanley … a sandwich in the kitchen now.

A) Is eating

B) Eats

C) Eating

D) Ate

E) Am eating

$$$ 5B

Choose the right form of the verb:

Mary can’t come to the phone now. She …(do) her homework.

A) Am doing

B) Is doing

C) Is done

D) Does

E) Doesn’t

$$$ 6C

Choose the right form of the verb:

I … at the blackboard at the moment.

A) was standing

B) is standing

C) am standing

D) are standing

E) were standing

$ $ $ 7 A

Choose the right form of the verb:

Look! The house …!

A) is burning

B) are burning

C) were burning

D) have burning

E) has burning

$ $ $ 8A

Choose the right form of the verb:

It … at 6 o’clock yesterday.

A) was raining

B) were raining

C) rain

D) has raining

E) had raining

$ $ $ 9 B

Choose the right form of the verb:

I … down the street when it began to rain.

A) are walking

B) was walking

C) is walking

D) were walking

E) am walking

$ $ $ 10A

Choose the right form of the verb:

Henry saw that the child … at that time.

A) was crying

B) cries

C) had cry

D) cried

E) has cried

$ $ $ 11B

Choose the right form of the verb:

Listen! Who (to play) the piano in the next room?

A) to listen

B) is playing

C) are playing

D) have played

E) had playing

$ $ $ 12 A

Choose the right form of the verb:

Who that man (to be) who (to stand) in the doorway?

A) is \ is standing

B) were \ standing

C) is \ stood

D) to be \ standing

E) was \ stand

$ $ $ 13 A

Choose the right form of the verb:

Where …Tom and Nick (to be) now? – They… (to have) a smoke in the garden.

A) are \ are having

B) is \ is having

C) was \ had

D) were \ having

E) is \ having

$ $ $ 14 D

Choose the right form of the verb:

Look! The kitten … with its tail.

A) to play