Present Perfect and present perfect progressive tense quiz
Quiz Instructions: Hello class! This is a 10 question quiz that will look at what you know about the Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progressive verb tenses. You will find that there are five sections with two questions apiece. Each question is worth 1 point for a total possible 10 points. You have 10 minutes to complete the quiz. Good Luck!
Section one: True/False
Question 1: Please choose whether the below statement is True or False.
Present Perfect verbs are used to talk about actions that happened during an unspecified time in the past.
True
False
Question 2: Please choose whether the below statement is True or False.
Present Perfect Progressive verbs are used to talk about actions that started in the past and are still happening now but will never happen in the future.
True
False
Section two: Multiple Choice
Question 3: Select the answer that demonstrates correct use of Present Perfect tense.
Molly's family moves often because her father is in the army. Molly _________ in eight different states already.
- has live
- is living
- has lived
- was lived
Question 4: Select the answer that demonstrates correct use of the Present Perfect Progressive tense.
Sam wants to be on the high school soccer team next fall. He ________ very hard to be in great shape for the try-outs.
- was training
- has been training
- had trained
- has train
Section three: fill in the blank
Question 5: Write in the correct form of the Present Perfect Progressive verb for the sentence below. The verb has been provided for you in parentheses ().
Latoya wants to be a fashion designer. She _______(sketch) all of her ideas and saving them in a special notebook.
Write answer here: ___________________________________________
Question 6: Write in the correct form of the Present Perfect verb for the sentence below. The verb has been provided for you in parentheses ().
José has a test on Monday. He ________ (study) a lot this weekend.
Write answer here: _____________________________________
section four: observation
Question 7: Please watch the short video below. Then choose the best answer to the following question, making sure your answer uses the correct verb tense.
What have they been doing?
- They are dancing.
- They has danced.
- They had danced.
- They have been dancing.
Question 8: Please listen to the audio clip. Then, choose the answer from the choices below. Make sure your answer uses the correct form of the Present Perfect or Present Perfect Progressive verb.
- No, I has not saw the Harry Potter movies.
- No, I have not be seeing the Harry Potter movies.
- Yes, I seed the Harry Potter movies.
- Yes, I have seen the Harry Potter movies.
Section five: writing
Question 9: Please write a sentence that correctly uses the Present Perfect form of the verb GO.
Write sentence here: ____________________________________________
Question 10: Please write a sentence that correctly uses the Present Perfect Progressive form of the verb WATCH.
Write sentence here: _________________________________________