Progress test

1. Choose the correct variant.

1. Everyone ..... to the teacher very attentively at the moment.

   	A) are listening	C) is listening
   	B) listening	D) is listen

2. While you ..... dinner, I’ll be tidying up the flat.

   	A) will be cooking	C) will cooking
   	B) are cooking	D) will are cooking

3. When she saw them, they ..... the street.

   	A) are crossing	C) were be crossing
   	B) was crossing	D) were crossing

4. You are always talking on the phone. Who ..... to now, John?

   	A) you are talking	C) are you talking
   	B) is talking you	D) is talking

5. I think it ..... all day long tomorrow.

   	A) will be snowing	C) will be snow
   	B) shall be snowing	D) will being snow

6. Can you remember what ..... ten years ago today?

   	A) you doing	C) were you doing
   	B) was you doing	D) you were doing

7. While I am writing a composition, my elder sister ..... on the phone with her friend.

   	A) is talking	C) talks
   	B) be talking	D) was talking

8. While the children ..... hockey the snow began to fall.

   	A) played	C) were playing
   	B) be playing	D) are playing

9. Don't call him at 4 o'clock tomorrow. He ..... dinner at that time.

   	A) will have	C) will being have
   	B) shall be having	D) will be having

10. He ..... much money at present.

	A) shan't be making	C) doesn't making
	B) is not making	D) isn't make

11. She ..... to her manager at this time next Monday.

    	A) will be speak	C) will be speaking
    	B) will speak	D) shall be speaking

12. Where .....? – To the post-office.

    	A) are you go	C) do you go
    	B) are you going	D) you were going

13. While he was painting her portrait, she ..... at the window.

    	A) was setting	C) is sitting
    	B) was seating	D) was sitting

14. They ..... in the river at present.

    	A) are not swimming	C) be not swimming
    	B) do not swim	D) not swimming

15. Hurry up! Our bus ..... in ten minutes!

    	A) leaving	C) is leaving
    	B) leave	D) be leaving

16. She still ..... a letter when I came home.

    	A) is writing	C) were writing
    	B) was writing	D) wrote

17. ..... heavily the whole day yesterday?

    	A) Did it raining	C) Were it raining
    	B) Was the rain going	D) Was it raining

18. We'll be cleaning the windows while she ..... the dishes.

    	A) is washing	C) was washing
    	B) will be washing	D) shall be washing

19. You ..... a lot of noise. Can you be a bit quieter?

    	A) make	C) are make
    	B) was making	D) are making

20. ..... a cake the whole morning tomorrow?

    	A) Will be she making	C) Will she making
    	B) Will she be making	D) Will she is making

21. Peter ..... the latest news when the phone rang.

    	A) will be listening to	C) was listening to
    	B) was listening	D) was being listen

22. I ..... you. Speak louder, please.

    	A) am not hear	C) wasn't hearing
    	B) am not hearing	D) don’t hear

23. It ..... dark. Shall I turn on the light?

    	A) is getting	C) gets
    	B) getting	D) is being getting

24. Kate ..... on the phone with her friend while her husband was watching TV.

    	A) is talking	C) will be talking
    	B) was talking	D) talked

25. We haven't seen Kate for a month. She ..... to us tonight.

    	A) is coming	C) was coming
    	B) will be coming	D) coming

26. She said she still ..... dinner when they came.

    	A) will be cooking	C) would is cooking
    	B) will is cooking	D) would be cooking

27. Max is reading a text while Jack ..... an exercise.

    	A) is doing	C) was doing
    	B) will be doing	D) does

28. What ..... at 5 o'clock last Sunday?

    	A) was you doing	C) are you doing
    	B) will you be doing	D) were you doing

29. Eliza has made good progress in her English. Her teacher ..... with her work now.

    	A) is being pleased	C) is pleased
    	B) is pleasing	D) are pleased

30. She ..... the guitar when somebody knocked at the door.

    	A) is playing	C) would be playing
    	B) was playing	D) were playing

31. Why .....? What has happened?

    	A) Kate is crying	C) does Kate cry
    	B) does Kate crying	D) is Kate crying

32. I wonder if Mr Smith ..... his business partners at the airport at this time the day after tomorrow.

    	A) shall be meet	C) will is meeting
    	B) will be meeting	D) would be meeting

33. Mark hurt his leg when he ..... football.

    	A) played	C) is playing
    	B) will be playing	D) was playing

34. She is so absent-minded. She always ..... her things.

    	A) is losing	C) were losing
    	B) will losing	D) would be losing

35. Mary ..... dinner at 3 o'clock tomorrow.

    	A) would be having	C) will be having
    	B) will be hasing	D) is having

36. While Tommy ....., his grandmother was knitting.

    	A) is sleeping	C) will be sleeping
    	B) was sleeping	D) would be sleeping

37. Don't enter the room! The doctor ..... a patient.

    	A) are examining	C) is examing
    	B) shall be examining	D) is examining

38. Who ..... with when I saw you the other day?

    	A) were you talking	C) are you talking
    	B) you were talking	D) did you talk

39. While Peter's parents are abroad, his aunt ..... after him.

    	A) would be looking	C) will is looking
    	B) was looking	D) will be looking

40. As I ..... down the street, Mr Brown, our neighbour, went by.

	A) am walking	C) was walking
	B) walked	D) was being walk