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Exercise 1
Using the Verb "To be"
Write the correct form of the verb "To be" in present tense.
Example: I (be) am happy. Example:
You / We / They (be) are happy.
1) I (be) _____ tired.
7) You (be) _____ nice.
2) I (be) _____ hungry.
8) We (be) _____ sleepy.
3) I (be) _____ late!
9) They (be) _____ funny.
Example: He / She / It (be) is happy.
4) He (be) _____ cool.
5) She (be) _____ pretty.
6) It (be) _____ fast.
10) John (be) _____ excited.
11) Tiffany and Uma (be) _____
my friends.
12) Ricardo, John and I (be) _____
watching a movie.
18) Nikkos and Billy (be) _____
13) Hadil (be) _____ kind.
playing at the park.
14) Alisa (be) _____ young.
19) The students (be) _____
15) The hammer (be) _____ new.
studying English.
16) My mother and father (be)
20) The test (be) _____ hard!
_____ cooking dinner.
21) My best friend (be) _____
17) Rachel (be) _____ driving to
coming to my house.
school.
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Exercise 2
Using the Verb "To be"
Choose the correct form of "to be" in present tense.
Example: I (be) am excited.
Example: Jessica and Akbar (be) are happy.
Example: The new car (be) is nice.
1) The bag (be) ________ blue. 2) The rocks (be) ________ hard.
A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is
3) The children (be) ________ young. 4) Thomas (be) ________ nice.
A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is
5) The game (be) ________ difficult. 6) They (be) ________ tired.
A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is
7) I (be) ________ thirty years old. 8) Susan and Juan (be) ________
married.
A. am
B. are A. am
C. is B. are
C. is
9) Teddy (be) ________ my friend. 10) We (be) ________ in English
class.
A. am
B. are A. am
C. is B. are
C. is
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Exercise 3
Using the Verb "To be"
Write the correct form of the verb "to be" in present tense.
Note: The verb can be positive (+) or negative (-). Use not to form the negative.
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Example: My teacher (be) is nice. (+)
Example: The cat (be, not) is not hungry. (-)
1) The old man (be) ________ wise. 2) The sun (be) ________ hot.
3) The children (be) ________ eating
4) I (be) ________ happy. I (be, not)
bananas. They (be, not) ____ ____
____ ____ sad.
eating apples.
5) The racecar (be) ________ fast. It 6) My friend (be) ________ buying a
(be, not) ____ ____ slow. new car. Her old car broke down. It
doesn't work anymore.
7) I (be) ________ at the beach with 8) Ko and Jacob (be) ________ very
my family. It (be) ________ hot and smart. Ko (be) ________ a scientist
sunny outside. The ocean water and Jacob (be) ________ an
(be) ________ warm. engineer.
9) The library (be) ________ open 10) The school (be) ________ small. It
until 9:00 p.m. (be, not) ____ ____ big.
11) The books (be) ________ new. 12) Tommy, Steven, and Teddy (be)
They (be, not) ____ ____ old. ________ acting in the school play.
13) Beatrice (be) ________ at her 14) It (be) ________ hot outside. It
house. (be, not) ____ ____ cold outside.
16) Judith (be, not) ____ ____ at
15) You (be) ________ finished with
home. She (be) ________ school.
the quiz!
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Exercise 4
Using the Verb "To be"
Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense.
My name (be) ________(1) John. I (be) ________(2) fifteen years old. I live
on a farm. It (be) ________(3) in the country. It is quiet in the country. It (be, not)
____ ____(4) loud in the country.
I wake up early. Sometimes, I wake up before the sun rises. Sometimes, it
(be) ________(5) t mind. I like waking up that
early. I like the way the country looks in the morning.
The first thing I do after I wake up is milk the cow. After I (be) ________(6)
finished milking the cow, I bring the milk to my mom. I think she uses it to make
breakfast. She makes a delicious breakfast. My mom
(be) ________(7) a really good cook.
Next, I feed the pigs. One time, I asked my mom how come my little sister
(be, not) ____ ____(8) strong
enough. he is almost as strong as me! I guess my
can (be) ________(9)
pretty rough, especially when they (be) ________(10) hungry.
The last thing I do (be) ________(11) feed the chickens. That (be)
________(12) easy. I just throw some food down on the ground and they run out
and eat it. While the chickens (be) ________(13) eating, I go into their house to
collect their eggs. Chicken eggs (be) ________(14) really good to eat. They (be)
________(15) easy to cook too. That is what I do in the mornings. I (be)
________(16) pretty busy.
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Exercise 5
Using the Verb "To be"
Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense.
Tess and Jen ________(1) best friends.
They do everything together. They spend every day together.
One day they meet on the bus to school. They start talking.
________(2)
________(3) doing fine. What ________(4) going on? What
________(5)
_ _____ (6)
________(7)
________(8)
_ _____ (9)
It ____ ____(10) vous. Her eyes look sad. A tear
starts to fall down her cheek.
Now I know. You ________(11)
moving away.