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Exercise 1 1 Using the Verb "To be"
Write the correct form of the verb "To be" in present tense tense. tense
Example: !ou !ou We They (be) are ar e happy.
Example: I (be) am happy.
( be) am 1) I (be)
tired ti red..
( be) am 2) I (be)
hungry. hun gry.
( be) am 3) I (be)
late lat e
(be ) are 7) !ou (be)
nice. nic e.
(be ) are 8) We (be)
sleepy. sle epy.
The y (be) (b e) are 9) They
funny. fun ny.
ha ppy. Example: #e $he It (be) is happy. (be ) is 4) #e (be)
cool. coo l.
(be ) is ) $he (be) !) It (be)
prett pre tty. y. is fast.
o# #e$ll %se no%ns instea& o' prono%ns( 1) %ohn (be) is
e&cited. e&cit ed.
11) Tiffany and 'ma (be) are
my friends. 12) icardo %ohn and I (be) are 18) i++os and /illy (be) are
*atching a movie. 13) #adil (be) is
+ind.
14) ,lisa (be) is
young.
hamm er (be) is 1) The hammer
playing at the par+. 19) The students (be)
ne*.
1!) -y mother and father (be)
are
coo+in coo +ing g dinner. din ner.
17) achel (be) is
school.
driving drivi ng to
are studying English. 2) The test (be) is
hard
21) -y best friend (be) is
coming to my house.
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Exercise 2 2 Using the Verb "To be" 0hoose the correct form of "to be" in present tense. tense Example: I (be) am e&cited. Example: %essica and ,+bar (be) are happy. Example: The ne* car (be) is nice. 1)
The bag (be) is
blue.
2)
*+ am ,+ are -+ is 3)
The children (be) are
young.
4)
The game (be) is
I (be) am
difficult.
thirty years old.
Teddy (be) is my friend. *+ am ,+ are -+ is
nice.
6)
They (be) are
tired.
*+ am ,+ are -+ is
*+ am ,+ are -+ is
9)
Thomas (be) is *+ am ,+ are -+ is
*+ am ,+ are -+ is 7)
hard.
*+ am ,+ are -+ is
*+ am ,+ are -+ is 5)
The roc+s (be) are
8)
$usan and %uan (be) are married. *+ am ,+ are -+ is
1:) We (be) are class. *+ am ,+ are -+ is
in English
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Exercise 3 3 Using the Verb "To be"
Write the correct form of the verb "to be" in present tense. tense ote: The verb can be positive (;) or negative (<). 'se not to form the negative. =
Example: -y teacher (be) is nice. (;) Example: The cat (be not) is not hungry. (<)
1) The old man (be) is
*ise.
3) The children (be) are eating bananas. They (be not) are not eating apples. ) The racecar (be) is (be not) is not slo*.
fast. It
2) The sun (be) is
4) I (be) am ,m not sad.
hot.
happy. I (be not)
buying a !) -y friend (be) is ne* car. #er old car bro+e do*n. It doesn>t *or+ anymore.
at the beach *ith 7) I (be) am my family. It (be) is hot and sunny outside. The ocean *ater (be) is *arm.
very 8) ?o and %acob (be) are smart. ?o (be) is a scientist and %acob (be) is an engineer.
9) The library (be) is until 9@:: p.m.
1) The school (be) is (be not) is not
open
small. It big.
ne*. 11) The boo+s (be) are They (be not) are not old.
12) Tommy $teven and Teddy (be) are acting in the school play.
13) /eatrice (be) is house.
14) It (be) is (be not) is not
1) !ou (be) are the AuiB
at her
finished *ith
hot outside. It cold outside.
1!) %udith (be not) is not home. $he (be) is
at school.
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Exercise 4 4 Using the Verb "To be" Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense. tense
-y name (be) is live on a farm. It (be) is Is not
(4)
(1)
(3)
%ohn. I (be) am
(2)
fifteen years old. I
in the country. It is Auiet in the country. It (be not)
loud in the country.
I *a+e up early. $ometimes I *a+e up before the sun rises. $ometimes it (be) is
(5)
still dar+ *hen I *a+e up. /ut I donCt mind. I li+e *a+ing up that
early. I li+e the *ay the country loo+s in the morning. The first thing I do after I *a+e up is mil+ the co*. ,fter I (be) am
(6)
finished mil+ing the co* I bring the mil+ to my mom. I thin+ she uses it to ma+e brea+fast. $he ma+es a delicious brea+fast. -y mom (be) is
(7)
a really good coo+.
e&t I feed the pigs. One time I as+ed my mom ho* come my little sister doesnCt feed them. $he said it is because my sister (be not) is
not
(8)
strong
enough. /ut I still donCt understand. $he is almost as strong as me I guess my mom doesnCt *ant my sister to get hurt. ,fter all the pigs can (be) be pretty rough especially *hen they (be) are The last thing I do (be) is is
(12)
(11)
(1:)
(9)
hungry.
feed the chic+ens. That (be)
easy. I Dust thro* some food do*n on the ground and they run out
and eat it. While the chic+ens (be) are collect their eggs. 0hic+en eggs (be) are
(13)
eating I go into their house to (14)
really good to eat. They (be)
are
(15)
easy to coo+ too. That is *hat I do in the mornings. I (be)
am
(16)
pretty busy.
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Exercise Using the Verb "To be" Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense present tense.
Tess and %en
(1)
best friends.
They do everything together. They spend every day together. One day they meet on the bus to school. They start tal+ing. #ey %en says Tess. #o* #ey girl says %en. I (5) you doing todayG Oh says Tess I plans. That
(7)
H
(2)
(3)
youG
doing fine. What
(6)
(4)
going onG What
doing anything special. I donCt have any
cool.
!eah says Tess. /ut I have something to tell you. eally 0an I try to guessG 'mm says Tess. Well O+ay I get three guesses. eadyG 'mm *ello+ay.
(8)
*e eating dinner
togetherG o that
(9)
it.
O+ay. ,re *e going to the soccer game togetherG (1:) that either. Tess loo+s nervous. #er eyes loo+ sad. , tear o. It starts to fall do*n her chee+.
Oh says %en *iping a tear from her o*n eye. o* I +no*. !ou moving a*ay.
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Exercise ! ! Using the Verb "To be" 0hoose the correct form of "to be" in past tense. tense Example: !ou We They (be) *ere sic+ yesterday. Example: I #e $he It (be) *as sic+ yesterday.
1)
I (be)
tired yesterday.
2)
.+ *as E+ *ere
3)
We (be)
#e (be)
sad yesterday.
4)
It (be)
They (be) yesterday.
angry yesterday.
6)
$he (be) yesterday. *+ *as ,+ *ere
cold yesterday.
*+ *as ,+ *ere
Jractice *riting sentences using the verb to be in past tense. 1) 2) 3)
busy
*+ *as ,+ *ere
*+ *as ,+ *ere
7)
happy
*+ *as ,+ *ere
*+ *as ,+ *ere
5)
!ou (be) yesterday.
sleepy
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Exercise 7 7 Using the Verb "To be" 0hoose the correct form of "to be" in past tense. tense Example: !ou We They (be) *ere sic+ last night. Example: I #e $he It (be) *as sic+ last night.
1)
I (be)
tired last night.
2)
/+ *as 0+ *ere
3)
ichard and I (be) e&cited last night.
%ulian (be) yesterday.
4)
angry
6)
The movie (be) scary. I don>t *ant to *atch it again.
%onathan (be) $o he ate a sand*ich. *+ *as ,+ *ere
achel (be) yesterday.
sleepy
-+ *as .+ *ere
8)
-+ *as .+ *ere
9)
%avier and oberto (be) laBy last night. -+ *as .+ *ere
-+ *as .+ *ere
7)
happy last
-+ *as .+ *ere
-+ *as .+ *ere
5)
!ou (be) night.
?o Teddy and Jeter (be) tired after the long drive. *+ *as ,+ *ere
hungry.
10)
-y mom (be) helping the teacher at school yesterday. *+ *as ,+ *ere
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Exercise 8 Using the Verb "To be" 0hoose the correct form of "to be" in past tense. tense Example: -y dog (be) *as sic+ last night. (positive) Example: 0arlos (be not) *as not at *or+ yesterday. (negative)
1) The party (be) *ee+end.
3) %essie (be) *ent to sleep.
fun last
tired. $o he
*atching a 2) They (be) movie *hen Ernesto called. They (be not) *atching TK. 4) When she *as a little girl -argo (be) very good at tennis. $he practiced every day.
) -y friends and I (be) studying English last night.
in my si&th !) ?endra (be) grade English class. We (be) good friends before she moved a*ay.
really 7) The movie (be) boring. It (be not) entertaining. We stopped *atching it before it *as over.
8) ,fter playing outside my dog (be) very dirty. $he came into the house and ran into my room. It (be) such a mess
eating a 9) I (be not) sand*ich *hen you called. I (be) eating a salad.
1) The students (be not) ready to ta+e the test. They needed to study more.
Jractice *riting sentences using the verb to be in past tense. 1) 2) 3)
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Exercise 9 9 Using the Verb "To be" Write the correct form of "to be" in past tense. tense Example: -y dog (be) *as sic+ last night. (positive) Example: 0arlos (be not) *as not at *or+ yesterday. (negative)
1) Teddy (be) *hen I sa* him.
driving home
3) Who (be) bedG It (be not) It (be not) +no* It (be)
sleeping in my %ames. %ulio. Oh I oger
2) -ac+ %enny and %avier (be) *al+ing their dog *hen I tal+ed to them last $aturday.
going to the 4) I (be) grocery store *hen you called.
eating ) ,t 7@:: *e (be) dinner and *atching T.K.
!) When he *as a +id Ivan (be not) very social. #e did not spend time *ith his friends. #e spent a lot of time alone. #e (be) al*ays reading a boo+ or listening to music in his room.
7) When I (be) grade I (be)
a very nice girl. 8) Lola (be) $he helped her parents did her home*or+ and even too+ care of her little brother. It is a shame she had to move a*ay.
in the ninth five feet tall.
faster than 9) The cat (be) the mouse. $o the cat caught the mouse. 'nluc+y mouse
hot. 1) The *eather (be) We (be) s*eating. I as+ed my mom to roll the *indo* do*n.
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Exercise 10 Using the Verb "To be" 0hoose the correct form of "to be" in present tense or past tense. Example: -y dog (be) is sic+ today. (present tense) Example: -y dog (be) *as sic+ last night. (past tense)
1) The clouds moved a*ay and the sun shone through. The s+y *as full of pretty colors. It (be) beautiful. 2) ,rturo and yo (be) 3)
(be)
at the party last night.
Taylor going to the pool laterG
4) The old house (be)
built in 1967.
) 0hristopher *here (be) over for you.
!) !esterday (be) 7) I (be) 8) Who (be) 9) I (be) (be)
you last nightG I (be)
loo+ing all
the best day of my life ready to go. When (be)
*e leavingG
at the pool yesterdayG very tired. I (be) getting sic+.
tired yesterday too. I thin+ I
driving to the office this morning *hen I noticed that I *as 1) I (be) getting lo* on gas. $o I stopped to get more. , +ind man filled the tan+ for me. #e (be) very nice.
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Exercise 11 11 Using the Verb "To be" Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense or past tense .
Example: -y dog (be) is sic+. (present tense) Example: -y dog (be) *as sic+ last night. (past tense)
at the party 1) $arah (be) last night. Li<ing and ,+moud (be) there too.
my best 2) ,very (be) friend. $he and I (be) in the same English class. It meets from 1:@:: to 1:@5:.
at 3) -alli+a and I (be) %enny>s house yesterday. o* *e (be) at -ellissa>s house.
in the 4) %ohan and I (be) mountains. We (be) on a camping trip together. I hope *e don>t see a bear
young ) When she (be) isha (be) interested in science. #o*ever she (be not) interested in science anymore. o* she (be) interested in math.
my favorite !) Tennis (be) sport *hen I *as in high school. o* my favorite sport (be) soccer.
7) -y family and I (to be) s*imming in the pool *hen it began to thunder. The lifeguard told us *e had to get out. I (be) upset but I +ne* he *as right.
at the football 8) Lenny (be) game last night. #e (be) cheering for his favorite team. ,fter the game he came bac+ home and *ent to sleep. I thin+ he (be) still sleeping no*. $hhhh... don>t *a+e him up
9) It rained all day yesterday. I (be) sad because I could not go outside. #o*ever today it (be) sunny. ,nd I (be) happy because I can go outside
1) /efore !o+o and ?obi (be) enemies. o* they (be) best friends.
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Exercise 12 12 Using the Verb "To be" Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense or past tense.
I
(1)
going outside said %erry.
Wait said %erryCs mom. MonCt forget to *ear your Dac+et. (2) cold out there. It /ut mom said %erry. I donCt *ant to *ear it. I *ill be fine *ithout it. /esides it H (3) that cold today. (4) blo*ing and the trees (5) %erry opened the door. The *ind (6) falling to the ground. #e shivered a little and stood sha+ing. Leaves behind the door.
%erry shouted %erryCs mom. !ou close that door and get your coat young man. /ut mom said %erry. /ut *hatG said %erryCs mom. I donCt understand *hy you donCt *ant to *ear (7) there something *rong *ith itG your ne* coat. %erryCs face turned red. o he said. othingCs *rong *ith it Then he covered his mouth *ith his hand. Well then said %erryCs mom. Why donCt you *ant to *ear itG Well mom said %erry. I +ind of*ellgave it a*ay. !ou *hatG said %erryCs mom. !ou gave it a*ayG !eah. /ut donCt *orry. It needs it.
(8)
o+ay. I gave it to -arvin. ,nd he really
WhyG Well every time I see him he loo+s cold. #e #is parents cannot afford to buy him a Dac+et. Well that *hat
(9)
al*ays cold actually.
a very nice thing for you to do dear. /ut no* (11) you going to do *ithout a Dac+etG (1:)
I donCt +no*. -aybe ICll *ear my old Dac+et for a little *hile.
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*ns#er e Using the Verb "To be" This is the ans*er +ey to 'nit 1 < 'sing the verb "To /e."
E&ercise 1 1) am 2) am 3) am 4) are 5) are 6) are 7) is 8) is 9) is 1:) is 11) are 12) are 13) is 14) is 15) is 16) are 17) is 18) are 19) are 2:) is 21) is
E&ercise 2 1) c 2) b 3) b 4) c 5) c 6) b 7) a 8) b 9) c 1:) b
E&ercise 3 1) is 2) is 3) are are not 4) am am not 5) is is not 6) is 7) am is is 8) are is is 9) is 1:) is 11) are are 12) are 13) is 14) is is not 15) are 16) is not is
E&ercise 4 1) is 2) am 3) is 4) is not 5) is 6) am 7) is 8) is not 9) be 1:) are 11) is 12) is 13) are 14) are 15) are 16) am
E&ercise 5 1) are 2) are 3) am 4) is 5) are 6) am not 7) is 8) ,re 9) is not 1:) are
E&ercise 6 1) a 2) b 3) b 4) b 5) a 6) a 7) a
E&ercise 7 1) a 2) b 3) b 4) b 5) a 6) a 7) a 8) b 9) a 1:) a
E&ercise 8 1) *as 2) *ere *ere not 3) *as 4) *as 5) *ere 6) *as *ere 7) *as 8) *as *as 9) *as not *as 1:) *ere not E&ercise 9 1) *as 2) *ere 3) *as *as not *as not *as 4) *as 5) *ere 6) *as not *as 7) *as *as 8) *as 9) *as 1:) *as *ere
E&ercise 1: 1) *as 2) *ere 3) Is 4) *as 5) *ere *as 6) *as 7) am are 8) *as 9) am *as am 1:) *as *as
E&ercise 11 1) *as *ere 2) is are 3) *ere are 4) are are 5) *as *as is not is 6) *as is 7) *ere *as 8) *as *as is 9) *as is am 1:) *ere are
E&ercise 12 1) am 2) is 3) is not 4) *as 5) *ere 6) *ere 7) Is 8) is 9) is 1:) *as 11) are
