I N S P I R AT I O N 1

Worksheet 1

Present simple: be
1 Complete the table with the words from the box.

is is are are am

I English.
You are Mexican.
He Tony.
She Barbara.
We American.
They Steve and Rosie.

Make the sentences negative. Make questions.

e.g. I’m not English.
____________________________________________________________ e.g. Am I English?
____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

2 Circle the correct word(s).

1 What am/is your name?
2 Hi! I am/is Tony.
3 Is/Are you English?
4 No, I’m not/I isn’t.
5 What am/is her name?
6 Her name am/is Sara.
7 Is/Are she Mexican?
8 Yes, she is/are.
9 Is/Are they students?
10 Yes, they is/are.

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Worksheet 1

3 First complete these sentences with the correct form of be. Then match 1–5 with a–e.
1 What ______________ your name?
2 Where ______________ they from?
3 ______________ you a teacher?

4 How old ______________ you?

5 Who ______________ he?

a He’s my friend. His name ______________ Carl.

b I ______________ fifteen years old.
c They ______________ from Switzerland.
d My name ______________ Dominic.
e No, I ______________ not. I ______________ a student.

4 Write sentences about you.

My name _____________________________________________________
I ______________ from _____________________________________________________
I ____________________________ years old.
My friend’s name _____________________________________________________

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