Grammar Exercises - The Simple present of the verb "to be"

1. Fill in the blanks with the right subject / personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they):

1. Angelina Joli is American. _______ isn't French.

2. Brad Pitt is American, too. ________ isn't German.
3. Brad and Angelina aren't French._________ are American.
4. My friend and I are high school students. ______ aren't primary school students.
5. The Statue of Liberty is in New York. _______ isn't in Washington.

2. Fill in the blanks with the right form of to be ( am, are or is):
1. _______ you the new student?
2. Yes, I _________ .
3. Leila and Nancy _______ students.
4. Nancy _______ Australian .
5. My sister and I students.
6. The girls ______ tired. These women ______ beautiful.
7. The tea ______ delicious.
8. Nadia and Leila _____ friends.
9. The newspaper ______ cheap.

3. Choose the correct answer (negative or affirmative form of to be):

1. Is Julia Robert French? No, she ________ French.
2. What about Robert de Nero? Is he an American actor? Yes, he _________ .
3. Are New York and Los Angeles Spanish Cities? No, they ________ Spanish cities.
4. Is Big Ben in Paris? No, it _________ in Paris.
5. Is Mount Everest in Africa? No, it __________ in Africa. It is in A

4. Choose the correct form of the verb to be - am/is/are.

1.It _________cold today. 2. I________ at home now.

3.They ________Korean. 4. There _______ a pen on the desk.

 5. My name _________Nikita 6. We _________ from Ukraine

7. That ________ right 8. I __________ OK, thanks

9. Clara and Steve ________ married. 10. She ________ an English teacher.

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5. Put the words in the correct order to make positive sentences with the verb to be.

1  am twenty-five I old. years
3  is Anton student. My and I'm name a
5  day nice It's a today.
7  engineer. is an John
9  in class. twelve are There my students
2  Venezuela. We from are
4  This book. is my
6  name Paul. brother's is Her
8  name Johansson. My is husband's
10  at the top of is My letter. address new

6. Complete the gaps with the negative forms of the verb to be.

1.This book ________mine. 2.Jane and Peter _________married.

3. That ________right. 4. My brother _________here at the moment.

5. We ________in England. 6. It __________Monday today.

7. Jennie's surname ________Peters. 8. I __________ a hairdresser.

9. My name ________Alexander. 10.There _________many people in this class.

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7. Make the positive sentences negatives.

1.This exercise is difficult. 2.We're from Spain.3. My grandmother's name's Adelaide. 4. The kids are
in the garden.5. You're English. 6. My car is very expensive.7. This is my student's notebook.
8. These photographs are very nice.9. Alex is twenty-five years old. 10. I'm fine.
8. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb to be - am, is, are.

1______ Jane and Alice sisters? 2.______this car yours? 3.______ I in your way?
4.______ Maria John's sister? 5.______ you twenty-five years old? 6.______ the Smiths divorced?

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