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Exercise 1 Date:24/07/2020
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) __am___ tired.
7) You (be) _are____ nice.
2) I (be) __am___ hungry.
8) We (be) __are___ sleepy.
3) I (be) __am___ late!
9) They (be) __are___ funny.
Example: He / She / It (be) is happy.

4) He (be) ___is__ cool.

5) She (be) ___is__ pretty.
6) It (be) __is___ fast.

Now we’ll use nouns instead of

pronouns…

10) John (be) __is___ excited.

11) Tiffany and Uma (be)
__are___ my friends.
12) Ricardo, John and I (be) _are__
watching a movie.
18) Nikkos and Billy (be)
13) Hadil (be) _ is___ kind.
___are___ playing at the
14) Alisa (be) __is___ young.
park.
15) The hammer (be) __is___ new.
19) The students (be)
16) My mother and father (be)
_are____ studying
__are___ cooking dinner.
English.
17) Rachel (be) __is___ driving
20) The test (be) __is___ hard!
to school.
21) My best friend (be) __is_
coming to my house.
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Date:24/07/2020
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.

The bag (be) __C___ blue. The rocks (be) __B___ hard.

A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is

The children (be) __B___ young. Thomas (be) __C___ nice.

A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is

The game (be) __C___ difficult. They (be) __B___ tired.

A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is

I (be) __A___ thirty years old. Susan and Juan (be) __B___
married.
A. am
B. are A. am
C. is B. are
C. is

Teddy (be) __C___ my friend. We (be) __B___ in English

class.
A. am
B. are A. am
C. is B. are
C. is
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Name: SANTIAGO GARZON
CUBILLOS
Date:24/07/2020
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.
\

Example: My teacher (be) is nice. (+)

Example: The cat (be, not) is not hungry. (-)

1) The old man (be) __IS___ wise. 2) The sun (be) ___IS___ hot.

3) The children (be) __ARE___ eating

4) I (be) __AM___ happy. I (be, not)
bananas. They (be, not) __ARE___
__AM___ __NOT___ sad.
__NOT___eating apples.

5) The racecar (be)IS fast. It (be, 6) My friend (be) ___IS___buying a

not) IS NOT slow. new car. Her old car broke down. It
doesn't work anymore.

7) I (be) _AM____ at the beach with 8) Ko and Jacob (be) __ARE____

my family. It (be) __IS___ hot and very smart. Ko (be) __IS____ a
sunny outside. The ocean water scientist and Jacob (be) __IS____
(be) ___IS__warm. an engineer.

9) The library (be) IS open until 10) The school (be) _IS____ small. It
9:00 p.m. (be, not) __IS NOT___ big.

11) The books (be) __ARE___ 12) Tommy, Steven, and Teddy (be)
new. They (be, not) __ARE ____ARE__ acting in the school play.
NOT___
old.

13) Beatrice (be) _IS____ at her 14) It (be) __IS_____ hot outside.
house. It (be, not) _IS NOT______cold
outside.

16) Judith (be, not) __IS__

15) You (be) ___ARE___ finished
_NOT___ at home. She (be) is
with the quiz!
school.
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Name: SANTIAGO GARZON
CUBILLOS
Date:24/07/2020
Exercise 4
Using the Verb "To be"
Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense.

My name (be) __IS___ (1) John. I (be) _AM____ (2) fifteen years old. I live

on a farm. It (be) __IS___(3) in the country. It is quiet in the country. It (be, not)

___ IS NOT ___ (4) loud in the country.

I wake up early. Sometimes, I wake up before the sun rises. Sometimes, it

(be) ___IS__(5) still dark when I wake up. But I don’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) __AM____

(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) __IS____ (7) a really good cook.

Next, I feed the pigs. One time, I asked my mom how come my little sister

doesn’t feed them. She said it is because my sister (be, not) _IS NOT_____ (8)

strong enough. But I still don’t understand. She is almost as strong as me! I

guess my mom doesn’t want my sister to get hurt. After all, the pigs can (be)

___BE___ (9) pretty rough, especially when they (be) __ARE___ (10) hungry.

The last thing I do (be) ___IS_____ (11) feed the chickens. That (be)

____ IS____(12) easy. I just throw some food down on the ground and they run out

and eat it. While the chickens (be) ___ARE____ (13) eating, I go into their house

to collect their eggs. Chicken eggs (be) _____ARE____ (14) really good to eat.

They (be)

___ ARE_____(15) easy to cook too. That is what I do in the mornings. I (be)

____ AM______ (16) pretty busy.

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Name: SANTIAGO GARZON
CUBILLOS
Date:24/07/2020
Exercise 5
Using the Verb "To be"

Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense.

Tess and Jen __ARE____(1) best friends.

They do everything together. They spend every day together.

One day they meet on the bus to school. They start talking.

“Hey Jen,” says Tess. “How __ARE___ (2) you?”

“Hey girl,” says Jen. “I ___AM___ (3) doing fine. What __IS____ (4) going on? What
_ARE______ (5) you doing today?”

“Oh,” says Tess, “I _AM__ _NOT__ (6) doing anything special. I don’t have
any plans.”

“That ___IS___ (7) cool.”

“Yeah,” says Tess. “But I have something to tell you.”

“Really! Can I try to guess?”

“Umm…” says Tess. “Well…”

“Okay, I get three guesses. Ready?”

“Umm, well…okay.”

“ __ARE____ (8) we eating dinner

together?” “No, that _IS____

___NOT___ (9) it.”

“Okay. Are we going to the soccer game together?”

“No. It ___ARE____ (10) that either.” Tess looks nervous. Her eyes look sad. A
tear starts to fall down her cheek.

“Oh,” says Jen, wiping a tear from her own eye. “Now I know. You __ARE___
_____ (11) moving away.”