Name:

________________________
Dat
e:_________________________

VERB TO BE

1)Compl
etewi
tham,i
s,ar
e,am not
,isn'
t,orar
en'
t
Hell
o!I_______Sar ah.I
________the
onl
ychildbecauseIhaveabr other
,Peter
.
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t
hesamecl ass.He_______ei ghtandI
_______fi
ve.Wehaveadog.Hername
________Poll
y.Rightnow.We________
i
nthediningroom butPol l
y________whitus.
She_______sleepingintheki
tchen.It
_______
warm andsunnyt odaysowe'lltakeherawalklat
er.
2)Fi
lli
nthebl
ankswi
tham,i
s,ar
e.(
Capi
tal
izewher
eneeded)
1.Tom_____acar penter
.
2.TerryandLinda_____ from Armenia.
3.Jack____afamousmovi estar.
4._____Der ekandPet erpol i
ceoffi
cer
s?
5.BMW _____anexpensi vecarbr and.
6.Alan'sf
ri
ends____doctor s.
7.We_____athome.
8.I____adili
gentstudent.
9.They_____myf ri
end'scousi ns.
10.MrJackson_____api anist.
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e:_________________________

VERBTO BE
1
.Wr
itet
hecor
rectful
lfor
m ofbe.
a)She______four teen.
b)We______Indi an.
c) It______Spanish.
d)I________t welve.
e)They______Scot tish.
f) You______eleven.
g)He______Tur kish.
h)JackandI______t hirteen.
i) Mycomputer______fouryear sol
d.
j) Peter
______Amer ican.
k)Thechi l
dren______ei ghtyear
sol
d.
2.Wr
itet
heful
lfor
ms.
He's H
__e
_ i
s
______
a)We're________c)I'm__________
e)They're_______
b)You'
re_________
d)She's
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3.Ti
ck t
hecor
rects
ent
ences
Hearetenyearsol
d. They'
reKorean.
Heistenyear
sold. TheyKor
ean.

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sian. Jes
sandIam Br
itis
h.
Youar
eRus si
an. Jes
sandIar
eBr it
ish.
WeareAustr
ali
an. Itanel
ephant.
WeisAus
tral
ian. It'
sanelephant
.

Iam thi
rteenyear
sold. You'
reeleven.
Ithi
rteenyearsol
d. You'
seleven.
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VERB TO BE
AFFI
MARTIVE SENTENCES
Putt
hecor
rectf
orm oft
hever
btobe
I am
1)We______f
ri
ends. You ar
e

2)Myf
ami
l
y_____bi
g. He i
s
She i
s
3)Sam _____mybr
other
.
I
t i
s
4)She____at
eacher
. We ar
e
5)Mysi
ster_____happy
. You ar
e

6)He_____t
all
. They ar
e

7)You____sad.
Gr
ammar
8)They____cooki
ng.
9)Susan____mymot
her
.
10)I_____pl
ayi
ngsoccer
1
1)You______ni
neyear
sol
d.
12)I
t_____col
dtoday
.
13)I_____athomenow.
14)They_____Kor
ean.
15)Ther
e_____apenont
hedesk.
16)Myname_____Ni
ki
ta.
17)We_____f
rom Ukr
aine.
20)I_____OK,t
hanks.
21)Cl
araandSt
eve____mar
ri
ed.
22)She_____anEngl
i
sht
eacher
.
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GRAMMAR FOR BEGI

NNERS
‘
TO BE’
SI
NGULAR PLURAL
Wri
tetheri
ght Weare
Iam Youar
e
f
orm oft
he Youare
Heis Sheis
ver
b”tobe”: Theyare
ti
I s
1.Mycat_____bl ackandwhi te. 31.Scot t______aboy .
2.He____i nsi
dethehouse. 32.He______sevenyear sold.
3.Mum andDad_______away . 33.Mar ia______agi r
l.
4.Grandma_____her e. 34.She_______Scot t’
ssist
er.
5.Grass_____gr een. 35.You_______i nmyhouse.
6.Thesun_____yel low. 36.Ili
kei twhenyou______her e.
7.______t heseabl ue? 37.He_______agoodf ootball
er.
8.NewYor k____aci tyintheUSA. 38.They________f rom Ger many.
9.Canada______nor thoftheUSA. 39.We_______f rom Denmar k.
10.Ahor se______anani mal. 40.It______hott oday.
11.Thebi ke_____f rom myf ather . 41.Tinker______adog.
12.Thepost er_____f rom John. 42.He______mydog.
13.Thepl ane______l at
e. 43.Af ootbal
l_______of tenwhite.
14.Thepeopl e_______noi sy. 44.It______mybi ke.
15.Nobody_______her e. 45.Muzzy_______amonst er.
16.John,Mi keandBo______si ck. 46.We_______happy .
17.Anegg_____whi teandyel l
ow. 47._______youf r
om Amer i
ca?
18.Rome___t hecapi talcit
yofI tal
y. 48.She______i sfrom Canada.
19.Beans_______gr een. 49.I_______f rom Australi
a.
20.They______heal thy. 50.He______t al
l.
21.I______hungr y. 51.They_______newher e.
22.Sylvia______inl ovewi thBob. 52.Today_______Tuesday .
23.Thequeen_______f at
. 53.Andt omorr
ow_____Wednesday .
24.Theki ng______st r
ong. 54.Pet er_____ingr adethree.
25.You_______br ave. 55.Sar ahandDer ek______athome.
26.They________mad. 56.We______goi ngtoeatnow.
27.Coffee______hot . 57.I______goodatmat h.
28.Ice-cr
eam _______col d. 58.YouandI______goodf ri
ends.
29.Pancakes_________good. 59.______youhi sfri
end?
30.It_______asuperj ob! 60.Hockey_____awi ntersport.
NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________
GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
PRESENT SIMPLE
I cook. I do
You cook. You do
He cooks. He does
She cooks. She does not cook.
It cooks. It does
We cook. We do
They cook. They do
Yes, No,
Do I I do. I do
Do you you do. you do
Does he he does. he does
Does she cook? she does. she does not.
Does it it does. it does
Do we we do. we do
Do they they do. they do

 Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. Use the words in the box below.

read do have sings

does watches travel drinks
walk eats don't doesn't

1. John ________________ breakfast at six o’clock in the morning.

2. I often ________________ books in my free time.
3. A: ________________ you like to study English? B: Yes, I do.
4. My father always ________________ songs in the shower.
5. A: Does Julie work on Saturdays? B: No, she ________________.
6. Would you like to ________________ to Hawaii on our next holiday?
7. I live close to my company, so I can ________________ to work.
8. Mr. Smith always ________________ tea in the afternoon.
9. My classmate ________________ his favorite TV show after class.
10. I’m sorry. I ________________ have time to talk to you now.
11. A: ________________ your cousin have a job? B: Yes, she does.
12. I don’t ________________ a pen. Could I please borrow your pen?

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NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________
GRAMMAR ERROR CORRECTION
PRESENT SIMPLE
Positives, Negatives and Questions
 Find and correct the mistakes below.

1. He go to bed very early.

2. Does they live in Canada?

3. I am usually cook dinner for my family.

4. Are they have a meeting every week?

5. She don’t like tennis.

6. Does John has enough money?

7. He know the answer.

8. Robert playes baseball on the weekend.

9. They has lots of free time.

10. Do they usually driving to work?

11. Jenny is not work at a restaurant.

12. She worrys too much about the exams.

13. My father wants to travels to Spain.

14. Why you study English?

15. He doesn’t drinks tea.

16. They are start class in the morning.

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NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________

GRAMMAR DICTATION
PRESENT SIMPLE (negative
statements)
 Listen to your teacher read aloud the words and change them to
negative statements in the spaces below. Use contractions
where possible (eg. aren’t, don’t, etc.)
“tall”
1. My best friend ________________ ________________.

2. Steven ________________ ________________ to work at eight o’clock.

3. It ________________ ________________ today.

4. Mrs. Smith ________________ ________________ in this city.

5. They went to school, so they ________________ ________________ now.

6. The cat ________________ ________________.

7. I ________________ ________________ the answer to the question.

8. Don’t ask them. They ________________ ________________ the answer.

9. She ________________ ________ ________________.

10. You should study hard. The test ________________ ________________.

11. It ________________ ________________ today.

12. It’s Monday. It ________________ ________________.

13. Where is Mr. Richards? He ________________ ________ ________________.

14. My friends ________________ ________________ that restaurant.

15. The TV is broken. It ________________ ________________.

16. I ________________ ________________ grammar is difficult.

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NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU
PRESENT SIMPLE
 Answer the questions about the things you
usually do. Use the present simple in your answers.

1. What time do you get up on weekdays?

_________________________________________________________

2. Where do you eat lunch?

_________________________________________________________

3. What do you do on weekends?

_________________________________________________________

4. Where do you go shopping?

_________________________________________________________

5. What books or magazines do you read?

_________________________________________________________

6. What TV programs do you watch?

_________________________________________________________

7. Why do you study English?

_________________________________________________________

8. How do you relax in the evenings?

_________________________________________________________

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 Name:
________________________
Dat
e:_________________________

Regul
ar-spl
ural
s
st
Weadd- oanount
ofor
mthepl
uralofmanynouns.

acar
rot car
r s acat
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cat api
ano anos
pi
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nginoar
ediff
erent
.
apot
ato pot oes
at atomat
ot omatoes
Wri
tetheplurals.
1 dog _____________ 7 umbrel
la _____________
2 gui
tar_____________ 8 queen _____________
3 bag _____________ 9 snake _____________
4 phone_____________ 10 t o _____________
omat
5 car
rot_____________ 11jacket _____________
6 photo _____________ 12 cup _____________
Wr
itet
hewor
dsi
nthecor
rectcol
umn
books house comput
ers gui
tarj
acketpens penci
l
s dog
phoner
uler
stel
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si
on car
s chai
rtabl
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on bi
kes cake

Si
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ar Pl
ura
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 Name:
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Dat
e:_________________________

Si
ngul
arandPl
uralNouns
A)Wr
it
ether
ightpl
uralf
oreachwor
d.
Church =__________ Class =__________ Car =__________
Kimono =__________ Vi
deo =__________ Ox =__________
Story =__________ Baby =__________ Fish =__________
Hero =__________ Car go =__________ Phone =__________
Box =__________ Zero =__________ Doct or =__________
Bufalo =__________ Fox =__________ Comput er=__________
Tax =__________ Wat ch =__________ Backpack=__________
Motto =__________ Volcano =__________ Friend =__________
Dancer =__________ Car rot =__________ Tomat o =__________
Boy =__________ Peacock=__________ Chef =__________
Offi
ce =__________ Pil
ot =__________ Per son =__________
Girl =__________ Singer =__________ Speaker =__________
Inst
rument=__________ Street =__________ Dragon =__________
Day =__________ Song =__________ Cact us =__________
Canoe =__________ Bank =__________ Fami ly =__________
Paper =__________ Ruler =__________ Hol i
day =__________
Mango =__________ Candy =__________ Zebr a =__________
Taxi =__________ Sash =__________ Book =__________

B)Compl
etet
hesent
enceswi
tht
her
ightpl
ural
.
1.The_______( gi
rl)arehappybecauset t
heyhavegotnew_______(oy)
.
2.Thesear ethe_______( way)toschool.
3.Angiehas_______( candy) .
4.Mymot herhas_______( mango)forme.
5.My_______( gl
ass)f orthesun.
6.Thatisthe_______( bus)toschool.
7.Sheisint en_______( photo).
8.Tonyis2_______( year)old.
9.Mygr andfat
herhast hree_______( r
adio).
10.Thesear emybook_______( stor
y).
11.Thesear eyour_______( key).
12.Themaphashundr edsof_______( country).
13.Ihavemany_______( wish)forChrist
mas.
14.Thosear enew____________( comput er)
.
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e:_________________________

PastSi
mpl
e
 Name:
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Dat
e:_________________________

PastSi
mpl
eTense
Fi
lli
nthesent
enceswi
tht
hecor
rectf
orm(
pastsi
mpl
e)oft
heappr
opr
iat
ever
b

1)Mum ____________( washup) afterlunch.

2)Themai d_________________( make)t hebedsi nt herooms.
3)It_____________( rain)al otyest er day .
4)Theboys_____________( fight )af terschool .
5)Thef ort
uneteller______________( tel l)memyf uture.
6)Dave___________________( eat )asl iceofpi zza.
7)Thecoupl e________________( wat ch)TVl astni ght.
8)Tim ________________( sit)t het abl e.
9)Dad_______________( read)af airyt alet ohi schi l
dren.
10)Dave________________( have)abat h.
11)Theambul ance__________( take)t hei njuredmant othehospit
al.
12)Owen________________( do)t hehomewor k.
13)Fred______________( cat ch)acol dyest erday .
14)Jane___________( dance)i nt hedi scol astweekend.
15)Thecoupl e____________( sit)ont hebenchi nt hepar k.
16)Daisy__________( skip)t her opei nt hegar den?
17)Anne____________( sleep)onherhomewor k.
18)Theyoungl ady_______________( lie)ont hebeach.
19)Mar y________________( dr op)t hel itterintot her ecycli
ngbin.
20)Tom _____________( sel l
)l emonade.
21)Joe_______________( cut )t hepaperi ntosmal lerpieces.
22)Thef amil
y_____________( go)onhol idayonMonday .
23)Thebusdr i
ver____________( drive)t hebust othest ati
on.
24)Rober t________________( hang)abi rdhouseont hetree.
25)PaulandJames___________( gi ve)pr esent st oeachot her
.
26)Thel orr
ydriver_____________( change)t hewheeloft helorr
y.
27Jasmi ne_____________( play)t hepi ano.
28)Hanna______________( st udy)f ort het estathome.
29)Leil
a_____________( swi m)i nt hesea.
30)Kyle______________( run)home.