NAME Edith Perez

The verb to be – exercise

1. Chose the correct form of the verb to be - am/is/are.

1. It is cold today.

2. I am at home now.

3. They are Korean.

4. There is a pen on the desk.

5. My name is Nikita.

6. We are from Ukraine.

7. That is right.

8. I am OK, thanks.

9. Clara and Steve are married.

10. She is an English teacher.

2. ORGANIZE THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER TO MAKE POSITIVE

SENTENCES WITH THE VERB TO BE.

1 am I old. years twenty-five I am twenty-five years old.

2 are from We Venezuela. We are from Venezuela.

3 name I'm not My student. a Anton and is My name is Anton and is not a student.

4 is my book. This This is my book.

5 a day today. nice It's It´s a nice day today.

6 name Her brother's is Paul. Her brother´s name is Paul.

7 John engineer. an is not John is not an engineer.

8 name is Johansson. My husband's My husband´s name is Johansson.

9 students class. twelve my There are not in There are not twelve students in my class

10 My is top at of letter. address the new My new address is top of at the new.
 3. FORM OF AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
Put the verbs into the correct form.
1 I like (to like) lemonade very much.
2 The girls always listen (to listen) to pop
music.
3 Janet never wears (to wear) jeans.
4 Mr. Smith teaches (to teach) Spanish and French.
5 You do (to do) your homework after school.

4. SIMPLE PRESENT WITH 'HAVE' AND 'BE'

Fill in the correct form of the verbs.
1 We have (to have) a nice garden.
2 She is (to be) six years old.
3 Simon has (to have) two rabbits and five goldfish.
4 I am (to be) from Vienna, Austria.
5 They are (to be) Sandy's parents.

5. NEGATIVE SENTENCES
Make negative sentences.
1 My father makes breakfast. My father doesn´t make breakfast.
2 They are eleven. They aren´t eleven.
3 She writes a letter. She doesn´t writes a letter.
4 I speak Italian. I don´t speak Italian.
5 Danny phones his father on Sundays. Danny doesn´t phone his father on
Sundays.

Make questions.
1 you / to speak / English Do you speak English?
2 when / he / to go / home When does he go to home?
3 they / to clean / the bathroom Do they clean the bathroom?
4 where / she / to ride / her bike Where does she ride her bike?

5 Billy / to work / in the supermarket Does Billy work in to the supermarket?

6. POSITION OF ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
1. He listens to the radio. (often) He often listens to the radio.

2. They read a book. (sometimes) They sometimes read a book.

3. Pete gets angry. (never) Pete never gets angry.

4. Tom is very friendly. (usually) Tom is usually very friendly.

5. I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes) I sometimes take sugar in my coffee.

6. Ramon and Frank are hungry. (often) Ramon and Frank are often hungry.

7. My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening. (always) My grandmother always

goes for a walk in the evening.

8. Walter helps his father in the kitchen. (usually) Walter usually helps his father in
the kitchen.

9. They watch TV in the afternoon. (never) They never watch TV in the

afternoon 10. Christine smokes. (never) Christine never smokes.

7. REPLACE THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS BY POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES:

11 Where is my (I) book?
12 Here is our (we) teacher.
13 Her
She goes to school with (she) brother.
14 Their
(They) father works in a car factory.
15 your
(You) laptop is very expensive.
16 His
(He) favorite hobby is tennis.
My (I) husband and I want to go to Paris.
17 We want to see its (it) historical monuments.
18 Leila likes her (she) dog!
19 Its (It) name is Bobby.

8. WRITE THE RIGHT POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE:

20 Two students didn't do their mathematics homework.
21 I have a car. Its color is black.
22 We have a dog. Its name is Pancho.
23 Nancy is from England. Her is from Australia.
24 Ann and Nadia go to a high school. Their
little brother goes to primary
school.
25 Alan has a van. His van is very old.
 26 We go to a high school. Our high school is fantastic.
27 I like singing. My mother sings with me.
28 François and Alain are French. Their family are from France.
29 Mary likes her grandmother. She often visits her.

9. SHOULD / SHOULDN'T
1. C I've got a headache. A. He shouldn't stay up so late.
2. D
I'm cold. B. We should leave at two-thirty.

3. B The game starts at three

C. You shouldn't sit so close to the
o'clock.
TV.
4. A He's always tired in
D. You should put on a jumper.
the morning.
E. You should stay in bed.
5. E I don't feel well.
F. You should do some exercise
6. F I want to lose weight.

11. EXERCISES ON SOME / ANY

1. Sue went to the cinema with (some/any) some of her friends!

2. Jane doesn't have (some/any) any friends.
3. Have you got (some/any) any brothers or sisters?
4. Here is (some/any) some food for the cat.
5. I think you should put (some/any) some flowers on the table.
6. Could you check if there are (some/any) any calls on the answering
machine?
7. I don't want (some/any) any presents for my birthday.
8. Did they have (some/any) any news for you?
9. I'm hungry - I'll have (some/any) some sandwiches.
10. There aren't (some/any) any apples left.

12. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE.

1. John is reading (read) a book now.

2. What are you doing (you do) tonight?
3. Jack and Peter are working (work) late today.
4. Silvia is not listening (not listen) to music.
 5. Maria is sitting (sit) next to Paul.
6. How many other students are you studying (you study) with?
7. The phone is not ringing (not ring).

13. SIMPLE PAST TENSE.

1. Last year I went (go) to England on holiday.
2. It was (be) fantastic.
3. I (visit) lots of interesting places. I was (be) with two
friends of mine.
4. In the mornings we walked (walk) in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we went (go) to pubs.
6. The weather were (be) strangely fine.
7. It was not rained (not / rain) a lot.
8. But we saw (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where spent were (spend / you) your last holiday?
10. I was (be) in Canberra last spring.

14 FUTURE (WILL)
1. The train will leave at 11:45. (to leave)
2. We will have dinner at a nice restaurant on Saturday. (to have)
3. It will snow in the mountains tomorrow evening. (to snow)
4. On Sunday at 8 o'clock I will meet my friend. (to meet)
5. They will fly to London on Friday evening. (to fly)
6. Wait! I will drive you to the station. (to drive)
7. The English lesson will start at 8:45. (to start)
8. I will see my sister in April. (to see)
9. Look at the clouds - it will rain in a few minutes. (to rain)
10. Listen! There's someone at the door. I will open the door for you. (to open)