Present forms of be - Exercise

Complete the following with words from the boxes:

am not
is not
are not
Spanish German Russian Chinese
French American Canadian  
 

Examples:

 Maria is American; she is from Chicago.

 Maria is not American; she is from Chile.

1) Paloma and Sofia    ; They   from Madrid.

2) Lian    ; He   from Shanghái.
3) Hello, I    ; I   from Toronto.
4) Constance   English; She   from Fráncfort in Germany.
5)  Lian American? No, he  .
6) Louise    ; He   from Paris.
7) Petrosky   American. He    . He   from Moscow.
8) Ramón and Carlos    ; they   from New York.
9)  you French? No, I  ; I   from Argentina.
10) Lizzie    ; She   from Liverpool.
11)  Ramón and Carlos Russian? No, they  .
12) Paloma and Sofia   Canadian.
Past forms of be - Exercise
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Complete the following sentences by using words from de box A and information

from the box B.

A
Was Not
Were Not
 

B
Gabriel García Márquez Colombian writers
Mao Tse Tsung Chinese statesman
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Americans presidents
W. Mozart Austrian composer
Steve Jobs American businessman
Picasso Spanish artist
Anna Pavlova Russian dancer
Neil Armstrong American astronaut
 

1) Neil Armtrong   an American  .

2) Gabriel García Márquez   Spanish; he    .
3)  Gabriel García Márquez an artist? No. He    .
4)  Picasso a writer? No, He   an  .
5)  Picasso English? No. He    .
6) Ana Pavlova   Russian; she   a  .
7) Steve Jobs    ; He   from The United State.
8) George Washington and Abraham Lincoln   Americans; they    .
9) Mozart   Colombian. He    .
10)
 George Washington and Abraham Lincoln writers? No, they   presidents
 of The United States.
11)  Mao Tse Tsung Chinese? Yes. He   a Chinese  .

Present and Past of be - Exercise

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Complete the following with words from the box:

am is are was were not

 

1) Steve Jobs   American.

2) Canada   a country in America.
3) Dante   an Italian poet.
4) Chile   in Africa; it   in South America.
5) Hello,I   from Brazil; where   you from?
6) Argentina and Bolivia   Spanish colonies in the 18th century.
7) The Taj Mahal   in France; it   in India.
8) Volataire and Rousseau   French philosopher.
9) Mao Tse Tung   Chinese.
10) Abraham Lincoln   indian.
11) Alemania and Italia   in Europe.

Exercises with be - Word order

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Put the following words an phrases in the right order:

 

1) ? Are you how

2) . you fine I am thank.
3) ? you this Is smartphone.
4) ? city Madrid or a country Is.
5) ? a poet Gabriel García Marquez Was.
6) ? Nelson Mandela of United Stated a president Was.
7) ? Nelson Mandela of United Stated a president Was.
8) ? singer Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley were.
9) ? famous Eva Longoria and Penélope Cruz are actresses.
10) ? in world cities are Tokyo and Shanghai largest the are