Present Simple ‘Yes / No’ Questions with ‘Be’

Make a question with ‘be’:

1. John / in the garden? __Is John in the garden?________________________________________
2. They / hungry? _______________________________________________________________
3. We / late? _______________________________________________________________
4. You / tired? _______________________________________________________________
5. He / French? _______________________________________________________________
6. She / a teacher? _______________________________________________________________
7. Harry and Lucy / from London?______________________________________________________
8. I / early? _______________________________________________________________
9. You / thirsty?_______________________________________________________________
10. She / on the bus? _______________
11. We / on time? _______________________________________________________________
12. Pedro / from Spain? _______________________________________________________________
13. They / in Tokyo? _______________________________________________________________
14. Julie / at home? _______________________________________________________________
15. The children / at school?_______________________________________________________________
16. You / in a cafe? _______________________________________________________________
17. I / right? _______________________________________________________________
18. We / in the right place? _______________________________________________________________
19. She / German? _______________________________________________________________
20. He / a doctor? ____________________

Present Simple ‘Wh’ Questions with ‘Be’

Make a question with ‘be’:

1. Where / John? __Where is John?______________________________________________

2. Why / they / hungry? __Why are they hungry?________________________________________
3. Where / we? _______________________________________________________________
4. Who / you? _______________________________________________________________
5. Why / he / late? _______________________________________________________________
6. What / this? _______________________________________________________________
7. Where / Jimmy ? _______________________________________________________________
8. How old / she ? _______________________________________________________________
9. How / you ? _______________________________________________________________
10. Where / the station? _______________________________________________________________
11. What time / it now? _______________________________________________________________
12. Where / Pedro / from? _______________________________________________________________
13. Why / they / in the kitchen? _______________________________________________________________
14. How / the food? _______________________________________________________________
15. How long / the journey? _______________________________________________________________
16. How old / you ? _______________________________________________________________
17. Why / I / last ? _______________________________________________________________
18. What time / the concert? _______________________________________________________________
19. Where / she? _______________________________________________________________
20. Who / Julie / with? _______________________________________________________________
 Present Simple ‘Be’ Positive
Put in am / is / are:

1. She ___is_____ a teacher.

2. We __________ hungry.
3. Luke __________ late.
4. They __________ Spanish.
5. You __________ happy.
6. I __________ thirsty.
7. It __________ cold.
8. She __________ German.
9. He __________ early.
10. We __________ tired.
11. You __________ beautiful.
12. I __________ hot.
13. I __________ from London.
14. You __________ a doctor.
15. Emily __________ my sister.
16. He __________ in the garden.
17. They __________ on the bus.
18. We __________ friends.
19. I __________ 25 years old.
20. She __________ sick.

Present Simple ‘be’ Negative

Make the negative with ‘be’:
1. I’m not_________ cold.
2. She _____________ French.
3. You _____________ an accountant.
4. John _____________ my brother.
5. They _____________ from Berlin.
6. We _____________ late.
7. It _____________ warm outside.
8. I _____________ hungry.
9. Ian and Jill _____________ on the bus.
10. She _____________ Spanish.
11. He _____________ in the bathroom.
12. We _____________ thirsty.
13. It _____________ sunny.
14. You _____________ a teacher.
15. They _____________ at school.
16. Lucy _____________ from Australia.
17. I _____________ a nurse.
18. He _____________ sleepy.
19. We _____________ at home.
20. You _____________ from China.
 Present simple positive with ‘be’ – Mixed exercise 1
Make sentences with ‘be’ using the short forms (choose positive, negative or question):
1. (he / be / French) _____He’s French__________________________________________________
2. (we / not / be / cold) _____We aren’t cold_______________________________________________
3. (he / be / a footballer?) _____Is he a footballer?___________________________________________
4. (where / be / John?) _____Where’s John?_______________________________________________
5. (we / be / German) __________________________________________________________________
6. (he / not / be / a journalist) ______________________________________________________________
7. (we / not / be / singers) _________________________________________________________________
8. (you / be / a nurse?) __________________________________________________________________
9. (they / be / from Libya) ________________________________________________________________
10. (where / be / David?) _________________________________________________________________
11. (how / be / your mother?) ______________________________________________________________
12. (we / be / thirsty) __________________________________________________________________
13. (how long / be / the film?) _____________________________________________________________
14. (how often / be / you in London?) _______________________________________________________
15. (he / be / handsome) __________________________________________________________________
16. (I / not / be / English) _________________________________________________________________
17. (you / not / be / a doctor) ______________________________________________________________
18. (she / not / be / Italian) _______________________________________________________________
19. (he / be / my brother) _________________________________________________________________
20. (you / not / be / Egyptian) ______________________________________________________________

Present Simple with ‘be’ – Mixed Exercise 2

Make present simple sentences with ‘be’ (positive, negative or question)
1. (you / be / hungry) __________________________________________________________________
2. (they / not / be / at home) _______________________________________________________________
3. (when / be / the party?) _________________________________________________________________
4. (Julie and Ann / be / on the bus?) _________________________________________________________
5. (she / be / kind?) __________________________________________________________________
6. (they / be / German?) __________________________________________________________________
7. (you / be / late?) __________________________________________________________________
8. (I / be / early?) __________________________________________________________________
9. (you / be / from London?) ______________________________________________________________
10. (they / be / sad) __________________________________________________________________
11. (she / be / beautiful) __________________________________________________________________
12. (we / be / in love) __________________________________________________________________
13. (where / be / you?) __________________________________________________________________
14. (I / be / happy) __________________________________________________________________
15. (what / be / this?) __________________________________________________________________
16. (I / not / be / too hot) __________________________________________________________________
17. (she / not / be / called Julia) ____________________________________________________________
18. (how old / be / she?) __________________________________________________________________
19. (what time / be / the train?) ___________________________________________________________
20. (he / not / be / an accountant) __________________________________________________________
Read and find TO BE in the sentences. And translate sentences into Russian.

My name is Kendebai. I am ten years old and I am a school student. I am in the grade 4. My family is big.
My mom is a doctor. She is now at the hospital. My dad isn’t a doctor. He is a sportsman. He is in the gym
now. I have 2 grandparents. They are in the village now. We live in Astana. Our address is Koshkarbayev
Street 18, flat 76. Our telephone number is 8 700 342 23 76. I have a sister. Her name is Aisulu. She is 15.
She is a school student, too. She likes drawing and reading. Her pictures are beautiful. There are a lot of pet
at home. It is our cat. Its name is Bori. This is our parrot. Its name is Kesha. It is our dog. Its name is
Tompa. We are big and friendly family.

Make questions from these words and ask your partner

Your house
Your mother
Where (Где) You late for school today
Who (Кто) Your favourite colour
What (Что) Your English class
Why (Почему) The name of your English teacher
How old (Сколько лет) Your birthday
What time (В какое время) Your lunch
How long (Как долго) You sad
How (Как) You from
When (Когда) You
Your brother
Your mom’s birthday
Your school
…