UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL DE BOLÍVAR

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
A1 LEVEL

NAME: __________________________________________________. SCORE: ___/10.

TEACHER’S NAME: MSc. Jaime Portilla. DATE: _____/_________/_________.

VERB TO- BE
Exercises: Replace the names by the corresponding Subject or Personal
Pronoun.
1. Mary is in the school.
_____ is in the school.
2. Paul and Robert are soccer players.
_____________ are soccer players.
3. The rabbit is in the cage.
_________ is in the cage.
4. Mathew is an intelligent boy.
_______ is an intelligent boy.
5. John and me are in the same class.
__________ are in the same class.
6. The books are in the bookcase.
________ are in the bookcase.
Exercises: Choose the appropriate answer.
7. Peter (is- are) a good student.
8. Both sisters (are- am) in the same class.
9. Mr. Jones (is- are) a butcher.
10.She and Mary (is- are) sisters.
Exercises: Complete with the correct verb to-be.
11.Henry________ a Priest.
12.Mr. Smith________ happy today.
13.Helen and Mary _______good students.
14.The door____________ closed.
 15.I________ hungry now.
Exercises: change into negative.
16.We are brothers.
___________________________.
17.She and Mary are sisters.
___________________________.
18.William is busy today.
___________________________.
19.The door is opened.
___________________________.
Exercises: Change into questions and answer them.
20. They are cousins.
_________________? Yes, ___________. No, _____________.
21.She is a good teacher.
_____________________? Yes, ___________. No, ___________.
22.The teacher is tired.
______________________? Yes, ___________. No, ____________.
Exercises: Complete with the correct form of the verb to-be.
1. A: ___________you good at math?
B: No, I ____________.
2. A: _____________Mr. Smith the new Geography Teacher?
B: Yes, he__________.
3. _________ Anne good at English?
B: No, She _________. She______ good at Spanish?
4. A: ___________They your friends?
B: Yes, they__________. We ________ classmates.

Complete with the correct form of the verb to be.

a. Michelle and I______ classmates. We______ in the 10th grade.

b. A: ________Robert from Canada?

B: No, he________ .He_______ from Italy.

c. A: ________you good at basketball?

B: No, I__________. My favorite sport ______ tennis.

SPEAKING
YES / NO QUESTIONS
1. Is your father a mechanic? No he isn´t
2. Are you married? No I am not
3. Is your sister in Cuba? No she isn´t
4. Are your friends in Galapagos Islands? No they aren
´t
5. Is your mother in the house right now? Yes she is
6. Are 18 years old? No I am not
7. Are your parents in love? They is
8. Are you in love?
9. Is your house new? No it ins´t
10. Is your English Teacher intelligent? Yes he is
11. Is Barcelona from Ecuador the best soccer team?
Yes they is
12. Is Liga de Quito in Ambato? No it isn´t
13. Is your family big? Yes we are
14. Are your classmates nice people? Yes they are
15. Are your relatives nice people? Yes they are
16. Are your parents 80 years old? No they aren´t
17. Is your boyfriend in this University? No he ins´t
18. Is your best friend in Guaranda? Yes she is
19. Is your living room clean? Yes it is
20. Are you 21 years old? No I am not
21. Are we friends? No we aren´t
22. Is your house yellow? No it ins´t
23. Are you and your parents rich people? No we
aren´t
24. Is your father handsome? Yes he is
25. Are you beautiful / handsome? Yes I am
26. Is your best friend from Colombia? No he is not
27. Is Messi a butcher? No he isn´t
28. Is Will Smith a singer?? No he ins´t
29. Is Maduro a donkey? Yes he
30. Is Julio Jaramillo a Singer? Yes he is
31. Is Vicente Fernandez a sailor? No he isn´t
32. Are your parents architects? No he isn´t
33. Are you from Ambato? No I am not
34. Is your best friend from San Miguel? Yes he is
35. Is your bag red? No he isn´t
36. Are your pens new? Yes it is
37. Is your birthday on august? No it isn´t
38. Is your cellphone a nokia? No it isn´t
39. Is your mom a beautiful woman? Yes she is
40. Are you from Guaranda? No I am not

WH – QUESTIONS
1. Where are you from? I am from Chimbo
2. Where is your father from? He is from Quevedo
3. Where is your mother from? She is from Chimbo
4. Where is Nebot from? He is from Guayaquil
5. Where is Fidel Castro from? He is from Cuba
6. Where is Justin Bieber from? He is from London
Canada
7. Where is Diego Maradona from? He is from
Argentina
8. Where is Vicente Fernandez from? He is from
Mexico
9. When is Christmas? Its December 25
10. When is San Valentine´s day? Its Febrary 14
11. Who is your best friend? My best friends is
Melissa
12. Who is your favorite actor? My favorite actor is
Eugenio Derbez
13. Who is your favorite singer? My favorite singer
is I love is
14. Who is the president from The USA? It is Joe
Biden
15. Who is the president of Ecuador? He is
Guillermo Lasso
16. What’s your favorite music? I love classical
music / I don’t favorite music reguee
17. What’s your favorite sport? My favorite sport is
running
18. What’s your favorite food? my favorite food is
chicken
19. What are your hobbies? My hobbie is read
20. When is your birthday? My birthday is on
November 4th
21. What time is it now? It is two in the afternoon
22. What’s your phone number? It is 0983902139
23. What’s your e-mail address? My e-mail address
is sebastian123atgmaildotcom
24. What’s your favorite color? My favorite color is
red
25. Where is Shakira from? She is from Colombia
26. Where is Pele from? He is from Brasil
27. What’s your favorite subject? My favorite
subject is criminal law
28. What’s the color of your house? My color is
blue
29. When’s your father’s birthday? He birthday is on
December 23th
30. What’s your favorite movie? My favorite movies
is comedy
31. What’s your favorite book? My favorite book is
science
32. What's your cell phone brand? My cell phone is
xiaomi / it is Samsung