TO BE: closed question form

Form closed questions with to be by placing the auxiliary before the subject.

Is she a good student?

Are you and Henry cousins?

Change to the question form.

1. They are cousins. ____are they cousins?___

2. He is a bad student. ____is he a bad student?

3. Today is Tuesday. ____is today Tuesday?___

4. Antonia and he are in the same class. are Antonia and He in the same class?___

5. You and George are cousins. _____are George ande you cousins?_______

6. She and Mary are good friends. ____is Mary and she good friends?________

7. The windows are closed. _____are the windows closed?____________

8. The door is wide open. ___is open wide the door ?_______________

9. They are new students. ___are they new students?_____________

10. Henry and she are first cousins. _____are Henry and she first cousin?_______

11. We are busy today. ___are We busy today?_________________

12. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are British. ___are Mr and Mrs british?_______________

13. This is a difficult exercise. _____is this a difficult exercise?____________

14. This lesson is easy. ____________________

15. She is a good teacher. ____________________

16. Helen and she are sisters. ____________________

17. You and Henry are in the same class. ____________________

18. They are tired today. ____________________

19. The teacher is tired. ____________________

20. This is a good book. ____________________

21. They are old friends. ____________________

22. He is a tall man. ____________________

 ACTION VERBS: negative form

To form the negative of the simple present tense, place do not or does not after the subject. We normally use the
contracted forms don’t and doesn’t.

I do not drive. (I don’t drive.) We do not drive. (We don’t drive.)

You do not drive. (You don’t drive.)
He does not drive. (He doesn’t drive.) You do not drive. (You don’t drive.)
She does not drive. (She doesn’t drive.)
It does not drive. (It doesn’t drive.) They do not drive. (They don’t drive.)

Change to the negative form.

1. He studies in our class. ___ He not studies in our

class._________________

2. They go to the movies every night. ____________________

3. She comes to school by bus. ____________________

4. I know him very well. ____________________

5. It rains very often during the month of April. ____________________

6. The dog runs after the cat. ____________________

7. Our class begins at eight o’clock. ____________________

8. It ends at ten o’clock. ____________________

9. The buses stop on this corner. ____________________

10. We write many letters. ____________________

11. She speaks English well. ____________________

12. You walk to work every day. ____________________

13. They like to study English. ____________________

14. Helen lives in Chicago. ____________________

15. He works on Sunday. ____________________

16. I go to school by bus. ____________________

17. I arrive at school on time. ____________________

18. We need more practice in English. ____________________

19. I understand him very well. ____________________

20. She gets up early every morning. ____________________

 PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

To form the present continuous tense, use the formula TO BE + VERB + ING. The present progressive describes an
action which is happening at the present moment.

She’s working on the problem now. They’re leaving now.

Complete the sentence with the present continuous tense of the verb in parentheses.

Ex. Elizabeth (sing) a song now. Elizabeth is singing a song now.

1. Martin (do) his homework now. __ Martin doing his homework now _______

2. She (wait) for me on the corner now. She (waiting) for me on the corner now_____

3. Look! It (begin) to rain. ___ Look! It (begining) to rain.____________

4. The leaves (begin) to fall from the trees. __ The leaves (begining) to fall from the trees.

5. They (take) a walk along Fifth Avenue. __ They (taking) a walk along Fifth
Avenue.________

6. I (begin) to understand English grammar now. ___ I (begining) to understand English

grammar now.______________________

7. We (make) good progress in our courses. __ We (making) good progress in our courses
_______________________

8. Listen! The telephone (ring). __ Listen! The telephone

(ringing).____________________

9. We (study) the exercise now. __ We (studying) the exercise

now._______________________

10. The train (leave) at this moment. _ The train (leaving) at this
moment.________________________

11. Elizabeth (looking) for her English book. Elizabeth (looking) for her English
book._________________________

12. Listen! Someone (knock) at the door. _ Listen! Someone (knocking) at the
door.________________________

13. Look! Mr. Salas (walk) in our direction. __ Look! Mr. Salas (walking) in our direction.
_______________________

14. My father (read) the newspaper now. ___ My father (reading) the newspaper
now.______________________

15. The wind (blowin) very hard now. ____ The wind (blowing) very hard now.
_____________________

16. The teacher (look) directly at you. __ The teacher (looking) directly at
you._______________________

17. All the students (laugh) at you. __ All the students (laughing) at you
_______________________
18. The bus (stop) for us now. ___ The bus (stopping) for us
now.______________________

19. The teacher (read) a book in the class. __ The teacher (reading) a book in the
class._______________________

20. Mr. and Mrs. Nomura (build) a new home on First Street. __ Mr. and Mrs. Nomura (building) a new
home on First Street._______________________