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Using the Verb "To be"
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A).LLENE LOS ESPACIOS CON LA FORMA DEL VERBO EN PRESENTE:

am-is-are

Example: I (be) am happy. Example:

You / We / They (be) are
1) I (be) tired. happy.
2) I (be) 7) You (be) nice.
hungry.
8) We (be)
3) I (be) sleepy.
late!
9) They (be) funny.
Example: He / She / It (be) is y.
happ

4) He (be) cool.
5) She (be)
pretty.
6) It (be) fast.

Now we’ll use nouns instead

of pronouns…

10) John (be) excited. to school.

11)Tiffany and Uma (be)
my friends.
12)Ricardo, John and I (be)
watching a movie.
13) Hadil (be) kind.
14) Alisa (be) young.
15) The hammer (be)
new.
16) My mother and father (be)
cooking dinner.
17)Rachel (be) driving
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18)Nikkos and Billy (be) playing at

the park.
19)The students (be) studying
English.
20) The test (be) hard!
21)My best friend (be) coming to
my house.
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B). ESCOJA LA FORMA CORRECTA DEL VERBO BE EN
PRESENTE

Example: I (be) am excited.

Example: Jessica and Akbar (be) are happy.
Example: The new car (be) is nice.

1) The bag (be) blue. 2) The rocks (be) hard.

A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is

3) The children (be) 4) Thomas (be) nice.

young.
A. am
A. am B. are
B. are C. is
C. is
5) The game (be) difficult. 6) They (be) tired.

A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is

7) I (be) thirty years old. 8) Susan and Juan (be) married.

A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is
9) Teddy (be) my friend. 10)We (be) in
English class.
A. am
B. are A. am
C. is B. are
C. is
Write ESCOJA LA FORMA CORRECTA DEL VERBO BE EN PRESENTE

Note: The verb can be positive (+) or negative (-). Use not to form the negative.
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Example: My teacher (be) is nice. (+)

Example: The cat (be, not) is not hungry. (-)

1) The old man (be) wise. 2) The sun (be) hot.

3) The children (be) eating

4) I (be) happy. I (be, not)
bananas. They (be, not)
eating apples. sad.

5) The racecar (be) 6) My friend (be) buying

fast. It (be, not) a new car. Her old car broke
slow. down. It doesn't work anymore.

7) I (be) at the beach with 8) Ko and Jacob (be)

my family. It (be) hot very
and sunny outside. The ocean smart. Ko (be) a
water (be) warm. scientist and Jacob (be) an
engineer.

9) The library (be) 10) The school (be)

small. It (be, not)
open until 9:00 p.m. big.

11) The books (be) 12) Tommy, Steven, and Teddy (be)
new. acting in the school play.
They (be, not)
old.

13) Beatrice (be) at 14) It (be) hot

her house. outside. It (be, not)
cold outside.
 16) Judith (be, not)________ at
15) You (be)
home. She (be)
finished with the quiz!
school.