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Exercise 1
Using the Verb "To be"

Write the correct form of the verb "To be" in present tense.

Example: I (be) am happy. Example:

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

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

Now we’ll use nouns instead of

pronouns…

10) John (be) are excited.

11) Tiffany and Uma (be) is
my friends.
12) Ricardo, John and I (be) is
watching a movie.
13) Hadil (be) is
14) Alisa (be) is
15) The hammer (be) is
16) My mother and father (be)
is cooking dinner.
17) Rachel (be) is
school.
18) Nikkos and Billy (be) am
kind.
playing at the park.
young.
19) The students (be) am
new.
studying English.
20) The test (be) is hard!
21) My best friend (be) is
driving to
coming to my house.
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Exercise 2
Using the Verb "To be"
Choose the correct form of "to be" in present tense.

Example: I (be) am excited.

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

The bag (be) is blue. The rocks (be) is hard.

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

The children (be) are young. Thomas (be) is nice.

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

The game (be) is difficult. They (be) am tired.

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

I (be) am thirty years old. Susan and Juan (be) are

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

Teddy (be) is my friend. We (be) are in English

class.
A. am
B. are A. am
C. is B. are
C. is
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Exercise 3
Using the Verb "To be"

Write the correct form of the verb "to be" in present tense.

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) is wise. 2) The sun (be) is hot.

3) The children (be) is eating

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

5) The racecar (be) is fast. It 6) My friend (be) is buying a

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

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

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

9) The library (be) is open 10) The school (be) is small. It

until 9:00 p.m. (be, not) is not big.

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

13) Beatrice (be) is at 14) It (be) is hot outside. It

her house. (be, not) is not cold outside.

16) Judith (be, not) is not at

15) You (be) is finished with
home. She (be) is school.
the quiz!