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A/ “Be”
I am patient.
Dogs are friendly.
My mother is lonely.
It is cold in summer.
There are toys for dogs.
I – am We/ you/ they – are He/ she/ it – is There is + a/an N There are + N(s,es)
I am = I’m She is = She’s
He is = He’s You are = you’re They are = they’re
She is not home much.
Some children are not home.
Is not = isn’t Are not = aren’t
Exercise 1: Using the Verb " To be"
Example: I (be) am happy.
1) I (be) _ tired.
2) I (be) hungry.
3) I (be) late!
Example:
You / We / They (be) are happy.
7) You (be) nice.
8) We (be) _ sleepy.
9) They (be) funny.
Example: He / She / It (be) is happy.
4) He (be) cool.
5) She (be) pretty.
6) It (be) fast.
10) John (be) excited
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 to school
18) Nikos 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
Exercise 2: Using the Verb " To be" in present tense.
Example: I (be) am excited.
Jessica and Akbar (be) are happy The new car (be) is nice.
1/ The bag (be) blue 2/ The rocks (be) hard
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4/ Thomas (be) nice
5/ The game (be) difficult
6/ They (be) tired
7) I (be) thirty years old
8) Susan and Juan (be) married 9) Teddy (be) my friend.
10) We (be) in English class
Exercise 3: Write the correct form of the verb " to be" in present tense
1/ The old man (be) wise
2) The sun (be) hot
3) The children (be) eating bananas They (be, not) eating apples
4) I (be) happy I (be, not) sad
5) The racecar (be) fast It (be, not) slow.
6) My friend (be) buying a new car Her old car broke down
7) I (be) at the beach with my family It (be) hot and sunny outside The
ocean water (be) warm
8) Ko and Jacob (be) very smart Ko (be) a scientist and Jacob (be)
an engineer
9) The library (be) open until 9:00 p.m
10) The school (be) small It (be, not) big
11) The books (be) new They (be, not) old
12) Tommy, Steven, and Teddy (be) acting in the school play
13) Beatrice (be) at her house
14) It (be) hot outside It (be, not) cold outside
15) You (be) finished with the quiz! 11
16) Judith (be, not) at home She (be) at school.
Exercise 4: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of “be”
1 My dog ……… small
2 You ……….responsible
3 My cat ………soft
4 Dogs ……… great pets because they ……… affectionate
5 My dog ……….a member of our family
6 Some cats ………affectionate Other cats ……… very independent
7 It ……… a bid responsibility to own a pet
8 Kittens and puppies ……….cute
9 We ………ready to get a pet
10 Some people ………lonely
11 My daughter and I ………….at the pet shop We …………at home
12 My husband ……….at work now He (not)……… with me
13 I ……… patient My husband (not)……….patient
14 My daughter ……….responsible
15 My son ……….excited He ……….tired
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17 The children ………excited about the new puppy
18 My dog ………in the yard It……… hungry
19 There ……….toys for dogs They ……… inexpensive
20 The window……… open I ………… cold
21 It ………ten o’clock now The weather ……… warm today
22 My husband ………from California I ……… from New York
23 The dogs ……… thirsty put some water in the dish
24 I ………worried about my cat because it ………… sick
25 That ………a picture of my dog
Exercise 5: Using the Verb " To be"
My name (be) (1) John I (be) (2) fifteen years old I live on a farm It (be) (3) in the country It is quiet in the country It (be, not) (4) loud in the country
I wake up early Sometimes, I wake up before the sun rises Sometimes, it (be) (5) still dark when I wake up But I don’t mind I like waking up that early I like the way the country looks in the morning
The first thing I do after I wake up is milk the cow After I (be) (6) finished milking the cow, I bring the milk to my mom I think she uses it to make breakfast She makes a delicious breakfast My mom
(be) (7) a really good cook
Next, I feed the pigs One time, I asked my mom how come my little sister doesn’t feed them She said it is because my sister (be, not) (8) strong enough But I still don’t understand She
is almost as strong as me! I guess my mom doesn’t want my sister to get hurt After all, the pigs can (be) (9) pretty rough, especially when they (be) (10) hungry
The last thing I do (be) (11) feed the chickens That (be) (12) easy I just throw some food down on the ground and they run out and eat it While the chickens (be) (13) eating, I go into their house to collect their eggs Chicken eggs (be) (14) really good to eat They (be) (15) easy to cook too That is what I do in the mornings I (be) (16) pretty busy
Exercise 6: Write the correct form of " to be" in present tense.
Tess and Jen (1) best friends
They do everything together They spend every day together
One day they meet on the bus to school They start talking
“Hey Jen,” says Tess “How (2) you?”
“Hey girl,” says Jen “I (3) doing fine What (4) going on? What (5) you doing today?”
“Oh,” says Tess, “I _ _ (6) doing anything special I don’t have any plans.”
“That (7) cool.”
“Yeah,” says Tess “But I have something to tell you.”
“Really! Can I try to guess?”
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“Okay, I get three guesses Ready?”
“Umm, well…okay.”
“ (8) we eating dinner together?”
“No, that _ _ (9) it.”
“Okay Are we going to the soccer game together?”
“No It (10) that either.” Tess looks nervous Her eyes look sad A tear starts to fall down her cheek
“Oh,” says Jen, wiping a tear from her own eye “Now I know You (11) moving away.”
B/ Verbs
Exercise 1: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
Example: I / You / We / They (cook) cook.
Example: He / She / It (cook) cooks.
1) I ( cook) ……….on Monday.
2) You ( cook) ……….on Tuesday.
3) We ( cook) ……….on Wednesday.
4) They ( cook) ……….on Thursday 5) He ( cook) ……….on Friday.
6) She ( cook) ……….on Saturday 7) It ( cook) ……….on Sunday.
Exercise 2: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense
Example: I / You / We / They (wash) wash the car on Monday.
Example: He / She / It (wash) washes the car
on Tuesday
1) I ( wash) ……….the car on Monday.
2) You ( wash) ………… the car on Tuesday.
3) We ( wash) ……….the car on Wednesday.
4) They ( wash) ………….the car on Thursday 5) He ( wash) ……….the car on Friday 6) She ( wash) ……….the car on
Saturday
7) It ( wash) ……….the car on Sunday.
Exercise 3: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
Example: I / You / We / They (study) study English on Monday.
Example: He / She / It (study) studies English on Tuesday.
1) I (study) ……….English on Monday.
2) You (study) ………….English on
Tuesday
3) We (study) ……….English on
Wednesday
4) They (study) ……….English on Thursday 5) He (study) ……….English on Friday 6) She (study) ………….English on
Saturday
7) It (study) ……….English on Sunday Exercise 4: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense
Example: I / You / We / They (cook) cook.
Example: He / She / It (cook) cooks.
Example: I / You / We / They (wash) wash the car on Monday.
Example: He / She / It (wash) washes the car on Tuesday.
Example: I / You / We / They (study) study English on Monday.
Example: He / She / It (study) studies English on Tuesday.
1) They (study) ………… English on Tuesday.
2) He (cook) ……….on Tuesday 3) I (wash) …………the car on Wednesday. 4) We (cook) ………on Sunday.
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9) He (study) ……….English on Friday 10) You (wash) ………….the car on Thursday 11) They (cook) ………….on Wednesday.
12) She (study) ……….English on Thursday.
Exercise 5: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
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car on Monday
11) Natasha (study)
……….English on
Thursday
12) Rachel: Hi, Nina Can I help you?
Nina: Yes You (wash) the car, and I will
cook dinner
Exercise 6: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
1) Monica (eat) eggs 2) Teddy and Monica (eat)
_ eggs
3) Mickie (study)
English every day
4) Arthur and Jason (study)
_ English on Monday and Tuesday
5) Angie and I (drink)
_ coffee
6) Eva (like) _
chocolate
7) Dustin (watch)
movies
8) Yoko (play) the
piano
9) The students (take) _
tests
10) It (rain) here a
lot
Exercise 7: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
1) Dennis (cook) _ on
Wednesday
2) Mariella and I (cook)
on Tuesday
3) Spencer (wash) _
his car on Sunday
4) Tammy and I (wash)
_ our car on Monday
5) You (study) _
science on Thursday
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math on Friday
7) Rickie (play)
_ golf and
tennis
8) Justin and I (play)
_ basketball and
soccer
9) Kim (read)
fiction novels
10) Richard and David (read)
_ the
newspaper
Exercise 8: Choose the correct form of the
verb in simple present tense.
Example: I / You / We / They (play) play the
guitar
Example: He / She / It (play) plays the guitar.
1) I ( bake) ……….cakes.
2) You ( work) ……….in an
office
3) We ( take)
……….pictures of birds
4) They ( talk)
……….about cars
5) He ( think) ……….about
school
6) She ( play) ………
soccer
7) It ( rain) ……….here a
lot
8) I ( like)
……….chocolate
9) He ( like)
……….chocolate
10) You ( watch)
……….movies
11) She ( watch)
……….movies
12) The babies ( cry)
……… every night
13) The baby (cry)
……….every night
14) I ( fly) ……….to Belize
every year
15) My father ( fly)
……….to Belize every year
Exercise 9: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
Example: I (play) play the guitar.
Example: Jessica (play) plays the guitar.
1) I (be) sixteen years
old
2) Tommy (live) _ at 107
Pine Lane
3) Juana (cook) dinner for her family.
4) They (eat)
lunch at 12:00
5) Nina (take)
medicine when she is sick
6) I (like) _
chocolate
7) He (drive) _ a
nice car
8) We (want) _ to see a
movie tonight
9) Mr Anderson (teach)
_ chemistry at Hill High School
10) They (study)
English at school
11) I (want) to go
home now
12) Bill and Calicia (drive)
to the mountains every year every year
13) We (eat) pasta
once a week
14) It (snow) _ here in
December
15) When Dax (take) _ a shower, he
(wash) his hair with shampoo
Exercise 10: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
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guitar
Example: He/She/It (play) plays the guitar.
1) Mary (be) _
twenty-nine years old
2) We (like) to eat fruit
It (taste) good
3) The football team never (score)
It (lose)
_ all the time
4) Roberta and Betty always (talk)
_ to each other on the
phone
5) Jose and I (study)
chemistry together
6) The car (have)
_ a flat tire
7) You never (make) breakfast for
me I always (have) _ to make it myself
8) The mechanic (fix) my
car when it breaks down
9) Tom rarely (fly) _ He
usually (drive) _
10) I usually (watch) TV, but
tonight I (think) I will read a book
11) Igor (call) _ his
mother on the phone every day
12) When he (be) _ alone at
night, Beto sometimes (get) _
scared
13) I (be) _ tired I (think)
_ I am going to take a nap
14) Cakes (be) _ hard to make They
(require) _ a lot of work
15) Joel (like) to play soccer He
(practice) every day
Exercise 11: Fill in the spaces with the correct
form of the verb in simple present tense.
Affirmative (+): Example: He (play) plays the
guitar
Negative (-): He (not, play) does not play the
guitar
1) I rarely (eat) _ chocolate I (not, like)
_ _ _the way it (taste)
2) We (like) _ to watch movies My
favorite movie (be) Titanic.
3) The ocean (sound) _ like an airplane 4) The flag (blow) _ in the
wind every day It is getting old It (need) _ to be replaced soon
5) The janitor at my school (empty)
the trash on Sunday
6) Angelica always (try) to
make new friends
7) James (run) _ two miles
every day
8) Elizabeth often (march) _
with the band
9) John and I (open)
presents at Christmas
10) When there is a fire, the firemen (rush)
_ to put it out After the fire (be) _ out, they (go)
_ home
11) I (be, not) _ _ tired I (think)
_ I will read a book
12) Shelley (not, think) _ _
_ this quiz is hard But I (do) _!
Exercise 12: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
Example: I (play) play the guitar.
Example: Jessica (play) plays the guitar.
Example: He (not, play) does not play the
guitar
1) I always (eat) _ vegetables
Carrots (be) my favorite
2) Randy (like) _ swimming in the
ocean, but he (be) _ afraid of sharks
3) It (be) _ really cold outside, and I
(not, have) _ _ _ a jacket!
4) We (think ) _ it is fun to
ride roller coasters
5) Roberto and Kelly (hunt)
_ for eggs every Easter
6) The simple present tense (be)
_ easy!
7) My family (want) to
visit the pyramids in Egypt
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