TO BE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE 1. She______ in the house. 2. The dog and the cat______ in the garden. 3.

. The woman_______ behind a tree. 4. I ______Kevin. 5. Carol and I______ friends. 6. It________ black. 7. My name________ Bob. 8. They______ nice girls. 9. The children_______ in the shop. 10. He_______ a teacher. 11. We______ hungry. 12. Mrs Dixon _______funny and nice. 13. I ______twelve years old. 14. Jim and Cathy _____at school. 15. The elephants_______ tired. Fill in the blanks with the right subject / personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they): 1. Angelina Joli is American. isn't French. 2. Brad Pitt is American, too. isn't German. 3. Brad and Angelina aren't French. are American. 4. My friend and I are high school students. aren't primary school students. 5. The Statue of Liberty is in New York. isn't in Washington. Fill in the blanks with the right form of to be ( am, are or is): 1. you the new student? 2. Yes, I . 3. Leila and Nancy students. 4. Nancy Australian . 5. My sister and I students. 6. The girls tired. 7. These women beautiful. 8. The tea delicious. 9. Nadia and Leila friends. 10. The newspaper cheap. Choose the correct answer (negative or affirmative form of to be): 1. Is Julia Robert French? No, she French. 2. What about Robert de Nero? Is he an American actor? Yes, he . 3. Are New York and Los Angeles Spanish Cities? No, they Spanish cities. 4. Is Big Ben in Paris? No, it in Paris. 5. Is Mount Everst in Africa? No, it in Africa. It is in Asia.

4. we, bold 5. they, careless 6. she, clever 7. we, ready 8. you, reckless 9. I, shy 10. they, polite 2. Change the affirmative statements resulting from Exercise 1 into questions. For example: I am cautious. Am I cautious? 3. Change the affirmative statements resulting from Exercise 1 into negative statements. For example: I am cautious. I am not cautious. 4. Change the affirmative statements resulting from Exercise 1 into negative questions. Except where the subject of the verb is I, write both the form without contractions and the form with contractions. For example: I am cautious. Am I not cautious? 5. Add negative tag questions to the ends of the affirmative statements resulting from Exercise 1. Except where the subject of the verb is I, use contractions for the tag questions. For example: I am cautious. I am cautious, am I not? 6. Using the Simple Present of the verb to be, and making sure that the word order is correct, form the following groups of words into grammatically correct statements or questions. If the symbol ? is present, form the words into a question. If the word not is present, form the words into a negative statement or negative question. Do not use contractions in this exercise. For example: it, brown It is brown. you, ?, excited Are you excited? I, satisfied, not I am not satisfied. not, ?, they, ready Are they not ready?

1. you, ?, hungry 2. we, ?, not, correct 1. Change the following pairs of words into sentences, using the 3. he, ?, happy 4. not, ?, it, cold correct forms of the Simple Present of the verb to be. For 5. she, here example: I, cautious I am cautious. 1. you, careful 2. it, warm 3. he, here

6. I, early, ? 7. they, wrong, not

8. you, ?, comfortable 9. they, ?, not, strong 10. not, ?, I, fortunate 11. it, slippery, ? 12. not, you, late 11)) The old man (be) ________ wise. 33)) The children (be) ________ eating bananas. They (be, not) ____ ____ eating apples. 55)) The racecar (be) ________ fast. It (be, not) ____ ____ slow. 77)) I (be) ________ at the beach with my family. It (be) ________ hot and sunny outside. The ocean water (be) ________ warm. 99)) The library (be) ________ open until 9:00 p.m. 1111)) The books (be) ________ new. They (be, not) ____ ____ old. 1133)) Beatrice (be) ________ at her house. 1155)) You (be) ________ finished with the quiz!

13. it, not, ?, important 14. we, famous 15. they, present, ?

22)) The sun (be) ________ hot. 44)) I (be) ________ happy. I (be, not) ____ ____ sad. 66)) My friend (be) ________ buying a new car. Her old car broke down. It doesn't work anymore. 88)) Ko and Jacob (be) ________ very smart. Ko (be) ________ a scientist and Jacob (be) ________ an engineer. 1100)) The school (be) ________ small. It (be, not) ____ ____ big. 1122)) Tommy, Steven, and Teddy (be) ________ acting in the school play. 1144)) It (be) ________ hot outside. It (be, not) ____ ____ cold outside. 1166)) Judith (be, not) ____ ____ at home. She (be) ________ school.

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 dont 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 doesnt feed them. She said it is because my sister (be, not) ____ ____(8) strong enough. But I still dont understand. She is almost as strong as me! I guess my mom doesnt 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.