Exercises of the class 1: verb to be

Note: In the exercises and quiz that are in the following page the answers are underlined.

Exercise 1
Using the verb “to be”
 Write the correct form of verb “to be” in present tense.
Example: I (be) am happy.

 1) I (be) am tired

2) I (be) am hungry

 3) I (be) am late!

Example: He/ She/ It(be) is happy.

4) He (be) is cool.

 5) She (be) is pretty

 6) It(be) is fast.

Example: you/ we/ they/ (be) are happy

7) You (be) are nice.

8) We (be) are sleepy.

 9) They (be) are funny.

 Now we´ll use nouns instead of pronouns…

 10) John(be) is excited.

11) Tiffany and Uma(be) are my friends

12) Ricardo, john and I(be) are watching a movie. 13) Hadil(be) is kind.

 14) Alias(be) is young.

15) The hammer(be) is new.

 16) My mother and father(be) are cooking dinner. 17) Rachel(be) is driving to school.

 18) Nikkos and billy (be) are playing at the park.

19) The students (be) are studying English.

20) The test (be) is hard.


Exercise 2
Using the verb “to be”
Choose the correct form of “to be” in present tense.

1) The bag (be) is blue.           6) they (be) are tire.                 A. Am                                             A. Am
     B. Are                                             B. Are
     C. Is                                                 C. Is

 2) The children (be) are young.   7) I (be) am thirty                                                                          years old.
A. Am                                                       A. Am
B. Are                                                       B. Are
C. Is                                                           C. Is

3) The game (be) is difficult.    8) Susan and Juan (be)                                                                 are married
 A. Am                                                A. Am 
 B. Are                                                B. Are
 C. Is                                                    C. Is

4) The rocks (be) are hard.  9) Teddy (be) is my friend.

 A. Am                                                  A. Am
 B. Are                                                  B. Are
 C. Is                                                      C. Is

5) Thomas (be) is nice.     10) We (be) are in English                                                           class.
A. Am                                          A. Am
B. Are                                          B. Are
C. Is                                              C. Is


Exercise 3
Using verb “to be”

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

 1) The old man (be) are wise.

2) The sun (be) is hot

 3) The children (be) are eating bananas. They (be, not) are not eating apples.

4) I (be) happy. I (be, not)sad.

5) The racecar(be) is fast. It (be, not) is not slow.

 6) My friend (be) is buying a new car. Her old car broke down. It doesn´t work anymore

 7) I (be) am at the beach with my family. It (be) is hot and sunny outside. The ocean water (be) is warm.

8) Ko and Jacob (be) are very smart. Ko (be) is a scientist and Jacob (be) is an engineer.

 9) The library (be) is open until 9:00 p.m.

10) The school (be) is small. It (be, not) is not big.