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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. 1) I (be) _____ tired. 2) I (be) _____ hungry. 3) I (be) _____ late! Example: He / She / It (be) is happy. 4) He (be) _____ cool. 5) She (be) _____ pretty. 6) It (be)_____ fast. Now we’ll use nouns instead of pronouns… 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.

Example: You / We / They (be) are happy. 7)You (be) _____ nice. 8) We (be) _____ sleepy. 9) They (be) _____ funny.

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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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. 1) The bag (be) ________ blue. A. am B. are C. is 3) The children (be) ________ young. A. am B. are C. is 5) The game (be) ________ difficult. A. am B. are C. is 7) I (be) ________ thirty years old. A. am B. are C. is 2) The rocks (be)________ hard. A. am B. are C. is 4) Thomas (be) ________ nice. A. am B. are C. is 6) They (be) ________ tired. A. am B. are C. is 8) Susan and Juan (be) ________ married. A. am B. are C. is 10) We (be) ________ in English class. A. am B. are C. is

9) Teddy (be) ________ my friend. A. am 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) ________ wise.

2) The sun (be) ________ hot.

3) The children (be) ________ eating bananas. They(be, not) ____ ____ eating apples. 5) The racecar (be) ________ fast. It (be, not) ____ ____ slow.

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

6) My friend (be) ________ buying a new car. Her old car broke down. It doesn't work anymore. 8) Ko and Jacob (be) ________ very smart. Ko (be) ________ a scientist and Jacob (be) ________ an engineer. 10) The school (be) ________ small. It(be, not) ____ ____ big.

7) I (be) ________ at the beach with my family. It (be) ________ hot and sunny outside. The ocean water (be) ________ warm. 9) The library (be) ________ open until 9:00 p.m.

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!

16) Judith (be, not) ____ ____ at home. She (be) ________ school.

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Exercise 4
Using the Verb "To be" Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense. 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...