Worksheet # 1 - Verb To BE Simple Present Tense

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Worksheet # 1 - Verb to BE Simple Present Tense

A. Fill in the gaps with the right form of verb TO BE in Simple Present Tense.
is
1. This book   mine.
are
2. Jane and Peter   married.
is
3. That   right.
is
4. My brother   here at the moment.
are

5. We   in England.


is

6. It   Monday today.


is

7. She   from France.


am

8. I   a hairdresser.
is

9. My name   Alexander.
are

10. There   many people in this class.

B. Change the full form of verb TO BE to contractions. Change the noun for a
subject pronoun where it’s necessary.
1. This exercise is difficult. Thi's difficult excersise
2. We are from Spain. We’re from Spain
3. The kids are in the garden. They’re in the garden
4. You are English. You’re English
5. My car is very expensive. This's very expensive car
6. These photographs are very nice. These're an photographs very nice
7. Alex is twenty-five years old. Alexis’s twenty-five years old
8. I am fine. I’m fine

C. Fill in the blanks with the right form of verb To Be, use contractions as
much as possible.
1. You’re very hungry!
2. This’s my mother
3. Where’re your house?   
4. Maria is in the kitchen.
5. Is it cold outside?
6. Where’re you?
7. Sorry, but we’re free on Friday. We’re busy.
8. That’s my sister. She’s my mother!
9. Hello, I’m Paul. Nice to meet you!

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Worksheet # 1 - Verb to BE Simple Present Tense

D. Write the short form:


I am I’m They are They’re
He is He’s You are not You aren’t
We are We’re She is not She isn’t
She is She’s I am not I amn’t
You are You’re We are not We aren’t
E. Answer the following questions in positive. Use contractions as much as
possible.
Are you happy? Yes, I’m.
Is he a mechanic? Yes, he’s.
Is she a secretary? Yes, she’s.
Are they students? Yes, they’re.
Are you married? Yes, you’re.
Are we sick? Yes, we’re.
Is he a teenager? Yes, he’s.
Is she single? Yes, she’s.
Is he twenty-nine? Yes, he’s.

F. Find and correct errors, then answer True or False.


Good morning. I´s Susan Myers. i are a reporter at Central News and today i is
making a report on immigrants. My guests is two immigrants from Venezuela, they
is jane Leaf and peter Leaf. They´s students at the community college, She are 19
years old and he are 20. They is students but they is not workers. They live in an
apartment downtown.

Susan: Where are they from?


Peter: We are from Venezuela.
Susan: Are they happy in America?
Jane: Yes, we´re. We enjoy living here.
Susan: Jane, is she real name Juana?
Jane: Not, it´sn´t. It´s Janini and it means winter.
Susan: Thank you very much.

They is two Venezuelan people living the American Dream. This is Susan Myers
reporting from the Community College, and tomorrow we will have more guests in
“living in America”. See you then!

True or False:

1. Susan Myers is a teacher at the Community College? True


2. They are from Vietnam? False
3. Peter is a student at Harvard? False
4. Jane is 23 years old? False
5. They live in the suburbs? False

G. Translate
Ella está triste. She is sad.

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Worksheet # 1 - Verb to BE Simple Present Tense
Están ocupados. They are busy.
El niño se siente triste The child feel sad.
Mi hijo tiene frio My son is cold.
El es hondureño. He is Honduran.
Estamos aquí. We are here.

H. Write 5 sentences using the basic structure of a sentence and verb TO BE.
1. My brother is a farmer.
2. My father is fifty eight years old.
3. My mother is form Danli.
4. My sister is a teacher.
5. I’m twenty nine years old.

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