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 well 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. 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.

Exercise 1 Using the Verb "To be" Write the correct form of the verb "To be" in present tense.

Example: I (be) am happy. Example:

1) The bag (be) _____is___ blue. 2) The rocks (be) _____is___ hard.

A. am A. am

B. are B. are

C. is C. is

Name________________ Date________________ 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.

3) The children (be) ______is__ young. 4) Thomas (be) __is______ nice. A. am A. am B. are B. are C. is C. is 5) The game (be) ______is__ difficult. 6) They (be) _____are___ tired.

A. am A. am

B. are B. are

C. is C. is

7) I (be) __am______ thirty years old. 8) Susan and Juan (be) ___are_____ married. A. am B. are A. am C. is B. are C. is 9) Teddy (be) _____are___ my friend. 10) We (be) ____are____ in English class.

A. am

B. are A. am

C. is B. are C. is

Name________________ Date________________ 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 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.

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Name________________ Date________________ Exercise 7 Using the Verb "To be" Choose the correct form of "to be" in past tense. Example: You / We / They (be) were sick last night. Example: I / He / She / It (be) was sick last night. 1) I (be) ________ tired last night. F. was G. were 3) Richard and I (be) ________ excited last night. C. was D. were 5) Julian (be) ________ angry yesterday. C. was D. were 7) The movie (be) ________ scary. I don't want to watch it again. C. was D. were 9) Jonathan (be) ________ hungry. So, he ate a sandwich. A. was B. were 2) You (be) ________ happy last night. C. was D. were 4) Javier and Roberto (be) ________ lazy last night. C. was D. were 6) Rachel (be) ________ sleepy yesterday. C. was D. were 8) Ko, Teddy, and Peter (be) ________ tired after the long drive. A. was B. were 10) My mom (be) ________ helping the teacher at school yesterday. A. was B. were

Name________________ Date________________ Exercise 9 Using the Verb "To be" Write the correct form of "to be" in past tense. Example: My dog (be) was sick last night. (positive) Example: Carlos (be, not) was not at work yesterday. )negative( 1) Teddy (be) ________ driving home when I saw him. 3) Who (be) ________ sleeping in my bed? It (be, not) ____ ____ James. It (be, not) ____ ____ Julio. Oh, I know! It (be) ________ Roger! 5) At 7:00 we (be) ________ eating dinner and watching T.V. 2) Mack, Jenny, and Javier (be) ________ walking their dog when I talked to them last Saturday. 4) I (be) ________ going to the grocery store when you called. 6) When he was a kid, Ivan (be, not) ____ ____ very social. He did not spend time with his friends. He spent a lot of time alone. He (be) ________ always reading a book or listening to music in his room. 7) When I (be) ________ in the ninth grade, I (be) ________ five feet tall. 8) Lola (be) ________ a very nice girl. She helped her parents, did her homework, and even took care of her little brother. It is a shame she had to move away. 9) The cat (be) ________ faster than the mouse. So, the cat caught the mouse. Unlucky mouse! 10) The weather (be) ________ hot. We (be) ________ sweating. I asked my mom to roll the window down.

Name________________ Date________________ Exercise 10 Using the Verb "To be" Choose the correct form of "to be" in present tense or past tense. Example: My dog (be) is sick today. (present tense) Example: My dog (be) was sick last night. (past tense) 1) The clouds moved away, and the sun shone through. The sky was full of pretty colors. It (be) ________ beautiful. 2) Arturo and Ryo (be) ________ at the party last night. 3) (be) ________ Taylor going to the pool later? 4) The old house (be) ________ built in 1967. 5) Christopher, where (be) ________ you last night? I (be) ________ looking all over for you. 6) Yesterday (be) ________ the best day of my life! 7) I (be) ________ ready to go. When (be) ________ we leaving? 8) Who (be) ________ at the pool yesterday? 9) I (be) ________ very tired. I (be) ________ tired yesterday too. I think I (be) ________ getting sick. 10) I (be) ________ driving to the office this morning when I noticed that I was getting low on gas. So, I stopped to get more. A kind man filled the tank for me. He (be) ________ very nice.

Name________________ Date________________ Exercise 11 Using the Verb "To be" Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense or past tense. Example: My dog (be) is sick. (present tense) Example: My dog (be) was sick last night. (past tense) 1) Sarah (be) ________ at the party last night. Li-Ning and Akmoud (be) ________ there too. 3) Mallika and I (be) ________ at Jenny's house yesterday. Now, we (be) ________ at Mellissa's house. 5) When she (be) ________ young, Nisha (be) ________ interested in science. However, she (be, not) _____ _____ interested in science anymore. Now, she (be) ________ interested in math. 7) My family and I (to be) ________ swimming in the pool when it began to thunder. The lifeguard told us we had to get out. I (be) ________ upset, but I knew he was right. 2) Avery (be) ________ my best friend. She and I (be) ________ in the same English class. It meets from 10:00 to 10:50. 4) Johan and I (be) ________ in the mountains. We (be) ________ on a camping trip together. I hope we don't see a bear! 6) Tennis (be) ________ my favorite sport when I was in high school. Now my favorite sport (be) ________ soccer. 8) Lenny (be) ________ at the football game last night. He (be) ________ cheering for his favorite team. After the game, he came back home and went to sleep. I think he (be) ________ still sleeping now. Shhhh... don't wake him up! 9) It rained all day yesterday. I (be) 10) Before, Yoko and Kobi (be) ________ sad because I could not ________ enemies. Now they (be) go outside. However, today it (be) ________ best friends. ________ sunny. And I (be) ________ happy because I can go outside!

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WORD FORMATION Put the correct form of the word in brackets into the blank . 1. The results were very strange! In fact, they were ___________________ ! (BELIEVE) 2. He has an unfortunate ___________________ to understand peoples feelings (ABLE) 3. Due to the clerks ______________________ we missed the train (STUBBORN) 4. What we saw was beyond all ______________________ (EXPECT) 5. She is a student of the ______________________ (HUMAN) 6. The book contains some great ______________________ (ILLUSTRATE) 7. Please give us details of your present ______________________ (OCCUPY) 8. What is the ______________________ of the Danube River (LONG) 9. The ______________________ of our agriculture is important if we want to produce more food (MECHANIC) 10. Drug ______________________ is a problem causing great concern (ADDICT) 11. The ______________________ of the awards is scheduled for next Friday (PRESENT) 12. I have been sworn to ______________________ so I cant say a word (SECRET) 13. After losing her job she was ______________________ for a month (EMPLOY) 14. Pushing into a queue is considered to be extremely ______________________ (POLITE) 15. The audience gave the violinist a round of ______________________ (APPLAUD) 16. He isnt happy with his job because he feels he is ______________________ (PAY) 17. We have just been shown another example of ______________________ killing (SENSE) 18. My sisters ______________________ makes hers social life difficult (SHY) 19. Im not sure at all I really cant say with ______________________ (CERTAIN) 20. My ______________________ is the history of Elizabethan England (SPECIAL) 21. The police were told by their ______________________ where to find the criminal (INFORM) 22. He received many medals for his acts of ______________________ during the war (HERO) 23. The ______________________ of the company is said to be dangerous to small firms (EXPAND) 24. For all of us, Marilyn Monroe was the ______________________ of beauty (PERSON) 25. I can guarantee the ______________________ of our new product (RELY) 26. The government is encouraging heavy ______________________ (INVEST) 27. People who suffer from ______________________ should buy themselves a pet (LONELY) 28. George and I have been friends since ______________________ (CHILD) 29. Everybody is worried about the ______________________ of the rain forest (DESTROY) 30. Some MPs are calling for ______________________ without trial (DETAIN) 31. My grandfather was given a medal for ______________________ (BRAVE) 32. My father takes great ______________________ in his work (PROUD) 33. This bag contains all my photographic ______________________ (EQUIP) 34. ______________________ is probably the most useful form of energy (ELECTRIC) 35. John turned up on the wrong day because of a ______________________ (UNDERSTAND) 36. Jake had another ______________________ with his boss (AGREE) 37. The bank robbers were sentenced to twelve years of ______________________ (PRISON) 38. Mary suddenly felt sick, so we needed a ______________________ for her part in the play (REPLACE) 39. Failure to apply in time may result in a ______________________ of benefits (LOSE) 40. Pat was accused of stealing some ______________________ documents (CONFIDENT)