Use The Verb To Be

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1. Use the verb to be.

1) The bag (be) _____ blue.

2) (Be) _____ the rocks hard?

3) The children (not/be) _______ young.

4) Thomas (be) _____ nice.

5) The game (be) _____ difficult.

6) They (be) _____ tired.

7) I (not/be) _______ thirty years old.

8) Susan and Juan (be) _____ married.

9) Teddy (be) _____ my friend.

10) (Be) _____ we in English class?

2. Use there is/there are.

1) __________ a bag on the table.

2) __________ a calendar on the wall.

3) __________ two posters in my room.

4) __________ a banana in this basket.

5) __________ six chairs in the kitchen.

6) __________ lots of books on the shelf.

7) __________ a mirror in our hall.

8) __________ 12 cushions on the sofa.

9) __________ a big wardrobe in my sister's bedroom.

10) __________ children in the yard.

3. Use the Present Simple in this text.

Manuel and Lila Vega (1) _______ (have) a busy lifestyle. Manuel is a doctor at a hospital. He
works at night, so he (2) _______ (go) to work at 7:00 p.m. and comes home at 7:00 a.m. His
wife Lila works at a bank. She (3) _______ (go) to work at 8:00 a.m. and comes home at 6:00
p.m. They don’t see each other a lot during the week. Manuel and Lila also (4) _______ (have)
two children, Luis and Carla. Every morning they all (5) _______ (have) breakfast together at
7:30. Then, Luis and Carla (6) _______ (go) to school, and Lila (7) _______ (go) to work. Manuel
(8) _______ (do) the dishes, and then (9) _______ (go) to bed. Carla usually (10) _______ (do)
her homework at a friend’s house in the afternoon, and Luis (11) _______ (have) soccer
practice. Manuel gets up at 4:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m., he (12) _______ (have) dinner with Lila,
Luis, and Carla. After dinner, he (13) _______ (go) to work. Manuel and Lila (14) _______
(have) a busy schedule during the week, but on weekends they relax.
4. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. has / a / new / job / He / ?

2. A / cars / mechanic / fixes

3. has / huge / office / a / Jasmin

4. feed / Zookeepers / animals

5. her boss / Deanna / every day / talks to

6. beautiful / photographs / takes / Jay

7. music / listen to / I / at night

8. misses / Katrina / her friends / ?

5. Use the correct possessive pronoun in this sentences.

1. The mother cat and __________ kittens napped in the sunshine.


A. His
B. Your
C. Hers
D. Her
2. I like cream cheese on _________ bagels.
A. My
B. Mine
C. Your
D. Our
3. ________ grandfather used to take us fishing.
A. Mine
B. My
C. Our
D. Ours
4. Elaine bought ________ dress at the mall.
A. Yours
B. Mine
C. Her
D. D. Hers
5. The car lost _________ rear bumper in an accident.
A. It’s
B. Its
C. His
D. Her
6. The horse swished _________ tail to keep flies away.
A. It’s
B. Its
C. Its’
D. The
7. This dessert is ___________ but you can have it.
A. My
B. Mine
C. Yours
D. Delicious
8. Please return _________ money at once.
A. Mine
B. Your
C. My
D. Its
9. ______ car is so dirty I can’t even tell what color it is.
A. Your
B. Yours
C. Hers
D. Ours
10. When the cat saw the dog, it stopped in ______ tracks.
A. My
B. Its
C. His
D. Hers
6. Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives:

1) Where is (I) _______ book?

2) Here is (we) _______ teacher.

3) She goes to school with (she) _______ brother.

4) (They) _______ father works in a car factory.

5) (You) _______ laptop is very expensive.

6) (He) _______ favorite hobby is tennis.


7) (I) _______ husband and I want to go to Paris.

8) We want to see (it) _______ historical monuments.

9) Leila likes (she) _______ dog!

10) (It) _______ name is Bobby.

7. Choose the correct question words (who, where, what…).

1) _______ do you live? - I live in London.

2) _______ is that girl? - She's my sister.

3) _______ do you go to school? - By bus.

4) _______ do banks open? - At eight o'clock.

5) _______ are you wearing that coat? - Because it's hot!

8. Write questions about the words in black.

Example: He drinks juice. - What does he drink?

1) They go to Spain. -

2) He writes novels. -

3) Lacy likes soccer. -

4) Jill loves Chris. -

5) The train leaves at 8 o’clock. –


Modal Verb Expressing Example
Strong obligation You must stop when the traffic lights
turn red.
must
logical conclusion / He must be very tired. He's been
Certainty working all day long.
must not prohibition You must not smoke in the hospital.
ability I can swim.
can permission Can I use your phone please?
possibility Smoking can cause cancer.
ability in the past When I was younger I could run fast.
could polite permission Excuse me, could I just say something?
possibility It could rain tomorrow!
permission May I use your phone please?
may
possibility, probability It may rain tomorrow!
polite permission Might I suggest an idea?
might possibility, probability I might go on holiday to Australia next
year.
lack of necessity/absence of I need not buy tomatoes. There are
need not
obligation plenty of tomatoes in the fridge.
50 % obligation I should / ought to see a doctor. I have
a terrible headache.
should/ought advice You should / ought to revise your
to lessons
logical conclusion He should / ought to be very tired.
He's been working all day long.

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