Verb To Be Exercises

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Verb to Be

VERB TO BE EXERCISES

1. Complete the gaps.

Peter Baker  _____ from Manchester, but Paul and John _____ from London.
Manchester and London  _____ cities in England. Hamburg  _____ a city in
Germany. Sandra _____ at school today. Jack and Peter  _____ her friends.
They  _____ in the same class. Mr and Mrs Baker  _____ on a trip to the USA
to visit their cousin Anne. She  _____ a nice girl. Peter says: "My grandfather
_____ in hospital. I  _____ at home with my grandmother." What time _____ it?
It  _____ 8 o'clock. _____ you tired? No, I _____ not.

2. Fill in the blanks with the right subject / personal pronouns (I, you, he,
she, it, we, they):

1. Angelina Joli is American. _____ isn't French. 


2. Brad Pitt is American, too. _____ isn't German. 
3. Brad and Angelina aren't French. _____ are American. 
4. My friend and I are high school students. _____ aren't primary school
students.
5. The Statue of Liberty is in New York. _____ isn't in Washington.

3. Fill in the blanks with the right form of to be ( am, are or is):

1. _____ you the new student? 


2. Yes, I _____. 
3. Leila and Nancy _____ students. 
4. Nancy _____ Australian . 
5. My sister and I _____ students.
6. The girls _____ tired.
7. These women _____ beautiful.

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8. The tea _____ delicious.


9. Nadia and Leila _____ friends.
10. The newspaper _____ cheap.

4. Fill in the blanks with the right form of to be ( am, are or is):

My name ________(1) John. I ________(2) fifteen years old. I live on a farm. It


________(3) in the country. It is quiet in the country. It (not) ____ ____(4) loud
in the country. I wake up early. Sometimes, I wake up before the sun rises.
Sometimes, it ________(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 I do after I wake up is milk the cow. After I ________(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 ________(7) a really good cook. Next, I
feed the pigs. One time, I asked my mom how come my little sister doesn’t feed
them. She said it is because my sister (not) ____ ____(8) strong enough. But I
still don’t understand. She is almost as strong as me! I guess my mom doesn’t
want my sister to get hurt. After all, the pigs ________(9) pretty rough,
especially when they ________(10) hungry. The last thing I do ________(11)
feed the chickens. That ________(12) easy. I just throw some food down on
the ground and they run out and eat it. While the chickens ________(13) eating,
I go into their house to collect their eggs. Chicken eggs ________(14) really
good to eat. They ________(15) easy to cook too. That is what I do in the
mornings. I ________(16) pretty busy.

5. Choose the correct PRESENT TENSE form of the verb TO BE for each
sentence:

1. These _________ my friends.

   are

   is

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2. Robert _________ sick. 

   are

   is

3. ________ he Mexican? 

   Are

   Is

4. His tests ________ very difficult.

   are

   is

5. My parents are not rich, but my aunt ________.

   is

   are

6. I ________ older than my brother.

   is

   am

7. My sister and I ________ twins.

   are

   am

8. That ________ a really good movie!

   are

   is

9. These ________ not my socks. 

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   is

   are

10. ________ you happy?

   Are

   Is

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