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Date 22/09/2022
Write the correct form of the verb "To be" in present tense.

Example: I (be) am happy. Example:

You / We / They (be) are happy.
1) I am tired.
7) You are nice.
2) I am hungry.
8) We are sleepy.
3) I am late!
9) They are funny.
Example: He / She / It (be) is happ y.

4) He is cool.
5) She is pretty.
6) It is fast.

Now we’ll use nouns instead

of pronouns…

10) John is excited.

11)Tiffany and Uma are my
friends.
12)Ricardo, John and I am watching a
movie. 18)Nikkos and Billy are playing at

13) Hadil is kind. the park.

14) Alisa is young. 19)The students are studying

15) The hammer is new. English.

16) My mother and father are 20) The test is hard!

cooking dinner. 21)My best friend is coming to

17)Rachel is driving to my house.

school.
 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 is blue. 2) The rocks are hard.

A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is

3) The children are young. 4) Thomas is nice.

A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is

5) The game is difficult. 6) They are tired.

A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is

7) I am thirty years old. Susan and Juan are married.

A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is

9) Teddy is my friend. 10)We are in English class.

A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is
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 is wise. 2) The sun is hot.

3) The children are eating bananas. They

4) I am happy. I´m not sad.
are not eating apples.

5) The racecar is fast. It is not slow. 6) My friend is buying a new car. Her
old car broke down. It doesn't
work anymore.

7) I am at the beach with my family. It is 8) Ko and Jacob are very smart. Ko is a

hot and sunny outside. The ocean scientist and Jacob is an engineer.
water is warm.

9) The library is open until 9:00 p.m. 10) The school is small. It is not big.

11) The books are new. They aren´t, 12) Tommy, Steven, and Teddy are
old. acting in the school play.

13) Beatrice is at her house. 14) It is hot outside. It isn´t cold

outside.

16) Judith is not at home. She is at

15) You are finished with the quiz!
school.
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My name is John. I am fifteen years old. I live on a farm. It is in the country.

It is quiet in the country. It is not loud in the country.

I wake up early. Sometimes, I wake up before the sun rises. Sometimes, it

Is 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 am 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 Is 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 isn´t 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 can are pretty rough, especially when they are hungry.

The last thing I do is feed the chickens. That is

easy. I just throw some food down on the ground and they run out and eat it. While the

chickens are eating, I go into their house to collect their eggs. Chicken eggs are really

good to eat. They are easy to cook too. That is what I do in the mornings. I am pretty

busy.

Using the Verb "To

be"
Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense.

Tess and Jen are best friends.

They do everything together. They spend every day together. One

day they meet on the bus to school. They start talking. “Hey Jen,”

says Tess. “How are you?”

“Hey girl,” says Jen. I am doing fine. What is going on? What are you doing today?”

“Oh,” says Tess, “I am doing anything special. I don’t have any plans.”

“That is cool.”

“Yeah,” says Tess. “But I have something to tell you.”

“Really! Can I try to guess?”

“Umm…” says Tess. “Well…” “Okay,

I get three guesses. Ready?” “Umm,

well…okay.”

Are we eating dinner together?” “No, that

is it.”

“Okay. Are we going to the soccer game together?”

“No. It is that either.” Tess looks nervous. Her eyes look sad. A tear starts to fall down
her cheek.

“Oh,” says Jen, wiping a tear from her own eye. “Now I know. You are moving
away.”
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Exercise 6
Using the Verb "To be"
Choose the correct form of "to be" in past tense.

Example: You / We / They (be) were sick yesterday.

Example: I / He / She / It (be) was sick yesterday.

1) I was tired yesterday. You were happy yesterday.

D. was A. was
E. were B. were

3) We were sad yesterday. They were busy yesterday.

A. was A. was
B. were B. were

5) He was angry yesterday. She was sleepy yesterday.

A. was A. was
B. were B. were

7) It was cold yesterday.

A. was
B. were

Practice writing sentences using the verb “to be” in past tense.

1) He was sick the whole weekend

2) He was at home when I called.
3) Where was he?
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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 was tired last night. You were happy last night.

F. was C. was
G. were D. were

Richard and I, was excited last Javier and Roberto were lazy last night.
night.
C. was
C. was D. were
D. were

Julian was angry yesterday. Rachel was sleepy yesterday.

C. was C. was
D. were D. were

The movie was scary. I don't want to 8) Ko, Teddy, and Peter were tired after the long
watch it again. drive.

C. was A. was
D. were B. were

Jonathan was hungry. So, he ate a My mom was helping the teacher at
sandwich. school yesterday.

A. was A. was
B. were B. were
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Exercise 8
Using the Verb "To be"
Choose 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) The party was fun last weekend. 2) They were watching a movie when
Ernesto called. They was not
watching TV.

3) Jessie was tired. So, he went to sleep. 4) When she was a little girl, Margo was
very good at tennis. She practiced
every day.

5) My friends and I were studying 6) Kendra was in my sixth grade

English last night. English class. We were good friends
before she moved away.

7) The movie was really boring. It was 8) After playing outside, my dog was very
not entertaining. We stopped dirty. She came into the house and ran into
watching it before it was over. my room. It was such a mess!

9) I was not, eating a sandwich when 10) The students were not ready to take
you called. I was eating a salad. the test. They needed to study more.

Practice writing sentences using the verb “to be” in past tense.

1) I was a good student.

2) The pencil was on the desk

3 He was a lawyer.
 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 was driving home when I saw 2) Mack, Jenny, and Javier were walking
him. their dog when I talked to them last
Saturday.

3) Who was sleeping in my bed? It was 4) I was going to the grocery store
not James. It was not Julio. Oh, I when you called.
know! It was Roger!

5) At 7:00 we were eating dinner and 6) When he was a kid, Ivan was not
watching T.V. very social. He did not spend time
with his friends. He spent a lot of
time alone. He was always reading a
book or listening to music in his
room.

7) When I was in the ninth grade, I was 8) Lola was a very nice girl. She helped
five feet tall. 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 was faster than the mouse. 10) The weather was hot. We were
So, the cat caught the mouse. sweating. I asked my mom to roll
Unlucky mouse! the window down.
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 was beautiful.

2) Arturo and Ryo were at the party last night.

3) Are Taylor going to the pool later?

4) The old house was built in 1967.

5) Christopher, where was you last night? I was looking all over for you.

6) Yesterday was the best day of my life!

7) I was ready to go. When are we leaving?

8) Who was at the pool yesterday?

9) I am very tired. I was tired yesterday too. I think I am getting sick.

10) I was 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 was
very nice.
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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 was at the party last night. Li- 2) Avery is my best friend. She and I am
Ning and Akmoud were there too. in the same English class. It meets
from 10:00 to 10:50.

3) Mallika and I were at Jenny's house 4) Johan and I am in the mountains. We

yesterday. Now, we are at Mellissa's are on a camping trip together. I hope
house. we don't see a bear!

5) When she was young, Nisha was 6) Tennis is my favorite sport when I
interested in science. However, she is was in high school. Now my favorite
not interested in science anymore. sport is soccer.
Now, she is interested in math.

7) My family and I were swimming in 8) Lenny was at the football game last
the pool when it began to thunder. The night. He was cheering for his favorite
lifeguard told us we had to get out. I team. After the game, he came back home
was upset, but I knew he was right. and went to sleep. I think he is still
sleeping now. Shhhh... don't wake him up!

9) It rained all day yesterday. I was 10) Before, Yoko and Kobi were
sad because I could not go outside. enemies. Now they are best friends.
However, today it is
sunny. And I am happy because I can
go outside!
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Exercise 12
Using the Verb "To be"
Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense or past tense.

“I am going outside,” said Jerry. “Wait!”

said Jerry’s mom. Don’t forget to wear

your jacket. It is cold out there.

“But mom,” said Jerry. “I don’t want to wear it.

I will be fine without it.

Besides, it is that cold today.”

Jerry opened the door. The wind was blowing and the trees were shaking. Leaves were
falling to the ground. He shivered a little and stood behind the door.

“Jerry!” shouted Jerry’s mom. “You close that door and get your coat young man.” “But

mom!” said Jerry.

“But what?” said Jerry’s mom. “I don’t understand why you don’t want to wear
your new coat. Is there something wrong with it?

Jerry’s face turned red. “No!” he said. “Nothing’s wrong with it!” Then he covered his
mouth with his hand.

“Well then…” said Jerry’s mom. “Why don’t you want to wear it?” “Well,

mom,” said Jerry. “I kind of…well…gave it away.”

“You what?” said Jerry’s mom. “You gave it away?”

“Yeah. But don’t worry. It Is okay. I gave it to Marvin. And he really

needs it.”

“Why?”

“Well, every time I see him, he looks cold. He is always cold, actually. His parents
cannot afford to buy him a jacket.”

“Well, that was a very nice thing for you to do, dear. But now what
are you going to do without a jacket?”

“I don’t know. Maybe I’ll wear my old jacket for a little while.”