Verb To Be

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Using the Verb "To be"

Write the correct form of the verb "To be" in pprreesseenntt tteennssee.

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.

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.

Example: I (be) am happy.

1) I (be) _____ tired.

2) I (be) _____ hungry.

3) I (be) _____ late!

Example:

You / We / They (be) are happy.

7) You (be) _____ nice.

8) We (be) _____ sleepy.

9) They (be) _____ funny.

Example: He / She / It (be) is happy.

4) He (be) _____ cool.

5) She (be) _____ pretty.

6) It (be) _____ fast.

Now we’ll use nouns instead of pronouns…

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Using the Verb "To be"

Choose the correct form of "to be" in pprreesseenntt tteennssee.

Example: I (be) am excited.

Example: Jessica and Akbar (be) are happy.

Example: The new car (be) is nice.

11)) The bag (be) ________ blue. A. am B. are C. is 22)) The rocks (be) ________ hard. A. am B. are C. is 33)) The children (be) ________ young. A. am B. are C. is 44)) Thomas (be) ________ nice. A. am B. are C. is 55)) The game (be) ________ difficult. A. am B. are C. is 66)) They (be) ________ tired. A. am B. are C. is 77)) I (be) ________ thirty years old. A. am B. are C. is 88)) Susan and Juan (be) ________ married. A. am B. are C. is 99)) Teddy (be) ________ my friend. A. am B. are C. is 1100)) We (be) ________ in English class. A. am B. are C. is

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Using the Verb "To be"

Write the correct form of the verb "to be" in pprreesseenntt tteennssee.

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. (-)

11)) The old man (be) ________ wise. 22)) The sun (be) ________ hot. 33)) The children (be) ________ eating bananas. They (be, not) ____ ____ eating apples. 44)) I (be) ________ happy. I (be, not) ____ ____ sad. 55)) The racecar (be) ________ fast. It (be, not) ____ ____ slow. 66)) My friend (be) ________ buying a new car. Her old car broke down. It doesn't work anymore. 77)) I (be) ________ at the beach with my family. It (be) ________ hot and sunny outside. The ocean water (be) ________ warm. 88)) Ko and Jacob (be) ________ very smart. Ko (be) ________ a scientist and Jacob (be) ________ an engineer. 99)) The library (be) ________ open until 9:00 p.m. 1100)) The school (be) ________ small. It (be, not) ____ ____ big. 1111)) The books (be) ________ new. They (be, not) ____ ____ old. 1122)) Tommy, Steven, and Teddy (be) ________ acting in the school play. 1133)) Beatrice (be) ________ at her house. 1144)) It (be) ________ hot outside. It (be, not) ____ ____ cold outside. 1155)) You (be) ________ finished with the quiz! 1166)) Judith (be, not) ____ ____ at home. She (be) ________ school.

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Using the Verb "To be"

Write the correct form of "to be" in pprreesseenntt tteennssee.

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 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 (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 doesn’t feed them. She said it is because my sister (be, 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 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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Using the Verb "To be"

Write the correct form of "to be" in pprreesseenntt tteennssee.

Tess and Jen ________(1) 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 ________(2) you?”

“Hey girl,” says Jen. “I ________(3) doing fine. What ________(4) going on? What ________(5) you doing today?”

“Oh,” says Tess, “I _____ _____ (6) doing anything special. I don’t have any plans.”

“That ________(7) 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.”

“________(8) we eating dinner together?”

“No, that _____ _____ (9) it.”

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

“No. It ____ ____(10) 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 ________(11) moving away.”

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Using the Verb "To be"

Choose the correct form of "to be" in ppaasstt tteennssee.

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

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

11)) I (be) ________ tired yesterday. D. was E. were 22)) You (be) ________ happy yesterday. A. was B. were 33)) We (be) ________ sad yesterday. A. was B. were 44)) They (be) ________ busy yesterday. A. was B. were 55)) He (be) ________ angry yesterday. A. was B. were 66)) She (be) ________ sleepy yesterday. A. was B. were 77)) It (be) ________ cold yesterday. A. was B. were

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

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Using the Verb "To be"

Choose the correct form of "to be" in ppaasstt tteennssee.

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

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

11)) I (be) ________ tired last night. F. was G. were 22)) You (be) ________ happy last night. C. was D. were 33)) Richard and I (be) ________ excited last night. C. was D. were 44)) Javier and Roberto (be) ________ lazy last night. C. was D. were 55)) Julian (be) ________ angry yesterday. C. was D. were 66)) Rachel (be) ________ sleepy yesterday. C. was D. were 77)) The movie (be) ________ scary. I don't want to watch it again. C. was D. were 88)) Ko, Teddy, and Peter (be) ________ tired after the long drive. A. was B. were 99)) Jonathan (be) ________ hungry. So, he ate a sandwich. A. was B. were 1100)) My mom (be) ________ helping the teacher at school yesterday. A. was B. were

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