A. Write the correct form of the verb “to be” in the following sentences.
a) New York ________ a big American city. i) Mr. and Mrs. Baker ________ teachers.
b) Flowers ________ beautiful. j) An elephant ________ a big animal.
c) His sister _______ five years old. k) Mice ________little animals.
d) The windows ________ open. l) Apples _______ red.
e) Her hair _______ long. m) My classmates ________ friendly.
f) It ________ very cold. n) The clothes _________ clean.
g) Candy _________ sweet. o) The buildings _______ very high.
h) The floor ________ dirty. p) The oven ________ hot.
q) I ______ tired.
B. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb “to be” and one of
the nouns in the list, use a-an with a singular noun or use the correct plural form.
C. Complete with verbs to be contractions.
D.Rewrite the sentences by using“IS, ISN’T ,AM ,AM NOT”:
E. Fill in the blanks using“AM, IS,ARE,AM NOT, ISN’T,AREN’T”:
Make a question with 'be' and answer in affirmative and negative form.
1. John / in the garden?
2. They / hungry?
3. We / late?
4. You / tired?
5. He / French?
6. She / a teacher?
7. Harry and Lucy / from London?
8. I / early?
9. You / thirsty?
10. She / on the bus?
Make a question with 'be' and a WH word.
1. Where / John?
2. Why / they / hungry?
3. Where / we?
4. Who / you?
5. Why / he / late?
6. What / this?
7. Where / Jimmy?
8. How old / she?
9. How / you?
10. Where / the station?
11. What time / it now?
12. Where / Pedro / from?
13. Why / they / in the kitchen?
14. How / the food?
15. How long / the journey?
16. How old / you?
17. Why / I / last?
18. What time / the concert?
19. Where / she?
20. Who / Julie / with?
Make sentences with 'be' using the short forms (choose positive, negative or
question).
1. (he / be / French)
2. (we / not / be / cold)
3. (he / be / a footballer?)
4. (I / not / be / English)
5. (we / be / German)
6. (you / be / late?)
7. (we / not / be / singers)
8. (you / be / a nurse?)
9. (they / be / from Libya)
10. (where / be / David?)
11. (you / not / be / a doctor)
12. (we / be / thirsty)
13. (he / be / handsome)
14. (she / be / kind?)
15. (he / be / my brother)
16. (you / not / be / Egyptian)
17. (you / be / hungry)
18. (they / not / be / at home)
19. (Julie and Ann / be / on the bus?)
20. (she / not / be / Italian)
21. (I / be / early?)
22. (he / not / be / a journalist)