Elementary exercises Forming the verb to be in Present Simple Tense Affirmative and negative sentence Interrogative sentence I He She It You We They am / ‘m am not is not isn’t are are not aren’t at home in hospital on holiday in London … Task - Complete the sentences with the correct form of “to be” 1) We in Poland 2) She in the cinema 3) It her birthday today 4) The family on the train 5) These oranges 6) You _ in a clothes shop 7) It _ a kite 8) I _ a good girl 9) What _ that? 10) I on a Maths lesson 11)It _ a beautiful picture 12) He _ my friend 13) I _ in New York today 14) They _ on holiday 15) The teacher _ here (Where) (Who) (What) (Why) … Am I Is he she it Ar e you we at home? in hospital? on holiday? in London? … they Task – Rewrite the sentence into a negative sentence Look at the example below Don’t use abbreviation I am at home I am not at home 1) He is my brother 2) I am a woman 3) It is an exercise-book 4) That is a boat 5) These are your books 6) They are happy people 7) This is a kitchen 8) Those are three badges and a poster Task – Write some true sentences with am, is, are, am 9) You are in not, aren’t, isn’t 10) You are my parents Task - Rewrite the sentences into an interrogative sentence Look at the example below Mr Smith is at home Is Mr Smith at home? 1) I am a tall boy 2) Mickey is brave 3) My name is Melisa 4) I am a clever pupil 5) She is a young teacher 6) These are my posters 7) This is a picture 8) This pencil is black 9) We are from Hungary 10) You are stupid girls Task – Underline the adverbs of time in Task Then write them on the lines 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Task - Change the following sentences into interrogative then give short answers according to the sign Look at the examples Mr Smith is at home Is Mr Smith at home? Yes, he is Tim and Peter are in the library Are Tim and Peter in the library? No, they aren’t 1) I am in the garden every afternoon _ _ 2) Mum is ill this week _ _ 3) They are on holiday in May _ _ 4) You are tired today _ _ 5) We are in the park now _ _ 6) Jack is too tired after school _ _ 7) The Flicks are in the swimming pool _ _ 8) I am always in a hurry _ _ 9) Nita and Max are married _ _ 10) Brad Pitt is a famous actor _ Task - Look at the calendar for this week and complete the sentences with is, isn’t, are or aren’t Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday school library baseball training hip-hop dance class the doctor’s karate training Mindy Donna Mindy Dennis Kayla Rodney, Dennis Rodney Kayla Dennis Donna 1) Mindy _ in the school library on Monday 2) On Thursday Donna on hip-hop dance class because she _ ill 3) Kayla _ in the school library this week 4) Rodney _ on baseball training on Thursday 5) Dennis _ ill on Tuesday 6) Rodney and Dennis _ on karate training on Wednesday 7) Dennis _ ill on Friday, he _ on baseball training 8) Rodney _ at the doctor’s 9) Mindy _ on hip-hop dance class on Tuesday 10)Kayla _ on hip-hop dance class on Thursday 11) Donna _ at the doctor’s on Friday 12)Dennis and Rodney _ on baseball training this week 13)Donna _ in the school library on Thursday Task – Ask questions about the underlined words 1) The children are at home _ 2) I am really hungry _ 3) She is in the church today _ 4) We are at school _ 5) I am tired, because the homework is difficult _ 6) Sam is thirteen years old _ 7) My name is Philip York _ 8) I am from England _ 9) These are twelve pens _ 10) It is an aeroplane _ SOLUTION Task 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) are is is is are 6) are 7) is 8) am 9) is 10) am 11)is 12) 13) 14) 15) is am are is Task It depends on the ss Task 1) He is not my brother 2) I am not a woman 3) It is not an exercise-book 4) That is not a boat 5) These are not your books 6) They are not happy people 7) This is not a kitchen 8) Those are not three badges and a poster 9) You are not in 10) You are not my parents Task 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Am I a tall boy? Is Mickey brave? Is my name Melisa? Am I a clever pupil? Is she a young teacher? 6) Are these my posters? 7) Is this a picture? 8) Is this pencil black? 9) Are we from Hungary? 10) Are you stupid girls? Task 1) Am I / Are you in the garden every afternoon? No, I’m not 2) Is mum ill this week? Yes, she is 3) Are they on holiday in May? No, they aren’t 4) Are you tired today? No, you aren’t 5) Are we / Are you in the park now? Yes, we are 6) Is Jack too tired after school? Yes, he is 7) Are the Flicks in the swimming pool? No, they aren’t 8) Am I / Are you always in a hurry? Yes, I am 9) Are Nita and Max married? No, they aren’t 10) Is Brad Pitt a famous actor? Yes, he is Task – Underline the adverbs of time in Task Then write them on the lines 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) every afternoon this week in May today now 6) after school 7) always Task 1) Mindy _is in the school library on Monday 2) On Thursday Donna _isn’t on hip-hop dance class because she is ill 3) Kayla is _ in the school library this week 4) Rodney _ is _ on baseball training on Thursday 5) Dennis is _ ill on Tuesday 6) Rodney and Dennis are _ on karate training on Wednesday 7) Dennis _is ill on Friday, he isn’t _ on baseball training 8) Rodney _ isn’t at the doctor’s 9) Mindy _is on hip-hop dance class on Tuesday 10)Kayla isn’t _ on hip-hop dance class on Thursday 11) Donna _ isn’t at the doctor’s on Friday 12)Dennis and Rodney _are on baseball training this week 13)Donna _ isn’t in the school library on Thursday Task 1) Where are the children? 2) What are you / am I? 3) When is she in the church? 4) Who is at school? 5) Why are you / am I tired? 6) How old is Sam? 7) What is my / your name? 8) Where are you / am I from? 9) How many pens are these? 10)What is it?