Verb ‘to be’ Exercises: 1) 2) 3) Complete with the full form of the verb ‘to be’ a) b) c) d) e) f) g) 4) I _ a student He _ a teacher She _ a journalist It _ a book We _ mechanics You _ pilots They _ policemen Complete with the contracted form of the verb ‘to be’ 6) a) I _ young b) He _ handsome c) She _ beautiful d) It _ a pencil e) We _ friends f) You _ students g) They _ happy 5) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) Complete with the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ 15) a) It _ cold today b) I _ at home now c) They _ Korean d) There _ a pen on the desk e) My name _ Nikita f) We _ from Ukraine g) That _ right h) I _ OK, thanks i) Clara and Steve _ married j) She _ an English teacher 16) Complete with the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ 17) a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) 18) 19) 20) 21) I _a singer You an animal He a receptionist She a nurse It my book We not musicians You a shop assistant They taxi drivers 22) 23) 24) 25) 26) 27) 28) 29) 30) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ 32) 31) a) b) c) d) e) f) g) Jane and Alice sisters? this car yours? I in your way? Maria John's sister? you twenty-five years old? the Smiths divorced? this your new bicycle? 33) Complete the gaps with the negative forms of the verb ‘to be’ 35) 34) 36) a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) Example: She isn’t from France 37) This _ book mine Jane and Peter _ married That _ right My brother _ here at the moment We _ in England It _ Monday today Jennie's surname _ Peters I _ a hairdresser My name _ Alexander There _ many people in this class 38) 39) 40) 41) Make the positive sentences negatives 42) Example: I am a student >>> I am not/ I’m not a student 44) a) This exercise is difficult b) We're from Spain c) My grandmother's name's Adelaide d) The kids are in the garden e) You're English f) My car is very expensive g) This is my student's notebook h) These photographs are very nice i) Alex is twenty-five years old j) I'm fine 45) 43) 46) Put the words in the correct order to make interrogative/ affirmative sentences: 47) a) b) c) d) e) f) g) 48) 49) 50) 51) 52) hot? Are you this Is your book? Mr from Unites Peters States? the Is they married? Are I Am right wrong? or Is name your daughter's Sandra? Mr you Are Mrs and Jenkins? 53) 54) 55) 56) 57) 58) 59) 60) 61) 62) Put the words in the correct order to make positive sentences: 64) 63) a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) 65) 66) 67) 68) am old twenty-five years I Venezuela We from are and My I'm name student is a Anton This book is my today It's day nice a brother's name Her is Paul is John engineer an My Johansson husband's is name students class my in twelve There are address letter new of My top at is the the