English Exercises Choose the correct form of the verb To Be in the present simple: These _ my mother and father a) are b) is Nancy and Lucy _ sisters a) are b) is he from Brazil, too? a) Aren't b) Isn't This book very difficult a) aren't b) isn't My country rich a) isn’t b) aren’t I 40 years old a) is b) am These their bags a) are b) am She a really good actress! a) are b) is That a really good book! a) are b) is 10 These things not mine a) is b) are LEARN Write the corresponding subject pronoun and the verb To Be of the underlined words Angola is in Africa ⇒ in Africa Will Smith is my favorite actor ⇒ my favorite actor These books are very good ⇒ very good Angelina and Brad are married ⇒ married This robot is smart ⇒ smart Write the correct form of verb To Be in these questions What _ your name? What _ this? Where you from? How _he? How _ they? Answer these questions about you What is your name? ⇒ Are you from the United States? ⇒ Where are you from? ⇒ 4 Are you a student? ⇒ How old are you? ⇒ Correct the sentences Sheila and George is very happy ⇒ This is your book? ⇒ ? My friends is from Chile ⇒ Vocabulário: What – Qual; O I’am fine ⇒ quê Richard are here ⇒ This – Isto The books is on the table ⇒ Where – De onde How - Como Your mothers on the telephone ⇒ Im sorry ⇒ My bag it is red ⇒ 10 They the books are here ⇒ Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verb To Be Yuri from Russia The students in class The coffee break _ at 10 a.m The hotel _ on Madison Avenue Maria and Angelina _ very beautiful Thomas a good student We friends They _ my teachers Complete these sentences about animals with the correct form of verb To Be Horses fast Cats elegant My dog best friend That lion hungry Mice dirty I am afraid of oxen, but they dangerous Giraffes tall that monkey playing? that chimpanzee eating something? No, it It drinking 10 People say hippos ugly, but I think they are beautiful Complete these sentences about Kaka, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Kaka _ a soccer player He _ an attacking midfielder His full name _ Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite He _ 27 years old He _ from Brasilia, Brazil He _ 6.1 feet tall (=1.86m) Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt _ both American They _ actors They _ married and they have six children! In your opinion, _ they a perfect couple? Choose some of these adjectives to write three sentences about yourself happy – beautiful – intelligent – stubborn – short – tall – stressed – calm – tired – good-looking – old – young – single I I I 10 Complete this joke with verb To Be Joan and her neighbor _ talking about their daughters, Joan says, “My daughter _ at the university She _ very intelligent Every time we get a letter from her we have to go to the dictionary Her neighbor says, “You _ lucky Every time we hear from our daughter we have to go to the bank.” 11 Pronouns or verb To Be? Complete the sentences with I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they and am, are or is Hello, my name Laura I thirteen years old This is Javier is fourteen years old Laura and John students are friends This is my mother Her name Mary Here Jane and Sheila my sisters My pencil here is on the table You in my class are my brother Catherine my friend is in my class 12 Write sentences Louis ⇒ The United States His name’s Louis He’s from the United States Giancarlo ⇒ Italy Keiki ⇒ Japan José ⇒ Spain John ⇒ England 13 Match the questions and answers Where are you from?  His name’s Franco What’s his name?  She’s from Argentina Where are they from?  It’s in England Where’s she from?  I’m from Italy How are you?  They’re from the United Sates Where’s London?  I’m fine, thanks 14 Complete the sentences with the verb To Be (am , is , are) She _ a great actress We _ french The teacher _ in the classroom The boys _ in New York I _ at home Mr Travolta _ in the office They _ lawyers It _ a difficult problem to you The world a small place 10 Web communication extremely quick 11 Portuguese our official language 15 Complete the sentences Use is, am and are This James Hello I Sandra How you? My name Tariq What your name? It a photo 16 Write the numbers in full 12 _ _ _ _ 33 27 52 _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 _ 17 _ 11 _ 20 _ _ _ 65 _ 64 32 66 98 51 44 79 87 100 _ 25 49 88 105 _ 90 _ 13 14 _ 18 _ 19 120 _ 168 47 176 17 Circle the correct answers Conversation A Hello, (1) name’s Anna What’s your name? B Ben (1) a) your b) My c) you d) I Conversation A Hi, Carla (2) are you? B Fine, thanks And you? A I’m ok, (3) (2) a) Hello b) What c) How d) And (3) a) Hello b) you c) thanks d) fine Conversation A What’s (4) ? B (5) ’s a book (4) a) my b) it c) this d) is (5) a) A b) it c) is d) this Go! Go! Conversation A Pierre, this is Yukio Yukio, (6) Pierre B Hello, Pierre A Hi, Yukio! (6) a) this is b) is this c) this d) is 18 Answer What’s your name? What’s your surname? How old are you? 19 Complete the sentences with the verb To Be Who you? I a boy I a student He my friend He from Canada she your sister? Yes, she We at school and they at home How old she? She eleven years old your name Sarah? Yes, it 20 Complete the text using the words below in Monica doctor England is from This is a photograph of Bruce and Monica Brown (1) _ New York They are (2) _ London Bruce (3) _ from the United States and Monica is from (4) _ They are married Bruce is a (5) _ (6) _ is a student 21 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb To Be in the simple present I _ very happy We _ tired The music _ excellent Joe and Jenny _ in love I _ sixteen years old Suzy _ twelve years old You _ crazy Bobby _ good in math The floor _ is clean 10 The trees _ beautiful 11 The test _ easy 12 It _ cold outside today 13 The children _ at the skatepark 14 They _ great artists 15 Mr Jones _ very old 16 She _ tall and slim 22 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb To Be to make a question in the simple present _ you a good skater? _ it warm outside? How old _ you? How old _ she? Where _ your house? When _ his birthday? _ they at school right now? _ your mother a nurse? 23 Write the nouns and the verbs The boy close the book _ The dog drink water _ The bee fly on the flower _ The clown sing a song _ Sally sit in the chair _ The bus drive down the street Verb: _ Noun: _ Verb: Noun: _ Verb: Noun: _ Verb: Noun: _ Verb: Noun: _ Verb: Noun: _ 24 Complete the following sentences with the Personal Pronouns _ like reading John and _ like reading _ can go alone _ can go together _ goes to work every day _ love my dog _ is so clever _ teaches English Our ship collided with another and _ sank _ is a table _ live in London _ is a big city _ is five kilometres from here _ is cold outside _ is five o'clock What a lovely baby! Is it a boy or a girl? Shall _ go to the cinema? _ 'll be back in a minute See you later _ have two children, a boy and a girl _ want us to pay more taxes Easy! Easy! Easy! If anyone wants to smoke, _ should smoke outside It was _ who asked the question Jennifer is taller than _ Sue is as intelligent as _ 25 Write the following sentences in the negative and interrogative forms a) She is a very good student Negative: Interrogative: b) Andrew and Tania are brothers Negative: Interrogative: c) He is studying English literature Negative: Interrogative: d) They are walking on the street Negative: Interrogative: e) I am playing game on the laptop Negative: Interrogative: f) It is getting out of control Negative: Interrogative: g) We are reading a poem Negative: Interrogative: h) He is a good basketball player Negative: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Interrogative: ? 26 Write the correct contraction a) I am ⇒ b) You are ⇒ c) He is ⇒ d) She is ⇒ e) It is ⇒ f) We are ⇒ g) You are ⇒ h) They are ⇒ 27 Fill in the blanks with the present simple of verb To Be a) I _ the school's director b) Only Anne _ allowed to enter in this room c) My cat _ called Lazycat d) Steven and I _ cooking the dinner e) He _ a security guard at the bank f) They _ our new neighbors g) You _ our best salesperson! h) I _ waiting for an email from my teacher 28 Write in the negative form She is in the car ⇒ This book is mine ⇒ Jane and Peter are married ⇒ That is right ⇒ We are in England ⇒ It is Monday today ⇒ Jennie’s surname is Peters ⇒ I am a hairdresser ⇒ My name is Alexander ⇒ 10 There are many people in this class ⇒