Exercise - Verb To Be

Copy this exercise to Microsoft Word and Fill the Gaps. Remember "To Be Conjugations" for present simple are: am, is, are. Pay attention to the pronoun. Good Luck!! Diego.


Exercise 1

Write the correct form of "to be" in Present Tense.


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) to 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.


Exercise 2




Write the correct form of "to be" in Present Tense.

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.”