Study this:
Present:
I am
You/We/They are
He/She/It is
Past:
I/He/She/It was
You/We/They were
A. Complete the sentences with am, is or are.
Present:
I am
You/We/They are
He/She/It is
Past:
I/He/She/It was
You/We/They were
A. Complete the sentences with am, is or are.
1. We ___ very happy to be here.
2. I ___ Indonesian.
3. The man ___ very kind.
5. He ___ a plumber.
6. You ___ wrong.
7. Rano Karno ___ an actor.
8. His teeth ___ very white.
9. Elephants ___ strong animals.
10. Our grandfather ___ in
hospital.
11. Those books ____ mine.
12. Your hair ____ straight.
13. Today ____ Monday.
14. There ____ good news for you.
15. Here ____ some apples for your
parents.
16. The children ____ in the
living room.
17. The police ____ on duty now.
18. A horse ___ a strong animal.
19. Parrots _____ birds.
20.
Mr. Brown’s eyes ____ blue.
B. Put the sentences into plural.
Example:
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a. A tiger is an animal.
Tigers are animals.
b. The man is angry.
The men are angry.
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1. A donkey is an animal.
2. A potato is a vegetable.
3. A chair is made of wood.
4. An eye is blue or brown.
5. A room is a bedroom or a
sitting room.
6. A fly is an insect.
7. I am a student.
8. You are a doctor.
9. The student is in the
classroom.
10. She is a clever girl.
11. He is my brother.
12. A chicken is a bird.
13. A pencil is like a pen.
14. I am hungry.
15. You are my classmate.
16. She is my niece.
17. He is Bob’s nephew.
18. The watch is new.
19. He is a good tennis player.
20. She is Rono’s sister.
C. Use the following groups of
words to make negative sentences. Use am,
is or are in your sentences.
Example:
|
This pen / expensive
This pen is
not expensive.
|
1. his eyes / blue
2. English / difficult
3. our house / big
4. the boys / tired
5. the children / in the garden
6. the teacher / angry with us
7. I / a dentist
8. the windows / open
9. we / butchers
10. you / cold
10. you / cold
D. It’s the Drama Club tonight,
but not everyone has arrived yet. Complete the dialogue using the present forms
of BE. Some are positive (e.g. is) and some are negative (e.g. isn’t); some are full forms (e.g. are) and some are short forms (e.g. ‘re).
Jane
Mark
Helen
Lynn
Sarah
Jane
Mark
Helen
Lynn
Jane
Angela
Jane
Angela
Jane
Peter
Jane
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: _____ we all here now?
: Where ___ Tom? He ____ here.
: Oh, he ____ very well. He ____ in bed.
: Oh, dear.
Poor Tom. And Sarah ___ here.
: Oh, yes, I ___.
: Oh, there you ___, over in the corner.
Sorry, Sarah.
: Angela ___ late. Or ___ she ill, too?
: No, she ___ ill.
: Peter and Sue ____ here.
: Yes, they ___. They ____ in the kitchen.
: Hello, everybody. ___ I late?
: Yes, you ___.
: Oh, I ___ sorry.
: Tell Peter and Sue to come, Mark.
: It ___ all right. Here we ___.
: Good. Now we ___ ready to start.
E. Helen and David are talking about a
barbeque. (At a barbeque people cook meat over a fire. They cook and eat the
meal outside.) Complete the dialogue. Use was,
wasn’t, were or weren’t.
F. Make questions so that the underlined words
would be the answers. Use question words.
1. My favourite subjects are Physics and
Math.
2. Bob’s mother is a midwife.
3. He was late because of the rain.
4. It is four o’clock now.
5. Their grandfather is 90 years old.
6. The girls are in the living room.
7. The boy is in the garden.
8. My hobbies are dancing and singing.
9. The tall man is my uncle.
10. My birthday is on July 10th.
11. Mr. Brown is a butcher.
12. The boy is my roommate.
13. The woman is generous [Reference: Sesa, Leonardus (2000) English Workbook, Makassar] |
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