verb to be learn english for everybody present past

1. VERB TO BE
Choose the correct PRESENT TENSE form of the verb TO BE for each sentence:
1. These _________ my friends.
are
is
2. Robert _________ sick.
are
is
3. ________ he Mexican?
Are
Is
4. His tests ________ very difficult.
are
is
5. My parents are not rich, but
my aunt ________.
is
are
6. I ________ older than my
brother.
is
am
7. My sister and I ________ twins.
are
am
8. That ________ a really good
movie!
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is
9. These ________ not my socks.
is
are
10. ________ you happy?
Are
Is

2. VERB TO BE
Complete each sentence using the SIMPLE PRESENT of the verb TO BE:
Example: She is a teacher.
1. I 30 years old.
2. We Canadian.
3. My mother very tall.
4. He a good man.
5. My dogs very playful.
6. I a good dancer.
7. He always late.
8. The workers tired.
9. We good students.
10. They older than us.

3. VERB TO BE

4. VERB TO BE

5. VERB TO BE
Complete the sentences with was / were
1. How many people __________ at your house last
weekend?
2. The book wasn´t difficult It __________ easy.
3. Those __________ my best jeans.
4. Dinosaurs __________ prehistoric animals.
5. __________ your friends at school yesterday?
6. Sandra __________ not at school yesterday.
7. You __________ nasty to me!
8. __________ your grandparents designers.
9. John and I __________ in the garden.
10. __________ your parents in the restaurant? Yes, they __________ .
11. My grandmother __________ a nurse. She wasn´t a doctor.
12. I __________ thin when I was 6 years old.
13. When I __________ younger, I played with teddy bears.
14. We __________ away on vacation last month.
15. __________ you at the cinema last night?
16. Ten years ago, I __________ a baby.
17. __________ the exam difficult?
18. The film __________ (not) exciting. It was boring.
19. __________ there many people at the party?
20. __________ the girls in the park? No, they __________.
21. Her name wasn´t Kate. It __________ Isabel.
22. Pace wasn´t happy. He __________ sad.
23. __________ the boys at the football game? Yes, they __________.
24. The books __________ (not) on the shelf. They were in the bookcase.
25. __________ Tom at a concert? Yes, he __________.

6. VERB TO BE
Complete the sentences with was / were
1. It wasn´t my dad´s birthday on Sunday, it __________
on Saturday.
2. The exercises weren´t easy, they __________ difficult.
3. My grandfather wasn´t a writer, he __________ a composer.
4. My cousins weren´t at the park, they __________ at the cinema.
5. Last night I wasn´t at home, I __________ at a party.
6. __________ the weather good yesterday?
7. What __________ your first class this morning?
8. __________ her sister at the party.
9. Who __________ his favourite film star?
10. Where __________ you last night?
11. __________ they interested in rap music?
12. Where __________ you yesterday?
13. I __________ (not) at home last night.
14. __________ your teacher at school? No, she __________.
15. Why __________ (not) Marta at school?
16. We __________ (not) at a party last week.
17. __________ you at a concert last night?
18. The students __________ in London last summer.
19. __________ it sunny yesterday?
20. __________ Meg at the library? No, she __________.
21. The Beatles__________ a pop group.
22. __________ your teacher ill yesterday?
23. We __________ at a party last week.
24. My mum __________ (not) at work yesterday.
25. __________ you cold last night?

7. VERB TO BE
Complete the sentences with was / were
1. It __________ six o´clock when we got home.
2. __________ you still in bed when I phoned?
3. Edison __________ a famous inventor.
4. The weather __________ fine this morning.
5. He __________ sick yesterday.
6. Beethoven __________ a German composer.
7. There __________ a lot of people at our party yesterday.
8. Don´t blame him. It __________ my mistake.
9. He __________ not well yesterday.
10. __________ you at the party yesterday?
11. Sam __________ second in the race, __________ she?
12. Jack __________ (not) in London.
13. We __________ on the same school team.
14. Betty __________ (not) at the cinema.
15. We __________ the champions last year.
16. Victoria __________ (not) in the UK.
17. Mom and Dad __________ on vacation last week.
18. Sally and Mark __________ (not) at home.
19. There __________ a small lake here many years ago.
20. There __________ any clouds in the sky.
21. My friend __________ ill yesterday.
22. They __________ third in the race.
23. Mom __________ angry when she saw the broken vase.
24. The Romans __________ brave soldiers.
25. It __________ very wet on Monday.

8. VERB TO BE
Complete the sentences with was / were
1. Picasso __________ a great artist.
2. She __________ (not) at home, she was at school.
3. __________ you at the park? Yes, I __________ .
4. Bill Gates __________ a student at Harvard University.
5. I __________ in bed at 9 o´clock this morning.
6. The math questions __________ (not) easy, they were difficult.
7. She __________ reading in bed at 11 o´clock last night.
8. The room __________ (not) big, it was small.
9. __________ it sunny yesterday?
10. Einstein __________ a great mathematician.
11. __________ English you favourite subject last year?
12. It __________ (not) cold, it was hot.
13. I __________ with my friends in the park.
14. The English exam __________ (not) difficult, it was OK.
15. Alexander __________ in a cinema in Oxford.
16. __________ it a good film?
17. Lambert __________ with his family in Norway.
18. __________ they at home? No they __________.
19. __________ your friends in Malaga? Yes, they __________.
20. __________ you a good student last year? Yes, I __________.
21. Silvia and her sister __________ at the zoo.
22. John and Teresa __________ on holiday in France.
23. __________ your sister at home? Yes, she __________.
24. __________ famous people always good at school? No, they __________.
25. __________ Antonio Banderas in Malaga last summer?