This document contains exercises to practice using the verb "to be" in English. It includes filling in blanks with correct forms of "to be", choosing the right answer, completing jokes, and writing phrases in interrogative and negative forms. The exercises cover using "to be" for things like nationality, location, occupations, relationships, names, and more.

1. VERB To Be Review
1. Complete the text below with the correct form of the verb "to be":
Marcia_____from Brazil. She ______25 years old and
works as a secretary at ZLS Computers, in
Dublin. She______very communicative and has a lot of
friends. Two of her best friends are Miguel and
Pauline. Miguel______from Portugal. He _____27 years old.
Pauline _______a very funny French girl.
She _______30 years old. Marcia and Miguel _______single, but Pauline_______.
She ________married to a doctor. She says they_________very happy.
Marcia says she wants to go back to Brazil, but she _______sure she _________going
to miss her friends.
2. Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the verb "to be".
a. I_______ Portuguese. I _______ from São Paulo, Brazil.
b. _______ you from Spain?
c. Phillip and Susan_______ American. But their mother_______ Canadian and their
father_______ from Puerto Rico.
d. The dog_______ barking a lot today.
e. We_______ lawyers. We_______ doctors.
f. _______ Ross funny?
No, he_________. Actually, he ________ one of the most humorless people I know.
3. Check the right answer:
a. Terry __________ a pilot.
a) is not
b) is
c) are
d) aren't
b. Caitlyn __________ a model. She travels the world and she can speak four
languages.
a) are
b) are not
c) is
d) am
c. __________ your parents from China?
No, they __________.
a) Aren't / are
b) Is/ isn't
c) Are / aren't
d) Are / are
4. Complete the jokes with the verb "to be":
a.________you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?
Yes I ________, I married the wrong woman.

2. b. A very drunk man comes out of the bar and sees another very drunk man.
He looks up in the sky and says,______ "that the sun or the moon?"
The other drunk man answers, "I don't know.I______ a stranger here myself."
c. Two cows_______ standing in a field.
One says to the other "_________you worried about Mad Cow Disease?"
The other one says "No, It doesn't worry me, I ________a horse!"
5- Write phrases in Interrogative and negative forms.
a) Their names are Michael and Maurice
INT: _______________________________________
NEG: ______________________________________
b) She is from England.
INT: _______________________________________
NEG: ______________________________________
c) I am from Brazil.
INT: _______________________________________
NEG: ______________________________________
d) Her name is carol.
INT: _______________________________________
NEG: ______________________________________