Activity 01

GRAMMAR

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The simple present of the verb to be

Affirmative forms of the verb to be

Subject Pronouns	Full Form	Contracted Form
I	Am	'm
You	are	're
he/she/it	Is	's
We	are	're
You	are	're
They	are	're

Interrogative forms of the verb to be:

Am	I?
Are	you?
Is	he/she/it?
Are	we?
Are	you?
Are	they?

Negative Forms of the verb to be:

Subject Pronouns	Full Form	Contracted Form
I	am not	'm not
You	are not	aren't
he/she/it	is not	isn't
We	are not	aren't
You	are not	aren't
They	are not	aren't

Remember:

ü  I, you, he, she, it, you, they are subject pronouns (also called personal pronouns, a term used to include both subject and object pronouns.)

ü  am, are, is are forms of the verb to be in the simple present.

ü  'm, 're, 's are short (contracted) forms of  am, are, is

ü  'm not, aren't, isn't are short (contracted forms) of am not, are not, is not.

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Grammar Exercises - The simple present of the verb "to be"

Do the exercises on the simple present of the verb to be

1.    Fill in the blanks with the right subject / personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they):

a)    Angelina Joli is American.               isn't French.

b)    Brad Pitt is American, too.               isn't German.

c)    Brad and Angelina aren't French.               are American.

d)    My friend and I are high school students.               aren't primary school students.

e)    The Statue of Liberty is in New York.               isn't in Washington.

2.    Fill in the blanks with the right form of to be ( am, are or is):

a)            you the new student?

b)    Yes, I        .

c)    Leila and Nancy        students.

d)    Nancy        Australian.

e)    My sister and I        students.

f)     The girls        tired.

g)    These women        beautiful.

h)    The tea       delicious.

i)      Nadia and Leila        friends.

j)     The newspaper        cheap.

3. Choose the correct answer (negative or affirmative form of to be):

a)    Is Julia Robert French? No, she        French.

b)    What about Robert de Nero? Is he an American actor? Yes, he        .

c)    Are New York and Los Angeles Spanish Cities? No, they        Spanish cities.

d)    Is Big Ben in Paris? No, it         in Paris.

e)    Is Mount Everest in Africa? No,        in Africa. It is in Asia.

@ José A. Santos, English Professor