SIMPLE PRESENT TENSEIs / are / am

Exercise 1.11. she _______ 41. the puppy _______ 81. that _______2. he _______ 42. the puppies _______ 82. those _______3. it _______ 43. woman _______ 83. picture _______4. Hanif _______ 44. women _______ 84. pictures _______5. Rosnah _______ 45. the children _______ 85. page _______6. Jia Ying _______ 46. the child _______ 86. pages _______7. Meena _______ 47. tooth _______ 87. key _______8. elephant _______ 48. teeth _______ 88. keys _______9. elephants _______ 49. foot _______ 89. computer _______10. rat _______ 50. feet _______ 90. computers _______11. rats _______ 51. the person _______ 91. Rana and Niro _______12. monkey _______ 52. the people _______ 92. Rebin and John _______13. monkeys _______ 53. leaf _______ 93. Sheila and Magen _______14. Rana _______ 54. leaves _______ 94. Sheila, John and Ong _______15. Johari _______ 55. man _______ 95. watch _______16. I _______ 56. men _______ 96. watches _______17. Nirosha _______ 57. This _______ 97. garage _______18. they _______ 58. These _______ 98. garages _______19. we _______ 59. mouse _______ 99. judge _______20. you _______ 60. mice _______ 100. judges _______21. I _______ 61. goose _______ 101. hero _______22. the book _______ 62. geese _______ 102. heroes _______23. the books _______ 63. knife _______ 103. buffalo _______24. kiran _______ 64. knives _______ 104. buffalos/buffaloes _______25. boat _______ 65. wife _______ 105. mosquito _______26. boats _______ 66. wives _______ 106. mosquitos/mosquitoes _______27. cat _______ 67. life _______ 107. butterfly _______28. cats _______ 68. lives _______ 108. butterflies _______29. house _______ 69. elf _______ 109. shelf _______30. houses _______ 70. elves _______ 110. shelves _______31. river _______ 71. the bread loaf _______ 111. wolf _______32. rivers _______ 72. the bread loaves _______ 112. wolves _______33. bus _______ 73. potato _______ 113. roof _______34. buses _______ 74. potatoes _______ 114. roofs _______35. box _______ 75. tomato _______ 115. studio _______36. boxes _______ 76. tomatoes _______ 116. studios _______37. the wish _______ 77. cactus _______ 117. video _______38. the wishes _______ 78. cacti _______ 118. videos _______39. the spy _______ 79. fungus _______ 119. photo _______40. the spies _______ 80. fungi _______ 120. photos _______41. the city _______ 81. phenomenon _______ 121. radio _______42. the cities _______ 82. phenomena _______ 122. radios _______43. daisy _______ 83. criterion _______ 123. memo _______44. daisies _______ 84. criteria _______ 124. memos _______

Exercise 1.2 (is/are/am)

1. It _________ cold today.

2. I _________ at home now.

3. They_________ Korean.

4. There _________ a pen on the desk.

5. My name _________ Nikita.

6. We _________ from Ukraine.

7. That _________ right.

8. I _________ OK, thanks.

9. Clara and Steve _________ married.

10. She _________ an English teacher.

11. Siti Nurhaliza _____ a singer.

12. I ____ a teacher.

13. Bill Clinton _____ from Italy.

14. What ______ your name?

15. Spain ____ in Europe.

16. _____ you from Spain? Yes, I am.

17. Tony Blair and Paul McCartney _____ British.

18. How old ____ your sister?

19. She ____ a nurse,

20. He ____ a doctor.

21. Demi Moore and Sharon _________ actresses.

22. Carol's cat ________ very pretty.

23. Rob ________ ten years old.

24. Those paintings ________ wonderful!

25. The two supermarkets ________ very near to each other.

26. John thinks science ________ a very difficult subject.

27. All the doors ________ open in this house!

28. Helen and Barbara ________ sisters.

29. That music ________ incredible.

30. Who ________ it?

Exercise 1.3 (is/are/am)

Peter Baker _______ from Manchester, but Paul and John _______ from London.

Manchester and London _______ cities in England. Hamburg _______ a city in

Germany. Sandra _______ at school today. Jack and Peter _______ her friends.

They _______ in the same class. Mr and Mrs Baker _______ on a trip to the USA to visit

their cousin Anne. She _______ a nice girl. Peter says: "My grandfather _______  in

hospital. I _______  at home with my grandmother." What time _______ it? It _______ 8

o'clock. _______ you tired? No, I _______ not.

Simple present tense (negative forms)

1.4 Complete the sentences. Use long forms of the negative (am not, is not, are not). The first one has been done for you.

E.g. I am not rich! I am poor.

1. She ………. here today. She is on

vacation.

2. Tokyo ………. in Singapore. It is in

Japan.

3. My brother ………. a teacher. He is a

doctor.

4. The bus ………. blue. It is yellow.

5. You ………. right! You are wrong!

6. This bread ………. fresh. Don’t eat it.

7. Jim and Vivienne ………. Australian.

They are American.

8. My jumper ………. red. It is blue.

9. It ………. 2 o’clock. It’s 3 o’clock. Let’s

go!

10. The film ………. good. It is bad.

11. Caviar ………. cheap. It is very

expensive.

12. We ………. happy. We are very angry.

13. My car ………. big. It is small.

14. I ………. a student. I am a teacher.

1.5 Complete the sentences. Use short forms of the negative (‘m not , isn’t, aren’t).

E.g.Indonesia isn’t in Europe. It’s in Asia.

1. I ………. French. I’m Italian.

2. She ………. Italian. She’s French.

3. The river ………. very clean. Don’t swim in

it.

4. My brothers ………. here. They’re in

Australia.

5. These questions ………. easy. I need some

help.

6. The film ………. interesting. Let’s go home.

7. An orange ………. a vegetable. It’s a fruit.

8. A carrot ………. a fruit. It’s a vegetable.

9. My bicycle ………. blue. It’s yellow.

10. Betty ………. here today. She’s on vacation.

11. It ………. warm today. It’s cold.

12. We ………. hungry now. Let’s eat later.

13. John ………. my father. He’s my

grandfather.

14. I ………. ready. Please wait.

15. This food ………. bad. It’s perfect.

POSITIVE FORMS

Long form Short form

I am a teacher ------ (I’m a teacher.)

She is French. ------ (She’s French.)

It is cold. ------ (It’s cold.)

They are rich. ------ (They’re rich.)

NEGATIVE FORMS

Long form Short form

I am not a teacher ------ (I’m not a teacher.)

She is not French. ------ (She isn’t French.)

It is not cold. ------ (It isn’t cold.)

They are not rich. ------ (They aren’t rich.)

NOTES

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (Questions and Answers)

1. To make a question, we put am, is or are at the beginning of the sentence.Am I right?Is he/she/it right?Are we/you/they right?

1.6 Make questionsMake questions. Add am, is or are. Example:Is Fred here?

1. ………. you happy?2. ………. it difficult to speak Chinese?3. ………. she good at tennis?4. ………. dinner ready?5. ………. these computers expensive?6. ………. your hands clean?7. ………. your flat cold in the winter?8. ………. I wrong?9. ………. the window open?10. ………. the people in your office friendly?11. ………. he French?12. ………. the dogs good with children?13. ………. I late again?14. ………. it easy to find a good house here?15. ………. we ready to go?

1.7 Make questionsPut the words in the right order to make questions.Example:rich / are / you Are you rich?

1. ready / are / you…………………………………………………….?2. well / are / you…………………………………………………….?3. is / big / your garden…………………………………………………….?4. these shoes / expensive / are…………………………………………………….?5. this answer / is / right…………………………………………………….?6. thirsty / you / are…………………………………………………….?7. your neighbors / friendly / are

…………………………………………………….?8. the airport / open / is…………………………………………………….?9. this / important / is…………………………………………………….?10. are / fresh / these vegetables…………………………………………………….?11. coffee / hot / that / is…………………………………………………….?12. early / I / am…………………………………………………….?13. now / rich / are / we…………………………………………………….?14. me / angry with / he / is…………………………………………………….?15. American / car / your / is…………………………………………………….?

1.8 Make questionsMake questions. Put the underlined words in the right order.Example:It is very cold in here. open / the window / is ?It is very cold in here. Is the window open?

1. This song is beautiful. is / Spanish / it ?…………………………………………………….?

2. I think New York is the capital of America. right / am / I ?…………………………………………………….?

3. That jumper is beautiful. Italian / it / is ?…………………………………………………….?

4. What’s the time? 9 or 10 / is / it ?…………………………………………………….?

5. Fred is a doctor. rich / is / he ?…………………………………………………….?

6. Jackie’s in the kitchen. hungry / is / she ?…………………………………………………….?

7. There are some sandwiches on the table. are / fresh / they ?…………………………………………………….?

8. He thinks English grammar is easy. is / wrong / he ?…………………………………………………….?

9. I’m ready. taxi here / the / is ?…………………………………………………….?

10. Where’s the dog? in the garden / it / is ?…………………………………………………….?

11. We’re late for the cinema. ready / you / are ?…………………………………………………….?

12. That painting is beautiful. it / expensive / is ?…………………………………………………….?

13. This car’s very old. it/ in / are / safe / we ?…………………………………………………….?

14. Where is Mauritius? is / in the Indian Ocean / it ?…………………………………………………….?

15. I like your friend. Japanese / she / is ?…………………………………………………….?

2. We often give a short answer to a question with am, is or are.Are you happy?

Yes, I am. / No I’m not.

Is it cold in here?Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.

Are they cold?Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.

1.9 Make questions and give short answersExamples:

Is she hungry? -------Yes, she is.

Are they Indian? -------No, they aren’t.

1. ………. your feet cold? Yes, they ……….2. ………. breakfast ready? No, it ……….3. ………. the water hot? No, it ……….4. ………. your sister well? Yes, she ……….5. ………. the buses in London red? Yes, they ……….6. ………. the taxis in New York yellow? Yes, they ……….7. ………. the bank open? No, it ……….8. ………. your hotel expensive? No, it ……….9. ………. her eyes blue? Yes, they ……….10. ………. this bread fresh? No, it ……….11. ………. he your husband? Yes, he ……….12. ………. you tired? No, I ……….13. ………. they here? No, they ……….14. ………. your coffee nice? Yes, it ……….15. ………. we late? No, we ……….

Complete the conversation chart below.

How _____ you? ________________________________

I_____ fine. Thank you. Yes, she is my cousin.

No, _____________

Yes, they _____ fresh.

______________________________

______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________No, they aren’t hungry.

No, she isn’t

____ she sleeping ?

________________________

_________ she pretty ?

_____________________

_______ we going to the mall ?

_________________________

_______ her eyes blue ?

_________________________

______ they moving?

Yes, he is my brother.

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Is that her car?

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____ he driving today ?

_____ those computer belong to them ?_

________ they bracelets ?

_______ the restaurant open today ?

______ we going for movie ?

Write complete sentences using the words given.