UNIVERSIDAD ANDINA DEL CUSCO – ESCUELA PROFESIONAL DE MEDICINA HUMANA

INGLÉS I SEMESTRE 2018 - I

SIMPLE PRESENT VERB TO BE.

Verb be Present Tense.

1. Conjugate the verb be in the present tense.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS
+ TO BE VERB CONTRACTIONS SENTENCES

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb be in the affirmative in the present.

1. Peter (be) _________________ on the phone.

2. They (be) _________________ at home.

3. I (be) _________________ a student.

4. Sheyla (be) ______________________ at the hospital.

5. My dad (be) in the surgery room.

Negative Sentences:

NEGATIVE FORM NEGATIVE SENTENCES

CONTRACTIONS

3. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb be in the negative in the present.

6. We (be, not) _________________ 50.

7. You (be, not) _________________ Spanish.

8. She (be, not) _________________ on holiday.

9. Sheyla (be, not) _________________ at home.

10. My dad (be, not) ______________________ happy.

Questions: Affirmative Negative Yes/No Question Short Answer

INTERROGATIVE FORM AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE SHORT

SHORT ANSWERS ANSWERS

4. Answer the questions with a short answer.

11. Are you from Montreal? _____________________________________________________ (+)

12. Is your best friend female? ____________________________________________________ (+)

13. Are your parents together? ____________________________________________________ (-)

14. Is Dr. Martinez the Hospital Director? ___________________________________________ (-)

5. Make questions to go with the answer in bold.

15. _____________________________________________?

Yes, they are married.

16. _____________________________________________?

No, she isn’t bored.

17. _____________________________________________?

No, I am not friendly.

18. _____________________________________________?

The boy is eating an apple.

19. __________________________________________________________?

Jenny and Scott are singing a song.

20. _________________________________________________________?

There is one banana on the table.

21. _________________________________________________________?

My books are on the table.

22.___________________________________________________________?
There are so many birds in the sky.

23. _________________________________________________________?

My mother is thirsty.

24. ___________________________________________________________?

The boy is eating pizza.

25. ____________________________________________________________?

The scalpel is in the bag.

26. ____________________________________________________________?

Andy and Scott are friends.

27. _____________________________________________________________?

Jenny and Kate are nurses.

28. _____________________________________________________________?

The students are tired.

29. _____________________________________________________________?

Yes, the Medicine School students are in the hospital.

30. ______________________________________________________________?

We are singing a song.

6. Write am, is or are:

Hi! I __________________ Peter and this ___________ Emma. She ______________ my sister. We
____________ brother and sister. I _____________ eleven and she ___________ ten. We
__________ from Granada. Granada ______________near Jaen. What _________ your name?
Where _______________ you from? Are _____________ at the university? ________________.
Are you in the Medicine School? ________________________.

7. Write sentences. Use the correct form of be.

I/young ___________________________________________________________________.

Nancy / clever _________________________________________________________________.

You / not old ___________________________________________________________________.

You / sleepy _________________________________________________________.

We / not naughty _____________________________________________________.

She / not short _______________________________________________________.

It / rainy ____________________________________________________________.

They / unhappy ______________________________________________________.

He / not hungry _______________________________________________________.

They / tidy ____________________________________________________________.

Rodrigo/ handsome ________________________________________________________.

8. Write the full forms.

I´m Laura .........................................................................

He´s my brother ...................................................................

She isn´t at home. ...............................................................

It´s your seat. .....................................................................

What´s that book called? ......................................................

They´re friends. ....................................................................

9. Write he, she, it or they.

Jane and Martin are friends. ………………………........................

Elephants are huge. ..........................................................

My father is an astronaut. ...................................................

His cat is grey. ......................................................................

My family and I are from Madrid. ......................................

John is quite tall. ..................................................................

10. Ask questions.

.................................................................................... I´m ten.

................................................................................. She´s from Scotland.

................................................................................. My mum is at home.

............................................................................... Her birthday is on 12th June.

....................................................................................... He´s 23 years old.

…………………………………………..…………………………………… Yes, I’m very tired.

………………………………………………………………………………. Her name is Olivia.

………………………………………………………………………………. My English classes are at 7 o’clock.

……………………………………………………………………………… No, I’m not, but I’m thirsty.