Grammar (Verb to Be)
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EXERCISE 1
Fill in the blanks with is or are.
1. Some boys ______________ talking now.
2. The cows _____________ eating in the field.
3. The women _____________ washing clothes.
4. That box _____________ quite heavy.
5. He ____________ absent.
6. The men _____________ mending the road.
7. It __________ a sad story.
8. Poh Wah and Tom _____________ talking to them.
9. We _____________digging in the garden.
10. A chair ____________ usually made of wood.
11. She __________ not here yet.
12. The boys ____________ running in the race.
13. Mosquitoes _____________ insects.
14. A baby duck _____________ called a duckling.
15. The old man _____________ sick.
16. They ______________ clapping their hands.
e.g. My brother _________ six years old.
My brother is six years old.
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17. The birds ______________ flying away.
18. Ann ______________ writing a letter.
19. She _____________ a nurse.
20. The postman ____________ delivering letters to the
houses.
EXERCISE 2
Fill in the blanks with is or are.
1. _____________ Alma and Veronica in the cinema?
2. _____________ the ants crawling up the tree trunk?
3. _____________ the man in the red shirt your uncle?
4. _____________ the train coming into the station?
5. _____________ he playing the piano in the living
room?
6. _____________ you going to the library tomorrow?
7. _____________ there a bee on the flower?
8. _____________ six ducks waddling to the pond?
9. _____________ Rina and Asha revising for the exams?
10. _____________ it windy today?
e.g. _________ she a nurse?
Is she a nurse?
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11. _____________the whale a mammal?
12. _____________ her mother a doctor?
13. _____________ they watching television?
14. _____________ the boys having fun at school?
15. _____________ she still cooking lunch?
16. _____________ the children in the house?
17. _____________ the baby still asleep?
18. _____________ the shoes still wet?
19. _____________ he busy packing the boxes?
20. _____________ you eating at the restaurant?