Exercise 1 The present tense of to be. Complete the table with the present tense of to be. Positive Negative 1 I 2 You 3 He/She/It 4 We 5 They am ____ ____ ____ ____ ’m not ____ ____ ____ ____ Exercise 2 to be – positive, negative, and questions. Complete the sentences with the correct form of to be. 1 I’m from Manchester, in England. 2 ___ you a student? 3 My brother ___ a doctor. 4 My parents ___ from London. They’re from Brighton. 5 Are you married? No, I ___ . 6 My sister and I__ from Japan. 7 ___ your parents from the United States? 8 Jane ___ a doctor. She’s a teacher. 9 Is he a taxi driver? Yes, he ___ . 10 The wine ___ from Spain. It’s from Portugal. 11 ___ your teacher from England? Exercise 3 Word order. Write the words in the correct order. 1 English / is / What / this / in / ? What is this in English? 2 wife / is / This / Peter’s ________ 3 phone / is / What / their / number / ? ________ 4 the / house / have / We / a / in / country ________ 5 your / you / do / How / spell / surname / ? ________ 6 you / Do / Spanish / like / wine / ? ________ 7 well / I / speak / French / don’t / very ________ 8 car / don’t / a / We / have / German ________ 9 Chinese / they / Do / eat / food / ? ________ Exercise 4 a or an? Complete the sentences with a or an. 1 It’s an American city. 6 I have _ English friend. 2 He’s _ actor. 7 She’s _ student. 3 Are you _ teacher? 8 They don’t have _ computer. 4 I have _ Italian car. 9 She’s _ Australian doctor. 5 We don’t have _ big house. 10 Is he _ businessman? Exercise 5 has/have. Complete the sentences with the correct form of have. 1 I have a brother and a sister. 2 He ___ a small hotel in Wales. 3 I like Chinese food, but we ___ a Chinese restaurant in town. 4 They ___ a flat in London. 5 I’m not married, but I ___ a lot of friends. 6 John ___ a new computer. 7 ___ they ___ a big family? 8 My sister ___ a dog and a cat. 9 ___ you ___ a dictionary? Exercise 6 Present Simple. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1 My husband and I live (live) in the country. 2 I _____ (not like) swimming. 3 They _____ (drink) wine every day. 4 What sports ___ the children ___ (like)? 5 We _____ (work) in a hospital. 6 You _____ (not like) hamburgers. 7 How many languages ___ you ___ (speak)? 8 ___ you and your family ___ (speak) German? 9 Helen and Dave _____ (not work) in London. 10 Where ___ you ___ (live)? 11 ___ you ___ (eat) Chinese or Italian food? Exercise 7 Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives. Choose the correct word. 1 My / I’m from Italy. 2 Is this you / your dictionary? 3 My brother is a doctor. His / He’s 27. 4 This is my mother. He / She’s a teacher. 5 Do you like we / our new house? 6 I’m Anna and this is my / I husband. 7 Is this your daughter? What’s her / his name? 8 My father is from Poland. His / Her name’s Arek. 9 What are they / their names? Exercise 8 Numbers. Write the numbers in words. 1 17 seventeen 6 62 _______ 2 29 _____ 7 74 _____ 3 37 _____ 8 88 _____