Topic 17
Overview of Verb-to-be
Simple Present Simple Past
am
is was 
are were
I am I was
You are You
were
He He
She is She was
It It
We We
You are You were
They
They
I
We
He You
/ You were
She was They
It
_____________________________________________________________
Verb-to-be ‘am / is / are / was / were’ are
to show the state of being.
They are followed by a noun, an adjective
or an adverb of place.
I am a pupil.
I am tall and thin.
Miss Ting is a clerk.
She is hardworking.
She is in the office now.
Tom was busy yesterday.
He was here in the
morning.
The children were noisy just
now.
They were in the
classroom.
(45)
Topic 17 Overview of Verb-to-be
Exercise 79
Fill in the blanks with ‘was’ or ‘were’.
1. Ali
____________ sad yesterday.
2. Aminah
____________ busy last Thursday.
3. The children
____________ happy last Sunday.
4. Meena
____________ angry yesterday.
5. Tom and his
friends ____________ very lazy yesterday.
6. Joseph and I
___________ naughty yesterday.
7. Hassan
___________ late to school yesterday.
8. That bag
__________ very heavy yesterday.
9. You and
Ashiah ___________surprised to see us yesterday.
10. The cats ____________ noisy yesterday.
Exercise 80
Fill in the blanks with ‘was’ or ‘were’.
1. Hui Ling and
I ______________ at home yesterday.
2. Aminah
___________ obedient yesterday.
3. Hassan
__________ fat last year.
4. The children
_____________ hungry yesterday.
5. Joseph and
his friends __________ hardworking yesterday.
6. Susan
_________ hot last night.
7. San San
__________ dirty yesterday.
8. You and Tom
___________ bad yesterday.
9. The hamsters
___________ noisy yesterday.
10. This car ____________ expensive last year.
11. These
questions ___________difficult to me last year.
12. I
___________ dizzy yesterday.
Exercise 81
Fill in the blanks with ‘was’ or ‘were’.
1. Peter
__________ very tired yesterday.
2. You and
Yalee ______________ cold last night.
3. I
___________ busy yesterday.
4. The rooms
__________ clean last Tuesday.
5. The children
____________ quiet just now.
6. The rain
___________ heavy yesterday.
7. Nora and her
sister ______________ excited yesterday.
8. My parents
__________ free yesterday afternoon.
9. Julia
__________ alone at home yesterday.
10. Tom’s
grandfather _________ ill last Wednesday.
11. Helen’s
aunt ___________ sleepy yesterday morning.
12. Maria and I
____________ helpful this morning. (46)
(Topic 17)
Exercise 82
Fill in the blanks with ‘am /is /are /was / were’.
1. Nora
________ naughty yesterday. She _______
good now.
2. Peter and I
__________ busy now. We ________ free
this morning.
3. The children
___________ lazy last Tuesday.
4. The pupils
____________ in the library now.
5. I _________
hungry now.
6. John
___________ disobedient last Friday.
7. I _________
sick last Saturday.
8. You and Tina
____________ friendly. I like you.
9. My
grandparents ____________old.
10. My father
___________ very angry yesterday.
Exercise 83
Fill in the blanks with ‘am /is /are /was /were ’.
1. This book
_________ thick. It is Ali’s book.
2. Those
magazines __________ new. They are good,
too.
3. The children
__________ noisy just now. They _______
quiet now.
4. I __________
in town now.
5. My
grandmother _________ sick last Wednesday.
6. You and
Alice ___________ cousins. You study in
the same class.
7. Paul and I
____________ sad this morning.
8. I __________
very busy yesterday.
9. My uncle
_________ a quiet man. He seldom talks.
10. The garden
_______ very beautiful now. It _____
messy yesterday.
11. My shoes
________ very dirty yesterday. They
________ clean now.
12. Jack
_________very talkative last year. He
________ quiet now.
Exercise 84
Fill in the blanks with ‘am /is /are /was /were’.
1. It _______
quiet here at night.
2. Yalee and I
___________ excited just now.
3. The stones
__________ really hard. The men cannot
move them at all.
4. These books
__________ very useful. Do you often use
them?
5. I __________
hardworking now. I ________very lazy
last year.
6. Today
________ Thursday.
7. The weather
_________ fine today. It ________ rainy
yesterday.
8. My
neighbours _________ friendly. We often
talk to one another.
9. You and Jean
___________ free now. You _________ busy
just now.
10. George
_________ very fat last year. He
________ thin now.
(47)
Topic 18 Present Continuous Tense
It is used to show the continuous action at the
moment of speaking now.
am
S is F2
are
Forms of the verb
F1 F2 F3 F4
eat eating ate eaten
I am eating now.
You are
eating now.
He
She
is eating now.
It
We
You are
eating now.
They
_____________________________________________________________
Simple Present and Present
Continuous
I talk to John every day.
I am talking to him now.
You jump every day.
You are jumping now.
He draws every day.
He is drawing a parrot now.
Sheila jogs every day.
She is drawing now.
The rabbit hops every day.
It is hopping now.
Topic 18
The Present Continuous Tense
Exercise 85
Fill in the blanks with the Present Continuous Tense.
1. Hassan
_______________ (study) very hard in his room now.
2.
I_________________________ (swim) now.
3. Aminah
_______________________ (hold) a stick in her hand now.
4. The children
_______________________ (shout) now.
5. Hui Hui
________________________ (play) with her friends now.
6. The sun
________________________ (shine) brightly now.
7. You and
Joseph _________________________ (talk) happily now.
8. All your
classmates __________________ (listen) to the teacher now.
9. Sumei
__________________________________ (run) about now.
10. The men
___________________________ (push) the logs.
Exercise 86
Fill in the blanks with the Present Continuous Tense.
1. The hawker
_____________________________ (sell) noodles now.
2. The hamster
________________________________ (squeak) now.
3. I
____________________________________ (hide) now.
4. John and his
friends ____________________ (cycle) in the park now.
5. Our mother
__________________________________(call) us now.
6. My uncle and
aunt __________________ (line) up to buy tickets now.
7. You and
Susan_________________________ (share) some food now.
8. Hassan
________________________________ (dig) the ground now.
9. Rahim and I
__________________________________ (fly) kites now.
10. The girl ____________________________ (hang) out
clothes to dry.
11. They
_________________________________________(shop) now.
12. I
___________________________(paste) the newspaper clippings.
Exercise 87
Fill in the blanks with the Present Continuous Tense.
1. You and your
sister ______________________(water) the plants now.
2. Miss Teo
_______________________________ (teach) now.
3. The children
____________________________ (count) now.
4. Sui Ing
__________________(kick) now.
5. Alan
___________________ (take) a bus to town now.
6. The pupils
___________________ (wave) to their teachers now.
7. The cat
__________________ (chase) a mouse now.
8. Maria and I
__________________(knead) the dough now.
9. My uncle
_________________ (drive) his car now.
10. Some
monkeys ___________________ (swing) in the tree.
11. The old
lady _____________________ (sit) on a bench. (49)
12. The people
_______________________ (help) to put out fire.
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