Name: ____________________________________ Group: ______________ Date:___________

TO BE REVIEW EXERCISES
A) A vs AN
Write a or an to these words.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

__A__ mistake.
_An__ abbreviation
__A___ dream
_An_ interesting dream
__An_ empty box
___A__ box

7. ___A__ uniform
8. __An_ email
9. __An_ untrue story
10. __An_ urgent message
11. __A__ universal problem
12. __An_ unhappy child

13. __An_ hour or two

14. _A___ hole in the ground
15. _A__ hill
16. _A__ handsome man
17. _An__ honest man
18. _An__ honor

B) NOUN + IS + NOUN
Write the structure for singular sentences: singular noun + is + a/an + singular noun
Complete the sentences with a or an.
1. ___A___ chair is ___a___ noun.
2. London is __a_ city (tuveun error aqu).
3. A carrot is a vegetable.
4. A bear is an animal.
5. A flower is a plant.

6. Acell phone is a gadget.

7. Arabic is alanguage.
8. Red is a color.
9. Acar is a machine.
10. An ant is an insect.

Complete the sentences with a or an and the words in the list.

animal
country
language
city
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Arabic is _______a country___________.

Rome is a city.
A cat is an animal.
Tennis is a sport.
Chicago is a city.
Spanish is a language/nationality.

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

sport

insect

Mexico is a country.
A cow is an animal.
A fly is an insect.
Baseball is a sport.
China is a country.
Russian is a language/nationality.

Write originalsingular sentences using the following NOUNS.

1. Cow/animal: ___A cow is an animal.__________________________________________.
2. Dictionary/book: Dictionary is a book.
3. Cat/animal: Cat is an animal.
4. Colombia/country: Colombia is a country.
5. Spanish/language: Spanish is a language.
6. Computer/machine: Computer is a machine.
C) NOUN & NOUN + ARE + NOUNS
Write the structure for plural sentences: noun & noun, plural noun, plural pronoun + are + plural noun.
Write the PLURAL of the following words.
1. Cross _____Crosses______
2. Box Boxes
3. Boy Boys
4. City Cities
5. Fax Faxes
6. Bear Bears
7. Tool Tools
8. Key Keys
9. Dish Dishes
10. Radio
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11. Smile
12. Show
13. Potato
14. Match
15. Tray
16. Mom
17. City
18. Sock
19. Worm
20. Ship

Smiles
Shows
Potatoes
Matches
Trays
Moms
Cities
Socks
Worms
Ships

21. Class
22. Toy
23. Tomato
24. Plate
25. Flower
26. Potato
27. Baby
28. Factory
29. Country

Classes
Toys
Tomatoes
Plates
Flowers
Potatoes
Babies
Factories
Countries

Name: ____________________________________ Group: ______________ Date:___________

Change the singular sentences to plural sentences.
Singular
1. An ant is an insect
2. A computer is machine
3. A dictionary is a book
4. A chicken is a bird.
5. A rose is a flower
6. A carrot is a vegetable
7. A rabbit is an animal
8. Egypt is a country
Indonesia is a country
9. Winter is a season
Summer is a season
10. Cat is an animal
Dog is an animal

Plural
Ants are insects
Computers are machines.
Dictionaries are books.
Chickens are birds.
Roses are flowers.
Carrots are vegetables.
Rabbits are animals.
Egypt and Indonesia are countries.
Winter and Summer are seasons.
Cats and dogs are animals / Cat and Dog are
animals.

Complete the sentences using the following nouns, check if they are singular or plural.
1. A bear ______is an animal________________________________________________________
2. Ants ____are insects_____________________________________________________________
3. London
London is a country.
4. Spring
Spring is a season.
5. A carrot
is a vegetable.
6. September and October
are months.
7. Mexico & Canada
are countries.
8. A dictionary is a book/ an object/ etc.
9. Chickens
are birds / animals.
10. China
is a country
11. Winter & summer
are seasons.
12. Arabic
is a nationality / language.
13. A computer is a machine / object.
14. A fly is an insect.
15. Ants & bees are insects.
Make sentences with the following information. The sentences may be SINGULAR or PLURAL. Look at
the example.
1.car / machine .
A car is a machine_________________________________________________________________
2. horses / animals
Horses are animals.
3. Colombia / country
Colombia is a country.
4. airplane / vehicle
An airplane is a vehicle.
5. Peru and Ecuador / country
Peru and Ecuador are countries.
6. ant / insect
An ant is an insect.

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Name: ____________________________________ Group: ______________ Date:___________

D) PRONOUNS + BE + NOUN
Complete the crossword puzzle with personal pronouns.

Use the correct subject pronouns to complete the sentences.

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_They_ are
acrobats.

It is an animal.

She is a dancer.

He is a boy.

They are friends.

It is a flag.

We are dancers.

It is a fish.

It is a flower.

He is a scientific.

They are dad and son.

He is a player.

They are colleagues.

He is a teacher.

It is a bird.

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Name: ____________________________________ Group: ______________ Date:___________

E) CONTRACTIONS WITH BE.
Use the correct contracted from of subject pronoun + be to fill in the blanks. Pay attention to the
italicized words.
1. Sarais a student. __Shes__ in my class.
2. Jimis a student. Hes in my class.
3. I have one brother. Hes twenty years old.
4. I have two sisters. _Theyre____ students.
5. I have a dictionary. Its on my desk.
6. I like my classmates. Theyre friendly.
7. I have three books. Theyre on my desk.
8. My brother is twenty-six years old. Hes married.
9. My sister is twenty-one years old. Shes single.
10. Yoko and Ali are students. Theyre in my class.
11. I like mybooks. Theyre interesting.
12. I like grammar. Its easy.
13. Kate & Ilive in an apartment. Were roommates.
14. We live in an apartment. Its on Pine Street.
15. I go to school. Im a student.
16. I know you. Youre in my English class.
17. Michael has a cute little cat. Hes in love with the cat.

18. Pablo and Quinnplay outside. Theyre good basketball

players.
19. Maria sometimes plays with them. Shes a good
player also.
20. Louis and I go to the mall. Were happy shopping.
21. I cant find my book. Its lost.
22. Sam does not like his new clothes. Theyre too big.
23. Peter, Paul, and Mary are wonderful people. Theyre
good friends.
24. I have five brothers. Im the baby of the family.
25. My brothers live in Dominican Republic. Theyre very
happy there.
26. This shirt is nice, but its too long.
27. Mrs. Creelman loves her students. Theyre very
smart.
28. Mr. Creelman teaches English. Hes a great teacher.

F) PRONOUN/NOUN + TO BE + ADJECTIVE.
Write the structure for sentences using adjectives: noun/pronoun + to be + (no article) + adjective.
Check these words. They are adjectives; put in the line the meanings in Spanish of each word.
1. Hungry_hambriento_______
2. Thirsty sediento (a)
3. Sleepy adormilado/dormiln
4. Tired cansado (a)
5. Old viejo (a)
6. Young joven
7. Happy feliz
8. Homesick nostlgico (a)
9. Married casado (a)
10. Single soltero (a)
11. Angry enojado (a)
12. Nervous nervioso (a)
13. Quiet callado/quieto (a)
14. Lazy flojo (a)
15. Hardworking trabajador (a)
16. Famous Famoso (a)
17. Sick Enfermo (a)
18. Healthy saludable
19. Friendly amigable

20. Shy tmido (a)

21. Big grande
22. Small pequeo
23. Clean limpio
24. Dirty sucio
25. Unfriendly hostil/austero/grosero
26. Safe seguro
27. Dangerous peligroso
28. Beautiful hermoso
29. Ugly feo
30. Noisy Ruidoso
31. Crowded atestado/abarrotado
32. Not
crowded
vacio/sin
gente/calmado
33. Hot caliente
34. Cold frio
35. Warm tibio/clido
36. Cool fresco/agradable
37. Expensive caro/costoso

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38. Cheap barato

39. Square cuadrado
40. Sweet dulce
41. Sour agrio/acido
42. Large grande/largo
43. Flat plano
44. Little pequeo
45. Important importante
46. Cold frio
47. Funny divertido
48. Free libre
49. Delicious delicioso
50. Dry seco
51. Round Redondo
52. Small pequeo
53. Wet hmedo
54. Easy fcil
55. Difficult difcil

Name: ____________________________________ Group: ______________ Date:___________

Complete the sentences using the right to be.
1. A ball ____is____ round.
2. Balls are round.
3. Lemons is yellow.
4. Ripe bananas are yellow too.
5. A lemon is not sweet. It is sour.
6. Airplanes are fast.

7. A turtle is slow.
8. The floor in the classroom is dirty.
9. Chocolate is sweet.
10. My sweeter is warm.
11. My classmates are friendly.

Complete the sentences with the best adjective. Do not forget is or are. (possible answers)
1. Fire _____is hot_____________________.
2. Ice and snow are cold /wet.
3. A box is small/square/brown.
4. Balls and oranges are round.
5. Sugar Is sweet.
6. An elephant is big, but a mouse is small.
7. A rain forest is wet, but a desert is dry.
8. A joke is funny.
9. Good health is good/healthy/great/etc.
10. Guns are dangerous.
11. A coin is round, small, and gold/silver.
12. A lemon is sour.
G) NOUN/PRONOUN + TO BE + PLACE
Write the structure for sentences using places: noun/pronoun + to be + preposition+ place.

Complete the sentences with the right to be.

1. The cat __is___ on the desk.

2. I am inside.
3. My friends are downstairs.

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4. Bob are at work.

5. They are downtown.
6. Sandy & I are in this room.

Name: ____________________________________ Group: ______________ Date:___________

H) SUMMARY FOR TO BE

Write the form of be (am, is, are) that is use in each sentences. Then write the grammar structure that
follows be.
BE
+
COMPLEMENT
1. Were students.
____are___
+
______noun_______________
2. Anna is in Rome.
____is____
+ _______place_______________
3. Im hungry.
___am____
+ _____adjective______________
are
+
noun
4. Dogs are animals.
is
+
place
5. Jack is at home.
is
+
Adjective
6. Hes sick.
are
+
noun
7. Theyre artist
am
+
noun
8. Im in class
is
+
Place
9. Gina is upstairs.
is
+
Adjective
10. Joes pocket is empty.
Directions: If the noun is with a singular in the example, change to a plural. If the example is plural,
change to singular.
Example: The woman is a golfer. The women are golfers.
1. The pencil is sharp. Pencils are sharp.
2. The dogs are barking. A dog is an animal.
3. The girls are intelligent. The girl is intelligent.
4. A Porsche is a fast car. Porches are fast cars.
5. A horse is an animal. Horses are animals.
6. Diamonds are expensive. A diamond is expensive.
7. A teacher is educated. Teachers are educated.
8. Shirts are on sale today. Shirt is on sale today.
9. A donation is welcomed. Donations are welcomed.
10. A backpack is not allowed. Backpacks are not allowed.
Correct the errors. Rewrite the sentence with correction(s). (Esto no viene en el examen)
1. Innsbruck is city in Austria.
___Innsbruck is a city in Australia. ___________________________________________
2. Cats is animals.
_________________________________________________________________________
3. A bee is a insect. It makes honey.
A bee is an insect. It makes honey.
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Name: ____________________________________ Group: ______________ Date:___________

4. The students are happy. They has a class now.
The students are happy. They have a class now.
5. Louis have two brothers.
Louis has two brothers.
6. We are nt sad. We are sick.
We arent sad. We are sick.
7. My friends re from Russia.
My friends are from Russia.
8. My papers on the table.
My papers are on the table.
9. Mr. Swakee is a teacher?
Is Mr. Swakee a teacher?
10. Her gloves is in the drawer.
Her gloves are in the drawer.
11. I have they book here.
I have their book here.
12. I has my book here.
I have my book here.
13. My hands are very colds.
My hands are very cold.
14. This girls are from China.
These girls are from China.
15. These pumpkins is my.
These pumpkins are mine.
Complete the sentences. Use to be verb. Check the example. (posibles respuestas, hay muchas ms)
1. ___________A bear is ___________________________________________ an animal.
2. I am / she is / they are / my mom is/ the dogs are/ ___________________________here.
3. Spanish & English are/ German and Japanese are/ Portuguese and Russian are languages.
4. A pen is / A backpack is / a book is / sodas are / y muchos ms
cheap.
5. Im am / we are/ My dog is / My classmates / My parents _________________ friendly.
6. A car is / a tablet is / Cell phones are _________________________________expensive.
7. ______________________________________________________________ an insect.
8. ______________________________________________________________ countries.
9. ______________________________________________________________ from Canada.
10. ______________________________________________________________ noisy.
11. ______________________________________________________________ from Mexico.
12. ______________________________________________________________ smart.
Read the story about Maries classmates. Answer the question using am, is, and are.
Hello. My name is Marie. I go to Miami Dade College. I am a student in the English for Academic Purposes
program. There are many students in this program from all over the world. I am from France. Lisandra, Angelina, and
Lorena are all from Cuba. They can all dance meringue very well. They also make the best arroz con pollo, which is
Spanish for chicken and rice. Darlenys and Diana are both from Colombia. They are very proud of their heritage. Wilbert
is from Haiti. He is the best student in the class. He speaks four languages. Finally, Maxiell is from the Dominican
Republic. She misses her family very much. We have a wonderful class with students from all over the world.

1. Where is Marie from? France

2. Who is from Cuba? Lisandra, Angelina and Lorena.
3. Who is from Haiti? Wilbeert.
4. Who is the student who misses her family? Maxiell
5. Who is from Colombia? Darlenys and Diana

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