Exercises

1) Use the verb to be:

a) I _______ a boy j) This ______ a ball

b) She _______ a teacher. K) He ______ an American.
c) It _____ a doll. L) That ____ not a doll.
d) We ____ students. M) She ____ an English girl.
e) John and Jack _____ students. N) That ____ an orange.
f) Mr. Johnson ______ a man. O) This______ an English book.
g) Mrs. Johnson _____ a woman. P) This exercise _____ difficult.
h) A ball _______ a toy.
i) Miss Johnson _____ a girl.

2) Leia o texto e responda as questões abaixo:

I am John. My name is John White. I am ten years old. I am a boy. I am not a girl.
My two sisters Sonia and Grace are girls. They are good girls.
They are at home now. My father is Robert Whyte and my mother is Helen Whyte.
Robert Whyte and Helen Whyte are my parents. They are not at home now.
I have a dog. We are good friends.

a) Is John a girl? __________________________________________

b) Is John a boy? _________________________________________
c) What is John? __________________________________________
d) Is Sonia a boy? _________________________________________
e) How old is John? _______________________________________
f) Where is John? _________________________________________
g) Is mother at home? _____________________________________

3) Write in the NEGATIVE form.

a) You are a student. _________________________________________

b) He is a good doctor. __________________________________________
c) Mr. Evans is a policeman. __________________________________________
d) John is ten years old. __________________________________________
e) Father is at home. _________________________________________
f) The teacher is in the room. __________________________________________
g) Mr. Jones is a good teacher. __________________________________________
h) I have two sisters. ___________________________________________
i) My name is John Whyte. ___________________________________________
j) John is my friend. __________________________________________

4) Fill the blanks with the correct form of the verb to be in the present ( AM / IS / ARE).
Complete os espaços com a forma correta do verbo to be.

a) Mr. Douglas ________ an American. He is in Washington now.

b) You _______ a Brazilian.
c) The students _________ in class now.
d) The teacher _____ here, too.
e) I _____ at home now.
 f) New York _______ a big city.

5) Escolha a forma correta dos parênteses para completar os espaços.

A) Mr. Douglas ________ a Brazilian.

( aren’t / isn’t / am not)

B) You _________ an American.

( aren’t / am not / isn’t )

C) ______ the students in class now?

( Is / Are / am)

D) ____ the teacher here?

( am / is / are)

E) I __________ at home now.

( aren’t / am not / isn’t )

F) _______ New York a big city?

( are / is / am)

6) Passe as frases para a forma negativa:

a) I am a boy. _______________________________________________
b) You are a doctor. ________________________________________
c) He is a engineer (engenheiro). ____________________________________
d) She is a student. _______________________________________
e) We are teachers. _________________________________________
f) They are students. _________________________________________

7) Passe as frases para a forma afirmativa:

a) This is not a bank. ___________________________________________

b) These are not glasses. _________________________________________
c) Today is not fourteen. _________________________________________
d) John and Peter are not students.
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e) They are not good boys.
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f) The man is not in the class.
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g) The door is not closed. ________________________________________

8) Preencha as lacunas:

Am _________ in England? Is __________ a book?

Are _________ a teacher? Is _________ a soldier?
Are _______ a students? Are ________ books?

9) Transforme da forma negativa para interrogativa afirmativa:

 Exemplo: This is not a bank.
Is this a bank?

a) These are not my shoes. _______________________________________

b) Mary is not a good student. _____________________________________
c) Today is not Monday (segunda-feira).
d) John is not a teacher. _______________________________________
e) This is not a book. ___________________________________________
f) Peter and Mary are not students. _________________________________

10) Give the interrogative and the negative form of each sentence.
( Dê a forma interrogativa e negative de cada sentença)

a) I am a teacher. ________________________________________________
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b) She is a good girl. _______________________________________________
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c) It is time to go out. ______________________________________________
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d) They are good friends. ____________________________________________
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e) He is a good boy. _______________________________________________
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f) Carol is from Holland. _____________________________________________
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g) Carol and Jane are students. _______________________________________
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11) Dê a forma contraída/ abreviada:

Ex: I am na English student. – I’m an English Student.

a) He is late for class. ____________________________________

b) It is time to study. ______________________________________
c) You are well. ____________________________________________
d) You are good student. ____________________________________
e) We are friends. __________________________________________
f) She is from the United States. ________________________________________
g) They are from Brazil. ________________________________________________
h) I am happy. _____________________________________________________

12) Dê respostas curtas afirmativas e negativas:

Exemplo: Is Virginia well?

Yes, she is. / No she isn’t.

a) Are you happy? _______________________/_____________________________

b) Is Paul a teacher? ______________________-/___________________________
c) Are the boys at school? ________________________/_______________________
d) Is Mrs. Clark your teacher? _____________________/_______________________
e) Is your watch good? _______________________/__________________________
f) Are you students? ________________________/__________________________
 g) Are Sam and George here? ______________________/______________________

13) Coloque as sentenças abaixo nas formas: interrogativa, negativa e interrogativa

negativa.

a) The teacher is tall (alta). _______________________________________________

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b) The school is big. ____________________________________________________

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c) The lady is pretty (bonita). ____________________________________________

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d) The boys are intelligent. ______________________________________________

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e) The chair (cadeira) is yellow. -_________________________________________

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f) He is Brazilian. _____________________________________________________
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g) I am short (baixo). ___________________________________________________

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h) Susan is pretty. _____________________________________________________

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i) Paul and Mary are brother and sister.

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j) Mr. Johnson is a teacher.

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k) The girls are old friends. ______________________________________________

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 L) Today is Thursday
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14) Passe as sentenças para o plural:

a) The city is very big. ___________________________________________________

b) The boy is near the school. _____________________________________________
c) The potato is on the table. _____________________________________________
d) The piano is beautiful. _________________________________________________
e) The key is in the envelope. _____________________________________________
f) The hero is at school. _________________________________________________
g) It is a glass. _________________________________________________________
h) The class is in room 302. ______________________________________________

VOCABULÁRIO PARA AUXÍLIO EM ALGUMAS QUESTÕES:

THIS – esta
THESE- estes
THOSE- estas
THAT- aquela