The Verb "be" in the Present

We use the verb "be" when we want to describe something. Practice:1. Write the correct form of the verb: A) The girl is happy.B) I am at school.C) The book is blue.D) My family is big.E) My friends are at the pool.F) The apples are red.G) Dan is tall.H) The cats are in the kitchen.I) My shirt is purple.J) I am a good student. 2. Match the beginning of the sentence to its end: Jenny is smart George and Mat are kind. My parents are at work. I am happy. The oranges are sweet. The candy is sweet. We can use the verb "be" in a short form: 3. Write the sentences again with the verb "be" in the short form:Don't forget to use a CAPITAL letter in the beginning of the sentence, ' and .example:Dan is tall. ⇨ Dan's tall. A) The dog is brown. ⇨ The dog's brown.B) I am bored. ⇨ I'm bored.C) The house is clean. ⇨ The house's clean. It's clean.D) They are tired. ⇨ They're tired.E) The notebook is yellow. ⇨ The notebook's yellow. It's yellow.F) We are happy to be here. ⇨ We're happy to be here. We also use the verb "be" to make a negative sentence: There are 2 ways to make a negative sentence with the verb "be": 1. The girl's not happy.2. The girl isn't happy.Both are correct!4. Write both ways of negative of the following sentences: A) The dog is not quiet. B) My parents are not at work. C) I am not at home.(There is only 1 way to make a negative.) D) The sky is not green. 5. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence:My friend _ at the pool. am not isn't aren't 6. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence:The elephants _ pink. are not aren't a+b are correct. 7. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence:I _ hungry right now. isn't aren't am not 8. Mixed practice:Fill in the correct form of the verb "be" positive and negative: a) I am Tom. I'm 14 years old. My brother is Michael. He's 12 years old.b) George and Jenny are friends. They're not at home right now. They are at the movies.c) My family is very big. It's not easy to organize a party for everybody. My grandparents are at home every day. They aren't busy. But my parents are very busy at work.