The next exercise will help you to remember and review the present and past of verb “BE” the simple present, continuous present, simple past, future “going to” and future “will” tenses.
PRESENT TENSE OF BE
1.- I am in my office
2.-.You _________ very late
3.- He __________ on the top.
4.- She__________ in New York.
5.- Mr. Harris _________ there.
6.- The men __________ angry.
7.- That man __________ my father.
8.- They ______________ not hungry.

PAST TENSE OF BE
1.- I was in my office




SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

1.- He works hard every day. (A)

2.- He doesn’t work hard every day. (N)

3.- Does he work hard every day? (Q)

4.-.Uncle Walter (eat) dinner with us every Sunday

5.- That French girl (speak) English very well.

6.- I frequently (do) my homework on the bus.

CONTINUOUS PRESENT
1.- He is talking to Tom now. (A)

2.- He is not talking to Tom now. (N)

3.- Is he talking to Tom now? (Q)

4.- Miss Stewart (look) at the newspaper now

5.- John and Frank (write) letters at this moment

6.- I (begin) the new lesson right now.

SIMPLE PAST (REGULAR VERBS)
1.- We (finish) the work yesterday
We finished the work yesterday. (A)

2.- We did not finish the work yesterday. (N)

3.- Did we finish the work yesterday. (Q)

4.-.I (like) that movie about President Wilson’s life.

5.- The students (study) those two lessons yesterday

6.- The driver (stop) the bus very quickly.

SIMPLE PAST (IRREGULAR VERBS)
1.- We (go) to a concert

2.- He (bring) his friend.

3.- Frank (take) a course in French last year.

4.- He (drive) very carefully.

5.- You (make) several mistakes in the exercise

6.- I (drink) two cups of coffee yesterday


FUTURE GOING TO
1.- I (finish) it next week.
I am going to finish it next week. (A)
I am not going to finish it next week. (N)
Am I going to finish it week ?. (Q)

2.- He (go) there tomorrow.

3.- We (be) at the meeting.

4.- The teacher (explain) the next lesson to us tomorrow.

5.- The men (repair) the roof of the house the day after tomorrow.

FUTURE WILL
1.- He (leave) early tomorrow.
He will leave early tomorrow. (A)
He won’t leave early tomorrow (N)
Will he leave early tomorrow? (Q)

2.-We (see) him next week.

3.- They (be) here in ten minutes.

4.- The men (be) here at one-thirty this afternoon.

5.- The meeting (begin) at nine o’clock tomorrow night.


REVIEW OF THE PAST TENSE
Use the past tense of the verb in parentheses in each sentence.
1. Mr. Johnson (ride) downtown with his friend today.
2. The two men (carry) the furniture very carefully.
3. Professor Taylor (teach) a different class last year.
4. The students (practice) the new words after their class.
5. We (spend) two and a half weeks in Los Angeles.

NEGATIVES IN THE PAST TENSE
Change the following statements to negatives.
1. The secretary copied the names from the list carefully.
2. Alice ate lunch at the cafeteria with her friends.
3. The students were ready for the examination.
4. Mr. Harris taught at New York University last summer.
5. The teacher noticed the mistake in that sentence.

REVIEW: QUESTIONS WITH BE
Change the following statements to questions.
1. Frank is taking a course in German this semester.
2. The last lesson was difficult for the students.
3. There were a lot of people at Bill’s party last night.
4. It is raining very hard right now.
5. The men are working now.

REVIEW: QUESTIONS WITH DO, DOES AND DID.
Change the following statements to questions.
1. Mr. Wilson flies to Los Angeles once a month.
2. The secretary understood Mr. Wilson’s instructions completely.
3. They watch television every night of the week.
4. Miss Graniero always does her homework very carefully.
5. The two mechanics did that work very quickly.

REVIEW: QUESTIONS WITH WILL.
1. They will return soon.
2. The Andersons will travel to South America by air.
3. There will be a meeting here next Thursday night.
4. Our teacher will explain that lesson to us tomorrow.
5. The men will finish all of their work before next Friday.

NEGATIVES: THE FUTURE WITH WILL
Change the following statements to negatives.
1. He will explain that lesson.
2. Our friends will go to that part of the city tomorrow.
3. The Andersons will leave California before January tenth.
4. Mr. Berg will attend his English class tonight.
5. Uncle Dan will eat dinner with us next Sunday.

MUCH AND MANY
Find the errors.
1. The students had many difficulty with the last lesson.
2. I wrote each new word in the lesson much times.
3. We made much sandwiches.
4. The guests drank many coffee.
5. There was many milk and coffee in the kitchen.

THIS, THAT, THESE AND THOSE.
Find the errors.
1. These is your briefcase. 6. Are that students working?
2. This are your books. 7. Does those seem difficult?
3. These goes on this lines. 8. Are that your gloves?.
4. These go on this line. 9. Do those feel comfortable?
5. Do that men speak English? 10. Is those boy reading now?.