Question

THERE BE – PRESENT CONTINUOUS – SIMPLE PRESENT

1.Exercise: Use there + be. * Translate the phrases.

a) Itajubá _____________________ any Shopping Center.

b) Look! _________________ a picture of your brother in the newspaper.

c) Excuse-me, _______________ a bank near here?

d) ____________ five people in my family.

e) How many students ___________ in the class?

f) _______________ a bus downtown from the airport?

g) ______________ any problems?



PRESENT CONTINUOUS

2.Write questions with these words. Use is or are and put the words in order.

* Translate the phrases.

a) ( working/Luis/today?) _________________________________________________

b) (what/doing /the children?) ______________________________________________

c) (you/listening/to me?) __________________________________________________

d) (where/going/your friends?) _____________________________________________

e) (your parents/television/watching?) _______________________________________

f) (what/cooking/Jessica?) ________________________________________________

g) (why/you/looking/at me?) ______________________________________________

h) (coming/the bus?) _____________________________________________________



3.Write negative sentences. * Translate the phrases.



a) ( I/wash/my hair) ______________________________________________________

b) (it/snow) ____________________________________________________________

c) (I/sit/on a chair) _______________________________________________________

d) (I/eat) _______________________________________________________________

e) (it/rain) ______________________________________________________________

f) (I/study/English) ______________________________________________________

g) (I/listen/to music) _____________________________________________________

h) (the sun/shine) ________________________________________________________

i) (I/wear/shoes) ________________________________________________________

j) (I/read/a newspaper) ____________________________________________________



SIMPLE PRESENT

4.Write negative sentences. * Translate the phrases.

a) I play the piano very well. _______________________________________________

b) Yuki plays the piano very well. ___________________________________________

c) They know my phone number. ___________________________________________

d) We work very hard. ____________________________________________________

e) He has a car. _________________________________________________________

f) You do the same thing every day.__________________________________________



5.Put the verb in the correct form, positive or negative. * Translate the phrases.

a) John ___________ three languages – English, German and Spanish. (speak)

b) I ______________ my job. It´s very boring. (like)

c) Where´s Mark? I´m sorry. I _____________________. (know)

d) Sue is a very quiet person. She ______________ very much. (talk)

e) Jim ______________ a lot of coffee. It´s his favorite drink. (drink)

f) It´s not true! I ____________________ it! (believe)

g) That´s a very beautiful picture. I ________________ it very much. (like)

h) Mark is a vegetarian. He ___________________ meat. (eat)

Answer 1

1-

a) there isnt

b) there is

c) is there

d) there are

e) are there

f) is there


2-

a) is luis working today?

b) what does the children are doing?

c) are you listening to me?

d) where are you with your friends?

e) does your parents are watching television?

f) what does jessica is doing?

g) why are you looking at me?

h) do you know if the bus is coming?

3-

a) i didn’t wash my hair

b) it isn’t snowing

c) i was not sit on a chair

d) i didnt eat

e) its not raining

f) i dont study english

g) i am not listen to music

h) the sun dont shine anymore

i) i dont wear shoes

j) i didnt read a newspaper