PRACTICE

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Basic English
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Julie Lachance

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 Contents

Introduction  vii

 1 To Be: Present Tense  1

 2 To Be: Present Tense: Negative Form  5

 3 To Be: Present Tense: Question Form  9

 4 To Be: Past Tense  13

 5 To Be: Past Tense: Negative Form  17

 6 To Be: Past Tense: Question Form  21

  7 Exceptional Uses with the Verb To Be  25

 8 Adjectives  29

 9 To Have: Present Tense  33

10 To Have: Present Tense: Negative Form  37

11 To Have: Present Tense: Question Form  41

12 The Simple Present Tense  45

13 The Simple Present Tense: Negative Form  49

14 The Simple Present Tense: Question Form  53

15 Possessive Adjectives  57

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 16 The Simple Past Tense  61

17 The Simple Past Tense with Irregular Verbs: 1  65

18 The Simple Past Tense with Irregular Verbs: 2  69

19 The Simple Past Tense with Irregular Verbs: 3  73

20 The Simple Past Tense: Negative Form  77

21 The Simple Past Tense: Question Form  81

22 Prepositions: In and On  85

23 There Is and There Are: Present Tense  89

24 There Is and There Are: Present Tense: Negative Form  93

25 There Is and There Are: Present Tense: Question Form  97

26 There Is and There Are: Past Tense  101

27 There Is and There Are: Past Tense: Negative Form  106

28 There Is and There Are: Past Tense: Question Form  110

29 Prepositions: To and At  114

30 The Present Progressive (Continuous) Tense  118

31 The Present Progressive (Continuous) Tense:

Negative Form  122

32 The Present Progressive (Continuous) Tense:

Question Form  126

33 The Past Progressive (Continuous) Tense  130

34 The Past Progressive (Continuous) Tense:

Negative Form  134

35 The Past Progressive (Continuous) Tense:

Question Form  138

36 Prepositions: From and Of  142

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37 Will: Future Tense  146

38 Will: Future Tense: Negative Form  150

39 Will: Future Tense: Question Form  154

40 Be Going To: Future Tense  158

41 Be Going To: Future Tense: Negative Form  162

42 Be Going To: Future Tense: Question Form  166

43 The Indefinite Articles: A and An  170

44 Irregular Verbs Table  174

45 The Present Perfect Tense  178

46 The Present Perfect Tense: Negative Form  182

47 The Present Perfect Tense: Question Form  186

48 The Past Perfect Tense  190

49 The Past Perfect Tense: Negative Form  194

50 The Past Perfect Tense: Question Form  198

51 The Future Perfect Tense  202

52 The Future Perfect Tense: Negative Form  206

53 The Future Perfect Tense: Question Form  210

REVIEW EXERCISES
54 Verb Tenses Review: 1  217

55 Verb Tenses Review: 2  221

56 Verb Tenses Review: 3  225

57 Verb Tenses Review: 4  229

Contents v
 58 Verb Tenses Practice: 1  233

59 Verb Tenses Practice: 2  238

60 Regular and Irregular Verbs Review  242

61 Grammar Review  245

62 Vocabulary Review  251

63 Word Search Puzzles  254

64 Scrambled Sentences  258

APPENDIX
Pronunciation Exercises  261
Answer Key  341

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 To Be: Present Tense ·1·

The verb to be describes the identity, qualities, or condition of a person or object.

Use the following to form the present tense of the verb to be.
I am → I am happy today.
you are → You are smart.
he is → He is my friend.
she is → She is busy.
it is → It is true.
we are → We are tired.
they are → They are here.

EXERCISE

1·1

Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the new vocabulary words
needed for this exercise before you begin. Write the words in your
language in the space provided.

flashlight            happy           

kitchen            sick           
girl            flower           
vacuum            tent           
counter            toy           
basement            ribbon           
closet            dirty           
today            pink           
nice            pretty           
smart            yellow           
microwave oven            here           
busy            ready           
small            fridge           
floor            hair           
tired            twins           
true            friend           

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 Rewrite the following sentences to create the present tense by choosing the correct form of the verb to be
in parentheses.

1. The girl (am, is, are) pretty.

2. I (am, is, are) ready.

3. She (am, is, are) my friend.

4. They (am, is, are) twins.

5. The flowers (am, is, are) yellow.

6. The flashlight (am, is, are) in the tent.

7. The fridge and counter in the kitchen (am, is, are) dirty.

8. I (am, is, are) tired today.

9. We (am, is, are) busy.

10. The toys (am, is, are) in the basement.

11. The ribbons in my hair (am, is, are) pink.

12. The kitchen (am, is, are) very small.

13. The vacuum (am, is, are) in the closet.

14. He (am, is, are) nice.

15. The microwave oven (am, is, are) in the kitchen.

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 16. The toy (am, is, are) on the floor.

17. I (am, is, are) sick today.

EXERCISE

1·2
Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the new vocabulary words needed for this
exercise before you begin. Write the words in your language in the space provided.

aunt               cousin              

cloud               uncle              
red               bright              
window               blue              
cold               brother              
teacher               class              
man               tall              
news               hot              
furniture               upstairs              
moon               green              
bug               woman              
bald               student              
open               juice              
sad               lawyer              
room               grass              
old               lazy              

Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb to be.

1. My aunt        nice.

2. The clouds        white.
3. Kathy        sick.
4. The ribbons        yellow.
5. We        twins.
6. The windows        open.
7. Colton and Cody        brothers.

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 8. We        teachers.
9. It        a French book.
10. You        very smart.
11. It        sad news.
12. She        my cousin.
13. You        tired.
14. The grass        green.
15. It        in my room.
16. They        lazy.
17. The flower        yellow.
18. The bug        on the counter.
19. I        tall.
20. The man        happy.
21. The vacuum        red.
22. The tent        blue.
23. The juice        cold.
24. She        a student.
25. They        in my class.
26. The woman        a lawyer.
27. She        upstairs.
28. The teacher        smart.
29. The ribbon        blue.
30. The water        hot.
31. My uncle        bald.
32. The furniture        old.
33. The fridge        in the kitchen.
34. The moon        bright.

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 To Be: Present Tense:
Negative Form
·2·

Place not after the verb to be to create the negative form of the present tense.
I am → I am not → I am not ready.
you are → you are not → You are not busy.
he is → he is not → He is not my friend.
she is → she is not → She is not tall.
it is → it is not → It is not true.
we are → we are not → We are not tired.
they are → they are not → They are not pink.
The negative form of the present tense of the verb to be can also be expressed
with the contraction isn’t or aren’t. There is no contraction for am not.
I am not → I am not → I am not sick.
you are not → you aren’t → You aren’t a teacher.
he is not → he isn’t → He isn’t a lawyer.
she is not → she isn’t → She isn’t ready.
it is not → it isn’t → It isn’t a toy.
we are not → we aren’t → We aren’t twins.
they are not → they aren’t → They aren’t yellow.

EXERCISE

2·1
Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the new vocabulary words
needed for this exercise before you begin. Write the words in your
language in the space provided.

table            neighbor           

city            cheese           
kid            Italian           
sister            early           
bus            Spanish           
sister-in-law            drawer           
sour            empty           
lime            pregnant           

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 Rewrite the following sentences to express the negative form. Write the sentence once using am not, is not,
or are not and once using the contraction isn’t or aren’t.

1. The cheese is on the table.

2. She is my sister.

3. My neighbors are Spanish.

4. My sister-in-law is Italian.

5. Diane is pregnant.

6. The limes are sour.

7. The bus is empty.

8. The kids are early for class today.

9. The drawers are empty.

10. It is a nice city.

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