EXERCISE - TO BE and TO HAVE in the SIMPLE PRESENT and SIMPLE PAST

 

Conjugate the verbs in parentheses in the simple present:

1.

He          an engineer.

(be)

2.

I          cold - please close the window.

(be)

3.

My sister          22 years old.

(be)

4.

Mr. Squire           my teacher.

(be)

5.

We            always at home on the weekend.

(be)

6.

It            a beautiful day for a picnic.

(be)

7.

There           a strange smell in our refriger­ator.

(be)

8.

They           the largest manufacturers of paper products in the province.

(be)

9.

This          my favorite CD.

(be)

10.

There          many galaxies in our universe.

(be)

 

11.

My father            a small computer business.

(have)

12.

We            two cats and a bird.

(have)

13.

He             a headache.

(have)

14.

They            a new washing machine.

(have)

15.

Madonna            a new CD out.

(have)

16.

These pants            a stain on them.

(have)

17.

She            a great job.

(have)

18.

Our daughter            a cold.

(have)

19.

Those people           a lot of money.

(have)

20.

She          a lot of work to do if she wants to speak English well.

(have)

 

Conjugate the verbs in parentheses in the simple past:

1.

I          in Quebec City on Thursday.

(be)

2.

She          the bridesmaid at their wedding.

(be)

3.

They          happy when they got married, but ....

(be)

4.

He          a monster when he was a child.

(be)

5.

My parents          born in Herzogovina.

(be)

6.

It          a beautiful day yesterday.

(be)

7.

You          in my class last year.

(be)

8.

They         a meeting yesterday afternoon.

(have)

9.

Karl Marx         a beard.

(have)

10.

I         a terrible headache last night.

(have)

 

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