Basic Tenses:Be, Nominal, and Verbal Exercises

 How to use "be" in English Sentence? here are some exercises of using tobe in English and identifying nominal and verbal sentence

       Put the verb “be” present or past form into the blanks!

1.       She ____ a pretty woman now.

2.       The road ____ stony last year.

3.       We ____ not awful today.

4.       ____ they in the classroom now?

5.       ____ n’t Mr. Peters rich at this moment?

6.       I ____ absent yesterday.

7.       The living room ____ narrow right now.

8.       The election of president of Indonesia ____ unfair yesterday.

9.       The birds ____ in their nest last week.

10.   Studying English ____ very important nowadays.

11.   ____ you bored to listen to the music two days ago?

12.   You and I ____ interesting now.

13.   He and she ____ classmates one year ago.

14.   ____ n’t Gito a famous rock singer now?

15.   Mrs. Smith and her daughter ____ not angry with them.

16.   The knives ____ so sharp to peel the mangoes.

17.   It ____ windy this morning.

18.   The student of SPEC ____ in Borobudur temple last week.

19.   Last month some patients ____ patient to wait for the doctor.

20.   The time when I met her, it ____ Sunday.

21.   ____ it cloudy today?

22.   The last oral exam ____ not easy.

23.   She ____ an impolite sweet heart yesterday.

24.   My niece ____ tired of hiking the mountain last Friday.

25.   I ____ afraid to visit Jakarta.

26.   The sky ____ blue.

27.   ____ Karen at home now?

28.   What day ____ yesterday?

29.   Today ____ not Tuesday but tomorrow ____ Thursday.

30.   What ____ your full name?

31.   It ____ for you.

32.   They ____ happy to sing a jazz song well last Monday.

33.   The secretary ____ lazy to fax the letters.

34.   I ____ not happy here.

NOMINAL VS VERBAL SENTENCES

1.      An apple has sweet taste.

2.      Exercises are not always easy for beginner.

3.      Has anyone already been bored to wait the announcement?

4.      The present members were the past Scott.

5.      A mother is kind to a little child.

6.      Who is not really busy today?

7.      Big men eat more than small boys.

8.      The victims will be better soon.

9.      He is sleeping right now.

10.  A good pupil is never late for a lesson.

11.  What do you want to be?

12.  Australian sheep give us very good wool.

13.  A garden usually has flowers in it.

14.  The man who lives near my house is very friendly.

15.  The rose smells nice.

16.  It must be yours.

17.  He sells good cakes.

18.  An airport is a busy place.

19.  They are really interesting guys.

20.  Let’s be good citizens.

21.  The children who joined the speech contest were really smart.

22.  Why was she absent yesterday?

23.  A dog hates a cat.

24.  Oranges are good to eat.

25.  What are you looking for in my room?

26.  My brother Timmy has been in New York for two years.

27.  Sue will have been a doctor next year.

28.  A fly is an insect that flies with its wings.

29.  Are you ready to get the final test now?

30.  She has read lots of novels this month.

 

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