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 (be)

province.

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)