form

affirmative	negative (+ NOT)	interrogative (+?)
I am / I‘m	I am not / I‘m not	am I?
you are / you‘re	you are not / you‘re not / you aren’t	are you?
he is / he‘s	he is not / he‘s not / he isn’t	is he?
she is / she‘s	she is not / she‘s not / she isn’t	is she?
it is / it‘s	it is not / it‘s not / it isn’t	is it?
we are / we‘re	we are not / we‘re not / we aren’t	are we?
you are / you‘re	you are not / you‘re not / you aren’t	are you?
they are / they‘re	they are not / they‘re not / they aren’t	are they?

exercises

The verb to be in the present tense

• exercise 1: choose am, is or are
• exercise 2: choose am, is or are
• exercise 3: choose am, is or are
• exercise 4: fill in am, is or are
• exercise 5: fill in am, is or are
• exercise 6: fill in am, is or are
• exercise 7: choose am, is or are

am, is and are (+ NOT)

• exercise 1: fill in am, is or are (+ NOT)
• exercise 2: fill in the contracted forms of am, is or are (+ NOT)
• exercise 3: choose am, is or are (+ NOT)
• exercise 4: choose am, is or are (+ NOT)
• exercise 5: fill in am, is or are (+ NOT)
• exercise 6: two exercises for practising am, is or are (+ NOT)

Useful pages

• exercises for practising was and were
• exercises for practising the simple present
• exercises for practising the tag-question (He is going, isn’t he)
• exercises for practising short yes/no answers (Are you tired? Yes, I am / No, I’m not)