Complete the conversation with am, is, are

Petra: Hello.

Juan: Hi.

Petra: ____ this Class 2?

Juan: Yes. _____ you here for the English class?

Petra: Yes I ____. _____ you in this class too?

Juan: Yes. We ____ in the same class. My name _____ Juan.

Petra: Hello. My name ____ Petra.

Juan: Where ____ you from, Petra?

Petra: I ____ from the Czech Republic. And you?

Juan: I _____ from Madrid in Spain.

Petra: _____ you Spanish?

Juan: No, I ____ not. I ____ Mexican, but I live in Spain.

Petra: Who ____ our teacher?

Juan: Her name ____ Diane.

Petra: ____ she English?

Juan: No, she isn’t. She ____ Canadian.

Petra: Where ____ the other students?

Juan: They _____ in the classroom! We ____ late!

2. Put in am/is/are.

1. We ______ interested in classical music. 2. Vera ______ afraid of snakes. 3. Art _____ long, life _______ short. 4. Two heads _______ better than one. 5. The game _______ not worth the candle. 6. Used cars _______ cheaper but less reliable than new cars. 7. How _________ you? I _________ not very well today. I _______ sorry to hear that. 8. Where ________ the keys? In your jacket. 9. What __________ the time, please? Two o’clock. 9. What _______ the weather forecast for tomorrow? 10. It ________ 10 o’clock. She ________ late again.

3. Put in was/wasn’t/were/weren’t.

1. We didn’t like that house. It ____ very old and it _____ large enough.

2. Helen got married when she _____ 21 years old.

3. I called you yesterday evening but you _____ at home. Where ____ you?

4. My son _____ at work last week because he _____ ill. He’s better now.

5. The shops ______ open yesterday because it _____ a public holiday.

6. _____ you at home at 9.30? No, I _____. I ______ at work.

4. Complete with was/wasn’t or were/weren’t to make true sentences.

1. Julius Caesar ____ the first Roman emperor.

2. The Olympic Games ____ in Barcelona in 1996.

3. Mozart _____ the composer of the Marriage of Fegaro.

4. Albert Einstein _____ born in Germany.

5. Valentina Tereshkova _____ the first woman in space.

6. Vincent Van Gogh _____ from Belgium.

7. The 2002 football World Cup ___ in China.

8. The Incas _____ from Mexico.

9. The Beatles _____ from Manchester.

10. Socrates and Plato _____ Roman philosophers.

11. Che Guevara _____ born in Cuba.

12. Bill Clinton ____ President of the United States in 2002.

13. Marie Antoinette _____ Louis XVI’s wife.

14. The Vikings _____ from Germany.

15. Garibaldi _____ born in Italy.

5. Put in am/is/are/was/were. Some sentences are present and some are past.

1. Last year their son ______ 26, so he ______ 27 now.

2. Today the weather ______ nice, but yesterday it _______ cold.

3. I ______ cold. Can I have something hot to drink?

4. I _____ hungry last night, so I had something to eat.

5. Where ______ you at 10 o’clock last Sunday morning?

6. Don’t buy those shoes. They ______ too expensive.

7. Why ______ you so tired yesterday?

8. We must go now. It _____ very late.

9. This time last year I _____ in England.

10. We _____ tired when we arrived home, so we went to bed.

11. Anton Chekhov died in 1904. He _____ a famous Russian writer.

12. Where ______ the dogs? I don’t know. They _____ in the garden ten minutes ago.

6. Complete the dialogues with was/wasn’t/were/weren’t.

I A _______ you and Susan at the party last night?

B Yes, we __________.

A _________ it good?

B No, it __________. The music ________ awful. Where ________ you?

A I ________ ill.

II A Where _______ you born?

B I _______ born in Australia in 1919.

A _________ your parents Australian?

B No, they _________. My mother _________ Italian and my father ______ Greek.