Present of ‘to be’ (am/is/are) – cloze test (difficulty: 2 of 5 – rather easy)

Fill the gaps with the correctly conjugated verb form of ‘to be’ in the simple present. If ‘not’ is given in brackets, you need to negate the sentence. Do not use any short forms.

• Example: “John and Ella _____ on holiday.” (not) → “John and Ella are not on holiday.”

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Further exercises and explanations related to the ‘Present simple of ‘to be’’

The following exercises and explanations refer to the topic ‘Present simple of the verb ‘to be’ in English’:

• Use of the present simple
• Conjugation of the present simple
• Exercise 1: short forms of ‘to be’
• Exercise 1: present simple
• Exercise 1: present continuous
• List of exercises about present tenses