Insert the correct form of the verb

to be (Present Simple and Present

Continuous):
1) My brother _________ a student.
2) My mother _______ reading a book now.
3) _______ you an engineer? Yes, I ________.
4) Tommy and Billy _________ babies.
5) The book _______ on the table.
6) I ________ fond of tennis and football.
7) There _______ no pictures on the wall in my
room.
8) The secretary _______ very busy at the
moment.
9) Jason and Matthew _________ in group 3.
10) The weather __________ fine today, lets go
to the park!
11) The library __________ in the room 12.
12) My grandparents _________ rather old my
grandma _______ 72 and my grandpa ________
74 years old.
13) I __________ interested in gardening.
14) My father ___________ not a doctor, he
________ a journalist.
15) This ________ my bag. And this one ______
my sisters.
16) _________ your brother at school? - Yes, he
__________.
17) Where _________ you from? - I _______
from New York.
18) Mag ________ a painter. She has some fine
pictures. They _________ on the walls.
19) What ________ your name? - My name
________ Shirley Frank.
20) _______ the pencil black ? No, it ______
not. This one ______ black, take it.
21) The students _________ in the classroom.
22) It _______ a film for children.
23) I ________ glad to meet you.
24) Who _______ these people? They _______
tourists.
25) - _______ this shirt on sale? - Yes, it _______
25% off.
26) I _______ thirty-five years old. And how old
_______ you, Kate?
27) We ________ usually at home in the evening.
28) This work ________ of great importance.
29) This ________ not surprising.
30) Two and three _________ five.
31) The number of participants _________
twenty five.
32) I _________ reading an interesting book.
33) My hair __________ beautiful. It _________
long and wavy.
34) __________ you an engineer?