EXERCISE 1

Fill in the blanks with is or are.

e.g. My brother _________ six years old.
My brother is six years old.
1.

Some boys ______________ talking now.

2.

The cows _____________ eating in the field.

3.

The women _____________ washing clothes.

4.

That box _____________ quite heavy.

5.

He ____________ absent.

6.

The men _____________ mending the road.

7.

It __________ a sad story.

8.

Poh Wah and Tom _____________ talking to them.

9.

We _____________digging in the garden.

10. A chair ____________ usually made of wood.

11. She __________ not here yet.
12. The boys ____________ running in the race.
13. Mosquitoes _____________ insects.
14. A baby duck _____________ called a duckling.
15. The old man _____________ sick.
16. They ______________ clapping their hands.

17. The birds ______________ flying away.

18. Ann ______________ writing a letter.
19. She _____________ a nurse.
20. The postman ____________ delivering letters to the
houses.
EXERCISE 2
Fill in the blanks with is or are.
e.g. _________ she a nurse?
Is she a nurse?
1.

_____________ Alma and Veronica in the cinema?

2.

_____________ the ants crawling up the tree trunk?

3.

_____________ the man in the red shirt your uncle?

4.

_____________ the train coming into the station?

5.

_____________ he playing the piano in the living

room?

6.

_____________ you going to the library tomorrow?

7.

_____________ there a bee on the flower?

8.

_____________ six ducks waddling to the pond?

9.

_____________ Rina and Asha revising for the exams?

10.

_____________ it windy today?

11.

_____________the whale a mammal?

12.

_____________ her mother a doctor?

13.

_____________ they watching television?

14.

_____________ the boys having fun at school?

15.

_____________ she still cooking lunch?

16.

_____________ the children in the house?

17.

_____________ the baby still asleep?

18.

_____________ the shoes still wet?

19.

_____________ he busy packing the boxes?

20.

_____________ you eating at the restaurant?