Practice Makes Perfect

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EXERCISE
 Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the new vocabulary words 
needed for this exercise before you begin. Write the words in your 
language in the space provided.
because 
thunder 
snowball 
please 
mother 
father 
behavior 
this morning
spider 
race 
lightning 
son 
all the time size 
daughter 
guest 
birthday 
last 
breakfast 
dark 
Rewrite the following sentences using the correct form of the verb 
to be
. Use the 
information in parentheses at the end of each sentence to help you determine the correct 
tense and to know whether the sentence is affirmative or negative.
1. My daughter (to be) afraid of the dark. (present tense, affirmative)
2. (To be) Jason right? (present tense, affirmative)
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Exceptional Uses with
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3. She (to be) hungry for breakfast this morning. (past tense, negative)
4. Please open the windows. I (to be) very hot. (present tense, affirmative)
5. I (to be) ashamed of the size of my shoes. (present tense, negative)
6. Cathy (to be) thirty-three years old on her last birthday. (past tense, affirmative)
7. We (to be) very thirsty after the race. (past tense, affirmative)
8. You (to be) wrong again. (present tense, affirmative)
9. I (to be) right all the time. (present tense, negative)
10. (To be) you scared of thunder? (present tense, affirmative)
11. He (to be) afraid of the lightning. (past tense, negative)
12. I (to be) cold this morning. (past tense, affirmative)
13. (To be) the guests hungry? (present tense, affirmative)
14. My mother and father (to be) ashamed of my behavior. (past tense, affirmative)
15. (To be) your son scared of spiders? (present tense, affirmative)
16. I (to be) eighteen years old. (present tense, negative)
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17. Bill is happy because he (to be) right. (present tense, affirmative)
18. I (to be) cold because of the snowballs in my pocket. (present tense, affirmative)