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.
needle jellyfish
never 
frequently
crow 
summer
shark 
usually
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb 
to be
.
1. He ashamed of you. (past tense, negative)
2. they cold at the beach? (past tense, affirmative)
3. She right. (present tense, negative)
4. We wrong. (past tense, affirmative)
5. Sharon twenty-two years old today. (present tense, affirmative)
6. It hot last summer. (past tense, affirmative)
7. Mark afraid of needles. (present tense, negative)
8. I hungry all the time. (present tense, affirmative)
9. The baby thirsty. (present tense, negative)
10. He wrong. (present tense, affirmative)
11. she right? (past tense, affirmative)
12. It cold in Canada in the winter. (present tense, affirmative)
13. you scared of sharks? (present tense, affirmative)
14. it hot in your class yesterday? (past tense, affirmative)
15. it cold outside? (past tense, affirmative)
16. They wrong. (past tense, negative)
17. She ashamed of her son. (present tense, negative)
18. you cold? (past tense, affirmative)
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English
19. I twenty-two years old. (past tense, negative)
20. They ashamed of her. (present tense, negative)
21. Marcel right. (present tense, affirmative)
22. Ben thirsty? (past tense, affirmative)
23. The boys hungry. (present tense, negative)
24. I scared of jellyfish. (present tense, affirmative)
25. The girls thirsty. (present tense, affirmative)
26. they ashamed of me? (past tense, affirmative)
27. It afraid of you. (past tense, negative)
28. Lucy usually right. (present tense, affirmative)
29. He scared of crows. (present tense, negative)
30. It cold downstairs. (past tense, affirmative)
31. She frequently wrong. (present tense, affirmative)
32. Peter hungry? (present tense, affirmative)
33. I afraid of the frog. (past tense, negative)
34. We very hungry. (present tense, affirmative)
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