6. Verbs “to be”, “to have”

Test 1 Choose the right variant:

1) Alex … nine.

a) am b) is c) are

2) Where … your key?

a) am b) is c) are

3) My friend and I … in London.

a) am b) is c) are

4) There … many students in the room.

a) am b) is c) are

5) … Mathematics difficult?

a) am b) is c) are

6) The children … at home.

a) am b) is c) are

7) His teeth … white.

a) am b) is c) are

8) Who are you? – I … Sue.

a) am b) is c) are

9) … there any book on the table?

a) am b) is c) are

10) These women … young.

a) am b) is c) are

Test 2 Choose the right variant:

1. Why … John angry with me?

a) am b) is c) are

2. Who … your favourite actor?

a) am b) is c) are

3. I … interested in art.

a) am b) is c) are

4. For whom … all these letters?

5. a) am b) is c) are

6. … your wife a teacher?

a) am b) is c) are

7. … there any new words in the text?

a) am b) is c) are

8. He … often late for classes.

a) am b) is c) are

9. … I right?

a) am b) is c) are

10. How many kittens … there in the basket?

a) am b) is c) are

Test 3 Choose the right variant:

1. Many people … happy.

a) have got b) are c) is

2. My mother … a bad headache.

a) have got b) has got c) is

3. The Browns … a nice house in the country.

a) are b) have got c) has got

4. It … a great pleasure to speak with you.

a) are b) is c) has

5. We … not a car but we are going to buy it.

a) have b) has c) are

6. They… a lot of relatives.

a) are b) have c) has

7. Eva and Sophie … relatives. They are cousins.

a) are b) have c) has

8. … you hungry?

a) are b) have c) has

9. There … a policeman at the door.

a) is b) are c) has

10. No news … good news.

a) is b) are c) have

Test 4 Choose the right variant:

1. The dog … a bone in its teeth.

a) is b) has c) have

2. There … many children in the hall.

a) are b) have c) is

3. … you taller than your friend?

a) have b) are c) is

4. Here … the book you told me about.

a) has b) is c) are

5. Their father … much work to do.

a) has b) have c) is

6. We often … guests on Sunday evening.

a) are b) have c) has

7. These men … in our house.

a) are b) is c) have

8. A week … seven days.

a) is b) have c) has

9. There … thirty days in a month.

a) is b) have c) are

10. Who … an English dictionary at home?

a) has b) have c) are

Test 5 Choose the right variant:

1. The weather is nice today, but yesterday it … cold.

a) were b) was c) is

2. She … in Paris tomorrow.

a) is b) will be c) was

3. We must go. It … very late.

a) was b) will be c) is

4. Jim and Sue … not at school yesterday.

a) was b) were c) are

5. Next year Bill … twenty-five.

a) was b) will be c) is

6. Where … you at 11 o’clock last Friday morning?

a) are b) were c) was

7. Don’t buy those shoes. They … expensive.

a) were b) are c) will be

8. Where are the children? – I don’t know. They … in the garden ten minutes ago.

a) are b) were c) will be

9. I … at home this time tomorrow.

a) won’t be b) was c) am

10. I … hungry. Can I have something to eat?

a) am b) was c) will be

Test 6 Choose the right variant:

1. Why … she so angry yesterday?

a) had b) was c) were

2. How much water… there in the teapot when you put it on the cooker?

1. was b) is c) are

3. We … breakfast at 7 o’clock yesterday.

a) had b) have c) were

4. It … very cold in our house last night.

a) had b) was c) will be

5. They … new text-books next term.

a) will have b) will be c) had

6. There … no place like home.

a) has b) are c) is

7. There … a new stadium near our house soon.

a) was b) will be c) has

8. I always work very hard and seldom … a rest.

a) have b) has c) am

9. When I … five years old I went to the kindergarten.

a) am b) had c) was

10. Mike … short of money so he decided to sell his motorbike.

a) is b) was c) had