The Best To-Be Present Exercises

Hello English learners and teachers! This is a collection of the best exercises on the topic of the to-be present that I have encountered around the web in my years of teaching English. My students complete these exercises regularly as homework based on their level; their grammar improves and they thrive!

If you find any mistakes, have additional exercises to recommend, or if you would like any text added to the “Notes” column, let me know!

Faithfully,

Your English Coach

Exercise	Website name	Length	Type of exercise	Difficulty	Link	Notes
To-Be Present
Present to be -- positive	englisch-hilfen	10	Am/are/is dropdown	1	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/be.htm	Question 8 is in question form
Present to be -- positive	englisch-hilfen	10	Fill in am/are/is	2	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/be2.htm	Question 8 is in question form
Present to be -- positive	perfect-english-grammar	20	Fill in am/are/is	2	https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-exercise-11.html
Present to be -- positive	englisch-hilfen	10	Form sentences based on sentence parts	3	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/am_are_is_sentences.htm
Present to be -- positive	eclecticenglish	20	10 dropdown + 10 Unscramble sentences	3	http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentSimpleToBe1A.html
Present to be -- negative	agendaweb	10	Fill in am/are/is + not	2	https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/to-be/present-negative-write	Accepts full and contracted form
Present to be -- negative	perfect-english-grammar	20	Fill in am/are/is + not	2	https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-exercise-10.html	Accepts full and contracted form
Present to be -- W/H questions	englisch-hilfen	10	Unscramble questions	2	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/be2.htm
Present to be -- yes/no questions	englisch-hilfen	10	Form questions based on parts	3	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/am_are_is.htm
Present to be -- mixed sentence types	englisch-hilfen	10	Am/are/is dropdown	1	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/be.htm	Only 8 is a question
Present to be -- positive and questions	englisch-hilfen	10	Story, fill in am/is/are	2	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/be3.htm
Present to be -- mixed sentence types	perfect-english-grammar	20	Form the sentence type correctly	2	https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-exercise-14.html
Present to be -- mixed sentence types	perfect-english-grammar	20	Form the sentence type correctly	2	https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-exercise-15.html
Present to be -- exercise bank	englisch-hilfen	10	Collection	N/A	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/hilfsverben.htm	Exercise collection

A few notes about the table structure:

Length — Indicates the number of questions in the exercise.

Difficulty — Indicates the relative difficulty of the exercises among those mentioned here

Notes — Any errors or sub-topics are indicated here.