All Things Grammar
  • Home
  • Online Teaching Tips
  • 100 Best Practices
  • Contact Me
  • Grammar City: FREE GRAMMAR BOARD GAME
  • Add '-s' or '-es' or 'ies'
  • Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Adverbs of Frequency
  • Although
  • And But So Because
  • Articles
  • As ... As Comparisons
  • Be Verb
  • Be Verb: Negative
  • Be Verb: Past
  • Can and Could
  • Capitalization
  • Collocations with 'Get'
  • Collocations with 'Have'
  • Collocations with 'Take'
  • Common Mistakes in English
  • Comparatives
  • Coordinating Conjunctions
  • Could You...? Requests
  • Count & Non-count Nouns
  • Do / Go / Play
  • Either...or / Neither...nor
  • First Conditional
  • Future Continuous
  • Future: Going To
  • Future: 'Going To' vs 'Will'
  • Future Perfect
  • Future: Present Continuous
  • Future: Will
  • Gerunds and Infinitives
  • Have (Possession)
  • Have To
  • However
  • Indefinite Pronouns
  • Like / Hate & Like To / Hate to
  • Linkers: Time (Past) / first, then, after that, etc.
  • May and Might
  • Modals of Probability
  • Must (necessity)
  • Numbers: Cardinal
  • Ought To
  • Participle Adjectives: '-ed' vs '-ing'
  • Partitives
  • Parts of Speech
  • Passive
  • Past Continuous
  • Past Perfect
  • Past Simple 1
  • Past Simple 2
  • Past Simple 3
  • Past Simple: Negatives
  • Past Time Words
  • Phrasal Verbs - Mixed
  • Phrasal Verbs with 'Get'
  • Phrasal Verbs with 'Take'
  • Phrasal Verbs with 'Up'
  • Place and Movement
  • Plural & Singular Nouns
  • Possessive Adjectives
  • Possessive Pronouns
  • Possessive: 's / s'
  • Prefix: Re-
  • Prefix: Un-
  • Prefixes: Im- / In-
  • Present Continuous
  • Present Perfect Continuous
  • Present Perfect Simple
  • Present Perfect: For and Since
  • Present Simple
  • Quantifiers: Some and Any
  • Quoted Speech
  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • Relative Clauses
  • Reported Speech
  • Second Conditional
  • Should
  • Should Have
  • Stative Verbs
  • Subject and Object Pronouns
  • Suffix: -able
  • Suffix: -er
  • Suffix: -ness
  • Superlatives
  • Tag Questions
  • Tenses: Review
  • Their / There / They're
  • There is / There are
  • Third Conditional
  • This / That / These / Those
  • Time: At / In / On
  • Too
  • Too and Enough
  • Transition Signals
  • Used to
  • Whatever / Whenever Etc
  • W/H Questions (Past Simple)
  • W/H Questions (Present Simple)
  • Wish: Present
  • Word Order
  • Would Like / Would Like To
  • Yes / No Questions (Past)
  • Yes / No Questions (Present)
  • Yes / No Questions (Present Continuous)
  • Zero Conditional
Picture
Quality ESL grammar worksheets, quizzes and games - from A to Z - for teachers & learners
BE VERB

CEFR Level A1
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Grammar Discussion                Be Verb

Student 'A' version and Student 'B' version, each with 10 different discussion questions (except question #10 which is the same for both Student A and Student B).

Level: Elementary 

Time: Approx 15 minutes


​Download the PDF file by clicking on the gold
button ​below!
Picture

Picture
​Remember to select 'grayscale' in your computer printer settings to save on color ink!
'Find Someone Who'
​Activity

Be Verb
Classic 'Find Someone Who' activity

​Whole class activity

Activity Notes on Page 2 (with Activity
​Version 1 and Version 2)

Level: Beginner ​
(CEFR A1)

Time: Approx 15 - 20 minutes
​
 Download the PDF file by clicking on the gold
button ​below!
Picture

Picture
​Grammar Worksheet
Be Verb
Grammar error correction: Find and correct the mistakes in the 10 sentences.  Put a check next to the six sentences that have no mistakes.

Answer Key on Page 2


Level: Beginner
​(CEFR A1)


Time: Approx. 10 - 15 minutes
​
Download the PDF file by clicking on the gold
button ​below!
Picture
ACTIVITY SUGGESTION
Turn the above worksheet into a fun classroom activity! Have your learners form two or more teams; with each sentence, pause the video and elicit their answers - then, continue with the video to see which team was able to identify and correct the mistake in the sentence! Award points for correct answers. Which team correctly identified and fixed the most mistakes?

Alternatively, show this video to your students as a way to peer correct their classmates' worksheets!

Picture
Grammar Dictation Worksheet
Be Verb
Listen to your teacher and complete these sixteen sentences with the subjects you hear - as well as the correct 'be' verbs.

With 'read-aloud-cues' and Answer Key on Page 2.

Level: Beginner to Elementary
​(CEFR  A1)


Time: Approx 10 - 15 minutes

Download the PDF file by clicking on the gold
button ​below!
Picture
​ACTIVITY SUGGESTION
Consider having your learners listen to the audio file below. There is a 10-second pause between each sentence. Consider playing the audio a second time if necessary.
Picture
Picture
Picture
​Remember to select 'grayscale' in your computer printer settings to save on color ink!
Grammar Reference Chart                                                      Be Verb: Contractions
Printable chart for students (or for teachers - use as a class teaching aid!)

Level: Beginner to Elementary 
(CEFR A1 to A2)


Download the PDF file by clicking on the gold
button ​below!
Picture
SUGGESTION
Email this grammar reference chart to your students if you know their email addresses, or post it on your class website.

Picture
Grammar Worksheet                    Be Verb

15 sentences (fill in the gaps to complete each sentence); with ANSWER KEY and percentage conversion chart

Level: Beginner to Elementary
(CEFR A1 to A2)


Time: Approx 15 minutes


Download the PDF file by clicking on the gold
button ​below!
Picture
ACTIVITY SUGGESTION
Before giving this worksheet to your students, review and discuss when we use the 'be' verb in English (see chart at top of worksheet).  Consider extending the task by having students change the sentences into Negative statements (see Answer Key on page 2 of the pdf file).                                                                                            Wrap-up by having students compare answers with classmates, and then choose one or two students to write their answers on the board: (1) works; (2) is tall, etc.  Correct and discuss.                                   

(Add 5 to 10 minutes.)

Picture
Picture
AUDIO ANSWER KEY
Picture
Grammar Quiz                                        Be Verb

16 multiple-choice questions; with ANSWER KEY and percentage conversion chart

Level: Beginner to Elementary
(CEFR A1 to A2)


Time: Approx 15 minutes

Download the PDF file by clicking on the gold
button ​below!
Picture
ACTIVITY SUGGESTION
Use this quiz either as a pre-activity diagnostic tool, or as a post-activity evaluative assessment.  Consider saving time marking papers by (1) asking your learners to switch papers, and then (2) playing the YouTube video at left and having your students peer correct.  Wrap-up by  discussing any mistakes.  (Add 5 to 10 minutes.)
​Try the interactive version of the above quiz!

Picture
Grammar Worksheet                     Be Verb

15 sentences (fill in the gaps to complete each sentence); with ANSWER KEY and percentage conversion chart

Level: Beginner to Elementary
(CEFR A1 to A2)


Time: Approx 15 minutes

Download the PDF file by clicking on the gold
button ​below!
Picture
Try the interactive version of the above worksheet!

Picture
Picture
Picture