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1.- Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary.
1.- How _______ are you staying here?
2.- Please answer _______ their questions.
3.- We want you _______ to do your homework now.
4.- They will be with us _______ the next four weeks.
5.- Mandy never helped _______ us.
6.- Even I, _______ my age, go to the disco.
7.- Do you attend _______ French classes?
8.- What will we do _______ Saturday morning?
9.- They don't work, _______ they?
10.- We visited _______ Lake Windermere last week.
11.- We organised _______ lots of events last year.
12.- Students in the Sixth Form often study _______ their own.
13.- We _______ to go to the cinema a lot when we were young.
14.- What subjects did you specialise _______?
15.- Shakespeare was eighteen when he married _______ Anne Hathaway.
16.- This book belongs _______ me.
Answers
1.- long
2.- --3.- --4.- for
5.- --6.- at
7.- --8.- on
9.- do
10.- --11.- --12.- on
13.- used
14.- in
15.- --16.- to
VERBS
Put the verbs into the correct forms. Sometimes there is more than one correct answer.
1.- If you (give) me your cake, I (do) your homework for tomorrow.
2.- They (play) tennis while their mother (cook) dinner.
3.- You (have to) go to work when you (be) a little boy?
4.- Mary (travel) to England tomorrow.
5.- They (be) very happy when their parents (arrive) later today.
6.- Look at those clouds in the sky - it (rain) soon!
7.- She (not like) it if you (open) the window.
8.- You (think) that Mary (come) to the disco tonight?
9.- Jane (go) to the cinema yesterday, but she (not like) the film.
10.- They (not have to) wash the dishes tonight if you (do) it for them.
11.- They (buy) this car when they (be) in England?
12.- Jane never (learn) the new words; she (get) a bad mark for her vocabulary test tomorrow.
Answers
1.- If you give me your cake, I'll do your homework for tomorrow.
2.- They were playing tennis while their mother was cooking dinner.
3.- Did you have to go to work when you were a little boy?
4.- Mary is travelling (or 'is going to travel') to England tomorrow.
5.- They will be very happy when their parents arrive later today.
6.- Look at those clouds in the sky - it's going to rain soon!
7.- She won't like it if you open the window. (or She wouldn't like it if you opened the window)
8.- Do you think that Mary will come to the disco tonight?
9.- Jane went to the cinema yesterday, but she didn't like the film.
10.- They won't have to wash the dishes tonight if you do it for them. (or They wouldn't have to
wash the dishes tonight if you did it for them).
11.- Did they buy this car when they were in England?
12.- Jane never learns the new words; she is going to get a bad mark for her vocabulary test
tomorrow.
TO HAVE
Write the correct form in present simple
1.- My sister _____________ good friends
2.- We _____________ a new pet
3.- Sam and Dave _____________ a house in Manchester
4.- The _____________ an aggressive dog
5.- Susan _____________ strange thoughts
6.- John _____________ a good answer
7.- My father _____________ a new job
8.- My cousins _____________ flu
9.- The garage _____________ a small room
10.- Those houses _____________ long stairs
11.- I _____________ a conclusion for the problem
12.- He _____________ the new school uniform
13.- Sarah and Laura _____________ a new teacher
14.- My father _____________ a maid at home
15.- The headmaster _____________ the final ideas
16.- The owner _____________ doubts about that
17.- Andrew _____________ his opinions
18.- My boyfriend _____________ a BMW
19.- Tom, Sam and John _____________ a detached-house
20.- I _____________ three brothers
21.- You and I _____________ an exam tomorrow
22.- She _____________ a black cat
23.- We _____________ a German neighbour
24.- You _____________ a new garden
25.- I _____________ a gift for you
TO BE
Write the correct form in present simple
1.- My dog _____________ black and grey
2.- They _____________ Greek
3.- Sam and Diana _____________ at school today
4.- David _____________ very polite
5.- I _____________ on holiday
6.- Lions _____________ in the jungle
7.- This cake _____________ delicious
8.- Those books _____________ very interesting
9.- You _____________ a bit umpolite!
10.- The magazines _____________ on the chair
11.- You teachers _____________ in the department
12.- Our neighbour _____________ from Poland
13.- This exam _____________ very difficult
14.- The cat _____________ in the kitchen
15.- My brothers _____________ in the campament
16.- She _____________ 11
17.- Sam and Dave _____________with their parents
18.- I _____________ very shy
19.- Laura _____________ in Oxford this summer
20.- He _____________ very sad today
21.- These shops _____________ on the corner
22.- He _____________ a handsome tall teacher
23.- Susanne _____________ a good person. Ive met her since 2000
24.- Summer _____________ great!
25.- I _____________ busy this week!
TO BE
1.- Complete the sentences with am, are or is. Use (not) if you need.
1.- I _________________ a student from Brazil
2.- My parents _________________ (not) rich
3.- My father _________________ a teacher
4.- My mother _________________ (not) Brazilian
5.- She _________________ from America
6.- I _________________ twenty years old
7.- My little brother _________________ two
8.- My little brother _________________ two
8.- My older brothers _________________ (not) students
9.- The _________________ in the army
10.- It _________________ often very hot in Brazil
2.- Complete the sentences.
1.- _________________ you a doctor? Yes, I _________________ a doctor.
I _________________ (not) a bank manager.
2.- _________________ she a taxi driver? Yes, _________________ a taxi driver.
She _________________ (not) a teacher.
3.- _________________ he a student? Yes, _________________ a student.
He _________________ (not) a lawyer.
4.- _________________ they at home? Yes, _________________ at home.
They _________________ (not) in a restaurant.
5.- _________________ it warm today? Yes, _________________ warm today.
It _________________ (not) cold.
6.- _________________ we from Paris? Yes, _________________ from Paris.
We _________________ (not) from Rio.
TO BE
1.- Complete the sentences. Be careful and use negative or positive.
1.- My parents live in Scotland. _________________ teachers.
2.- New York _________________ in England. _________________ in America.
3.- Paul _________________ from Germany. _________________ German.
4.- My sister is a doctor. _________________ thirty years old.
5.- _________________ six oclock! _________________ are late.
6.- _________________ very cold today. Lets stay at home.
7.- Look at the time! Chris and Mary _________________ late.
2.- Transform into negative and interrogative
1.- She is Scottish
I: ____________________________________________________________________
N: ____________________________________________________________________
2.- We are in Granada
I: ____________________________________________________________________
N: ____________________________________________________________________
3.- My parents are happy in Rome
I: ____________________________________________________________________
N: ____________________________________________________________________
4.- My sister is in the garden
I: ____________________________________________________________________
N: ____________________________________________________________________
PHRASAL VERBS
Accuse of:
Aim at:
Apologise for:
Apologised to:
Apply for:
Apply to:
Approve of:
Ask for:
Believe in:
Blame for:
Break down:
Break into:
Bump into:
Care about:
Care for:
Care for:
A job
Person, company
stop working
Think
that
somebody/
something is important
Look after somebody
Like something (questions
and negative sentences)
continue
Carry on:
Collide with:
Come on:
be quick/hurry
Complain about: Say that you are not
satisfied
Complain of: Say that you have a pain
Compliment on:
Concentrate on:
Congratulate on:
Consist of:
Crash into:
Cross out:
a mistake/a word
Cut into:
Two or more parts
demolish
Depend on:
Describe to:
Die of:
An illness
Divide into:
Two or more parts
Do about:
Dream about:
Dream of:
Drive into:
Drive on:
Explain to:
Fall about:
Fall apart:
Fall away:
Fall back on:
Fall back:
Fall behind:
Fall for:
Fall in with:
Fall in:
Fall off:
Fall on:
Fall out:
Fall over:
Fall through:
Fall to:
Fill in:
Fill with:
Fire at:
Forgive for:
Get up:
Give up:
Glance at:
Go off:
Go on:
Grow up:
Happen to:
Take care of
Red about:
Rely on:
Remind about: Tell somebody not to forget
Remind of:
Cause
somebody
to
remember
Ring up:
telephone
Run into:
Search for:
Shoot at:
A gun
Shout at:
When you are angry
Shout to:
So that they can hear you
Show round: take somebody on a tour of a
place
Slow down:
go more slowly
Smile at:
Speak to:
Speak up:
Specialise in:
Spend on:
Split into:
Stare at:
Somebody
speak more loudly
Try to find
be careful
a word (in a dictionary)
Lift something up
Something in the direction of
postpone
apply for
switch off
more weight
extinguish a fire/a cigarette
connect on phone
tolerate
raise
Succeed in:
Suffer from:
Supply with:
Suspect of:
Switch on/off:
Take after:
Take away:
Take back:
Take care of:
Take down:
Take in:
Take of:
Take off:
Take on:
Take over:
Take to:
Take up:
An illness
turn on/off
resemble
carry away
return
Look after
write down
make narrower
leave the ground (planes)
have time off
accept responsibility
gain control of
like strait away
to start a hobby
Talk about:
Talk to:
Tell about:
Thank for:
Think about:
Somebody
Consider
something
Concentrate your mind on
something
Think of:
Comes to your mind one idea
Throw at:
In order to hit them
Throw away: rubbish, things you dont
want
Throw to:
For somebody to catch
Translate from - into:
Try on (clothes): put on clothes to see if they
fit you.
Turn down:
Turn up:
ACTIVITY 1
Write sentences
York = now
There s
are
a library in York
cars in York
Is
Are
Peter is writing a story. Help him finish it. Fill in the gaps with the plural of the words in
brackets.
In the forest near Wibble there is a big, dark house. There are lots of _______________ (store)
about it. Two old _______________ (lady) live inside. Often you can hear strange
_______________ (noise) coming from the house because theyve got a lot of _______________
(animal). There are some _______________ (canary), three _______________ (goose), seventeen
_______________ (mouse) and two small _______________ (dog). Last year the canaries had four
_______________ (baby). Now its very noisy because the canaries sing all the time!
The forest is full of animals, too. There are _______________ (fox) and _______________ (wolf),
and at night you can hear the _______________ (owl) calling. Its frightening. The wind moves the
_______________ (leaf) in the trees and makes a scary noise. Some _______________ (person)
say there are ghosts in the forest.
One day, some _______________ (child) went to the house. They saw one of the ladies. She didnt
have any _______________ (tooth)! She had big boots on her _______________ (foot). She
shouted at the children. She thought they were _______________ (thief). She threw
_______________ (potato) and _______________ (tomato) at them, and they ran away. Be careful!
I think the old ladies are _______________ (witch).
Answer these questions
1.- Who lives in the house?
___________________________________________________________________________
2.- What can you often hear coming from the house?
___________________________________________________________________________
3.- What animals had babies last year?
___________________________________________________________________________
4.- What animals are there in the forest?
___________________________________________________________________________
5.- What does the wind move in the trees?
___________________________________________________________________________
6.- What was strange about the lady the children saw?
___________________________________________________________________________
7.- What did she throw at the children?
___________________________________________________________________________
Put the plurals of these words (across) into the crossword. Whats the hidden word?
1.- You bite with your ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
2.- When you eat, you use forks, ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ and spoons.
3.- You get wool from these animals. Theyre ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
4.- Men, women and children are ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ but animals arent.
5.- ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ are very clever animals. Theyre form the dog family.
6.- These men chase thieves and robbers. Theyre ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
7.- Theyre red. You eat them in salads. Theyre ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
8.- Theyre bad people. They steal things. Theyre ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
9.- I want two ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ of bread, please.
10.- Cats like chasing ___ ___ ___ ___.
11.- Bus drivers drive ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
12.- Theyre very big dogs. But theyre not foxes. Theyre ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
13.- Young people are called ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
14.- Ladies have husbands, and men have ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
The hidden word is ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
Read Mos story about the Snafflewag. Fill in the gaps. Use the present simple.
The
Snafflewag
_____________________
(live)
underground.
First
it
English activities
Unit 5
5.
6. Write sentences about you and your family using these words:
1. My dad has lunch
2. My mum wash the car
3. My teacher dance classroom
4. I music
5. My best friend televisio
6. I Science
7. My brother/sister/cousin never
8. I always
9. My mum usually
10. My teachers - sometimes
Put the following sentences in the correct tense, Present Simple or Present Continuous.
Make all the necessary changes.
1.- Where you (go)? It's only six o'clock!
2.- Mary never (help) her mother.
3.- Excuse me, but you (stand) on my foot.
4.- You always (do) your homework at night?
5.- We (go) to Lake Balaton every summer.
6.- Tom not (live) in London.
7.- Listen, Joe! Mary (want) to talk to you.
8.- I can't go now. I (cook) your dinner.
9.- The River Danube (flow) into the Black Sea.
10.- You (read) books in your free time?
11.- I can't hear you. I (have) a shower.
12.- We not (visit) our friends very often.
Solution
1.- Where are you going? It's only six o'clock!
2.- Mary never helps her mother.
3.- Excuse me, but you are standing on my foot.
4.- Do you always do your homework at night?
5.- We are going to Lake Balaton every summer.
6.- Tom doesn't live in London.
7.- Listen, Joe! Mary wants to talk to you.
8.- I can't go now. I am cooking your dinner.
9.- The River Danube flows into the Black Sea.
10.- Do you read books in your free time?
11.- I am having a shower.
12.- We don't visit our friends very often.
Complete the following sentences with the words given on the right.
1.- Mice are ____________.
a. good
b. brave
c. fast
d. well
e. quietly
f. quiet
g. easy
h. easily
Solution
1.- f
2.- d
3.- g
4.- e
5.- h
6.- c
7.- a
8.- b
AM / IS / ARE
EXERCISES
1.- Write the short form (shes / we arent, etc.)
1 she is
shes
3 It is not ____________
5 I am not ____________
4 that is ____________
is
nice today
___
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
My ____________________________________________
2 (from?)
I ____________________________________________
3 (age?)
I ____________________________________________
4 (job?)
I ____________________________________________
5 (married?)
I ____________________________________________
I ____________________________________________
AM / IS / ARE QUESTIONS
EXERCISES
1.- Find the right answers for the questions
1.- Wheres the camera?
A.- London
1: ___________
2: ___________
3: ___________
4.- Am I late?
D.- My sister
4: ___________
E.- Black
5: ___________
6: ___________
7: ___________
8: ___________
9: ___________
___
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
1.20 a kilo
Skiing
Thats my father
Black
____________________________________________ Paul
4 (how old?)
____________________________________________ Im 30
5 (a teacher?)
6 (wife a lawyer?)
7 (from?)
8 (her name?)
____________________________________________ Anna
9 (how old?)
____________________________________________ Shes 27
No, Im not
I DO / WORK / LIKE
EXERCISES
1.- Write these verbs + -s or -es
1 (read) she
reads
3 (fly)
2 (think) he ____________
it ____________
4 (dance) he ____________
6 (finish) it __________
2.- Complete the sentences about the people in the pictures. Use these verbs:
eat
go
He plays
live
play
play
sleep
the piano
close cost
1 Margaret
cost
speaks
like
like
meet
open
speak
teach
wash
four languages
4.- Write sentences from these words. Put the verb in the right form (arrive or arrives, etc)
1 (always / early / Sue / arrive) _______________________________________________________
2 (basketball / I / play / often)
I ______________________________________________________
5.- Write sentences about yourself. Use always / never / often / sometimes / usually
1 (watch television)
IRREGULAR VERBS
Base form
Past Simple
Past Participle
Be
Was/were
Been
Become
Became
Become
Begin
Began
Begun
Break
Broke
Broken
Bring
Brought
Brought
Build
Built
Built
Buy
Bought
Bought
Can
Could
Been able
Catch
Caught
Caught
Choose
Chose
Chosen
Come
Came
Come
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cut
Cut
Cut
Do
Did
Done
Drink
Drank
Drunk
Drive
Drove
Driven
Eat
Ate
Eaten
Fall
Fell
Fallen
Feel
Felt
Felt
Fight
Fought
Fought
Find
Found
Found
Fly
Flew
Flown
Forget
Forgot
Forgotten
Get
Got
Got
Give
Gave
Given
Go
Went
Gone/been
Grow
Grew
Grown
Have
Had
Had
Hear
Heard
Heard
Hit
Hit
Hit
Keep
Kept
Kept
Know
Knew
Known
Learn
Learnt/learned
Learnt/learned
Leave
Left
Left
Lose
Lost
Lost
Make
Made
Made
Meet
Met
Met
Pay
Paid
Paid
Put
Put
Put
Read
Read
Read
Ride
Rode
Ridden
Run
Ran
Run
Say
Said
Said
See
Saw
Seen
Sell
Sold
Sold
Send
Sent
Sent
Shut
Shut
Shut
Sing
Sang
Sung
Sit
Sat
Sat
Sleep
Slept
Slept
Speak
Spoke
Spoken
Spend
Spent
Spent
Stand
Stood
Stood
Steal
Stole
Stolen
Swim
Swam
Swum
Take
Took
Taken
Tell
Told
Told
Think
Thought
Thought
Understand
Understood
Understood
Wake
Woke
Woken
Wear
Wore
Worn
Win
Won
Won
Write
Wrote
Written
WAS / WERE
1.- Complete the following sentences with was or were
1.- Where _________ Mary yesterday?
2.- _________ you ill last week?
3.- I __________ very happy to meet Jane.
4.- Your parents __________ angry with me.
5.- Kate ___________ not at school yesterday.
6.- Mandy and Tim ___________ on holiday in August.
7.- They __________ not in Los Angeles when I __________ there.
8.- Jim __________ in the bedroom when the match __________ on TV.
9.- You ____________ my best friend when we _________ children.
10.- There __________ a lot of food on the table.
11.- I ___________ very surprised, because all my books __________ on the floor.
12.- _____________ your friends at the disco last night?
PAST SIMPLE
2.- Put the following sentences in the Simple Past.
1.- We (buy) a new car on Tuesday.
_______________________________________________________________________________
2.- Mandy not (do) her homework yesterday.
_______________________________________________________________________________
3.- When you (meet) Jane?
_______________________________________________________________________________
4.- Why they (go) to London?
_______________________________________________________________________________
5.- I not (be) ill last month.
_______________________________________________________________________________
6.- Where your parents (live) when they (be) young?
_______________________________________________________________________________
7.- Jill (be) in London last year.
_______________________________________________________________________________
8.- When Fred (give) you this ring?
_______________________________________________________________________________
9.- We not (visit) them when they (be) ill.
_______________________________________________________________________________
10.- I (read) Hamlet last year.
_______________________________________________________________________________