Grammar Unit 1

Adverbs of degree

Present continuous

1 Complete the pairs of sentences with two of the

adverbs.

4 Complete the sentences with the present

continuous form of the verbs in the box.

1 (a bit / incredibly / quite)

not cook do eat not listen

not play study talk text wait

a I love Angelina Jolie. I think shes

_______________ beautiful.

1 They _________________________ tennis. They

b Lisa is one metre seventy centimetres. Shes

_______________ tall.

_________________________ in the library.

2 What ______________ you _______________

2 (a bit / not very / very)

here? ______________ you ______________ for

a My feet are size 38 but the shoes are size 39.

Theyre _______________ big.

someone?
3 We ________________________ dinner at home

b Tom worked for sixteen hours yesterday.

this evening. We ________________________ in a

Hes _______________ tired today.

restaurant.
4 The teacher _______________________

Adverbs of frequency

but James _______________________. He

2 Complete the adverbs of frequency. Then

number them in the correct order.

_______________________ a friend on his mobile.

ne ver

1 h__ __d__ __ e__ __r

2 n__ __ o__t__ __

Present simple and present

continuous
5 Write sentences with the present simple or
present continuous form.

3 u__ __ __l__ __
4 o__ __a__ __ __n__ __ __y

Wheres Mum? she / make / dinner

5 a__w__ __ __

Shes making dinner.

6 s__ __e__ __m__ __

1 Paul is a teacher.

3 Order the words to make sentences.

1 unfriendly / sometimes / people / are
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2 never / on the bus / do / I / my homework
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3 nervous / before / always / Isabel / an exam / is
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4 goes / hardly ever / James / swimming
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there / be / 30 children in his class

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2 Im Scottish. I / not come / from England
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3 Youre late! everyone / wait / for you
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4 Jenny looks upset. she / cry / ?
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5 My mums a nurse. what / your mum / do / ?
___________________________________________
6 Callum hurt his leg yesterday.
he / not play / football / today
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5 confident people / often / nervous / are / not

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Vocabulary Unit 1
Summary
Adjectives: personality
active ambitious cheerful confident curious determined friendly generous innocent
intelligent intolerant mean practical sensible sensitive serious shy tolerant
Verbs: communication and attitude
boast chat complain cry hug joke

laugh shout smile stare sulk tease

Adjectives: personality
1 The adjectives in bold are in the wrong
sentences. Put them in the correct sentences.

A C T

Juan
2 Alex
3 Kevin

opinion is right.

4 Joanna

_____________.

V E

1 Lucy

Sensible Intolerant people think that only their

1 You ask a lot of questions! Youre very sensitive

5 Helen
6 Amir

2 Tessa is clever. Shes generous _____________.

3 Determined _____________ people give a lot of
money and presents.
4 You never do silly things. Youre always
ambitious _____________.
5 I get upset easily. Im intelligent _____________.

7 Pablo
The mystery word is: ________________.

Verbs: communication and attitude

3 Write the verb for each picture.
hug

laugh sulk

tease

6 Amy wants a great career. Shes curious

_____________.
7 Friendly _____________ people work hard for
what they want.
8 Rachel is always nice to people. Shes

1 ______________

2 ______________

3 ______________

4 ______________

intolerant _____________.
2 Read the descriptions below. Then write
adjectives from the summary to describe the
people in the puzzle in the next column. The
letters in grey will make a mystery word.
Juan does a lot of different sports in his free
time.

4 Complete the text with the verbs in the box.

boast

chat complain joke shout smile

Lucy doesnt like meeting new people.

Some students in my class like to (1) _____________

Alex hasnt got much experience of life.

about all the cool things theyve got. They

Kevin never gives money to charity.

(2) _____________, too, so that everybody can hear

Joanna is very sensible and good at dealing

with problems.

them. Other students dont like them and

Helen knows she can do things well.

they (4) _____________ to their friends. Me?

Amir doesnt often smile.

I havent got many cool things but Im funny and I

Pablo always accepts other peoples opinions.

like to (5) _____________ Im good at making

they (3) _____________ about them when

people laugh. That makes me happy, so I

(6) _____________ a lot.

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