Grammar and vocabulary Starter unit

Present simple and present

continuous

My cousin and I (4) ____________ (catch) a bus into

1 Choose the correct words.

lunch. When we (6) ____________ (arrive), all my

town and we (5) ____________ (go) to a caf for

We dont usually have / arent usually having

friends (7) ____________ (be) there for a surprise

barbecues.

party. I (8) ____________ (not know) what to say!

1 Sam plays / is playing tennis at the moment.

2 I prefer / am preferring the cinema to the theatre.

Object and subject questions

3 Amir doesnt wait / isnt waiting for the bus now.

5 Tick (9) the correct questions.

4 Does / Is your sister like / liking reggae music?

Who invited you?

1 Who did write a letter to you?

Question words

2 What your parents did yesterday?

2 Complete the questions with the correct

question word and an auxiliary verb.

3 Why did they go to the library?

What are you listening to? (what / when)

1 __________

__________ your sister go out?

__________ your brother talking to?

(how often / who)

4 __________

Expressions with be and have

6 Complete the text with the correct form of have
or be.

(how often / what)

3 __________

5 What they bought for her birthday?

__________ your grandparents

live? (when / where)

2 __________

4 How many people came to the barbecue?

__________ they running? (why /

who)

Im having a break from exams at my cousins

house in the country. All of his friends are here and
we (1) __________________ a good time. He
(2) __________________ sixteen years old today and
hes going to (3) __________________ a party

Verbs + -ing

tonight. Weve bought a lot of food, so we can

3 Complete the sentences with the -ing form of the

verbs.

(4) __________________ something to eat if we

(5) __________________ hungry. There are drinks

Jack doesnt mind travelling (travel).

too, if anyone (6) __________________ thirsty.

1 I dont enjoy ________________ (swim).

I (7) __________________ lucky to have such a

2 We love ________________ (eat) pizza.

popular cousin!

3 The boys cant stand ________________ (dance).

4 We enjoy ________________ (do) PE.

Irregular verbs
7 Put the letters in order to make the past simple
forms.

Past simple
4 Complete the text with the past simple form of
the verbs.

eat

ate (tea)

1 speak

_______________ (kseop)

It was (be) my birthday last Saturday. My friends

2 buy

_______________ (ubohtg)

(1) ____________ (not phone) me in the morning to

3 go

_______________ (etnw)

say happy birthday. I (2) ____________ (decide) that

4 ride

_______________ (dore)

I (3) ____________ (need) some new friends!

5 teach

_______________ (gtahut)

6 hear

_______________ (ehrad)

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