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Present continuous
Fill in the blanks with the correct present continuous form of the words in parentheses.
1 William
2 I

(study) for a test now.

(put) my clothes in my suitcase.

3 Monica
4 I
5 You

(not get) the tickets now.

(eat) a slice of pizza.
(not listen) to me!

6 Kate and Sue

(drive) to Arizona.

Present continuous: Questions

Use the words to write questions in the present continuous.
1 Kenneth / exercise / at the gym
2 what / you / do / right now
3 where / Emil and Nadia / go
4 she / shop / for her mothers birthday
5 I / spell / your name correctly

Simple past: Affirmative / negative

Fill in the blanks with the simple past. Use the correct form of the words in parentheses.
1 She
2 I

(buy) a present for David yesterday.

(not check) my e-mail this morning.

3 We

(leave) for the airport at 6 a.m.

4 He

(write) the letter yesterday.

5 They

(not give) him the information.

6 Paul

(not make) any phone calls yesterday.

7 Krista

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8 He

(get) home very late on Saturday.

9 We

(put) your books on your desk.

10 Jimmy

(not go) to Chicago. He went to Boston.

Simple past: Be
Fill in the blanks with the simple past. Use the correct form of be.
( + = affirmative; - = negative)
1 Jamie
2 I

the best salesperson last month.(+)

at home last night.(-)

3 Kay and Sam

at the airport to meet me.(+)

4 We

hungry so we didnt eat.(-)

5 You

in the meeting yesterday.(-)

Much, many, some, any

Fill in the blanks with some, any, much, or many.
1 Id like
2 How

water, please.
eggs do you need?

3 He cant eat

fruit. He doesnt like it.

4 There arent

vegetables I like, just carrots and broccoli.

5 How

milk do you want in your coffee?

6 I eat

salad every day.

Too much / many; not enough

Circle the correct word or expression.
1 You dont drink (enough / many) water.
2 There is (too much / too many) sugar in my tea.
3 I dont have (too much / enough) apples to make a pie.
4 He eats (too much / too many) snacks.
5 Did you eat (too many / enough) food for dinner?

Simple past: Questions

Put the words in order to make questions in the simple past.
1 what / John and Kate / buy / yesterday

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2 Frank / be / the winner

3 you / read / my letter
4 where / we / park / the car
5 you / be / at the concert
6 why / Miriam / say / that

Simple past: Questions and short answers

Use the words to write questions in the simple past. Then write short answers below
each of the questions. Use the pictures to find the answers.

1 he / buy / new car

2 Jill / be / at home / at 6 oclock

3 James / can / swim / to the boat

4 they / see / the fire

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5 Tim and Renee / go / to the concert

6 I / give / you / my phone number

Vocabulary
a Fill in the blanks with the words below.
to

frightening

slices

1 Please listen

for

at

awful

glass

bowl

when Amanda couldnt stop the car.

4 Do you want a

of soup for lunch?

5 Mohammed waited

his friend for two hours.

6 The food was so

7 Id like a

dessert

your classmates.

2 After dinner we had a really delicious

3 It was very

wonderful

that I couldnt eat any of it.

of milk, please.

8 They arrived

the airport on time.

9 The party was

! I had a very good time.

10 You need two

of bread to make a sandwich.

b Write words for the numbers below.

1 1,362
2 129,543
3 6,379,175
4 432,823
5 2,194,045

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Listening

Listen to the conversation and circle the correct information.

1 Della told Don her trip to Japan was (exciting / interesting).
2 Dellas flight to Tokyo was (canceled / delayed).
3 The next flight was (seven / eight) hours later.
4 She found an Internet caf, but it was too (noisy / small).
5 Della (met / called) a friend at the airport. Then they had dinner.
6 Dellas friend (travels to / photographs) Tokyo often.
7 Della and her friend are (having dinner / meeting) again soon.
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