GRAMMAR CONSOLIDATION UNIT 1

Present simple
1 Complete the sentences with the present simple form of the verbs in
brackets.

I dont like (not like) sitting at the back of the classroom.

1 Our maths teacher never ______________ (watch) romantic comedies.
2 My cousin ______________ (not go) to school on Wednesday afternoons.
3 My best friend ______________ (buy) a sports magazine every Friday.
4 We ______________ (eat) at school on Wednesdays and Fridays.
5 I ______________ (not sit) next to my best friend at school.

2 Complete the sentences with there is or there are.

There are many adventure films but my favourite is Pirates of the Caribbean.
1 ______________ four Pirates of the Caribbean films.
2 ______________ a new film called Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger
Tides.
3 ______________ several famous actors in this film, like Johnny Depp and
Penelope Cruz.
4 ______________ magic water in this new film.
5 I love these films because ______________ a lot of action.

3 Underline the correct words and complete the short answers.

Do / Does you like adventure films? Yes, I do.

1 Do / Does your mum watch the news every day? Yes, ______________.
2 Do / Does your best friend buy a newspaper? No, ______________.
3 Do / Does you and your friends like horror films? Yes, ______________.
4 Do / Does your teacher eat ice cream at the cinema? No, ______________.
5 Do / Does your classmates read the film reviews? No, ______________.

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Question words
4 Underline the correct words. Then match the questions with the answers.

Who / Why is your best friend? e

1 How often / Who does she watch thrillers? ___
2 What / Why does she like thrillers? ___
3 What / Where does she watch films? ___
4 Who / When does she go to the cinema? ___

a She watches films at the cinema and at home.

b Because she likes exciting films.
c She goes to the cinema on Saturday afternoons.
d She often watches thrillers.
e Its Amanda.

Adverbs of frequency
5 Order the words to make sentences.

watch / I / often / game shows .

I often watch game shows.
1 never / listen to / the radio / We .
__________________________________________________________
2 on TV / always / The Simpsons / is .
__________________________________________________________
3 films / download / hardly ever / I .
__________________________________________________________
4 twice a month / My friends / to the cinema / go .
__________________________________________________________
5 the internet / every day / My granddad / uses .
__________________________________________________________

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VOCABULARY CONSOLIDATION UNIT 1

Film types
1 Write the film type.

horror 1 ______________ 2 ______________

3 ______________ 4 ______________ 5 ______________

6 ______________ 7 ______________

TV programmes
2 Order the letters to make TV programmes.

aadmr drama
1 acoonrt ______________
2 aegm hosw ______________
3 acdemnortuy ______________
4 acht hosw ______________
5 eht ensw ______________
6 oprsst aegmmoprr ______________
7 aeilrty hosw ______________
8 cdemoy aegmmoprr ______________
9 aops aeopr ______________

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3 Complete the TV guide with words from exercise 2.

CHANNEL ONE CHANNEL TWO CHANNEL THREE

8pm Australian Open 8pm Planet Earth 8pm The Simpsons

Tennis
Episode 2: the Homer has a new
sports programme animals who live in friend.

9pm The Graham the mountains. 2 ______________

Norton Show 1 ______________ 10pm My
Graham Norton 10pm News Family
talks to musician and Weather
Watch another
Tinie Tempah. at Ten
funny episode from
3 ______________ 4 ______________ the Harper family.

5 ______________

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