1 Grammar extension

Present simple / Present Adverbs of manner

continuous 4 Write sentences with the adjectives.
Then rewrite them with adverbs.
1 Tick (✓) the correct column for each time
expression. Tom / a good / football player
Habitual Now Tom is a good football player.
every week ✓ Tom plays football well.
1 always 1 my sister / a beautiful dancer
2 today
3 often
4 at the moment 2 Jack / a fast runner
5 this evening
6 on Sundays
7 every year 3 I / a good swimmer

2 Write sentences using the present simple or
present continuous. 4 my dad / a fantastic guitar player
he / often / go / on holiday / in August
He often goes on holiday in August.
1 we / listen / to music / at the moment 5 my grandma / a slow driver

2 I / not play / football / on Wednesdays

3 Sara / not watch / TV / now

Whose …?
4 you / usually / eat / a sandwich for lunch? 5 Write questions for the answers below using
Whose or Who’s.
5 it / rain / at the moment? Whose party is it ?
It’s Tim’s party.
6 what / you / do / now? 1 ?
David’s in the living room.
2 ?
That’s my phone.
Possessive pronouns 3 ?
3 Complete the sentences with the correct That girl is my sister.
possessive pronouns.
Toby’s jeans are new. My jeans are old. 6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Two
sentences are correct.
Mine are old.
1 My homework is difficult. David’s homework is My dad works at the moment. is working
easy. 1 She sings very good.
is easy. 2 Do you doing your homework now?
2 Your French book is interesting. Our French book 3 This is my phone. Where is your?
is boring. 4 Who’s guitar is this?
is boring. 5 My brother plays football every day.
3 My mobile phone hasn’t got a camera. My parents’ 6 We’re having lunch at one o’clock every day.
mobile phone has got a camera.
has got a camera. 7 That pen is mine.
4 Our summer holiday is in July. Your summer holiday
is in August.
is in August.

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 2 Grammar extension

be : past simple Prepositions of place

1 Write sentences using the past simple of be. 5 Write the prepositions.
we / at a concert / on Saturday (✓)
We were at the concert on Saturday.
1 he / in the classroom this morning (✗)

2 our grandparents / on holiday / last week (✓)
under 1 o
3 my brother / at the cinema / last night (✓)

4 Sam and Carla / at the party / on Saturday (✗)


Past time expressions 2 i 3 b
2 Complete the sentences with yesterday, last, or ago.
My dad was in Mexico last week.
1 I was late for school morning.
2 The party was Saturday.
3 My last exam was a week
4 b 5 n
3 Write questions using the past simple of be.
Write short answers.
you / on holiday / last week? (✓)
There was / There were
Were you on holiday last week? 6 Write questions and short answers using the
Yes, I was. correct form of there was or there were.
1 the weather / nice / yesterday? (✓) any / armchairs / bedroom? (✗)
Were there any armchairs in the bedroom?
No, there weren’t.
2 your parents / angry / with you? (✗) 1 CD player / bedroom? (✓)


3 the game / exciting? (✗) 2 computer / living room? (✗)


3 any / CDs / bedroom? (✓)
Information questions with

was / were

4 Write questions using the past simple of be.
Where / you / last night?
Where were you last night?
1 How old / your dad / last year?
2 What / the book / about?
3 When / your exams / last year?
4 Who / the winner / last year?
7 Correct the mistakes in the verbs. One sentence
is correct.
We was at the concert on Saturday.
were
1 Tom isn’t very happy yesterday.
2 They were tired last night?
3 I was very happy with my exam results.
4 Mike and Alice wasn’t at the party.

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 3 Grammar extension

Past simple: regular verbs 6 We play chess after school.

1 Write the past simple form of the verbs. 7 My grandad is an engineer.
arrive arrived
1 cry 8 I eat breakfast at 7 a.m.
2 close
3 walk 9 I spend all my pocket money.
4 live
5 ask
6 try 4 Rewrite the sentences in the present simple or
7 prefer past simple. Use the verbs in the box and the
8 watch time expressions in brackets.
9 stop go ​have ​study ​watch ​win  ​work

2 Write sentences in the past simple. Dad worked in Canada. (last year)
J.K. Rowling / write / the Harry Potter books Dad worked in Canada last year.
J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books. 1 I very hard for my English tests.
1 the journey / take / two hours (always)

2 John’s teacher / speak / to his mum / about his 2 The children TV for three hours.
bad test results (yesterday)

3 I / leave / home / at nine o’clock 3 They the World Cup. (three years
ago)
4 we / drink / tea / for breakfast / this morning
4 My brother a pizza on Saturday with
5 I / go / to school / by bus / yesterday his friends. (always)

6 my aunt / give / me / a nice present / for my 5 Mum to the hairdresser’s. (yesterday
birthday morning)

7 I / see / your sister / yesterday

5 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Two
sentences are correct.
3 Rewrite the sentences in the past simple. I stoped work at five o’clock. stopped
We’re late for school. 1 Sam always ates fruit for breakfast.
We were late for school. 2 We played football last night.
1 Our English teacher gives us lots of homework. 3 I readed that book last year.
4 Martha rides a horse last summer.
2 They like Scotland. 5 I made a birthday cake for Laura.
6 We tryed to find the key.
3 I do my homework after lunch. 7 We go to Mexico last month.

4 Sheila runs for an hour before dinner.

5 He has lunch at school.

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 4 Grammar extension

Past simple Question words + past

1 Choose the correct words. simple
I went / didn’t went to school by bus last week. 4 Write questions using the past simple. Then
1 She phoned / phone Lucy ten times yesterday match the questions to the answers.
morning, but she wasn’t at home. where / you / go?
2 Joe go / went to the cinema with Tom on Saturday. Where did you go ? e
3 You didn’t play / plays tennis yesterday. 1 who / he / see?
4 We got up / didn’t got up late this morning. ?
5 They make / made a chocolate cake last night. 2 when / she / finish school?
?
2 Rewrite the sentences in the negative form.
3 what / they / buy?
I saw Dora last night. ?
I didn’t see Dora last night.
4 why / you / stay / at home?
1 We arrived on time. ?

2 Sam spent all his money. a He saw Joe.
b Because I was tired.
3 They won the game. c They bought a pair of jeans.
d She finished at 2 p.m.
4 I got up early this morning. e I went to Florida.

5 She wore jeans to the party.
5 Rewrite the sentences in the affirmative (+),
negative (–), or interrogative (?) form.

I didn’t like that horror film. (+)
6 I watched that programme.
I liked that horror film.

1 He wrote an email. (?)
3 Write questions in the past simple. Then write
the short answers. 2 She ate a pizza with her friends on Saturday. (–)
Bob / play tennis / yesterday? (✓)
Did Bob play tennis yesterday? 3 I saw Ian yesterday. (?)
Yes, he did.
1 the students / finish / their test? (✗) 4 Carol went to John’s house to study maths. (–)

5 They didn’t leave early. (+)
2 Kate / meet / Megan / at the cinema? (✗)


6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Two
sentences are correct.
3 Lucy / arrive / late? (✓)
Did you ate all the cake? eat

1 I don’t talk to Miles yesterday.

2 The train didn’t arrived on time.
4 you / enjoy / the film? (✗)
3 They enjoy the party last night?

4 We didn’t go shopping.

5 Why you left early?
6 It didn’t took very long.
7 Did you meet Maria in town?

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 5 Grammar extension

Comparative adjectives 4 Rewrite the sentences using the words in

brackets.
1 Complete the table with the correct forms of the Your ideas are more interesting than his ideas.
adjectives.
His ideas aren’t as interesting as your ideas.
Adjective Comparative (as … as)
fast faster 1 Ann’s car isn’t as expensive as Gemma’s car.
old 1 (more)
2 funnier 2 MP3 players are more fashionable than digital
hot 3
radios.
4 more expensive (as ... as)
5
boring 3 Musicals aren’t as frightening as horror films.
6 later (more)
7
nice 4 Mum’s car is slower than Dad’s car.
8
good
(as ... as)
9 worse
5 Rock concerts aren’t as exciting as football
matches.
2 Complete the sentences with the comparative (more)
form of the adjectives in brackets and than.
Maths is more boring than science.
5 Study the information about New York and
Tokyo. Complete the sentences.
(boring)
1 New York is London. popular
(big) big old populated expensive with
2 Madonna is Lady Gaga. tourists
(famous)
New
3 Today is yesterday. York
● ●● ● ●● ●●
(cold)
4 My laptop is yours. Tokyo ●● ● ●● ●● ●
It’s got a webcam! (good)
New York isn’t as big as Tokyo. (big)
5 Lions are cats.
(dangerous) 1 New York Tokyo. (old)
6 The living room is the 2 Tokyo New York.
kitchen. (sunny) (expensive)
3 Tokyo New York.
3 Complete the sentences with as ... as and the (popular)
adjectives in brackets. 4 New York Tokyo.
Your English is very good. Mine is bad! (populated)
My English isn’t as good as yours. (good) 5 New York Tokyo. (big)
1 My sister is 1m 52cm. I’m 1m 52cm. 6 Tokyo New York.
(populated)
My sister me. (tall)
2 The red T-shirt is £12. The blue one is £15. 6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Two
The red T-shirt the blue sentences are correct.
one. (expensive)
I’m tall than my brother. taller
3 Skiing is very difficult. Roller skating is very
1 Lions aren’t dangerous as elephants.
difficult too.
2 That film was more funny than the last one.
Skiing roller skating.
(difficult)
3 Skiing is more difficult than swimming.
4 Joe is very intelligent. Rob isn’t very intelligent.
Rob Joe. (intelligent)
4 Driving isn’t as expensive as flying.
5 Boston is quite small. New York is very big.
5 Oranges are biger than tomatoes.
Boston New York. (big)

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 6 Grammar extension

Superlative adjectives 4 Look at how these students are feeling today.

Complete the sentences using the adjectives in
1 Complete the table with the correct forms of the brackets.
adjectives.
Adjective Superlative happy excited nervous

Gemma ●●● ●●● ●●

short the shortest
safe 1
Carl ● ● ●
2
the funniest
popular 3
Elliot ●● ●● ●●●
good 4

clean 5
Elliot is happier than Carl. (happy)
6
the nicest 1 Gemma is . (happy)
bad 7
2 Gemma is Carl.
interesting 8
(nervous)
9
the most boring 3 Gemma is . (excited)
4 Elliot is Carl. (excited)
5 Elliot is . (nervous)
2 Complete the sentences with the superlative
form of the adjectives.
This is the easiest exercise on this page. (easy) one / ones
1 Mr Stark is teacher in the school.
(nice)
5 Complete the sentences with one or ones.
2 This is café in the city. (popular) Which jeans do you prefer – the blue ones
or the black ones ?
3 Brenda is girl in the class. (clever)
1 I think this brown bag is much nicer than that red
4 This is restaurant in town.
.
(expensive)
2 There aren’t enough chairs – can we use one of
5 That was experience of my life!
those over there?
(embarrassing)
3 Those shoes are really nice, but these
are much cheaper.
Comparative / Superlative 4 My pen is broken – can I borrow this
?
3 Complete the sentences with the correct
comparative or superlative form of the
6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Two
adjectives. Use than where necessary.
sentences are correct.
Jack is the tallest student in my
Matthew is youngest boy in our class.
class. (tall) the youngest
1 Geography is history.
1 A Ferrari is most expensive than a Ford.
(interesting)
2 I think that’s joke I
2 Do you think that money is the most important
know! (funny)
thing?
3 This restaurant is the
3 Whales are the bigger animals in the world.
one in the city. (cheap)
4 I think maths is subject
4 Spanish is one of the easyest languages to learn.
at school! (boring)
5 My bedroom is usually
5 My brother is the most confident person in my
my brother’s. (clean)
family.
6 No, you can’t have that dress – it’s
6 I think tennis is the more boring sport!
dress in the shop!
(expensive)

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Answer key
Unit 1
1 1 always Habitual
2 today Now
3 often Habitual
4 at the moment  Now
5 this evening  Now
6 on Sundays  Habitual
7 every year  Habitual
2 1 We’re listening to music at the moment.
2 I don’t play football on Wednesdays.
3 Sara isn’t watching TV now.
4 Do you usually eat a sandwich for lunch?
5 Is it raining at the moment?
6 What are you doing now?
3 1  His  ​2  Ours  ​3  Theirs  ​4  Yours
4 1 My sister is a beautiful dancer. My sister dances
beautifully.
2 Jack is a fast runner. Jack runs fast.
3 I’m a good swimmer. I swim well.
4 My dad is a fantastic guitar player. My dad plays
the guitar fantastically.
5 My grandma is a slow driver. My grandma drives
slowly.
5 1 Who’s in the living room?
2 Whose phone is that?
3 Who’s that girl?
6 1 She sings very good. well
2 Do you doing your homework now? Are
3 This is my phone. Where is your? yours
4 Who’s guitar is this? Whose
5 Correct.
6 We’re having lunch at one o’clock every day.
We have
7 Correct.
Unit 2
1 1 He wasn’t in the classroom this morning.
2 Our grandparents were on holiday last week.
3 My brother was at the cinema last night.
4 Sam and Carla weren’t at the party on Saturday.
2 1  yesterday  ​2  last  ​3  ago
3 1 Was the weather nice yesterday? Yes, it was.
2 Were your parents angry with you? No, they weren’t.
3 Was the game exciting? No, it wasn’t.
4 1 How old was your dad last year?
2 What was the book about?
3 When were your exams last year?
4 Who was the winner last year?
5 1  opposite  ​2  in  ​3  behind  ​4  between  ​5  near
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6 1 Was there a CD player in the bedroom.
Yes, there was.
2 Was there a computer in the living room.
No, there wasn’t.
3 Were there any CDs in the bedroom.
Yes, there were.
7 1 Tom isn’t very happy yesterday. wasn’t
2 They were tired last night? Were they
3 Correct.
4 Mike and Alice wasn’t at the party. weren’t
Unit 3
1 1  cried  ​2  closed  ​3  walked  ​4  lived  ​5  asked  ​
6  tried  ​7  preferred  ​8  watched  ​9  stopped
2 1 The journey took two hours.
2 John’s teacher spoke to his mum about his bad test
results.
3 I left home at nine o’clock.
4 We drank tea for breakfast this morning.
5 I went to school by bus yesterday.
6 My aunt gave me a nice present for my birthday.
7 I saw your sister yesterday.
3 1 Our English teacher gave us lots of homework.
2 They liked Scotland.
3 I did my homework after lunch.
4 Sheila ran for an hour before dinner.
5 He had lunch at school.
6 We played chess after school.
7 My grandad was an engineer.
8 I ate breakfast at 7 a.m.
9 I spent all my pocket money.
4 1 study; I always study very hard for my English
tests.
2 watched; The children watched TV for three hours
yesterday.
3 won; They won the World Cup three years ago.
4 has; My brother always has a pizza on Saturday
with his friends.
5 went; Mum went to the hairdresser’s yesterday
morning.
5 1 Sam always ates fruit for breakfast. eats
2 Correct.
3 I readed that book last year. read
4 Martha rides a horse last summer. rode
5 Correct.
6 We tryed to find the key. tried
7 We go to Mexico last month. went
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Unit 4 4 1 Gemma’s car is more expensive than Ann’s car.

1 1  phoned  ​2  went  ​3  didn’t play  ​4  got up  ​ 2 Digital radios aren’t as fashionable as MP3 players.
5  made 3 Horror films are more frightening than musicals.
2 1 We didn’t arrive on time. 4 Mum’s car isn’t as fast as Dad’s car.
2 Sam didn’t spend all his money. 5 Football matches are more exciting than rock
3 They didn’t win the game. concerts.
4 I didn’t get up early this morning. 5 1 is older than
5 She didn’t wear jeans to the party. 2 is as expensive as
6 I didn’t watch that programme. 3 as popular as
3 1 Did the students finish their test? No, they didn’t. 4 as populated as
2 Did Kate meet Megan at the cinema? No, she didn’t. 5 as big as
3 Did Lucy arrive late? Yes, she did. 6 more populated than
4 Did you enjoy the film? No, I didn’t. 6 1 Lions aren’t dangerous as elephants. as dangerous
4 1 Who did he see? a 2 That film was more funny than the last one. funnier
2 When did she finish school? d 3 Correct.
3 What did they buy? c 4 Correct.
4 Why did you stay at home? b 5 Oranges are biger than tomatoes. bigger
5 1 Did he write an email?
2 She didn’t eat a pizza with her friends on Saturday. Unit 6
3 Did you see Ian yesterday? 1 1  the safest  ​2  funny  ​3  the most popular  ​
4 Carol didn’t go to John’s house to study maths. 4  the best  ​5  the cleanest  ​6  nice  ​7  the worst  ​
5 They left early. 8  the most interesting  ​9  boring
6 1 I don’t talk to Miles yesterday. didn’t 2 1 the nicest
2 The train didn’t arrived on time. arrive 2 the most popular
3 They enjoy the party last night? Did they 3 the cleverest
4 Correct. 4 the most expensive
5 Why you left early? did you leave 5 the most embarrassing
6 It didn’t took very long. take 3 1 more interesting than
7 Correct. 2 the funniest
3 cheaper than
Unit 5 4 the most boring
1 1  older  ​2  funny  ​3  hotter  ​4  expensive  ​5  more 5 cleaner than
boring  ​6  late  ​7  nicer  ​8  better  ​9  bad 6 the most expensive
2 1 bigger than 4 1 the happiest
2 more famous than 2 more nervous than
3 colder than 3 the most excited
4 better than 4 more excited than
5 more dangerous than 5 the most nervous
6 sunnier than 5 1  one  ​2  ones  ​3  ones  ​4  one
3 1 is as tall as 6 1 A Ferrari is most expensive than a Ford. more
2 isn’t as expensive as 2 Correct.
3 is as difficult as 3 Whales are the bigger animals in the world. biggest
4 isn’t as intelligent as 4 Spanish is one of the easyest languages to learn.
5 isn’t as big as easiest
5 Correct.
6 I think tennis is the more boring sport! most

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