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GRAMMAR
I Choose the correct answer.
1 We use this to talk about things that are here / over there.
2 We use that to talk about things that are here / over there.
3 Before a noun that starts with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) we use a / an.
4 Before a noun that starts with a consonant we use a / an.
5 We use the indefinite article (a/an) before singular / plural nouns.

II. Read the text. Complete 1–10 with A, B, or C.

Ilona: What’s 1 ___ ?

Jack: It’s 2 ___ alarm clock.

Ilona: Oh, I 3 ___ . And what’s this 4 ___ ?

Jack: It’s 5 ___ calculator.

Ilona: How do you 6 ___ it?

Jack: C-A-L-C-U-L-A-T-O-R. 7 ___ this a CD player?

Ilona: No. 8 ___’s an MP3 player. All 9 ___ favorite songs are on it.

Jack: It’s 10 ___ !

1 A this B it C he 6 A English B called C spell

2 Aa B an C the 7 A Am B Are C Is
3 A am B see C right 8 A She B That C He
4 A called B name C it 9 A my Ba C an
5 Aa B an C the 10 A sorry B great C yes

GRAMMAR
III. Choose the correct answer.

1 The plural of this is these / those.

2 The plural of that is these / those.
3 To make the plural of visitor, we add -s / -es.
4 To make the plural of watch, we add -s / -es.
5 To make the plural of city, we change the -y to -es / -ies.

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VOCABULARY
IV Choose the correct answer, A, B, or C.

1 27 A twenty-six B twenty-seven C twenty-eight

2 51 A fifty-one B sixty-one C seventy-one

3 300 A thirty B three hundred C three thousand

4 760 A seven hundred and sixty B seven hundred and seventy

C seven hundred and eighty

5 6,540 A six thousand, five hundred and forty B five thousand, four hundred and fifty
C four thousand, five hundred and sixty

6 4.30 A a quarter to four B a quarter after four C half past four

7 9.50 A ten to ten B ten to nine C five past nine

8 12.45 A a quarter past twelve B a quarter to one C a quarter to twelve

9 3.35 A twenty-five after three B twenty-five to four C twenty-five to three

10 1.15 A a quarter after one B half past one C a quarter to one

GRAMMAR
V Choose the correct answer, A or B.

1 Hi. My name’s Hannah. ________’m from New York.

A I B she

2 We’re Nick and Sam. We’re brothers. ________ last name is Williams.
A Your B Our

3 Their brother is a student. ________’s twenty.

A He B His

4 What’s your name? How old are ________ ?

A you B your

5 This is my dog. ________ name is Buster.

A It B Its

VI Read the text. Complete 1–10 with A, B, or C.

Dear Maria,
My name’s Nadia and I’m from Russia. I’m eighteen and my 1 ________ is twenty-two. My
mother is forty-seven. 2 ________ name’s Ivana. My father is Stefan and
3 ________’s forty-eight. 4 ________ city, St. Petersburg, is very pretty. 5 ________’s 300 years old.

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My birthday is on August 6 ________. My brother’s birthday is on 7________ nineteenth .

How 8 ________ are you, Maria? Oh, and 9 ________ your birthday?
Here is a picture of me and my family. I’m on the 10 ________ !

1 A grandfather B brother C wife

2 A His B Her C Its
3 A he B she C it
4 A Our B Their C Your
5 A He B His C It
6 A seven B seventh C seventy
7 A February B month C year
8 A old B that C the
9 A who’s B how’s C when’s
10 A left B guess C next

VII Read the text. Complete 1–10 with A, B, or C.

Jurgen: Who’s 1 ___ ?

Mara: 2 ___ name is Carla.

Jurgen: Oh, is she 3 ___ ?

Mara: No, she 4 ___ . She 5 ___ Brazilian.

Tania: Hello, Oleg. 6 ___ you from Russia?

Ruud: Yes.

Tania: I 7 ___ from New York.

Ruud: Oh. You 8 ___ American! What’s 9 ___ address?

Tania: 10 ___ 145 Lower Greenwich Street.

1 A you B they C she

2 A His B Their C Her
3 A Mexico B Belgian C Poland
4 A isn’t B aren’t C not
5 A ’s B ’m C ’re
6 A Is B Are C Am
7 A ’s B ’m C ’re
8 A ’s B ’m C ’re
9 A your B my C her
10 A They’re B I’m C It’s

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VOCABULARY

VIII Find the odd word.

6 jeans mom pants skirt
1 brown blue sister gray
7 teacher green pink red
2 cell phone month camera calculator
8 shoes phone top pants
3 mother father hair grandmother
9 brother sister girl grandfather
4 jacket cap brother sneakers
10 shirt backpack umbrella bag
5 friend yellow purple white

VOCABULARY

IX Choose the correct answer, A, B, or C.

1 I can speak … 6 We can read …

A piano B Polish C band A German B piano C instrument

2 Barbara can’t play … 7 Can he …

A the saxophone B languages A swim? B Italian? C meal?
C a meal
8 Can you send …
3 The guitar is my favorite … A the Web? B a kilometer? C a text
A language B instrument C French message?

4 Can George speak … 9 I can’t make …

A music? B iron? C Spanish? A cook B underwater C a sandwich

5 They can burn a … 10 She can … a horse.

A CD B sing C music A swim B ride C run

FUNCTION

X. Read the text. Complete 1–10 with A, B, or C.

Marina de Silva is fourteen and she’s from Mexico. Marina 1 ___ volleyball and she
2 ___ to play volleyball for Mexico in the Olympics.
Marina and her friends 3 ___ soccer at school, but they 4 ___ it. They 5 ___ tennis classes, but
there isn’t a tennis teacher.
Before school, Marina 6 ___ eggs for breakfast. For dinner she likes chicken, but she 7 ___
French fries and she 8 ___ pizza. Marina 9 ___ chocolate, but sometimes she 10 ___ ice cream!

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1 A love B loves C does love

2 A want B wants C does want
3 A play B plays C does play
4 A don’t like B doesn’t like C likes
5 A wants B doesn’t want C want
6 A likes B don’t like C like
7 A eat B don’t eat C doesn’t eat
8 A doesn’t like B don’t like C like
9 A can B hate C hates
10 A hate B has C have

GRAMMAR

XI. Complete the phrases with these words.

on - in - at - from/to - before

1 ____________ 7 o’clock / night

2 _______the morning / afternoon / evening

3 _______ Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday

4 ___________ school / lunch / 10 o’clock

5 ______ 9 o’clock (start time) _____________3 o’clock (finish time)

FUNCTION

XII. Write Do/Does. Write answers to the questions.

EXAMPLE: ___Do__ your brothers like tennis? _____Yes, they do._____

1 __________ Marisa like basketball?

Yes, ………………………….
2 __________ Sam and Ryan play soccer? No, …………………………….

3 __________ your friends speak English? No, ………………………………

4 __________ we have math on Monday? Yes, …………………………

5 __________ Erik hate languages? Yes, …………………………..

6 __________ you have eggs for breakfast? No, …………………………..

7 __________ the school have a volleyball team? No, ……………………………

8 __________ you go to bed at 9 o’clock? No, ……………………………

9 __________ the English lesson start at 3 o’clock? No, …………………………..

10 __________ they play games in the recess? No, …………………………….

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FUNCTION
XIII. Read the text. Complete 1–10 with A, B, or C.

Ronaldinho is a famous Brazilian soccer player. He 1 ___ for Barcelona and Brazil. He 2 ___ runs
very fast in a soccer match and scores a lot of goals.
Ronaldinho usually goes to bed early, but he 3 ___ stays out late and goes to a restaurant with his
friends. In the morning, he never 4 ___ his training sessions with his team. He loves Brazilian music
and he often 6 ___ music and sings with his friends. He doesn’t 7 ___ going to the movie theater and
he doesn’t 8 ___ watch movies – he can’t keep still for two hours!
Ronaldinho 9 ___ a mother named Miguelina. She 10 ___ near him but she visits him in
Barcelona whenever she can!

1 A plays B play C does play

2 A usually B does C never
3 A always B sometimes C never
4 A forget B forgets C doesn’t forget
5 A do B does C is
6 A plays B play C does
7 A likes B is C like
8 A never B often C like
9 A is B does C has
10 A does live B doesn’t live C live

FUNCTION
XIV. Choose the correct answer.
Nadia: 1 Is / Are there a window in your room?

Alana: Yes, of course there 2 is / are a window!

Nadia: 3 Is / Are there any pictures on the wall?

Alana: No, there 4 isn’t / aren’t any pictures.

Nadia: 5 Is / Are there a computer?

Alana: There 6 isn’t / aren’t a computer, but there 7 is / are a CD player … and there

8 is / are lots of CDs! There 9 is / are some books, too. They’re on the table.

Nadia: What about a television?

Alana: There 10 isn’t / aren’t a television. I watch TV in the living room.

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VOCABULARY
XV. Complete with these verbs.

walking - wearing - painting - singing - standing - playing - looking - doing - holding -

talking

1 We are _______________ an exercise.

2 The actor is _______________ a song.
3 The children are _______________ a picture.
4 The man is _______________ blue jeans.
5 The girl is _______________ a book in her hand.
6 His mother is _______________ the piano.
7 The guide is _______________ to the tourists.
8 The people are _______________ at the actor.
9 The ghost is _______________ this way!
10 The woman is _______________ on the right.

FUNCTION
XVI. Read the text. Complete 1–10 with A, B, or C.

Anya: Wow, look at that man! 1 ___ he Tom Hanks?

Eric: What? Where?
Anya: He 2 ___ out of the theater. He 3 ___ a black coat and jeans. I’m sure he’s Tom Hanks!
Eric: I can’t see him.
Anya: He’s with a woman. She 4 ___ a red bag and he 5 ___ a piece of paper. They
6 ___ near the store window now.
Eric: Oh, yes. I think you’re right. It is Tom Hanks. Those girls 7 ___ to him. They
8 ___ a picture of him.
Anya: Hey! He 9 ___ this way! Give me your camera. I want a picture too!
Eric: Wait for me! I 10 ___ !

1 A Is B Am C Are
2 A are coming B comes C is coming
3 A wear B ’s wearing C wears
4 A carrying B carries C ’s carrying
5 A hold B are holding C ’s holding
6 A standing B are standing C ’s standing
7 A are talking B is talking C talk
8 A taking B is taking C are taking
9 A ’s coming B come C comes
10 A ’m coming B are coming C is coming

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GRAMMAR
XVII. Choose the correct answer.

1 Anita isn’t / aren’t playing the saxophone now.

2 Nick and Sam isn’t / aren’t playing basketball today.

3 You are / Are you selling that chicken?

4 Are they / They are cooking or eating?

5 Is he going home? No, he is / he isn’t.

FUNCTION
XVIII. Read the text. Complete 1–10 with A, B, or C.

Adam: That’s a nice picture, Mark. Is she your sister?

Mark: Yes. Her name’s Melina.

Adam: What’s 1 ___ ? Is 2 ___ the phone?

Mark: No, she 3 ___ the phone. It’s a small computer. 4 ___ an e-mail to her friend in

Brazil. And that’s my brother. 5 ___ TV.

Adam: 6 ___ a New York Yankees shirt?

Mark: No, 7___ ! He doesn’t like the New York Yankees. He’s 8 ___ a Red Sox shirt!

Is this a picture of your family?

Adam: Yes. These are my brothers.

Mark: 9 ___ their homework?

Adam: Yes, they are. And 10 ___ to CDs, too.

1 A she do B is she doing C she doing

2 A not using B using C she using
3 A isn’t using B not using C aren’t using
4 A You’re sending B They’re sending C She’s sending
5 A Does he watch B Is he watching C He’s watching
6 A Is he wearing B He’s wearing C Wearing
7 A he isn’t B he is C he not
8 A is he wearing B isn’t wearing C wearing
9 A They’re doing B They aren’t doing C Are they doing
10 A they’re listening B they listening C are they listening