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Present tense 'be'(+); I, you, etc

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 [A]Hello. ________________ Tom.[B]Nice [ I'm, I ]
to meet you.
2 The students ________________ in room [ are, is ]
7.
3 ________________ is a hotel [ It, They ]
4 [A]Hello. My name's Sally.[B]Hello, Sally. [ You're, She's ]
________________ in Class 6.
5 [A]Hi, Jack. How are you? [ I'm, You're ]
[B]________________ fine, thanks.

Complete the sentences. Use contractions where possible.

6 _______________ they Chinese?
7 Miss Jones _______________ the new teacher at my school.
8 [A]Who is Amy?[B]_______________'s my friend.
9 [A]Sorry, who are you?[B]_______________ Simon, the new student.
10 I think they _______________ French.

Present tense verb 'be'(-) and (?)

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 We ________________ British. [ aren't, not ]
2 She ________________ Irish. She's [ isn't, aren't ]
Scottish.
3 Where ________________ from? [ are you, you are ]
4 [A]Are you Italian?[B]No, [ I'm not, I not ]
________________. I'm Spanish.
5 [A]Is he Spanish?[B]No, [ he isn't, he not ]
________________.

Complete the sentences. Use contractions where possible.

6 We _______________ American, we're Canadian.
7 _______________ you a teacher?
8 She _______________ a student. She works for the school.
9 Where _______________ your father from?
10 [A]Are you from Berlin?[B]No, _______________. I'm from Hamburg.

Possessive adjectives:my, your, etc

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

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 1 I'm French. ________________ family are [ My, Our ]
from Paris.
2 This is a new student. ________________ [ His, Our ]
name is Paul.
3 [A]What are ________________ names? [ their, your ]
[B]Mike and Anna, I think.
4 This is my school. ________________ [ Its, Our ]
name is The International School.
5 We're teachers. These are [ our, its ]
________________ classrooms.

Complete the sentences..

6 [A]What's _______________ name?[B]I think he's called Robert.
7 Oh no! I can't find _______________ keys.
8 [A]Does _______________ sister drive to work?[B]No, my mother takes
her.
9 The students opened _______________ books to page 35.
10 What a beautiful dog! What's _______________ name?

A/an, plurals; this/that/these/those

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 [A]What's this?[B]It's ________________ [ an, a ]
iPod.
2 [A]What's ________________?[B]It's a [ that, those ]
plane.
3 Look at ________________ board, please. [ the, an ]
4 [A]What are those?[B]They're [ dictionaries, a dictionary
________________. ]
5 [A]Where are ________________ students [ those, this ]
from?[B]They're Italian.

Complete the sentences..

6 [A]What's _______________?[B]Oh, that's my new phone.
7 Can you give me _______________ book, please.
8 I have _______________ photo of my family in my room.
9 Would you like some of _______________ tissues?
10 I have _______________ egg for breakfast every day.

Adjectives

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 She's ________________. [ an American politician, a
American politician ]
2 They're ________________. [ big houses, bigs houses
]
3 It's ________________. [ a yellow taxi, a taxi
yellow ]
4 It's my ________________. [ new mobile, mobile new
]

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 5 ________________ men. [ They're old, They're olds
]

Complete the sentences..

6 My grandmother is very _______________. She's 89.
7 [A]Is it an _______________ book?[B]No, it's quite cheap.
8 He was rich, but now he's _______________.
9 [A]Is your car _______________?[B] No, it's very old.
10 Don't let him touch your food. He has _______________ hands.

Imperatives, let's

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 Please ________________ English in [ speak, speaking ]
class.
2 ________________ there, you're in the [ Don't stand, Not stand ]
way.
3 [A]I'm thirsty.[B]________________ some [ Drink, You drink ]
water.
4 ________________! There's a car coming. [ Stop, Stopped ]
5 ________________ fight about it, it's not [ Let's not, Let's don't ]
important.

Complete the sentences. Use contractions where possible.

6 [A]I'm bored.[B]_______________ play a game.
7 _______________ careful with that knife.
8 This is an English lesson. _______________ speak Spanish in class,
please.
9 _______________ on! We're late for the movie!
10 _______________ the music down! I can't hear you.

Present simple (+) and (-)

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 I ________________ pizza. [ don't like, doesn't like ]
2 He ________________ every day. [ cooks, cook ]
3 We ________________ in a restaurant. [ work, works ]
4 She ________________ live with her [ doesn't, don't ]
parents.
5 British people ________________ [ drink, drinks ]
cappuccino.

Complete the sentences. Use contractions where possible.

6 John and Angela _______________ their homework after dinner.
7 We _______________ listen to the radio, but we do watch TV.
8 My sister _______________ a lot of exercise. She's really fit.
9 I _______________ want to go out tonight. I'm too tired.
10 Tony _______________ eat meat. He's a vegetarian

Present simple (?)

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 Choose the best way to complete the sentences.
1 ________________ you like Italian food? [ Do, Does ]
2 [A]Do your parents work?[B]Yes, they [ do, does ]
________________.
3 Where ________________ live? [ does Sam, do Sam ]
4 ________________ with your parents? [ Do you live, Do live you ]
5 [A]Does Sally like sushi?[B]Yes, she [ does, is ]
________________.

Complete the sentences..

6 Where _______________ your parents live?
7 What _______________ they do in their free time?.
8 _______________ Pam like pop music?
9 _______________ you go to the cinema much?
10 Why _______________ Harry like me? I'm always nice to him.

Word order in questions

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 What kind of food ________________? [ do you like, you like ]
2 How tall ________________?. [ are you, you are ]
3 [A]What ________________?[B]She's a [ does your mother do,
doctor. does your mother ]
4 Where ________________? [ do you live, do live you ]
5 [A]________________ Spanish?[B]Yes, I [ Can you speak, Speak
can. you ]

Complete the sentences..

6 [A]Excuse me, _______________ English?[B] Yes, I do.
7 [A]Where _______________?[B]I'm from Japan.
8 [A]_______________ with his parents?[B]No, he has his own apartment.
9 [A]What _______________?[B]It's half past nine.
10 [A]_______________ a lot of fast food?[B]No, I prefer healthy food.

'Whose...?', possessives

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 It's ________________ pen. [ Tom's, the Tom's ]
2 It's my ________________ car. [ parents', parents ]
3 That's ________________. [ Jason's father, the father
of Jason ]
4 I like the ________________. [ beginning of the film,
film's beginning ]
5 They're ________________ glasses. [ Marcus's, the Marcus's ]

Complete the sentences..

6 That hat belongs to my father. It's my _______________ hat.
7 [A]_______________ jacket is this?[B]It's mine.
8 He's married to my cousin. He's my _______________ husband.
9 My children have bikes. These are my _______________ bikes.

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 10 [A]Is that your mum and dad's car?[B]Yes, it's my _______________ car.

Prepositions:at, in, on, to etc

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 I get up late ________________ weekend. [ at the, in the ]
2 Her birthday is ________________ 8th [ on, in ]
July.
3 The festival starts at three o'clock [ in, on ]
________________ the afternoon.
4 He goes to bed ________________ [ at, in ]
midnight.
5 The test is ________________. [ on Tuesday morning, on
Tuesday the morning ]

Complete the sentences..

6 My sister's birthday is _______________ October.
7 I'll pick you up _______________ 8:15.
8 [A]How do you get to work?[B]I go _______________ train.
9 Don't forget to study for the test _______________ Thursday.
10 They're going _______________ Portugal this summer.

Adverbs and expressions of frequency

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 I ________________ to work. [ always walk, walk
always ]
2 ________________ late in the morning. [ He's usually, He usually
is ]
3 She ________________ to the cinema. [ hardly ever goes, goes
hardly ever ]
4 I ________________ to the radio. [ never listen, listen never
]
5 How often ________________ exercise? [ do you do, you do ]

Complete the sentences..

6 His room is so dirty! He _______________ cleans it.
7 I usually walk home, but _______________ my dad gives me a lift.
8 That's strange, Mike doesn't _______________ wear glasses.
9 You're never on time. Why are you _______________ late?
10 We sometimes go to concerts, but we don't go very _______________.

Can/can't

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 I ________________ the guitar quite well. [ can play, can ]
2 [A]________________ swim?[B]Yes, I can. [ Can you, You can ]
3 He ________________ follow instructions. [ can't, doesn't can ]
4 ________________ take a photo of us, [ Can you, You can ]
please?

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 5 She can ________________ on Saturday. [ come, comes ]

Complete the sentences..

6 [A]_______________ give this to Paula, please?[B]Of course.
7 Dave asked me to be in his band, but I _______________ the guitar.
8 He's busy before 6:00 but _______________ meet you after then.
9 I don't want to go to the pool. I can't _______________
10 _______________ go to the party if you want to, but be home by 11:30.

Present continuous:'be' + verb + '-ing'

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 Oh no! The neighbours [ are having, have ]
________________ a party again.
2 Listen! He ________________ playing the [ is, does ]
violin.
3 ________________ the children doing their [ Are, Is ]
homework?
4 [A]What ________________?[B]They're [ are they doing, they are
watching football, I think. doing ]
5 They ________________ arguing, they're [ aren't, not ]
talking.

Complete the sentences. Use contractions where possible.

6 [A]What are you _______________?[B]I'm trying to hear the radio.
7 Where do you think you're _______________?.
8 We _______________ a party on Saturday. You can come if you like.
9 The baby _______________. Maybe he's hungry.
10 [A]What's that horrible noise?[B]It's Tom. He _______________ the drums
again.

Present simple or continuous?

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 [A]What ________________?[B]I'm a [ do you do, are you doing
tourist guide. ]
2 [A]What ________________?[B]I'm [ are you doing, do you do
listening to music. ]
3 He usually ________________ to work by [ goes, is going ]
bus.
4 ________________ on the phone at the [ She's talking, She talks ]
moment.
5 He ________________ a jacket. [ doesn't usually wear,
isn't usually wearing ]

Complete the sentences. Use contractions where possible.

6 Take an umbrella, it _______________
7 I usually _______________ to work by bus.
8 At the moment I _______________ a very good book.
9 [A]What's that sound?[B]My phone _______________.

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 10 We _______________ TV when we get home every evening.

Object pronouns:me,you,him, etc

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 He doesn't love ________________. [ her, she ]
2 She sees James and falls in love with [ him, he ]
________________.
3 [A]What do you think of his new book?[B]I [ like it, like him ]
don't ________________.
4 [A]What do you think of the Rolling Stones? [ them, they ]
[B]I like ________________.
5 [A]Do you think he loves [ me, my ]
________________?[B]Yes, I do.

Complete the sentences.

6 He calls _______________ but she doesn't answer.
7 My sister and I need your help. Can you help _______________?
8 Anne meets her friends after work and has a coffee with
_______________.
9 Call me back, I need to talk to _______________.
10 You can talk to _______________ about anything, I'm you friend.

'Like' (+ verb + '-ing')

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 I love ________________ clothes. [ buying, to buying ]
2 I hate ________________ in the evening. [ working, I work ]
3 [A]Do you like driving?[B]Yes, I [ love it, love ]
________________.
4 I hate ________________ at the weekend. [ shopping, shoping ]
5 I ________________ trying on clothes. [ don't like, like don't ]

Complete the sentences.

6 [A]Sorry, but you need to do this again.[B]It's alright, I _______________.
7 I like _______________ the newspaper before I go to work.
8 My brother really loves _______________ football. He plays every
weekend.
9 [A]Do you want to learn salsa?[B]Not really, I don't like _______________
10 My friend hates _______________ in the sea, he thinks it's dangerous.

'Be' or 'do'?

Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1 ________________ it sunny today? [ Is, Does ]
2 He ________________ go to the gym. He's [ doesn't, don't ]
too lazy.
3 ________________ Joe like basketball?. [ Does, Is ]
4 [A]I play in a band.[B]What type of music [ do, does ]
________________ you play?

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 5 What ________________ you eating? [ are, do ]

Complete the sentences. Use contractions where possible.

6 Where _______________ those students from?
7 She _______________ like salad.
8 Jerry _______________ at school today because he feels sick.
9 What _______________ your brother do for a living?
10 _______________ you get the bus the school?

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