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Simple present and Present progressive (1,2)
Put the verbs in parenthesis in the simple present or
present progressive form.
1. What _______________________ (you/do)?
I ______________________ (plant) flowers.
2. ___________________________ (you/work) in
the garden every weekend?
No. I usually __________________ (meet) up with
my friends.
3. Where __________________________ (you/go)?
To the supermarket. I _________________ (need)
to buy some groceries.
4. ______________________________ (you/want)
me to give you a ride?
Ok, thanks.
5. _________________________ (you/ wait) for the
bus to school?
Yes, it ________________ (arrive) in ten minutes.
Oh good.
6. _________________________ (you/live) In New
Mexico?
No. I _________________ (go) there for business.
Relatives Pronouns (3)
Underline the correct item.
1. He is the boy who’s/whose Canadian.
2. That’s the woman who’s/whose sister works for
me.
3. That’s the girl who’s/whose an excellent singer.
4. She’s the woman who’s/whose party we went to.
5. that’s the man who’s/whose got a Ferrari.
Fill the blanks with: who, where, that, which, or
whose.
1. That’s the man ___________ owns the company I
work for.
2. Isn’t that the ring _____________ Jim gave you?
3. They’re staying at the same hotel ______________
where we spent our summer vacation.
4. Is that the watch __________ you lost last week?
5. That’s the woman ______________ son is an airline
pilot.
6. The town ______________ where I grew up was very
quiet.
7. Isn’t he the man ____________ works at the corner
store?
Adverbs of Frequency (4)
Put the adverbs of frequency in the right place, as in
the example.
1. My parents don’t go out to dinner. (usually)
My parents don’t usually go out for dinner._______________
2. Felix is on time for work. (always)
____________________________________________
3. Does Lanny study in the library. (often)
____________________________________________
4. Peter drives downtown. (rarely)
____________________________________________
5. Rosie and Frank travel abroad. (sometimes)
____________________________________________
6. Mike forgets to feed his dog. (never)
____________________________________________
Simple past and Past progressive (5,6)
Put the verbs in parenthesis in the simple past or past
progressive.
1. He _________________ (sleep) heavily when the
alarm ____________________ (ring).
2. She ___________________ (walk) to school when
she _________________ (have) an accident.
3. John _________________ (hurt) his knee while he
_____________________ (play) football.
4. First, he _________________ (take) a shower and
then he __________________ (eat) his breakfast.
5. Peter ___________________ (help) his dad in the
garden while his mom ___________________
(wash) the car.
Possessives (7)
Underline the correct item
1. Can I use your/yours cellphone please?
2. Have you seen him/his latest movie?
3. That’s not my/mine jacket; it’s John/John’s.
4. These books aren’t your/yours, are their/theirs.
5. I can’t find my/mine sunglasses. Have you seen them
anywhere?
6. It’s warm today, so we won’t need our/ours coat.
7. Is that your/yours purse or is it hers/her?
8. I can’t remember hers/her name.
9. This is his CD but the radio is my/mine.
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Present perfect and present perfect progressive (8,9) Make sentences about yourself with the time
expressions below. Use the present perfect, present
Read the job interview below and put the verbs in perfect progressive or simple past.
parentheses in the simple past or present perfect.
For two hours/ last summer/ since august/ a long time/
1. So, Mr. Peter, tell me a little about your studies, last Friday/ for a week/ for five days/ since 1996/ two
please. weeks ago/ for three months/ last night/.
2. Well, I __________________________ (just/finish)
college, where I studies Business Administration. _____________________________________________
3. ____________________________ (you/do) any _____________________________________________
work at this field? _____________________________________________
4. Yes, I __________________________ (work) In a _____________________________________________
bank as a cashier. _____________________________________________
5. I ________________________ (spend) las year in _____________________________________________
Santiago where I _________________ (work).
_____________________________________________
6. What ______________________________ (learn)
from that experience? _____________________________________________
7. Well, it ________________________ (teach) me how _____________________________________________
to decide what was important and what wasn’t. _____________________________________________
8. I see. What area is Business Administration are you _____________________________________________
most interested in? _____________________________________________
9. Large corporation administration and taxes.
_____________________________________________
10. _________________________________
_____________________________________________
(you/ever/manage) a company?
11. Well, I _______________________ (lead) a small
Comparatives and Superlatives (10)
family business for a year.
12. Thank you very much Mr. Peter, we’ll call soon. Complete the table.
Mrs. Brenda doesn’t like changes. She has been doing Adjective Comparative Superlative
the somethings for the last three years. Use next Busy
activities to make sentences as in the example. Nearer
Eat cornflakes for breakfast / work as a doctor / Most spacious
wear shirt and tie / have her hair long / live in a Big
small apartment / drive an old car. Hotter
1. She has been eating cornflakes for breakfast for the last three Great
Quiet
years.______________________________
More polite
2. __________________________________ Smallest
__________________________________ Nice
3. ________________________________________
_______________________________________
Compare your city with New York. Talk about the
4. ________________________________________
following.
_______________________________________
5. ________________________________________ The weather/ the buildings/ the people/ the economy.
_______________________________________
6. ________________________________________ Example: it’s hotter in my city than in New York.
_______________________________________
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Past perfect (had + past participle) (11) 18. I promise I ___________________________ be at
home by eleven o’clock.
Use the items below to say what had happened to 19. Hurry up! We ______________________ miss our
each person, as in the example. flight!
20. Ok! I’m coming!
1. He/ can’t walk/ beak a leg.
He couldn’t walk because he had broken a leg._____ Answer the following questions about yourself using: I
2. She/ not be hungry/ just eat. think, I believe, I expect, probably, perhaps, as in the
example.
__________________________________________
3. They/ be tired/ not sleep. 1. Where will you be at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning?
___________________________________________ 2. I think I will be at school.________________
4. I/ go to the bank/ lose credit card. 3. What time will you finish work today?
__________________________________________
4. ______________________________
5. She/ be afraid of airplanes/ not fly before.
__________________________________________ 5. Where will you go on Saturday night?
6. Tom/ not go to the party/ have an accident. 6. ____________________________________________
_________________________________________ 7. how will you spend your next month’s salary?
8. ____________________________________________
Simple Future (will) – Be going to (13,14) 9. What will you buy your mother for Mother’s Day?
10. __________________________________________
Fill the blanks with Will or Am/is/are going to.
1. Look at those clouds! Zero conditional / First conditional (15)
2. Wao! It looks like it ________________________
Use the items below to make full sentences, and then
rain!
say which type of conditional each sentence is, as in
3. I’m cold.
the example.
4. Are you? I ________________________________
light the fire? 1. Mix blue and yellow paint --- make green paint.
5. John writes wonderful stories. If you mix blue and yellow paint, you make green paint. (zero
6. I know. I think he ___________________________
be a famous writer one day.
conditional)____________________________
7. Look, Mom! I’m climbing the tree! 2. Not go to the bed early --- be tired in the morning.
8. Be careful! You _________________________ fall! ___________________________________________
9. If you don’t stop making that noise, I ___________________________________________
______________________________ send you to 3. Freeze water--- become ice.
your room. ___________________________________________
10. Oh, that’s right, sorry. ___________________________________________
11. It’s getting late. You should be asleep. 4. Miss the train --- be late for work.
12. I promise I ______________________ go to the ___________________________________________
bed when the movie ends. ___________________________________________
13. Why did you buy so much food? 5. Not eat breakfast --- be hungry later.
14. Because I _____________________ have a dinner __________________________________________
party. __________________________________________
15. Felix has been saving money for months. 6. Heat butter --- melt.
16. I know. He ______________________ buy a new __________________________________________
car. __________________________________________
17. Don’t be late, will you? 7. Not water plants --- die.

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__________________________________________
__________________________________________
8. Go to party --- have fun.
__________________________________________
_________________________________________
9. Leave ice-cream in the sun --- melt.
__________________________________________
_________________________________________
10. Not study hard --- not pass your exams.
__________________________________________
_________________________________________
Fill the blanks with: If, When or Unless.
1. ________________ you finish your homework, you
can’t go to the party.
2. ________________ you don’t run, you will miss the
bus.
3. ________________ you are ready to leave, call me.
4. ________________ it stops raining, we won’t go
for a walk.
5. ________________ you eat your dinner, you can
have some cake.
6. ________________ he comes soon, we will have to
leave without him.
7. ________________ you finish the report, give it to
the manager.
8. ________________ you like the soup, you can have
some more.
9. ________________ you leave the house, lock the
door.
10. _______________ we save some money, we can’t
go on vacation this year.
Second conditional / Third conditional (17,18)
Complete the sentences with 2nd conditional and 3rd
conditional, as in the example.
1. If I were a millionaire, I
would build houses for poor
people._________________________
2. If he hadn’t been driving so fast, _______________
__________________________________________\
3. If I had a sport car, __________________________
__________________________________________
4. If they had worked harder, ___________________
__________________________________________
5. If I were famous, ____________________________
__________________________________________
6. If we hadn’t cheated on the exam, ______________
___________________________________________
7. If we had a summer house, _____________________
___________________________________________
8. If she had more free time, _____________________
___________________________________________
Put the verbs in parentheses in the correct tense.
a) Hello, Miss Erika. I’m Billy’s mother. How he doing
with his homework?
b) Not very well, unfortunately. If I ___________ (be)
you, I ____________________ (offer) to help him.
a) Where ________________________ (you/choose)
to go if you ______________________ (have) some
time off?
b) Well, probably to some tropical country, I suppose.
a) Could you please do me a favor?
b) If I ______________________ (have) the time, I
_____________________________ (do) anything for
you, but right now, I’m extremely busy.
a) Did you pass your math text?
b) No, I didn’t. if I ________________________ (study)
harder _________________________ (not fail), but
unfortunately, I did.
a) Why didn’t Carol come to the party?
b) Well, she ________________________ (come) if you
(invite) her.
Reflexive Pronouns (19)
Complete the dialogues using the correct reflexive
pronoun.
a) Did you use a map to find the hotel?
b) No, we found it by _______________________.
a) Paul’s a very talented guitar player.
b) Yes, he learned by _______________________.
a) The Reynoso’s house looks great.
b) I think they decorated it __________________.
a) What’s wrong with Eva?
b) Oh, she just wants to be __________________.
a) Where did you buy your dress?
b) I didn’t buy it. I made it ___________________.
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Prepositions of time: in, on, at. (20) 8. Felix’s interested in ___ karate lesson.
A) to take b) taking c) taking
Complete the sentences with: in, on, at. 9. When you finish ___ , you can watch tv.
A) eat b) to eat c) eating
1. I have a Spanish class ________ Mondays.
10. They would prefer ___ tennis on Saturday afternoon
2. My Art class finishes ________ 6:15 ________ the
rather than on Sunday morning.
evening.
A) to play b) playing c) play
3. ________ Tuesdays I visit my grandparents in New
York. Modals (23)
4. I usually get up early ________ in the morning and
go running to the beach. Complete the sentences using: Must be or Can’t be, as
5. I like to take a nap ________ the afternoon. in the example.
6. She likes to read ________ Sundays afternoon.
7. I usually go to bed ________ 10 o’clock ________ a) The Reynoso lives in a mansion.
night. b) They must be rich.
8. They are leaving to Texas ________ September 15th. a) Edison doesn’t know how to drive.
b) He __________________ be a taxi driver, then.
9. He was born ________ June.
a) Richard isn’t at work.
10. I moved to cabaret ________ 2008.
b) Well, then he ___________________ at home.
The infinitive / The Gerund (21,22) a) It smells delicious in here.
b) Your _______________________ frying fish.
Read the text and put the verbs in parentheses in the a) Daisy loves roast beef.
correct infinitive or gerund form. b) I see, so she ______________________ a vegetarian.
a) My sister has four cats, three dogs, and two birds.
My brother always loved __________________ (play)
b) She _____________________ an animal lover.
the piano, ever since he was a child. He began
a) Tony hates cooking.
__________________ (take) piano lesson when he
b) He _________________________ a chef.
was five and he always wanted ___________________
a) Jenny works in a hospital.
(become) a professional pianist. Our parents had no
b) That means she ______________________ a
objections and let him __________________ (do)
musician.
whatever he liked. Then one day, when we were all
looking forward to him _________________ (receive) Replace the phases in bold with: you must, you mustn’t,
his diploma, he decided _________________ (quit) you have to, you don’t have to, you can, you can’t.
music and join the army.
1. You are obligated to wear a seat belt when driving.
Circle the correct item. 2. ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
1. Stop ___ at once.
3. You don’t have permission to park here. It’s private
A) to talk b) talking c) talk
property. ___________________________________
2. I’d rather ___ steak then fish.
___________________________________________
A) have b) to have c) having
4. It’s not necessary to wear a tie in the party. It’s an
3. Jenny convinced her parents to let her ___ out late.
informal event. ______________________________
A) to stay b) stay c) staying
___________________________________________
4. His family was looking forward ___ on vacation.
5. You have permission to go to the barbecue, but you
A) going b) go c) to go
are obligated to be at home before 11:00. ________
5. The teacher told him he must ___ harder.
___________________________________________
A) to study b) study c) studying
___________________________________________
6. He denied ___ the watch.
6. In some countries, it’s forbidden to smoke in public
A) steal b) to steal c) stealing
areas. ______________________________________
7. I’m busy ___ my kitchen right now.
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The Imperative (24) Use the passive voice to ask questions about the given
information, as in the example.
Use the topic to make sentences in the imperative, as 1. Fruits are sold at the supermarket.
in the examples. Where are fruits sold_________________?
Wash/ hands * eat quickly * clean/ room * drink/ milk 2. the house was built thirty years ago?
* do/ homework * listen/ teacher * go/ bed * play/ When _____________________________________?
chess * turn off/ CD player * speak/ fast * drive/ 3. The train will be stopped for two hours.
careful. How long __________________________________?
4. Bob is paid about 25, a year.
Examples: How much _________________________________?
1. Wash your hands_____________________ 5. The first Olympic Games were played in Greece?
2. Don’t eat so quickly___________________ Where ____________________________________?
6. The movie was directed by Alfred Hitchcook.
3. __________________________________________
Who ______________________________________?
4. __________________________________________ 7. The thief has been arrested six times.
5. __________________________________________ How many times ____________________________?
6. __________________________________________
7. __________________________________________
Wishes (26)
8. __________________________________________ Make sentences about the situation using: I wish/ if
9. __________________________________________ only, as in the example.
10. __________________________________________ 1. You feel lonely and you’d love to have a pet to keep
11. _________________________________________ you company.
I wish I had a dog to keep me company.________
The Passive voice (25)
If only a had a dog to keep me company________
Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice, as in the 2. You forgot to call your best friend on her birthday
example. and feel terrible about it.
__________________________________________
1. An elderly couple owns that restaurant. __________________________________________
That restaurant is owned by an elderly couple.____ 3. You bought a very expensive leather jacket and now
2. Thousand of people bought the book. have no money to pay the rent.
__________________________________________ __________________________________________
3. The newspaper will print the story tomorrow. __________________________________________
___________________________________________ 4. You are not very happy with your current job and
4. They will own the new supermarket soon. would like to find a better one.
__________________________________________ __________________________________________
5. A big fire complete destroyed the building. __________________________________________
_________________________________________
6. A famous actor was writing a TV documentary Tag Questions (27)
about Dom. Rep. ___________________________
Fill the blank with the correct tag questions and short
_________________________________________
answers.
7. They have made huge advance in computer
technology in the last five years. a) Brenda didn’t pass her driving text, ____________?
__________________________________________ b) No, ______________________________________
_________________________________________ a) Your sister has lost weight, ___________________?
8. They are holding the meeting at 11 o’clock. b) Yes, ______________________________________
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a) We ran out of milk, ___________________?
b) Yes, ________________________________
a) You won’t be too late, _________________?
b) No, ________________________________
c) I will be there in 20 minutes.
a) You can speak five languages, ___________?
b) Yes, ________________________________
a) Monica looks great with her short hair,
________________?
b) Yes, _________________________________

Exclamations (28)

Fill the blanks using what a/an or how.

1. _____________________ smart he is!
2. _____________________ tasty dish this is!
3. _____________________ beautiful Ann is!
4. _____________________ great weather!
5. _____________________ exiting news!

So – Neither/Nor (29)

Choose the correct answer.

1. We went to the cinema last night.
A) Nor did we.
B) So did we.
2. He doesn’t like spicy food.
A) So do I.
B) Neither do I.
3. I can’t go to the party tonight.
A) Nor can I.
B) So can I.
4. I was late for work this morning.
A) Neither was I.
B) So was I.
5. My mom will cook something for the picnic.
A) So will mine.
B) Nor will mine.
6. They don’t have a CD player.
A) Neither do we.
B) So do we.

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