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Exercise 1  Question words Exercise 3  Count and uncount nouns

Complete the questions with a word from the box. Write C next to the count nouns and U next to the
uncount nouns.
Where  Why  How  Who  What  When  How  What C
1 book 5 pound ______
2 apple ______ 6 biscuit ______
1 A How old is your sister?
3 homework ______ 7 toast ______
B She’s 19. 4 money ______ 8 cheese ______
2 A ______ often do you go to the cinema?
B About once a month. 1 point for each correct answer  7
3 A ______ time does the programme start?
B At nine o’clock. Exercise 4  some/any/a/how much/how many
4 A ______ did you close the window? Complete the sentences with some, any, a, how much, or
B Because I’m cold. how many.
5 A ______ are you going on holiday? 1 Have we got any rice?
B At the end of the month. 2 _________ water would you like? Just a little.
6 A ______ did you go to town with? 3 Have you got a headache? I’ve got ______ aspirins in
B Jim and Lucy. my bag.
7 A ______ was the weather like on the coast? 4 Can I have ______ glass of water, please?
B It was warm and sunny. 5 There isn’t ______ sugar in this coffee.
8 A ______ are you going? 6 Have you got ______ photographs of Jim?
B To the post office to get some stamps. 7 _________ money did you spend last month?
8 Would you like ______ milk in your tea?
1 point for each correct answer  7
9 _________ people were there at the party?
10 Have we got ______ test tomorrow?
Exercise 2  Negative forms
11 _________ emails do you send every day?
Make these positive sentences negative.
1 He bought a new shirt. 1 point for each correct answer  10
He didn’t buy a new shirt.
2 We enjoyed the film. Exercise 5  Which one is different?
_______________________________________ Underline the different word.
3 I took a lot of photos. 1 lovely  great  awful amazing
_______________________________________ 2 bananas apples strawberries potatoes
4 They’ve got a very nice flat. 3 ice-cream crisps biscuits chocolate
_______________________________________ 4 lake office block library cottage
5 He’s got a new girlfriend. 5 pedestrian roundabout traffic lights pavement
_______________________________________ 6 dress jeans shorts hair
6 I’m working at home today. 7 wet cold rainy popular
_______________________________________ 8 hand luggage  bus stop  boarding pass 
7 The children are watching the film. security check
_______________________________________ 9 platform airport ticket office railway station
8 We’re going to move house soon.
_______________________________________ 1 point for each correct answer  8
9 He’s finished writing the report.
_______________________________________

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Exercise 6  Comparatives and superlatives 3 A Where _______ you usually _______ (go) on
Read about the castles. Friday evenings?
Exercise 10 Comparatives and superlatives 1 Exercise 11 Comparatives and superlatives 2
Read about the castles. Complete the chart. B To the cinema.
Abergoran Castle
Abergoran Castle Adjective 4 A 
Comparative It’s 11.30. Why _______ you _______ (work) so
Superlative
Price: £200,000 more exciting
Price: £200,000
Built: 1072 late?
best
Rooms: 0
Built: 1072 bad B Because I _______ (have) a lot of homework.
Rooms: 5 interesting
5 A Where _______ your parents _______? (live)
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Footleby Castle
Footleby Castle
Price: £10 million
B In a small village near Oxford.
Price: £10 million Exercise 12 Ordinal numbers
Built: 1835
Rooms: 160 A _______ they _______ (like) living in the country?
Write the ordinal numbers in words.
Built: 1835
1 6th sixth B Yes, they do.
Rooms: 160 2 1st
3 2nd 6 A What _______ you usually _______ (have) for
Haywood CastleHaywood Castle
Price: £2 million
4 3rd
5 12th breakfast?
Price: £2 million
Built: 1450 6 20th
Rooms: 20 B Toast. But today I _______ (have) some fruit
Built: 1450 5
Rooms: 20 because there isn’t any bread.
Exercise 13 Opposites

These sentences are false. Correct them.

Choose a word from the box and A it next
7 write The telephone _______ (ring). Can you answer it?
to its
opposite.
1 Abergoran Castle is more modern than B OK.
These sentences are false.
Haywood Castle. Correct them.
interesting
quiet
old
cheap
fast
dirty
relaxing
new
friendly
safe
No, it isn’t. It’s older.
1 Abergoran2 Castle is more modern than Haywood
1 big
________________________________________ small 1 point for each correct answer  10
Footleby Castle is cheaper than Haywood Castle.
2 boring
Castle. 3 ________________________________________
3 unfriendly
Abergoran Castle is bigger than Footleby Castle.
No, it isn’t. It’s older.
4 clean
________________________________________
5 slow
Exercise 8  going to
4 Abergoran Castle is the biggest.
6 dangerous
2 Footleby Castle is cheaper than Haywood Castle.
________________________________________
7 noisy Make positive sentences, negative sentences, and questions
5 Abergoran Castle is more expensive than Footleby
____________________________________________
Castle. 8 old using going to and be.
________________________________________ 9 modern
3 Abergoran6 Castle is bigger than Footleby Castle.
Footleby Castle is the cheapest. 10 expensive 1 you / hairdresser?
________________________________________ 11 busy
____________________________________________
7 Footleby Castle is older than Haywood Castle. Are you going 10
to be a hairdresser?
________________________________________
4 Abergoran8 Castle is the biggest.
Abergoran Castle is the most modern. 2 they / pilots
________________________________________ TOTAL 100
____________________________________________ 7
_______________________________________
5 Abergoran Castle is more expensive than Footleby 3 he / not / actor
Castle. _______________________________________
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6 Footleby Castle is the cheapest. _______________________________________

____________________________________________ 5 I / not / lawyer
7 Footleby Castle is older than Haywood Castle. _______________________________________
____________________________________________ 6 we / footballers
8 Abergoran Castle is the most modern. _______________________________________
____________________________________________ 7 she / not / model
_______________________________________
1 point for each correct answer  7 8 he / singer?
_______________________________________
Exercise 7  Present Simple and Continuous 9 I / accountant
Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or the _______________________________________
Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 10 you / music teacher?
1 Please be quiet! I ’m watching (watch) this film! _______________________________________
2 We usually _______ (catch) the bus into town, but
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Exercise 9  Past Simple and Present Perfect 1 Exercise 11  Correct words
Write the Past Simple and the Past Participle of these Underline the correct words.
verbs. 1 Do/Would you like windsurfing? Yes, but I prefer
Past Simple Past Participle swimming.
1 sing sang sung 2 Would/Do you like some fruit? Yes. An apple, please.
2 drink ______ ______ 3 I haven’t got something/anything to wear for the party.
3 win ______ ______ 4 You’ve worked very hard/hardly this term.
3 live ______ ______ 5 I’m going to town for to meet/to meet my friends.
5 have ______ ______ 6 I like/ I’d like a bottle of mineral water, please.
6 do ______ ______ 7 Is your son a careful/carefully driver?
7 play ______ ______ 8 I left a message at the hotel but nobody/everybody
8 go ______ ______ replied.
9 write ______ ______
1 point for each correct answer  7
1 point for each correct answer  8
Exercise 12  Hot verbs take and get
Exercise 10  Past Simple and Present Perfect 2 Put the words in the correct column. There are a different
Tick (✓) the correct sentence. number of answers for each list.
1 a When have you been to the USA? 
it easy  married  very wet  tired  a long time 
b When did you go to the USA?  ✓ home late  on/off the bus  photos  a lot of emails
2 a I went to Milan last week.  better soon  ready  a test  a taxi
b I have been to Milan last week. 
3 a Have you ever been to India?  take get
b Did you ever go to India? 
take photos
4 a Kate has finished work two hours ago. 
b Kate finished work two hours ago. 
5 a Did he go on holiday last week or the week
before? 
b Has he been on holiday last week or the week
before? 
6 a I haven’t seen that film yet.  1 point for each correct answer  12
b I didn’t see that film yet. 
Total 100
7 a I’ve just bought my ticket to Oslo – here it is! 
b I just bought my ticket to Oslo – here it is! 
8 a Jim and Cathy won £1,000 last month. 
b Jim and Cathy have won £1,000 last month. 

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