Homework – Teacher: Gonzalo Choque Kuno

Practice for The Test

Vocabulary review:
a) The day of the week are: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
b) The months of the year are: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September,
October, November, and December.
c) The seasons of the year are: spring, summer, autumn or fall, and winter.
Instructions:
Write the correct answers in the blanks and pay attention to the punctuation.
1. The first month of the year is …………………………………………….
2. The second month of the year is ………………………………………….
3. The third month of the year is …………………………………………….
4. The last month of the year is ………………………………………………
5. The first day of the week is ……………………………………………….
6. The second day of the week is …………………………………………….
7. The third day of the week is ……………………………………………….
8. The last day of the week is ………………………………………………...
9. Monday comes1 before …………………………………………………….
10. Thursday comes before ……………………………………………………
11. Wednesday comes after ……………………………………………………
12. Saturday comes after ………………………………………………………
13. In Bolivia ………………………... begins2 in December and ends in February.
14. In Bolivia ………………………... begins in March and ends in May.
15. In Bolivia ………………………... begins in June and ends in August.
16. In Bolivia ………………………... begins in September and ends3 in November.
Homework before the test!

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The verb to COME means venir o viene.
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The verb to BEGIN means comenzar.
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The verb to END means terminar.
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There is and There are

Use there is for singular nouns and there are for plural nouns.
Examples:
There is a book on the table. There are two books on the table.
There is a woman in the post office. There are many4 women in the post office.
Instructions:
Select the correct form.
17. There …………… a magazine on the chair.
18. There …………… two men in the office.
19. There …………… a man at the door.
20. There …………… seven day in a week.
21. There …………… many children in the park.
22. There …………… many people on the bus.
23. There …………… only one chair in the room.
24. There …………… a letter for you.
25. There …………… a gold fish in the pond.
26. There …………… many words in this practice.
There is and There are, negative form.
• To do the negative form of there is and there are, we add the word not after the verb, there is not and
there are not.
• The contracted forms are there isn’t and there aren’t.
Examples:
Positive form Negative form
There is a good program on TV. There is not a good program on TV.
There isn’t a good program on TV.
There are many museums to visit. There are not many museums to visit. Homework before the test!
There aren’t many museums to visit.
Instructions:
Complete the sentence using the negative form of there is and there are.
27. There ………………………... many chairs in this room.

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Many means muchos, se utiliza con objetos que se pueden contar.
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28. There ………………………... a radio in each room.

29. There ………………………... a police officer on the corner.
30. There ………………………... many offices in that building.
31. There ………………………... mice in the room.
32. There ………………………... teeth in his mount.
33. There ………………………... volcanos in Beni.
34. There ………………………... offspring of my little dog.
35. There ………………………... a rug on the floor.
36. There ………………………... a goose in the zoo.
Question form of there is and there are.
To do the question form of there is and there are, we write the verb to be at the beginning of the sentence.
Examples:
There is a clock on the wall. Is there a clock on the wall?
There are four coups of coffee. Are there four coups of coffee?
Instructions:
Change the sentences from 27 to 36 to the question form.
37. (26) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
38. (27) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
39. (28) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
40. (29) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
41. (30) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
42. (31) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
43. (32) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
44. (33) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
45. (34) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
46. (35) ………………………………………………………………………………………. Homework before the test!

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Verb to be – Affirmative form.

The verb to be has three forms in the present tense: am, is, and are. Contractions are generally used in spoken
English.
Singular Plural
Full form Contracted form Full Form Contracted form
I am I’m We are We’re
You are You’re You are You’re
She is She’s They are They’re
He is He’s
It is It’s
Instructions:
Write the correct form of the present tense of verb to be, use the contracted form only with the pronouns (I,
you, she, he, it, we, you, and they).
47. I ……………… an actress.
48. Daniela ……………… a good student.
49. She ……………… a good singer.
50. They ……………… hungry, because it is 2 o’clock.
51. Nancy ……………… a good mother.
52. Gonzalo ……………… an engineer.
53. Sandy and Beto ……………… my parents.
54. We ……………… a big family.
55. You and Harry ……………… brothers.
56. He ……………… handsome.
Verb to be – Negative form.
To do the negative form of verb to be, we add after of verb to be the word not.
Singular Plural Homework before the test!
Full form Contracted form Full Form Contracted form
I am not I’m not We are not We aren’t
You are not You aren’t You are not You aren’t
She is not She isn’t They are not They aren’t
He is not He isn’t
It is not It isn’t
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Instructions:
Write the negative form of verb to be.
57. We ………………. an ugly family.
58. Tomorrow ………………. Saturday.
59. She and Mary ………………. sisters.
60. John and I ………………. Good friends.
61. Ignacio ………………. lazy.
62. Juan ………………. a musician.
63. Miss Jones ………………. my girlfriend.
64. Mr. and Mrs. García ………………. my parents.
65. They and my family ………………. hungry.
66. They ………………. busy today.
Question form of verb to be.
To do the question form of verb to be, we write the verb to be at the beginning of the sentence.
Examples:
Is she a good student? Am I hungry?
Are they engineers? Are you and Ignacio siblings?
Instructions:
Change the sentences from 57 to 66 to the question form.
67. (57) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
68. (58) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
69. (59) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
70. (60) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
71. (61) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
72. (62) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
73. (63) ………………………………………………………………………………………. Homework before the test!
74. (64) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
75. (65) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
76. (66) ……………………………………………………………………………………….

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Yes/No questions
These questions are to answer with a positive (yes) or negative (no) answer.
Examples:
a) Are you a soccer player? b) Are they your great – grandparents?
• Yes, I am. • Yes, they are.
• No, I am not. / No, I’m not. • No, they are not. / No, they aren’t.
c) Is Fermin your teacher? d) Is your dog cute?
• Yes, he is. • Yes, it is.
• No, he is not. / No, he isn’t. • No, it is not. / No, it isn’t.

Instructions:

Using your family tree homework, answer the following questions.

77. Is José your great – grandfather? A: ……………………………………………………….

78. Is Luisa your grandmother? A: ……………………………………………………….
79. Was Sotero your grandfather?5 A: ……………………………………………………….
80. Is Antonia your grandmother? A: ……………………………………………………….
81. Are Beto and Sandy your parents? A: ……………………………………………………….
82. Are Beto and Nely siblings? A: ……………………………………………………….
83. Is Felicidad your grandmother? A: ……………………………………………………….
84. Is Valentin your father? A: ……………………………………………………….
85. Are Ignacio and Sandy your siblings? A: ……………………………………………………….
86. Is your dog cute? A: ……………………………………………………….

Write the plural forms of the following nouns.

87. Cuff → ………………………………. Homework before the test!

88. Match → ……………………………….
89. Bush → ……………………………….
90. Library → ……………………………….
91. Monkey → ……………………………….

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For past sentence of verb to be, use am → was, is → was, and are → were.
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92. Wife → ……………………………….

93. Shelf → ……………………………….
94. believe → ……………………………….
95. Offspring → ……………………………….
96. Foot → ……………………………….
97. Mouse → ……………………………….
98. Sheep → ……………………………….
99. Woman → ……………………………….
100. Child → ……………………………….

Homework before the test!