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Study skills A1+ Units
Studying grammar
1 Tick (✔) the sentences that are true for you.
1 I enjoy studying grammar.
2 I think grammar is difficult.
3 I know the names of the different types of words in a sentence.
2 Read the text about the Olympic Games. Match the highlighted words in the text to the grammar
categories (1–5).
1 adjective:
2 noun:
3 verb:
4 negative form:
5 question form:
The Olympic Games are very old. They began over 2,700 years ago. The
first modern, international Olympic Games was in 1896, in Athens,
Greece. There weren’t judo, volleyball or basketball matches. What
events do you think were there?
4 Read the conversation again. Match the sentences (1–3) with the tenses (a–c).
a present simple
b present continuous
c past simple
1 In sentence 1, which word is an auxiliary verb? Which word is the main verb?
2 In sentence 2, which word is the subject of the sentence, She or gold medal? Is the subject a person or an object?
3 In sentence 3, is skates a verb or a noun?
a nine nouns
b five adjectives
c two adverbs
d ten verbs
8 Read the Study tips. Underline two verbs that describe things you need to do to learn how to
use grammar.
STUDY TIP
When you speak or write in English, you need to use grammar correctly.
If you notice and understand how grammar works, this will help you.
When you read or listen to English, ask yourself questions about the language
and look for patterns. For example: 1
■ What tense is this sentence in?
■ What is the word order in this sentence?
■ What type of word is this?
■ Which other words go with this word?
9 Match the grammar rules (1–4) with the example sentences (a–d).
1 Adverbs go after the auxiliary verb and before the main verb.
2 Some adjectives have two words and have a hyphen (-) between the words.
3 We don’t add -ed to the end of irregular verbs in the simple past. We change the spelling of the verb.
4 Adjectives often go before nouns and after articles (a, an, the).
10 Look at a reading text. Find sentences that are examples of the rules in exercises 7 and 9.
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1 Grammar extension
Simple past: Regular verbs 8 I eat breakfast at 7 a.m.
Affirmative 9 I spend all my pocket money.
1 Write the simple past form of the verbs.
arrive arrived
1 cry
4 Rewrite the sentences in the simple present
or simple past. Use the verbs in the box and
2 close
the time expressions.
3 walk
4 live go have study watch
5 ask win work
6 try
Dad in Canada. (last year)
Simple past: Irregular verbs Dad worked in Canada last year.
2 Write sentences in the simple past. 1 I very hard for my English tests.
(always)
J.K. Rowling / write / the Harry Potter books
J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books.
2 The children TV for three hours.
1 the journey / take / two hours
(yesterday)
2 John’s teacher / speak / to his mom / about his
3 They the basketball competition.
bad test results
(three years ago)
3 I / leave / home / at nine o’clock
4 My brother a pizza on Saturday
with his friends. (always)
4 we / drink / tea / for breakfast / this morning
5 Mom to the hairdresser’s.
5 I / go / to school / by bus / yesterday
(yesterday morning)
6 my aunt / give / me / a nice present / for my
birthday
Got it?
5 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Two
3 Rewrite the sentences in the simple past. sentences are correct.
We’re late for school. I stoped work at five o’clock. stopped
We were late for school. 1 Sam always ates fruit for
1 Our English teacher gives us lots of homework. breakfast.
2 We played soccer last night.
2 They like Scotland. 3 I readed that book last year.
4 Martha rides a horse last summer.
3 I do my homework after lunch. 5 I made a birthday cake for Laura.
6 We tryed to find the key.
4 Sheila runs for an hour before dinner. 7 We go to Mexico last month.
5 He has lunch at school.
6 We play chess after school.
7 My grandpa is an engineer.
a roast dinner a mixture of food put inside meat or vegetables before cooking
to whisk a sauce you usually have with roast meat and vegetables
to sprinkle a meal cooked in the oven, usually with meat and vegetables
stuffing sweet food you eat after the main part of a meal
butter
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3. What’s the order?
Watch the video and put the sentences in order.
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Everyday English A1+ Unit
I’d like to buy some bread, please LEARNING OUTCOME learn how to buy food and drink for a picnic
5 Read and complete the dialogue with the phrases (a–f). Over to you!
Then listen again and check.
7 Work in pairs. You are in a small
a Would you like anything else? d Here’s 20. supermarket. One of you is the
b Brown please. e How much is that? shop assistant, and the other is a
c I’d like to buy some bread, please. f About ten slices please. customer. Follow the steps below
and role-play a conversation. Then
6 Read the dialogue again and find examples of the following: change roles. Use the expressions in
the Everyday English Toolkit.
■ language for asking if a customer wants to buy something else.
Customer: Look at the items in 2 and 3
■ language for being polite.
and decide what you want to buy.
Ask the shop assistant for the things you
EVERYDAY ENGLISH TOOLKIT: BUYING FOOD AND DRINK
want and answer their questions. Ask
Look at the expressions from the dialogue. Who says each one: how much you need to pay.
Paul or the shop assistant? Shop assistant: Start the conversation.
How can I help you? Listen to what the customer wants to buy.
Have you got any cheese? Ask about the quantities.
How much would you like? Ask if the customer wants to buy
Here you are. Anything else? anything else. Tell the customer how
Can I have a kilo of apples and three packets of crisps, please? much they need to pay and offer a bag.
What flavour crisps would you like?
How much is that?