Revision for Mid-term

1) Tenses: complete in Present Simple or Future

Exercise 1:

My working day __________ (start) very early. From Monday to Friday I ________ (get)
up at half past three and I have a shower and a cup of coffee. I
__________________(leave/ usually) the house at ten past four because the car always
______________ (arrive) some minutes early. I get to the studio at about five o'clock and
start work. My programme Good Morning Britain ____________ (start) at seven o'clock
and ______________ (finish) at nine o'clock. Then I leave the studio at a quarter past ten.
After that, I go shopping and _____________ (visit) some friends. I get home at three
o'clock. A woman ____________ (help) me with the housework. I ____________
(not/watch) TV, I like _______________ (watch) series.
Next Saturday I ________________ (see) a concert of my favourite band. It
____________ (be) a great day!

Exercise 2:

My name is Ben and I ________________ (come) from Australia. I ____________ (be)

24 years old and I live in a small town near Sydney called Branton.
I _______________ (not / have) a job now, but normally I ______________ (clean)
shop windows. I ___________________ (not / be) married but I live with my very beautiful
girlfriend, Maria, in a nice house in Branton. We _____________ (not / have) any children
- maybe next year.
My girlfriend _____________ (be) an actress, but she ___________ (not / be) very
famous. She _______________ (act) in a small theater in our town. At the weekend, we
like ________________ (swim) in a big lake near our house.
I normally get up at eight o'clock, but next Thursday I _______________ (get) up
early because I _______________________ (go) on a marathon. It _______________
(be) in my hometown, Branton.
 I like _______________ (live) in Branton because it's not too big. There __________
(be) some historical buildings in the center of the town and near Branton, there
___________ (be) a river where I go fishing sometimes when I want to relax.

Exercise 3:

On Sunday, Tom ____________ (get) up at 10 o'clock. Then he ____________ (read) his

newspaper in the kitchen. He ____________ (have) breakfast at 11.30 and then he
__________________ (phone) his mother in Scotland.
In the afternoon, at 1.00, Tom ________________ (play / always) tennis with his sister
and after that, they eat dinner in a restaurant. At 6.00, Tom _______________ (swim) for
one hour and then he ______________ (go) by bike to his brother´s house. They talk and
_____________ (listen) to music.
Tom _______________ (watch) television in the evening. He goes to bed at 11.30.
On Saturday he _____________ (have) a party to celebrate his friend’s birthday.
Tomorrow he ______________________ (buy) him a present.

2) Asking Questions:

a. ____________________________________________?
Yes, I am. I am 24 years old.
b. ____________________________________________?
No, he doesn’t. He hates eating mushrooms.
c. ____________________________________________?
Yes, they are. They are going to travel to London.
d. ____________________________________________?
Yes, he has. He has a new computer.

e. ____________________________________________?
She works from Monday to Friday.
f. ____________________________________________?
They have two bikes.
g. ____________________________________________?
I usually get up at 7.00.
h. ____________________________________________?
I am going to go to the cinema.
3) Reading Comprehension:

New Message
To: Mark
From: Susan

Hi! My name is Susan. I’m from Dublin, in Ireland. I’m a student at Trinity
College, I study languages. I can speak French, German, Spanish and of
course English. I’m 23 years old, and in my free time I love meeting my
friends for a cup of coffee or just reading a good book. I also love music,
sometimes I even write songs!
I have got a big family, two sisters, two brothers and a lot of cousins,
aunts and uncles, but not all of them live in Ireland, so we don’t meet very
often. One of my brothers, Jason, lives in England with his wife. He is 30
years old, and he is an employee in a multinational company.
Please, write about you!

a. Where is Susan from?

b. Does she study at university?
c. What languages can she speak?
d. How old is she?
e. What does she like doing in her free time?
f. Has she got any brothers or sisters?
g. Who is Jason?
h. Does he live in Ireland?
i. Is he a teacher?
j. Is he married?