Grammar Starter unit

1 Match questions 1–10 to answers A–J.
1 Do your grandparents live in Australia? __
2 Where do you usually go on Sundays? __
3 Why do you like dancing? __
4 Is it warm today? __
5 Does Jack chat online in the evenings? __
6 What does your cat usually eat? __
7 Is Tom often late for school? __
8 Does your aunt like going cycling? __
9 How often do you listen to music? __
10 Do you often go to the cinema with friends? __
A Yes, she does. F Yes, he does.
B The gym. G Fish.
C No, he isn’t. H No, I don’t.
D Yes, it is. I Because it’s fun.
E Every day. J No, they don’t.
2 Write questions with the correct form of the
present continuous. Then write short answers
with the information in the pictures.
1 2
3 4
1 Dylan / listen to / the teacher / ?
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2 Amanda / study / in the library / ?
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3 it / rain / at the moment / ?
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4 the girls / swim / in the sea / right now / ?
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3 Look at the underlined words in the answers
and write the questions.
A Where do your cousins live?
B My cousins live in Spain.
1 A ________________________________
B I’m doing my homework at the moment.
2 A ________________________________
B Daniela and I hang out at the weekend.
3 A ________________________________
B Ben is watching TV.
4 A ________________________________
B They’re cleaning the house because
Grandma is coming to visit.
5 A ________________________________
B I go swimming every weekend.
4 Write about what the people usually do on
Sundays and what they’re doing today. Use one
present simple form and one present
continuous form in each sentence.
Usually Today
Luis do sports study
1 Andrew watch TV read a book
2 Megan chat online do homework
3 Ethan hang out with visit our
and I friends grandma
4 My sister play the piano go cycling
Luis usually does sports on Sundays, but today
he’s studying.
1 _______________________________________
_______________________________________
2 _______________________________________
_______________________________________
3 _______________________________________
_______________________________________
4 _______________________________________
_______________________________________
5 Complete the sentences with the correct
affirmative or negative form of There was / were.
1 _______________ some books on the table.
2 _______________ a great horror film on TV.
3 _______________ any meat on my pizza.
4 _______________ a lot of people at the party.
It was very noisy.
5 _______________ any good books in the library.

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Vocabulary Starter unit
1 Complete the text with suitable verbs. 3 Complete the quiz.
1 You wear these on your feet to do
A summer of fun!
sport. ________
Do you want to try interesting activities and make 2 This is a hat that baseball players
new friends in the school holidays? Then come to wear. ________
one of our fantastic summer camps for teenagers! 3 You wear these in the summer so your feet don’t
get hot. ________
You can (1) ________ lots of different sports,
4 These are like trousers, but they are usually blue
including tennis, cricket and rugby. You can also
and made of strong material. ________
use one of our mountain bikes and (2) ________
5 You wear these to protect your eyes when it’s
cycling.
sunny. ________
But our summer camps aren’t only for people who 6 You wear this to do sport when it’s cold. It’s got
like sport. You can do lots of creative activities, too. two parts: a sweatshirt and trousers. ________
You can learn to (3) ________ in our hip-hop, salsa
and ballet classes, learn to take great photos or 4 What is the person wearing? Write the words.
(4) ________ your own videos to show your friends 1 ________
and family. 2 ________
3 ________
In the evenings, we often have parties or you can
4 ________
just relax and (5) ________ out with your new
5 ________
friends. You can (6) ________ computer games,
6 ________
(7) ________ TV or (8) ________ to music in our
7 ________
club room.

You’ll have fun and meet lots of great people, so

what are you waiting for? Book now!

2 Complete the dialogue with words and phrases

for likes and dislikes. Sometimes more than one
answer is possible.
Alex Can I ask you some questions for an
English project?
Jen Sure!
Meg OK!
Alex Great. So, Jen, what do you (1) ________
doing in your free time?
Jen Well, like a lot of young people in Australia,
I’m (2) ________ about sports.
Alex Surfing, for example?
Jen Surfing is OK – I (3) ________ it. But cycling
is my favourite sport. I (4) ________ riding my
bike in the mountains.
Alex Are there any sports that you (5) ________ ?
Jen I (6) ________ playing cricket. It’s boring!
Alex Meg, what do you (7) ________ doing in your 5 Find four words in exercises 3 and 4 that
free time? are always plural.
Meg I (8) ________ chatting online to my friends. ________ ________ ________ ________
I spend hours online every evening!
Alex Are there any activities that you don’t like?
Meg Computer games. I (9) ________ them!
That’s probably because I’m not very good at
them and I (10) ________ losing!