A1 WEEK 2 GRAMMAR PRACTICE

DEMONSTRATIVES

This-these-that-those

Practice 1: Underline the correct choice.

1. I don’t remember this/ these students.

2. Look at that/ those people.
3. The children are in the house. Who’s this/ that in the garden?
4. I can lend you this/ those dictionary for a few days.
5. Can you look at this/ those math book?
6. What’s this/ that on the wall? I can’t see it from here.
7. Look at this/ that man on the roof. What is he doing there?

Pronouns/Possessive Adjectives/Possessive ‘s

1. Complete the sentences with a suitable pronoun or possessive adjective.

1. Tracy and Tamara are sisters. ____________________ parents are American.

2. Alison is a doctor and __________________patients are children.
3. Richard and Jessica are from London. _________ are students at Oxford University.
4. Adam is my mum’s nephew. _________________eye color is green.
5. My friend and I are lucky. _______________are in a big car.

Circle the correct answer to fill in the sentences.

1. _____ Amanda’s father.

a) He b) He’s c) His
2. Carol and you are best friends. ___________ are nice.
a) We b) You c) Your
3. Is this ___________ car, Peter?
a) your d) you c) you’re
4. I am at my ___________ garden now.
a) parent’s b) parents’ c) parents’s
5. Look at Peggy. She’s with ___________ classmates.
a) his b) her c) their
6. These are my ___________ parents.
a) mum b) mums’ c) mum’s

Prepositions of Time

Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions of time.

1. I usually wake up __________ 7 o’clock __________ the morning.

2. My birthday is __________ December 7th.
3. She goes to the gym __________ Tuesdays and Thursdays.
4. We have a meeting __________ 9 am __________ 11 am today.
5. They have a picnic __________ the weekend.
6. The store is open __________ 9 am __________ 6 pm.
7. He likes reading books __________ night before bed.
8. My family goes on holiday twice a year. They have one week holiday __________ Christmas and
one week __________ the summer.
9. She has an English class __________ Monday mornings and Wednesday afternoons.
10. Our school opens __________ October and closes __________ June.
11. My grandfather was born __________ 1945 and he is 78 years old now.
12. I always go out with my friends ___________ Friday nights.
13. The bus leaves __________ 7:45 am every morning.
14. I drink two cups of coffee __________ the morning.
15. My best friend’s birthday is __________ November 22nd.

Prepositions of Time and Place

Complete the text below with the correct prepositions of time and place.

Sarah is a teacher at a high school. She lives (1) __________ a small town near London. Her
parents have a house near a lake and she spends time there (2) __________ the weekends.
Sarah has a busy schedule every day. She gets up (3) __________ 8 o’clock (4) __________
the morning. She has breakfast and leaves home immediately. She has classes (5) __________ 9:30
(6) __________ 12:30 every day, so she is (7) __________ school till the afternoon.
After school, she helps her friend, Sue. Sue has a small café (8) __________ 7 Baker Street.
The café is (9) __________ a very popular street. It is (10) __________ the pharmacy and the
bookshop. It’s (11) __________ the post office. The café and the post office are very close to each
other. Sarah works (12) __________ the café (13) __________ weekdays. She spends her weekends
with her family. She relaxes (14) __________ her parents’ garden and gets ready for the busy week.