SIMPLE PRESENT

A. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form:

1. Jane _______________ (not/drink) tea very often.

2. What time _________________ (the banks/close) in Britain?
3. Where ____________________ (Martin/come) from? “He’s Irish.”
4. What ___________________ (you/do)? I’m a teacher.
5. How long __________________(it/take) you to get to work?
6. It ________________ (take) me an hour to get to work.
7. I ______________ (play) the piano but I ___________________
(not/play) it very well.
8. I don’t understand this sentence. What _____________________
(this word/mean)?

B. Write full sentences. USE – is/isn’t are/aren’t

1. your shoes very dirty

2. my brother a teacher

3. this house not very big

4. the shops not open today

5. my keys in my bag

6. Jenny 18 years old

7. you not very tall

C. Write questions. Put the words in the right order:

1. where live your parents? Where do your parents live?

2. you early always get up? _________________________________________________
3. how often TV you watch? _________________________________________________
4. you want what for dinner? ________________________________________________
5. like you football? ________________________________________________________
6. what you do in the evening? _______________________________________________
7. how to the cinema often you go? ___________________________________________
8. your brother like this car? _________________________________________________
9. what mean this word ? ___________________________________________________
10. your sister work where ? _________________________________________________

D. Fill in the blanks with: have got/has got/haven’t got/hasn’t got

1. Sarah ______________ a car. She goes everywhere by bicycle.
2. They like animals. They ________________ three dogs and two cats.
3. Charles isn’t happy. He ________________ a lot of problems.
4. They don’t read much. They _________________ many books.
5. “What’s wrong?” “I _________________ something in my eye.”
6. “Where’s my pen?” “I don’t know. I ____________________ it.”
7. Julia wants to go to the concert but she _________________ a ticket.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
A. Write sentences about Jane:
1. not have dinner _________________________________________________________
2. watch television _________________________________________________________
3. sit on the floor __________________________________________________________
4. not read a book _________________________________________________________
5. play the piano __________________________________________________________
6. laugh _________________________________________________________________
7. wear a hat _____________________________________________________________
8. not write a letter ________________________________________________________

B. Put the verbs in the Present Continuous and write them in the negative form:
1. Angela (comb) her hair. Angela isn’t combing her hair.
2. My aunt (help herself) to a cup of tea. ________________________________________
3. They (go) to camp this summer. _____________________________________________
4. You (tell) the truth. _______________________________________________________
5. They (listen) to some new CDs. ______________________________________________

SIMPLE PAST
A. Rewrite the following sentences in the PAST SIMPLE, interrogative and negative
form:

1. Mr Smith drives to Oxford.

a) Last week he ________________________________________________________ .
b) ___________________________________________________________________ .
c) ____________________________________________________________ last week?
2. The children sing very well.
a) Yesterday afternoon ___________________________________________________ .
b) ____________________________________________________________________.
c) ____________________________________________________ yesterday afternoon?

3. They look very tired.

a) This morning __________________________________________________________.
b) _____________________________________________________________________.
c) __________________________________________________________ this morning?

4. Helen goes to a party.

a) Last night ____________________________________________________________.
b) ____________________________________________________________________ .
c) _____________________________________________________________ last night?
5. We buy lots of books at the auction.
a) Last Sunday __________________________________________________________.
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c) ___________________________________________________________ last Sunday?

B. Rewrite the text in the SIMPLE PAST:

“A different routine”
Mr Simpson gets up very late, at six in the evening, then
he goes jogging for half an hour. He comes back home and
has a shower. Mr and Mrs Simpson have breakfast together
and watch the evening news on TV. Then they go to work
by bus. He is a disc-jockey and his wife is a nurse. She is
on the night shift. They really have a very different routine.

In the past Mr Simpson ______________________________________________________

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PLURAL OF NOUNS
A. Change these sentences into the plural:

1. This is my flower. ________________________________________________________

2. That is Joan’s boat. _______________________________________________________
3. A garden is a nice place. ___________________________________________________
4. I don’t like that mouse. ____________________________________________________
5. My tooth is white. ________________________________________________________
6. The city is dirty. __________________________________________________________
7. There is a fish in the river. __________________________________________________
8. You have got a sheep. _____________________________________________________
9. There is a woman at the bus stop. ____________________________________________
10. The leaf is falling from the tree. _____________________________________________