Exercises

I. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Example: Jake gets up (get up) late on Sundays.

1. I live (live) in London with my friends and my parents live (live) in Canada.
2. We have (have) dinner at eight o’clock at home every day but on Saturday evenings we go (go) out.
3. Her sister is a teacher. She works (work) at a primary school.
4. School starts (start) at 8.30.
5. On Thursday afternoons, we do (do) Art and Design.
6. Charlie comes (come) from Ireland.
7. He works (work) during the day.
8. You speak (speak) English and your cousin speaks (speak) Spanish.
9. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson go (go) to the market every Friday.
10. She makes (make) fantastic cakes.
11. Ray says (say) his friend Mike phones (phone) every day.
12. I love (love) Italy and I go (go) there every summer.
13. You come (come) from a large family.
14. I have (have) piano lessons at school.
15. My grandmother makes (make) really good bread.
16. My friends and I swim (swim) every Saturday.
17. It finishes (finish) at 3.30.
18. She has (have) a German lesson on Wednesday evenings, so she misses (miss) her favourite TV
programme.
19. My grandparents live (live) on a farm and we visit (visit) them every weekend.
20. We go (go) into town every Saturday afternoon.
21. She studies (study) in the evenings.
22. He washes (wash) his car every Sunday morning.
23. You take (take) your car to work and your brother catches (catch) the bus.
24. My father watches (watch) a lot of news programs on TV.
25. She does (do) a lot of ice-skating.
26. We have (have) a party at the end of every school year.
27. My sister has (have) guitar lessons on Tuesday.
28. She goes (go) running every day.
29. He tries (try) to go running every day.
30. My mother teaches (teach) Maths.

II. Look at the chart. Write sentences using the correct form of like.
Ryan Aisha Kai Tara Andrew
Football + + - + +
Rugby - + + + -
Skiing + - - + +
Skating + + - - -
Horror films + - + - +
Soap operas + - - + -

Example: Ryan: football, rugby

Ryan likes football but he doesn’t like rugby.
1. Aisha and Tara: rugby They like rugby
2. Kai: football, rugby She doesn’t like football but she likes rugby
3. Tara and Andrew: skiing, skating They like skiing but they don’t like skating
4. Aisha: skiing, skating She doesn’t like skiing but she likes skating
5. Ryan and Andrew: horror films They like horror films
6. Tara: horror films; soap operas She doesn’t like horror films but she likes soap operas
7. Aisha and Kai: soap operas. They don’t like soap operas

III. Complete the sentences using do or does, don’t or doesn’t.

Examples: We don’t go to school on Saturdays.
Do they stay late at school every day?
No, they don’t.

1. A: Do you live in London?

B: Yes, I do
2. A: Does your mother work in a bank?
B: No, she doesn’t. She’s a teacher.
3. A: Do your friends work in computers?
B: Yes, they do
4. A: Do you live with your parents?
B: No, I don’t I have a room at the university.
5. A: Do they come from Slovakia?
B: No, they don’t. They come from Slovenia.
6. A: Do you have homework every day?
B: Yes, we do
7. A: Does your brother play football?
B: No, he doesn’t
8. A: Do I know you?
B: No, you don’t. My name’s Serge.
9. A: Do we put out the rubbish on Tuesdays?
B: Yes, we do
10. A: Does your cousin like popcorn?
B: No, she doesn’t But she likes chocolate.

IV. Make the following sentences into questions.

Examples: A: Mike likes playing tennis. (football?)
Does he like playing football?
B: Yes, he does.
1. A: You like chocolate. (popcorn?) Do you like popcorn?
B: No. I don’t.
2. A: She wants a ticket for the Chelsea match. (Nottingham match, too?) Does she want a ticket for the
Nottingham match, too?
B: Yes, she does.
3. A: All the children do German at school. (French?) Do they do French at school?
B: No, they don’t.
4. A: You know my sister, Jenifer. (my brother, Tony?) Do you know my brother, Tony?
B: No, I don’t.
5. A: He likes music. (classical music?) Does he like classical music?
B: Yes, he does.
6. A: She gets up early on weekdays. (at weekends?) Does she get up early at weekends?
B: No, she doesn’t.
7. A: You teach children. (at a primary school?) Do you teach children at a primary school?
B: Yes, I do.
8. A: They go to the cinema. (to the theatre?) Do they go to the theatre?
B: No, they don’t.
9. A: I start work at 9 o’clock on weekdays. (on Saturdays?) Do I start work at 9 o’clock on Saturdays?
 B: No, you don’t.
10. A: Your dog likes tea. (coffee?) Does it like coffee?
B: No, it doesn’t.

V. Write questions using where/ when /what and who.

1. We have English classes on Monday. What do we have on Monday?
2. They go to Bodrum every year. Where do they go every day?
3. We have a hamburger for lunch every day. What do we have for lunch every day?
4. She studies classical music on Wednesday evenings. What does she do on Wednesday evenings?
5. Our English teacher gives us a lot of homework. Who gives us a lot of homework?
6. Alison works in London. Where does Alison work?
7. My father and his friends go fishing on Saturdays. When do my father and his friends go fishing?
8. They like to eat popcorn and chocolate at the cinema. What do they like to eat at the cinema?
9. You have a shower in the mornings. When do you have a shower?
10. Sally listens to music after dinner. When does Sally do after dinner?

VI. Put the adverb of frequency into the correct place.

Example: Frank misses the train always. Frank always misses the train.
1. John forgets never my birthday. John never forgets my birthday.
2. My mother has sometimes coffee with milk. My mother sometimes has coffee with milk.
3. My parents go always to Greece for their holydays. My parents always go to Greece for their holydays.
4. Mark always is tired. Mark is always tired.
5. I don’t play often tennis. I don’t often play tennis.
6. Never Karen is late. Karen is never late.
7. I like classical music and I go sometimes to concerts. I like classical music and I sometimes go to concerts.
8. Jill doesn’t eat often chocolate. Jill doesn’t often eat chocolate.
9. Yolanda is very lazy. She does never her homework. Yolanda is very lazy. She never does her homework.
10. Linda gets always up at six o’clock. Linda always gets up at six o’clock.