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0 PRACTICE 1. Interview questions and answers.

Directions: Complete the sentences with appropriate words.
SPEAKER A: Hi. My name is Kunio.
SPEAKER B: Hi. My houme is Maria. I __________ glad to meet you.
KU N IO : I ____________ glad to _____________ you, too. Where_______________________
MARIA: I _____________ from Mexico. Where___________________________
KU N IO : I _____________________ Japan.
MARIA: Where ___________________ living now?
KUNIO: On Fifth Avenue in an apartment. And you?
MARIA: I ____________ living in a dorm.

KUNIO: What _____________you studying?

MARIA: Business. After I study English, I'm going to attend the School of Business
Administration. How ________________________ you? What _________ your major?
KUNIO: Engineering.

MARIA: What __________ you like to do in your free time?

KUNIO: I read a lot. How____________________ you?
MARIA: I like to get on the Internet.

KUNIO: Really? What__________ you do when you're online?

MARIA: I visit many different Web sites. It __________ a good way to practice my English.
KUNIO: That's interesting. I _______________ to get on the Internet, too.
MARIA: I have to ___________________ your full name on the board when I introduce you to
the class. How ________________________ spell your name?
KUNIO: My first name ___________ Kunio. K-U-N-I-O. My family name____________Akiwa.
MARIA: Kunio Akiwa. __________ that right?
KUNIO:Yes, it ___________. And what __________ your name again?
MARIA: My first name ___________ Maria. M-A-R-I-A. My last name __________ Lopez.

KUNIO: Thanks. It's been nice talking to you.

MARIA: I enjoyed it, too.

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O PRACTICE 2. Present verbs. (Charts 1-1 and 1-2)
Directions: Use the given verb to complete each sentence that follows. Use the simple present or
the present progressive.

1. sit I atim Siii-ivo at my desk right now

2.r e a d I __________________________________ the second sentence in this exercise.
3.l o o k I __________________________________ at sentence 3 now.
4.write Now I___________________________________the right completion for this sentence.
5. do I ____________________________ a grammar exercise.
6. sit I usually S i i - at my desk when I do my homework. And

right now I otm sii-Fir\9 at my desk to do this exercise.

7.read I often __________________________________ the newspaper, but right now I
_____________________________ a sentence in my grammar workbook.
8.l o o k I __________________________________ at the newspaper every day. But right now I
_____________________________ at my grammar workbook.
9.write When I do exercises in this workbook, I _________________________________ the answers in
my book and then I check them in the Answer Key.* Right now I ____________________
an answer in the book.

10. do I ____________________________ grammar exercises every day. Right now I

Practice 2 in this workbook.

0 PRACTICE 3. Forms of the simple present. (Charts 1 1 and 1 2) - -

Directions: Review the basic forms of the simple present tense by completing the sentences with
the correct form of the verb speak.

PART I: STATEMENT FORMS

1.I (speak) s p e a k English.

2. They ( s p e a k ) _______________________________ English.
3.He ( s p e a k ) _________________________________ English.
4 . You (speak) ________________________________ English.
5. She ( s p e a k ) ________________________________ English.
PART H: NEGATIVE FORMS

6.I (speak, not) do hoi- (o ovtii-) ■ speotk your language.

7 . They (speak, not) _______________________________ English.
8 . She (speak, not) _________________________________ English.
9 . You (speak, not) _________________________________ English.
10. He ( s p e a k , n o t ) ________________________________ English.
*The Answer Key to these practices is in the back of this book.

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 PART III: QUESTION FORMS

11.(you, speak) Do yout speak English?

12.(they, speak)_________________________________ English?
13.(he, speak) _________________________________ English?
14.(we, speak) _________________________________ English?
15.(she, speak) _________________________________ English?

0 PRACTICE 4. Forms of the present progressive. (Charts 1 1 and 1 2) - -

Directions: Review the basic forms of the present progressive by completing the sentences with the
correct form of the verb speak.

PART I: STATEMENT FORMS

1.I (speak) a t m s p e o t k k g English right now.

2 . They (speak) ____________________________________ English right now.
3.She ( s p e a k ) _____________________________________ English right now.
4 . You (speak) _____________________________________ English right now.
5.He ( s p e a k ) ______________________________________ English right now.
PART II: NEGATIVE FORMS

6.I (speak, not) ottm hod' Sp eotkivt3 English right now.

7 . They (speak, not) ____________________________________ English right now.
8 . She (speak, not) _____________________________________ English right now.
9 . You (speak, not) ___________________________________ English right now.
10.He ( s p e a k , n o t ) ____________________________________ English right now.
PART III: QUESTION FORMS

1 1 . (you, speak) 01A • eotki English right now?

1 2 . (he, speak) ______________________________________ English right now?
1 3 . (they, speak) ____________________________________ English right now?
1 4 . (we, speak) _____________________________________ English right now?
1 5 . (she, speak) _____________________________________ English right now?

0 PRACTICE 5. Present verbs: questions. (Charts 1 1 and 1 2) - -

Directions: Complete the questions with Does he or Is he.

1.Is he astudent?
2 . Does ke haveclassnow?
3. __________________ know his teachers?
4. __________________ in the classroom?
5. __________________ like school?
6.a h a r d w o r k e r ?

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 7. ___________________ tired?
8. __________________ study every day?
9. __________________ need help with his homework?
10. __________________ studying right now?

0 PRACTICE 6. Present verbs: questions. (Charts 1 1 and 1 2) - -

Directions: Complete the questions with Does she or Is she.

1.is ske atwork?

2 . Does ske workfivedaysaweek?

3. __________________ working right now?

4. __________________ sitting at her desk?

5. __________________ come to the office every day?

6. __________________ like her job?

7. __________________ on the phone?

8. __________________ in a meeting?

9. __________________ work overtime often?

10. __________________ working overtime now?

0 PRACTICE 7. Simple present. (Charts 1 1 and 1 2) - -

Directions: Complete the sentences with do, does, or O.*

1. Jack does not work at his father's store.

2. Do youhaveajob?
3.Kate Ff works at a restaurant.
4. ___________________ she work the day shift or night shift?
5.Denise and Scott ______________________ own a small company that does home repairs.

6.T h e y ______________________ have different job skills.

7.T h e y ______________________ not do the same work.

8.D e n i s e ______________________ enjoys painting, and Scott __________________ prefers

woodworking.

9.S c o t t ______________________ not like painting very much.

10.T h e y ____________________ get along well with each other.
11. ___________________ they plan to work together for a long time? Yes. They're married.

*0 = "nothing."

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 O PRACTICE 8. Simple present and present progressive. (Charts 1-1 and 1-2)
Directions: Complete the sentences with does, do, am, is, are, or 0.
A:What is that? What_________________you looking at?
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B : I t ________________ a very rare and valuable book.

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A: ______________ it yours?
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B: N o . I t ________________ not belong to me. It _____________ belongs to my cousin.
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He_______________ collects old books.

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A : T h a t __________________ an interesting hobby. _____________ you a collector, too?

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__________________ you collect old books?
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B: I _________________ have the interest but not the money. Rare old books _____________
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expensive to collect. I ______________ becoming interested in stamps, though. Stamps

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__________________ not as expensive as rare books. I ____________ want to collect stamps from
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the 1800s.

A: I _________________ thinking about collecting stamps, too. _____________ you want to get
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together sometime and talk about it?

B: Yes. Let's do that.

0 PRACTICE 9. Simple present. (Charts 1 1 and 1 2) - -

Directions: Complete the sentences with does, do, is, are, or 0.

1. A turtle ie lays eggs.

2. Do snakeslayeggs?
3. ______________ an alligator lay eggs?

4. ______________ an alligator a reptile?

5. ______________ turtles and snakes reptiles?

6.Turtles, snakes, and alligators ________________

all reptiles.

7.Almost all reptiles _________________ lay eggs.

8.R e p t i l e s __________________ cold-blooded.
9.T h e y _________________ prefer warm climates.
10.T h e i r b o d y t e m p e r a t u r e _______________ the same as the temperature of their surroundings.
11. ______________ reptiles like to lie in the sun? Yes, they do.

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