Friday, September 25, 2009

VERB BE.

Put in the following forms of be (am, are, is) on the line. Do not use short/contracted forms.

Example: He __ a boy.

Answer: He is a boy.



1) My mother ____ in the kitchen.
2) The children ____ not at school today.
3) Maria's grandmother _____ from Brazil.
4) I ____ a football fan.
5) It______ Sunday today.
6) They ______ in the car.
7) His pencilcase _____ on the desk.
8) you _______ from Boston?
9) I_______ your friend.
10) Hey John! We______ ready to go.

II-Rewrite the ten sentences again in negative form.

1- _________________________________________________
2- _________________________________________________
3- _________________________________________________
4- _________________________________________________
5- _________________________________________________
6- _________________________________________________
7- _________________________________________________
8- _________________________________________________
9- _________________________________________________
10- ________________________________________________

III- Rewrite the sentences one more time in quiestions and respond them in short asswer.

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IV- COMPLETE THE RAEDING.
Put in the following forms of be (am, are, is)
Peter Baker _____ from Manchester, but Paul and John ____ from London. Manchester and London ______ cities in England. Hamburg______ a city in Germany. Sandra______ at school today. Jack and Peter______ her friends. They _______ in the same class. Mr and Mrs Baker ______ on a trip to the USA to visit their cousin Anne. She _____ a nice girl. Peter says: "My grandfather ______ in hospital. I _____ at home with my grandmother." What time_____ it? It 8 o'clock. ______ you tired? No, I_____ not.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE. (NEW)

I- Choose the best answer.

1.I ________ in a bank. (work)
work
works
workes

2.She ________ in Florida. (live)
live
lives
livees

3.It ________ almost every day in Manchester. (rain)
rain
rains
raines

4.We ________ to Spain every summer. (fly)
fly
flys
flies

5.My mother ________ eggs for breakfast every morning. (fry)
fry
frys
fries

6.The bank ________ at four o'clock. (close)
close
closies
closes

7.John ________ very hard in class, but I don't think he'll pass the course. (try)
try
trys
tries

8.She ___ four languages.
a. speak
b. speaks

9.Jane is a teacher. She ___ French.
a. teach
b. teaches

9.When the kettle ___, will you make some tea?
a. boil
b. boils

10.I always ___ the window at night because it is cold.
a. close
b. closes

11.Those shoes ___ too much.
a. cost
b. costs

12.The food in Japan is expensive. It ___ a lot to live there.
a. cost
b. costs

13.His job is great because he ___ a lot of people.
a. meet
b. meets

14.He always ___ his car on Sundays.
a. wash
b. washes

15.My watch is broken and it ___ to be fixed again.
a. need
b. needs

16.I ___ to watch movies.
a. love
b. loves

18.I ___ to the cinema at least once a week.
a. go
b. goes

19.They never ___ tea in the morning.
a. drink
b. drinks

20.We both ___ to the radio in the morning.
a. listen
b. listens

21.He ___ a big wedding.
a. want
b. wants

22.George ___ too much so he's getting fat.
a. eat
b. eats

24.The earth ___ round the sun, doesn't it?
a. go
b. goes

25.The shops in England ___ at 9:00 in the morning.
a. open
b. opens

26.The post office ___ at 5:30 pm.
a. close
b. closes
Answerb

27.Jackie ___ two children now.
a. has
b. have

28.Mr. Smith ___ too much. He always has a cigarette in his mouth.
a. smoke
b. smokes

II- Complete with (do, don't, does, doesn't)

1) My mother likes chocolate, but she ____________like biscuits.
2) What ________________the children wear at your school?
3) Lynn's father watches discoveries on TV, but he ___________watch judo.
4) Where _____________The Smiths buy their clothes?
5) ______________the cat like to sleep on the sofa?
6) Dogs love bones, but they __________________love cheese.
7) Where _____________Sam and Ben buy their CDs?
8) We eat pizza, but we ___________eat hamburgers.
9) ___________Mrs Miller likes to read magazines?
10) ______________the boys play tennis outside?

III-Complete the following sentences by using the right form of to do
(do, don't, does, doesn't)

1) The girls love tennis, but they ________love riding bikes.
2) What _________Sandra sell in that store?
3) Mr Nelson speaks Spanish, but he _______speak German.
4) Where __________your grandparents live?
5) __________Brenda and Henry bake cake for their party?
6) Max plays tennis, but he ___________play hockey.
7) _________Mr Smith teach English?
8) Doris and Eric read comics, but they _______read books.
9) What _________you have for lunch, Lisa?
10) ____________students learn to cook at school?

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

HOUSE(THERE IS/ THERE ARE)

Describe YOUR DREAM OR PRESENT living house.
Write, What is it like? what does it have? What Color? size? How Many rooms?


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1-Write there is or there are to complete the affirmative sentences.

1. There ____________ many animals in the zoo.
2. There _____________ a snake in the window.
3. There _____________ a zebra in the grass.
4. There _____________ lions in the zoo, too.
5. There _____________ many baby lions near their parents.
6. There _____________ a bird next to the tree.
7. There _____________ many monkeys in the trees.
8. There _____________ an elephant in the zoo.
9. There _____________ some water in the lake near the elephants.
10. There ____________ birds in the zoo.
11. There ____________ many people visiting the animals today.
12. There ____________ many children, too.
13. There ____________ a gorilla in the tree.
14. There ____________ some grass under the tree.
15. There ____________ bananas in the tree with the gorilla.
16. There ____________ many birds near the gorilla.
17. There ____________ a rock near the tree.
18. There ____________ many sharks in the aquarium.
19. There ____________ an eel in the aquarium, too.
20. There _____________ lots of water for the fish.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Present / Present Continuous

I-Write the correct present simple or present continuous.

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive)__________ her kids to football practice.

2. Usually, I (work)_________ as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study)________ French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep)______________ .

4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain)_____________ .

5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always)_________________ .

6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say) because everybody (talk)___________ so loudly.

7. Justin (write, currently)_____________________ a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.

8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go)_______________ to a movie tonight with some friends.

9. The business cards (be, normally )_____________________ printed by a company in New York. Their prices (be)____________________ inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.

10. This delicious chocolate (be)_________________________ made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.


II-Complete the letter with present or present continuous.

A Trekking Journal

November 12, 1997

Today (be)_________ the second day of my trek around Mount Annapurna. I am exhausted and my legs (shake)_______________ ; I just hope I am able to complete the trek. My feet (kill, really)_______________ me and my toes (bleed)____________ , but I (want, still) to continue.

Nepal is a fascinating country, but I have a great deal to learn. Everything (be)_________ so different, and I (try)_____________ to adapt to the new way of life here. I (learn)________________ a little bit of the language to make communication easier; unfortunately, I (learn, not)_________________ foreign languages quickly. Although I (understand)________________________ much yet, I believe that I (improve, gradually)__________________ .

I (travel, currently)_______________________ with Liam, a student from Leeds University in England. He (be)___________ a nice guy, but impatient. He (walk, always)___________________ ahead of me and (complain)________________ that I am too slow. I (do)______________ my best to keep up with him, but he is younger and stronger than I am. Maybe, I am just feeling sorry for myself because I am getting old.

Past Perfect.

1- Choose the cerrect answer.

1 What is the correct past perfect form of "I do the laundry"?
I have done the laundry.
I did the laundry.
I had did the laundry.
I had done the laundry.

2 What is the correct past perfect form of "She makes some delicious cookies"?
She had made some delicious cookies.
She has made some delicious cookies.
She made some delicious cookies.
She had make some delicious cookies.

3 What is the correct past perfect form of "We visit Paris"?
We'd visit Paris.
We'd visiting Paris.
We'd visited Paris.
We've visited Paris.

4 What is the correct past perfect form of "We can rent a car"?
We had rented a car.
We had been able to rent a car.
We could rent a car.
We 'd rent a car.

5 What is the correct past perfect form of "It is hot."?
It was hot.
It had hot.
It had be hot.
It had been hot.

II- Write the correct form of Past Perfect on the blanj space.

1. First, we ate at the cafeteria. Then, we went to class.
After we______________ at the cafeteria, we______________ to class.

2. First, Juan made himself a sandwich. Then, he poured some tea.
After Juan____________________ himself a sandwich, he______________ some tea.

3. First, Gunawan plugged in the headphones. Then, he played a CD.
Before he______________ a CD, Gunawan _______________ in the headphones.

4. First, Soriah fed the cat. Then, she called her mother.
Soriah__________________ her mother after she_______________ the cat.

5. First, Marie did her homework. Then, she watched TV.
Marie____________________ her homework before she __________________ TV.
Quiz time

III- Read and rewrite the following sentences using the past perfect. Combine the sentences using the word or phrase given. The first one has been done for you.

1. First: Bill bought a house in Barcelona.

Second: Mary moved to Barcelona.

Phrase or Word: Before

Answer: Before Mary moved to Barcelona, Bill had already bought a house there.



2. First: The children finished dinner.

Second: They ate ice cream.

Phrase or Word: After

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3. First: Millions of Native Americans (American Indians) were in North America for thousands of years.

Second: Christopher Columbus landed in North America in 1492.

Phrase or Word: When

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4. First: In 1753, Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier became the world’s first human flier by using a balloon.

Second: The Wright Brothers flew their first plane on December 17, 1903.

Phrase or Word: By the time

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5. First: The world went from the Wright Brothers’ first flight in Kitty Hawk to the moon.

Second: 1970

Phrase or Word: By 1970

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6. First: The world’s population hit the 6 billion mark.

Second: December 31, 2000

Phrase or Word: By the end of the 20th century.

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7. First: The National Free Bank made bad investments.

Second: They went bankrupt.

Phrase or Word: After

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8. First: Professor Lee taught at Beijing university for 32 years.

Second: Professor Lee retired.

Phrase or Word: When

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9. First: Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reached the North Pole in 1909.

Second: Robert Scott and four others reached the South Pole in 1912.

Phrase or Word: By the time

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10. First: The buffalo almost became extinct.

Second: 1900

Phrase or Word: By 1900

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ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY.

Adverbs of Frequency

always
usually
frequently
often
sometimes
occasionally
rarely
seldom
hardly ever
never

Adverbs of Frequency answer the question "How often?" or "How frequently?" They tell us how often somebody does something.
Adverbs of frequency come before the main verb (except the main verb "to be"):
• We usually go shopping on Saturday.
• I have often done that.
• She is always late.
Occasionally, sometimes, often, frequently and usually can also go at the beginning or end of a sentence:
• Sometimes they come and stay with us.
• I play tennis occasionally.
Rarely and seldom can also go at the end of a sentence (often with "very"):
• We see them rarely.
• John eats meat very seldom

I-Complete the exercise.

1- Nancy and I (30%)______________ go out for coffee together.

2- Andrea (90%)_________________ has ice-cream for dessert.

3- I (20%)_____________________ drive my car to work.

4- My sister (35%)_________________ eats vegetables .

5- It (0%)________________ rains here in the summer.

6- we take the dog off his leash at the beach________________.

7- My sister 100%___________ take a shower in the afternoon.

8- My boyfriend and I (35%) _______________________take vacations together quite .

9- Andy (10%)__________________ gets to visit with his cousins.

10- I (50%)____________________ do homework in college.



II-Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb in its correct position.

Example: I play tennis on Sundays. (often)

Answer: I often play tennis on Sundays.



1) He listens to the radio. (often)
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2) They read a book. (sometimes)
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3) Pete gets angry. (never)
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4) Tom is very friendly. (usually)
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5) I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes)
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6) Ramon and Frank are hungry. (often)
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7) My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening. (always)
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8) Walter helps his father in the kitchen. (usually)
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9) They watch TV in the afternoon. (never)
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10) Christine smokes. (never)
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Question Tags.

I- Write the correct question tags.

Example: Peter works in the shop, ___________ ?

Answer: Peter works in the shop, doesn't he?

1) She is collecting stickers, ________________?

2) We often watch TV in the afternoon, _____________?

3) You have cleaned your bike, _______________?

4) John and Max don't like Maths, ______________?

5) Peter played handball yesterday, ________________?

6) They are going home from school, _______________?

7) Mary didn't do her homework last Monday, ______________?

8) He could have bought a new car, ____________________?

9) Kevin will come tonight, _______________________?

10) I'm clever, _______________________?

II- Write tha Question Tags to these sentences.

çHe's not been to Texas,________________

Dogs like meat, __________________

There are not some apples left,_________________

I'm not late,_______________

Let's go,_____________________

Don't smoke, ___________________

He does sing in the bathroom,____________________

He'll never know,_____________________

I think, he's from India,_______________________

Lovely day today,____________________________