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Exercise 1 The present tense of to be Exercise 3 Questions

Complete the table with the present tense Match a line in A with a line in B to make a
of to be. question. Then find an answer in C.

Positive Negative A B C

1 I am ’m not What is your I’m fine,

2 You ____________ ____________ Where daughter? thanks.
3 He/She/It ____________ ____________ How is a Lyons, in
4 We ____________ ____________ How sandwich? France.
____________ ____________ much is Sally? Mr Brown.
5 They
How old are you She’s my
Who from? daughter.
2 points for each correct answer 8
is his name? £2.25.
are you? She’s 18.
Exercise 2 to be – positive, negative,
and questions
1 point for each correct answer 5
Complete the sentences with the correct
form of to be.
Exercise 4 Word order
1 I’m from Manchester, in England. Write the words in the correct order.
2 ___________ you a student?
3 My brother ___________ a doctor. 1 English / is / What / this / in / ?
4 My parents ___________ from London. What is this in English?
They’re from Brighton. 2 wife / is / This / Peter’s
5 Are you married? No, I ___________ . ____________________________________
6 My sister and I ___________ from Japan. 3 phone / is / What / your / number / ?
7 ___________ your parents from the ____________________________________
United States? 4 the / house / have / We / a / in / country
8 Jane ___________ a doctor. She’s a ____________________________________
teacher.
5 your / you / do / How / spell / surname / ?
9 Is he a taxi driver? Yes, he ___________ .
____________________________________
10 The wine ___________ from Spain. It’s
6 you / Do / Spanish / like / wine / ?
from Portugal.
____________________________________
11 ___________ your teacher from England?
7 well / I / speak / French / don’t / very
1 point for each correct answer 10
____________________________________
8 car / don’t / a / We / have / German
____________________________________
9 Chinese / they / Do / eat / food / ?
____________________________________
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Exercise 5 a or an? Exercise 7 Present Simple

Complete the sentences with a or an. Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verb in brackets.
1 It’s an American city.
2 He’s _____ chef. 1 My husband and I live (live) in the
country.
3 Are you _____ teacher?
2 I _____________ (not like) swimming.
4 I have _____ Italian car. 3 They _____________ (drink) wine every
5 We don’t have _____ big house. day.
6 I have _____ English friend. 4 What sports _____________ the children
_____________ (like)?
7 She’s _____ student.
5 We _____________ (work) in a hospital.
8 They don’t have _____ computer. 6 You _____________ (not like) hamburgers.
9 She’s _____ Australian doctor. 7 How many languages _____________ you
10Is he _____ businessman? _____________ (speak)?
8 _____________ you and your family
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_____________ (speak) German?
9 Helen and Dave _____________ (not work)
Exercise 6 has/have
in London.
Complete the sentences with the correct 10 Where _____________ you _____________
form of have.
(live)?
1 I have a brother and a sister. 11 _____________ you _____________ (eat)
2 He ___________ a small hotel in Wales. Chinese or Italian food?
3 I like Chinese food, but we ___________ a 1 point for each correct answer 10
Chinese restaurant in town.
4 They ___________ a flat in London.
Exercise 8 Subject pronouns and
5 I’m not married, but I ___________ a lot of possessive adjectives
friends.
Choose the correct word.
6 John ___________ a new computer.
7 ___________ they ___________ a big family? 1 My / I’m from Italy.
8 My sister ___________ a dog and a cat. 2 Is this you / your dictionary?
9 ___________ you ___________ a dictionary?
3 My brother is a doctor. His / He’s 27.
1 point for each correct answer 8 4 This is my mother. He / She’s a teacher.
5 Do you like we / our new house?
6 I’m Anna and this is my / I husband.
7 Is this your daughter? What’s her / his
name?
8 My father is from Poland. His / Her
name’s Arek.
9 What are they / their names?
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Exercise 9 Possessive ’s Exercise 11 Word groups

Tick () the correct sentence. Put the words in the correct column.

1 a  This is Davids car. teacher parent sandwich nurse beer

b  This is David’s car. sister hamburger businessman daughter
wine son chocolate taxi driver ice
2 a  Peter’s wife is American.
cream doctor coffee orange juice tea
b  Peter is wife is American. milkshake husband receptionist
3 a  What’s your teacher name?
b  What’s your teacher’s name?
Jobs Family
4 a  The children’s names are Anna
and Simon. teacher ________________
b  The childrens names are Anna and ________________ ________________
________________ ________________
Simon.
________________ ________________
5 a  Mr Browns car is American.
________________ ________________
b  Mr Brown’s car is American. ________________
6 a  Her husband name is Paolo.
b  Her husband’s name is Paolo. Food Drinks
1 point for each correct answer 5
________________ ________________
Exercise 10 Numbers ________________ ________________
________________ ________________
Write the numbers in words. ________________ ________________
________________
1 17 seventeen
_________________
2 29 ___________________________
3 37 ___________________________
1 point for each correct answer 20
4 43 ___________________________
5 59 ___________________________ TOTAL 100
6 62 ___________________________
7 74 ___________________________
8 88 ___________________________
9 91 ___________________________
10 100 ___________________________
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