TO BE

I COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH THE VERB TO BE:

1. I ________ not a manager, I ________ a secretary.
2. My sister ________ in her office now, but she ________ coming back in a few
minutes.
3. Tim and I ________ in a party now. Where ________ my brother?
4. ________ your parents from Italy? No, they ________ from Chile.
5. Sue ________ not in Santiago, she ________ in Valdivia now.
6. We ________ good friends, but he ________ a difficult person.

II ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH THE VERB TO BE:

1. Whats your middle name?
___________________________________________
2. Are you a dentist?
___________________________________________
3. How old is your sister?
___________________________________________
4. Is Mel Gibson a clerk?
__________________________________________

5. Where is Madonna from?

___________________________________________
6. What do you do?
___________________________________________
7. Are U2 from Spain?
__________________________________________

8. What is your teachers name?

___________________________________________
9. Are we students?
___________________________________________
10. Is Ricardo Lagos a sales manager?
___________________________________________

III MAKE QUESTIONS TO THESE ANSWERS:

1. ______________________________________?
2. ______________________________________?
3. ______________________________________?
4. ______________________________________?
5. ______________________________________?
6. ______________________________________?
7. ______________________________________?
8. ______________________________________?
9. ______________________________________?
10. _____________________________________?

Im a lawyer.
My last name is Turner.
Yes, I am.
No, she isnt.
She is eighteen years old.
Im thirty six years old.
Yes, he is.
They are from England.
No, he isnt a doctor.
His first name is Tom.

CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

No entiendo

I dont understand

Cmo se deletrea?

How do you spell ...?

Ests de acuerdo?

Do you agree?

Qu dijiste?

What did you say?

No s.

I dont know

Yo tambin.

Me too.

Yo tampoco.

Me neither.

Cmo se dice...?

How do you say ...?

Qu significa....?

What does .........mean?

Whats the meaning of ...?

Esprate.

Wait a minute / second.

Cmo te va?

How are you doing?

No estoy seguro.

Im not sure.

Que pases un buen fin de semana.

Have a nice weekend.

Puedes repetirlo por favor?

Can you say that again, please?

Terminaste?

Have you finished?

No todava.

Not yet.

Me rindo.

I give up.

Disculpa.

Im sorry.

Djame pensar

Let me think.

MOST COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS

Bare Infinitive
Be (am/is/are)
Become
Begin
Bet
Bite
Bleed
Blow
Break
Bring
Build

Past Tense
was / were
became
began
bet
bit
bled
blew
broke
brought
built

Past Participle
been
become
begun
bet
bitten
bled
blown
broken
brought
built

Meaning
ser o estar
llegar a ser
comenzar/empezar
apostar
morder
sangrar
soplar
romper/quebrar
traer
construir

Burn
Buy
Catch
Choose
Come
Cost
Cut
Deal (with)
Do
Draw
Dream
Drink
Drive
Eat
Fall (down)
Feed
Feel
Fight
Find
Fly
Forget

burnt
bought
caught
chose
came
cost
cut
dealt (with)
did
drew
dreamt
drank
drove
ate
fell (down)
fed
felt
fought
found
flew
forgot

burnt
bought
caught
chosen
come
cost
cut
dealt (with)
done
drawn
dreamt
drunk
driven
eaten
fallen (down)
fed
felt
fought
found
flown
forgotten

Bare Infinitive

Past Tense

Past Participle

Forgive
Freeze
Get
Give
Go (to)
Grow up
Hang
Have
Hear
Hide
Hit
Hold
Hurt

forgave
froze
got
gave
went (to)
grew up
hung
had
heard
hid
hit
held
hurt

forgiven
frozen
gotten
given
gone (to)
grown up
hung
had
heard
hidden
hit
held
hurt

quemar
comprar
atrapar/coger
elegir/escoger
venir
costar ($)
cortar
negociar con
hacer
dibujar
soar
beber
manejar
comer
caer(se)
alimentar
sentir
pelear
encontrar
volar
olvidar

Meaning
perdonar
congelar
obtener/tener
dar
ir (a)
crecer
colgar
tener/haber
oir
esconder
golpear
sostener
herir/doler

Keep
Know
Lead
Leave
Lend
Let
Lose
Make
Mean
Meet
Pay
Put
Quit
Read
Ride
Ring
Run
Say
See
Sell
Send

kept
knew
led
left
lent
let
lost
made
meant
met
paid
put
quit
read
rode
rang
ran
said
saw
sold
sent

kept
known
led
left
lent
let
lost
made
meant
met
paid
put
quit
read
ridden
rung
run
said
seen
sold
sent

Bare Infinitive

Past Tense

Past Participle

Set
Shake
Shine
Shoot
Show
Sing
Sink
Sit
Sleep
Smell
Speak (with/to)
Spill
Speed

set
shook
shone
shot
showed
sang
sank
sat
slept
smelt
spoke (with/to)
spilt
sped

set
shaken
shone
shot
shown
sung
sunk
sat
slept
smelt
spoken (with/to)
spilt
sped

mantener/guardar
saber/conocer a
guiar/dirigir
dejar/abandonar
prestar
permitir
perder
hacer
significar/querer decir
encontrarse con/conocer a
pagar
poner
renunciar
leer
andar en
tocar/sonar el telfono
correr
decir (algo)
ver
vender
enviar

Meaning
poner/establecer
agitar
brillar
disparar
mostrar
cantar
hundirse
sentarse
dormir
oler
hablar (con)
derramar
acelerar

Spend
Spread
Stand
Steal
Stick
Swear
Swim
Swing
Take
Teach
Tear
Tell
Think (of/about)
Throw (away)
Understand
Wake up
Wear
Wet
Win
Write

spent
spent
spread
spread
stood
stood
stole
stolen
stuck
stuck
swore
sworn
swam
swum
swung
swung
took
taken
taught
taught
tore
torn
told
told
thought (of/about) thought (of/about)
threw (away)
thrown (away)
understood
understood
woke up
waken up
wore
worn
wet
wet
won
won
wrote
written

gastar, pasar
esparcir
pararse
robar
pegar
jurar
nadar
columpiarse
tomar/asir
ensear
rasgar
decir (a alguien)
pensar (en/acerca de)
tirar/lanzar
entender/comprender
despertar
vestir
mojar
ganar
escribir

ASKING QUESTIONS with verb TO BE and the auxiliaries

DOES

DO/

1. ___________________________________________________________ ?
Yes, I do.
2. ___________________________________________________________ ?
They go to USA every year.
3. ___________________________________________________________ ?

I come to my English classes on Mondays.

4. ___________________________________________________________ ?
Yes, she does.
5. ___________________________________________________________ ?
Of course, he has children.
6. ___________________________________________________________ ?
My brother visites me every weekend.
7. ___________________________________________________________ ?
She isnt at home now.

8. ___________________________________________________________ ?
They are engineers.
9. __________________________________________________________ ?
No, he doesnt.
10. _________________________________________________________ ?
My friend goes to Eladios restaurant.
11. _________________________________________________________ ?
No,I dont.
12. _________________________________________________________ ?

He speaks English and French.

13. _________________________________________________________?
No, I am not.
14. _________________________________________________________?
We are in class every week.
15. _________________________________________________________?
No, They are not.
16. _________________________________________________________?
My dad works for a big company.

PRESENT TENSE
COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES USING THE VERBS GIVEN:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

__________ your friend __________ you out? (invite)

My parents ____________________ too much. (not travel)
__________ her sister __________ lunch every day? (prepare)
I ____________________ English but I __________ French pretty well.(not speak/
speak)
Jan __________ to the gym and he __________ tennis every week. (go-practice)
__________ you __________ what she __________? (understand-say)
Tom __________ two brothers, Paul and James. They __________ in a bank. (havework)
__________ your sister __________ here? Where __________ she __________?
(live-work)

9. Tim __________ married and __________ English in a school. (be-teach)

10. My dad __________ a taxi and my mom __________ a store. (drive-manage)
11. Sue ______________ , but she __________ delicious drinks. (not cook/prepare)
12. The student __________ his homework every class and he __________ all the
time.
(do-study)
13. We __________ a party tonight. Helen __________ the drinks and you
________________ the food. I __________ the music. (have-bring-prepare-bring)
14. She ______________ seafood, but she __________ fish. (not eat-like)
15. __________ you __________ your family every weekend? (visit)

EXERCISES with VERB TO BE AND AUXILIARIES DO/DOES

ANSWER QUESTIONS USING SHORT ANWERS:

1. Does your dad work?

___________________________________

2. Are you a dentist?

___________________________________

11. Do you speak German?

___________________________________

12. Is your sister a clerk?

___________________________________

13. Are the Rolling Stones from Spain? ___________________________________

6. Are we students?

___________________________________

7. Does your sister study?

___________________________________

8. Do you and your friend go to pubs? ___________________________________

9. Is your boyfriend a handsome man? ___________________________________
10. Do you eat meat and seafood?

___________________________________

11. Does your brother go home early? ___________________________________

12. Are Janny and Sue students?

___________________________________

13. Is your mother a student?

___________________________________

14. Do your parents travel?

___________________________________

HOW MUCH / WHICH

MAKE QUESTIONS TO THESE ANSWERS:
1. ________________________________________________________?
They are $45.
2. ________________________________________________________?
Its $10.

3. ________________________________________________________?
This watch is $15.
4. ________________________________________________________?
These watches are $30.
5. ________________________________________________________?
The blue one.
6. ________________________________________________________?
The blue ones.
7. ________________________________________________________?
Those jeans are $23.
8. ________________________________________________________?
Its $95.50
9. ________________________________________________________?
The red ones.
10. _______________________________________________________?
They are $56.20

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE:
1. How much __________ blue pants?
a) are those
b) is this
2. __________ pair of glasses __________ $50.
a) This/is
b) These/are

c) is these
c) This/are

3. It is __________. __________ only $400.

a) for sale/Its
b) on sale/Its

c) on sale/They are

4. How much _________ Honda Civic?

a) this is
b) is this

c) are these

5. __________ are very expensive, but __________ on sale.

a) They/they are

b) They/it is

c) They/are they

6. What kind is your car?

a) Its $2000

b) Its very old

c) Its a Toyota Celica

7. __________ your TV?

a) How many years is

b) How old are

c) How old is

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD:

1. My/mine house is this/these red one.
2. His/her car is at the garage. This/those is not hers.
3. Those/that building has a hundred years old. It/its is very beautiful.
4. These/this is only $ 50. Its/its about six months old.
5. My dads car is working well. Its/its engine is new.
6. My brother is in USA. His/her wife is in Chile. They/we are divorced now.
7. How much is this/that ring? I cant see him/it.
8. Those/that dresses are so expensive. I cant buy them/it.

ADJECTIVES (COMPARATIVE DEGREE)

We form the comparative degree of one-syllable adjectives by adding er.

Cold
Bright

colder
brighter

We usually form the comparative degree of adjectives with more than two syllables by
using more.

Difficult
Beautiful

more difficult
more beautiful

Good and Bad have special comparative forms.

Good
Bad

better
worse

The comparative form of all adjectives is followed by than.

She is taller than her sister.
This exercise is more difficult than that one.
This book is better than that one.

EXERCISES

COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES BY SUPPLYING THE COMPARATIVE FORM OF

THE ADJECTIVES IN BRACKETS. ALSO INCLUDE THE WORD THAN.

1- He is ______________________(young)__________________I am.
2- Mr. Smith is much ________________(old)___________________I expected.
3- Chicago is ___________________(big)____________________Paris.
4- This book is ___________________(good)___________________the last one we
used.

5- This exercise is __________________(easy)__________________the last one.

6- This metal is _____________________(valuable)___________________gold.
7- Jane is ________________________(attractive)_____________________her sister.
8- The weather today
weather yesterday.

is

____________________(warm)________________the

9- That blouse is ____________________(nice) __________________this T-shirt.

10- This leather jacket is ___________________________ (expensive) __________ the
cotton one.
11- The design of that e-address book is _____________________ ( ugly)
___________ the design of my last address book.

QUESTIONS with AUXILIARIES DO & DOES

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS USING THE AUXILIARIES:

1. Does your best friend study English with us?________________________________
2. Do you speak French well?

________________________________

3. Do your parents visit you every week?

________________________________

4. Does your wife/husband work?

________________________________

5. Do you and your friends go to pubs?

________________________________

6. Does the receptionist come to work by bus? ________________________________

7. Does your best friend cook on the weekends?

___________________________

8. Does your teacher dance hip-hop every day?

____________________________

THIS TIME ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN FULL:

1. Where do you go every day?

___________________________________

2. What do you do every Sunday?

___________________________________

3. How much does a cup of coffee cost?

___________________________________

4. When do the banks open?

___________________________________

5. Where do you work?

___________________________________

6. What does your best friend do?

___________________________________

7. What time does the supermarket close?

___________________________________

8. What time does the class begin?

___________________________________

NOW, MAKE QUESTIONS TO THESE ANSWERS:

1. __________________________________________________________?
Yes, he does.
2. __________________________________________________________?
Yes, I do.
3. __________________________________________________________?
No, she doesnt.
4. __________________________________________________________?
They eat at a restaurant.
5. __________________________________________________________?
It costs $20.
6. __________________________________________________________?
It opens at 9:00 p.m.
7. __________________________________________________________?
No, he doesnt.

8. __________________________________________________________?
He brings the soda and the peanuts.
9. __________________________________________________________?
No, I dont.
10. _________________________________________________________?
She reads romantic novels.

TO BE

I COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH THE VERB TO BE:

7. I ________ not a manager, I ________ a secretary.
8. My sister ________ in her office now, but she ________ coming back in a few
minutes.
9. Tim and I ________ in a party now. Where ________ my brother?
10. ________ your parents from Italy? No, they ________ from Chile.
11. Sue ________ not in Santiago, she ________ in Valdivia now.
12. We ________ good friends, but he ________ a difficult person.

II ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH THE VERB TO BE:

1. Whats your middle name?
___________________________________________
2. Are you a dentist?
___________________________________________
14. How old is your sister?
___________________________________________
15. Is Mel Gibson a clerk?
__________________________________________

16. Where is Madonna from?

___________________________________________
17. What do you do?
___________________________________________
18. Are U2 from Spain?
__________________________________________
19. What is your teachers name?
___________________________________________
20. Are we students?
___________________________________________
21. Is Ricardo Lagos a sales manager?
___________________________________________

III MAKE QUESTIONS TO THESE ANSWERS:

11.
12.
13.
14.

______________________________________?
______________________________________?
______________________________________?
______________________________________?

Im a lawyer.
My last name is Turner.
Yes, I am.
No, she isnt.

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

______________________________________?
______________________________________?
______________________________________?
______________________________________?
______________________________________?
_____________________________________?

She is eighteen years old.

Im thirty six years old.
Yes, he is.
They are from England.
No, he isnt a doctor.
His first name is Tom.

TRANSLATION EXERCISES
TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING YOUR OWN ENGLISH (not literally):

1. Dnde vas?
2. A que hora vas a llegar?
3. Cundo dan la pelcula?
4. Ests bien?
5. Me voy temprano a casa. Tengo que ver a una amiga
6. Dnde almuerzas todos los das?

7. Ests en casa?
8. Santiago tiene muchos lugares bonitos.
9. Es una viaje largo a Via
10.Dnde est tu hermano?. Me llama todas las semanas
11. Mi amiga viene todos los das a mi casa.
12. La reunin es a las 8 de la maana.
13. A qu hora empieza la pelcula?
14. Tu jefe es simpatico?

PRESENT SIMPLE

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING present simple:

1. What do you usually do on your day off?
___________________________________________________________________
2. Do you usually drive to work?
___________________________________________________________________
3. What time do you get up every morning?
___________________________________________________________________

4. Does your brother work or study?

___________________________________________________________________
5. How often do you exercise?
___________________________________________________________________
6. What do you usually do after work?
___________________________________________________________________

7. Do you ever watch TV after dinner?

___________________________________________________________________
8. Does your wife/husband do the washing on weekends?
___________________________________________________________________
9. What kind of music do you usually listen to?
___________________________________________________________________
10. Do you like Cristina Aguilera?
___________________________________________________________________
11. What do you think about horror films?
___________________________________________________________________
12. Does your best friend go out with you?
___________________________________________________________________
13. Where do your parents travel every year?

___________________________________________________________________

ASKING QUESTIONS with TO BE / DO/ DOES

2. ___________________________________________________________ ?
Yes, I am.
3. ___________________________________________________________ ?
They come to Chile every year.
4. ___________________________________________________________ ?
No, I dont.
5. ___________________________________________________________ ?

Yes, she does.

6. ___________________________________________________________ ?
She has two cars.
7. ___________________________________________________________ ?
My sister goes to the gym at 7 pm.
7. ___________________________________________________________ ?
No they arent.

8. ___________________________________________________________ ?
We are lawyers.
9. __________________________________________________________ ?
He studies Maths and Chemistry.
11. _________________________________________________________ ?
Yes, he is.
11. _________________________________________________________ ?
No,I dont.
12. _________________________________________________________ ?
Sue visits her friends every weekend.
13. _________________________________________________________?

No, I am not.
14. _________________________________________________________?
She is in class every week.
15. _________________________________________________________?
No, They dont.
16. _________________________________________________________?
I work for a nice company.

OBJECT PRONOUNS
ME - YOU - HIM - HER - IT (singular)
US - YOU - THEM (plural)

We use object pronouns after verbs or prepositions:

After verbs:

I told him the truth.

Paul loves her very much.
Did you call them yesterday?

After prepositions: I live near her.

Shara talked to you, dont you remember?
Will you go with us?
__________________________________________________________________

CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM:

1. I often see (them-they) at the University.
2. I always help (her-she) with (her-she) homework.
3. They went skiing with (his-him).
4. Michael sat near (my-me) during the rehearsal.
5. I know both of (them-their) very well.
6. We teach (you-your) what you need.
8. (He-Him) is a very close friend.
10. He never sits between Andy and (I -me).
11. (Her-His) husband gave (her-his) a lot of jewels.