Bilkent University English Language Preparatory Program

Period 1 PREP 111 Grammar Practice Material

REVISION MATERIALS FOR WEEKS 1-3
A. Build up sentences:
1. Mike / drummer (-)_____________Mike isn’t a drummer___________.
2. Charlie and Chris / policemen(+) _______________________________.
3. Danny and Rick / singers (-) ___________________________________.
4. Salem and Lucky / puppies (+) __________________________________.
5. Rome / London / cities (+) _____________________________________.

B. Choose the best answer:

1. Maggie and Carol ____________ good friends.
a) am b) are c) is d) isn’t
2. Sue____________a science teacher.
a) are not b) is c) are d) am
3. Mark Steven ____________ a student at Kennedy High School. It __________ an old school.
a) am / is b) are / is c) is / am d) is / is
4. Margarita_________from Spain. I _____________from Turkey.
a) is / am b) are / is c) am / is d) is / are
5. You and I ______________ at the same age.
a) am b) isn’t c) are d) is
C. Build up questions and give answers
Example: engineer / William Is William an engineer? Yes, he is an engineer (+)
1. good rider / Steve __________________________________ ? ______________________(+)
2. lazy students / Mark and Lucy _________________________? ______________________(- )
3. soup / hot _________________________________________? ______________________(+)
4. the baby / asleep ___________________________________? ______________________ (- )
5. a basketball team / L.A. Lakers __________________________? .____________________(+)
D. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the POSSESSIVE ‘S:
1. What is your friend’s _____name?
2. Sarah found somebody__________ credit cards in the street.
3. The Eiffel Tower is Paris__________famous landmark.
4. The boys__________bedroom has just been painted.
5. I read about a murder in this morning___________ newspaper.
6. Can you borrow your parents _____________ car at the weekend?

E. Complete the imperatives with the verbs from the box.

write speak mix be give turn pass clean leave ask

1. __________ me the salt please.

2. ___________ him to come to see a movie with you.
3. ___________ me alone or I’ll call the police.
4. ____________ quietly or I’ll make a complaint.
5. ____________ those windows before your mother gets home.
6. Don’t worry, ____________ happy.
7. _____________ me 5 minutes, I’m nearly ready.
8. ______________ left and then go straight on.
9. ______________ this address down so you don’t forget it.
10. ______________ the ingredients together until there are no lumps.

F. Put the words in order to form imperatives.

1. here / please / smoke / don’t

________________________________________.
2. leave / your / car / in / don’t / the / belongings
_________________________________________.
3. remote control / me / give / that
 __________________________________________.

G. Rewrite the sentences using OBJECT AND SUBJECT PRONOUNS to replace the
underlined words. Follow the examples.
Peter has a nice bicycle.
He has a nice car
Laura is playing basketball with Roger.
Laura is playing basketball with him
1. Patricia has a beautiful cat.
____________________________________________________________________
2. Jimmy likes Katherine.
_____________________________________________________________________
3. Ms. Johnson always explains the topics to the students.
______________________________________________________________________
4. Kevin knows how to fix your computer.
______________________________________________________________________
5. Tom and John usually study in my house.
______________________________________________________________________
6. Ricky is going to play with Vivian, Charlotte, and me.
______________________________________________________________________
7. Nancy is studying with Martha.
______________________________________________________________________
8. My friends and I play golf in Side every weekend.
______________________________________________________________________
9. The students are talking with Kayra and Claudia.
______________________________________________________________________
10. I only give special food to my dogs.
______________________________________________________________________
H. Complete the passage. Use these words.

your my its her my their his her

Hello. ___________name is Patrick. I’m nine. I have got a brother. His name is Andy and he’s
eleven. We are on holiday in Spain. The hotel is very good and _________________ swimming-
pool is large. Andy and I have got a sister. ____________name is Liz. She’s six years old.
____________ mother and father are in the restaurant now. Their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Bolton,
are in the restaurant, too.____________ two sons are in the pool. Andy has got a girl-friend.
_______________ girl-friend’s name is Sandra. She’s in _______________class at school.
Where is your family? Is ____________ family here, too?

J. THERE+BE AND HAVE GOT

Rewrite / Complete the sentences using there is/are or has/have (got).

1. Denver is an interesting city and it_______________ lots of theatres and art galleries.
2. The classrooms have got white boards.
________________________________________in the classrooms.
3. A: Excuse me, ____________________a chemist in the town?
B: Yes, ____________________ one in Elm Street, opposite the bank.

K. Ask How many/ How much or Yes/No questions using THERE IS/THERE ARE. Then
answer the questions according to your own class.
1. How many/ desks ?

Q: How many desks are there in the classroom? A: There are 20 desks in the classroom.

2. A telephone?

Q: Is there a telephone in the class room? A: No, there is not a telephone in the classroom
3. How many/ female students?
Q:________________________________.
A: _______________________________.
 4. a map on the classroom wall?
Q:______________________________.
A:______________________________.
5. How many /bins?
Q: ______________________________.
A:_______________________________.
6. pencils/ on your desk?
Q:_______________________________.
A:_______________________________.

L. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences related to THIS/ THAT / THOSE /
THESE.
1. Can you see these deer out in the field?
2. The robbery took place on May 19th. This night, there was a big storm.
3. This computers over there are old. That computers here are the new ones.
4. Those movie ended four hours ago.
5. These cake tastes funny. I think you put too much salt in it.

M. Fill in the blanks using MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OURS, THEIRS:

1. A: Is this John’s tie?

B: Yes, it is ___________.
2. My umbrella isn’t black. _______________ is grey.
3. There is a car near your house. Is it ______________ ?
4. That green shirt isn’t Ayse’s. ______________ is blue.
5. Pass this ball to us. It is __________________ .
6. They don’t like sandwiches. These sandwiches are not __________________.
7. Don’t take these keys. They are not ____________________ .
8. A: Is their house old?
B: No, ___________________ is very old.
N. Rewrite the underlined words using MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OURS, THEIRS:

1. This is Ayse’s coat.

_______________________________________________________

2. It is my chocolate. Don’t eat!

_______________________________________________________

3. That red book is not Can’s book. His book is blue.

_______________________________________________________

4. A: Look at these keys. Are they our keys?

_______________________________________________________

B: No, they are not your keys. They are my mother’s keys.
_______________________________________________________

O. Put the verbs in the correct tense: Simple Present Tense or Present Continuous Tense.

Remember me? Alexandra, the doctor? Well, it’s 9 o’clock and I (1)________(be) at the
hospital now. I (2)_____________ (work). My husband (3) __________(be) in his office. He
usually (4) _________(have) a meeting every morning, so I think he (5) __________(listen) to
his boss and feeling bored! My children (6)_________ at school and I think they (7)
___________(LİSTEN) TO their teacher. They (8) __________ (not like) the lessons
sometimes, so maybe they (9) ____________(not listen) carefully now.. But they must study
hard! Another doctor (10) ___________(call) me now. We must talk about a patient. Bye.

P. Put the words in the correct order.

1. have/ I / at/ 8.00/ breakfast

________________________________

2. the/ she/ bus/ 8.30/ catches/ at/ school/ to

________________________________

3. to/ they/ go/ Saturdays/ cinema/ on/ and/ the/ Sundays

__________________________________________

4. you/ home/ when/ go/ do?

 _________________________________________

5. do/ weekends/ the/ you/ do/ at/ what?

_________________________________________

6. time/ what/ does/ finish/ she/ school?

___________________________________________

7. What/ get/ you/ every/ up/ day/ do/ time?

___________________________________________

8. dinner/ go/ to/ my/ room/ after/ I/ back

___________________________________________

9. afternoon/ I/ the/ go/ library/ in/ the/ to

__________________________________________

10. does/ a/ being/ student/ she/ like?

___________________________________________

11. how/ do/ often/ you/ meet/ friends/ your?

__________________________________________

12. is/ always/ late/ he/ for/ class

__________________________________________

13. often/ she/ to/ other/ travels/ countries

__________________________________________

14. I / not/ on/ have/ time/ free/ do/ weekdays

__________________________________________

15. love/ summer/ the/ they/ swimming/ in

__________________________________________

R. Read the dialogue and fill in the questions.

A) How many rooms has it got? C) Is there a garden?

B) When can I see it? D) Where is it?
 E) What is it like? F) How much is it ?

A: Hello. Is that Ms. Powers?

B: Yes. Who is speaking?
A: I’m Tony Black. I want to rent your house.
1) ________________________________?
B: It’s on the other side of town, in Silver Drive.
A: 2)_________________________________?
B: It’s a big house, actually and it’s not very expensive.
A: 3)__________________________________?
B: It’s only 1500 liras per month.
A: That’s a great price. 4)_________________________________________?
B: There are two bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen and a garage.
A: 5)_____________________________________?
B: Yes, there is a small garden at the front of the house and a larger garden at the back. It’s
lovely.
A: It sounds perfect. 6)___________________________?
B: How about Saturday afternoon?
A: Great. I’ll see you then.
S. Fill in “AT“, “IN” or “ON”:
My birthday is__on____ the 30th of July. Last year I had a great day. I got up _____________
8 o’clock ____________ the morning and tidied the house. Then __________the afternoon I
went into town with my friend to buy food for the party. The party started _________ 7 o’clock
the evening and didn’t stop until very late___________ night! ______________ the 31st of July
I was very tired, so I went to bed early _________ the evening.

T. Below is Sarah's schedule. Look at the schedule and fill in the blanks with the
appropriate preposition: 'BEFORE', 'AFTER', 'UNTIL', or 'FROM… TO'.
Sarah's Schedule
 [7:00] wake up
 [7:10] drink coffee
 [7:20] have breakfast
 [7:30] take the bus to work
 [9:00] start work
 [17:00] finish work, take the bus home
 [18:30] cook dinner
 [19:00] eat dinner
 [20:00] watch TV
 [0:00] go to bed

1. Sarah drinks coffee____________________ the breakfast.

2. She works ____________ 9:00 ____________17:00. She works for eight hours.
3. She cooks dinner ______________taking the bus home.
4. She eats dinner  ______________watching TV.
5. She does not sleep ____________midnight.
6. She is awake______________midnight.
7. She sleeps _____________ midnight ___________- 7:00. She sleeps for seven hours.

Adapted from Enterprise Grammar 1 by BY, July 2020

U. Polite Requests and Offers: Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
1. some/ water / could / bring / you/ please / ?/
_______________________________________ ?
2. like / coffee / a cup of / you / would / ?/
__________________________________________ ?
3. you / help / can / how / I /?/
___________________________________________?
4. me / you / favour / could/ do / a / ? /
____________________________________________?
5. would / for dinner / you / like / to come round / ?/
___________________________________________ ?

V. Insert the correct coordinating conjunction. Use and, or, but, or so.
1. We are going to have spaghetti for dinner, _______ we are going to have ice cream for
dessert.
2. It is my birthday, _______ I have to go to work. I wish that I could stay home and relax.
3. Would you like to play tennis, ______ would you like to go to the golf course?
4. It is raining, ______ she is not wearing a raincoat.
5. It is cold outside, ______ we can’t go swimming.
6. I’m hungry, _______ I don’t have time to eat.
7. I enjoy opera, _______ I like the ballet.
8. She’s a trustworthy friend, _______ I tell her my secrets.
9. I want to go to school, _______ I don’t have enough money.
10. We can go to the movies, _______ we can rent a video.

Adapted from Enterprise Grammar 1 by BY, July 2020

 REVISION MATERIALS FOR WEEK 4-6
A. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.
Charles Dickens 1)____________ (be) a famous English writer. He was born
in Portsmouth, England on 7th February, 1812. He 2)____________ (go) to
school at the age of nine but he didn’t finish his education. In 1824, he
3)___________ (work) at a shoe polish factory and 4)_____________ (go)
back to school a year later. He 5)_____________ (take) a jo as a legal clerk in
1827 and 6)____________ (enjoy) success as a reporter two years later.
Dickens 7)___________ (marry) Catherine Hogarth in 1836. He
8)__________ (write) “The Pickwick Papers” that same year. This book
9)__________ (make) him famous. He wrote many popular books and was
considered to be England’s finest writer.
He 10)___________ (divorce) his wife in 1858 and 11)____________ (die) on 9th June, 1870.
They 11)____________ him in Westminster Abbey.
B. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple, past simple or present continuous.
Dear Irene,
I’m in Edinburgh now, in Scotland! We 1)_____________ (leave) London last week and
2)______________ (travel) north. Some people 3)___________ (say) Edinburgh is the most
beautiful city in Britain. Well, it’s certainly very clean!

We 4)____________ (stay) in a small, but comfortable hotel in the centre, near the castle. It’s
quite expensive, but much cheaper than hotels in London. The people here are friendlier and
more helpful, too.

There are many interesting places to visit and a lot of buildings. We 5)___________ (visit) the
castle and Holyroodhouse last week. Yesterday, we 6)___________ (go) to Edinburgh zoo and
did some shopping.

The Royal Mile has lots of souvenir shops and these shops 7)___________ (sell) traditional
Scottish souvenirs and there are big department stores on Princes Street, too.

I really 8)_____________ (love) the food here! There are very cosy cafes everywhere. These
cafes 9)___________ (serve) delicious cakes and hot soups. The only problem is the weather.
It’s very cold and it 10)____________ (rain) a lot.

See you soon,

Flora

Adapted from Enterprise Grammar 1 by BY, July 2020

C. Choose the correct option.
1. I ______________ a letter to my mum yesterday.
A. write B. am writing C. wrote
2. A: What’s your brother doing?
B: He ________________ the car.
A. washes B. is washing C. washed
3. Kim ____________ the bus to work every day.
A. taking B. take C. takes
4. Christopher Columbus ______________ America.
A. discovered B. is discovering C. discovers
5. A: Where are you going?
B: We _______________ to the beach.
A. are going B. go C. went
6. Jerry ___________________ to music in his free time.
A. is listening B. listens C. listen
7. I _______________ History at university 2 years ago.
A. studied B. am studying C. studies
8. Sophie rarely _______________ TV in the evening.
A. is watching B. watched C. watches
9. A: Where’s Peter?
B: He _________________ the shopping at the moment.
A. does B. is doing C. did
10. I _________________ my grandparents last week.
A. visited B. am visiting C. visits
11. I’d like ___________ sugar please.
A. a B. some C. many
12. How __________ does it weight?

Adapted from Enterprise Grammar 1 by BY, July 2020

 A. much B. many C. a lot of
D. First, look at the picture. Then read the short text and underline the correct
prepositions.

There is a rug 1) in/on the floor. It’s 2) behind/under the bed. There is a lamp 3) next to/on the
bed. There are some pillows 4) in front of/on the bed. There is a vase 5) in/in front of the
window. There is a chair 6) in/under the room. It is 7) next to/in front of the desk. There is a
picture 8)on/under the wall.

E. Look at the picture and fill in a, an, or some, or any.

There are 1) __________ pictures on the walls but there aren’t 2) _____________ posters. There
is 3)__________ bed in the room but there isn’t 4)__________ sofa. There are 5) ____________
pillows on the bed but there aren’t 6) __________ flowers. There is 7) __________ lamp but

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there isn’t 8) ___________ chair. There are 9)____________ curtains but there aren’t 10)
__________ mirrors.

F. Fill in a, an, the, or x.

1. Athens is the capital of ________ Greece.
2. I have _______ brother and two sisters.
3. Paris is ______ capital of France.
4. We had ______ picnic in ______ park yesterday.
5. Brenda likes _______ swimming but she doesn’t like playing _______ guitar.
6. Vivaldi was _______ famous composer and violinist.
7. Joey cooked ______ dinner yesterday and made _______ cake.
8. I saw _______ awful film at _______ cinema last night.

G. Underline the correct adjective or adverb.

1. John dressed quick/quickly and went to work.
2. She looked beautiful/beautifully on her wedding day.
3. Sudden/Suddenly it started to rain.
4. Richard can paint very good/well.
5. Hannah desperate/desperately tried to open the window.
6. Don won first prize and was very proud/proudly.
7. My sister is a very careless/carelessly driver.

H. Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form of comparatives or superlatives.
1. These shops are __________ (expensive) than the ones in the country.
2. This city is __________ (crowded) than it was five years ago.
3. Is Athens __________ (old) city in Europe?
4. The Sahara is __________ (largest) desert in the world.
5. Our new car is __________ (small) than our old one.
I. Look at the table and fill in can or can’t.

Adapted from Enterprise Grammar 1 by BY, July 2020

1. Karen ________ dance, but she _________ play football.
2. Chris ________ paint, but he _________ speak French.
3. Jack ________ drive and paint, but he _________ dance.
4. Karen ________ speak French, but she __________ paint.
5. Jack and Chris _______ play football, but they ________ dance.

J. Put the verb into the correct form (Infinitives - to+V1 / Gerunds -Ving).
1. He enjoys ______________ (have) a bath in the evening.
2. I am learning ______________ (speak) English.
3. He decided ______________ (study) Biology.
4. I like ______________ (swim).
5. I don’t want ______________ (leave) yet.
6. They hope _____________ (visit) us next year.

K. Choose the correct option. (look like or be like)

1. Hi Alison. Are you feeling alright? You ______________ a ghost!
A. look like B. are like
2. You are the image of your mother. It's incredible how much you _______________ her!
A. look like B. are like
3. Caroline works very well. She _______________ her sister.
A. look like B. is like

Adapted from Enterprise Grammar 1 by BY, July 2020