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THIRD TERM – GRAMMAR EXERCISES

EXERCISE 1: Complete with the correct form of TO BE or TO HAVE.

• My grandmother _____________ very well today. (Affirmative)
• _____________ you a careful driver? (Interrogative)
• My eyes _____________ blue. (Affirmative)
• They ___________ always late. (Affirmative)
• My name _______________ Brian. (Negative)
• Alexander ______________ a new computer. (Negative)
• I ____________ nine years old (Negative)
• He ___________ a very good job. He works in the city. (Affirmative)
• She __________ two children, a boy and a girl. (Negative)
• _________ you tired? (Interrogative)
• Our postman ______________ a big bag. (Negative)
• I __________ fine, thanks. (Affirmative)
• My mother _____________ from the USA. (Negative)
• Betsy and Ralph ______________ in the garden. (Negative)

EXERCISE 2: Write questions for the following answers:

• ______________________________________? No I haven’t
• ______________________________________? Yes, I am.
• ______________________________________? Yes, they have.
• ______________________________________? No, she isn’t.
• ______________________________________? Yes, I have.
• ______________________________________? Yes, we are.
• ______________________________________? No, I’m not.

EXER C ISE 3 : W r ite the SH E/ H E/ IT (3 RD s i n g u l a r p e r s o n ) f o r m o f t h e f o l l o w i n g

verbs.
a. do: _____________ e. say: _____________
b. drink: ___________ f. match: ___________
c. get: ____________ g. have: ____________
d. push: ___________ h. mix: _____________
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EXERCISE 4: Put the words in order to make a sentence.

1. go / they / to / on / the / Sundays / always / stadium.
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2. dancing / usually / Fridays / on / go / you.
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3. sometimes / winter / in / warn / is / it.
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4. often / January / it / rains / in.
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5. never / July / travels / she / in.
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6. live / at / you / do / school / ?
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7. in / students / do / the canteen / ? / eat
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8. at / school / finish / does / three o’clock / ?
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9. live / near / do / your friends / you / ?
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EXERCISE 5: Correct the mistakes In these sentences:

a. She don’t want to come with us.
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b. We go often to the cinema.
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c. This car not belongs to me.
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d. Vitamins is important to your diet.
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e. My uncle don’t like to listen to music.
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f. Lucy work at the hospital. She’s a nurse.
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EXERCISE 6: Use the present simple.

• I ________________ (play) tennis after school.
• You ______________ (start) school at nine o’clock.
• We _______________ (have) lunch at school.
• How _________ you __________ (spell) that in English?
• Serena __________________ (not know) what to do.
• Wendy ___________________ (not like) to do homework.
• My grandfather _________________ (not live) in London.
• My sisters _____________ (walk) to school every day.
• What _________ they ___________ (do) in the evening?
• When __________ Mary ___________ (start) school?
• Gill _________________ (not work) in a supermarket.

EXERCISE 7: Rewrite the following sentences, putting the frequency expressions

in the right place.
1. They are happy to have guests. (always)
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2. We laugh at people in trouble. (never)
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3. I’m busy on Wednesdays. (usually)
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4. Dalit is late for school. (rarely)
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5. My parents help me with my homework. (hardly ever)
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6. We are at home on Saturdays. (often)
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7. We have fish for lunch. (sometimes)
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8. Sharon has lunch before two o’clock. (twice a week)
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9. They sing very loudly. (every day)
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EXERCISE 8: Write the questions for the following answers:

a. ______________________________________________________________
I study English four days a week.
b. ______________________________________________________________
We usually finish school at 13:25.
c. ______________________________________________________________
Bob is writing a letter.
d. ______________________________________________________________
My father washes the car once a week.
e. ______________________________________________________________
Rita comes late to work because she takes her son to Kindergarten.
f. ______________________________________________________________
My sister studies French because she wants to go to France.
g. ______________________________________________________________
Nobody is listening to the teacher.
h. ______________________________________________________________
I live in Haifa.
i. ______________________________________________________________
Our children visit their grandparents twice a week.
j. ______________________________________________________________
The President and his wife live in Madrid.
k. ______________________________________________________________
A ticket for Saturday’s concert costs 15€.
l. ______________________________________________________________
The film starts at 20:00.

EXERCISE 9: Rewrite these sentences in the negative form:

1. She is eating an egg sandwich.
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2. We are taking some photos.
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3. They are drinking a milkshake.
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4. I am getting nervous about my test.
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EXERCISE 10: Ask the questions and answer using the Present Continuous:
• (the children / play?) / Yes.
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• (you / write/ a letter?) / Yes.
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• (that clock / work?) / No.
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• (he/ listen to / radio?) / No.
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• (your parents / stay / hotel?) / Yes.
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• (Paul / have a shower / at the moment?) / No.
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• (you / feel well?) No.
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EXERCISE 11: Correct the mistakes in these sentences:
a. She’s studing hard for tomorrow’s exam.
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b. We are rembering him very well.
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c. We don’t visiting Toledo. It’s not part of our plans.
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d. They have lunch with some friends now.
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e. We don’t learn Spanish at the moment.
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f. I am teach English right now.
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EXERCISE 12: Put the expressions under the right heading. Translate them.
Every day – just now - always – on Fridays – these days – this afternoon – hardly ever – today –
very often – in the evening – at the moment – rarely - usually - never – at present
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PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXERCISE 13: Circle the correct time expression:

1. I’m studying for a test every day / at the moment.
2. The first lesson starts at nine o’clock every day / now.
3. My parent don’t work on Fridays / at the moment.
4. Where are they meeting twice a week / tonight.
5. Let’s run! The bus is leaving every hour / in five minutes.
6. Do you wake up late on weekends / right now?
7. Damon and his friends go to the moves at least once a week / at the moment.
8. He studies French four times a week / now.
9. David doesn’t visit his parents every day / now.
10. Is the teacher correcting the homework four times a week / at the moment?
EXERCISE 14: Fill the verbs in brackets in the correct form:
• The neighbour’s children _______________________ (not sleep) two hours every
afternoon.
• Uncle Peter _______________________ (eat) dinner with us every Friday night.
• Where is Laura? She _______________________ (talk) to the teacher about her
homework.
• He often _______________________ (go) for a walk at five o’clock.
• Be quiet! Sarah _______________________ (play) the piano.
• My sister _______________________ (need) some money to buy a new notebook.
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• Mr Smith _______________________ (work) 35 hours a week.

• Patrick and Yuri _______________________ (not write) letters to their aunt now.
• I _______________________ (not like) classical music very much.
• Excuse me. ______________________ (you / speak) English?
• Where is Tom? ____________________ (he / have) a shower.
• ____________________ (I / not / watch) television very often.
• Listen! Somebody _______________________ (sing).
• Sandra is tired. _________________________ (she / want) to go home now.
• How often ____________________________ (you / read) a newspaper?
• I’m sorry, ____________________________ (I / not / understand). Can you speak
more slowly?
• It’s late. ______________________ (I / go) home now. ___________________
(you / come) with me?
• What time ________________________ (your father / finish) work in the evenings?
• Where is Paul? In the Kitchen. _________________________ (he / cook) something
EXERCISE 15: Write the past simple of these verbs:
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE
Buy Give
Go Feel
Have Play
Be Dream
Come Hear
Try Forgive
Study Leave

EXERCISE 16: Complete the sentences with the past simple:

1. I _______________________ (lose) my watch in the park.
2. David ________________________ (not hurt) his knee.
3. I kicked the ball and it _________________________ (break) a window.
4. My new shoes ________________________ (not cost) a lot of money.
5. I ____________________ (get) this book from the library.
6. We had a garage where we __________________ (keep) our car.
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7. The glass __________________ (fall) off the table.

8. We ________________ (sell) our old car.
9. We _____________________ (not buy) a new car.
10. The bell ____________________ (not ring).
11. The dog ____________________ (catch) the ball.
12. Jane _______________________ (write) a letter.
EXERCISE 17: Write questions in the correct order:
• night? / meet / did / you / them / last
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• film? / like / you / Did / the
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• you / many / did / ask? / how / people
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• a / have / time? / they / did / good
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• did / weekend? / the / What / do / we / at
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• she / DVD? / where / that / did / buy
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• party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / did / to
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• did / yesterday? / who / you / see
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EXERCISE 18: Correct the sentences:
1. Who do you met on Saturday morning?
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2. Did he went to school yesterday?
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3. Why did you to go home early?
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4. Where you did learn English?
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5. Did she works last summer?
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6. What do you do yesterday?
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7. Did they last night phone you?
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EXERCISE 19: Fill in with CAN – CAN’T – MUST – MUSTN’T.
• In Britain you _________________ get married when you are 16.
• You _______________________ have a passport when you travel to the USA.
• A house in Rome __________________ cost a lot of money.
• Children ____________________ go to school.
• Babies ___________________ read books.
• We ___________________ be late for school.
• _______________ you play tennis?
• You ________________ eat chewing gum in class.
• My teacher ______________ sing well.
• I ___________________ play football like a professional player.
• My sister ________________ pay the mortgage.
• Your mother ________________ be older than you.
EXERCISE 20: Write the comparative forms of the adjectives:

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE
TALL
FAST
HEAVY
DANGEROUS
SMALL
LARGE
LIGHT
RARE
COMMON
BAD
GOOD
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EXERCISE 21: Correct the sentences:

1. Cats are popularer than snakes.
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2. Turtles are slow than crocodiles.
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3. Pigs are more intelligent as other animals.
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4. Elephants are smaller than ants.
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5. Bears are more rare than snakes.
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6. Vegetables are gooder than pizza.
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7. The sofa is comfortabler than the chair.
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EXERCISE 22: Complete with a comparative adjective and all the necessary
words.
• Snakes are ___________________________ (fast) snails.
• London is ____________________________ (big) Madrid.
• Snails are ____________________________ (slow) snakes.
• My literature book is _____________________ (difficult) my English book.
• Lord of the Ring is ______________________ (interesting) Mission Impossible.
• Summer is ____________________________ (hot) spring.
• Winter is _____________________________ (cold) summer.
• The Eiffel Tower is ______________________ (modern) the Coliseum.
• China is _____________________________ (far) Italy.
EXERCISE 23: Make sentences comparing these things.
• English / maths (important).
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• A tortoise / a cat (slow).
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• My friend / I (handsome)
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• Chocolate milkshakes / lemonade (good)

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• A tiger / a rabbit (dangerous)
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• Swimming / skating (easy)
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• The Eiffel Tower / my house (big)
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• Planes / cars (fast)
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• I / my brother (intelligent)
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• History / Science (boring)
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