Extra grammar practice: challenge Unit 2

There is/There are; Prepositions of 5 She the ironing. She’s taking

place; Present simple and present out the rubbish.
continuous 6 They to music. They’re watching
a film on TV.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct word.
1 There three bedrooms in my house. 5 Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D).
2 There a lamp on my desk. 1 The children outside in the garden.
3 There a microwave in the kitchen, but A are playing B is playing
there is a cooker. C playing D play
2 The laptop at the moment.
4 there any computer games we can play?
A aren’t working B isn’t working
5 There five books on the shelf. There C are working D work
are only four. 3 Mum the shopping. She always goes to the
6 there a light in here? shopping centre on Saturday afternoons.
A isn’t doing B are doing
2 Choose the best answer (A, B or C). C is doing D does
1 There’s a computer the desk. 4 Jason always his bed in the morning.
A in B on C at A making B makes
2 There’s an armchair the bath. C is making D make
A next to B behind C under 5 Rachel and Lucy usually the dishes after dinner.
3 There are some boxes my bed. A washes B is washing
C wash D are washing
A under B in C above
4 Their garden is the house.
6 Complete the text with these words. Put the verbs
A at B near C in front of in the correct form.
5 The bedroom is the kitchen.
A on B above C behind be  • ​in  • ​be  • ​not have  • ​live  • ​work  • ​not be
6 The cat is the door. near  • ​want  • ​accept  • ​not use  • ​be  • ​near
A in B behind C on ​not work  • ​support
7 There isn’t a washing machine the house.
A in B on C near The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, also known as
8 The park is the school. William and Kate (1) at Anmer Hall
A on B near C above in Norfolk. It is (2) the Queen’s
house at Sandringham. There (3)
3 Find and correct the sentences with mistakes in ten bedrooms and it is a very big country house. It
the present continuous form. Tick (✓) the correct has a large garden and a swimming pool, and there
sentences. (4) also a tennis court. William
and Kate both live (5) the house
1 Jane is writting about pollution problems.
with their three children, George, Charlotte and
2 They are reading a leaflet about recycling.
Louis. The village of Anmer is very small and there
3 I playing football in the park with my friends. (6) any shops to visit, but some
4 He isn’t doing the shopping with Mum. of their friends live (7) them in
5 We are cooking dinner for the family. Norfolk. William and Kate also have a flat in Kensington
6 You isn’t studying for the test. Palace in London, but they (8)
it very much at the moment because they
4 Complete the sentences with the correct positive (9) to give their children a quiet
or negative form of these verbs. life in the country. William (10) as
a pilot when he (11) for the royal
play  • ​listen  • ​like  • ​walk  • ​do  • ​make family. Kate (12) a full-time job, but
she supports the Queen and (13)
1 My brothers football at school official engagements in the UK and abroad. William
at the moment. and Kate have their own charity, The Royal Foundation,
which (14) causes like the Armed
2 Tim usually home from school. Forces, young people and conservation. In addition,
3 We watching films on a Friday there (15) other charities which
evening. We prefer going out. both William and Kate help.
4 I my bed now.

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