VERB TO BE

a) Complete the sentences. Use AM /IS / ARE.

1) He _______ in the garden.

2) They _______ at school.

3) I _______ a good student.

4) Billy and Marie _______ police officers.

5) You _______ 10 years old.

6) The dog _______ in the box.

7) We _______ in the car.

8) She _______ my sister.

b) Write negative sentences with short forms.

1) She _______ my mother.

2) Emma and Simon _______ sad.

3) I _______ happy.

4) The ruler _______ blue.

5)They _______ angry.

6) We _______ seven.

7) You _______ boys.

8) It _______ a fox.

C) Change these sentences into questions.

1) She's a teacher. ____________ a teacher?

2) I'm thirsty. ____________ thirsty?

3) They're in the bedroom. ____________ in the bedroom?

4) It's on the table. ____________ on the table?

5) He's your grandad. ____________ your grandad?

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 PRESENT SIMPLE

1. Put the verbs in the correct form of the simple present

1. I ____________ (to love) cinnamon apple pie.

2. They ____________ (to help) many people in the village.
3. My brother ____________ (to fear) nothing.
4. She ____________ (to drink) tea with lemon.
5. He ____________ (to spoil) his children.
6. I ____________ (to do) the housework for my mother.
7. My husband ____________ (to do) the laundry.
8. She ____________ (to go) to the Laundromat every week.
9. We ____________ (to own) a cottage in the country.
10. The teacher often ____________ (to stand) in the front of the room.
11. It ____________ (to rain) a lot in our town.
12. It ____________ (to snow) in New York City in the winter.
13. Jessy ____________ (to work) downtown.
14. My uncle ____________ (to manage) a restaurant.

2. Match the verbs in the box with the sentences and rewrite them in
the correct form

follow speak explain jump work wear obey come

eat buy study snore melt earn push owe

1. She ____________ several foreign languages.

2. My brother ____________ every night.
3. Jessica ____________ blue jeans every day.
4. Taylor ____________ at the library in the evening.
5. The snow ____________ in the spring.
6. Anna ____________ her baby in a carriage.
7. Sandy always ____________ to class on time.
8. The boys ____________ the rules in class.
9. The little kittens ____________ me everywhere.
10. You ____________ me money.
11. Her father ____________ in the local post office.
12. My teacher ____________ everything
13. Mary and Peter ____________ a lot of money.
14, The little boy ____________ very high.
15. Our grandmother ____________ raw onions.
16. Carmen ____________ a lot of perfume.

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 PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Complete the chart with a present participle:

BASE PRESENT BASE PRESENT

FORM PARTICIPLE FORM PARTICIPLE

eat eating watch

brush rea
listen check
play take
do write
make get
shave travel
talk study

2. Complete the statements in present continuous. use the

verbs in the box.

Example: Paola is brushing her teeth right now. (brush)

1. Gabriela ________________ the house. (clean)

2. Lidia's boyfriend ________________ TV now. (watch)

3.Josefina and Lia ________________ the dishes. (not/wash)

4. I ________________ breakfast now. (make)

5. Zarela ________________ e- mail. (not/check)

6. They ________________ a shower. (take)

7. Paolo ________________ soccer in the stadium. (play)

8.Sara and Luis ________________ the house now. (not/clean)

9. Alejandra's parents ________________ a nap. (take)

10. My sister ________________ the laundry right now. (do)

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 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

Complete the sentences with the prepositions in the box.

behind next to in front of over

in on between under

1. There is some pizza the box,

2. There is a guitar the lamp and the plant.

3. There are two dogs the table.

4. There is a window the sofa.

6. There is a racket the bag.

7. There is some cheese the plate,

5. There is a rug the sofa.

8. There is a lamp the shelf.

9. There is a trophy the books.

10. There is a picture the wall.

11. There is a bird flying the trees.

12. There are two fish the bowl.

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 ADJECTIVES

1. Circle the adjectives.

clumsy fatigue island pleasant timid

curious heavy koala precious tiny

dirty hungry long eye trouble

envy important mark strong vision

2. Complete the sentences using the adjectives from above.

pleasant
1.The __________ man helped the woman cross the street.

2.The __________ papers were left on the table.

3. Mark was talking with his __________ neighbour.

4. ls it true that a __________ mouse can scare an elephant?

5. Leave your __________ shoes on the mat by the door.

6. The __________ baby was crying for his bottle.

7. The __________ players scored many goals.

8. Lydia left her __________ backpack at the bottom of the stairs.

9.Teddy is so __________ and he tripped on the sidewalk.

10. Jenna placed her __________ doll carefully on her dresser.

11. The students were looking forward to the __________ summer break.

12. The __________ girl refused to sing in front of the crowd.

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