Exam for starters. Level 1. Grammar focus.

Name ___________________________________

1) Write down the following verbs in Present Simple Tense. Affirmative and Negative forms.

BE HAVE DO

I am am not I have don’t have I do don´t do

You______________________________________________________________________________

He_______________________________________________________________________________

She______________________________________________________________________________

It _______________________________________________________________________________

We_______________________________________________________________________________

You______________________________________________________________________________

They_____________________________________________________________________________

2) Instructions. Fill in the gaps with the proper subject pronouns, object pronouns and possessive adjectives.

I she his its our their him her us them

My name is Robert. _______ am an engineer. I have a very good job. My coworkers are also engineers:
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Mike and Alan are __________ names. I like to work with ___________. They help me a lot. We belong to
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the construction department. __________ company´s name is Akron. It is a very big company.
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Our manager´s name is George. __________ last name is Harris. I like _______. We sometimes travel
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together and our wives come with ________. My wife is a teacher, ________ name is Alice. She
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works in a big school. ________ is very patient. Her students love her and they often visit our home.
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We have a dog, ______ name is Blackie. Alice´s students play with it.
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 3) Instructions: fill in the gaps with the words in the box.

but have them for is at

evening old sons usually messages
with a comfortable job

My house _________(1) in the center of Philadelphia and it´s about 90 years _________(2). I work

from home and my favorite place is my office. It´s a beautiful room ___________(3) big windows

and __________(4) soft, blue carpet. In my office I have a computer, a nice desk, two

________________(5) armchairs, a CD player and a small fridge. There are photos of my three

______________(6) on the walls. They´re at college and I only see ____________(7) on vacation.

Every morning I get up _________(8) 7 a.m., take a shower and get dressed. I ___________(9) a

big breakfast and I work on my computer all day. I don´t _____________(10) go out because I

have everything I need to do my ___________(11). I don´t have a secretary, ____________ (12) I

have a message receiver. My wife always sends me romantic _______________(13) during the

day. In the ____________(14) when I finish work, my wife and I listen to music and we order

pizza or sushi. My friend Jack sometimes visits me. We play chess __________(15) hours.

4) Instructions. Put the following sentences in order. Pay attention to adverbs of frequency.

a) often / office / he / to / walks / the

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b) always / school / have / Christmas / the / a / we / party / at
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c) weekends / do / don´t / their / on / homework / they
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d) Chinese / your / does / teach / brother / ?
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e) people / the / do / movies / go / Friday / to / on / ?
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f) at / breakfast / has / Mr. Rob / home / never
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 5) Change the following sentences to the negative and question forms:
a) People read many magazines on weekdays.
Negative _____________________________________________________________________
Question______________________________________________________________________
b) The chef buys vegetables for the restaurant.
Negative______________________________________________________________________
Question_____________________________________________________________________________
c) You often get up late in the morning.
Negative________________________________________________________________________
Question________________________________________________________________________
d) Your parents drink coffee at lunch.
Negative__________________________________________________________________________
Question__________________________________________________________________________
e) Lucy studies English and French at college.
Negative________________________________________________________________________
Question________________________________________________________________________

6) Put the following question words in the sentences.

Who Where Why When What How Which

How many How long How much

a) __________________ do you need? I need some pencils.

b) __________________ do they plan to go for their vacations? They want to go to Paris.

c) __________________ car do you prefer? I prefer the Chevy Nova.

d) __________________ do you like this book? Because it is very interesting.

e) __________________do you begin your English course? In January.

f) __________________does she want to study with? With Lucy.

g) __________________does Rosemary plan to go to Cozumel? By car.

h) __________________does the lunch cost? Ten dollars.

i) __________________does she think to stay in Rome? Six months.

j) __________________hats do you have? Four.