WEEK 1

GRAMMAR FOCUS
PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Put the verb into the correct form, Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. Let’s go out. It...................................... (not rain) now.

2. “...........................................(you/ listen) to the radio every day?” “No, just occasionally”
3. (you/ listen).....................................to the radio? Can I turn it off?
4. Josh .......................................(always / use) my bike! It’s so annoying.
5. We usually............................ (grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year we ...............................(not grow) any.
6. “How is your English?” “Not bad. I think it ........................................ (improve) slowly.
7. You always ……………………(forget) your keys every time
1. A. puts B. cooks C. climbs D. pumps
2. A. drives B. writes C. revives D. retires
3. A. reaches B. washes C. clothes D. sneezes
4. A. comes B. takes C. likes D. gets
5. A. matches B. watches C. aches D. hatches
6. A. works B. laughs C. writes D. manages
7. A. watches B. passes C. buries D. buzzes
S-V AGREEMENT
Circle the correct answer.
1. Rabies (is/are) a fatal disease caused by dogs.
2. Most of the sand (is/are) wet from the high tide.
3. Either the two kittens or the puppy (sir/sits) on my lap while I watch television.
4. A subject of great interest (is/are) rainforests.
5. “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (is/are) the second novel in the Harry Potter series.
6. Who (rule/rules) this kingdom?
7. The Capulets (doesn’t/don’t) allow Juliet to love Romeo.
8. Here (come/comes) the brides.
9. Somebody (go/goes) there everyday and (give/gives) the old woman some food.
10. The police usually (look/looks) for bad guys.
11. Athletics (is/are) my favourite sport.
12. The United States (is/are) very powerful.
13. Fish and chips (is/are) nice to eat.
14. Three years (is/are) a long time.
15. More than one person (is/are) unhappy with this.
16. The new pair of jeans (look/looks) quite fashionable.
17. All of the water in that bottle (is/are) dirty.
18. The number of French students in my school (is/are) small.
19. A large number of English teachers (is/are) female.
20. Neither you nor he (is/are) responsible for the accident.
21. Sue as well as her brothers usually (play/plays) in the park near their house.
22. All of the students in my school (is/are) under sixteen.
Write the questions
1. Danny goes fishing once or twice a week.
 …………………………………………………………………………
2. My sister and brother like to do yoga every day.
 …………………………………………………………………………
3. My brother’s naughty pets drive me mad quite often.
 …………………………………………………………………………
4. Nancy usually borrows her friend’s comic book.
 …………………………………………………………………………
5. People often travel to Singapore by plane.
 …………………………………………………………………………
6. I am waiting for my uncle at the station.
 …………………………………………………………………………
7. My English is not very good.
 …………………………………………………………………………
8. The English book costs 12 dollars.
 …………………………………………………………………………
VOCABULARY
1. /prətræktə(r)/ 1. /ˈbɑːθ mæt/

2. /ˌɔːdɪtɔːriəm/ 2. /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/

3. /lɪtrətʃə(r)/ 3. /ˈvækjuəm kliːnə(r)/

4. /kaʊnsələ(r)/ 4. /kræmpt/

5. /kəmpʌlsəri/ 5. /ˈɒk.jə.pənt/

6. /ləbɒrətri/ 6. /ləʊˈkeɪʃn/

7. /ɪksperɪmənt/ 7. /ˈbeɪs.mənt/

8. /kʌstəʊdiən/ 8. /kənˈviː.ni.ənt/

9. /vais-prɪnsəpl/ 9. /baɪˈɒlədʒi

10. /ei.vi.kruː/ 10. /ˈspeɪ.ʃəs/

11. /depjuti-hed/ 11. /ˌnjuːkliə ˈfæməli/

12. /ˌkæfətɪəriə/ 12. /əˈdɒpt/

13. /kwaiə/ 13. /ˈbætʃələr/

14. /praɪvət skuːl/ 14. /ˈhɑːfˌsɪs.tər/

15. /pensl ʃɑːpnə(r)/ 15. /ˈsɪb.lɪŋ/

16. /ləbɒrətri/ 16. /ˈwɪd.əʊ.ər/

17. /ɪkˈsperɪmənt/ 17. /ˈstepˌmʌð.ər/

18. /vəʊkeiʃənl-skuːl/ 18. /ˈnef.juː/

19. /dʒɪmneɪziəm/ 19. /spaʊs/

20. /əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃn/ 20. /ˈɔː.fən/

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. deaths B. potatoes C. legs D. channels
2. A. education B. invitation C. direction D. question
3. A. sausage B. Australia C. island D. silly
4. A. Canadian B. Canada C. Australia D. nation
5. A. hard B. honest C. heat D. help
II. Circle the best option to complete each sentence:
1. For many people, Saint Jean d'Aulps in France is one of the cheapest places to ______.
A. play snowboarding B. do snowboarding
C. snowboarding D. go snowboarding
2. - How do you like your new car?
- B: We’re very ______________ with it.
A. pleased B. pleasure C. pleasing D. please
3. - A: How long do I have to wait?
- B: _____________________________
A. This is our slow day. B. I don’t think so.
C. Sure. No problem. D. About 20 minutes .
4. - A: ____ car do you borrow? - B: I borrow Karen’s. My car has broken down and still in the garage.
A. Whose B. What C. Which D. How many
5. - A: Your computer is working. But it looks like the printer won’t turn on.
- B: _____________
A. Yes, sir. B. Can you fix it? C. Terrific! I’ll see you then. D. Very nice, thanks
6. If you want to meet Tom, go downstairs. He ______the lunch room around 12 o’clock.
A. is generally in B. generally is in
C. is in generally D. generally in is
7. Jack _______in the morning. He often gets up late and he doesn’t have enough time to do that.
A. shaves hardy ever B. hardy shaves ever
C. doesn’t hardy ever shave D. hardy ever shaves
8. My father is good ________ mechanical devices. Everyone in my family _______ he’s skillful with his hands.
A. at repairing/say B. at repairing/says
C. in repairing/says D. on repairing/says
9. He is really ______ today. Look! He ______ to upbeat, happy music while singing along and dancing!
 A. in a good mood/is listening B. in a good mood/listens
C. on a good mood/is listening D. on a good mood/ listens
10. - A: _______ the party? - B: Yes, very much, thank you. I love making new friends with people here!
A. Are you enjoying B. Do you enjoy
C. Are you enjoy D. Do you enjoying
III. Use the correct verb forms to complete the sentences below:
1. Oops, don’t show her that piсturе! She (hatе).……............................. miсе!
2. You (always, complain)…………………………….that waiters are rude!
3. Alex is working. He (appear)……………………….….on stage in a play by Agatha Christie.
4. This curry (taste)………………………….delicious! What have you put in it?
5. Diana (not, usually, sit) ................................................. nеxt to Еllеn.
6. Why (you look at) ................................................mе likе that?
7. She (play)……………………..tennis once or twice a week but she (play)………………………this week because
she’s hurt her wrist.
8. There is so much fast food available that people (forget) ..........................................how to cook.
9. My mum (take)………………….part in ice-skating competitions almost every weekend.
IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting and then correct it.
1. If you are interesting in history, you could visit many ancient monuments.
A B C D
2. The library in our school has hundred of interesting books.
A B C D
3. I’m afraid this article is out on date.
A B C D
4. The step pyramid of Saqqaara is much more older than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
A B C D
5. I’m looking for someone friendly, lovely and wisely.
A B C D
6. Could you tell me where to get to the souvenir shop?
A B C D
7. I didn’t do it with purpose. It was an accident.
A B C D
8. A English friend of mine, Mary, usually sends me stamps from England.
A B C D
9. It is a two-hours train journey from London to Bristol.
A B C D
10. My teacher as well as his students are going fishing now.
A B C D
V. Use the correct word forms to complete the sentences below:
1. Why don’t you give some flowers? I wish you’d be more __________________. ROMANCE
2. My new colleague is really ______________________ . She doesn’t give me any support to HELP
complete the group task on time.
3.That’s a ______________________lawyer. He never tells the truth HONEST
4. Don’t be so __________________I’m sure the bus is coming soon. PATIENCE
5. An________________is someone who always believes that good things will happen. OPTIMISM
6. Although Sue and Sana are twins, their ___________________are quite different. PERSON
7. He has an ______________family. His parents are pianists and his sister is a singer.. ART
8. You have to practise a lot if you want to work as a__________ MUSIC

VI. Underline one mistake in each line and write the correction in the provided space:
 I’m an lucky boy. I have a good family, and we live in a very nice place, Puerto 1______________
Vallarta, Mexico. People travel here to many countries for their vacations. We 2______________
have beautiful beach, hotels, restaurants and shopping malls. However, in my 3______________
beautifully hometown, there are also very poor neighborhoods. These areas are 4______________
crowded and has a lot of crime. Life is terrible for many of the children here. 5______________
Some doesn’t really have a childhood because they are homeless and live in the 6______________
streets. They don’t have education or enough food. I wish I could do something to 7______________
help they. 8______________

VIIVviLook at this school report for Sarah Targett, then answer the questions:
LAMPTON SCHOOL TERM REPORT
Name: ...SARAH TARGETT........ Class: ....3B............ Geography
Age: ...13....................................... Sarah enjoys this subject and she has produced some very
Mathematics good work this term. She still needs to take care when she
Sometimes very good, but often spoilt because she is is drawing maps, although they are much tidier than they
careless about finishing her homework. She really must try used to be.
to hand in her work at the right time. MM
J.N Music
English Sarah is doing very well; she has a pleasant voice and she
She has worked hard throughout the term. She shows a comes to practices regularly.
good understanding of what she reads. She often has E.B
problems with written work as she doesn’t take enough Sport
time to organize her ideas before starting to write. Her Good. She’s got lots of energy and has been a very active
handwriting is neat but she can be rather slow. member of the girls’ football team. She’s also learnt to
E.F swim at last.
Science A.T
Sarah is getting on well. She is neat and remembers facts Class teacher’s report
well. MM Sarah is a very pleasant and helpful member of class.
History There are certain subjects, especially Maths, where she
She has made good progress during the term and handed in needs to make more effort, but on the whole she is
an excellent piece of work on English Kings and Queens. working well.
She sometimes has difficulty remembering dates and needs MM
to put in more times on this at home.
LR
Date ..............8/12/2009 ..............................Signed: ........................................................ Head teacher

Are the following sentences True (T) or False (F)?

0. Sarah is ten years old. ________
1. Sarah sometimes forgets to give in her mathematics homework. ________
2. She has problems with reading. ________
3. Her handwriting is unclear. ________
4. She finds it difficult to plan her English written work. ________
5. Sarah's map work is becoming more untidy. ________
6. In history she needs to be more careful with her written work. ________
7. She sings well. ________
8. She has only just learnt to swim. ________
9. Her class teacher wishes Sarah would behave better. ________
10. She is a lazy pupil. ________
SCHOOL IN 15TH CENTURY ENGLAND
How different was life for school children in Tudor England, (0)__over___ 400 years ago? The biggest
difference is that not many children (1)____ had the chance to go to school. Those that went were mainly
boys (2)______ rich families could afford to pay the fees. Girls were (3)________ kept at home to help
with housework or sent out to work to (4)________ some money.
They weren’t (5)_______ to go to school. At school, boys often had to speak in Latin. There were very
few books, so each pupil read from a wooden board (6)______ . They attended school six days a week,
and teachers were very (7)________ – boys were punished if they broke the school (8)_______ . When
boys left school, they could go to university, with some boys as (9)_________ as fourteen attending
classes. (10)_____, at that time there were only two universities – Oxford and Cambridge.
0. A. over B. above C. across D. round
1. A. even B. never C. just D. only
2. A. who B. which C. whose D. what
3. A. neither B. or C. such D. either
4. A. collect B. bring C. earn D. win
5. A. approved B. allowed C. agreed D. admitted
6. A. altogether B. meanwhile C. otherwise D. instead
7. A. heavy B. strict C. annoyed D. exact
8. A. rules B. duties C. laws D. orders
9. A. soon B. small C. early D. young
10. A. Although B. However C. Despite D. Because
VIII. Rewrite each sentence, use the given words, so that its meaning stays the same.
1. How deep is the lake ?
⇒ What ..........................................................................................................................................?
3. He really likes playing table tennis and often plays with his classmates. (keen).
⇒ He.............................................................................................and often plays with his classmates.
4. People are scared of snake.
⇒ It is .......................................................................................................................
5. She never go to class on time! (ALWAYS)
⇒ She is...........................................................................................................................................
6. Have you got a cheaper handbag than this?
 Is this ………………………………………………………………………?
7. It takes me about two hours each day to do my homework
I spend ……………………………………………………………………….
8. Let’s go abroad for our holiday this year?
 Why …………………………………………………………………………?
9. What is the price of this cap ?
 How much ……………………………………………………………………?
III. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences:
1. me/ is/ presents/ buying/ always/ he/ little.
⇒………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. is/ to/ through/ trying/ friend/ to/ say/ window/ something/ Martin/ the/his.
⇒………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. your/ in/ much/ job/ you/ earn/ do/ how/ new?
⇒………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. become/ not/ want /just/ to/ Ed/ a/ for/ professional/ fun/ does/, /he/ it/ footballer/ does.
⇒………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. his/ loves/ to/ my/ and / go/ grandad/ boat /we/ sailing /go/ often/ out/ on.
⇒………………………………………………………………………………………………….

VOCABULARY: CREATING & BUILDING