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Gateway A1+ - Extra Grammar Practice
Gateway A1+ - Extra Grammar Practice
Gateway A1+ - Extra Grammar Practice
5 she/her hobby/does/When/do/?
6 How many/you/do/languages/speak/?
2 I/need/sugar/and/egg
3 you/mix/milk/and/honey/in/bowl
5 you/put/butter/in/cake tin
3 change/the screensaver/students/on the school 5 Choose the best answer to complete this text.
computers/Can/?
When he was a teenager, American Shubham Banerjee
invented a cheap gadget that (1) help people to
4 Oh no!/my password/I/remember/can’t/. read. People who (2) see use Braille, a system of
small dots that they touch to read the letters. To print
5 connect/How/can/this webcam/we/to our tablets/? a document they use special machines that are usually
very expensive. But with this new gadget, they can do
6 with this gadget/do/can/What/we/? it (3) . Banerjee’s invention is made from a Lego kit
and is very cheap and (4) to use. It’s called Braigo
– a combination of the words Braille and Lego. It
2 Change the adjectives to adverbs. Choose the translates an electronic text into Braille and then prints
correct adverbs to complete the sentences. it using a computer. The Braigo helps blind people,
(5) those who can’t (6) an expensive machine,
automatic • careful • easy • fast • good • hard
to print out letters, shopping lists and short documents.
1 My sister can play the piano . If you want to see how it works, (7) the instructions
on Banerjee’s website – they are (8) .
2 I can’t send text messages . My
connection is very slow. As you can see, a simple game can become something
really useful. So, if you also love (9) with Lego
3 You don’t need to do anything, the lights will come
bricks, (10) about what you can do with them to
on .
help other people.
4 If you don’t like this T-shirt, you can change it
.
5 He’s a millionaire, but he works very . 1 A can B cans C can’t
6 Write your name and address . Please 2 A can B can’t C can not
use capital letters. 3 A cheap B cheaper C cheaply
4 A easier B easy C easily
3 Change the sentences into imperatives.
5 A particularly B particular C more particular
1 It’s important to time yourself to see how fast 6 A buying B to buy C buy
you speak.
7 A looking up B look up C to look up
!
8 A complete B complete C completely free
2 It’s a good idea to practise your presentation free freely
at home. 9 A play B playing C plays
!
10 A don’t think B to think C think
3 It’s a bad idea to write many words in a presentation.
!
4 It’s important to make eye contact with the people
who are listening.
!
5 You must not chat to your friends during class.
!
6 It’s a good idea to speak to your tutor if you have
a problem.
!
1 Complete the dialogues with the past simple 4 Complete the sentences with verbs in the past
form of be. simple.
1 ‘ the match interesting?’ 1 We usually go to a football match at the weekend,
‘No, it boring. The players but last Saturday, we to a tennis
very good.’ tournament.
2 ‘Who the rugby player Jonah Lomu?’ 2 I always have tea for breakfast, but this morning, I
‘For many people, he only a champion. some orange juice.
He a hero.’ 3 She normally takes the train at 7.30, but yesterday,
3 ‘Who the winners of last year’s school she it at 8.00.
sports competition?’ 4 Our basketball team always loses – last week, it
‘Me! I one of the winners. I don’t know 20 to 46!
who the others – they in 5 She usually does her homework in the afternoon,
my year.’ but yesterday, she it in the evening.
4 ‘ the referee fair?’ 6 Chris wins all the school’s competitions, and last
‘Yes, he . I think all his decisions winter, he the city marathon.
correct.’
5 Complete the text with the past simple form of
5 ‘ the match good?’ the verbs in the box.
‘Yes, there a positive atmosphere in
the team, and there any problems.’ become • create • finish • go • have • invent •
6 ‘Who those people on TV last night?’ make • not be • practise • start • take • train
‘One an ex-footballer, the other two
American basketball players.’ The history of judo
The man who (1) modern judo was Jigoro
2 Find and correct the mistakes. Three sentences
Kano. When he was 17, he (2) to practise
are incorrect.
a traditional martial art called jujitsu. Originally,
1 The game was fun, but it wasn’t a prize for professional soldiers called samurai (3)
the winners.
jujitsu to fight their enemies on the battlefield. Then
2 My first teacher was a role model for me.
the era of samurai (4) and jujitsu
3 Jessica and her sister was in the gymnastics show (5) very popular any more. But Kano was
last year.
passionate about it and (6) with the great
4 The players were competitive?
master of the school of jujitsu. When he was only 21
5 My uncle was a swimming champion.
years old, he (7) the best things about
6 I was late for training yesterday, and my teammates each jujitsu style and (8) a new school.
were angry with me.
At first, he (9) only nine students, but then
he (10) to Europe and (11)
3 Complete the sentences with the past simple
form of the verbs in the box. judo popular around the world. Judo (12)
an Olympic sport in 1964. This was a sign that judo was
ask • change • decide • go • love • need • play • a popular sport both inside and outside Japan.
start • stay • stop • watch • work
2 Complete the sentences with there was/there become • create • finish • go • practise • start •
were in the affirmative (+) or negative (–) form. t ake • train
1 a positive atmosphere in the team. (+)
2 any cyclists on the road on Sunday. (–) The history of judo
3 a prize for the winner. (–) The man who invented modern judo was Jigoro
4 two gold medals on the wall. (+) Kano. When he was 17, he (1) to practise
5 a famous ex-footballer on TV last a traditional martial art called jujitsu. Originally,
night. (+) professional soldiers called samurai (2)
6 a solution to the problem. (–) jujitsu to fight their enemies on the battlefield. Then
the era of samurai (3) and jujitsu was
3 Complete the sentences with the past simple not very popular. But Kano was passionate about it
form of the verbs given. and (4) with the great master of the
1 It was cold last night, so we at home school of jujitsu. When he was only 21 years old, he
and a film on TV. (stay, watch) (5) the best things about each jujitsu
style and (6) a new school. At first, there
2 The weather suddenly, and it
were only nine students in his school, but then Kano
to snow. (change, start)
(7) to Europe and made judo popular
3 They to have a short break because they
around the world. Judo (8) an Olympic
were tired and to rest. (decide, need)
sport in 1964. This was a sign that judo was a popular
4 The other kids video games in their free
sport both inside and outside Japan.
time, but he classical music. (play, love)
5 A tourist a policeman and
for directions. (stop, ask)
6 He hard all day and then he
home to rest. (work, go)