Present simple

Complete the text. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

My family and I are always busy on Saturdays. In the morning, my sister Olivia and I (1) play
(play) basketball and then she (2) ............ (go) rollerblading with Dad. I (3) ............ (not like)
rollerblading, so I usually (4) ............ (help) Mum with the shopping. In the afternoon, Dad
and I (5) ............ (make) model planes and then in the evening we all (6) ............ (watch) a
film together. Saturday is my favourite day.

Present continuous

Write sentences in the present continuous tense. Use contractions.

1 She ‘s dancing (dance) in the bathroom.

2 He ......................... (draw) cartoons in the living room.
3 They ......................... (sleep) in the bedroom.
4 He ......................... (listen to) music now.
5 I ......................... (do) the housework at the moment.
6 We ......................... (play) board games in my bedroom.

Choose the correct words.

1 Jamie isn’t / aren’t watching the match.

2 Is / Are they making pizza for everyone?
3 We isn’t / aren’t sleeping, we are relaxing.
4 What / When are you doing now?
5 I’m help / helping mum with the housework.
6 Is / Are she rollerblading in the park?

Write questions and answers. Use the present continuous tense.

1 Chris / make a cake (No) Is Chris making a cake? No, he isn’t.

2 Paul and Simon / talk about computer games again (Yes)

...........................................................................? .........................................
3 Fiona / wear a blue jacket today (Yes)
...........................................................................? .........................................
4 Granny and Granddad / listen to the radio at the moment (No)
...........................................................................? .........................................
5 you / draw me now (No)
...........................................................................? .........................................
6 you / watch a film at the moment (Yes)
...........................................................................? .........................................

present simple and present continuous

Match the sentences.

1 Jenna is sick. - She isn’t going to school today.
2 My phone isn’t working..
3 I don’t like fish..
4 David isn’t here now
5 We like exercising
6 Please be quiet!

● He’s rollerblading in the park at the moment.

● We play tennis or football every day.
●
● I don’t eat sushi.
● You are talking and I can’t hear the film.
● I’m using my friend’s phone.

Complete the text message. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use
contractions.

Hi Maggie. How are you? What (1) are you doing (do) now? It’s really boring here at the
moment. Dad (2)
......................... (wash) the car and Mum isn’t here. She always (3) ......................... (go) to
the gym on
Saturday mornings. My brother (4) ......................... (sleep). He never (5) .........................
(get up) early at
the weekends. I’m bored so I (6) ......................... (write) this message to you. Please
reply! :-)

Correct the mistakes. Use contractions.

1 Granddad is listening to the radio every morning. listens

2 I’m not liking cucumbers, bananas or lettuce. .........................................................
3 Is you having fun now? .........................................................
4 She walks the dog at the moment. .........................................................
5 He aren’t sing in a band. .........................................................
6 What are you do now? .........................................................

Complete with some or any.

Jack: Hello, Jack speaking. Dad: Jack? It’s Dad. I’m in the supermarket. Please look in the
fridge and tell
me are there (1) any eggs?
Jack: Yes, there are (2) ................. eggs, but there aren’t (3) ................ sausages.
Dad: OK. Is there (4) ................. milk?
Jack: Yes, there’s (5) ................. milk, but there isn’t (6) ................. orange juice.
Dad: OK. Thanks Jack. See you soon.

Write questions and match them with the answers.

1 boys / in the dance class Are there any boys in the dance class? B
2 bread / in the cupboard ...............................................................................
3 quiz programmes / on TV tonight ...............................................................................
4 mushrooms / in the stir-fry ...............................................................................
5 cheese / in my sandwich ...............................................................................
6 water / in the swimming pool ...............................................................................

A No, there aren’t, but there is a good film on Channel 2

B Yes, there are. There are two. Gary and John.
C No, there isn’t. Don’t dive in, it’s dangerous.
D Yes, there is. Do you want white or brown for your sandwiches?
E No, there aren’t. I don’t like mushrooms.
F Yes, there is. You’ve got cheese and ham today.
Present Perfect with Ever/Never
5. Put the words in order to make questions.

1. I told about Have my ever you hobby

.................................................................................
2. been she on television Has ever
.................................................................................
3. they lessons ever had Have piano
.................................................................................
4. Have before ever met we
.................................................................................
5. your Granddad ever rollerblading been Has
.................................................................................
6. you favourite star dreamed Have about ever your
.................................................................................

6. Write answers to the questions in exercise 5.

1. .................................................................................
 2. .................................................................................
3. .................................................................................
4. .................................................................................
5. .................................................................................
6. .................................................................................

7. Choose the correct word.

1. Fatima has never (see, seen, saw) snow.

2. My Granny has never (hear, heard, hears) of Justin Timberlake.
3. We have never (have, has, had) a pet.
4. John has never (give, gave, given) Phil a birthday present.
5. Our cat has never (drink, drank, drunk) lemonade.
6. I have never (do, done, did) my homework on Monday morning.

Present Perfect and Past Simple

8. Complete the table with the words and phrases in the box.

ever, ago, yesterday, never, times (e.g. 16:00, lunchtime, midnight), last (week), dates
(e.g. 5th July, 2012), before

Use with present Use with past

perfect simple

9. Complete the text. Use the past simple or the present perfect.

Colin loves going to concerts. He (1) ..................... (start) 3 years ago. He’s seen lots of
different bands and singers. Last year he (2) ..................... (go) to a heavy metal concert
with his dad. He’s also (3) ..................... (be) to a jazz concert before. Yesterday he and his
mum (4) ..................... (buy) tickets for a Latin concert. He’s never (5) ..................... (see) a
folk concert. The last one (6) ..................... (be) in June but he was busy.

Present Perfect – For/Since

1. Complete the table with the time expressions from the box.

July, last weekend, Thursday, a week, last month, yesterday, a month, ten minutes,
two years, five o’clock, a long time, nine days, 2005, years

For Sinc
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Present Perfect – Positive

2. Complete the text. Use the present perfect forms of the verbs in brackets.

Today I (1) ..................... (hear) some bad news! I (2) ..................... (meet) my old friend
from school - Sophie. Do you remember her? No? Come on! We (3) ..................... (be)
friends for six years. Yes, the girl with very long blonde hair. Sophie (4) ..................... (see) a
terrible car accident in front of our supermarket. Now there is a police car, an ambulance and
even two fire engines! You don’t believe me? I’m sure the accident (5) .....................
(happen)! We are good friends and she (6) ..................... (give) me her word that it’s true!

Present Perfect – Negative

3. Write negative sentences. Use for or since.

1. I .................................................................................
2. They .................................................................................
3. She .................................................................................
4. I .................................................................................
5. They .................................................................................
6. We .................................................................................

Present Perfect – Questions

4. Write questions and short answers.

1. .................................................................................
Yes, he has.
2. .................................................................................
No, I haven’t.
3. .................................................................................
Yes, they have.
4. .................................................................................
No, she hasn’t.
5. .................................................................................
No, I haven’t.
6. .................................................................................
Yes, he has.

Present Perfect – How long?

5. Answer the questions about you.

1. How long have you been a student?

.................................................................................
2. How long have you lived in your house?
.................................................................................
3. How long have you had your schoolbag?
.................................................................................
4. How long have you had your mobile?
.................................................................................
5. How long have you studied English?
.................................................................................
6. How long have you lived in your town?
.................................................................................

6. Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box.

try, read, help, see, be, drink

1. It’s a great film. You must ..................... it.

2. You must ..................... careful. It’s dangerous.
3. The puppy is so small. You must ..................... it.
4. It’s very hot. You must ..................... water.
5. It’s so funny. You must ..................... it.
6. The cake is delicious. You must ..................... it.

7. Match the situations in Exercise 6 to the sentences A-F.

A. And you mustn’t stay in the sun too long. ..........

B. But you mustn’t eat too much. ..........

C. But you mustn’t take it home. ..........

D. But you mustn’t go to the cinema alone. ..........

E. But you must take the book from the library. ..........

F. And you must phone the police. ..........

Some/Any/No
8. Complete the table.

| no-one | anything | somewhere |

9. Complete the sentences with the words from exercise 8.

1. I have met ..................... interesting. Her name’s Sophie.

2. The party was boring. I haven’t met ..................... interesting.
3. He has given me ..................... fantastic. I love it!
4. He has given me ..................... interesting – only an old pen.
5. They’re sad. They have been ..................... exciting for two years.
6. Have you been ..................... exciting since your holiday?
10. Complete the text with expressions from the box.

somewhere, mustn’t, nothing, anything, must, anywhere

1. There isn’t ..................... on the radio.

2. Look! A boy and a girl in the sea! We ..................... rescue them!
3. I have seen ..................... interesting in the shop.
4. It isn’t safe here. We must go ......................
5. These flowers are dangerous. You ..................... touch them.
6. We mustn’t go ...................... You must stay here.

Should
1. Match the problems (on the left) and the advice (on the right).

1. My phone battery is empty.

.................................................................................
2. I’ve got a toothache.
.................................................................................
3. I can’t sleep.
.................................................................................
4. I was mean to my friend.
.................................................................................
5. I’m really full. I feel sick.
.................................................................................
6. I forgot my English book again.
.................................................................................

2. Complete the sentences. Use should or shouldn’t.

1. You ..................... be nice to other people.

2. You ..................... be unkind to animals.
3. You ..................... listen when people talk.
4. You ..................... brush your teeth at least twice a day.
5. You ..................... eat too many sweets.
6. You ..................... argue with your parents.

3. Write answers to the questions.

1. Should he call you?

R ......................................................................
2. Should we wait for them?
Q ......................................................................
3. Should I sit here?
R ......................................................................
4. Should she do that?
Q ......................................................................
5. Should they tell the teacher?
R ......................................................................
6. Should it make that noise?
Q ......................................................................

4. Put the words in order to make questions.

 1. do what I should
What should I do?
2. should go she where
.................................................................................
3. time meet what we should
.................................................................................
4. how wait long should we
.................................................................................
5. much I pay should how
.................................................................................
6. he should who for ask help
.................................................................................

5. Match the answers to the questions in Exercise 4.

1. You should talk to your friend.

1
2. You don’t have to pay. It’s free.
..........
3. She should go to building 4, room 17.
..........
4. He should ask his parents. They’ll help him.
..........
5. We should wait for half an hour.
..........
6. Let’s meet at seven o’clock.
..........

6. Tick five more sentences about the future.

1. They aren’t going to the cinema this evening.

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2. Megan is reading a good book at the moment.
□
3. We’re meeting friends later.
□
4. Hannah isn’t coming to dance class tonight.
□
5. I’m talking to Dad now.
□
6. My brother’s watching a film upstairs at the moment.
□
7. Isobel’s cooking dinner this evening.
□
8. Granny and Granddad are visiting us next weekend.
□
9. Ken’s doing his homework now.
□
10. We aren’t going to school next week.
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Grammar Review
Present Simple and Frequency Adverbs
1. Make sentences. Put the frequency adverbs in the correct place.

1. He goes swimming. (often) .................................................................................

2. They watch TV. (sometimes) .................................................................................
3. Are they bored at weekends?
(often) .................................................................................
4. Does she read books on the bus?
(usually) .................................................................................
5. He takes photos in the park.
(never) .................................................................................
6. She is tired after school. (always) .................................................................................

Present Continuous

2. Make sentences. Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

1. Be quiet! Dad ..................... (sleep).

2. I ..................... (write) a message to my friend from Spain.
3. You look tired. ..................... (you / feel) fine?
4. Mum, come and see! Meg and I ..................... (make) jewellery!
5. Why are they so noisy? ..................... (they / watch) TV?
6. Wow! You ..................... (draw) a beautiful picture!

Past Simple: To Be

3. Complete the text. Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

I like my friends but sometimes they are horrible to me. Yesterday there (1) .....................
(be) an English lesson at 2 p.m. It (2) ..................... (be) in room 22 on the first floor. All the
other lessons (3) ..................... (be) in room 11 on the ground floor where we normally leave
our things. When I came back to room 11, my trainers (4) ..................... (not / be) there.
Where (5) ..................... (they / be)? Outside! Good friends? Not really… It was a rainy day
so it (6) ..................... (not / be) a funny joke.

Past Simple: Regular / Irregular Verbs

4. Make questions.

1. Where ..................... he yesterday?

2. Where ..................... they .....................?
3. How many ..................... I .....................?
4. What time ..................... they ..................... football?
5. Who ..................... they .....................?
6. How much ..................... the tickets?

Going to / Will / Present Continuous

5. Complete the text. Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

You know what I (1) ..................... (do) on my holiday? I (2) ..................... (learn) a new
language - Russian. My friend Jenny thinks that it (3) ..................... (not / be) interesting and
that writing (4) ..................... (be) very difficult but she isn’t right. I (5) ..................... (start) on
2nd July and really can’t wait. I want to speak Russian quite soon because in September me
and my parents (6) ..................... (go) to Moscow for a month. It will be fun!
Adjectives: Comparatives / Superlatives

6. Write the correct forms of the adjectives.

Adjective Comparative Superlative

bad

big

dirty

expensive

good

famous

noisy

Adjective + Preposition

7. Complete the table with the right preposition.

bad excite goo happy sa scare tired
d d d d

A/An/Some/Any
8. Complete the sentences with a, an, some, any.

1. Are there ..................... bananas?

2. There is ..................... rice.
3. This is ..................... very sweet apple.
4. There is ..................... meat and cheese.
5. There aren’t ..................... eggs.
6. Is there ..................... onion?

Present Perfect
9. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the present perfect as in the
example.

1. You should do the dishes after school but you ..................... the dishes for two days.
2. He should make his bed every day but he ..................... his bed today.
3. They must clean their teeth in the morning but they ..................... their teeth today.
4. I should visit my grandma once a month but I ..................... her this month.
5. We must tidy our rooms in the morning but we ..................... our rooms since
Monday.
6. She should cook healthy food but she ..................... anything healthy this week.

10. Complete the sentences with for or since.

 1. I’ve been friends with Mark ..................... ten years.
2. He’s worked as a coastguard ..................... last summer.
3. They’ve lived in the USA ..................... August.
4. She’s had her dog ..................... years.
5. We’ve studied English ..................... three months.
6. I’ve had skiing lessons ..................... yesterday.

11. Answer the questions about you. Write short answers.

1. Have you ever been to Spain?

.................................................................................
2. Have you ever found any money in the street?
.................................................................................
3. Have you ever played golf?
.................................................................................
4. Have you ever eaten a banana soup?
.................................................................................
5. Have you ever left your mobile on the bus?
.................................................................................
6. Have you ever won a medal?
.................................................................................