Present Simple / Present Continuous

A Complete the sentences with the Present Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Stan and I ...................... (meet) our friends at football practice twice a week.

2 That jacket ...................... (look) great.

3 Brian ....................... (watch) television every evening.

4 We usually ...................... (do) our homework together.

5 Tom and Mark ...................... (not want) to go to the museum.

6 ...................... Peter ...................... (wash) the car on Sundays?

B Complete the sentences with the Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1 They ...................................... (not work) on their computer at the moment.

2 ...................... Brenda ...................... (take) her sister to the park now?

3 Jill ...................................... (not write) an e-mail right now.

4 ...................... you ...................... (sit) in the classroom now?

5 Don’t make a noise! The teacher ...................................... (speak) now.

6 Mary ...................................... (travel) home at the moment.

C Choose the correct time expression.

1 Christmas is in December eevveerryy yyeeaarr // nnooww.

2 I am playing soccer eevveerryy TThhuurrssddaayy // ttoonniigghhtt.

3 Does Mike visit his grandmother eevveerryy wweeeekk // tthhiiss wweeeekk?

4 I always walk to school to school ttooddaayy // oonn TTuueessddaayyss.

5 We are learning about the Internet eevveerryy ddaayy // ttooddaayy.

6 That band is playing my favourite song aatt tthhee mmoommeenntt // oonn SSuunnddaayyss.

D Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Jane and her team ...................................... (want) to win the gym competition today.

2 ...................... you usually ...................... (work) on Saturdays?

3 Bill ...................................... (write) a book report at the moment.

4 Robert often ...................................... (study) in the evening.

5 ...................... you ...................... (look) for information on the Internet now?

6 I ...................................... (not know) anything about the theatre.

meet

want

aren’t working

Past Simple / Past Continuous, used to

was writing delivered

used to wear

was writing

rode

A Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Peter ...................... (ride) his bicycle to school yesterday.

2 Mum ...................... (play) tennis yesterday.

3 I ...................... (forget) to do my homework last night.

4 Gina ...................................... (not clean) her room last week.

5 My grandparents ...................... (not travel) to London a month ago.

6 What ...................... you ...................... (drink) after the game?

B Complete the sentences with the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1 The reporter ...................................... (write) an article while the photographers

...................................... (take) pictures.

2 The pupils ...................................... (not study) for a test. They ...................................... (make) a

poster.

3 ......................you ...................... (ride) your horse at 4 o’clock yesterday?

4 We ...................................... (sit) at our desks when the bell rang.

5 My brother ...................................... (not wash) the dishes when Mum came home.

He ...................................... (sleep)!

6 ...................... it ...................... (snow) when you left the house?

C Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs inbrackets.

1 I ...................................... (write) an e-mail to Tom when the postman ......................................

(deliver) his letter!

2 When I ...................................... (leave) home yesterday, some dogs ...................................... (sit)

near the front gate.

3 John ...................................... (not swim) at four o’clock. He ...................................... (play) football.

4 Bob ...................................... (lie) in the garden when it ...................................... (start) to rain.

5 As I ...................................... (put) the baby to bed, the phone ...................................... (ring).

6 What .................. you .................. (do) when Dan ...................................... (fall)?

D Complete the sentences with used to and the verbs in brackets.

1 When Grandma was a girl, she ...................................... (wear) long dresses.

2 Ron ...................................... (not like) swimming, but now he swims every day.

3 Before Steven’s accident, he ...................................... (work) in a factory.

4 Where ...................... you ...................... (go) to school when you were young?

5 What music ...................... teenagers ...................... (listen) to in the 1950s?

6 A hundred years ago, people ...................................... (not travel) in aeroplanes.

First Conditional

A Match A to B to form sentences.

A B

1 If you study hard, ...... a you will burn yourself.

2 If she doesn’t tidy her room, ...... b she won’t go out.

3 Unless you wake up on time, ...... c if you drive too fast.

4 If you touch the hot stove, ...... d you’ll miss the bus to town.

5 You will be cold ..... e you will do well at school.

6 A policeman will stop you ...... f unless you put on a coat.

B Complete the sentences with if or unless.

1 I’m going to leave without you ...................... you are ready soon.

2 We’ll buy that shirt for Jill’s birthday ...................... it isn’t too expensive.

3 ...................... I get a lift, I won’t go to the party.

4 ...................... you aren’t careful, you will get into trouble.

5 ...................... I see that new book in the shop, I’ll buy it for you.

6 Don’t see that film ...................... you like horror films.

C Complete the sentences with the First Conditional. Use the verbs in brackets.

1 If you ...................... (come) home late, I will be angry.

2 If I find my bus ticket, I ...................... (go) to town with you.

3 We will go on a picnic this weekend unless the weather ...................... (be) bad.

4 You’ll get a sunburn if you ...................... (not stay) in the shade.

5 Robert ...................... (meet) us at the restaurant if he finishes work on time.

6 The party will be in the garden unless it ...................... (rain).

D Complete the sentences with the First Conditional. Use the verbs in brackets.

1 My big brother ...................... (drive) us to the cinema if he ...................... (have) time.

2 If someone ...................... (offer) you a summer job, what ...................... you ...................... (do)?

3 Unless you ...................... (say) “sorry”, he ...................... (not be) your friend.

4 Jenny ...................... (not eat) supper if she ...................... (eat) all that ice cream.

5 The food ...................... (not be) ready before the guests ...................... (arrive).

6 If my sister ...................... (do) well in her exams, she ...................... (go) to university.

1

unless

come

will drive has

Present Perfect

A Complete the sentences with the Present Perfect form of the verbs below.

1 Tom looks different. I ...................................... him for years.

2 ...................................... you ...................................... this book before?

3 We’re not late for the lesson. It ...................................... yet.

4 I can’t find Kim. ...................................... she already ...................................... the party?

5 My essay is nearly finished. I ...................................... four pages so far.

6 The grass is very dry. It ...................................... for a long time.

B Choose the correct answer.

1 We have owned our holiday home ffoorr // ssiinnccee three years.

2 I have nneevveerr // eevveerr been to Sweden.

3 Tom has worked in this office ffoorr // ssiinnccee three years.

4 Barbie hasn’t bought Jill’s birthday present yyeett // rreecceennttllyy.

5 I haven’t been to the beach ssiinnccee // ffoorr last summer.

6 Have you been here ssiinnccee // ffoorr a long time?

7 Have you eevveerr // nneevveerr seen a giraffe?

8 I have eevveerr // aallwwaayyss had long hair.

C Choose the correct verb.

1 We aarrrriivveedd // hhaavvee aarrrriivveedd an hour ago.

2 He hhaass bbeeeenn // wwaass here since 5 am.

3 We hhaavvee hheeaarrdd // hheeaarrdd a wonderful concert last night.

4 DDiidd yyoouu vviissiitt // HHaavvee yyoouu vviissiitteedd the Rock Museum yet?

5 Jane hhaass rreeaadd // rreeaadd many books lately.

6 Tom hhaass ggoonnee // wweenntt to Rio last year.

7 When hhaavvee yyoouu lleefftt // ddiidd yyoouu lleeaavvee the party?

8 We hhaavvee sseeeenn // ssaaww this programme many times before.

D Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Present Perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1 The dog ...................... already ...................... (bury) the bone in the garden.

2 Look at that! The children ...................................... (make) a big snowman.

3 I was tired, so I ...................................... (sleep) late last Saturday morning.

4 How long ...................... you ...................... (have) this puppy?

5 I ...................................... (speak) to my friends on the phone last night.

6 ...................... you ...................... (see) my pen? I can’t find it.

7 He spoke so fast. I ...................................... (not understand) him.

8 Colin ...................................... (never break) any windows with his soccer ball.

read not rain leave not see write not start

haven’t seen

has buried

Future

watch go study have play stay

A Complete the sentences. Use will or won’t and the verbs below.

1 Put on a sweater or you ...................................... cold.

2 Andy ...................... probably ...................... the prize.

3 Don’t ask Andrew. He ...................................... the answer.

4 Let’s have a party. We ...................................... fun.

5 ...................... you ...................... the window, please? It’s very hot in here.

6 There are no clouds in the sky. It ...................................... today, I don’t think.

B Complete the sentences with be going to and the verbs in brackets.

1 I bought some paint yesterday and I ...................................... (paint) my room red.

2 I ...................................... (not go out) tonight. I ...................................... (stay) at home and study.

3 What ...................... you ...................... (do) at the weekend?

4 ...................... you ...................... (use) your bike this afternoon? I want to borrow it.

5 Here are the plans. First, we ...................................... (meet) at Helen’s house, then we

...................................... (see) a film.

C Complete the sentences with the Present Continuous form of the verbs below.

”I can’t meet you until Saturday because I’m very busy this week. On Monday, my mum 1 ...................................... to the theatre and I 2 ...................................... at home with my little

sister. On Tuesday afternoon, I 3 ...................................... basketball. On Wednesday afternoon,

my friends and I 4 ...................................... for a test. On Thursday afternoon, I 5 ...................................... a haircut. On Friday afternoon, I 6 ...................................... my favourite

TV programme.”

D Complete the passage about Nick’s holiday with the words below.

open have be rain know win

am going to paint

will be

is going

flying going eat are am meeting will stop

I 1 ......................... going to visit my brother in America next week. We 2 ......................... going

to drive in his jeep and we aren’t going to 3 ......................... until we

arrive at Disneyland. We are 4 ......................... to go on all the rides

there and we are going to 5 ......................... hot dogs, hamburgers,

ice cream and popcorn! I am 6 ......................... to California on Sunday

night and my brother is 7 ......................... me on Monday morning at

the airport. It 8 ......................... be fantastic!

am

D Write questions for the sentences. Use the bold words to help you.

1 .........................................................................

I played bbaasskkeettbbaallll.

2 .........................................................................

We saw BBiigg BBeenn last year.

3 .........................................................................

MMaarryy has lost her bag.

E Put the words in the correct order.

1 ate / who / the / chocolate / ? ................................................................................

2 Jim / what / the / in / done / has / garden / ? ................................................................................

3 holiday / last year / on / went / who / ? ................................................................................

4 bought / they / have / what / ? ................................................................................

5 who / they / call / did / ? ................................................................................

6 Sue / yesterday / did / what / play / ? ................................................................................

C Complete the sentences. Use something, anything, someone or anyone.

1 We need ...................... good to eat.

2 We haven’t got ...................... to drink.

3 Let’s buy ...................... for Alan.

A Match each A to B.

A B

1 Do you want something to eat? ...... a Yes, I know someone in London.

2 Did you eat anything tasty in Italy? ...... b No, thanks. I don’t want anything.

3 Do you know anybody who lives in England? ...... c Yes, we ate pizza every day.

4 Have you bought any winter clothes? ...... d Yes, I bought some sweaters last week.

B Choose the correct answer.

1 Hurry up! ...... is coming.

a Anyone b Someone

2 It was dark outside. I couldn’t see ...... .

a anything b something

3 I would like ...... to eat.

a anything b something

4 Is there ...... on the bus?

a anyone b someone

something / someone / anything / anyone, subject/object questions

4 Can I help ...................... ?

5 Have you got ...................... to give to me?

6 ...................... stole my bicycle.

4 .........................................................................

The baby drank aallll tthhee mmiillkk.

5 .........................................................................

Saul bought tthhee bblluuee ppeenn.

6 .........................................................................

TTiinnaa has got a new bicycle.

Who ate the chocolate?

5 I can’t buy a CD today. I haven’t got ......

money.

a some b any

6 The children are bored. They haven’t got

...... to do.

a anything b something

something

What did you play?

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Reported Speech

lived

Bill said that he would help me choose a new game for my computer.

those her

A Change the sentences to reported speech by putting the verbs in bold into the correct tense.

1 ”I lliivvee near Oxford Street,“ she said. She said that she ...................... near Oxford Street.

2 ”They aarree ggooiinngg to a club,“ said Tom. Tom said that they ...................... to a club.

3 ”It wwiillll snow,“ said Mum. Mum said that it ...................... snow.

4 ”Gran bbaakkeess delicious cakes,“ said Jane. Jane said that Gran ...................... delicious cakes.

5 ”I ccaann meet you for lunch,” said Karen. Karen said that she ...................... meet me for lunch.

B Complete the sentences with the correct words.

1 ”These are my favourite flowers,“ said Aunt Jean.

Aunt Jean said that ...................... were ...................... favourite flowers.

2 ”Ken can show this video tomorrow,“ Mum told Ann.

Mum told Ann that Ken could show ...................... video ...................... .

3 ”I am watching TV now,“ said Helen.

Helen said that ...................... was watching TV ...................... .

4 ”We are going to Switzerland for our holiday next year,“ said Sheila.

Sheila said that ...................... were going to Switzerland for ...................... holiday ...................... .

5 “We’ll clean the kitchen tonight,“ said John.

John said that ...................... would clean the kitchen ...................... .

C Write the following sentences in reported speech.

1 “I will help you choose a new game for your computer,” said Bill.

..............................................................................................................................................................

2 “I am doing my homework for tomorrow,” said Molly.

..............................................................................................................................................................

3 “Many students are feeling ill,” said George.

..............................................................................................................................................................

4 “I must phone my mother now,” said Gail.

..............................................................................................................................................................

5 “We can save this forest,” said the firemen.

..............................................................................................................................................................

6 “I like fish and chips,” said David.

..............................................................................................................................................................

7 ”Do you like hamburgers?“ Tony asked Jill.

..............................................................................................................................................................

8 ”Why is the baby crying?” asked the boy.

..............................................................................................................................................................

D Put the words in the correct order to make sentences using the Second Conditional.

1 buy that dress / I / if / you / to Jane’s party /

wear it

........................................................................

........................................................................

2 if / would not wear that shirt / I / I / were you

........................................................................

3 hurried / you / if / you / wouldn’t be late for school

........................................................................

Second Conditional

A Match A and B to form sentences.

A

1 Diana wouldn’t go out

2 She would help you

3 If he were rich,

4 If Sam helped me with the housework,

5 The boys wouldn’t wash the car

6 If I knew the answer,

B Choose the correct verb.

1 If the cat jumped onto the table, it aattee // wwoouulldd eeaatt the food.

2 If Timmy weren’t ill, he wwoouulldd ggoo // wweenntt to school.

3 I wwoouulldd ssttaayy // ssttaayyeedd at home, if I were you.

4 Grandpa wwoouulldd wwaakkee uupp // wwoonn’’tt wwaakkee uupp if you made a noise.

5 She would come if we wwoouulldd iinnvviittee // iinnvviitteedd her.

6 If a fire wwoouulldd ssttaarrtt // ssttaarrtteedd, I would call for help.

C Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the SecondConditional.

1 I ...................................... (visit) you more often if I ...................... (have) the time.

2 If Debbie ...................................... (know) about the programme, she ......................................

(watch) it.

3 I ...................................... (not go) there if I ...................................... (be) you.

4 ...................... you ...................................... (buy) those shoes if you ...................................... (have)

enough money?

5 Laura ...................................... (come) with us if you ...................................... (ask) her.

6 What ...................... you ...................... (do) if you ...................................... (win) the lottery?

B

...... a I would have more time to go out.

...... b unless you paid them.

...... c I would tell you.

...... d he would travel around the world.

...... e if you asked her.

...... f if it rained.

4 we / exercised / we / would be fitter / if /

more often

........................................................................

5 I / would not speak to you again / you / if /

broke our date

........................................................................

If I bought that dress, would you wear

it to Jane’s party?

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would visit had

Comparison of Adjectives

A Choose the correct word.

1 Larry is the ttaalllleerr // ttaalllleesstt boy in the class. 6 Edna is the tthhiinn // tthhiinnnneesstt girl I know.

2 The United States of America is bbiiggggeerr // 7 Our song was the ggoooodd // bbeesstt one in the

tthhee bbiiggggeesstt than Greece. competition.

3 John is the ffaasstteerr // ffaasstteesstt runner in the 8 This hotel is mmooddeerrnn // mmoorree mmooddeerrnn than

school. that one.

4 That is the iinntteerreessttiinngg // mmoosstt iinntteerreessttiinngg 9 The city is nnooiissiieerr // tthhee nnooiissiieesstt than the

book in the library. country.

5 Roberta and Tim are the same age. 10 Jim’s room and Mark’s room are both messy.

Roberta is as oolldd // oollddeerr as Tim. Jim’s room is as mmeessssyy // mmeessssiieerr as Mark’s.

B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets.

1 Summer is ............................... (hot) season in the year. Spring and autumn are ...............................

(cool) summer. Winter is ............................... (cold) season.

2 The red shirt is expensive. It is ............................... (expensive) shirt in the shop. The green shirt is

............................... (nice) as the pink shirt.

3 My sister is ............................... (tall) as my mum. My brother is ............................... (short) person

in my family.

4 I think that elephants are ............................... (fat) animals and that monkeys are

............................... (funny) animals in the zoo. Hippos are ............................... (ugly) elephants, but

snakes are ............................... (ugly) animals of all.

5 I think Saturday is ............................... (good) day of the week and Monday is ...............................

(bad) day of the week. What do you think?

C Complete the sentences with too or enough.

1 This shirt is ...................... small for me. I can’t move my arms!

2 I wasn’t listening carefully ...................... to what she said.

3 We came ...................... late and missed the bus.

4 There isn’t ...................... food in the fridge, so let’s eat out tonight!

5 This radio costs ...................... much money. I won’t buy it!

6 My jeans aren’t long ...................... . I can’t wear them.

7 The sun is ...................... hot. Let’s go inside now.

8 She isn’t tall ...................... to reach the shelf.

the hottest

too

Modals

A Match A to B.

A B

1 Cigarettes damage your health.

2 Ron’s bus is leaving soon.

3 It’s a secret.

4 It’s Sunday tomorrow.

5 It’s Kate’s birthday tomorrow.

6 I don’t feel well.

B Write sentences about what people should or shouldn’t do in the countryside. Use the wordsbelow.

...... a Should I buy her a present?

...... b Do I have to go to school today?

...... c You shouldn’t smoke.

...... d He must go now.

...... e We don’t have to wake up early.

...... f You mustn’t tell anyone!

1 ......................................................................

2 ......................................................................

3 ......................................................................

walk

keep

pick

disturb

close

light

the flowers

the gates

fires

the farm animals

the countryside clean

on the path

4 ......................................................................

5 ......................................................................

6 ......................................................................

C Choose the correct word.

1 You sshhoouullddnn’’tt // mmaayy nnoott eat so much meat.

2 We sshhoouulldd // mmaayy go to the party. I’m not sure.

3 You ccoouulldd // sshhoouulldd be careful when you lift

heavy things!

D Complete the sentences with the modals below.

1 Grandad, ...................... you ride a bicycle when you were my age?

2 We ...................... sleep because of the noise.

3 You ...................... touch that plate! You’ll burn your hand.

4 Our class didn’t ...................... do any homework yesterday. Our teacher was ill.

5 Peter ...................... go on the school trip. He hasn’t decided yet.

6 ...................... you help me with my homework, please?

7 Laura ...................... go to a doctor. She’s not feeling well.

8 Cars ...................... stop when the traffic lights are red.

People should walk on the path.

4 MMuusstt // MMaayy we leave so soon?

5 I feel ill. I ccoouullddnn’’tt // mmaayy nnoott go out.

6 I ccaann’’tt // mmuussttnn’’tt hear you. Speak louder, please.

can couldn’t could must mustn’t should have to may

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could

Passive – present / past

A Write sentences with words from each column.

1 ........................................................................

2 .........................................................................

3 .........................................................................

4 ........................................................................

5 ........................................................................

A B C

The thieves are sold at the disco.

Vegetables were seen in the accident.

Dolphins was hurt near the boat.

Dan were driven at the supermarket.

Rap music is played to the police station.

B Complete the sentences with the Present Simple Passive form of the verbs in brackets.

1 My cat ............................... (call) Ginger.

2 ............................... the instructions ............................... (write) in English?

3 This beach ............................... (keep) very clean.

4 Uniforms ............................... (not wear) at our school.

5 The dog ............................... (feed) at 8 o’clock every morning.

C Write sentences in the Past Simple Passive form.

1 David / choose / for the team / last week ..........................................................................................

2 money / steal / from the safe / last night ..........................................................................................

3 my grandparents / teach / French / at school ....................................................................................

4 the classroom / paint / yesterday ......................................................................................................

5 we / wake up / very early / this morning ............................................................................................

6 the people / take / to hospital ............................................................................................................

D Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Past Simple Passive form of the verbs in brackets.

1 The house ............................... (clean) once a week.

2 The burglary ............................... (report) to the police last week.

3 ............................... tea ............................... (grow) in China?

4 Those walls ............................... (not paint) last year.

5 I lost my purse in the shopping centre. It ............................... (not find) until yesterday.

6 When ............................... your car ............................... (steal) ?

7 New medicines ............................... (discover) every day.

David was chosen for the team last week.

is cleaned

The thieves were driven to the police station.

is called

Relative Clauses

A Complete the sentences with who or which.

1 The policeman ............................... gave us directions was very helpful.

2 The advice ............................... you gave me was useful.

3 Where is the bus ............................... goes to town?

4 Do you know the people ............................... live in the new house?

5 Do you remember the name of the book ............................... Mary told us about?

6 Here’s the boy ............................... broke your window.

B Choose the correct answer.

1 This is the house wwhheerree // tthhaatt Jack built for his family.

2 That is the river tthhaatt // wwhheerree they caught the poisoned fish.

3 This is the camera tthhaatt // wwhhoossee I borrowed from George.

4 That is the man wwhhiicchh // wwhhoossee car is parked in our drive.

5 Football is a game wwhhiicchh // wwhheerree people play all over the world.

6 Have you seen the place wwhhiicchh // wwhheerree the accident happened?

C Match A to B to make sentences.

A B

1 A biography is a book ..... a whose paintings are very famous.

2 A vegetarian is someone ..... b which is about someone’s life.

3 A museum is a place ..... c that tells us the temperature of a person or place.

4 Vincent Van Gogh was a painter ..... d who doesn’t eat meat.

5 A thermometer is an instrument ..... e whose CDs are sold all over the world.

6 Crete is a mountainous island ..... f where exhibitions are held.

7 Madonna is a singer ..... g whose ancient civilization is of great interest.

8 The Tower of London was a prison ..... h where many people were held and later killed.

D Complete the sentences using relative pronouns.

Titanic is one of my favourite films. It is about a young man named Jack

Dawson, 1 ............................... was on the ship Titanic when it sank. In

the film, Jack is sailing to America, 2 ............................... he plans to start

a new life. On the ship he meets Rose, 3 ............................... is very

beautiful. She is unhappy because her mother wants her to marry a man 4 ............................... she doesn’t love. Jack and Rose fall in love. In the

middle of the ocean, the ship hits an iceberg 5 ............................... makes

a hole in its side. Jack and Rose fight for their lives as the ship begins to

sink. Jack died, but Rose survives.

who

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who