ENGLISH IRAPID COURSE

EXERCISES To be ( +, -, ?): Pronouns: I, you, etc.

1. Put in am, is or are.

Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verb to be.

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

1. I _____ always in the classroom on Friday.2. We _____ Colombians.3. They _____ University students.4. He ____ a Professor at the University.5. Adolfo and Alejandro ____ intelligent and good-looking.

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

6. You ________ Mexicans.7. Gloria ________ a researcher.8. Lucia and I ________ pleased about the lesson.9. I ________ a psychologist.10. It ________ a good instrument for collecting data.

QUESTIONS

11. ______ Ricardo from Medellin?12. ______ we behaviorists?13. ______ you from Manizales?14. ______ your classmates happy in the class?15. ______ your professor from Bogotá?

2. COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE CORRECT WORDS IN PARENTHESES.

David: Hello, Jeniffer. How_______ ( is / are) you?Jennifer: ___________ (She`s / I`m) fine, thanks.

____________ (He`s / I`m) sorry – what`s your name again?David: ____________ (He`s / It`s) David – David Medina.Jennifer: That’s right! David, this _____________ (is / am) Sarah Conner. _________ (She`s / He`s) in our

math class.David: Hi, Sarah. ____________ (I`m / It`s) nice to meet you.Sarah: Hi, David. I think _________ (you`re / I´m) in my English class, too.David: Oh, right! Yes, I __________ (are / am).

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EXERCISES To be: Reading.

THE STUDENTS IN MY ENGLISH CLASS

The students in my English class are very interesting. Henry is Chinese. He’s from Shanghai. Linda is Puerto Rican. She’s from San Juan. Mr. and Mrs. Kim are Korean. They’re from Seoul.

George is Greek. He’s from Athens. Carla is Italian. She’s from Rome. Mr. and Mrs. Sato are Japanese. They’re from Tokyo. My friend Maria and I are Colombian. We´re from Manizales.

Yes, the students in my English class are very interesting. We`re from many different countries … and we’re friends.

READING CHECK-UP

TRUE OR FALSE?

_____ 1. Linda is Korean._____ 2. George is Greek._____ 3. Henry is from Manizales._____ 4. Mr. Kim is from Seoul._____ 5. Carla is Chinese._____ 6. The students in the class are from many countries.

ALL THE STUDENTS IN MY ENGLISH CLASS ARE ABSENT TODAY

All the students in my English class are absent today. George is absent. He’s in the hospital. Maria is absent. She’s at the dentist. Mr. and Mrs. Sato are absent. They’re at the social security office. Even our English teacher is absent. He’s home in bed!

What a shame! Everybody in my English class is absent today. Everybody except me.

READING CHECK-UP

WHAT’S THE ANSWER?

1. Where’s George?2. Where’s Maria?3. Where are Mr. and Mrs. Sato?4. Where’s the English teacher?

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EXERCISES Simple Present Tense:

Vocabulary Preview

1.Call

6. Paint 11. Sing2.Cook 7. Play 12. Speak3.Drive 8. Read 13. Visit4.Eat 9. Sell 14. Watch TV5.Listen to music 10. Shop 15. work

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EXERCISES Simple Present Tense:

A. Write these verbs + -s or –es.

a. (read) She _______________ b. (fly) It __________________ c. (Have) she _____________d. (think) he ________________ e. (dance) he ____________ f. (finish) it ______________

B. Paul Carter is talking about his family. Complete the sentences with the correct verb forms.

1. My family and I ________________ (live / lives) in the suburbs. My wife and I ____________ (work / works) near here, so we _____________ (walk / walks) to work. Our daughter Emily ________________ (work / works) downtown, so she _____________ (drive / drives) to work. Our son _______________ (don’t / doesn’t) drive. He ____________ (ride / rides) his bike to school.

2. My parents _______________ (live / lives) in the city. My mother _________________ (take / takes) a train to work. My father is retired, so he ______________ (don’t / doesn’t) work now. He also ____________ (use / uses) public transportation, so they ___________ (don’t / doesn’t) need a car.

C. Ashley is talking about her family and her friend Jason.

1. My parents ______________ (have / has) a house in the suburbs. My mom and dad ______________ (go / goes) downtown to work. My parents are very busy, so I ______________ (do / does) a lot of work at home.

2. My brother doesn`t live with us. He ___________ (have / has) an apartment in the city. He ____________ (go / goes) to school all day, and he ____________ (do / does) office work at night.

3. I ______________ (have / has) a new friend. His name is Jason. We _____________ (go/goes) to the same school, and sometimes we ______________ (do / does) our homework together.

D. Complete the questions with do or does. Then write four more questions.

1. __________ you get up early on weekdays?2. What time __________ you go home?3. __________ your mother work?4. How __________ your father get to work?5. __________ your parents read in the evening?6. When _____________ your parents shop?7. Does _______________________________________________________________ ?8. What time _________________________________________________________ ?9. Do _________________________________________________________________ ?10. When ______________________________________________________________ ?

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EXERCISES Simple Present Tense:

E. UNSCRAMBLE THE QUESTIONS AND WRITE TRUE ANSWERS.

1. (you / every day / exercise / do) ________________________________________________?2. (you / what time / lunch /do / eat) ________________________________________________?3. (at / start / does / eight o’clock / this class) _________________________________________?4. (study / you / English / do / when) ________________________________________________?5. (you / do / where / live) ________________________________________________________? 6. (TV / when / do / watch / you) _______________________________________________________?7. (live / who / with / do / you) ________________________________________________________________?8. (weekends / you / what / do / do / on ________________________________________________?9. (English / do / you / study / where) _________________________________________________?

F. MATCH THE QUESTIONS (1-8) AND ANSWERS (a – h).

1. Do you have a dog? _____ a. No she isn´t.2. Is Ms. Chao your teacher?_____ b. No, she doesn’t.3. Are James and Nancy funny?_____ c. Yes, they do.4. Does Francisco live in Miami?_____ d. No, I’m not.5. Do Mr. and Mrs. Suarez have a new baby?_____ e. Yes, he is.6. Is Makoto your brother?_____ f. Yes, they are.7. Does Lisa drive a car?_____ g. Yes, he does.8. Are you from Canada?_____ h. Yes, we do.

G. COMPLETE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF WANT. USE THE AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT.

Waiter: Can I help you?

Tim: Yes, thanks. The children _____________ ice cream. My son _________________ chocolate. 1. 2.

Ben: No, Dad. I ____________________ chocolate. I ___________________ vanilla. Annie 3(not) 4.

_______________ chocolate. 5.

Tim: OK. My son _________________ vanilla. My daughter __________________ chocolate. 6. 7.

Waiter: And you, sir?

Tim: I ___________________ ice cream. I just __________________ a soda. 8(not) 9.

Waiter: Is that all?Tim: Yes, thanks.

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EXERCISES Simple Present Tense:

Reading.

EDITING

Correct this letter. There are eight mistakes. The first mistake is already corrected.

Dear Mary, speak Spain is great. The Spanish people are very friendly, but they speaks so fast. Jim speak Spanish very well. He don’t understand everything, but he understand a lot. I speak a little Spanish. I don’t understand much yet.

It’s rainy here! People say it don’t usually rain much in the summer here. We’re at my cousin’s house. He and his wife lives in a beautiful apartment in Madrid. Juan work in an office downtown. His wife Alicia not works. She stays at home with the children.

See you soon.

Rose

EVERY WEEKEND IS IMPORTANT TO THE GARCIA FAMILY

Every weekend is important to the Garcia family. During the week they don’t have very much time together, but they spend a lot of time together on the weekend.

Mr. Garcia works at the post office during the week, but he doesn’t work there on the weekend. Mrs. Garcia works at the bank during the week, but she doesn’t work there on the weekend. Jennifer and Jonathan Garcia go to school during the week, but they don’t go to school on the weekend. And the Garcias’ dog, Max, stays home alone during the week, but he doesn’t stay home alone on the weekend.

On Saturday and Sunday the Garcias spend time together. On Saturday morning they clean the house together. On Saturday afternoon they work in the garden together. And on Saturday evening they watch videos together. On Sunday morning they go to church together. On Sunday afternoon they have a big dinner together. And on Sunday evening they play their musical instruments together.

As you can see, every weekend is special to the Garcias. It’s their only time together as a family.

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EXERCISES Simple Present Tense:

READING CHECK-UP

WHAT’S THE ANSWER?

1. Does Mr. Garcia work at the post office?2. Do Jennifer and Jonathan go to school during the week?3. Does Mrs. Garcia work at the post office?4. Do Mr. and Mrs. Garcia have much time together during the week?5. Does Jennifer watch videos on Saturday evening?6. Do Jennifer and her brother clean the house on Saturday morning?7. Does Mr. Garcia work in the garden on Saturday evening?

THE RAINFOREST CHILDREN

John Allen is 43 years old, and he has four children: two daughters and two sons. John is a plant scientist, and he lives with three of his children in the South American rainforest. Their ”house” is a group of tents near the River Orinoco in Venezuela. John´s wife and one of his daughters prefer to live in London.

John´s children don’t go to school because John is their teacher. He teaches them everything he knows, including how to survive in South America.

The children don´t know how to use a PlayStation, but they can all drive, even his 9-year-old son, Simon. At night they drive their car 50 yards from the kitchen tent to the bedroom tent because there are a lot of wild animals in the area. They spend their free time playing and reading books, and in the evening they listen to the news on the radio. They don´t have a TV or a CD player. In the summer the children´s friends come from London to visit. When they go home, they tell their parents incredible stories of their vacation in the Venezuelan rainforest.

a. Write T (True) or F (False)

1. John is a biology teacher. ___2. John´s four children live in Venezuela. ___3. They live in a house. ___4. John teaches the children in a school. ___5. The children don´t play computer games. ___6. Simon doesn´t drive. ___

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7. They don´t watch TV. ___8. The children´s friends visit with their parents. ___

EXERCISES Present Continuous Tense:

A. COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES. USE THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS.

1. I __________________________________ for the number 4 bus. It`s late.(wait)

2. Ben _________________________________ TV. He _________________________________ homework.(watch) (not, do)

3. They ________________________________ . They ________________________________ games.(work) (not, play)

4. We ________________________________ chicken. We ______________________________ lasagna.(make) (not, make)

5. I __________________________ from school. I ____________________________________ from home(call) (not, call)

6. She _________________________________ . She ______________________________________ the bus.(drive) (not, take)

7. It __________________________________ . It _________________________________________ .(rain) (not, snow)

B. COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE.

G.M. What _____________________________________ (you / do), Grandma?G.C. I ____________________________________ (look) at the neighbors.G.M. What ___________________________ (they / do)?

__________________________________ (Mrs. Jackson / watch) TV?G.C. No, she ________________________________ (move) the furniture.G.M. And ____________________________________ (Mr. Jackson / play) the violin?G.C. Yes, he is. Oh, look! Some people _____________________________ (arrive). I think they

want to have a party. Mr. Jackson _____________________________ (open) the door …

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CryCrying

SmileSmiling

ShoutShouting

BiteBiting

DrinkDrinking

ShiverShivering

GoGoing

GoGoing

Based on the pictures write sentences in Simple Present and Present Continuous using the verbs.

Example:

A. Why are you crying? A. Why is she smiling?B. I´m crying because I`m sad. B. She´s smiling because

she`s happy.I always cry when I`m sad. She always smiles when she`s happy.

1. A. Why are you shouting? 2. A. Why is he biting his nails?B. _________________ angry. B. _________________________

nervous. I always __________________. He always ________________________.

A. Why is the bird drinking? A. Why are they shivering?B. ______________________ thirsty. B. _____________________________ cold. It always _______________________. They always ______________________.

A. Why are they going to Stanley`s A. Why is she going to the doctor?

Restaurant?

PerspirePerspiring

BlushBlushing

B. _______________________hungry. B. ______________________________sick.

They always _____________________. She always ________________________.

Why are you perspiring? A. Why is he blushing?

______________________________hot. B. _______________________embarrassed.

I always _________________________. He always _________________________.

EXERCISES. Going to, (Describing Future Plans

and Intentions, Expressing Wants, Making Predictions).

Write sentences about Susan`s vacation plans.She`s going to go to Rome. (go)

1. ____________________________________________________________ Italian. (speak)2. ____________________________________________________________ a hotel. (stay in)3. ____________________________________________________________ photos. (take)4. ____________________________________________________________ spaghetti. (eat)5. ____________________________________________________________ the Colosseum. (see)

Complete the sentences with (be) going to + a verb

Buy cook do not have study not fly

Our car is ten years old. We`re going to buy a new one.

1. My mother`s at work, so my father _______________________________________________ the lunch.2. I ________________________________________________ tonight. I have an exam tomorrow.3. ____________ you ________________________________ a present for Bill?4. We _____________________________________________ to Chicago. It’s to expensive.5. What _______________ your brother _________________________________ after school?6. It`s her birthday next week, but she ______________________________________ a party.

Write predictions for the pictures.

1. It`s going to ___________________________________________________________________2. _________________________________________________________________________________3. _________________________________________________________________________________4. _________________________________________________________________________________

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EXERCISES. Going to.

LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND WRITE SENTENCES USING THESE VERBS AND BE GOING TO.

BUY EAT TAKE FALL GET DRINK MAKE SEE

1. ____________________________________________________________________ her ice cream.2. ____________________________________________________________________ off his bike.3. ____________________________________________________________________ a taxi.4. ____________________________________________________________________ some water.5. ____________________________________________________________________ a movie.6. ____________________________________________________________________ a photo.7. ____________________________________________________________________ a newspaper.8. ____________________________________________________________________ a sandwich.

WRITE A LETTER IN THE BOX:

A= PLANB= PREDICTION

1. I`m going to buy some souvenirs in the gift shop. _____2. You’re going to be hot in that jacket. _____3. My cousin is going to get married in the spring. _____4. We`re going to be late if we don’t hurry. _____5. There’s going to be a beautiful sunset tonight. _____

6. They’re going to buy a new car. _____7. I think the factory is going to close. _____8. I’m going to book a flight tomorrow. _____

EXERCISES. Future Tense: Will.

Reading.

I CAN`T WAIT FOR SPRING TO COME

I’m tired of winter. I`m tired of snow. I’m tired of cold weather, and I’m sick and tired of winter coats and boots! Just think! In a few more weeks it won`t be winter any more. It`ll be spring. The weather won’t be cold. It’ll be warm. It won’t snow any more. It’ll be sunny. I won’t have to stay indoors any more. I’ll go outside and play with my friends. We’ll ride bicycles and play baseball again.

In a few more weeks our neighborhood won’t look sad and gray any more. The flowers will bloom, and the trees will become green again. My family will spend more time outdoors. My father will work in the yard. He’ll cut the grass and paint the fence. My mother will work in the yard, too. She’ll buy new flowers and plant them in the garden. On weekends we won’t just sit in the living room and watch TV. We’ll go for walks in the park, and we’ll have picnics on Sunday afternoons.

I can’t wait for spring to come! Hurry, spring.

READING CHECK-UP

TRUE, FALSE, OR MAYBE?

Answer True, False, or Maybe (if the answer isn’t in the story)

1. It’s spring2. The boy in the story likes to go outside during the spring.3. The boy has a cold.4. The trees are green now.5. The park is near their house.6. The boy plays basketball with his friends all year.7. The family has a TV in their living room.8. The boy’s family doesn’t like winter.

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EXERCISES. Regular and Irregular Verbs(Past Actions and Activities).

REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE SIMPLE PAST WITH YESTERDAY.

PRESENT PAST

I use internet. __________________________________________________________I watch TV __________________________________________________________Do you listen to the radio? __________________________________________________________We study English __________________________________________________________He doesn’t work __________________________________________________________The movie ends at 7:00 __________________________________________________________I don’t like the movie __________________________________________________________Does she smoke? __________________________________________________________They play tennis __________________________________________________________

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A VERB, FIRST IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THEN IN THE NEGATIVE.

Book show help walk play paint study work

1. Yesterday Sam walked to work, but he didn’t walk home.2. I __________________________ Chinese at school, but I _____________________ German and Spanish.3. The teacher ____________________ me with the exercise, but She _____________________my

friend.4. Bill ___________________________ basketball when he was young, but he __________________

soccer.5. They _________________________ the tickets but they ________________________ a hotel.6. We ____________________________ the living room, but we __________________________ the

bedroom.7. The salesperson _________________________ last Saturday, but she ___________________ on

Sunday.8. I __________________ the phone to my sister, but I _____________________ them to my brother.

COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS IN THE SIMPLE PAST.

Did you go out last night? (you / go out)

1. What _________________________________ ? (you / wear)2. Where ________________________________ ? (you / go)3. What __________________________________ ? (you / do)4. _____________________________ with you ? (your sister / go)

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5. What ___________________________ to eat ? (you / have )6. What time ____________________________ ? (the party / end)7. What time ____________________________ ? (you / get home)8. ___________________________ a good time ? (you / have)

EXERCISES. Regular and Irregular Verbs(Past Actions and Activities).

COMPLETE THE CONVERSATIONS.

1. A: Did you have (have) a good summer?B: Yes, I ____________ . I ________________ (have) a great summer. I just _____________ (relax).

2. A: ___________ you ___________ (go) anywhere last summer?B: No, I ____________ . I _______________ (stay) here. But my friends ________________ (visit) me, and on the weekends we ________________ (go out) a lot.

3. A: ___________ you ___________ (take) any classes last summer?B: Yes, I _____________ . I ______________ (take) tennis lessons, and I ______________ (play) tennis every day!

4. A: ___________ you ____________ (speak) English last summer?B: No, I ______________ . But I _____________ (read) English books and I ______________ (watch) English movies.

COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE SIMPLE PAST OF THE VERBS. Be careful! There is one extra verb.

Get meet move talk walk write

When I was in year eight, Hannah Barker was my best friend. We ___________________ outside her house at 8:30 every day and __________________ to school together. We ________________ about pop music and television and people at school. In year nine, her family ________________ to Scotland. We __________________ to each other for a few months, but then we stopped.

WRITE THE SIMPLE PAST OF THESE VERBS.

1. HAVE / HAS ________________________2. SEE ________________________3. TAKE ________________________4. MAKE ________________________5. THINK ________________________6. GIVE ________________________7. READ ________________________8. MEET ________________________9. GET ________________________10. DRINK ________________________11. BUY ________________________12. COME ________________________

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13. GO ________________________14. WRITE ________________________15. TELL ________________________16. EAT ________________________17. LEAVE ________________________

EXERCISES. The Simple Past Tense.

Look at the example and write sentences based on it.

EXAMPLE:A. Did you go to the bank this afternoon? (Supermarket)B. No, we didn’t. We went to the supermarket.

1. Did you take the subway this morning? (bus)_______________________________________________________________________________________

2. Did he have a headache last night? (backache)_______________________________________________________________________________________

3. Did Wanda get up at 9:00 this morning? (7:00)_______________________________________________________________________________________

4. Did your children make dinner today? (breakfast)_______________________________________________________________________________________

5. Did Michael buy a car yesterday? (bicycle)_______________________________________________________________________________________

6. Did they do their homework last night? (exercise)_______________________________________________________________________________________

7. Did Tommy write to his girlfriend this week? (grandmother)_______________________________________________________________________________________

8. Did you read the newspaper this afternoon? (book)_______________________________________________________________________________________

COMPLETE THE STORY WITH THE CORRECT FORMS OF THE VERBS.

BUY EAT GET GO MAKE SEE SIT TAKE

SHIRLEY’S DAY OFF

Shirley enjoyed her day off yesterday. She ______________________ up late, ______________________ jogging in the park, ______________________ a long shower, and _____________________ a big breakfast.

gowent

havehad

getgot

makemade

buyboughtwentdodid

writewrote

readread

taketook

In the afternoon, she _____________________ a movie with her sister. Then she _________________ groceries at the supermarket, and she __________________ a big dinner for her parents. After dinner, Shirley and her parents ___________________ in the living room and talked. Shirley had a very nice day off yesterday.

EXERCISES. The Simple Past Tense.

A. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE WAS, WASN’T, WERE, OR WEREN’T.MAKE TRUE SENTENCES.

1. Our school ___________________ open yesterday. It _____________ closed.2. I ____________ absent yesterday. I _____________ in school.3. My friend and my teacher _______________ absent last week. They __________ in school.4. Our English homework _______________ easy yesterday. It _______________ hard.5. It _____________ sunny yesterday. It _______________ cloudy.

B. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. CHANGE FROM THE PRESENT TO THE PAST.

1. They are busy now. Last month they were busy too.2. Today it’s cold. Yesterday _____________________________ too.3. My friend is in Seoul now. _________________________________ last year too.4. It’s not sunny today. _______________________________________ yesterday.5. We are in Lima this week. We _____________________________ yesterday morning.

C. WRITE STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS. USE THE WORDS AND PUNCTUATION GIVEN.

1. in Toronto / He / . / last week / was_____________________________________________________________________________________________

2. cold / . / It / in Toronto / yesterday / was/_____________________________________________________________________________________________

3. wasn’t / It / two days ago / . / cold_____________________________________________________________________________________________

4. in Toronto / ? / last month / Were / you_____________________________________________________________________________________________

5. weren’t / . / there / we / A week ago_____________________________________________________________________________________________

D. CORRECT THIS MESSAGE. THERE ARE SIX MISTAKES.

Hi Victor, Right now Bob and I are in a taxi on our way home from the airport. We are in Mexico all last week. It were great. The weather it was dry and sunny. The people were warm and friendly. Last night we was at the Ballet Folklorico. The dancers was terrific. There was only one problem. My Spanish no was good. See you soon.

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Rina.