Present/Past simple & continuous; adjectives; questions; word order.

1 Choose the correct adjective for the description provided.

He doesn’t like sharing. Selfish He’s always happy 1 ____________They like meeting people 2 ____________She cries easily 3 ____________He always tells the truth 4 ____________She usually does the right thing; she doesn’t do crazy things.

5 ____________

2 Choose the correct verb form, present simple or continuous. Justify your choice!0 Where’s John? He reads/is reading a book in the garden.

1 It’s very hot so the children play/are playing in the pool.

2 We usually wear/are wearing jeans at the weekend.

3 Jane loves/is loving photography.

4 My grandparents live/are living in the countryside.

5 What’s that noise? Joshua practices/is practicing the piano.

3 Change the verb in brackets to the correct form, present simple or continuous.

4 Write the questions in the correct order. name your is what? What is your name?

1 does the take long tube how? _______________________________________________________

2 shoes are whose these? _______________________________________________________

3 waiting you are why? _______________________________________________________

4 want to speak who do you to? _______________________________________________________

5 station they going are which to? _______________________________________________________

6 that much how is book? _______________________________________________________

7 singer favourite who your is? _______________________________________________________

8 is Jacob where? _______________________________________________________

9 birthday is when your? _______________________________________________________

10 sort of do what you music like? _______________________________________________________

0 My uncle (stay) at the moment. is staying________

1 I (not like) cheese. __________________

2 John always (travel) by bus. __________________

3 Mary (need) a new jacket. __________________

4 Pete (play) tennis now. __________________

5 I (not understand) the question. __________________

5 Write the questions for these responses. A: What are you watching? B: We are watching ‘The Simpsons’.

1) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: There are 24 students in my class.

2) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: It’s $5.

3) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: I’m going home because it’s late.

4) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: He lives in London.

5) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: I’m texting Lucy.

6) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: It’s mine.

7) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: It’s about 2km from here.

8) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: She’s sixteen.

9) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: My birthday is in August.

6 Complete the dialogues with the correct words.

Mike: Hi Sue. How are things?

Sue: 1___________thanks. What are you 2___________today?

Mike: I’m 3 ___________tennis with Frank. Do you 4___________to come with us?

Sue: That would be 5___________. I’ll go and get 6 ___________ racket.

Mike: Ok, 7___________ you in a minute.

Tom: Hi Joe. Can I ask you some questions about English?

Joe: Yes, 8___________.

Tom: 9___________ the ‘metro’ called in English?

Joe: 10___________ called ‘the underground’ or ‘the tube’. Anything else?

Tom: Yes. What does season ticket 11 ___________?

Joe: It means a 12 ___________ ticket.

Tom: Thanks. 13___________ the word for ‘fall’ in English?

Joe: It’s 14___________.

7 Read about Liam’s family. Choose the correct adjective for the description provided.Liam’s mum is great, but she 1) talks a lot. She’s really generous and she’s 2) always happy. Liam’s father is 3) always calm. He rarely gets angry and is very patient. Liam’s grandma is an excellent cook, but the problem with her is that she 4) cries easily and sometimes it can be annoying. Liam’s got 2 cousins who are terrible! They’re always making fun of people and they 5) never tell the truth.

1 t____________

2 c____________

3 r____________

4 s____________

6 d____________

mean monthly questions it’s what’s sure autumn what’s

playing things want good great see doing my

8 Liam’s friend Kelly is really strange. Read about her and change the verb in brackets to the correct form, present simple or continuous.

I 1(think) Kelly’s a bit weird, actually. To begin with, she never 2(wear) socks and sometimes she 3(speak) French instead of English! She plays water polo and now she 4(learn) basketball. She 5(stay) at her grandma’s for a few days until her parents come back from France.

1______________

2______________

3______________

4______________

5______________

9 Choose the correct verb form (past simple or continuous) to complete the story of Liam’s grandparents.

Harriet completed her training as a doctor in 1998. She

went/was going to school in New York. She studied/was

studying medicine at Kings College, Boston between 1990 and

1996. While she lived/was living in Boston, she met/was

meeting her husband John.

John studied/was studying medicine at the same college at

that moment. They left the USA in 2004 when both got jobs in

Cork, Ireland.