EXERCISES

I)  ANSWER WITH COMPLETE SENTENCES.

1)  What’s your name?
2)  How do you spell it?
3)  What’s your telephone number?
4)  What’s your nationality?
5)  What’s your father’s name?
6)  What’s your sister’s name?
7)  What’s your brother’s name?
8)  Are you a student?
9)  Is your father a doctor?
10)  What time is it now?
11)  At what time is your English class?
12)  Is there a garage in your house?
13)  How many doors are there in your house?
14)  Where are you from?
15)  Do you work?
16)  Do you study?
17)  Where do you study?
18)  What do you usually do on the weekends?
19)  What are you doing now?
20)  What are you wearing?

II)  COMPLETE WITH HIS, HE, SHE or HER.

1)  My brother has a new car. _______ car isn’t very big but _______ carries _______ two children
and ______ wife. ______ wife’s name is Sue, ______ is a nice and intelligent woman. ______ is a
teacher. The school is near her house.

III)  COMPLETE.

A) Excuse me. ______ you Ingrid Nilson?
B)  Yes, I _____.
A)Oh, hello. I ______ Steven Hopkins.
B)Pleased ___________ you Mr. Hopkins!    
A)________ to meet you, too, Mrs. ___________.
 
a) That’s “Mr. Hopkins”. What’s ________first name? Steven.
b)  My wife and I are doctors. _______work at Centre Hospital.
c)  My mother lives with _______ husband in Curitiba.
d)  Susan and Ingrid are Swedish, _______ are from Stockholm. ________father is a taxi driver.
e)  We live in Salvador. _______address is 456 São Borba street.

IV) Find the different word:

a)  car   bus   book   bicycle
b)  I      she    they    from
c)  here    that     these    this
d)  doctor   name    lawyer   engineer
e)  England    Brazil  Canada   American

V)What time is it? (In the morning, afternoon or evening? )

a)  11:00 - _____________________________________
b)  12:00 - _____________________________________
c)  2:10  -  _____________________________________
d)  4:15  -  _____________________________________
e)  6:45  -  _____________________________________
f)  9:35  -  _____________________________________
g)  4:50  -  _____________________________________
h)  5:25 -   _____________________________________

VI) Complete with the verbs below. ( present continuous )

do     -    study   -   enjoy   -   plan   -   sell
John: Nice to see you! What ________you _____________these days?
Ann: I _____ ______________ mathematics at college.
John: Really! What is it like? _____ you _________________ it?
Ann: Yes, I am. And you, What ______you_________________?
John: Well, I’m between jobs. But I _____ _________________ to have my own clothing shop.
I ____ ______________ T-shirts. Would you like to buy one?

VII) Write in full?  + (plus), - (minus), : ( divided by ), x ( times )

a)  6 + 5 = eleven                 b) 6 : 2 = _______        c) 3 x 2 = ________
d)  6 - 2 = ________             e) 8 + 4 = _______       f) 40 - 12 = _______
g)  20: 5 = ________            h) 5 x 5 = _______        i) 26 + 5 = ________

VIII) PLURAL NOUNS:

1.  General rule: Add -s in the plural:

Ex.   bag - bags
        book - books

2. If the word ends in  z, s, sh, x, or ch; add -es:

Ex.     Bus - buses
          Watch - watches
          Flash - flashes
          Box - boxes

3.  If the noun ends in a consonant + y, the y changes to ies.

Ex.     City - cities
          Baby - babies
 
BUT if the word ends in a vowel + y, the y doesn’t change.

 Ex.      day - days
            key - keys
            play - plays

4.  Some are irregular:

Ex.    Child - children                   woman - women
         Man - men                           person - people
         Tooth - teeth                       foot - feet

# Write the plural of these words.

House - _____________    mouse - _____________  orange - _______________
Woman - _____________  church - _____________  cigarette - _____________
Pencil - ______________   kiss - _______________   shirt - ________________  
Match - ______________  eyes - _______________   apple - _______________
Foot - _______________   actress - _____________   tie - _________________
Teacher - _____________  month - _____________   pear - ________________

IX)Look at these words. What do they mean in your language? Translate them into your language.

a)  What -
b)  Where -
c)  When -
d)  Who -
e)  How -
f)  Why -
g)  Whose -
h)  Which -

X) Questions:

a)  Are you American?
b)  Are you Brazilian?
c)  Are you a student?
d)  Are you a doctor?
e)  Is your friend an engineer?
f)  Is your mother a homemaker?
g)  Is your father a politician?


XI) Complete the sentences with “there is”, “there are”, “have”, “has”.

a)  How many people _______________ in the house.
b)  _______________ many cats in your house?
c)  I ______________some things to do.
d)  _______________ a vase on the table?
e)  _______________ a mouse next to the computer?
f)  Do you _____________ a dog?
g)  The city _____________ beautiful buildings.

XII) Complete with this, that, those and these.

a)  Is ________a panel? No, this is a T.V. screen?
b)  Look at this picture. _________ are my cousins from Oklahoma.
c)  What’s _________ on the patio? It’s my new dog, it’s a yorkshire.
d)  Please, take ________ things out of here. I need this table.
e)  Look at _________ airplane. It’s so small because of the distance.

1)Complete with possessive adjectives.

a) I wear shoes on ______ feet, so they don’t get cold. 
b) You wear gloves on _______ hands for the same reason.
c)  A snake changes _______ skin every year.
d)  Antonio visits ________ parents every weekend.
e)  They like to go to ________ house in the country every Summer.
f)  Maria is from Mexico, so ______ family probably live there.
g)  We study English at Meridiano Zero. ________ class is very nice.  

2)Complete the dialogues using the present continuous:

1)  A: What _____  you _____________ now? (do)
      B: Nothing. I ____ _____________ to some music. (Listen)

2)  A: ______Ann ______________a paper for school? ( write)
      B: No, she _____ _______________ a letter for her friend from Mexico. (correct)
 
3)  A:______ they ______________ ______ tonight? (go out)
      B: Yes, they ____ _____________ at “Trade”. (dance)

4)  A: _____ Cecilia __________________ home? (come)
      B: No, she ____ ______________for a week. (stay)

3)Fill in the blanks with personal pronouns .

          I’m an English student. _____ study at Meridiano Zero. I have classes twice a week. I always come early to class and talk to other students. ______ are learning English with me. We listen to our teacher explaining the lesson. _____ explains the material to us, so _____ can understand it. I like English. I think ____ is an   
interesting subject.

4)Complete the sentences with the verb to be.

1.  I _____ a boy.
2.  We _____ students at Meridiano Zero.
3.  _______ it black or white?
4.  Ann _____ a lovely person.
5.  My friends ________ usually late for the appoitments.

5)A or AN?

1.  ____ dog.              2. ____ book.
3. ____  apple.           4. ____ ugly boy.
5. ____ rose.              6. ____ university

6)What time is it? Write complete sentences.

1)  10: 15 = ...................................................................
2)  12:00 =  ...................................................................
3)  9:50   =  ...................................................................
4)  8:30   =  ...................................................................
5)  8:30   =  ...................................................................

7)Write the questions for the answers.

Example: Question: What do you have for breakfast?
                   Answer: I have toast and coffee for breakfast.

1.  Q: What ..............................................................................at the university?
     A: Martha studies business administration at the university.
2.  Q: Where .......................................................................................................?
     A: My friends go to the beach on vacation.
3.  Q: ...................................................................................................................?
     A: I study English at Meridiano Zero.
4.  Q: What...........................................................................................................?
     A: He watches television in the evening.
5.  Q: ....................................................................................................................?
      A: They eat cheeseburgers and french fries for lunch.
 
8)Rewrite these sentences. Put the adverbs in the correct place.

1.  I eat my meals by the pool. (never)
2.  Some of my friends go dancing. (every weekend)
3.  Donovan wakes up before breakfast. ( always)
4.  He doesn’t study. (on the weekend, usually)
5.  Patrick goes to a restaurant. (sometimes)

9)Complete these sentences with the correct form. (There is, there are, have, has).

1.  _____________________six chairs in the room.
2.  How many chairs __________________ in the next room?
3.  We ____________ a lot of material to study this semester.
4.  ________________doctors in the hospital?
5.  ________________a printer next to the computer?

10)Answer these questions with short answers.

1.  Are you Brazilian?
2.  Do you think this test is difficult?
3.  Are you studying at the university?
4.  Do you live in this city?
5.  Do you like Chinese food?

11)Put the words of these sentences in the correct order.

1.Buy   supermarket   in   car  a   can’t   a   you.
................................................................................................................................................
2.Music   hear    the    you   can  ?
................................................................................................................................................
3.very   can    well    swim    I.
................................................................................................................................................
4.  Hear   can  you   me  ?
................................................................................................................................................
 
12)Complete the past tense questions and answers.

1.  A: Where _______ you go on your last vacation?
     B: I _______ to the mountains.
2.  A: _______ your team win the soccer match?
     B: Yes. They ______ with a score of three to two.
3.  A: What ______you think of that horror movie on T.V. last night?
     B: I _________ it was great!
4.  A: ________ you hear the story about the salesman and the politician?
     B: I _________ it last week.
5.  A: What _______ the doctor tell you to do?
     B: He ________ me to take two aspirins and call him in the morning.
 
13)Change the sentences according to the example:

Example: Did you buy a book?
                 Did you buy it?

1.  We visited Monica yesterday...........................................................................................
2.  Do you drive a car?.........................................................................................................
3.  I saw Jane and Carlo at the restaurant............................................................................
4.  My family gave this present to you and me. .................................................................
5.  We have a meeting with Donovan ...............................................................................

14) Complete the sentences with can and the subject.

1.  ....................... go to the supermarket for me?
2.  Yes, ....................... .......................give me some money?
3.  I think ............................give you some money. But I don’t have any change. ...............
........... bring me some change?
4.  No, ......................... I’ll buy some cookies.

15)  Write the words in this dialogue in the correct order.

1) vacation   to   are   on   you   go   where   going   ?
..............................................................................................................................................
2) to   go   to   going   beach   I   Pyramid   am.
...............................................................................................................................................
3) going   what   you   are   there   to   do   ?
..............................................................................................................................................
4) surf   to   am   going   I.
..............................................................................................................................................
5)  going   am   I   to   abroad   travel.
..............................................................................................................................................

16) Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions according to the map above: (across from  -  near -  next to  -    on the corner of  -  between).    

1.  Where is the post office? It’s _____ _____ ___________ ____ Main street and Abbey road.
2.  Where is the drugstore? It’s _____________ ______ the library.
3.  Where’s the disco? It’s ______________ the shoe shop and the movies.
4.  Where’s the library? It’s _____________ _______ the gas station.
5.  Where’s the cemetery? It’s ____________ the gas station.

17) Use the opposite of the adjective in parenthesis and put it in the correct place in the sentence.

1) I live in a house in this city. (old)
..............................................................................................................................................
2) My house is in a neighborhood. (noisy) 
..............................................................................................................................................
3) I visited my aunt last year but it was a experience. (exciting)
...............................................................................................................................................
4)  I think this is a city. (ugly)
..............................................................................................................................................
5) The buses are in this city. (empty)
...............................................................................................................................................
18) Write the comparative form of the adjectives below.

1. Old .................................................  2. Noisy ...............................................
3. Exciting .........................................   4. Ugly ................................................
5. Empty.............................................   6. Big .................................................

19)  Complete these sentences with the possessives pronouns.

1.  Our house is yellow. What color is .........................?(your home)
2.  Your class is in this room but ..................(he) is there.
3.  He’s using Ingrid’s room, because he left ..................(he) at home.
4.  Ingrid is using Susan’s book, because Donovan is using ....................(Ingrid’s).
5.  That’s not Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s car. .....................(they) is newer.

I)  ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF PATRICK:

My name is Patrick and I live in Toronto, Canada. I’ll tell you a little about my life. I get up               at eight o’clock  in the morning, then I have breakfast - milk, coffee and a sandwich. I leave for work at 8:30 because I start to work at nine o’clock. I have lunch at noon and come back to work at 1:30 p.m.. I finish work  at 5 p.m. and then I take the bus to the University where I have a snack at the cafeteria. At 7 I go to class, I study art. My classes finish at 11 then I go home and I do my homework. I don’t sleep before midnight.

20) Write a text about you using the one above as a model.