1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb to be. Some need the afirmative, negative or question form. - Aunt Lily _________ my mother's sister. The look the same because they _________ sisters. - My family _________ very big; there's only mum, dad and me. - Hello! I _________ Jason's sister. - _________ she the new teacher? - A: _________ you from Spain? B: No, we _________. I _________ from Scotland, and he _________ from Germany. 2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Present Simple. Use the verbs in brackets. - My brother is a policeman. He _________ (wear) a uniform at work. - _________ your sister _________ (buy) my clothes? - We _________ (usually/go out) on Saturday night. - _________ you _________ (live) with your parents? - My grandparents _________ (not drive) their car anymore. - Mary's sister _________ (not speak) Italian very well. 3. When possible use the possessive 's. Rewrite the sentences, then translate them - Maggie is the mother of Karen. ____________________________ ____________________________ - Kate buys the food of the dog every Monday. ____________________________ ____________________________ - The teacher has the answer of the exercise. ____________________________ ____________________________
- David changes the water of the tortoise.
____________________________ ____________________________ 4. Write three sentences about each of the three people. Use the words in each row and add the adverbs at the top. Usually
Sometimes
Hardly ever
Angela
Arrives at work early
Isn't in the office at lunchtime Has taken a day off
John
Is late for work
Goes to the bathroom
Has sandwiches for lunch
Craig
Works more hours
Leaves late
Is ill
5. Complete the sentences with a/an/the or nothing.
- William wrote _________ letter to his bank yesterday, but he forgot to post it. This morning he saw _________ letter on the kitchen table. - I've got _________ idea. Let's go to _________ new Greek restaurant in Main Street tonight. - We usually eat our meals in _________ kitchen, but if we have _________ guest we can eat in _________ dinning room. - I work in Montreal. My office is on _________ third floor of _________ old building. - Martin lives in _________ large town in _________ middle of Germany, but he wants to live in _________ countryside. He's got _________ dog and he wants to take _________ dog for _________ long walks. - Because of my work, I am away fro _________ home about 50 per cent of _________ year. 6. Write in/on/at. - Mozart was born _____ Salzburg _____ 1756. - I haven't seen Kte. I last saw her _____ Tuesday. - The price of electricity is going up _____ October.
- _____ weekends we often go for long walks.
- I've been invited to a wedding _____ 14 February. - Jenny's brother is an engineer, but he doesn't have job _____ the moment. - I don't like driving _____night. - I might not be _____ home _____ Tuesday morning, but I'll be there _____ the afternoon. - The telephone and the doorbell rang _____ the same time. - The course begins _____ 7 January and ends _____ April. 7. Put the words in order and rewrite the sentences, then translate them - Is/student/John/good/a. ____________________________ ____________________________ - Hat/I/red/a/big/have ____________________________ ____________________________ - live/do/?/in/old/James/houses/and/Paola/the ____________________________ ____________________________ - are/hungry/we/but/we/not/thirsty/are ____________________________ ____________________________ - am/worker/busy/isn't/Teresa/I/a/but ____________________________ ____________________________