The verb "be" in the present simple

The verb "be" in the present simple

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  A.      Choose the correct form of the verb “be”: are/ am / is/ am not/ is not/ are not

 

   -  It……..cold today, but it……..very hot.

   - I ………at home and I……..at school.

   - They……Korean , but they….American.

   - These ……… students.

   - I ……..ok thanks.

   - Ahmed and Fatima ……..good friends.

   - she…..an English teacher.

B.       Complete with the negative form of the verb “be” (isn’t / aren’t) the following sentences:

 

- This book………mine.

- My brother ………here at the moment.

- It …….Monday today.

- My name …….Farida.

C.      Complete the following sentences with: am/ are/ is

- My father…….at work

- Trixi and Felix………my cats

- My green pen…..on the floor. The other pens….in my pen case

- My mother…..in the kitchen

- Susan and Betty……good friends

- we …..friends 

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Pronouns

 

Pronouns

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   Fill in the gaps with the appropriate pronouns:
 

a.       ……..teacher watches TV everyday at 5:30 pm

b.      ………..pencil is on the floor and………is on the desk.

c.       ………school opens from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm

d.      ………father isn’t home at present

e.      Ahmed usually does……homework at night

f.        Fatima is at school today. Farid and Samira are……..friends

g.       Ali is a good students………..passes all ………tests

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Regular and irregular plurals of nouns

Regular and irregular plurals of nouns

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Find plurals of the following nouns and classify them:
 
Dog/ horse/ dress/ fox/ sandwich/ army/ lady/ story/ day/ toy/ valley/ leaf/ wife/ wolf/ hero/ monkey/ potato/ mouse/ louse/ goose/ fish/ sheep/ deer/ country/ box/ half/ self/ thief/ bus/ family/ wish/ society/ scarf/ body/ fly/ king 

Regular plurals+s

Irregular plurals

Nouns ending in: sh,ch,ss,x,s + es

Nouns ending in: fe,f   = ves

Nouns ending in:  y     + c = ies

Nouns ending in: o +es

No change

singular

plural

singular

plural

singular

plural

singular

plural

singular

plural

singular

plural

singular

plural

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prepositions of time

prepositions of time

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Fill in the blanks with the appropriate preposition of time: in/ on/ at/ from….to

-I have a meeting………..9h00. -The shop closes………….midnight.  -We would go there together……..the afternoon.  -Her birthday is………20 November.  -Fatima always goes home……..lunch time  -This style was popular………1980s  -Do you work……….Sundays

-I don’t usually work……..weekend.  -He is at home………………..present.  -I sometimes see him ……..June.  -The stars shine………….night  -I bought this computer………summer  -We have English………8:00 ……10:00……..Monday.  -I was still at school……..1998.

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Articles

Articles 

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Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles: a/ an , the, ᴓ
 
     -  I want …..apple from that basket

- Miss Lin speaks……..Chinese

-  my wife is ……..doctor

-  I borrowed …… pencil from your pile of pencils

- my brother is …..Artist

- May I ask you…….question?

- Please, give me ……cake that is on the table

- ……orange a day keeps the doctor away.

- Our neighbours have…..cat and …..dog

- my mother is ……expert at fixing cars.

-…..Paris is a beautiful city

- she is ……writer. She writes……..books

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Reflexive pronouns

Reflexive pronouns

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate reflexive pronouns:
 

a.      I’m repairing the car…………

b.      My father writes letters by…………

c.       Students must help………….if they want to pass the exam

d.      Lisa doesn’t do homework………

e.      Emma, do you take photos by………

f.        Tim and Gerry, if you want more milk, help………

g.      The lion can defend….........

h.      He cut…………with the knife while he was doing the dishes

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Comparative

Comparative

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 I.            Classify the following adjectives and put them in the comparative form: cold/ modest/ lazy/ boastful/ nasty/ bad/ beautiful/ small/ well/ far

	Adjective	comparative
Short adjectives
Long adjectives
Irregular adjectives

      II.            Write the adjectives between brackets in the correct form: 

comparative

                                1)      My brother is (good)…………than my sister in Math
                                 2)      Salma’s mother is (helpful)…………….than Touria’s mother.
                                 3)      Watching TV is (interesting)………than reading a book.
                                 4)      Spanish is (difficult)……..than English.
                                 5)      English is (easy)……….than Geography.
                                 6)      It is cool today, but it was (cool)…………yesterday.
                                 7)      It is warm today, but it was (warm)……..yesterday.
                                 8)      It is wet today, but it was (wet)………….yesterday.
                                 9)      This test is easy, but that one is (easy)………………….
                                 10)   This book case is large, but that one is (large)………………..
                                 11)   That film is interesting, but that one is (interesting)…………………………
                                  12)   Samira is pretty, but Bushra is (pretty)………………………………….
                                  13)   Tom is intelligent, but Bill is (intelligent)…………………………….
                                  14)   Miss Green is beautiful, but Miss White is (beautiful)……………………..

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The present simple

The present simple

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a)      She (speak)……four languages.   b)      Samir is a teacher. He (teach)….Arabic.  c)       Those shoes (cost)………too much.     d)      The food in Japan is expensive. It (cost)….a lot to live there.   e)      He (meet)………a lot of people.    f)       She (watch)……….TV.   g)      They (drink)………..tea in the morning   h)      Fatima (listen)……to the radio everyday.

i)        He (want)……a big party.    j)        The earth (go)…..round the sun.   k)      We(love)…….to watch films   l)        The post office (close)……at 5h30  m)    Mr. Smith (smoke)…..too much  n)      When the phone (ring)……please answe

The present continuous

The present continuous

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put the verbs in brackets in their correct form: the present simple or continuous:
 

a.      Samir every day (wash)……..his hair

b.      Please be quiet, I (try)………….. to concentrate.

c.       Right now, I (look)………around the classroom.

d.      Horses (eat)………..hay.

e.      Every Monday, Fatima (drive)……… her kids to football practice.

f.        Shhhh, be quiet, John (sleep)…………

g.      Don’t forget to take your umbrella. It (rain)…………..

h.      I (now/ write) ………. A letter.

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Quantifiers

Quantifiers

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                                       Fill in the gaps with the appropriate quantifiers:

−        How ……….time do you need to finish the work (many/ much)

−        There are …….students in the library (many/ much)

−        We have ………snow this winter (a little/ a few)

−        Have you visited …….foreign country? (some/ any)

−        …….animals can survive in the  desert ( a few/ a little)

−        I write ………poems ( much/ many)

−        We have ………oranges ( a few / a little)

−        How ……is this? It’s ten dollars (much / many)

−        I need a car and ……..dollars (some/ any)

−        Do you know …….students? (some/ any)

−        My mum doesn't read ……poetry (some/ any)

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