1. Read the texts. Are the sentences True or False? Ex. Peter has a bike. ___True___ a) Peter can’t swim. _________ b) Peter can speak some Spanish. ________ c) Sue gets up late on Saturday mornings. ________ d) Sue and Julia like the internet. _________ e) Sue sometimes goes out on Saturday nights. ________ 2. Now read the texts again and answer these questions: a) What’s Peter’s favorite town? b) Where does Peter go on vacation with his family? c) How long do he and his family go on vacation for? d) What is Sue’s best friend’s name? e) What does Sue do on Sunday nights? f) Does Sue go to bed late on Sundays? 3. Complete the text with the correct affirmative or negative form of to be. Hi! My name ____is____ Luke. I _____________ 14 years old. My hobbies ___________ football and riding my bike. My brother’s name __________ Adam. My best friends ____________ Jack and Harry. My favorite sport is football, but Jack’s favotite sport _____________ (not) football.He likes tennis. We ____________ from Manchester. My mum and dad ____________ (not) from Manchester, they _____________ from Scotland.

Luis ______________ (live) in San Francisco. He ___________ (get up)

early and he ______________ (go) to the swimming pool. He

______________ (swim) and then he has breakfast.

Luis ________________ (work) in a school. He __________ (like) his job.

After work, he meets his friends or he _______________ (go) to the

movie theater.

On the weekend, he _________________ (relax). He______________ (watch) TV or

___________ (play) soccer.

4. Fill in the blanks using There is or There are: a)_______________________ an excellent movie on TV tonight.

b) In my classroom _____________________ 28 students.

c) _______________________ a Geography test on Wednesday. We have to study hard!

d) _______________________ two official languages in my country.

e) _______________________ some bottles of juice in the refrigerator.

5. Complete the text. Use Simple Present. 6. Circle the correct words:

Nick: Hiro, Akio, I (think / thinks) that your show was fantastic.

How often (do / does) you practice?

Hiro: We (practice/ practices) every day.

Nick: Where (do/ does) you live?

Akio: We (live/ lives) in Japan, but we (travel/ travels) a lot.

Nick: (Does/Do) you have a good teacher?

Hiro: Yes, he’s excellent! He (don’t/ doesn’t) teach other people.

Nick: (Do/ Does) he travel with you?

Akio: No, he’s old now and he (prefer/prefers) to stay at home.

7. Complete the sentences using the Simple Present.

a) My parents ________________________ (work) downtown.

b) I ___________________________ (not/go) to school in the morning.

c) Julia ___________________________ (drive) very well.

d) Paul ____________________________ (not/study) French.

e) They ____________________________ (travel) every year.

f) You _____________________________ (not/have) to wash the car now.

g) The teacher _____________________________ (not/arrive) late to class.

8. Choose the correct answer. a) They hate rock music and (always/never) listen to it.

b) We (never/ always) watch this programme - it's our favourite.

c) How (often/ always) do you play chess?

d) Good athletes (sometimes/ often) do a lot of training.

e) I like swimming and I (often/ never) go to the swimming pool.

9. What is Kate saying? Look at the picture and complete the sentences. Use the present continuous:

Hi, Donna! Come to my house!

We ____________________ (have) fun!

Rick_____________________ (play) the guitar, and

Martha ___________________ (sing). My friends

____________________ (dance). Mom and dad are in

the kitchen.

They ______________________ (make) pizza. My

grandparents _______________ (sit) in the yard.

It’s cloudy, but it _____________________

(not/rain).

I ____________________ (not/ do) homework this

evening!

10. Complete the text using Simple Present or Present Continuous:

My name is Dani and this is my personal blog.

I’m thirteen years old and I live in Caracas, Venezuela.

I normally ______________ (play) music, ___________________ (dance) and swim.

I don’t usually ______________ (play) sports.

I’m with my friend, Emmy. She _________________ (live) in Vancouver, Canada. Her family is

great! They take me to a different place every day.

Right now Emmy _________________ (do) her homework, and her brother and sister

_____________________(watch) a DVD. Her mom and dad _____________________ (cook) dinner. And I

________________________ (write) this blog. Until later.

11. Complete the spaces using Do or Does:

a) What ________________ your sister do in the afternoon?

b) __________________ you often surf the internet?

c) Where _________________ Martha and Sue live?

d) _________________ Jim listen to rock music?

e) _________________ we need to be at school earlier tomorrow?

f) _________________ your best friend collect things?

12. Fill in the blanks using What, When, Where, Who or Why:

a) __________________ do you have English classes? On Mondays and Wednesdays.

b) __________________ is your favorite actor? I like Brad Pitt.

c) __________________ do you usually do on Saturdays? I usually go to the beach.

d) __________________ does Chris work? She works at the mall.

e) __________________ do you study so much? Because I have to pass my test.

f) __________________ does she need to make the cake? Flour and milk.

g) __________________ is your best friend? Cristina.

h) __________________ is Terry’s party? Next Friday.

Steve: Where were you last week? Andy: I (1) __________ on vacation in Florida. Steve: (2) ____________ it fun? Andy: Yes, it (3) ___________ great! Steve: How many days (4) ___________ you there for? Andy: We (5) _____________ there for two weeks. Steve: (6) _______________ you in a hotel? Andy: No, we (7) _____________ We were with my grandparents. They live in Miami. Steve: (8) ______________ the weather good? Andy: No, it wasn’t .It rained!

13. Read the text and answer the questions: a) Where is Claire from? b) What is Claire’s hobby? c) Why don’t Hanna and Kate go near the hives? d) How many kilos of honey do the bees produce in the summer? 14. Complete the dialog. Use was, wasn't, were, and weren't.

Gina: I ___________ (have) my first important basketball game yesterday.

I ________________ (buy) a new shirt and some sneakers for it.

Ken: Was it a good game?

Gina: It was great! We __________________ (play) the champions, and we _______________

(win). They have some fantastic players, but they didn’t beat us.

Ken: Awesome! I'm sorry that I didn’t go to the game.

Gina: All my friends ____________________ (go) to the game

because my father ________________ (give) everyone tickets! After

the game, we __________________ (have) a big party, and we all

_______________ (celebrate).

15. Complete the dialog. Use the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses. 16. Read the text and find 5 Simple past regular verbs and 5 irregular verbs.

Simple past

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

Simple past

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

hired went

walked flew

climbed was

watched drove - saw

stayed - imagined made - woke

GABARITO 1. a) False. b) True. c) False. d) True. e) True. 2. a) It’s Orleans. b) He goes to Mexico. c) They usually spend a week or two. d) Her name is Julia. e) She always stays in and does her homework. f) No, she doesn’t. 3. am – are – is – are – isn’t – are – aren’t - are 4. a) There is b) There are c) There is d) There are e) There are 5. lives - gets up - goes - swims - works - likes - goes - relaxes - watches - plays 6. think - do - practice - do - live - travel - do - doesn’t - does - prefers 7. a) work b) don’t go c) drives d) doesn’t study e) travel f) don’t have g) doesn’t arrive 8. a) never b) always c) often d) often e) often 9. are having - is playing - is singing - are dancing - are making - are sitting - isn’t raining - am not doing

10. play - dance - play - lives - is doing - are watching - are cooking - am writing 11.a) does b) Do c) do d) Does e) Do f) Does 12. a) When b) Who c) What d) Where e) Why f) What g) Who h) When 13. a) She’s from Wales. b) Beekeeping. c) Because they are a bit scared of them. d) About 40 kilos.

14. was, was, was, were, were, were, weren’t, was.

15. had, bought, played, won, went, gave, had, celebrated. 16.