SCHOOL NAME…Reviewing some Basic Grammar Points

The world is much more beautiful when you see it from a different

perspective...

The world is much more beautiful when you see it from a different

perspective...

1. Fill in the gaps with the Simple Present of the verbs in brackets.

e.g.: Sean tidies up (tidy up) his room on Saturdays.

1. Melissa and Kate _____ (be)

best friends, but sometimes

they ____________ (disagree).

2. I _______ (do) my

homework every day before

dinner, but my sister _______

(do) it after school.

3. I usually ________ (take care) of her baby

when she ________ (go) to the cinema. She

always ________ (feed) him before she

________ (leave), but I ________ (change) the

diapers. He ________ (be) so sweet, but

sometimes he ________ (cry) a lot and I don’t

know what to do.

4. Sara ________ (enjoy) going out, but she

also ________ (like) being with her family .

When she ________ (stay) home, she usually

________ (read) a book and ________

(watch) TV. CSI Miami and Boston Legal

________ (be) her favourite series.

5. Ben _______ (get up) very early. He

never ________ (miss) the bus to school.

6. He usually _______ (study) after he

_______ (finish) his karate practice.

7. _______________________ (there be) many

foreign students in my class. We __________

(get along) pretty well, but _______________

(there be) this girl, Carmen, who _______

(be) simply gorgeous.

2. Rewrite these sentences in the negative form .

e.g.: I like cherries. I don’t like cherries.

1. You want your friends to feel like you

care about them.

________________________________________________

_______________________________________anymore.

2. Sarah enjoys watching soap operas.

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

3. She comes to me for advice. _______________

______________________________________________

4. We feel good about selling our new car.

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

5. He knows about their attempt to break into

his house. _____________________________________

_______________________________________________

6. I think you should tell her to leave. ________

______________________________________________

7. Adrian’s mom goes shopping at the weekend.

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

8. She has got siblings. ______________________

______________________________________________

9. I really enjoy travelling around the world.

_______________________________________________

________________________________________________

10. She is as old as I thought her to be. ______

______________________________________________

I care about you. I hope you care about me too.

I care about you. I hope you care about me too.

I am so lucky! My mom helps me tidy

up my room.

I am so lucky! My mom helps me tidy

up my room.

4. Write sentences in the Simple Present from these prompts .

e.g.: She/ not like/ all types/ vegetables

She doesn’t like all types of vegetables.

1. Mark/ not study/ every day/ but/ he/

be/ good student ______________________________

_______________________________________________

2. Helen/ try to be/ good student/ but/ she/ have/

difficulties _______________________________

_______________________________________________

3. What time/ you/ get up/ usually? ___________

______________________________________________

4. not there be/ much time left/ so/ we/ must

hurry _________________________________________

_______________________________________________

5. Mark and Helen/ not go out often ___________

_______________________________________________

6. My parents/ not allow me/ arrive late _______

______________________________________________

7. Who/ be/ girl/ over there? ___________________

________________________________________________

8. How much/ the plane ticket/ cost? _________

______________________________________________

9. She/ love/ going to parties/ but/ tonight/ she/

not/ can/ go ___________________________________

_________________________________________________

10. When/ she/ get back/ money? ______________

________________________________________________

11. I not know/ where/ she/ find time to do all

that __________________________________________

_______________________________________________

12. My mom/ watch/ too much TV/ but/ my dad/

not like it. ________________________________

_________________________________________________

3. Now ask questions for these answers.

e.g.: Yes, I do. I love him very much.

Do you love him?

1. No, I don’t. I don’t live in Southampton.

_____________________________________________

2. I live in Brighton.

_____________________________________________

3. I live with my parents and my siblings.

_____________________________________________

4. Three. I’ve got a sister and two brothers.

_____________________________________________

5. My father is an engineer and my mother is a nurse.

____________________________________________

6. No, we don’t. We go to different schools.

_____________________________________________

7. I am in the 9 th Year .

_____________________________________________

8. I go to school by bus.

_____________________________________________

9. Lessons start at 9.

_____________________________________________

10. I usually have lunch at the school canteen.

_____________________________________________

11. I don’t go home for lunch because I have classes in the afternoon.

____________________________________________

12. I usually go home after classes.

_____________________________________________

I love holidays!

I love holidays!

SCHOOL NAME...Reviewing some Basic Grammar Points

Hope you’ve

enjoyed being

with me! See you

sn! ;)

Hope you’ve

enjoyed being

with me! See you

sn! ;)

1. Fill in the gaps with the Simple Present of the verbs in brackets.

e.g.: Sean tidies up (tidy up) his room on Saturdays.

1. Melissa and Kate are best

friends, but sometimes they

disagree.

2. I do my homework every

day before dinner, but my sister

does it after school.

3. I usually take care of her baby when she

goes to the cinema. She always feeds him

before she leaves, but I change the

diapers. He is so sweet, but sometimes he

cries a lot and I don’t know what to do.

4. Sara enjoys going out, but she also likes

being with her family . When she stays

home, she usually reads a book and

watches TV. CSI Miami and Boston Legal

are her favourite series.

5. Ben gets up very early. He never misses

the bus to school.

6. He usually studies after he

finishes his karate practice.

7. There are many foreign students in

my class. We get along pretty well,

but there is this girl, Carmen, who is

simply gorgeous.

2. Rewrite these sentences in the negative form .

e.g.: I like cherries. I don’t like cherries.

1. You want your friends to feel like you

care about them.

You don’t want your friends to feel like

you don’t care about them anymore.

2. Sarah enjoys watching soap operas.

Sarah doesn’t enjoy soap operas.

3. She comes to me for advice.

She doesn’t come to me for advice.

4. We feel good about selling our new car.

We don’t feel good about selling our new car.

5. He knows about their attempt to break into

his house.

He doesn’t know about their attempt to break

into his house.

6. I think you should tell her to leave.

I don’t think you should tell her to leave.

7. Adrian’s mom goes shopping at the weekend.

Adrian’s mom doesn’t go shopping at the

weekend.

8. She has got siblings.

She hasn’t got any siblings.

9. I really enjoy travelling around the world.

I really don’t enjoy travelling around the world.

10. She is as old as I thought her to be.

She isn’t as old as I thought her to be.

I care about you. I hope you care about me too.

I care about you. I hope you care about me too.

The world is much more beautiful when you see it from a different

perspective...

The world is much more beautiful when you see it from a different

perspective...

I am so lucky! My mom helps me tidy

up my room.

I am so lucky! My mom helps me tidy

up my room.

4. Write sentences in the Simple Present from these prompts .

e.g.: She/ not like/ all types/ vegetables

She doesn’t like all types of vegetables.

1. Mark/ not study/ every day/ but/ he/

be/ good student Mark doesn’t study every

day, but he is a good student.

2. Helen/ try to be/ good student/ but/ she/ have/

difficulties Helen tries to be a good student,

but she has some difficulties.

3. What time/ you/ get up/ usually? What time

do you usually get up?

4. not there be/ much time left/ so/ we/ must

hurry There isn’t much time left, so we

must hurry.

5. Mark and Helen/ not go out often

Mark and Helen don’t go out often.

6. My parents/ not allow me/ arrive late

My parents don’t allow me to arrive late.

7. Who/ be/ girl/ over there?

Who is that girl over there?

8. How much/ the plane ticket/ cost? How

much does the plane ticket cost?

9. She/ love/ going to parties/ but/ tonight/ she/

not/ can/ go She loves going to parties but

tonight she can’t go.

10. When/ she/ get back/ money?

When does she get her money back?

11. I not know/ where/ she/ find time to do all

that I don’t know where she finds the time

to do all that!

12. My mom/ watch/ too much TV/ but/ my dad/

not like it. My mom watches too much TV,

but my dad doesn’t like it.

3. Now ask questions for these answers.

e.g.: Yes, I do. I love him very much.

Do you love him?

1. No, I don’t. I don’t live in Southampton.Do you live in Southampton?

2. I live in Brighton.Where do you live then?

3. I live with my parents and my siblings.Who do you live with?

4. Three. I’ve got a sister and two brothers.How many siblings have you got?

5. My father is an engineer and my mother is a nurse.

What do your father and your mom do for a living?/ What are you parents’ jobs?

6. No, we don’t. We go to different schools.Do you and your siblings go to the same school?

7. I am in the 9 th Year .Which Year are you in?

8. I go to school by bus.How do you go to school?

9. Lessons start at 9.What time do lessons start?

10. I usually have lunch at the school canteen.Where do you usually have lunch?

11. I don’t go home for lunch because I have classes in the afternoon.

Why don’t you go home for lunch?

12. I usually go home after classes. When do you usually go home?

I love holidays!

I love holidays!

Hope you’ve

enjoyed being

with me! See you

sn! ;)

Hope you’ve

enjoyed being

with me! See you

sn! ;)