1Match the Subject Pronoun to the Correct Form of the Verb Be

Grammar

Present simple: be

1Match the subject pronoun to the correct form of the verb be.

1ICAare (’re) / aren’t

2you / we / they___Bis (’s) / isn’t

3he / she / it___Cam (’m) / am (’m) not

2Choose the correct option.

1Is /Are you my friend? Yes, I am/ are.

2Is / Are he my teacher? No, he isn’t / aren’t.

3Are / Am I a good student? Yes, you am / are.

4Am / Is it Friday today? Yes, it am / is.

5Are / Is she in our class? No, she aren’t / isn’t.

6Are / Is they my books? No, they aren’t / isn’t.

7Are / Is we on the second floor? Yes, we are/ is.

there is / there are + a, an, some and any

3Complete the table with the correct words.

a / an (x2) any some

singular / plural
+ / there is
(1) a / an / there are
(2) ______
– / there isn’t
(3) ______/ there aren’t
(4) ______

4Match 1–4 with A–D to make sentences.

1There isCAan MP3 player but there’s a TV.

2There are___Bany family rooms.

3There isn’t___Ca laptop on the table.

4There aren’t___Dsome shops near here.

5Complete with Is there or Are there.

1Is there a bed in the room?

2______any stairs?

3______an amazing view?

4______any children in the garden?

5______a toilet near here?

6______any Indian restaurants in town?

Vocabulary

Families

6Choose the correct option.

1My mother’s brother is my aunt / uncle.

2My father’s sister’s son is my child / cousin.

3My mother is my father’s wife / husband.

4My father’s mother is my grandfather / grandmother.

5My sister and I are my mother and father’s parents / children.

6My sister is my mother’s son /daughter.

7My brother is my mother’sson / daughter.

8My father’s sister is my aunt / uncle.

Parts of a house

7Match a room with what you do in it.

1bedroomCAhave a shower

2bathroom___Beat

3kitchen___Csleep

4dining room___Dwatch TV

5living room___Ecook

Pets

8Fill in the missing letters to make animal words.

1c__t

2s__a__e

3__i__d

4__i__h

Dates: ordinal numbers

eleventh fifteenth second seventh thirty-first

9Match the ordinal numbers with the words in the box.

2nd second

17th ______

211th ______

331st ______

415th ______

Asking for personal information

10Read the answers. Then complete the questions with the words.

address email name phone number
spell surname

1What’s your first name?

Carla.

2What’s your ______?

Acosta.

3How do you ______that?

A-C-O-S-T-A.

4What’s your ______?

15 Park Road, Leeds.

5What’s your ______?

0713 7723 900.

6What’s your ______?

Present simple: be

1Complete the sentences with ’m, ’s,or’re.

I ’m a student.

1It _____ half past six.

2 You _____ in my class.

3We _____ from Spain.

4Laura _____ my friend.

5I _____ twelve years old.

6She _____ my mother.

2Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative form of be.

They aren’tnew. ()

1We ______from Portugal. ()

2My name ______Julia. ()

3I ______at school right now. ()

4It ______the same. ()

5I ______a student. ()

6You ______from Spain. ()

7Lena ______here today. ()

8Jo and May ______students. ()

3Complete the questions and short answers.

Areyou in this class?

Yes, Iam.

1______this your pen?

No, it ______.

2______Lucy and Joe at home?

No, they ______.

3______Iin the right classroom?

Yes, you ______.

4______we friends?

Yes, we ______.

5______today Tuesday?

Yes, it ______.

6______I Sara’s cousin?

No, you ______.

7______Ruben from Spain?

No, he ______.

8______you thirteen years old?

Yes, I ______.

9______she a student?

Yes, she ______.

there is / there are

4Write affirmative and negative sentences. Use There is, There isn’t, There are or There aren’t.

a restaurant ()

There is a restaurant.

1some stairs ()

______

2a balcony ()

______

3 some windows ()

______

4a garden ()

______

5an umbrella ()

______

6a shop ()

______

7any lifts ()

______

8a dining room ()

______

9any trees ()

______

there is / there are + a, an, some and any

5Complete the sentences with a, an, some or any.

There isa sofa in the living room.

1There aren’t ______stairs to the top floor.

2There is ______shop in the hotel.

3There aren’t ______pets at my grandparents’ house.

4There are ______chairs in the kitchen.

5There is ______balcony in my bedroom.

6There is ______enormous tree in the garden.

Present simple: affirmative and negative

1Complete the sentences with the correct present simple form of one of the verbs.

get go make

We go shopping on Fridays.

1Maria _____ up early during the week.

2I _____ my bed in the morning.

3Paul _____ swimming most evenings.

4Jude _____ dressed quickly in the morning.

5Ruby and Joe _____to the cinema every month.

2Rewrite the sentences from exercise 1 in the negative.

We don’t go shopping on Fridays.

1______

2______

3______

4______

5______

6______

3Write affirmative or negative sentences.

I / have a shower / every evening. 

I have a shower every evening.

1Sabine / go running / every weekend 

______

2Elena / clean her room / every day 

______

3Juan / eat breakfast / before school

______

4We / feed the animals / every morning 

______

5Sue and Dave / go shopping / on Sundays 

______

Present simple: questions

4Complete the questions with the words.

Who What When Where Why

When do you play sport?

At the weekend.

1______do you do?

I run and go swimming.

2______do you do it?

At the sports centre in my town.

3______do you do it with?

With friends.

4______do you do it?

Because it’s fun.

5Write questions and complete the short answers.

Lukas / sing in a band?

Does Lukas sing in a band? Yes, he does.

1we / have fruit ?

______?

Yes, we ______.

2Ben / chat online ?

______?

No, he ______.

3you / go to the cinema ?

______?

No, I ______.

4Amita / play an instrument ?

______?

Yes, she ______.

5Javier and Dafne / listen to music ?

______?

Yes, they ______.

6Manuel / play computer games ?

______?

No, he _____.

7You / watch TV ?

______?

Yes, I _____.

Daily routine

1Find ten verbs in the wordpuzzle.

O / Y / Q / P / D / M / K / E / I / K
B / H / W / Y / G / H / M / A / K / E
P / G / O / G / E / J / G / T / H / F
L / E / W / J / T / A / F / N / D / Z
I / T / I / S / M / V / E / Y / F / G
S / U / P / C / L / E / A / N / D / I
W / P / K / A / X / U / F / M / X / F
A / V / F / D / U / I / H / A / V / E
S / E / N / K / S / Q / P / K / B / E
H / Y / B / R / U / S / H / E / Z / D

2Complete the text with nine of the verbs from exercise 1 in the correct form.

I (1) get up early, usually at 6.30 a.m., and (2)_____ a shower. Then I (3) _____ dressed, (4)_____ my hair and go downstairs for breakfast. My parents, my brother and I usually sit down together. Our mum always (5) _____ breakfast. Sometimes we (6) _____ eggs and sometimes we have cereal. After that, I (7) _____ the animals. They are always hungry! We’ve got a young cat, called Claws, and an old dog, called Bessie. Then I go to my room. I don’t (8) _____ my room in the mornings – I do that on Saturdays. After that I (9)_____ to school.

Free time activities

3Complete the sentences with the words.

chat band plays hangs shopping watch

I like chat online every day. I can contact a lot of friends that way.

1At weekends, Ruben ______out with his friends.

2Alison and Grace sing in a ______.

3‘I go ______every weekend. I love buying new clothes.’

4On Saturday afternoons I ______one or two hours of TV and then I go out.

5Marina is very fit. She ______tennis and she swims every day.

Festivals and seasons

4Read the clues and complete the crossword.

Down

1something we use to travel on water

2funny or traditional clothes

4the opposite of boring

5the flowers on trees in spring

Across

3the time of year when it is cold

6the time of year when it is hot

7the time of year when the first flowers come out

8noise with coloured lights

1B
2C
3W / 4E / 5B / 6S
7S
8F

Making arrangements

5Match 1–7 with A–G to make sentences.

1Are you free___Ago to the cinema?

2Sorry, I’m___Bcan we meet?

3How___Con Saturday?

4Do you want to___Dgood for me.

5When___Eabout Sunday?

6That’s___Fbusy.

Families

1Write the correct word next to each definition and then complete the crossword.

Down

1Mmy mother’s father is mygrandfather

2Mmy mother’s brother is my ______

3Mmy sister is my mother’s ______

4Mmy brother is my father’s ______

5Mmy father’s sister is my ______

Across

6Mmy uncle’s children are my______

7Mmy father is my mother’s ______

8Mmy father’s mother is my ______

1G
2U / 3D / 4S
5A
6C / 7H
8G

Parts of a house

2Fill in the missing words in the sentences.

bathroom bedroom garden kitchen living room

1You cook in the ______

2You sleep in the ______

3You watch TV in the ______

4You have a shower in the ______

5There are trees and flowers in the ______

Pets

3Match the descriptions to the animals in the box.

cat dog fish rabbit

1I’m often colourful and I can swim.

______

2I have a long tail and I sometimes wear a collar.

______

3I’ve got fur and I like to run in the park.

______

4I’ve got fur and big ears.

______

Dates: ordinal numbers

4Write the ordinal numbers in words.

114th______

23rd ______

310th ______

49th ______

517th ______

620th______

Asking for personal information

5Read the answers and complete the questions.

What’s your first name?

Mark.

1What’s your ______?

Roberts.

2How do you ______that?

R-O-B-E-R-T-S.

3What’s your ______?

26 Castle Street, York.

4What’s your ______?

00567 4340 128.

5What’s your ______?