Stop and check
There’s a mistake in each sentence. Find it and correct it.
a) My brother go to university.
b) English is a language international.
c) I arrive at Heathrow airport at ten o'clock last night.
d) She could (past of can) to speak three languages when she was ten.
e) Where did you went last night ?
f) I saw the wife of Jeremy at the shops.
g) I don't can go out because I have a lot of work to do.
h) In the kitchen is a table.
i) My children like they're school very much.
j) I buyed a new video.
k) Italian people is very artistic.
l) I like cities because I can to go to the theatre.
m) How many children do you got ?
n) How many money has he got ?
o) Who's is that new car ?
p) I'm go home now because it's late.
q) We're going have a test next week.
r) I'm wear old clothes because I'm going to clean the car.
s) My sister is more old than me.
t) I think is going to rain.
u) Your house is bigger than my.
Vocabulary - opposites
Match a word in A with it's opposite in B.
wonderful / losewin / early
king / queen
abroad / horrible
before / boring
clean / easy
late / finish
begin / at home
interesting / after
difficult / dirty
Put the words into the correct columns. There are five words for each column.
cheese map actor favourite toast dentist arrive palace ham village want bring notebook easy expensive chicken journalist dictionary leave friendly interpreter magazine orange night club beach engineer office newspaper funny listen
things to read / professions / things to eat / places / verbs / adjectivesPast simple
Fill in the gaps with the past simple form of the verb in brackets.
He was a student in Florence, where he (study) ______painting, sculpture and design. He (begin) ______a lot of paintings, but he (not finish) ______many of them. His picture of the Mona Lisa is the most famous portrait in the world.
Leonardo (be) ______in many things. He (want) ______to know about everything he (see) ______. He examined the human body. He (think) ______that the sun (not go) ______round the earth. He (write) ______music. He designd a flying machine 400 years before the first one flew. Many people (not understand) ______his ideas. It's difficult to think that one man (can) ______do so much.
Some, any, an, a
Fill in the gaps.
a) Did Charles Dickens have ______children ?
b) I bought ______newspaper and ______magazines.
c) Jane lives in ______old house in France.
d) There are ______trees in my garden, but there aren't ______flowers.
e) Do you have ______books by Dickens ?
f) There are ______letters for you on the table.
g) Would you like ______cup of tea ?
h) You have ______lovely pictures on the wall.
i) Is there ______water in the fridge ?
j) Can I have ______grapes, please ?
k) Do you want ______sandwich ?
l) There are ______eggs in the cupboard, but there isn't ______sugar.
Present simple or present continous
Put the verbs in the brackets in the Present simple or the present continous.
a) Pierre (smoke) ______twenty cigarettes a day, but he (not smoke) ______now because he's in class.
b) Alice and Peter (look) ______for a new house. They (not like) ______living in London.
c) I always (wear) ______nice clothes for work. Today, I (wear) ______a blue jacket and a skirt.
d) Jane (work) ______in a bank, but today she's at home. She (write) ______letters.
Questions and tenses
Ask questions about the statements.
Anna's tired. Why ______:______?
I don't go to work by car. How ____ you ______?
This pen isn't mine. Whose ______?
I met a famous actress. Who _____ you ______?
We saw Bill yesterday. Where ____ you ______?
Sue's watching television. What ______?
They're going on holiday. Where ______?
Peter left the party early. Why ______?
She drank a lot of wine. How much ______?