Chapter 02

1. IN, ON, or AT - Correct the sentences:

a) The dog is on the house. The dog is ______ the house.

b) The book is in the table. The book is ______ the table.

2. Complete these sentences with WHO, WHAT, WHERE, or HOW (WH-QUESTION

WORDS):
a) ____________ are you from?

b) ____________ is she? She’s OK.

c) ____________ are they? They’re my brothers.

d) ____________ is this? This is a book.

3. Change these sentences to singular:

a)Those are my friends. ________________________

b)These are books. ________________________

c)You are students. ________________________

4. Write questions to these answers with WHO, WHAT, WHERE, or HOW (WH-QUESTION
WORDS):
a) ____________ It’s a picture.

b) ____________ He’s at school.

c) ____________ She’s in the house.

d) ____________ I’m fine, thanks. And you?

e) ____________ This is a bus.

6. Complete with IN, ON, or AT:

a) ____________ a box.

b) ____________ Balboa Street.

c) ____________ school.
d) ____________ the garden.

e) ____________ the classroom.

f ) ____________ home.

g) ____________ Florida Street.

7. Complete the following sentences:

a) Is ____________ your brother? Yes, he ____________

b) What ____________ those? They ____________ my glasses.

c) ____________ you American? Yes, we ____________

8. Match the different collumns. a) What’s your name? ______ It’s my wallet.
b) How are you? ______ I’m eighteen.
c) Are they from New York? ______ I’m a teacher.
d) What’s this? ______ No, he isn’t.
e) Who’s your favorite actor? ______ Fine, thanks.
f) Is she six? __A__ My name is Molly.
g) What are these? ______ These are magazines.

CHAPTER 3
1. Complete the sentences below with the numbers and THERE IS or THERE ARE:

7 - 9 - 12 - 6 - 30
a) (days/a week) ________________________

b) (days/September) ________________________

c) (planets/Solar System) ________________________

d) (players/volleyball team) ________________________

2. Complete the following sentences with WHERE IS or WHAT IS:

a) ____________ that? It’s a picture.

b) ____________ the boy? He’s at school.

c) ____________ the girl? She’s at home.

d) ____________ this? It’s a car.

e) ____________ he? He’s at home.

f ) ____________ Pete? He’s at work.

 3. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate preposition: IN, ON or AT
a) The theater is _________ 94 Lemarsh Street.

b) Exercise 14 is _________ page 19.

c) My office is _________ New York.

d) My house is _________ Roosevelt Avenue.

e) The car is _________ the garage.

f) The painting is _________ the wall.

4. Tick (x) the correct sentence:

( ) Is there a yard in the house? ( ) Are there a yard in the house?

( ) There isn’t plants in the garden. ( ) There aren’t plants in the garden.

( ) There are two chairs in the classroom. ( ) There are two chairs on the classroom.

( ) There is an eraser on the desk. ( ) There is an eraser at the desk.

5. Answer the questions below. Choose the right alternative.

a) Is there a shower? ( )Yes, there are. ( )Yes, there is.

b) Are there closets in the bedrooms? ( )Yes, there are. ( )Yes, there is.

c) Is there a television? ( )Yes, there are. ( )Yes, there is.

7. Complete the following sentences:

E.g.: There is a house in the field.

a) There _______ a man _______ the house.

b) There _______ three plants _______ the sink.

c) There _______ two women _______ the supermarket.

d) There _______ a coat _______ the back of the chair.

Chapter 04
1. Change the following verbs into the SIMPLE PRESENT:
E.g.:
To carry
He carries

2. Complete the sentences with the verbs from the list below:
TO HAVE - TO GET - TO TEACH - TO OPEN - TO SPEAK - TO CLOSE
a) She ____________ four languages.

b) Steve ____________ up at 8:00 am every day.

c) We usually ____________ dinner at 7 o’clock.

d) Tina is a teacher, she ____________ Mathematics to children.

3. Put the following sentences into the affirmative, negative, or interrogative forms as
indicated:
E.g.: AFF.: The earth goes around the sun.

NEG.: The earth does not go around the sun.

INT.: Does the earth go around the sun?

a)She does her homework every day.

Neg.:____________________________________________
Int.:_____________________________________________

b)They don’t play the guitar.

Aff.:_____________________________________________
Int.:_____________________________________________

c)My father has a car.

Neg.:____________________________________________
Int.:_____________________________________________

4. Complete the sentences using the most appropriate preposition (in, on, at, from...to)
a) I work _________ Monday _________ Friday.

b) She works _________ home.

c) The map is _________ the wall.

d) We sit _________ the table.

e) The plane flies _________ SP _________ RJ.

f) My car is _________ the garage.

5. SIMPLE PRESENT - Complete the sentences.

a) Bob always __________________ an apple for breakfast. (to eat)

b) I __________________ English every day. (to study)

c) They __________________ every Saturday. (swim)

 6. Follow the example and answer these questions: E.g.: Does Mary help her mother every
morning?
(afternoon) No, she doesn’t. She helps her mother every afternoon.

a) Does Jim watch TV in the morning?

(at night) ________________________________________
b) Does Lisa go to school by bus?
(by car) ________________________________________

6CHAPTER

1. What TIME is it?

a) 06:00 am ____________________________________
b) 07:15 am ____________________________________
c) 04:30 pm ____________________________________
d) 08:45 pm ____________________________________
e) 09:50 am ____________________________________

2. Put the following sentences into the NEGATIVE and INTERROGATIVE forms:
a)I take a shower every day.

Neg.:_____________________________________________

Int.:______________________________________________

b)She has English classes on Saturdays.

Neg.:_____________________________________________

Int.:______________________________________________

c)My brother brushes his teeth after meals.

Neg.:_____________________________________________

Int.:______________________________________________

3. Fill in the blanks with IN, ON, or AT:

a) They arrive _________ 5 o’clock in the office.

b) My vacation finishes _________ October.

c) It rains a lot _________ the summer.

d) What do you do _________ Saturdays?

f) Do you work _________ the evenings?

g) We learn English _________ Uptime.

i) I graduated in law _________ 1975.

j) Uptime SP is _________ Paulista Avenue.

k) The books are _________ the bag.

l) My birthday is _________ May 15th.

4. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate WH QUESTION WORD: HOW, WHAT, WHO,
WHERE, WHEN:
a) _________ do you do? I’m a teacher.

b) _________ do you live? I live in NYC.

c) _________ is your name? My name is Martin.

d) _________ is this? This is a car.

e) _________ do you study English? I study English in the morning.

f) _________ do you study English? I study English at Uptime Consultants.

5. Fill in the blanks with DO, DOES, DON’T, or DOESN’T: (SIMPLE PRESENT)
a) I _________ play the piano. I play the guitar.

b) _________ dogs play with cats?

c) _________ Susan like pizza?

d) _________ the boys play cards?

6. Form SIMPLE PRESENT QUESTIONS with the words given:

a)

(you/at night/study English)

____________________________________
b)
(work/in a bank/they)
____________________________________

7CHAPTER
1. Complete the following sentences with SOME or ANY:
a) There aren’t _________ bookshelves in the dining room.

b) They have _________ curtains in the living room.

c) There are _________ flowers on the table.

d) They don’t have _________ lamps in the kitchen.

e) Are there _________ rugs in the house?

f) I have a table and _________ chairs in the living room.

2. Complete with A or AN (A, AN or THE):

a) _________ book.

b) _________ elephant.

c) _________ door.

d) _________ uniform.

e) _________ umbrella.

3. Change the sentences to plural:

a)
He is a doctor.
_______________________________________

5. Write questions using HOW MUCH or HOW MANY (WH-QUESTION WORDS):

a)
(money/you/have)
____________________________________

b)
(sugar/we/have)
____________________________________

c)

(milk/refrigerator)
____________________________________
d)
(magazines/you/read/a week)
____________________________________

6. Follow the example, using A LITTLE or A FEW (MUCH X MANY / LITTLE X FEW):
E.g.:
Do you have any money?
A little.

a)
Do you have any stamps?
____________________________________

b)

Do you want any sugar?

____________________________________

c)

Did he ask any questions?

___________________________________

d)

Does he speak English?

____________________________________

7. Fill in the blanks with A, AN or THE:

a) I’m ___________ student.

b) She is ___________ receptionist of this school.

8. Complete the following sentences using ANY or NO:

a) There is ___________ money in my pocket.

b) I don’t have ___________ problems with English.

c) She’s a nice girl. She has ___________ problems with people.

d) I have ___________ pencils.

9. Complete the following sentences using COMPOUNDS:

a) There isn’t _________________ in this drawer. It’s empty.

b) Mom, there is _________________ at the door.

c) Is the dog _________________ in the house?

 1. Choose the best word (MUCH X MANY / LITTLE X FEW):
I get up early morning. I have a healthy diet. So, I have some / few / little fruits for breakfast.
Then I take a shower. I love to stay under the shower. I stay much / little / many minutes there.
Then, I go to work. I’m an accountant. I work for a big company. But there are much / little / few
people to help me. So, I have many / few / a lot of work to do. At noon, I have lunch in a
restaurant near my job. There I have a few / much / little vegetables and a little / a few / many
meat. I drink few / a lot of / many water all day long. Water is essential to have a healthy diet.

2. Complete the sentences with MANY, MUCH or VERY:

a) She is _______________ beautiful.

b) I have _______________ problems.

c) She doesn’t drink _______________ orange juice.

d) This exercise is _______________ good.

3. MANY, MUCH or VERY - Correct the following sentences:

a)
He has little friends.
_______________________________________

b)
I swim much well.
_______________________________________

c)
There isn’t many coffee in the cup.
_______________________________________

d)
There aren’t much people on the street.
_______________________________________

e)
Mark is many intelligent.
_______________________________________

4. Complete the dialogue below with SOME or ANY:

Nancy We need _______________ orange juice.

Terry Ok! I’ll buy a bottle of orange juice. Baby, do we have _______________ milk?

Nancy Yes, but not much . Get _______________ milk, too. Two cartons.

Terry And what about apples? Do we need _______________ ?

Nancy No, we have _______________ . But we don’t have _______________ bananas.

Terry Ok, a bunch of bananas.

Nancy Oh, and a small loaf of white bread.

Terry Is that everything?

Nancy No, I need _______________ other things. I’ll write a list for you.

5. Complete the sentences with SOME, ANY or NO (SOME or ANY / ANY or NO):
a) I don’t have _______________ fruit to eat now.

b) Sally needs _______________ money for the bus.

c) She doesn’t drink _______________ kind of soft drink.

d) He has _______________ animals at home, he is allergic.

e) Does he want _______________ cookies?

f) We like to visit _______________ relatives on weekends.

g) I see _______________ problems to do it.

6. Complete the sentences with SOMETHING, ANYTHING or NOTHING (COMPOUNDS):

a) Bob, come here. I have _______________ for you.

b) Is there _______________ here?

c) Joe has _______________ very important to say.

d) Gosh! I don’t know _______________ about this test.

e) Patty wants to buy _______________ for you tomorrow.

f) I know _______________ about that. I have no idea.

7. Complete with SOME or ANY:

a) I need _______________ margarine and _______________ eggs.

b) Sorry! We don’t have _______________ orange juice, but we have _______________ apples.

c) Do you have _______________ milk?

d) I don’t want _______________ potatoes, but I want _______________ cheese.

1. Use the COMPARATIVE or SUPERLATIVE forms of the adjectives in parentheses:
a) Mom always tells me I’m ______________________ (good) son in the world.

b) My pen is ______________________ (beautiful) yours.

c) This car runs much ______________________ (fast) yours.

d) Susie usually buys ______________________ (expensive) clothes in the store.

e) My dad is ______________________ (fat) Mike, and he’s also ______________________ (tall) him.

f) Things sometimes are ______________________ (bad) you think.

2. Fill in the blanks with the COMPARATIVE or SUPERLATIVE forms of adjectives:

I always tell Mary about my problems. She’s my ______________________ (good) friend.

Sometimes people who aren’t my friends make jokes about me, because I’m ____________________

(short) on my street. But, I don’t care, because I’m ___________________ (strong) Mark and I’m

______________________ (intelligent) him, too. My father is a policeman so he’s very strong. He has

_____________________ (influence) Mark’s father. I really don’t like him. He’s

____________________

(bad) child I know.

3. Complete the sentences using the SUPERLATIVE form of the adjectives:

E.g.:

It’s a very nice room.

It is the nicest room in the hotel.

a)

It’s a very cheap restaurant.

It’s ________________________ restaurant in town.

b)

Today is a very happy day.

Today is ________________________ day in my life.

c)

She’s a very intelligent student.

She’s ________________________ studentin the class.

d)

It’s a very valuable painting.

It’s ________________________ painting in the gallery.

e)

Spring is a very busy time for me.

It’s ________________________ time in the year.

4. Write the COMPARATIVE form of the following adjectives:

a)

Strong _____________________

b)
Difficult
________________________
c)

Happy
________________________

d)

Large
________________________

e)

Careful
________________________

f)
Far
________________________

g)

Important
________________________

h)

Serious
________________________

i)

Bad
________________________

j)

Pretty
________________________

5. Write the opposites for the words below:

a)

Younger
________________________

b)

Better
________________________

c)

Colder ________________________
d)
Nearer ________________________

6. Fill in the blanks using the COMPARATIVE form of the adjectives:

a) This house isn’t very modern. I prefer __________________________________ houses.
b) You’re very tall, but your brother is __________________________________ (than you).

c) Bill doesn’t work very hard. I work __________________________________ him.

d) My chair isn’t very comfortable. Yours is __________________________________ mine.

e) These flowers aren’t very nice. The blue ones are __________________________________ .

f) I’m not very lazy. Molly is __________________________________ (than me).

g) Britain isn’t very big. France is __________________________________ (than Britain).

h) London isn’t very beautiful. Paris is __________________________________ .

i) This knife isn’t very sharp. Have you got a __________________________________ one?

7. Fill in the blanks with either TOO or EITHER (TOO, EITHER, BOTH, NEITHER):
a)

I’m not hungry.

I’m not hungry, ________________________

b)
Ann drives a car.
Leo drives a car, ________________________
c)
I’m tired.
I’m tired, ________________________

d)
I need a holiday.
I need a holiday, ________________________

8. Fill in the blanks with BOTH, EITHER, or NEITHER (TOO, EITHER, BOTH, NEITHER):
a) Mary has two sisters. ________________________ are married. They also have children.

b) Do you go to work by car or by bus? ________________________ ,I always walk.

c) Do you work or are you a student? ________________________ . I’ve got a job but I study too.

d) It isn’t a very good football match. ________________________ team is playing well.

e) “Which do you prefer? The red one or the green one?” “ ________________________ one is fine.”

[1. Complete these sentences using CAN or CAN’T + VERB from the list below: (MODAL VERBS)

COME - FIND - HEAR - SEE - SPEAK

a) I’m sorry, but we _______________________________ to your party next Saturday.
b) She got the job because she _______________________________ five languages.

c) You’re speaking very softly, I _______________________________ you.

d) Where’s my bag, I _______________________________ it.

e) I like this hotel room, you _______________________________ the mountains from the window.

2. Invite people to do things using ‘WOULD YOU LIKE TO...?’

E.g.:

Invite someone to play tennis

Would you like to play tennis?

a)

Invite someone to go to a concert tonight

_______________________________

b)

Invite someone to play cards

_______________________________

c)

Invite someone to dance

_______________________________

3. Correct the sentences that are wrong:

a)

I phone you tomorrow morning, OK?

___________________________________

b)

I phone my sister every Friday.

___________________________________
c)

I haven’t done the shopping yet. I do it later.

___________________________________

d)

How are you usually go to work? I drive.

___________________________________

e)

I haven’t got any money. I lend you some.

___________________________________

4. Complete these sentences with USED TO or BE USED TO + a verb from the list below:

EAT - BE - LIVE - HAVE - TAKE

a) Liz _______________________________ a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.

b) We came to live in Manchester a few years ago. We _______________________________ here now.

c) I love ice-cream. I _______________________________ it after lunch.

d) Jim _______________________________ my best friend but we aren’t friends any longer.

e) It only takes me about 40 minutes to get to work since the road was opened. It
_______________________________ me more than an hour.

5. Use CAN, CAN’T, COULD, COULDN’T, MAY, MIGHT, MUST, MUSTN’T, SHOULD or
SHOULDN’T: (MODAL VERBS)
E.g.: Birds can (ability, aff) fly.

a) You _______________________________ (advice) see a doctor.

b) I’m sure Sasha _______________________________ (supposition) be having a good time in Russia.

c) _______________________________ (favor, informal) you please help me with these heavy boxes?

d) _______________________________ (offer a solution) I go down and lock the car?

e) _______________________________ (permission, formal) I open this window? It’s too hot in here.
f) _______________________________ (isn’t it a good idea?) we tell mom that we’ll be a little late for
dinner?

g) Don’t worry. I will do everything I _______________________________ . (ability, affirmative)

h) I _______________________________ (it is possible that) play golf this weekend.

i) You _______________________________ (prohibition) drive without a driver’s license.

j) We _______________________________ (suggestion) have a hamburger.

k) We _______________________________ (option) go to the beach but we prefer to see a film.

m) He _______________________________ (impossible – past) come last night.

n) Liz _______________________________ (impossible – present) buy new shoes until she gets her
salary.

o) Zico _______________________________ (ability, past) play soccer very well.

p) The school _______________________________ (impossible) be open now. It’s midnight.

q) Bob _______________________________ (no other possibility) be at home. He’s not at work.

r) You _______________________________ (that’s not a good idea) leave the door open. It’s dangerous.

s) I am very busy right now. _______________________________ (favor, polite) you wait outside,
please?

t) _______________________________ (reprimand) you make so much noise?

6. Complete these sentences using BE SUPPOSED TO + a suitable verb (some are negative):

ARRIVE - BE - BE - START - BLOCK - WORK - LATE - PHONE - BE

a) I’m sorry, but I am _______________________________ tonight, I can’t take you to the cinema.

b) Sue was _______________________________ here at noon. It’s 12:30 now. She’s late.

c) What are you doing at home? You were _______________________________ working now.

d) We are _______________________________ work at 8:00, but we never do anything before 8:30.

e) This door is a fire exit. You are _______________________________ it.

f) Oh dear! I was _______________________________ mom, but I forgot.

g) The girls returned on Saturday. They were _______________________________ until Sunday.

h) Weren’t you _______________________________ there at noon? What are you still doing here?