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English Assignment
English Assignment
UNIT 1
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UNIT 1 EXERCISES
1.1 Verb to be Ex. 1–4
1 Complete the sentences. Use am, is, or are.
Positive 1 How are you?
I ’m I’m = I am 2 I am fine, thanks.
3 Patrick is my brother.
He He’s = He is 4 We are both 23 years old.
She ’s from Bristol. She’s = She is
It It’s = It is 5 Katy and Paul are amarried.
my
your
What’s his name?
her
its
our
This is your house.
their
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6 Rewrite the sentences. Use the possessive ’s.
1 Jane + book Jane’s book
2 my friend + bag my friend’s bag
3 my family + house my family’s
house
4 John + son John’s son
5 Andrea + brother Andrea’s brother
6 his wife + name his wife’s name
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2.3Pronouns
1 Subject pronouns come before the verb.
He likes them. I love him. She wants it.
2 Object pronouns come after the verb.
He likes them. I love him. She wants it.
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4.4a lot of
She has a lot of clothes.
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Negative 2 Write sentences that are true for you. Use can/can’t or
could/couldn’t.
I/He/She/It wasn’t at school yesterday. 1 I play an instrument.
We/You/They weren’t at the party last night. 2 I use a computer.
3 I fly a plane.
Question 4 I cook.
Where were you yesterday?
Was he at school? Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t. 5 I ride a bike when I was six.
6 I swim when I was two.
We use was/were with born, not am/is/are. 7 I speak two languages when I was eight.
Where were you born? NOT Where are you born?
8 I swim when I was seven.
5.3could/couldn’t Ex. 1–2 3 Rewrite the sentences in the past. Use was or were.
Could is the past of can. 1 I’m in London. I was in London.
Could and couldn’t have the same form in all persons. 2 They are at a party.
Could is followed by the infinitive (without to). 3 Where are you?
Positive 2 You aren’t at school.
I 5 She’s at home.
He/She/It could swim. 6 Are they in the restaurant?
We/You/They 7 Where’s David?
8 We aren’t at work.
Negative
I
He/She/It couldn’t dance.
We/You/They
NOT He didn’t could dance.
Question
I
What could he/she/it do?
we/you/they
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night
month
last week morning
year yesterday afternoon
Saturday evening
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ago
I went there ten years / two weeks / a month ago.
Adjective Adverb
Some adverbs are irregular.
quick quickly
slow slowly
bad badly
careful carefully
real really
immediate immediately
easy easily
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Adjective Adverb
good well
hard hard
early early
fast fast
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have got
She has got a garden.
I haven’t got a
garage.
Have you got any money? Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
have
I have a cat.
He doesn’t have a car.
Does she have a sister? Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.
Past
The past of both have and have got is had/didn’t have.
We had a lovely holiday.
I didn’t have a happy
childhood. What did you have
for lunch?
When I was young I had a bike.
I didn’t have any money.
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UNIT 10
nobody/nothing/nowhere
10.1 Present Continuous 1 The forms nobody/nothing/nowhere can be stronger than not
Ex. 1–2 anybody/anything/anywhere.
I didn’t buy anything.
1 The Present Continuous describes an activity that is I bought nothing. (= stronger, more emphatic)
happening now.
2 We use these forms as the subject of a sentence.
She’s wearing jeans.
Nobody loves me.
I’m studying English.
Nothing is cheap these days.
Positive and negative 3 We use them in one word answers.
I’m watching TV. ‘Where did you go?’ ‘Nowhere.’
They aren’t watching TV.
4 We don’t use two negatives.
Question NOT I didn’t see nobody. I didn’t see anybody.
What is she thinking? NOT Nothing isn’t easy. Nothing is easy.
Yes/No questions Short answers
Are you having a good time? Yes, we are.
Is my English getting better? Yes, it is.
Are they having a party? No, they aren’t.
Spelling of verb + -ing UNIT 10 EXERCISES
1 Most verbs add -
ing. wear ➞
wearing go ➞ 1 Complete the sentences. Use the Present Continuous.
going
1 He’s studying maths at university. (study)
2 If the infinitive ends in -e, drop the -e and add -ing.
2 I a book at the moment. (not read)
write ➞ writing
smile ➞ smiling 3 Be quiet! I my homework. (do)
3 When a one-syllable verb has one vowel and ends in a consonant, 4 they ? (work)
double the consonant and add -ing. 5 He the party. (not enjoy)
sit ➞ sitting 6 you the film? (enjoy)
get ➞ getting
2 Write the -ing form.
10.2 Presen 1 write writing
t Simple and Present Continuous Ex. 3 2 stop
1 The Present Simple describes things that are always true, 3 travel
or true for a long time. 4 go
I come from 5 dance
Switzerland. He works 6 read
in a bank.
2 The Present Continuous describes activities happening now, 3 Complete the sentences. Use the Present Simple
and temporary activities. or Continuous.
I’m working very hard this week. 1 Juan comes from Barcelona. (come)
Why are you wearing yellow trousers? 2 I can’t talk now. I my lunch. (eat)
3 Why you now? (laugh)
10.3 something/nothing . . . Ex. 4 4 She always nice clothes. (wear)
THING something/anything/everything/nothing 5 We’re late! you ? (come)
BODY somebody/anybody/everybody/nobody
4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
WHERE somewhere/anywhere/everywhere/nowhere
everybody anywhere something nobody
something/anything . . . anything nothing
The rules are the same as for some and any.
1 I’m hungry. I want something to eat.
Positive 2 I didn’t buy at the shops.
I’d like something to eat.
3 I can’t find my keys .
Somebody phoned you.
4 I can’t cook dinner. There’s in the fridge!
Negative
5 likes the teacher. He’s really boring.
I didn’t go anywhere.
I don’t know 6 did their homework this week. Our
anybody. teacher’s very happy.
Question
Does anybody know the answer?
Would you like something to drink? (= an offer)
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12.2 Past Simple 3 Have any of your friends ever played in a rock band?
and Present Perfect Ex. 1
4 Has your best friend ever lied to you?
1 If we want to say when an action happened, we use
the Past Simple not the Present Perfect.
She went to Russia two years ago. I was in a crash when I 5 Has the lesson finished yet?
was 10.
2 Notice the time expressions used with the Past Simple.
4 Put the adverb in the correct
last night / yesterday / in 1990 / at three o’clock / on Monday place.
1 Have you finished the report? (yet)
12.3 Indefinite time Ex. 3 Have you finished the report yet?
2 I’ve been to Australia. (never)
Ever, never, yet, and just refer to indefinite time.
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