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Present tense
Activity: PT1001
Level:
ele +
Spelling check:
Verb + -ing Read
Rule!
Add
–ing (most verbs):
walk – walking
Drop e and add –ing:
give - giving
Double the final
consonant and add –ing: sit –
sitting.
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Write the -ing form of these
verbs.
Come................. have ............... run
.................. swim ...................
Do .................
help ............... sell ..................
take ...................
Get .................
love .............. smoke ................ work
..................
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1)
Activity: PT 1002
Read
Rule!
Level:
ele +
Verb to BE:
Complete these descriptions. Use the present continuous and the verbs below.
Remember to use the correct form of the verb be.
a) collect listen sell wait work jog
ride talk walk
A
woman
is walking
her dog. Two policemen
................................. to a driver.
A boy...................... ....................... newspapers.
A girl....................... ........................ a skateboard.
Some construction workers .................................................
on a building.
Some people ...................... .......................at the bus stop.
Two women ................... ................... . They
................... ..................to music.
A mail carrier ......................... ..................... the mail.
b) dance play sit stand eat serve smoke talk
Dan and Cindy ..................... ................... . Keiko
..................... .....................drinks.
Angela ................... ..................... on the sofa. She
......................... ....................... to Kim.
Marie and Joe ..................... ...................... cards. Helmut
....................... ................ a pizza.
Carlos .................... ................... by the window. He
.................... ................... a pipe.
Activity: PT1003
Read
Rule!
Level:
ele +
PRESENT CONTINUOUS: Complete this
conversation with questions in the present continuous.
A:
What time
are you going to the
party...................................................................?
B:
I’m going to the party at 8.
A:
How
..............................................................................................................?
B:
I’m going there by taxi.
A:
Who
.........................................................................................................with?
B:
I’m going with Joe.
A:
What
.................................................................................................................?
B:
I’m wearing a sweater and jeans.
A:
How long
............................................................................................................?
B:
I’m staying till about 10.
A:
Where
...................................................................................................................?
B:
I’m going to a disco after party. Do you
want to come?
A:
Sure!
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Activity: PT1004
Read
Rule!
Level:
ele +
DESCRIPTIONS: pr. simple BE &
Pr. continuous.
Write descriptions
of John Parsey and Dana Jones on a separate paper.
(In order to complete this activity, we suggest
that you give your students a picture)
Ms.
Jones is in her fifties. She is fairly short.
She has dark hair.
She is wearing a suit, and she is carrying a handbag.
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Activity: PT1005
Read
Rule!
Level:
ele +
VERB BE & HAVE: Complete this description of London with
is
or
has.
London
..............Britain’s biggest city. It ...................... a very old
city and dates back to the Romans.
It ....................
a city of beautiful buildings and churches, and it ................... many
beautiful parks. It also ......................... some of the best museums
in the world. London .................. very crowded in summer.
It
.................. a popular city with foreign tourists and
....................... more than eight million visitors a years.
The
city .................... famous for its shopping and ......................
many excellent department stores.
London
.................... an excellent underground railway system, so it
.............. easy for tourists to get around. There are plenty of good
restaurants in London. You can get excellent British food, and London
........................ lots of good Indian, Chinese, Japanese, French,
Italian, and Greek restaurants.
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Activity: PT1006
Read
Rule!
Level:
ele +
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Activity: PT1007
Read Rule!
Level:
ele +
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Activity: PT1008
Read Rule!
Level:
ele +
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Activity: PT1009
Level:
ele +
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Activity: PT1010
Read
Rule!
Level:
ele +
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Activity: PT1011
Read
Rule!
Level:
ele +
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Past tense
Activity: PsT1001
Read
Rule!
Level:
ele + /Pre int.
What
happened to Billy? Read this description and number the events from 1 to 12
in the order in which they occurred.
......... The guy there drove me back to my car and fixed the tire.
......... Then, luckily, someone stopped and helped me. He was a mechanic,
and he fixed the engine.
....1...
I had a terrible experience on Saturday.
......... So, then I walked for about two miles to a gas station.
..12...
What a day! Next time, I’ll take the bus!
......... I tried to get the engine to start, but nothing happened.
......... I got a flat tire on the freeway.
......... But half an hour later, the car broke down.
......... I looked in the trunk for the spare tire, but it was flat, too.
......... Next, I stood by my car for thirty minutes, but no one stopped.
......... Then I got in the car again and drove off.
......... This time, it was the engine.
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Mix Tenses
Activity: MT1001
Level:
pre-Int +
Present
simple and Present continuous Read
Rule!
* Complete the
text with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:
Robert Johns
........lives....... (live) in Croydon, and
........................(run) a fashion retail business.
Usually, he ......................(leave) for work at about 7.30 a.m., and
................... (take) the train to Central London.
This week, he .....................(visit) and important clothing
manufacturer in Rome.
They ......................(talk) about a new line of menswear for the
summer season.
Robert's
business ........................(grow) fast at hte moment, and it
......................(become) very successful.
Robert ........................(work) very long hours this month, but he
always ...................(enjoy) his job,
especially the trips abroad.
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Activity:
MT1002
Level:
Int +
Past
simple or continuous? Read
Rule!
Choose the
correct verb form in the following sentences:
1.
I met/was meeting a friend while I did/ was doing
the shopping.
2.
I paid/was paying for my things when I heard/was
hearing someone call my name.
3.
I turned/was turning round and saw/was seeing
Paula.
4.
She wore/was wearing a bright red coat.
5.
We decided/were deciding to have a cup of coffee.
6.
While we had/were having a drink, a waiter
dropped/was dropping a pile of plates.
7.
We all got/were getting a terrible shock.
8.
While the waiter picked/was picking up the broken
plates, he cut/was cutting his finger.
9.
We left/were leaving the café and said/were
saying goodbye.
10.
I finished/was finishing my shopping and went/was
going home.
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Activity: MT1003
Level:
Int +
Correcting mistakes
Read Rule!
1.
My man and I have been married for ten years.
2.
I stayed with my aunt who live in Paris.
3.
She born in Barcelona, a city in Spain.
4.
Tom Has studied for three years tourism.
5.
We've had this car since five years.
6.
Where have you been on holiday last year?
7.
How long do you know your teacher?
8.
They not have lived here for a long time.
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Activity:
MT1004Read
Rule!
Level:
Int +
Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.(present
simple, present perfect or past simple)
Daniel
Higgings ..........................(be) a politician. He
....................(go) to Oxford University in 1952,
and in 1959 he ........................(become) a member of Parliament for
the Labour Party.
He
........................(be) an MP since then. He
........................(be) Defence Minister from 1966-72.
He .......................(write) three books, including his auto biography
The Time of my Life, and a spy story
called Time to Run. He is married to the artist Mary Higgings, and they have
four children.
They ................(live) in Oxford for 17 years, then
....................(move) to London in 1972.
They now ................ (live) in a house in central
London.
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Prepositions
Read
Rule!
Activity: Pr1001
Level:
ele +
Complete
with the correct prepositions
A: I
need something ..................................insomnia.
(
for/ on/ with )
B: Try
these tablets. Take two ..........................the evening. ( at/ in/ on
) And don’t drink a lot ............................coffee. (at/ for/ of )
A: OK.
Thank you.
B: And
sometimes warm milk helps you go ........................sleep. ( for/ in/
to )
A:
Really? I’ll try it.
B:
Anything else?
A: Yes,
can I have a bottle ......................Valium tablets, please? (of/ to/
with )
B: Oh,
you should get a prescription .............................the doctor for
those. ( for/ form/ to )
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Activity: Pr1002
Level:
ele +
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Activity: Pr1003
Level:
ele +
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Activity: Pr1004
Level:
ele +
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Activity: Pr1005
Level:
ele +
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Adjectives & adverbs
Activity:
Ad1001
Read
Rule!
Level:
Pre Int
Choose the correct word to complete each statement.
a)
Prices are very high in New York City.
Everything is pretty ........................................ there.
(
expensive, cheap, huge )
b)
My hometown is not an exciting place.
The nightlife there is
really ....................................... .
( interesting,
fascinating,
boring )
c)
Rome is a beautiful old city.
There are not many
....................................... buildings.
( modern,
big, small )
d)
Some parts of this city are fairly dangerous.
They are not very
....................................... late at night.
( noisy, safe, quiet )
e)
Athens is a quiet city in the winter.
The streets are never
................................. at that time of the year.
( clean, crowded, safe )
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Activity:
Ad1002
Level:
Int +
ADVERBS
(POSITION) Read
Rule!
Word order :
1) go/to/we/sometimes/a/match/football/,/wife/rather/reluctantly/my/however/
..................................................................................................................................
2)
Saturday/saw/last/we/greatly/a/that/enjoyed/match/
..................................................................................................................................
3)
play/the/fast/was/and/,/skilful/forwards/rapidly/shot/the/hard/manoeuvred/and/straight/and/
..................................................................................................................................
4)
tackled/resolutely/and/controlled/referee/the/game/the/while/firmly/,/,/the/at/
time/same/his/using/whistle/discretion/with/
....................................................................................................................................
....................................................................................................................................
5)
rugby/I/prefer/much/,/but/hardly/could/I/Janet/take/match/to/rugby/a/
....................................................................................................................................
6)
never/understand/she/would/game/the/
.....................................................................................................................................
7)
on/there/stadium/in/that/Saturday/,/at/she/least/knew/when/goal/a/had/scored/
been/,/told/having/to/without/be/
.....................................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................................
8)
some/the/of/rules/she/knows/even/
.....................................................................................................................................
9)
point/at/one/was/I/about/her/tell/to/a/throw-in/why/to/had/be/again/taken/when/
told/she/me/knew/already/she/
.....................................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................................
10)
done/the/throw/not/had/properly/first/been/
.....................................................................................................................................
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Miscellaneous
1)
Activity: Ms1001
Level:
ele +
Look at these clothes and accessories. How many words can you list in
each category?
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Women |
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Both men
and women |
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Men |
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Belt
bracelet gloves shirts
Bikini cap
jeans three-piece suit
Blouse cufflinks
miniskirt tie
Boxer
shorts dress pants
T-shirt
Bra earrings scarf
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Activity: Ms1002
Level:
Pre int
Make suggestions with “You should . . .” or “You shouldn’t . . .” using the
sentences below.
a)
Take a bus tour of the city.
....You
should take a bus tour of the city.....................................................................
b)
Don’t stay near the airport.
....You
shouldn’t stay near the airport...................................................................................
c)
Go in the spring or the summer.
.............................................................................................................................................
d)
Don’t miss the National Museum.
..............................................................................................................................................
e)
See the new zoo.
.............................................................................................................................
f)
Don’t walk alone late at night.
.............................................................................................................................
g)
Change your money at a bank.
..............................................................................................................................
h)
Don’t change money on the street.
..............................................................................................................................
i)
Don’t drink the tap water.
Activity: Ms1003
Level:
pre int
Use and or but
to join these sentences.
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Use
and for additional information: It is a beautiful city,
and it has a good climate.
Use but for
contrasting information: It is a very old city, but it has
a modern subway system. |
a)
Paris is a very interesting place. It has beautiful architecture.
Paris
is a very interesting place, and it has beautiful architecture.
b)
London is an exciting city. It has great nightclubs.
......................................................................................................................................................................................
c)
My hometown is a beautiful place. The climate there is too cold for
me in the winter
.......................................................................................................................................................................................
d)
Australia is a beautiful country. It has a very good climate.
........................................................................................................................................................................................
e)
Tokyo is an exciting place for a vacation. It is very good for
shopping.
.......................................................................................................................................................................................
f)
Washington, D.C., does not have a very good climate. It is a very
interesting place
to visit.
........................................................................................................................................................................................
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Activity: Ms1004
Level:
ele +
Find
the opposites.
a)
Big e)
good ...........bad
..............noisy
b)
Old f)
quiet ...........boring
..............small
c)
Cheap g)
straight ............curly
...............tall
d)
short h) exciting
.............expensive ...............young
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Activity: Ms1005
Level:
ele +
Circle the word that does not belong.
a)
old small modern new
b)
fascinating interesting wonderful horrible
c)
nice noisy dirty dangerous
d)
hot warm ugly cold
e)
excellent small big huge
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Activity: Ms1006
Level:
ele +
Check if these sentences need
a
or
an.
Then add a or
an where
necessary.
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Use a or an
with adjective + singular noun: It is an old city.
It has a new
park.
Use no article with
be + adjective: It is old.
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a)
.......... Restaurants are very cheap in Rio.
b)
.......... Copenhagen is clean city.
c)
.......... Sydney Harbor is beautiful.
d)
.......... Dallas has big airport.
e)
.......... Rent is expensive in Washington, D.C.
f)
.......... Seattle is crowded city in the summer.
g)
.......... New York has good museums.
h)
.......... Toronto is exciting place to visit.
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Activity: Ms1007
Read
Rule!
Level:
ele +
Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
a)
Prices are very high in Buenos Aires.
Everything is pretty ........................................ here.
(
cheap, expensive, huge )
b)
Rocky Mount is not an exciting place.
The nightlife here is really
....................................... .
( fascinating, interesting,
boring )
c)
Paris is a beautiful old city.
There are not many
....................................... buildings.
( big, modern, small )
d)
Some parts of this town are fairly
dangerous.
They are not very
....................................... late at night.
( safe, noisy, quiet )
e)
Newport is a quiet city in the
winter.
The streets are never
................................. at that time of the year.
( crowded, clean, safe )
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Activity: Ms1008
Level:
ele +
At the
doctor's vocabulary:
Match the words and
definitions.
a)
drugstore
b)
fever
c)
hangover
d)
indigestion
e)
juice
f)
medicine
g)
ointment
h)
shampoo
i)
insomnia
........... a pain in your stomach after eating.
........... an uncomfortable feeling after drinking too much alcohol.
........... something you take to cure an illness.
........... a place where you buy medicine.
........... a hot feeling when you have a cold or the flu.
........... difficulty going to sleep.
........... a cream used mainly for burns and other skin problems.
........... a liquid soap for washing your hair.
........... a drink made from a fruit o vegetable.
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Activity: Ms1009
Level:
ele +
Rewrite the requests below using
can,
could, may, or
would.
Can I have .......,
please? May I have ............., please?
Could I
have ......, please? I would like .........., please.
a)
Give me something for a headache.
......May
I have something for a headache, please?.........................................................
b)
Give me some vitamin tablets.
.............................................................................................................................................
c)
I need some throat medicine.
.............................................................................................................................................
d)
I want a box of tissues.
.............................................................................................................................................
e)
Give me a large tube of toothpaste.
.............................................................................................................................................
f)
I want a small jar of honey.
.............................................................................................................................................
g)
Give me a bottle of orange juice.
.............................................................................................................................................
h)
I need something for the flu.
.............................................................................................................................................
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Activity: Ms1010
Level:
ele +
Choose the correct answer.
a)
Anything else?
......... Not right now,
thanks.
.......... You’re welcome.
.......... Not at all.
b)
Thank you so much for the meal.
.......... You’re welcome.
.......... What will you
have?
.......... No, that’ll be
all, thanks.
c)
Goodbye now. Take care.
.......... I’m glad you
liked it
.......... Thanks. You, too
.......... Yes, please.
d)
Good night. See you soon.
......... Not at all.
......... I hope so. Bye.
......... No, thank you.
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Activity: Ms1011
Read
Rule!
Level:
ele +
Complete with a question word, then answer the
questions.
a) ...............
restaurant is open at 3 A.M.?...........................................................................
b)
.................restaurant has Italian
food?
.............................................................................
c) ..................restaurant
serves breakfast?
...........................................................................
d) ..............................likes
entertainment?
..........................................................................
e)
......................restaurants are open
at 11?
.......................................................................
f)
.................meals does the restaurant deliver to your home?
.............................................
g)
............... restaurants accept credit cards?
........................................................................
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Activity: Ms1012
Read Rule!
Level:
ele +
Spelling check:
Comparatives
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Add –er:
cheap – cheaper
Add –r:
nice – nicer
Drop y and add –ier: dirty –
dirtier
Double the final
consonant and add –er: hot –
hotter
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Write
the comparative form of these adjectives.
a)
big ...........
b)
busy ........
c)
cool .........
d)
dry ...........
e)
friendly .........
f)
high ...........
g)
large ..............
h)
long ...........
i)
noisy ...............
j)
safe ................
k)
warm ............
l)
wet ..............
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Activity: Ms1013
Read
Rule!
Level:
ele +
IRREGULAR
COMPARATIVES: Use the words in the box to complete these statements.
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Adjective |
Comparative |
Superlative |
| Good |
better |
best |
| Bad |
worse |
worst |
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