Simple Past
There (be)
Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
Comparatives
100
How old were you in 2000?
I was six.
100
Say three things you can find in your living room, using there is/are
There's a television
There are cushions
There's a sofa
100
Complete the question:
Can I have _____ water, please?
Can I have some water, please?
100
Name three rooms in a house and one piece of furniture you can find in each of them
1) Bedroom: bed
2) Bathroom: shower
3) Kitchen: fridge
100
What's the missing word:
China's bigger _____ Japan
than
200
Who was Elvis Presley?
He was an American singer and actor, dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll"
200
When do we use "there is/are" and "to have"? Give examples.
* There is/are: to talk about things that exist. E.g.:
There are five people in this room.
* To have: you can trace the things back to the person speaking, or their "owner". E.g.:
I have one older brother and one younger sister.
200
Look at the image and say: where's the clock?
It's on the wall above the bed.
200
What did you have for breakfast today?
I had (a slice of) bread and butter, (a cup of) coffee, eggs, ...
200
Make a sentence using the opposite adjective:
Fridays are better than Mondays.
Mondays ________________.
Mondays are worse than Fridays.
300
Tell us three things you did on vacation.
I went to the beach, I drank beer, I read books ...
300
Look at the image and say four things you can see:
There are 13 people in the coffee shop.
There's a couch/sofa
There's an armchair
There's a coffee table.
There are magazines on the coffee table.
300
Can you solve this equation?
524+3678
Read the numbers out loud
4,202 (four thousand, two hundred and two)
300
Look around the school and answer the questions:
1) Are there any plants in the kitchen?
2) Is there a fireplace in the school?
3) How many bathrooms are there?
1) Yes, there are.
2) Yes, there is.
3) There are two bathrooms.
300
Can you compare... singers? Soccer players? Inventors?
- Shakira sings better than Katy Perry.
- Messi is better than Neymar.
- Einstein was more creative than Thomas Edison.
400
When was the last time you... (cry) at the end of a movie?
cried
When I watched Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
400
(-) There weren't any sandwiches in the kitchen.
(+) ____________________________
(?) ____________________________
(+) There were some sandwiches in the kitchen.
(?) Were there any sandwiches in the kitchen?
400
Say whether these nouns are countable or uncountable:
information / homework / news / ice cream
- information, homework, news: uncountable
(a piece of information), (homework assignments), (piece of news)
- ice cream: both
400
Complete the sentences with the correct container:
Milk is sold in gallons or _______.
I drink five ______ of water every day.
Rice, sugar, and potato chips are sold in _____.
Milk is sold in gallons or cartons.
I drink five bottles of water every day.
Rice, sugar, and potato chips are sold in bags.
400
Compare two:
- drinks
- foods
- movies
- Water is healthier than soda.
- Chocolate is sweeter than strawberries.
- 'Spider-man: No way Home' is waaaaay more entertaining than the new Matrix movie.
500
What's the simple past form of these verbs?
buy / meet / eat
Make sentences using them.
bought / met / ate
I bought some fruit yesterday.
I met my best friend last week.
I ate a hamburger before class.
500
- Did you have a good vacation?
- Not really. _______ a problem with my hotel.
There was
500
Complete the questions:
1) ___ _____ sugar do you put in your tea?
2) ___ _____ cups of coffee do you drink?
How could you answer these questions?
1) How much...?
A lot / A little / Not much / None
2) How many...?
A lot / A few / Not many / None
500
Pick a room in your house to describe. Use "there is/are" and prepositions.
In my bedroom, there's a bed, and on one side, there's a lamp, and on the other, is my wardrobe. On the opposite wall, there's a TV. Above the TV, there are two shelves.
500
What's the comparative form of these adjectives? Use them in sentences:
expensive / far / healthy
- more expensive (than): Things are more expensive now than they were before the pandemic.
- farther/further (than): The Earth is farther away from the Sun than Mercury.
- healthier (than): Vegetables are healthier than chips.