Tenses
Present Simple
Used for routines and facts. Used with stative verbs.
(+) V-s / V
(-) doesn’t / don’t + V
(?) Does / Do + V ?
Adverbs of frequency (never, always, etc.) + every day / week / year + at weekends / on Monday
Some / Any
(+) some
(-) (?) any
Food. Fill in the gaps:
1. We’ve got a lot of p __ __ __ __ __ __ __ . Let’s make chips!
2. I don’t want b __ __ __ because I don’t eat meat.
3. Restaurants in Spain often have black and green o __ __ __ __ __ on the tables.
1 potatoes
2 beef
3 olives
Say these dates:
1. 3rd June
2. 21st April
3. 12th February 1997
4. 4th October 2009
1 the third of June
2 the twenty-first of April
3 the twelfth of February, nineteen ninety-seven
4 the fourth of October, two thousand and nine (twenty oh nine)
Present Continuous
Used for events happening now or something happening around this time
am / is / are + V-ing
Now, at the moment
Have to
Used to talk about things that are necessary
Clothes. Choose the odd word out:
1 boots shoes shorts trainers
2 T-shirt trousers shirt sweatshirt
3 leggings cardigan jeans trousers
1 shorts
2 trousers
3 cardigan
Complete these phrases with a partitive (glass, bowl, etc.). Do not use the words from the example.
1. a ______ of cereal
2. a ______ of honey
3. a ______ of biscuits
4. a ______ of bread
1 box
2 jar
3 packet
4 loaf
Past Simple
Used for finished actions in the past.
(+) V-ed / V2
(-) didn’t + V
(?) Did + V ?
➜ Be – was/were
Yesterday, last week / month, in 1990, etc.
Much / many / a lot of difference
many – countable; much – uncountable
a lot of – both countable and uncountable
(+) a lot of
(-) (?) much / many
My home. Fill in the gaps:
1. Is your car in the g __ __ __ __ __ , or did you park outside the house?
2. Please take off your shoes in the h __ __ __ before you go into any of the rooms.
3. It's my brother's job to load the d __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
4. I put my clothes in the c __ __ __ __ __ __ d __ __ __ __ __ __
1 garage
2 hall
3 dishwasher
4 chest of drawers
Complete the sentences with the correct form of play, go or do.
1. Do you want to ______ cycling this weekend?
2. My mum ______ yoga every Monday.
3. We ______ basketball last Saturday.
4. They ______ surfing yesterday.
5. The students ______ athletics at school last summer.
1 go
2 does
3 played
4 went
5 did
Going to + will difference
Going to - used to talk about plans for the future
Will - used to talk about the future and to make predictions
am / is / are + going to + V
will / won't + V
Comparatives / Superlatives
Comparatives - used to compare two things
- er / more … than
Superlatives - used to compare three or more objects
the … -est / most
Computing. Fill in the gaps:
1. Turn on your w __ __ __ __ __ so that I can see you!
2. I can’t find my m __ __ __ __ __ s __ __ __ __ , and all of my homework is on it!
3. Every student in the school gets a t __ __ __ __ __ to work on.
4. Listen to the video with the h __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ .
1 webcam
2 memory stick
3 tablet
4 headphones
Put the personality adjectives below into the correct group: a) positive or b) negative
brave, creative, lazy, friendly, hard-working, mean, honest, moody, patient, polite, rude, selfish, sensible
Group A (positive): brave, creative, friendly, hard-working, honest, patient, polite, sensible
Group B (negative): lazy, mean, moody, rude, selfish
Present Perfect
Used for recent events or actions in the past connected to the present.
have / has + V-ed / V3
Just, already (+), yet ( - / ?)
Noun suffixes
We add -ment, -ion, -ation to make nouns from verbs
We add -ness to make nouns from adjectives
Sports and hobbies. Fill in the gaps:
1. In the l __ __ __ j __ __ __, you run and then jump as far as possible.
2. In the m __ __ __ __ __ __ __, you run 42 kilometres, but sometimes the distance can be smaller, for example 5 kilometres.
3. In a r __ __ __ __, there are teams of four runners; each person runs one part of the race.
4. In the s __ __ __ p __ __, you throw a heavy steel ball.
1. long jump
2. marathon
3. relay
4. shot put
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. We ______ (see) your brother on the bus yesterday.
2. What are your plans? ______ (you / come) with us tomorrow?
3. I ______ (just / break) my tooth!
4. He ______ (not / can) go out last week.
5. I don’t think computers ______ (have) feelings in the future.
1 saw
2 Are you coming / Are you going to come
3 have just broken
4 couldn't
5 will have