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a. My brother can swim ______________my father. (fast)

b. My jeans are _____________________his. (expensive)

c.  They speak English _________________me. (good)

d. She is _____________________girl in the classroom. (pretty)

e.  This is ____________________book in the shop. (cheap)

f. Climbing is ___________________swimming. (dangerous)g. It was __________________day of my life. (bad)

h. I feel _____________________today than yesterday. (happy)

III. Correct the sentences:

a. She is the girl more interesting in the school. She is the most interesting girl in

the school.

b. My brother is more old than me. _my brother is older than me_____.

c. The more high building in the world is in

Asia.________________________________________.

d. He is the boy most short in my classroom.

 _________________________________________.

e.  This table is more cheap. But I don’t like it.

 _________________________________________.

f. He is the baby most ugly. _________________________________________.

g. Children are more noisy than adults.

 _________________________________________.

h. The more difficult exam was the Maths

exam.________________________________________.

i. The dress more expensive in the world is in this

shop.__________________________________.

IV. Write sentences with the comparative adjectives:

a. Spain /Portugal/big Spain is bigger than Portugal.

b. Cats / Dogs /quiet. _________________________________________.c. Documentaries /Films /boring.

 _________________________________________.

d. Boys /Girls /strong. _________________________________________.

e. Wool /Wood /soft. _________________________________________.

f. Sweaters /T-shirts/warm. _________________________________________.

g. Chocolate /Coffee/sweet. _________________________________________.

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h.  The moon /The sun /near. _________________________________________.

V. Write the opposite of the adjectives:

a. Easier _________________________________________.

b. More expensive _________________________________________.

c. Smarter _________________________________________.

d. Shorter _________________________________________.

e.  The smallest _________________________________________.

f.  The highest _________________________________________.

g. Dirtier _________________________________________.

h.  The most dangerous _________________________________________.

VI. Complete the sentences with the correct comparative adjectives:

a. Apples are than chips.  (healthy)

b. Elephants are  (big) than bears. 

c. Gold is than silver. (expensive)

d. Bikes are than cars. (slow) 

e. I am at English than my brother .(good) 

f. My friend is than me. (tall)

g. Sandy is than Tamara. (thin)

h. My father is than Tom's father. (strong)

i. "Harry Potter "books are than "The Book of the Jungle".(interesting)

 j. The tiger is than a fox .(heavy)

k.   The weather is than yesterday. (hot)

l.   The girls are than the boys. (happy)

m. Berta is than Debby.(beautiful)

n. French is than English. (difficult)

o. Tina is 5 years old. Sandra is 10 years old. Sandra is than Tina.(old)

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p. Russia is than France. (large)

q. I am at Maths than my best friend (bad)

r. Love is than money.(important)

s. His car is than mine. (cheap)

t.   The first movie is than the second. I don't recommend it.(boring) VII. Complete the sentences with the correct superlative adjectives:

a. Which girl is ________________, Dana or Karen? (young)

b. Who is _____________________boy in the class? (strong)

c.  That is ______________________song the band has. (beautiful)

d.  The China wall is _________________wall in the world. (long)

e. Bill Gates is __________________man in the world. (rich)

f. Ice hockey is _____________________sport in Canada. (popular)

g. Amalia is _____________________girl in the class, (clever)

h.  Jerusalem is _______________city in Israel. (big)

VIII. Compare these things:a. A lamb and a sheep. (old/ small)

 ______________________________________________.

b. Wood and steel. (light/hard/strong)

 ______________________________________________.

c. A bus and a train. (slow/comfortable)

 ______________________________________________.d. Milk and cream. (healthy/fattening)

 ______________________________________________.

e. Windsurfing and swimming. (cheap/exciting)

 ______________________________________________.

IX. Complete the sentences using the superlative form of the adjectives inbrackets:a. What is ______________________ (precious) metal in the world?

b. This was _____________________ (cheap) watch they had in the shop.

c. The blue whale is ___________________ (large) of all the animals.d. ________________ (old) university in the world is in Morocco.

e. This is one of _____________________ (expensive) restaurants in Milan.

f. I think that was one of _________________ (bad) days in my life.

g. Sydney Opera House is one of _______________ (famous) modern buildings in the

world.

h. Who is __________________ (good) footballer in Europe.

i. Baseball is __________________ (popular) sport in the U.S.A.

 j. Where is ___________________ (hot) place in the world?

k. Which is _____________________ (tall) building in the world?

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE:

I. Fill in the chart with the correct form

of the Present Continuous:

II. Fill in the gaps by using the verbs from the brackets:

a.  The train to Glasgow (leave) from platform 8.

b. I (begin) to understand the Present Continuous now.

c. Sue (work) tonight.

d. Listen! The telephone (ring). 

e. Ms. Johnson (see) a customer at 3 o'clock.III. Put the words in order to make sentences in Present Continuous Tense: 

a. We're a in living flat. nice very 

……………………………………….

b. company image. its working to is improve  The hard 

.........................................................

c. book China. reading I'm a very about interesting 

.........................................................

d.  The having party Barrons a Saturday. on are 

.........................................................

e. playing are badly today. team Our 

.........................................................

f. his My with is new playing son set. train 

.........................................................

g.  to mobile. Sheila's her on someone talking 

.........................................................

h. at I'm Bob tomorrow 12 meeting morning. 

.........................................................

I play......... football.

 You stand...... up.

He listen....... to music.

She swim.........

It play....... with the ball.

We go....... home.

 They run...........

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i. week.  Rome Margot flying is next to

……………………………………….

 j. hoping meet will you I me. am that 

.........................................................

IV. Make Yes or No questions by using the Present Continuous Tense:

1. (it start) to rain?

2. (Sue study) to become a doctor?

3. (you take) your daughter with you?

4. (the dog play) with the kids?

5. (they come) tonight?

I. Put the words in order to make Yes or No questions:

a. you Is playing tomorrow? with Pamela tennis 

 ____________________________________.

b. you doing Are anything tonight? 

 ____________________________________.

c. office in moving London? into they a Are bigger.

 ____________________________________.d. Is his Sean presentations on doing Wednesday? 

 ____________________________________.

e. staying after classes? else anyone Is

 ____________________________________.

f.  they going already? Are home 

 ____________________________________.

g. Isn't wife coming back? your ____________________________________.

h. you Are  joking? ____________________________________.

i. in taking play? kids Are part your the

 ____________________________________.

 j.  watching Is  TV? anyone 

 ____________________________________.

II. Fill in the gaps to make Wh_questions in Present Continuous Tense:

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a. What company (you work) for?

b. What class (they study) in?

c. Who (John shake) hands with?

d. What time (your friends come)?

e. What country (they visit) at the moment? 

III. Put the words in order to make question in Present Continuous:

a. are your What time friends coming? 

 ____________________________________.

b. vocation? What are you visiting country on 

 ____________________________________.

c. you Who speaking are to? 

 ____________________________________.

d. tonight? are staying you Where 

 ____________________________________.

e. train in arriving your is When Moscow? 

 ____________________________________.

f. dancing Who's with? wife my 

 ____________________________________.g. they buying? are What car 

 ____________________________________.

h. How are many coming? people 

 ____________________________________.

i. What you drinking? are 

 ____________________________________.

IV. Choose the correct form:

a. It’s snowing /It snows very often in Britain during the winter.

b. I am going /I go to bed now. Goodnight.

c. Normally, I’m going /I go to bed at around 11.30 every night.

d. Where is Simon? He is cooking /He cooks the dinner.

e.  There is something wrong with Lynne’s car at the moment so she’s

going /she goes to work by bus this week.

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f.  The River Thames is flowing /flows through London.

g. Sarah has an exam soon, so she’s working / she works very hard at the

moment.

SIMPLE PAST OF THE VERB TO BE:

I. Complete the sentences with was or were.

a.

b. I happy.

c.   You angry.

d. She in London last week.

e. He on holiday.

f. It cold.

g. We at school.

h.   You at the cinema.

i.   They at home.

 j.   The cat on the roof.

k.   The children in the garden.II.

III. Complete the questions with was or were. Then answer the questions:

a. Where _______you last night at 9.00?

 ____________________________________.

b.  _____you at school yesterday?

 ____________________________________.c. How _____the weather last week?

 ____________________________________.

d. What _____your first e_mail address?

 ____________________________________.

e. When ____your birthday?

 ____________________________________.

f. How old ____you in 1996?

 ____________________________________.

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g. Who ____your favorite singer in the nineties?

 ____________________________________.

h. What day _____it yesterday? ____________________________________.

i. What month _____it last month?

 ____________________________________.

 j.  ______you in the USA in 2000?

 ____________________________________.

k. She _____not at home. ____________________________________.l. Coca Cola ____invented in 1886.

 ____________________________________.

m. Jeans _____invented in 1873. ____________________________________.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS:

I. Correct these statements, as in the example. Use the words in thebox:

a. Marconi invented the

telephone.

 _____________________________.

 _____________________________.b. Gustave Eiffel built the

Statue of Liberty.

 _____________________________. _____________________________.

c. Marilyn Monroe died in 1990.

 _____________________________. _____________________________.

d. Marie and Pierre Curie

discovered penicillin.

 _____________________________. _____________________________.

e. Lee Harvey Oswald killed 

Martin Luther King.

 _____________________________.

 _____________________________.

f. Agatha Christie wrote

children’s stories.

 _____________________________.

 _____________________________.

II.

Radium The Eiffel Tower

 John F. Kenedy.

 

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III. Complete the newspaper

story. Put in the Simple

Past Form of the verbs on

the right:

 Two people _______in a fire in Ellis Street, Oldport yesterday morning.

(die)

 They_______Herbert and Molly Paynter, a cople in their seventies. (be)

 The fire ________at 3.20 am. A neighbor, Mr. Aziz _________the flames

(start, see)

and ___________the fire brigade. He also ________to get into the house to get(call, try)

the couple out, but the heat _______too great. The fire brigade ____________  (be,

arrive)

in five minutes. Twenty firemen ________________the burning building but

(enter)

 ____________the couple dead. “It’s tragedy, “the Fire Officer _________.

(find, say)

IV. Complete the sentences below about Bob and Sue by using the words

from the box:a. Bob and Sue are old now but then they were young.

b. Bob and Sue are sad now but then ____________________.

c. Sue is fat now but then ______________________________.

d. They are often ill now but then _______________________.

e. Their skin is wrinkled now but then it __________________.

f. They are often angry now but then ____________________.

g. Their hair is gray now but then it _____________________.

h. They are often tired now but then _____________________.

i. Sue is forgetful now, but then _________________________.

 j. Bob and Sue are rich now but then _____________________.

k. They are mean now but then __________________________.

l. Their children are adults now but then ____________________.

m. Sue is ugly now but then _____________________________.

V. Here are some items from the news. For each news item, write a

sentence with There was, There were, There is or There are:a. A car accident. (yesterday)

 ______________________________________.

b. A plane crash. (yesterday)

 ______________________________________.

c. A party at the White House. (this evening, now)

 ______________________________________.

Babies

Healthy

Dark Poor

Energetic Pret

Firendly Smo

Generous Thin

Happy

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d. An earthquake at a pacific island. (yesterday)

 ______________________________________.

e. No economic problems in Britain. (last month)

 ______________________________________.

f. Two bomb explosions. (last night)

 ______________________________________.

g. A musical festival in Hyde Park (today, now)

 ______________________________________.

h. An important football match. (today, now)

 ______________________________________.

i. No rain in Manchester. (last month)

 ______________________________________.

 j. A royal wedding. (last month)

 ______________________________________.

k. A meeting between the Presidents of the USA and Russia (last week)

 ______________________________________.

VI. Make these sentences negative. Use the short form didn’t :

a. Ana stayed at home.  Ana didn’t stay at home.

b. Mick sang jazz. _____________________________________.

c. John travelled by air. _____________________________________.

d. The dog caught a lot of rabbits. _____________________________________.

e. Bill rode his bicycle yesterday. _____________________________________.

f. Julio’s girlfriend cooked dinner. _____________________________________.

g. Diana went to the theater. _____________________________________.

h. Tina visited her friends yesterday. _____________________________________.

i. Margaret played the guitar yesterday. _____________________________________.

 j. Ana wrote postcards. _____________________________________.

VII. Complete these Simple Past questions and short answers. Use the verbs from

the list:

a. Did Peter kill a dragon? Yes, he did .

b. _____he ________ the Atlantic? No, ________.

c. _____he ________ Sophia Loren? No, ________.

d. _____he ________ a Nobel Prize? Yes, _______.

e. _____he ________ in a space ship? Yes, _______.

f. _____he ________ to Galileo? No, ________.

g. _____he ________ a new kind of television? No, ________.

h. _____he ________ on Mars? No, ________.

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i. _____he really________ all these things? No, ________.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE:

I. Change these sentences to questions. Answer them:

a. I have visited the USA. Have you visited the USA? Yes,

have.

b. She hasn’t made the coffee. _____________________________?

 _______________.

c. They’ve brought their luggage. _____________________________?

 _______________.

d. He’s found the keys. _____________________________?

 _______________.

e. I’ve passed the exam. _____________________________?

 _______________.

f. We’ve seen that film. _____________________________?

 _______________.

g. He hasn’t finished his homework. _____________________________?

 _______________.

h. They haven’t written to their friends. _____________________________? _______________.

i. She’s been in prison. _____________________________?

 _______________.

 j. Juan and Luis haven’t visited me. _____________________________?

 _______________.

k. Sarah has married Tim. _____________________________? _______________.

l. Peter hasn’t understood the question. _____________________________?

 _______________.

II. Conjugate these sentences into the Present Perfect Simple by using

the verbs from the brackets:a. We have prepared everything. (prepare)

b. I ___________________ 500 sandwiches. (make)

c. The baker _______________150 cakes. (deliver)

d. The musicians ____________________. (arrive)

e. Juan ___________________the rooms with balloons. (decorate)

f. Samantha __________________her parents. (see)

g. My parents _________________$4,000. (spend)

h. Louis ______________________all the invitations. (send)

i. I __________________________candles and flowers on all the tables. (put)

III. Make questions by using these words:a. The directors / finish / their meeting? Have the directors finish ed  their

meeting?

b. You / do /the work?

 ___________________________________?

c. You / book my ticket to New York?

 ___________________________________?

d. The technician / repair the photocopier?

 ___________________________________?

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