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Simple Present
Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative
Long form

Form Short

I play

Do I play?

I do not play

I dont play

You play

Do you play?

You do not play

You dont play

He plays

Does he play?

He does not play

He doesnt play

She plays

Does she play?

She does not play

She doesnt play

It plays

Does it play?

It does not play

It doesnt play

We play

Do we play?

We do not play

We dont play

You play

Do you play?

You do not play

You dont play

They play

Do they play?

They do not play

They dont play

3 :
1) s (he / she / it / Mary / John / the cat)
He likes ice-cream / She writes well / Mary works at a school
The cat drinks milk everyday
2) , , : ss , sh , ch , x , o + es
I dress he dresses / I go
he goes
3) : + y
I try he tries / You cry he cries
4) : + y
I play he plays / I say - she says

+ ies

+ s

:
Do you like apples?
Yes, I do / No, I dont
Does he / she / it like apples? Yes, he / she /it does / No, he she, it doesnt
Do they like ice-cream?
Yes, they do / No, they dont
Use () 1. ,

My father works in an office

Does your father work in an office?

Jenny goes to school in the morning

Does Jenny go to school in the morning?

My cat likes fish

Does your cat like fish?

Mary and Helen like ice - cream

Do Mary and Helen like ice-cream?

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Exercise B
Fill the gaps with do-does-dont-doesnt

Exercise A
Put the verbs in the correct column.
drive - do study play walk laugh - pass cry
carry go tidy wash try-travel watch - lie

1._________________ birds sing?

2.He _____________ like beer.
3.______________ she work at the hospital?

-s
drives

-es
does

-ies
studies

4.She ______________ study hard.

5.I ______________ play tennis.
6.______________ babies cry?
7.They ______________ do their homework.
8.______________ he swim well?

Exercise C
Fill in the gaps with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets

1. Barry ___________ (wake) up very early.

2. Mum ___________ (go) to the market on Saturdays.
3. Betty and Tod ___________ (play)

tennis at weekends.

4. It ___________ (rain) and ___________(snow) in the winter.

5. Kim ___________ (have) flowers on her veranda.
6. We ___________ (use) computers at the office.
7. Pam and Kerry___________ (cross) the road everyday.
8. Olga ___________ (carry) a lot of books to school.
Exercise D Write questions and give answers
he / live / in Rome? Yes

Does he live in Rome?

Yes, he does.

they / work / in a bank? No

_______________________________

_______________

she / play / the piano? No

_______________________________

_______________

you / wake up / early? Yes

_______________________________

_______________

it / rain / in the summer? No

_______________________________

_______________

they / like / football? Yes

_______________________________

_______________

she / eat / many sweets? Yes

_______________________________

_______________

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Exercise E
Write negative sentences
5. I write very fast.

1.We have a dog.

My friend ____________________________

The Browns dont have a dog

6.They live in the city.

2.He dances well.

We _________________________________

She ________________________________

7.She drives carefully.

3.It rains in England.

Her brother __________________________

It _________________________________

9.My friends play computer games.

4.Mark reads comics.

I __________________________________

Mark _______________________________

Frequency words

( )
A. Adverbs of Frequency
( )

B. Expressions of frequency
( )
Every
Every
Every
Every

always
usually
often
sometimes
hardly
never

day
week
month
year

Once a month / a week / a day / a year

Twice a month / a week / a day / a year

be (am is - are)

He always cleans his teeth.

He often goes to the dentist.

He visits the dentist twice a year.

They go on holidays three times a year.

He is never late.

I play football once a week.

They are always at home in the evening.

He cleans his car twice a month.

Does she sometimes visit her grandma?

Mike goes to school every day.

Do you always clean your teeth?

Exercise A. () .
Claire studies in the afternoon (sometimes)

My father smokes cigars. (rarely)

Nick is late for school. ( always)

Do you get up early? ( always)

He doesnt go to the theatre. ( often)

They eat meat ( never)

I work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (usually)

We dont go out on weekdays. ( usually)

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Exercise B
Ask questions with how often.
4. it / snow in Greece?

1. she / clean the house?

____________________________________

How often does she clean the house?

5. he / go to church?

2. they / go to the cinema?

___________________________________
__________________________________
3. you / visit your uncle?
6. she / buy new clothes?
__________________________________ ______________________________________
Exercise C
arrives / bus / at 5:00 / always / the

The bus always arrives at 5:00

Sunday / cookies / every / Beth / bakes

_____________________________________

early / I / usually / get up / dont

_____________________________________

his / often / granny / visit / does / he?

_____________________________________

listens to / father / the / rarely / radio / my

_____________________________________

late / she / always / is

_____________________________________

SINGULAR - PLURAL
Formation ()

-s .
Singular

Plural

book

books

pen

pens

desk

desks

pencil case

pencil cases

cat

cats

dog

dogs

-s
Piano pianos
Photo Photos
Radio - radios
Kangaroo kangaroos

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-s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o

Singular

Plural

bus

buses

watch

watches

dress

dresses

box

boxes

brush

brushes

tomato

tomatoes

es

s + y :

day days , toy toys , boy boys

lady ladies , baby babies , family - families

ies + y :

fe :

f fe -ves : thief thieves

Irregular nouns ( )
man men

woman women

child children

mouse mice

policeman policemen

foot feet

tooth teeth

sheep sheep

deer deer

ox oxen

fish fish

goose geese

day
Exercise A
Put the nouns in the plural
an in the correct column

church

child
potato

photo

watch

tooth doll

train

piano

-es

-ies

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knife

policeman

bird

puzzle

-s

glass

dress

mouse
ball

radio
city

clown

leaf

man

woman

fox

sheep wolf

-ves

baby

irregular

Exercise B
Write the sentences in Plural.
A lesson is not always easy for a student.
A doll is not a toy for a woman.
I often wear a beautiful dress.
He usually buys a toy for the baby.
I sometimes read a book about the life of a hero.

She must write the exercise and give it to the teacher.

A big city usually has a university.

He eats a goose at Christmas.
The cinema is full of people on Sunday.

Exercise C
Write the sentences in Singular.
1. Horses are animals.
2. Balls are toys.
3. Watches are small clocks.
4. Classrooms have blackboards.
5. Dogs are good friends to men.
6. Cities are big towns.
7. Some oxen are near the sheep.
8. There are always tables in dining rooms.
9. Teachers are men or women.
10. Flies are insects.
11. Roses are flowers.

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Some

any

no

Formation: (countable nouns) .

some +

(affirmative)

(+)

any +

(interrogative)

(?)

(not) any +

(negative)

(-)

no +

(negative)

(-)

Use: () .
There are some eggs in the fridge.

I want some crisps

Are there any eggs in the fridge?

Have you got any sweets ?

There arent any eggs in the fridge.

Are there any strawberries?

here are no eggs in the fridge.

She hasnt got any plastic knives

a an
Singular
Plural
There is an egg in the fridge.

There are some eggs in the fridge.

Have you got a knife?

Have you got any knives?

I want a sandwich.

I want some sandwiches.

Exercise A
Complete with some any no
1. There are

lemon trees in the garden.

2. There are

candies in the cupboard. Its empty.

friends? Yes, he has

3. Has Jim got

4. I havent got

paper clips to give you.

5. There arent

notebooks on your desks. Please , take them out of your bags.

6. ________________ people believe in UFOs.

7. Can you buy five pencils and two pens because there are not

clouds and the sun is shining.

8. Today the sky is blue. There are

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Exercise B
Theres ____________ vase on the table.

Ive got _____________ candies in my pocket.

Ive got ___________ video games at home

Is there ____________ radio in the classroom?

There arent ______________tools in the
garage.
Theres _______________ spaceship on the
roof.
Is there ____________ van parked in the
street?

Johns got ____________ electric guitar.

There isnt ____________ pencil in the bag.
There are ___________ clouds in the sky.
Exercise C
Fill in the blanks with is/isnt , are/arent

1. There ________________ any flowers in the vase.

2. There ________________ some toys in the box.
3. There ________________ any books.
Exercise D
Look at the pictures. Ask and answer questions.
1. cherries / basket?

Are there any cherries in the basket?

No, there arent any. There are some grapes.
2. forks / drawer ?
?

3. cups / cupboard ?
?

4. biscuits / plate ?
?

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5. frogs / pond ?
?

6. oranges / basket ?
?

Present

Continuous

Formation (): Be (am , is , are) + ()ing

Affirmative
Long Form

Interrogative

Short Form

Negative
Long Form

Short Form

I am reading

Im reading

Am I reading?

I am not reading

Im not reading

You are reading

Youre reading

Are you reading?

You are not reading

You arent reading

He is reading

Hes reading

Is he reading?

He is not reading

He isnt reading

She is reading

Shes reading

Is she reading?

She is not reading

She isnt reading

It is reading

Its reading

Is it reading?

It is not reading

It isnt reading

we are reading

Were reading

Are we reading?

We are not reading

We arent reading

You are reading

Youre reading

Are you reading?

You are not reading

You arent reading

They are reading

Theyre reading

Are they reading?

They are not reading

They arent reading

Use () : 1 . Present Continuous ( )

eg. I am reading now (at this moment).
2. .
Eg. Im playing football tomorrow ()
George is going to a party on (this) Saturday.

:
now (), at this moment ( ). at the moment ( ), today
() , tonight , this Monday / this Sunday / next week( ), next Monday

I am doing my homework now.

t this moment , she is sleeping.

- What are you doing now?

- Im watching TV.

We are playing football today.

She isnt working now.

Is he working now?

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Spelling rules ( ):
T e, e ing.
write
writing
come
coming
, , ing.
run

running

stop

stopping

ie , ying
die

dying

lie

lying

Short answers ( ) : Is he working now?

Yes, he is
No, he isnt

Exercise A
Write the ing form of the verbs in the correct column.
work come run tie study die drive sleep sit get give go lie
- listen-pull put skate swim take watch - write

working

coming

running

Exercise B
Form affirmative sentences in the Present Continuous
Baby / cry
The baby is crying .
1. Men / dig / in the garden
2. Airplane / fly / in the sky
3. Girls / watch / TV
4. Baker / make / a cake

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lying

5. Dad / come
6. Wind / blow
7.John / do / homework
8.Celia / cycle
9.The mouse / run

Exercise C
Form sentences in the Present Continuous. (affirmative interrogative negative )
1. They / not / dance
___________________________
2. She / read / a book?
___________________________
3. You / play / chess?
___________________________
4. We / study / English
___________________________

5. He / not / sleep
___________________________
6. I / not / work
___________________________
7. They / sit / on the sofa?
___________________________
8. She / draw / a picture.
___________________________

Exercise D. Look at the pictures and write questions and answers.

1. Maria / play / with / her / dolls

Is Maria playing with her dolls?
No , she isnt. Shes doing a puzzle .
2. . they / clean / the / house?
?.
________________________________the dishes.

3. she / iron / her clothes?

?
_______________________________a magazine.

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4. . Bobby / write / a letter?

?

5. . he / do / his homework?
?
___________________________________video games.

6 . the / boys / laugh?

?

Was Were

(Past of the verb be be)

Formation
Affirmative

nterrogative

Negative
Long Form

Short Form

I was

Was I ?

I was not

I wasnt

You were

Were you ?

You were not

You werent

He was

Was he ?

He was not

He wasnt

She was

Was she ?

She was not

She wasnt

It was

Was it ?

It was not

It wasnt

We were

Were we ?

We were not

We werent

You were

Were you ?

You were not

You werent

They were

Were they ?

They were not

They werent

Affirmative

Negative

He was ten years old.

He was not ten years old

Interrogative
Was he ten years old?

Singular

(he wasnt ten years old.)

Short answers

Plural

Yes, I / he /she /it was

Yes, we /you /they were

No, I / he /she / it wasnt

No, we /you / they werent

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Past time expressions ( )

yesterday , yesterday morning , yesterday afternoon , yesterday evening
last night, last Monday , last week , last month , last year
a day ago , a week ago, a month ago , three moths ago , two weeks ago
Exercise A. Complete the gaps with was / were.
1.The sky

very dark yesterday evening.

2.___________the lesson difficult?

3.The children

not at the park yesterday because it

4.Liz and I

sad because our dog

5.The doctor

not at the hospital yesterday.

cold.

ill.

at the library.

6.At six oclock yesterday evening, we

Exercise B. Look at the pictures and write questions and answers.

1. Jean / sad yesterday ___________________________________?
Happy _______________________________________________.
2. Nick / ill a week ago
_____________________________________________?
_____________________________________________ .
3. they / in Italy last summer ?
__________________________________________________?
In France
__________________________________________________ .
4. Tim and Kim / club last night
_______________________________________________?
_______________________________________________.
5. he / at school yesterday ____________________________________?
at the gym _______________________________________________ .

6. she / at the office an hour ago ?

___________________________________________________?
___________________________________________________ .

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Exercice C
Fill the gaps with was / wasnt , were / werent.
There

was

(1) a murder last Tuesday. George Hopkins is at the police station.

Detective Holmes is asking him some questions.

Holmes : Where _____________ (2) you last Thursday Mr. Hopkins?
Hopkins: I _____________ (3) in Liverpool.
Holmes : No, you _____________ (4). You ______________ (5) in London.
Hopkins : No, I ________________ (6). I __________________ (7) in Liverpool.
Holmes : ___________________(8) you there alone?
Hopkins : No, I ______________ (9). I _______________ (10) with my brother James.
Hopkins : Why _________________ (11) you in Liverpool?
Holmes : Because we ____________________ (12) in hospital with broken legs
Exercise D
Write negative sentences in the Simple Past. Change the time words , too
They are busy at school today. They werent busy at school yesterday.
1.He is busy this week.
______________________________________________________________
2.We are at home tonight.
______________________________________________________________
3.I am in England this month.
______________________________________________________________
4.She is at a party this evening.
______________________________________________________________
5.There are many people at the concert tonight.
______________________________________________________________
6.Shes with her boyfriend tonight.
______________________________________________________________
7.There are some tourists at the museum today.
______________________________________________________________
8.Hes at his cottage today.
______________________________________________________________
9.Joe and Tom are in the garden this morning.
_______________________________________________________________

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Exercise E. Ask and answer questions.

party / last night no

Was there a party last night?

No, there wasnt.

you / in Rome last summer yes

it / hot in August yes
any / biscuits in the cupboard no
the film / good no
any chocolates / in the bowl yes
swimming pool / at the hotel yes
Mr. and Mrs. Ford / at the wedding no

Look out

there is

there was

there are

there were

Exercise F
Circle the correct answer.

There was / There were a moon last night.

Was there / Were there any bananas in the basket yesterday?
There wasnt / There werent many people at the cinema.
There was / There were two clowns at the party.
Was there / Were there any biscuits for Angela?
There was / There were a lot of people at the doctors.
Was there / Were there a tiger at the circus?

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PAST SIMPLE ( )
A. Regular verbs ( )

Formation
Affirmative

interrogative

Negative
Long Form

Short Form

I washed

Did I wash ?

I did not wash

I didnt wash

You washed

Did you wash?

You did not wash

You didnt wash

He washed

Did he wash?

He did not wash

He didnt wash

She washed

Did she wash?

She did not wash

She didnt wash

It washed

Did it wash?

It did not wash

It didnt wash

We washed

Did we wash?

We did not wash

We didnt wash

You washed

Did you wash?

You did not wash

You didnt wash

They washed

Did they wash?

They did not wash

They didnt wash

Use

(yesterday / last week / last month / last year)
She washed the dishes yesterday
Did she wash the dishes yesterday?
She did not wash the dishes yesterday.

did
,
ed / -d / -ied

Regular Verbs ( )
Spelling rules :
A. + ed

e.g. they cook-ed dinner yesterday.

B. e d:
dance danced

phone phoned

C. + y
y i ed:
study studied

carry carried try tried

D. + y -ed:
play played

stay stayed

E. + , . drop dropped , chop chopped , stop stopped , travel travelled

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Exercise A. Write the Simple Past of the verbs in the right column.
open move try stop help kiss play plan drop - carry like
marry close wait smoke travel - cry

-ed

-d

-ied

(double consonant) +
ed

Exercise B Put the verbs in the Simple Past.

1. Mr. And Mrs. Brian

moved

(move) to France two years ago.

2. Peter ________________________ (stay) at home last week because he was ill.

3. It ____________________________(rain) a lot last night.
4. The children ______________________ (arrive) home late yesterday.
5. Annie __________________________ (tidy) her room yesterday morning.
Exercise C Fill the gaps with the Simple Past of the verbs in the box.
Paint help live clean laugh kill
1. The wolf

killed the sheep.

2. Picasso _______________ some wonderful pictures.

3. Maria Kallas _________________ in Italy and in France.
4. I ___________________ my mum with the housework at the weekend.
5. It was a funny joke and we all __________________.
6. My dad ______________ the car yesterday afternoon.
Exercise D Fill the gaps with the negative form of the verbs.
1..She visited London but she didnt visit Paris.
2. I liked the coat but I ___________________ its colour.
3. Betty watched the film but she _____________________ the match.
4. We closed the doors but we ____________________________ the windows.
5. Peter studied Geography but he __________________________ History.
6. They enjoyed the drinks but they _________________________ the food.

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Exercise E. Ask questions and give short answers

1. Mark / tidy / room / yesterday?

Did Mark tidy his room yesterday?

No , he didnt
2. mum / wash / dishes / yesterday evening?
______________________________________________?
______________________________________________
3. kids / enjoy / film / last night?
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________

4. lesson / finish / two oclock

_________________________________________________?
__________________________________________________
5. Mr. Andrews / travel / to Spain / last month?
__________________________________________________?
__________________________________________________
6. boys / play / tennis / last Saturday?
_________________________________________________?
__________________________________________________
Exercise F. Write the sentences in the Simple Past.
1. I work hard every day.

I worked hard

yesterday.
yesterday morning.

2. Jean doesnt walk to school in the morning.

yesterday afternoon?

3. Does she play tennis in the afternoon?

4. It snows a lot in the summer.

last winter.
last night

5. They dont arrive home late.

yesterday.

Do you help your mother?

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PAST SIMPLE
B. Irregular Verbs ( )
.
Infinitive

Past

Past participle

Go

Went

Gone

Buy

Bought

Bought

Have

had

Had

Come

came

Come

Affirmative:
Interrogative :
Negative :

He went to the doctor yesterday.

Did he go to the doctor yesterday?
He didnt go to the doctor yesterday.

Exercise
Write the Simple Past of the following verbs.
1. run
2. hear

__________
__________

9. leave
10. drink

__________
__________

3. drive

__________

11. eat

__________

4. go

__________

12. come

__________

5. sit

__________

13. take

__________

6. give

__________

14. buy

__________

7. say

__________

15. draw

__________

8. have

__________

16. do

__________

Exercise B
Look at this list and write what Mary
did or didnt do.
1. buy a newspaper (YES)

1. She bought a newspaper.

2. write a letter to her pen friend (NO)

2.

3. meet her cousin (YES)

3.

4. have lunch with her parents (YES)

4.

5. make a cake (NO)

5.

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Exercise D Look at the pictures and fill the gaps with the correct form of the verb.
1. Nick and Susan
They

didnt eat

at home.

at a restaurant.

ate

(eat)

2. Sandy

a skirt.
a dress. (buy)

She

3. Mr. Lee

his car.
his house. (sell)

He
4. Richy and Kelly

horse riding.
sailing. (go)

They

5. Mrs. Stewart

off a tree.
down the stairs. (fall)

She

6. We

horses.
our bicycles. (ride)

We

Exercise E
Write the questions and the answers.
1. They won a trip to Spain.

Did they win a trip to

Spain?

Yes, they did.

2. Julie went to Egypt last summer.

________________________________ last summer?

Yes, _________________________________

3. Tommy ate Fish for dinner.

______________________________ fish for dinner?

Yes,__________________________________

4. the children broke the vase.

_______________________________ the computer?

No, __________________________________

5. He read about the accident yesterday.

__________________________________ last week?

No, __________________________________

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Exercise F
Put the verbs in the Simple Past to complete the passage.

The children in class E3 ___________________ (go) on a school trip last Friday.

They _______________ (visit) the planetarium. They ______________(sit) in a
big, dark room. When they ___________________ (look) up, they
________________ (see) the planets. It ______________ (be) wonderful. They
_________________ (enjoy) themselves and they _______________________
(not want) to leave. They ___________________ (leave), of course, but their
teacher __________________ (promise) them another visit very soon.

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