Present/Past simple & continuous; adjectives; questions; word order.

1 Choose the correct adjective for the description provided.

He doesnt like sharing.
Hes always happy
They like meeting people
She cries easily
He always tells the truth
She usually does the right thing; she doesnt do crazy
things.

Selfish
1 ____________
2 ____________
3 ____________
4 ____________
5 ____________

2 Choose the correct verb form, present simple or continuous. Justify your choice!
0 Wheres John? He reads/is reading a book in the garden.
1 Its very hot so the children play/are playing in the pool.
2 We usually wear/are wearing jeans at the weekend.
3 Jane loves/is loving photography.
4 My grandparents live/are living in the countryside.
5 Whats that noise? Joshua practices/is practicing the piano.
3 Change the verb in brackets to the correct form, present simple or continuous.
0 My uncle (stay) at the moment.

is staying________

1 I (not like) cheese.

__________________

2 John always (travel) by bus.

__________________

3 Mary (need) a new jacket.

__________________

4 Pete (play) tennis now.

__________________

5 I (not understand) the question.

__________________

4 Write the questions in the correct order.

name your is what?
What is your name?
1 does the take long tube how?

_______________________________________________________

2 shoes are whose these?

_______________________________________________________

3 waiting you are why?

_______________________________________________________

4 want to speak who do you to?

_______________________________________________________

5 station they going are which to?

_______________________________________________________

6 that much how is book?

_______________________________________________________

7 singer favourite who your is?

_______________________________________________________

8 is Jacob where?

_______________________________________________________

9 birthday is when your?

_______________________________________________________

10 sort of do what you music like?

_______________________________________________________

5 Write the questions for these responses.

A: What are you watching? B: We are watching The Simpsons.
1) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: There are 24 students in my class.
2) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: Its $5.
3) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: Im going home because its late.
4) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: He lives in London.
5) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: Im texting Lucy.
6) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: Its mine.
7) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: Its about 2km from here.
8) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: Shes sixteen.
9) A: ____________________________________________________________? B: My birthday is in August.
6 Complete the dialogues with the correct words.
playing

things

want

good

great

see

doing

my

Mike: Hi Sue. How are things?

Sue: 1___________thanks. What are you 2___________today?
Mike: Im 3 ___________tennis with Frank. Do you 4___________to come with us?
Sue: That would be 5___________. Ill go and get 6 ___________ racket.
Mike: Ok, 7___________ you in a minute.
mean

monthly

questions

its

whats

sure

autumn

whats

Tom: Hi Joe. Can I ask you some questions about English?

Joe: Yes, 8___________.
Tom: 9___________ the metro called in English?
Joe: 10___________ called the underground or the tube. Anything else?
Tom: Yes. What does season ticket 11 ___________?
Joe: It means a 12 ___________ ticket.
Tom: Thanks. 13___________ the word for fall in English?
Joe: Its 14___________.
7 Read about Liams family. Choose the correct adjective for the description provided.
Liams mum is great, but she 1) talks a lot. Shes really generous 1 t____________
and shes 2) always happy. Liams father is 3) always calm. He
rarely gets angry and is very patient. Liams grandma is an excellent 2 c____________
cook, but the problem with her is that she 4) cries easily and 3 r____________
sometimes it can be annoying. Liams got 2 cousins who are
terrible! Theyre always making fun of people and they 5) never tell 4 s____________
the truth.
6 d____________
8 Liams friend Kelly is really strange. Read about her and change the verb in brackets to the correct form, present simple or
continuous.

I 1(think) Kellys a bit weird, actually. To begin with, she never 2(wear) socks and 1______________
sometimes she 3(speak) French instead of English! She plays water polo and now
2______________
she 4(learn) basketball.
She 5(stay) at her grandmas for a few days until her parents come back from 3______________
France.
4______________
5______________
9 Choose the correct verb form (past simple or continuous) to complete the story of Liams grandparents.
Harriet completed her training as a doctor in 1998. She
went/was going to school in New York. She studied/was
studying medicine at Kings College, Boston between 1990
and 1996. While she lived/was living in Boston, she met/was
meeting her husband John.
John studied/was studying medicine at the same college at
that moment. They left the USA in 2004 when both got jobs
in Cork, Ireland.