1.

key

2.

bus

3.

orange

4.

apple

5.

watch

6.

ice-cream

7.

umbrella

8.

university

9.

8-year-old girl

10.

hour

Decide whether you must or must not use the direct article.
1. We went to

2. We usually have

cinema.

dinner at seven o'clock.

3. He plays

tennis very well.

4. Can you play

guitar?

5. This is my last year at

school.

6. Jane loves listening to

radio.

7. They went to London by

plane.

8. We are going to see my cousins on

Sunday.

9. Last night at eight we were watching

news on BBC.

Fill the gaps with the possessive case of nouns. Decide whether you have to
use 's or an of phrase.
1. The boy has a toy. It's the

.
boy's toy

2. Peter has a book. It's

3. The magazine has my picture on its cover. My picture is on

4. Our friends live in this house. It's

5. There is milk in the glass. It's

6. This house has a number. What is

7. The walk lasts two hours. It's

8. John has a sister, Jane. Jane is

9. The film has a name, "Scream". "Scream" is

10.This school is for girls only. It's a

Fill the gaps with the correct form of the nouns (singular or plural).
1. They ate some (tomato)

.
tomatoes

2. You can put (sugar)

in your tea.

3. We have to buy new (furniture)

4. I need to wash my (hair)

5. We had lots of (fun)

6. The Milfords have a lot of (money)

7. How many (people)

were at the cinema with you?

8. Could you give some (information)

9. In this hotel, (family)

10.Those (man)

on your project?

are very welcome.

seem to be very tired.

Fill the gaps with the correct pronouns.

1. Once upon a time there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood. Together
with

mum,

lived in a big forest.

2. One fine day, Little Red Riding Hoods mother said,

Please go and take this cake and a bottle of wine to

house is not too far from

grandma is ill.

. Grandmas

house, but always keep to the path and

dont stop!
3. So, Little Red Riding Hood made

4. In the forest

met the big bad wolf.

5. Little Red Riding Hood greeted

6. Where are

7. To

way to Grandmas house.

and the wolf asked:

going, Little Red Riding Hood?

grandmas house. answered Little Red Riding Hood.

8. Can you tell

9.

where

grandma lives?

lives in a little cottage at the edge of the forest.

10.Why dont

pick some nice flowers for

? asked the wolf.

11.Thats a good idea. said Little Red Riding Hood and began looking for
flowers. Meanwhile, the wolf was on

way to grandmas house.

12.The house was quite small but nice and

roof was made out of

straw.
13.The wolf went inside and swallowed poor old Grandma. After that

put Grandmas clothes on and lay down in

bed.

Fill the gaps with the correct pronouns.

1. Some time later, Little Red Riding Hood came to the little cottage.

went inside and was shocked by the sight of

2. Oh grandma, what big eyes, hands and mouth

grandma.

have got! Little

Red Riding Hood said.

3. There, the wolf jumped out of bed and swallowed

, too.

4. Then

lay down again and fell asleep.

5. After a while, the hunter passed by Grandmas house.

heard

somebody snoring, thought that there was something wrong and

consequently went inside.
6. In the bedroom,

saw the wolf.

7. First, the hunter wanted to shoot

, but then

saw the wolfs

big belly.
8. So, the hunter took out

knife and cut the belly open.

9. Out came Little Red Riding Hood and

10.Thank you for saving

11.Then, all of

grandma.

, whispered Little Red Riding Hood.

went to fetch some stones and put

in the

wolfs belly.
12.Soon the wolf woke up.

was very thirsty and went to the well in the

garden to drink some water.

13.When the wolf wanted to lean over and drink, the stones in

were too heavy and pulled

down into the well.

belly

14.Grandma, the hunter and Little Red Riding Hood were happy, ate
cake and drank the wine.
15.But the wolf in the well thought, Why do such things always happen
to

Choose the correct relative pronoun (who, which, whose).

1. This is the bank

2. A boy

3. The man

was robbed yesterday.

sister is in my class was in the bank at that time.

robbed the bank had two pistols.

4. He wore a mask

made him look like Mickey Mouse.

5. He came with a friend

6. The woman

7. The bag

8. The people

9. A man

waited outside in the car.

gave him the money was young.

contained the money was yellow.

were in the bank were very frightened.

mobile was ringing did not know what to do.

10.A woman

11.The car

daughter was crying tried to calm her.

the bank robbers escaped in was orange.

12.The robber

13.The man

mask was obviously too big didn't drive.

drove the car was nervous.

14.He didn't wait at the traffic lights

15.A police officer

were red.

car was parked at the next corner stopped and

arrested them.

Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives.

1. Where are (you)

friends now?
your

2. Here is a postcard from (I)

3. She lives in Australia now with (she)

friend Peggy.

family.

4. (She)

5. (He)

husband works in Newcastle.

company builds ships.

6. (They)

7. (I)

children go to school in Newcastle.

husband and I want to go to Australia, too.

8. We want to see Peggy and (she)

9. (We)

family next winter.

winter!

10.Because it is (they)

summer.

Replace the personal pronouns by possessive pronouns.

1. This book is (you)

.
yours

2. The ball is (I)

3. The blue car is (we)

4. The ring is (she)

5. We met Paul and Jane last night. This house is (they)

6. The luggage is (he)

7. The pictures are (she)

8. In our garden is a bird. The nest is (it)

9. This cat is (we)

10.This was not my fault. It was (you)

11. My sister Jane loves books. This novel is for (she)

.
her

12.My children like Disney films. The video is for (they)

13.My brother Matt collects picture postcards. These postcards are

for (he)
.
14.My parents like Latin music. The CD is for (they)
15.I like watches. This nice watch is for (I)

.
.

16.My wife and I love sweets. These sweets are for (we)
17.My nephew likes cars. The toy truck is for (he)

.
.

18.My neighbour wants to go to California next year. The guide book is

for (she)
.
19.Here is another souvenir. I don't know what to do with (it)
20.You know what? - It's for (you)

21.My name is Sue. (Sue)

am English. And this is my family.

I

22.My mum's name is Angie. (Angie)

23.Bob is my dad. (My dad)

is from Germany.
is a waiter.

24.On the left you can see Simon. (Simon)

25.(Sue and Simon)

is my brother.

are twins.

26.Our dog is a girl, Judy. (Judy)

is two years old.

27.(Sue, Simon, Angie and Bob)

live in Canterbury.

28.(Canterbury)

is not far from London.

29.My grandparents live in London. (My grandparents)

see us.
30.What can (*)

tell me about your family?

Fill in the correct prepositions.

1. Peter is playing tennis

Sunday.
on

2. My brother's birthday is

3. My birthday is

the 5th of November.

May.

4. We are going to see my parents

the weekend.

often come and

5.

1666, a great fire broke out in London.

6. I don't like walking alone in the streets

7. What are you doing

night.

the afternoon?

8. My friend has been living in Canada

9. I have been waiting for you

10.I will have finished this essay

two years.

seven o'clock.

Friday.

Choose the correct prepositions.

What are you doing

I don't know yet. Maybe I'll go to the cinema

That's interesting. I haven't been to the cinema

We could go there together

That would be great. But I would prefer to go there

am visiting my grandma

the weekend?

Saturday.

so many years.

the afternoon.

Saturday.

the evening. I

That's okay. The film starts

I can pick you up

It lasts

half

seven. How long does the film last?

two hours and forty-five minutes.

eight

eight o'clock.

a quarter

eleven.

That's right. But I must hurry home

home

the film. I have to be

eleven o'clock.

I have been waiting

4 o'clock.

Sue has only been waiting

20 minutes.

Tim and Tina have been learning English

six years.

Fred and Frida have been learning French

1998.

Joe and Josephine have been going out together

I haven't been on holiday
Mary has been saving her money
I haven't eaten anything
You have been watching TV

last July.
many years.
breakfast.
hours.

Valentine's Day.

 We have been living here

2 months.

Complete the exercise with the correct prepositions.

1. If you want to go

2. You look

3. Then you wait

bus, you have to go

the time table.

your bus.

4. When the bus arrives, you get

5. You buy a ticket

6. When you arrive

the bus stop.

the bus.

the driver or show your ticket

your destination, you get

the driver.

the bus.

7. Sometimes you even have to change buses

another bus stop.

Complete the exercise with the correct prepositions.

1. I got these photos

my friend Jane.

2. These photos were taken

her boyfriend, who is a hobby

photographer.
3.

these pictures you can see a giraffe.

4. So, these are pictures

5. Look

a giraffe.

these pictures. Aren't they wonderful?

6. The Wampanoag are the native American tribe that helped the
Pilgrims
the Mayflower to survive their first year
World.
7. The tribe was divided
ruled

9. One member

smaller groups, and each group was

a chief.

8. The Wampanoag lived

coast

the New

villages

the southeastern

North America. Their name means people of the east.

the Wampanoag, Squanto, knew English because

several years before he had been kidnapped and taken

Europe.

10.Squanto was the first to meet the Pilgrims and he welcomed them
English.
11. The Wampanoag shared their knowledge
fishing

hunting and

the European settlers and showed them how to grow corn

and beans.
12.
autumn, the harvest was so good that the settlers invited the
Wampanoag
Thanksgiving.
13.A treaty

a great feast that is now remembered as the first

the Wampanoag and the settlers secured peace

about 40 years, but then the settlers claimed more and more land and treated
the Wampanoag
disrespect.
14.This finally led
(1675-1676)

war

the English and the Wampanoag

which the Wampanoag were defeated.

15.The Wampanoag left their lands and moved

the islands

Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.

16.Today there are only about 2,000 Wampanoag people living
United States.

the