1. Complete the sentences. Use the present simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets. b) Rosie (have) guitar lessons every weekend.

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1 English File Starter 8 th grade - Group 2 Karla /Luana 2014 Name: #: 1 st term Simple Present / Present Progressive 1. Complete the sentences. Use the present simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets. a) My cousins ( live) in the USA. b) Rosie (have) guitar lessons every weekend. c) My sister ( play) in the school volleyball team. d) I ( study) Spanish in the afternoons. e) My friends and I ( like) football. f) My mom ( watch) TV every night. g) My dad ( work) for a large company. h) My grandmother ( speak) 3 languages. 2. Complete the sentences. Use the present simple affirmative form of the verbs in the box. go get up work play like take study have a) My mom English lessons. b) I late on the weekend. c) They pizza every weekend. d) My stepbrother video game very well. e) My brother music lessons every weekend. f) They to school in the morning. g) My friends sports. h) My stepfather in a hotel. i) The students in the IT lab once a week. 8 th grades Group 2 file Starter

2 3. Now make the sentences from exercise 1 and 2 negative. Exercise 1 a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) Exercise 2 a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) 4. Complete the sentences. Use the present continuous form of the verbs in the box. wear watch use send sit chat a) My dad an . b) Mum and Dad the computer. c) You on your chair. 2

3 d) Ben and Leo on the phone. e) Wait a minute! I make up. f) My best friend and I TV. g) My friends to music. 5. Number some of the people on the picture and write down what they are doing. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) 3

4 Can you think of 5 more sentences about the picture? You can also write negative sentences. a) b) c) d) e) 6. Write PS if the sentence is in the Present Simple and write PC if the sentence is in the Present Continuous. a) Peter has guitar lessons on Fridays. ( ) b) We re feeling excited about the wedding. ( ) c) They speak Spanish in Spain. ( ) d) They are talking about their best friends. ( ) e) Vegetarians don t eat meat. ( ) f) I usually wear skirts in the summer. ( ) g) Maria is wearing a beautiful dress. ( ) 7. Complete the sentences with the present continuous or present simple form of the verbs below. a) listen She to her MP3 player. She can t hear you. I to music on the bus every morning. b) make My dad dinnerat the weekends. At school, we a film about the environment. 4

5 c) speak I don t understand this part of the film. They Spanish. My parents are from Spain and they Spanish very well. d) ( not wear) I m cold because I a jacket! My mom works for the police, but she a uniform. 8. Read the . Choose the correct verb forms. Hi Amelie, How are you? I work/ I m working in my bedroom and I m bored. I usually watch / I m usually watching TV on Sunday evening, but I study/ I m studying tonight because of the exam tomorrow. It s really noisy here. I can t think! Sam makes/ is making a Cd for his friend s party. He chooses/ he s choosing the songs in his bedroom at the moment. He often plays/ he s often playing his music really loudly. Mum and Dad are out. They don t usually go out/ aren t usually going out on Sundays, but this evening, they have/ they re having dinner with my uncle because it s his birthday. They probably eat/ they are probably eating at the Chinese restaurant in town because my uncle loves/ is loving Chinese food. What do you do/ are you doing at the moment? Can I come round? Michelle 5

6 Be Simple Past / Simple Past 1. Write the past simple form of the verbs. begin buy break take grow have say sing eat drink wear sleep take do make read 2. Complete the sentences with verbs from exercise 1. a) My mom some pizza at the supermarket. b) Oh, no! Who this glass? c) Martin a song at the school concert. d) Last year, we potatoes in our garden. e) Liam lunch in a café in town. f) She a lot last night. g) He a lot of water. He was very thirsty. h) I a sandwich last week. 6

7 3. Use the time expressions to come up with sentences in the past. a) last month b) last night c) last week d) three months ago e) two years ago f) yesterday afternoon g) the day before yesterday h) yesterday 7

8 4. This is a picture of a family yesterday. What did they do? Write affirmative and negative sentences about the picture. Mary Carlos Faith John Danie a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) 5. Answer these questions. a) What did you do yesterday? b) Where were you yesterday night? 8

9 c) What did you eat for lunch last weekend? d) What did your mom do last night? e) What time did you get up yesterday? f) What TV programmes did you watch yesterday? g) What did you study yesterday? h) Where was your best friend last week? i) What was your favorite cartoon when you were a child? Present Progressive for Future 1. Look at Maria s diary for this week. Use the Present Continuous to make sentences about her arrangements. Monday 4 pm see the supervisor Tuesday 7 pm go to the cinema with Andrew Wednesday 8 pm have dinner with other exchange students Thursday 8 pm go to film club meeting Friday 3 pm meet Anna for a goodbye chat 9

10 Saturday 5 pm play a convert in the school club Sunday 8 am leave for airport a) b) c) d) e) f) g) 4. A friend is planning a holiday. You ask her about her plans. Use the words in brackets to form your questions in the present continuous tense. a)( where go) Where are you going? b) (how long stay) c) ( when go ) d) (go alone) e) (travel by car) f) (where stay) g) (what do) h) (what see) i) (who visit) j) (when return) 10

11 Some/ Any with countable/ uncountable nouns 1. Write sentences about the pictured. Use there is/ there are (affirmative or negative), some or any and nouns a h. a) rice b) tomatoes c) bread d) ham e) beef f) onions g) cheese h) oranges i) water 11

12 2. Circle the correct alternative: a) There people in the restaurant. is some are some are any b) There information about careers in the library. is some aren t some is any c) There money on the table. is a is an is some d) cheese in this sandwich? Is there any Are there any Is there a e) letters for you. There are any There aren t any There is some 3. Circle the correct alternative: a) There's/ There are a big notice board on the classroom wall. b) There aren't any/ some computers in the music room. c) Are there any/ are there some wardrobes in your bedroom? d) Are there any/ is there a students in the science lab? e) There are some/ There are any magazines on the table. f) 'Is there a/ Are there a swimming pool at your school?' 'Yes, there is/are.' g) Are there any/ some books on the desk.? h) There is/ there area sports centre near my house. 4. Complete with SOME or ANY. a) I need a car and dollars. b) He would like help. 12

13 c) There aren t policemen in the street. d) Do you know plumber? e) He needs to make friends. f) My sister has got interesting books about history. g) My mum doesn t read poetry. h) I ve got news for you. A lot of/ much/ many/ a little/ a few 1. Fill in the blanks with much, many, and a lot of. a) John hasn t money. b) There is gold in the bag c) I haven t got birds in the sky! d) There aren t cars in the street. e) Are there apples on the tree? f) Jane spends money at the shops. g) Have you got bread in the cupboard? h) Are there children on the beach? i) We are early. We have time. 2. Choose the correct item. a) Have got friends? A) many B) much C) a lot of b) There are people in the room. A) much B) a little C) a lot of c) Can I have sugar, please? A) a few B) a little C) little 13

14 d) How oranges are on the table? A) many B) a few C) much e) How money has Fred got? A) many B) little C) much f) There are monkeys at the zoo. A) much B) a few C) a little. 3. Fill in a little or a few. a) lemonade b) men c) milk d) sweets e) friends f) women g) houses h) money i) snow 4. Choose a word from the table below to fill each space. Some words may be used more than once. a a few any a little a lotof some many an 14

15 much a lot a)how children do you and Tony have? b) I don't have patience and I find jigsaw puzzles boring. c)we only have carrots. We should go and buy some more. d) "Do we need any mushrooms?" "No, we have. Look, three bags!" e)there was an explosion at the factory and people were injured. We don't know how many yet. f)when you make the pie, put wine in too. But not too much! It makes it really tasty. g)when you go out, buy me apple and a bottle of Coke. h) I don't need advice from you. You don't understand the problem! i) "Do you like this programme?" "Not. You can change the channel if you want." j)lots of people in Spain like to take siesta during the hottest part of the day. k) I have been to America times. Twice in 1996 and again last year. l)can you give me information about the buses in the city centre please? 15

16 m) people think he Is stupid, but he's actually quite intelligent. Comparative Adjectives 1. Complete the table with comparative adjectives. Short Adjective Comparative Rule Strong Fierce Heavy Big + er + r -y + ier Double consonant + er Long Adjective Comparative Rule Dangerous More + adjective Irregular Adjectives Comparative Far Good Bad 2. Write sentences using the comparative form of the adjectives. a) dogs/ human (intelligent) b) Ferraris/ Nissans (expensive) c) Africa/ Asia (big) d) Sweden/ Spain (cold) e) Ice/ water (heavy) 16

17 f) skiing/ reading magazines (dangerous) g) sharks/ whales (large) 3. Complete the text. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. Humans and chips: a comparison Chimpanzees live in the forests of central Africa. They`re much (good) than humans at climbing trees, but on the ground, humans are (fast). Chimps walk on their hands and feet. Their arms are (long) than their legs. Humans are (big) and (heavy) than chimps and they are (tall) too. But chimps are (strong) than humans. They hunt (small) animals for food. Chimps are intelligent animals, but humans are (intelligent). 4. Use comparative form of the words below to complete the sentences about the people: TALL SHORT YOUNG OLD FAT - THIN 17

18 JOHN AMY LUC KATE AGE HEIGHT WEIGHT 77 KG 57 KG a) John is Amy. b) Amy is Kate. c) Luc is.john. d) Kate is Luc. e) Amy is John. f) Luc is Amy. g) Kate is John. h) Amy is Luc. 5. Complete the sentences with the comparative form: a) An elephant is..(big) than a tiger. b) A tiger is (tall) than a cat. c) A cat is...(thin) than a hippo. d) A hippo is..(fat) than a lizard. e) A lizard is...(long) than a dog. f) A dog is.. (short) than an elephant. g) A seal is.( careful) than a hippo. h) A hippo is...(peaceful) than a tiger. i) A tiger is...(intelligent) than a lizard. j) A lizard is...(beautiful) than a mouse. k) A mouse is (horrible) than a lizard. 18

19 Superlative Adjectives 1. Complete the table with the superlative form of the adjectives. Short Adjective Superlative Rule Tall Wide Easy Hot + est + st -y + iest Double consonant + est Long Adjective Superlative Rule Interesting More + adjective Irregular Adjectives Superlative Far Good Bad 2. Complete the facts. Use the superlative form of the adjectives below. Cold dangerous expensive high large long popular salty a) In Europe, the day of the year is 21 st June. b) The planet in the solar system is Jupiter. c) The continent in the world is Antarctica. d) The mountain in the world is Mount Everest. e) The drink in the world is coffee. f) The job in the world is a fisherman. g) The sea in the world is Dead Sea. 19

20 h) The car in the world is Bugatti Veyron. 3. Complete the quiz questions. Use the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. a) Which of these countries is (small)? b) What is (deep) lake in the world? c) Which of these animals is (fast)? d) What is (big) animal in the world? e) Which of these cities (far) south? f) What is (large) island in the world? 4. Write questions using the prompts. Use the superlative form of the adjectives. Than write your own answers: a) Who/ tall/ person in your family? b) What/ god/ day of the week? c) Where/ expensive/ shop in town? d) What/ interesting/ show on TV? 5. Complete the sentences. Use the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. a) Who is the (tall) person in your family? 20

21 b) My mum is the (good) cook in the world c) December is the (cold) month of the year in my country. d) What's the (dangerous) animal in the world? e) Ethan is the (happy) boy that I know. f) Where are the (nice) beaches in your country? g) She bought the (big) cake in the shop. h) Who is the (famous) singer in your country? 21