Subject Pronouns Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with correct subject pronouns.. The simple Present Tense of tobe Exercise 2: Fill in am, is, are 1.The weather ______ very nice today.
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SAI GON UNIVERSITY THE FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
EXERCISES BOOK FOR THE FIRST- YEAR NON- ENGHLISH MAJOR STUDENTS
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A GRAMMAR
1 Subject Pronouns
Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with correct subject pronouns.
1 This is Manuel He ’s from Spain
2 Mike and Rosie are from England ’re America
3 This is paula ’s from Italy
4 Ivan and I are from Moscow ’re Italy
5 I have two brothers and a sister ’re students
6 I want to learn English because ’s an international language
7 How are the children? ’re fine
8 My car is blue ’s over there
2 The simple Present Tense of tobe
Exercise 2: Fill in am, is, are
1.The weather very nice today
2.I not tired
3.This case very heavy
4.These cases very heavy
5.The dog asleep
6.She in my class
7.They not in my office
8.I from Spain
9.He a good teacher
10.How you?
1.Look! There Carol
2.I hot Can you open the window, please?
3.This castle one thousand years old
4.My brother and I good tennis players
5.Ann _ at home but her childen at school.6. she coming?
7.It not my pen
8.The books on the desk
9.My sister and I leaving10. I right?
Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks with am, is, are.
1.We in class
2.It Monday today
3.I at home
4.The teacher’s name David
5.My parents at work
6.I married
7.Champagne a drink from Potugal
8.Egypt and Morocco in Europe.They _ in Africa
Exercise 4: Write sentences using am, is hoặc are.
1 ( my shoes very dirty) My shoes are very dirty
2 ( my bed very comfortable)
3 ( I not very happy today)
4 (this restaurant very expensive)
5 (the shop not open today)
6 her daughter six years old)
7 (the houses in this street very old)
8 (the examination not difficult)
9 (those flowers very beautiful)
10 (the women in the party)
Exercise 5: : Write sentences using negative form: am not, isn’t hoặc aren’t.
1 (I/ hungy) I’m not hungy
2 (my sister/ interested in foodball)
3 (it/ warm today)
4 (Rome/ in Spain)
6 my hands/ cold)
7 (cats/ big animals)
8 (those people/ frienly)
9 (the boxes/ very big)
Trang 35 (he/ afraid of dogs) (the men/ very hungry)
Exercise 6: : Write sentences using yes/ no question.
1 ( your mother at home?)
2 Your parents at home?)
3 (this hotel expensive?)
4 (the shops open today?)
5 (you interested in art?)
6 (the book interesting)?
7 (the women often late?)
8 (the church near hear?)
9 (the boy and the girl very happy?)
10 (John angry with you?)
Exercise 7: Write the short answers.
1 Are you married?- No, I’m not
2 Are you tall?
3 Is it cold today?
4 Are you a teacher?
5 Are you tired?
6 Is it dark now?
7 Are your hands cold?
8 Are you hungry?
9 Is your father tall?
10 Is it sunny?
Exercise 8: Write Wh… questions.
1 (what colour your car?)
2 (how old your father?)
3 (where my key?)
4 (where my socks?)
5 (what colour his eyes?)
6 (why John angry with me?)
7 (how much these shoes?)
8 (why you always late?)
Exercise 9: Match a question in column A with the answer in column B.
Where is the Great Wall?
How are you?
How old are you?
What’s your phone number?
Who’s yor teacher?
How much is a cup of tea?
76289040p
Peter Briscall
It’s in China
Fine, thanks
Twenty-one
Exercise 10: Write these answer about yourself.
1 What’s your surname?
2 What’s your first name?
3 Where are you from?
5 What’s your address?
6 What’s your phone number?
7 How old are you?
8 Are you married?
3 Possessive Adjectives
Exercise 11: Fill in the correct posessive adjectives.
1.I’ve got watch (he)
2.Is it car? (you)
3.Do you like new house?(she)
4.Who’s got money? (I)
5.He forgot keys?(he)
6 She gave the letter to secrectary.(she)
7 There’s something wrong with car.( I)
8 They’re having the party in garden (they)
9 I like jacket.(you)
10 This book has some dirty marks on covers (it)
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1 Mary is eating ……… cake
2 Do you live with ……… parents
3 We love ……… new house
4 I like ……… new job
5.The children are with ……… grand parents
6 Are you and your sister enjoying ……… English classes?
7 Amsterdam is famous for ………… cannals
8 He’s looking for ………… shoes
9 I like to visit ………… friends at the weekend
10 Are teachers having ………… meeting now?
Exercise 13: Fill in the correct posessive adjectives.
1 Sally is married ………… husband works in a bank
2 I know Mr Watson but I don’t know ………… wife
3 Put on ………… coat when you go out It’s very cold
4 ………… favourite sport is tennis I play a lot in summer
5 My sister plays tennis too but ………… favourite sport is athletics
6 I gave the money to my mother and she put it in ………… bag
7 Mr and Mrs Baker live in London but ………… son lives in Australia
8 Thank you for ………… letter It’s goog to hear from you again
9 John is a teacher but sister is a nurse
10 The company has offices in many places but …… head offices is in New York
11 I like job
12 Do you like job?
13 Does your father like job?
14 I often see that man but I don’t know name
15 Do you think that most people are happy in jobs?
16 They’ve got two chidren but I don’t remember names?
17 We’re staying at a very nice hotel room is very comfortable
18 We are going to invite all friends to the party
4 The possessive Case
Exercise 14: Fill in the blanks with posessive case.
1. These are her books These are _ books.(Ann)
2. Where is his coat? Where is _ coat? ( Andrew)
3. Is that his car? Is that _ car? (your brother)
4. It’s on desk It’s on _ desk (teacher)
5. Its dinner is here _ dinner is here (the dog)
6. Her children are at school now _ children are at school now (jully)
7. Its leg is broken. leg is broken.(that bird)
8. It’s her idea It’s idea (his wife)
9. Here’ s their telephone number Here’s telephone number ( John and Marry)
10. Her mother is very il. _ mother is very ill ( Alice)
Trang 5Exercise 15: Chú ý chúng ta phải dùng “of “ khi diễn tả sự sở hữu của danh từ chỉ vật vô tri giác.(Complete the sentences with “of” or “’s”.)
1.I like _ ( camera/ Ann)
2.What is _? (name/ this town)
3.When is _? (birthday/ your sister)
4.Do you like _? ( colour/ this coat)
5.Write your name at _ ( top/ page)
6. is near the city centre.(house/ my parents)7. _is very good? (English/ John)
8. _is very boring ( job/ my brother)9.For me the morning is (best part/ the day)10. _ are very thin ( walls/ this house)
Exercise 16: Read carefully.
Liz and Philip are marrie
They have two chidren Charles and Ann
Ann is married to Ted
Ann and Ted have a son, Robert
1. Philip is _Liz’s_ husband.
Exercise 17: Posessive case or tobe
1 It’s cold today
2 Jane’s a hairdresser
3 Jane’s husband is thirty- five
4 My father ‘s in Canada at the moment
5 My father’s house is very nice
6 My daughter’s school is very good
7 Peter’s a good teacher
8 Peter’s school is in the town center
5.Spelling of Plural Nouns
Exercise 18: Change into plural nouns
1.car
2.brush
3.animal
4.dictionary5.Boss6.chair
7.babby8.child9.tomato
10.city11.woman12.ear
13 boy
14 sandwich15.essay
Trang 61 Moon moves slowly round earth.-> The moon moves slowly round the earth.
2 Sun is very hot today
3 Did you see Pope when you went to Rome?
4 Sky went very grey and it started to rain
5 I hope I can go round world one day
6 What is capital of Sweden?
7 It was very cold in sea today
Exercise 21: Những trường hợp không dùng mạo từ.
* Things in general ( những vật chung chung).
1 I have tea and toast for breakfast
2 books are expensive
3 I like taking photographs
4 Do you like Chinese food?
* Meals, places, transports ( những bữa ăn, nơi chốn, phương tiện đi lại)
1 I have beakfast / lunch/ dinner
2 I go/ come to school / university / work / bed
3 I go/come home
4 I’m at work on holiday
5 I go/come train/car/ bus/ taxi
Exercise 22: Fill in articles if necessary.
1 Rita is studying English and Maths this semester
2 Please give me cup of coffee with cream and sugar
3 big book on table are for my history class
4 My car is 4 years old, and it still runs well
5 What do you eat for breakfast?
6 Rita plays violin and her sister plays guitar
7 chair that you are sitting in is broken
8 I have lunch at 12 o’clock.
9 I read Times everyday
10 Peter goes to school by bus
11 David has house in London
12 What time do you go to v bed?
13 I like playing v volleyball on beach
14 Please close window It’s cold
15 young have future in their hands
16 books are necessary for students
Exercise 23: Choose the right answer.
1 ( The sugar or sugar?)
a/ is bad for you
2 (The elephants or elephants)
a/ Look at In this photograph
3 (the bread or bread)
a/ I eat a lot of
4 ( the English people or English people)
a/ Who are with Maria?
b/ is in the kitchen
b/ live in Africa and India.b/ I like in that shop.b/ drink a lot of tea
Exercise 24: Arrange these nouns into countable or uncountable nouns.
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rice, milk, apple, banana, beer, meat, chair, restaurant, letter tea
6 The Simple Present Tense Of Ordinary Verbs.
Exercise 25: Write these verbs in the third person singular
20 lose
Exercise 26: Using present simple tense to complete the sentences
1 Tom at the library (work)
2 The Earth round ( be)
3 My brother classical music ( love)
4 We to music everyday.( listen)
5 My husband television most evenings (watch)
6 They usually at home on aturdays and Sunday (stay)
7 I my teeth after every meal (brush)
8 John tennis every morning (play)
9 You very happy (look)
10 My father alway up very early in the morning (get)
Exercise 27: Change into negative.
1 She works very hard
2 It usually snows here in winter
3 I like a big breakfast every morning
4 The film starts very early
5 He swims every morning
6 They always open the windows at night
7 We often see our neighbours in the garden
8 Tom walks to school every afternoon
9 These young children learn very quickly
10 My sister goes on holiday every year
Exercise 28: Change into question.
1 The shop closes at 5 p.m
2 They go swimming every weekend
3 She speaks English very well
4 Mary never goes to school late
5 Tom learns Japenese at Tokio University
6 His friends visit him in the evernings
7 We go to the supermarket on Saturdays
Uncountable nouns Countable nouns
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9 Tom and Mary have a party every week
10 Tony often plays volleyball on Sundays
Exercise 29: Write questions
1 where / you / work?
2 What / your sister / do?
3 What music / your husband / like?
4 When / she / do her homework ?
5 Why / we / learn physics?
6 Who / she / teach ?
7 How / you / turn on the TV ?
8 How ofte / you / go to the movies?
9 Why / John / always go to the class late ?
10 What / those men / drink in the evening ?
Exercise 30: Fill in the blanks with do, does, don’t và doesn’t.
1 the students study hard everyday?
2 Mr Brown go to his office everyday?
3 Mr Johnson have a private office
4 he come from South America?
5 Smith and Green teach English in this school
6 The tall man work for this company
7 Johnson and Wilson work in the same office?
8 those two women understand the lesson?
9 These exercises seem very difficult
10 the children go to bed early?
Exercise 31: Complete the sentences.
1 she live with her parents? – Yes, she
2 you like your job? – No, I
3 I speak Italian well? _ Yes, you
4 you drive to work? – No, I
5 they work hard at the university? – Yes, they
6 Mary smoke? – No, she
7 we usually give her a birthday present? – No, we
8 your sister visit you often? – Yes, she
9 you write to your parents every week? – No, I
10 he help you very much? – Yes, he
Exercise 32: Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs form.
Isabel and I (live) in the room in the hotel I (get) up at 5 o’clock and I (have) shower Isabel (stay) in bed I (start) work at 6 in the morning and Isabel (start) at 6 in the evening
We (meet) at 3 o’clock in the afternoon when I ( finish) work I (go) back to room and Isabel (make) a late lunch for us
Exercise 33: Complete the sentences with correct tense.
1 Jane (not/ drink) tea very often
2 What time the banks (close) in Britain?
3 Where Matin (come) from?
4 “What you (do)?” – “ I’m an electrical engineer.”
Trang 95 “ It (take) me an hour to get to work.” – How long it (take) you?”
6 I (play) the piano but I ( not play) very well
7 I don’t understand this sentence What this word (mean)?
Exercise 34: Fill in the blanks with correct word and correct tense.
cause, closse, drink, live, open, speak, take place.
1 Ann German very well
2 I never coffee
3 The swimming pool at 9 o’clock and at 18.30 everyday
4 Bad driving many accidents
5 My parents in a very small flat
6 The Olympic Games every four year
Exercise 35: Fill in am, is, are, do or does
1 I a bank manager
2 he like his job?
3 Where they live?
4 she very rich?
5 Why you want to learn English?
6 We American
7 What he do at the weekends?
8 What your family do at Christmas?
7 Object Pronouns
Exercise 36: Fill in object pronouns
1 telephoned yesterday (she)
2 We watch four hours (he)
3 Does like music? (he)
4 I don’t understand ? (he)
5 Are you talking to ?(I)
6 Don’t ask _ _ doesn’t know ( she/ she)
7 Don’t ask Ask ( we/ they)
8 _ often comes late I don’t like _ ( I/ he / I)
9 think doesn’t like ( I/ he/ I)
10 asked to invite _.(they/ he /I )
Exercise 37: Choose the right word.
1. Can you help we / us with these bags?
2. We/ us usually see they/ them at the weekend.
3. How did you teach he / him to read?
4. I/ me write to she / her once a month.
5. He / him loves she / her very much but she / her doesn’t love he / him.
6. Why didn’t you ask they / them to come? I/ me don’t like they / them.
7. I / me don’t think she / her understands I / me.
8. Pllease don’t wait for we / us.
9. Did they / them tell she / her the news?
10.Would you like to come with I / me?
Exercise 38: Fill in object pronouns.
1 I can’t open the door Could you open for me, please?
2 Those shoes are really nice I’d like to buy
3 I can’t do this homework Can you help ?
4 I asked a question but you didn’t answer
5 We’re not ready Please give some more time
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7 I’m sory about your birthday I’m afraid I forgot about
8 My parents are coming thí weekend Would you like to mêt ?
9 They’re not maried nơ She left a years ago
10 We want to help you Please tell about your problems
9 Prepositions
Exercise 39: Fill in in, on or at
1 The driver is the car
2 The boys are the park
3 They are v the bus stop
4 She’s not home She’s work
5 The picture is the wall
6.Brighton is the south coast
7 The shop is the end of the street
8 The stars are the sky
9 Tom’s bed
10 We’re v a party
Exercise 40: Complete the question with at , on or in.
1 Does he sometimes watch TV the morning?
2 Is Peter usually at home 7 o’clock the evening?
3 Mr Brown sometimes works night
4 What does he usually do weekend?
5 She sometimes goes shopping Saturdays
6 Greg often goes skiing the winter
7 Does he have a holiday December?
8 Does your sister usually have a party her birthday
9 Is there aholiday in your country 6th January
10 I’m busy this weekend
11.There is / are
Exercise 41: Fill in the blanks with there is/ are or is/ are there.
1 a beach down here
2 four girls and two boys in her family
3 a train to london
4 two hospitals in town
5 a good restaurant in this street?
6 a lot of children in the swimming pool
7 three women at the party
8 a TV in the house
9 a big grey cloud over there
10 new schools in the city?
Exercise 42: Choose the correct word.
There ( is/ are ) a hotel in this street There ( are / isn’t) two banks There (isn’t, aren’t) any restaurants There (are/ isn’t) a cinema There ( are/ is ) a telephone on the corner
Exercise 43: Make questions in Exercise using is there/ are there.
1 a hotel in this street?
2 How many banks ?
3 any restaurants?
4 a cinema?
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Exercise 44: Fill in there is/ there isn’t, there are/ there aren’t hoặc is there / are there
1 Dunford is a modern town many old buidings
2 Look! a photograph of George in the newspaper
3 Excuse me a restaurant near here?
4 five people in my family: my parents, my two sisters and me
5 We can’t take any photographs a film in the camera
6 How many students in your class?
7 Where can we sit? any chairs
8 a bus from the city center to the airport
11.Have/ Have got
Exercise 45 Write question.
1 ( you / a camera?) _?
2 (you/ a passport?) _?
3 ( your father / a car?) _ ?
4 ( Carol / many friends?) ?
5 ( Mr and Mrs Lewis/ any children?) ?
6 ( How much money / you?) _?
7 ( What kind of car / John ?) ?
Exercise 46: Fill in have got (‘ve got), has got (‘s got), haven’t got or hasn’t got
1 They like animals They three dogs and two cats
2 Sarah a car She goes every where by bicycle
3 Everybody likes Tom He a lot of friends
4 Mr and Mrs Johnson two chidren, aboy and a girl,
5 An insect six legs
6 I can’t open the door I a key
7 Quick! Hurry! We much time
8 “ What’s wrong?” “ I something in my eye.”
9 Ben doesn’t read much He many books
10 It’s a nice town It a very nice shopping center
11 “ Where’s my newspaper?” “ I don’t know I it.”
12 Julis wants to go on holiday but she any money
Exercise 47: Fill in the blanks with correct form of there be hoặc have got.
1 a letter on the floor
2 My sister a beautiful bicycle
3 seven days in a week
4 We seven days to finish our work
5 We any tickets We can’t go to the cinema
6 usually 28 days in February
7 11 players in a football team
8 My little son always gets up very late He enough time for breakfast
9 a theater near here We go there every weekend
10 The city a beautiful theater in the fifth anenue We go there once a month
11.Some/ Any
Trang 12Exercise 48: Fill in some or any
1 There are pictures on the wall
2 Are there pencils in the box?
3 We have cameras on the shelf
4 There are tables in the living-room but there aren’t chairs
5 There are glasses in the cupboard Are ther plates?
6 We didn’t buy flowers
7 This evening I’m going out with friends of mine
8 “ Have you seen good film recently?”” No, I haven’t been to the cinema for ages”
9 I didn’t have money,so I had to borrow
10 We haven’t got bread, so I’m going to buy
11 I haven’t got stamps but Ann’s got
Exercise 49: Fill in a, an some hoặc any.
1 Have you got juice in the fridge?
2 There are letters on the desk
3 I had cup of tea but I didn’t have toast
4 You need flour and egg
I’d like rice but I don’t want potatoes
6 Can I have glass of orange juice?
7 There are knives and forks but there isn’t salt
8 He gave me tea but he didn’t put sugar in it
9 I read newspaper, write letters and drink cup of cofffee
10 We live in big house There’s nice garden with beautiful trees
12.The Present Continuous Tense
Exercise 50: Complete the sentences with present continuous tense.
1 We English grammar ( learn)
2 Mary a new dress today ( wear)
3 Tom and Mary on the beach ( not walk)
4 I sandwiches for the party tonight ( make)
5 You very hard today ( not work)
6 Mike his wife in hospital (visit)
7 The boys a small house ( build)
8 We in America just now ( not live)
9 I a book at the moment ( not read)
10 The women loudly in the hall ( talk)
Exercise 51: Fill in am/ is/ are to make questions and ‘m not/ isn’t / to make negative.
1 it raining outside? – No, it
2 the children playing outside? – Yes, They
3 you doing your homework now? – Yes, I
4 I hurting you? – No, you
5 she waving to us? – Yes, she
6 they coming here? – No, they
7 your neighbours moving out? – No, they
8 John helping you with your homework? – Yes, he
9 these people working here? – Yes, tthey
10 your mother watching TV? – No, she