Whats up mixed ability grammar worksheets

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Mixed-ability Grammar

Worksheets

• Inés Avello Martínez

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• Inés Avello Martínez

Design team

• Marta Illescas Núñez

• Luis M Turnes Plasencia

• Sergio Sánchez Gómez

• Alberto Martínez Fernández

Production

• José Antonio Clares Romero

• Tini Cardoso Caballero

© PEARSON EDUCACIÓN, S.A., 2007

Ribera del Loira, 28, 28042 Madrid

Printed in Spain

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communication and modification of this

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consent of the intellectual property copyright

holders, unless otherwise stated in Law The

infringement of said copyright may constitute

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et seq of the Penal Code).

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He 3 _ thirteen years old.

She 4 _ twelve years old

What time Where Who

6 are you? You look

older than me

4 a) Complete the table with the words in the box.

winter Saturday 15 th September January 9.45 am the afternoon half-past seven Wednesday March

27 th October quarter to nine midnight

b) Add one more word for each preposition in the table.

5 Choose the correct option.

1 This / These is my teacher.

2 That / Those is my school.

3 This / These are my pens.

4 Those / This are my books.

5 Who’s that / these? It’s my father.

6 What’s these / this? It’s my dictionary.

7 Who’s this / those? It’s my friend.

8 What are this / these? They’re my shoes.

2 a) Order the words to make questions.

1 old / How / your / are / parents

3 Choose the correct option.

1 Are you English?

2 Are they happy?

a Yes, are they b Yes, they are.

8 Are your parents Spanish?

a Yes, they’re b Yes, they are.

4 Complete the sentences with on, in or at.

1 We have breakfast 7.30 am.

2 Christmas is 25th December

3 summer the days are long.

4 Classes start 9 am.

5 Fridays I am very tired.

6 winter the days are short.

1 Choose the correct option.

1 1 Who those teachers?

d Are / Yes, we are

1 9 Lilly and Pam from Ireland?

They from Wales

a Are / Yes, they are / is

b Be / No, they’re not / are

c Are / No, they aren’t / are

d Not is / No, they’re / aren’t

10 your classmates very friendly? I like

everyone!

a Is / Yes, they are

b Are / Yes, they are

c Is / Yes, they do

d Have / No, they are

2 Complete the text with on, at, in or to.

Karen was born 1 London 2

July 13th 3 4 o’clock 4 the afternoon London is 5 England It’s the capital city But now she lives 6

Edinburgh, 7 Scotland She goes

8 school and likes it very much She usually arrives 9 9.30 am 10

the morning

11 the weekend, she likes playing football 12 the park The match starts 13 10 o’clock and Karen always arrives 14 9.45 am 15

Saturday afternoon, Karen and her friends go

16 the cinema 17 the evening they go 18 a party But 19

summer, they often stay 20 the park all day

1 pair of shoes is very expensive.

2 maths problems are diffi cult.

3 paintings in room are beautiful.

a Those / this b That / these

4 classrooms are very small.

1 Complete the sentences with the correct

form of have got.

have / have got haven’t / haven’t got

has / have got Yes have / has

1 4 She _ a nice brother (+)

1 5 She _ a nice sister (–)

10 They _ new computers (+)

11 They _ old computers (–)

12 _ they _ new

computers? Yes, they _

2 a) Order the words to make sentences.

1 is / boy / a / new / class / my / There / in

b) Answer the questions in exercise 3a so

they are true for you Use Yes, there is/are or

No, there isn’t/aren’t.

make the sentences negative.

1 a / ’ve / got / I / playstation / new

2 a) Write questions using the prompts.

1 Have got / you / an atlas

2 a No, they hasn’t b No, they haven’t.

6 a No, he hasn’t b No, he haven’t.

3 Underline the mistakes in each sentence and correct them.

1 There is fi ve families in my block.

2 There are one computer in our school

3 Are there an apple tree in your garden?

4 Is there new students in your class?

5 Are there good fi lms at the cinema? No,

there isn’t

6 Is there a doctor’s next to the school? Yes,

there are

7 There isn’t many tourists in my country.

8 There aren’t a science lab in our school.

4 Choose the correct preposition.

1 The school is the bus stop.

B: I don’t know Why?

A: Because their father 8 _ three

cars and they 9 _ a big house.

B: Yes, they 10 _ But I don’t think they 11 _ lots of money

A: Why not?

B: Because they 12 _ a plane like

my parents!

2 a) Write sentences about the following things

Use there is/are, there isn’t/aren’t.

a Your family

b Your school

b) Now write some questions about the

things in exercise 2a.

1 4 He is a great swimmer He only takes

14 hours to swim the Channel

1 5 The cat always hides the chair when

it sees the dog

1 7 When our teacher is angry she makes us

stand the wall.

1 a) Complete the sentences with the correct

form of the verb in brackets.

1 I (do) my homework every

day

2 My mother (drive) a small car.

3 My brother (play) on the

7 My uncle (watch) TV all day.

8 My teacher (go) to the cinema

play the piano sometimes usually sometimes

visit grandparents never sometimes never

do homework usually always always

play football often often usually

1 Jodie eats breakfast.

2 Rebecca visits her

7 Simon eats breakfast, but

Rebecca eats breakfast

8 Jodie does her homework and

Rebecca plays the piano

1 a) Complete the sentences with the correct

form of the verbs in the box.

live say invite watch have

play eat celebrate go make

1 1 We my grandparents to

dinner every Sunday

1 2 My school a Christmas

party every year

1 3 I computer games in the

New Year’s Eve

1 8 In China, people New Year

on a different day

1 9 You are a wonderful cook! You _

great spaghetti bolognaise

10 She TV every day.

b) Make the sentences in exercise 1a

1 Write a short text about Christmas with your

family Use the verbs in the box.

eat play games give presents

get up late drink sing

have a party go to bed early invite friends

2 Match the adverbs of frequency (1-9) to the

a happens most days / weeks, etc

b every day / night / week, etc

c common

d many times

e on certain occasions but not all the time

f doesn’t happen often or regularly

g not common

h almost never

i not at any time

3 Write the sentences again with the adverb of frequency.

1 1 My grandparents listen to the radio

because they don’t like the TV (often)

1 2 She reads a magazine when she has time

(sometimes)

1 3 Mark gets angry when something goes

wrong (never)

1 4 Stephanie is very busy because she’s got

her own business (usually)

1 5 I take milk in my tea, but I don’t like it

with lemon (occasionally)

1 6 My dog, Rufus, is hungry and he eats fi ve

times a day (always)

1 7 My family goes to the cinema at the

weekend (frequently)

1 8 I help my sister do her homework (rarely)

1 9 We watch TV in the morning because we

are at school (hardly ever)

10 Amy dances salsa because she prefers the

merengue (seldom)

1 Complete the table with do, does, don’t

or doesn’t.

1 you eat meat? Yes, I 2 _

No, I 3 _

4 your father have Yes, he 5 _

a dog? No, he 6 _

7 your friends go Yes, they 8 _

to the zoo? No, they 9 _

10 your teacher Yes, he/she 11 _

like spiders? No, he/she 12 _

2 a) Complete the questions with do or does.

1 Where _ polar bears live?

2 When _ birds sleep?

3 What _ a piranha eat?

4 Where _ an octopus live?

5 What time _ penguins have lunch?

6 When _ bears hibernate?

7 Where _ a scorpion hide?

8 When _ a female spider eat a male

1 fl y / can / Birds / but / talk / can’t / they

4 Choose the correct option.

1 You must / mustn’t hunt protected animals.

2 You must / mustn’t treat animals with

respect

3 A polar bear must / mustn’t hibernate in

winter

4 You must / mustn’t play with snakes.

5 You must / mustn’t kill animals for fun.

6 A dog must / mustn’t have lots of exercise.

b) Match the short answers (a-h) to the

questions in exercise 1a.

g No, they don’t

h Yes, they do

2 Complete the dialogue with can or can’t.

SONIA: Oh, it’s a sunny day! 1 we go

to the park?

MIKE: Yes, of course we 2

SONIA: 3 we play tennis?

MIKE: No, because I 4 play tennis

SONIA: But tennis is easy Everybody 5

play tennis

MIKE: Well, I 6 But I 7

paint We 8 go to the zoo and I 9 paint the animals

SONIA: But I 10 paint!

MIKE: That’s OK, because I 11 teach you

SONIA: That’s a good idea And I 12

teach you how to play tennis We

13 learn something new

mustn’t.

1 You hunt protected animals.

2 You treat animals with respect.

3 A polar bear hibernate in winter.

4 You play with snakes.

5 You kill animals for fun.

6 A dog have lots of exercise.

7 You swim with piranhas.

8 You keep a wild animal as a pet.

1 2 you / have a pet

?

1 3 your class / enjoy English

?

1 4 your best friend / live near you

?

1 5 your parents / eat meat

?

1 6 you / smoke

?

1 7 What / spiders / eat

?

1 8 Where / koala bears / live

?

1 9 How many / legs / ant / have

?

10 What / a lion / hunt

?

2 Are the sentences logical or illogical? Rewrite the illogical ones to make them logical.

1 I can’t ride a bike because I can’t swim.

2 My brother can’t drive because he hasn’t

got a driving license

3 Birds can’t swim because they can’t speak.

4 People can’t fl y because they haven’t got

any wings

5 Jake can’t speak Spanish because he hasn’t

got a TV

6 Cathy can’t send an e-mail because she

can’t use a computer

3 Write eight rules for your school Use must or

mustn’t and the verbs in the box.

work hard run in the corridor help new students smoke

chew gum do your homework

be late for class be respectful

2 Complete the sentences with the correct

form of the verb to be.

Affirmative

1 I eating a sandwich.

2 She chatting with a friend.

3 They shopping.

4 Charlie having lunch.

5 You studying English.

Negative

1 I eating a burger.

2 She chatting with her mother.

3 They shopping.

4 Charlie having breakfast.

5 You studying Japanese.

Questions and Short answers

1 I eating an apple?

Yes, I / No, I

2 she chatting with her teacher?

Yes, she / No, she

3 they shopping?

Yes, they _ / No, they

4 Charlie having dinner?

1 Emma / not / cry / She / laugh.

Emma isn’t crying She’s laughing

2 I / not / buy a car / I / sell a car.

3 Janet / not / write an e-mail / She / write a

letter

4 You / not / ride a bike/ You / ride a horse.

5 Georgia and Pauline / not / watch a fi lm /

They / watch a documentary

6 Flynn / eat sweets / He / eat fruit.

7 We / not / chat on Messenger / We / chat

2 Choose the correct short answer.

1 Are you learning English?

2 Are you studying astrophysics?

3 Is Hilary listening to music?

a Yes, she’s b Yes, she is.

4 Are we going to the park?

a Yes, we are b Yes, we’re.

5 Are they chewing gum in class?

a No, they not b No, they’re not.

6 Are they spending lots of money?

a Yes, they are b Yes, they’re.

7 Is he trying on new clothes?

a No, he isn’t b No, he not.

8 Are we going to school?

3 Choose the correct option.

1 There computer rooms in our school.

2 There newsagent’s next to the

hairdresser’s

3 We haven’t got rice in the cupboard.

a aren’t any / are some

b isn’t any / is some

c aren’t some / are any

6 I didn’t have biscuit with my coffee.

1 Complete the dialogue Use the correct form

of the present continuous and short answers.

DAVID: Hey Mike, what 1 (you / do)?

2 (you / not / train)?

MIKE: No, I 3 I 4 (have)

a rest

DAVID: But why 5 (you / not / train)?

The competition is next week

MIKE: I know, but I 6 (wait) for the

rest of the team

DAVID: What 7 (they do)?

8 (they / come) soon?

MIKE: Yes, they 9 But, they

10 (buy) some new trainers for everyone

DAVID: Oh, where’s your coach? 11

(she / not / help) you?

MIKE: Yes, she 12 (be) But she

13 (talk) to my mother

DAVID: What 14 (they / talk) about?

MIKE: ME!

DAVID: Oh dear!

2 a) Complete the table with the words in the box.

life religion honesty letter dictionary

bus computer luggage street anger

iron vocabulary tooth ice forest

wood information electricity

b) Write sentences to show the differences

between the words that can be both

countable and uncountable.

1 Is there honesty in this world?

2 Can I have ice in my drink?

3 He won’t give me information!

4 Is there wood where we can go

8 Let’s buy wood to make a fi re.

4 Make ten sentences using the following words Use the correct form of the verb.

I You He

My friends Your teacher There

am (‘m not) are (aren’t)

is (isn’t) need (not need) want to buy (not want to buy)

some any a an

books on the table cheese in the fridge new CD

intelligent person aspirin

doctor new clothes money