Exercises (Unit 1)

Exercise 1:Open the brackets with the correct tense of the verbs.. Exercise 2: Open the brackets with the correct tense of the verbs.. Exercise 3: Underrline the correct word in brackets

Unit 1: My friends.

I.Tenses.

Exercise 1:Open the brackets with the correct tense of the verbs.

1 She usually (go)……… to school on foot

2 It (take) ……… me twenty minutes to go to school everydday

3 I (not like) ……….watching football

4 …….you (go) ………… there tomorrow?

5 most rivers (flow)……… into the sea

6 They (be)………… Here in ten minutes

7 My father (go)……… to Ha Noi yesterday

8 Where ………Martin (come)……….from/

9 ………your father (work0……… in an office?

10.When I (be)……….young, I (like)……… playing football very much

Exercise 2: Open the brackets with the correct tense of the verbs.

Bao (be)……(1) one of myfriends He (be)……….(2) the most sociable He usually (spend) ……… (3) his free time doing volunteer work at a local

orphanage He (learn) ………… (4)well, so he always (get)…… (5) good grades Last year he (be)……… (6) the best one of our class.He (have )

(7) a 10 day- tour in Nha Trang for the pride He (say)

(8) it (be)……….(9) very interesting there, he (meet)

(10) a lot of people, (see) (11) many interesting

palces, (eat)……….(12) a lot of sea food and (buy)………(13) some souvenirs for us He (tell) …………(14) me that he (go)………(15) to Nha Trang again next year

Exercise 3: Underrline the correct word in brackets for thebest ansawer.

1 I (was/ were/ am) born in Ha Noi but I (spend/ spended/ spent) most of my childhood in the country

2 I (learn/ learnt/ will learn) English next year

3 My mother usualy (cook/ cooked/ cooks) for my family

4 Look! A man (running/ is running/ runs) after the train He (wanted/ wants/ is wanting ) to catch it

5 He (stay/ going to stay/ will stay) here untill she comes back

6 Why are you working so hard? Because I (will buy/ am going to buy) a car so I’m saving as much as I can

7 Dad! Can you mend it for me? Sorry, I can’t Ask Mom she (will/ is going to)

do it for you

8 I haven’t got enough money to get a house No problem, I (will/ am going to) lend you some

Exercise 4: Open the brackets with the correct tense of the verbs.

1 We (finish) ……….our dinner half an hour ago

2 The farmer (work)……… in the field now

3 Mrs Green always (go)………… ……… to work by bus

4 She paid for the ticket and (leave)………

5 Do you know that man who (smoke)……… over there?

6 Rivers usually (flow)……… … to the sea

7 If it cost too much, I (buy)……… a small one

8 How often……… … you (read)……… a new spaper?

9 As soon as he (finish)………his work, he (go)……… home

10.I (give)……… it to them when they (visit)……… us

Exercise 5: Put the verbs in the brackets into the present simple.

Ex: The sun (rise)……… in the east

The sun rises in the east

1.She……… (not drink) coffe She ………(drink) Coca Cola

2.It……….(be) often hot in the summer

3 What……….you……… (do) every evening?

4 The earth…… (circle) the sun once every 365 days

5 I……… (see) her very often

6 Vegetarians………(not eat) meat

7 Bees ……… (make) honey

8 Rice………(not grow) in cold climates

9 Where……….Martin……….(come) from? – He (be)……… Scottish

II Adjectives and positions of adjectives.

Exercise 1: Put the adjectives in the brackets into correct places to completes the sentences

1 Bring me something to drink (cool)

………

2 The leaves turn in Autumn.(yellow)

………

3 Woolen clothes keep our body (warm)

………

4 Shelly is a poet all over the world(famous)

………

5 I thought him very (intelligent)

………

6 Ping Pong is a sport for boys and girls (good)

………

7 I have nothing to give you (interesting)

………

8 The corn waved in the wind(ripe golden)

………

9 Vietnam is a country (rich and beautiful)

………

10.I found him still in his bed(asleep)

………

Exercise 2: Arrange these words into the correct order to have the meaningful sentences.

1.dark has he hair got

………

2 brother quite my looking good is

………

3 and you brother got? Sisters have any

………

4 Bobby got hair has fair

………

5 much postcards these are how?

………

6.you piano play? Can the

………

7 can’t car I a drive

………

8.to morning in it’s four the twenty

Exercise 3: Arrange these words into the correct order to have the meaningful sentences.

1.a it’s dress green short nylon

………

2 are they shoes black newleather

………

3 woolen an it’s brown light tie expensive

………

4 a shoe big brown plastic it’s

………

5 interesting something is there the picture in

………

6 saw he asleep a lion mountain the on

………

7 he moustache with man interesting meets an a big

………

9 man both a he witty and wise is

Exercise 4: Arrange the adjectives in brackets in the correct order.

Eg: Mr Thanh has a (black/ long/ straight) hair.

Mrs Thanh has a long straight black hair.

1.It is a (wooden/ round) table

………

2 She is wearing a (green/ new/ beautiful) hair dress

………

3 What a (sunny/ lovely) day!

………

4 My uncle lives in a (old/ lovely/ small) house

………

5 That girl has (blue/nice/big) eyes

………

6 he gave me (black/ leather) gloves

………

7 My teacher has a (round/ pink/ small) face

………

8 It’s a (small/ metal/ black) box

………

III Adverbs: too enough–

Exercise 1: Fill in the gaps with: enough or too to complete the sentences.“ ” “ ”

1 He hasn’t got ………… money to buy this car

2 It is cool………for youto drink

3 There is……… much pollution in big cities

4 It is………high for me to jump over

5 There are……… many people on the road

6 There aren’t ……… chairs for these people

Exercise 2: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence, using (not) adjective + enough + to- infinitive.

Eg: He is tall He can play volleyball

He is tall enough to play volleyball.

1 My sister is old She can drive a car

………

2 The radio isn’t small You can’t put it in your pocket

………

3 This coat isn’t warm I don’t wear it in winter

………

4 She is beautiful and intelligent She can become Miss World

………

5 The weather was fine We could go camping

………

6 Those applesaren’tripe We can’t eat them

………

7 Mr Robinson isn’t rich He can’t buy a house

………

8 The worker is clever He can make fine things from wood

………

Exercise 3: Rewrite the sentencs in the other way with the suggestion so that the meaning is kept unchanged.

1.This montain is very high we can’t climb it

This mountain is too………

2 Are you very tall? Can you reach that picture?

3 There are ten people in the room but there are only eight chairs.

4 This tea is very hot, I can’t drink it

This tea is too………

5 This picture is $10.50, I have only $ 9.50 so I can’t buy it

6 She is six years old, she can start school

Exercise 4:Complete the dialogue, using enough as an adjective (before

nouns) or adverb (after adjectives) with the words in the brackets.

Eg: Is she going to get married?

No, she is not old enough to get married.(old)

1.Did he pass the examination?

Yes, he worked………the examination (hard)

2 Do you want to play tennis today?

No, I don’t fee……….tennis today (well)

3 Why don’t we go swimming?

Well,it’s……… (warm)

4 Are they going tfo buy that house?

You must be joking They aren’t ………such an expensive hourse (rich)

5 Would you like to go on holiday?

I’m sorry, I can’t I haven’t got ………on holiday (money)

6 Hurry along, children! We must get to the airport on time

Don’t worry, Mom We have……… to the airport (time)

7 Could you move the piano/

I’m afraid I’m not……….it (strong)

8 Can she read a newspaper in French?

No, she doesn’t know……… a newspaper (French)

9 Let’s get a taxi

No, I think it’s not……….a taxi (far)

10.How many people will be there for the meeting tonight?

There will be twenty Have we got……….for everyhone (chairs)

Answer key

I.Tenses.

Exercise 1:

1.goes 2 takes 3 don’t like 4 will- go 5 flow

6 will be 7 went 8 does- come 9 does – work 10 was- liked

Exercise 2:

12 ate 13 bought 14 tells 15 is going

Exercise 3:

1.was – spent 2 will learn 3 cooks 4 is running 5 will stay

6 am going to buy 7 will 8 will

Exercise 4:

1.finished 2 is working 3 goes 4 left 5 is smoking

6 flow 7 will buy 8 do- read 9 finishes – will go

10 will give- visit

Exercise 5:

1.doesn’t drink- drinks 2 is 3 do- do 4 circles 5 see

6 don’t 7 make 8 are not grown 9 does - come

II Adjectives and positions of adjectives.

Exercise 1:

1.Bring me something cool to drink

2 The leaves turn yellow in Autumn

3 Woolen clothes keep our body warm

4 Shelly is a poet famous all over the world

5 I thought him very intelligent

6 Ping Pong is a good sport for boys and girls

7 I have nothing interesting to give you

8 The golden, ripe corn waved in the wind

9 Vietnam is a rich and beautiful country

10.I found him still asleep in his bed

Exercise 2:

1.He has got dark hair

2 My brother is quite good looking

3 Have you got any brothers and sisters?

4 Bobby has got fair hair

5 How much are these postcards?

6 Can you play the piano/

7 I can’t drive

8 It’s twenty to four in the morning.

Exercise 3:

1.It’s a short green nylon dress

2 They are new black leather shoes

3 It’s an expensive loght brown woolen tie

4 It’s a big brown plastic shoes

5 There is something interesting in the picture

6 He saw a lion asleep on the mountain

7 He meets an interesting man with a big moustahe

8 He is a man both witty and wise

Exercise 4: Arrange the adjectives in brackets in the correct order.

1.a round wooden table

2 a beautiful new green dress

3 a lovely sunny day

4 a lovely small old house

5 nice big blue eyes

6 black leather gloves

7 a small round pink face

8 a small black metal box

III Adverbs: too enough–

Exercise 1: Fill in the gaps with: enough or too to complete the sentences.“ ” “ ”

7 He hasn’t got enough money to buy this car

8 It is cool enough for you to drink

9 There is too much pollution in big cities

10.It is too high for me to jump over

11.There are too many people on the road

12.There aren’t enough chairs for these people

Exercise 2: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence, using (not) adjective + enough + to- infinitive.

Eg: He is tall He can play volleyball

He is tall enough to play volleyball.

1 My sister is old enough to drive a car.

2 The radio isn’t small enough to put it in your pocket

3 This coat isn’t warm enough to in winter

4 She is beautiful and intelligent enough to become Miss World

5 The weather was fine enough to go camping

6 Those applesaren’tripeenough to eat them

7 Mr Robinson isn’t rich enough to buy a house

8 The worker is clever enough to make fine things from wood

Exercise 3: Rewrite the sentencs in the other way with the suggestion so that the meaning is kept unchanged.

1.This montain is too high to climb

2 Are you tall enough to reach that picture?

3.There aren’tenough chairs for ten people

4 This tea is too hot for me to drink it

5 I haven’t enough money to buy this picture

6 She is old enough to start school

Exercise 4:

1.hard enough to pass

2 well enough tfo play

3 warm enough to go swimming

4 rich enough to buy

5 enough money togo away

6 enough time to get

7 strong enough to move

8 enough French to read

9 far enough to get

10 enough chairs