PRACTICE 1: POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

(my, your, his, her, our, their,its)

1. Complete the following sentences with the corresponding possessive adjective.

1. Two students forgot to do ________ English homework

2. I have a car. ________ car is black

3. We have a cat. ________ color is black.

4. Nancy is from Pereira. ________ husband is from Medellín.

5. Farid and Nadia go to high school. ________ little brother goes to primary school

6. Mr. Sanchez has a van. ________ van is very old

7. We go to a high school. ________ high school is big and beautiful.

8. I like singing. ________ mother sings with me

9. Francois and Alan are French. ________ Family are from France too.

10. Mary likes ________ grandmother. She often visits her.

2. Write the correct form of the verb “to be”:

1. Tom ____ a football player and his brother ____ a tennis player.

2. Her friend ____ from Houston, USA. They ____ twelve years old.

3. We ____ pupils. We ____ at school now.

4. Joe ____ a member of the school band. He ____ from the UK.

5. Pol and Tom ____ brothers. They ____ eleven years old.

6. You ____ really nice.

7. I ____ from Slovenia. I ____ Slovenian. Lucia ____ from Italy. She ____ Italian.

8. What time ____ it? – It ____ three thirty.

9. These houses ____ old, but our house ____ new.

10. Sara and her friends ____ in the park now.

11. ____ this your notebook? – No, it ____. It ____ Maja’s notebook.

12. How old ____ they? – They ____ thirteen.

13. ____ Maria Austrian? – Yes, she ____ Austrian.

14. ____ your dad’s car red? – No, it ____. It ____ green.

ASK QUESTIONS USING WH-

3. For the following answers, write the correct Wh question.

1. ____Where does she live____________________________________ ?

She lives on Victory Street.

2. ________________________________________________________?

We get up at 7 o’clock.

3. ________________________________________________________?

He works at Memorial Hospital.

4. ________________________________________________________?

My brother is a popular dentist.

5. ________________________________________________________?

They have four children.

6. ________________________________________________________?

I go to school by bus.

7.. ________________________________________________________?

She teaches at Harvard University.

8. ________________________________________________________?

I eat a hamburger and french fries for lunch.

9. ________________________________________________________?

She has two brothers.

10. ________________________________________________________?

The restaurants open at 4: 30.

4. Complete with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets:

1. John and I __________ (be) dating.

2. Peter __________ (like) watching baseball.

3. John __________ (live) in Tokyo.

4. Tony __________ (prefer) baseball than basketball.

5. We __________ (have) a big garden

6. Cathy __________ (study) in the library.

7. We __________ (be) good friends.

8. John __________ (go) to school every day.

9. Mary __________ (read) the story.

10. Paul __________ (have) breakfast at home

5. Underline the correct answer in the Question Form:

1. Does Ann live/lives in Africa?

2. Does Pat arrive/arrives early?

3. Does Evan goes/go to the Supermarket?

4. Do Andy and Ann meet/meets them in the restaurant?

5. Do you read/reads this newspaper?

6. Am/Are I a teacher?

7. Is/Are they in the garden?

8. She play/plays volleyball at weekends.

6. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words given: 1. I ____________ (read) very interesting books.

2. Joanne ____________ (work) eight hours a day.

3. Do you ____________ (speak) Spanish?

4. I ____________ (know) him very well.

5. My wife ____________ (like) coffee for breakfast.

6. What ____________ Tom usually ____________ (have) for breakfast?

7. Your train ____________ (leave) at 17.25 from platform 3 every day.

8. What ____________ Mary ____________ (do)? She's a student.

9. My whole family _______________ (go) to church once a week.

10. My wife and I _________________ (go) to the beach in the summer.

11. Leap year __________________ (come) every four years.

12. My grandfather ________________ (grow) tomatoes in his garden.

13. He ________________ (grow) them every summer.

14. The children __________________ (leave) at 8:30 every morning of the week.

15. In the north the season ____________________ (change) four times a year.

16. The monsoon _____________________ (come) once or twice a year.

17. The weather _____________ (get) very cold in Moscow in the winter.

18. Many birds of Europe _____________ (fly) south to Africa every winter.