GRAMMAR B1

     Complete the sentences with one word.

Example: A  Are you Simon?

B  Yes, I am.

1   A  Where ________ Sally from?

     B  She’s from Ireland.

2   A  Are they French?

     B  No, they ________. They’re Italian.

3   This my brother. ________ name is Paul.

4   Jerry ________ live here in London – he lives in Edinburgh.

5   A  ________ she speak Spanish?

     B  She’s from Madrid, so yes – sure!

6   I’m sorry, but you ________ park here.

7   A  Were they late?

     B  No, they ________.

8   Where ________ you go yesterday?

9   Last week Sandra was ill, so she ________ go to school.

10   There ________ any people here at the moment.

11   ________ there a TV in your bedroom when you were a child?

12   A  Do you know Claire?

       B  Yes. I met ________ yesterday. She’s nice.

13   Do you like my new shoes? I bought ________ last Saturday.

14   Are you going ________ travel alone?

2   Underline the correct form.

Example:    There were / ’s / was 20,000 people at the football match.

1   I don’t / ’m not / amn’t hot.

2   Where is Sophies / Sophie’s / Sophie sister?

3   She’s tall girl / a tall girl / a girl tall.

4   A  Like you / You do like / Do you like fast food?

     B  No, I don’t.

5   I start work usually / start usually work / usually start work at eight o’clock.

6   Can you / You can / Do you can ski?

7   Graham told we / we told / told us that he had a new job.

8   I like to playing / playing / play the piano.

3   Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Use the present simple or past simple.

Today, Caroline James lives (live) in a big house in the countryside. She ¹ ___(have) a husband, two children, and a cat, and she ² ________ (work) at home. She
³ ________ (not like) her job, but the money is good.

20 years ago, when she ⁴ ________ (be) a student, she ⁵ ________ (not be) rich and she

⁶ ________ (not have) a job. She ⁷ ________ (study) French at university, and she
⁸ ________ (live) with three other students in a flat in a big city.

Answers

1   1   is

2   aren’t

3   His

4   doesn’t

5   Does

6   can’t

7   weren’t

8   did

9   didn’t

10   aren’t

11   Was

12   her

13   them

14   to

2   1   ’m not

2   Sophie’s

3   a tall girl

4   Do you like

5   usually start work

6   Can you

7   told us

8   playing

3   1   has

2   works

3   doesn’t like

4   was

5   wasn’t

6   didn’t have

7   studied

8   lived