Latihan English
I. Present Simple
1. Complete the blanks with the negative or the interrogative form of the Present Simple of the
verbs in brackets.
Mark: Hi, Tess! What are you doing?
Tess: I'm watching the football team.
Mark: Do you watch (watch) them every day?
Tess: No, I don't. They __________ (not play) every day. They play four times a week.
Mark: __________ you __________ (have) a favourite player?
Tess: No, I __________ (not have) a favourite player. Everyone on the team is good.
Mark: __________ the attacker __________ (move) fast?
Tess: No, he __________ (not move) fast, but he's very clever. __________ you __________
(like) football, Mark?
Mark: No, I __________ (not like) it. I like basketball. It's a great sport.
2. Look at the pictures and write questions and answers, as in the example.
a. play / the guitar / in the afternoon
Does he play the guitar in the aftenoon?
No he doesn’t play the guitar in the afternoon.
He plays the accordion.
b. ride / their / bicycles / to work / every day
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c. listen / to the radio / every Sunday
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3. I ___ up at 7:00 a.m. every day. (get)
4. Amy rarely ___ her room. (leave)
5. Cows ___ us milk. (give)
6. My granny ___ delicious lasagne. (cook)
7. The birds ___ all day long. (chirp)
8. The boys ___ hard to get good grades. (study)
9. The teacher ____ the parents today. (meet)
10. The movie ____ within a few minutes. (start)
11. Complete the blanks with the Present Simple of the verbs in the box.
Mr Letty is a postman. He doesn't work in the post
office. He always works outside in the streets. He __________
letters to all the people in the neighbourhood every day. He
doesn't __________ but he __________ his motorbike. At the
weekend, Mr Letty doesn't work. He __________. He
__________ the countryside, so he always __________ to his
country house with his wife. Mr and Mrs Letty __________ in
the river and they __________ in the woods every weekend.
II. Relative Caluses who which whose
1. This is the man _____ saved the kid.
2. The house ______ windows are open is beautiful..
3. The writer ______ wrote that article won the Nobel Prize.
4. He bought a car ______ runs fast.
5. He was wearing a cap ______ was black.
Example:
He drank the juice. He made the juice. He drank the juice which he made.
1. A lion is an animal. It is very strong.
A lion __________________________________________________________
2. A novelist is a person. He writes novels.
A novelist__________________________________________________________
3. A bottle opener is a device. It opens bottles.
A bottle opener ____________________________________________________
4. The girl speaks Chinese. Her mother writes poems.
The girl __________________________________________________________
5. A detective is someone. He discovers the truth about crimes.
Adetective _________________________________________________________
III. Choose The Correct Question Words
(Who/Which/Whose/Where/When/What/Why/How )
1. _____________________________do you live? - I live in London.
2. _____________________________ 's that girl? - She's my sister.
3. _____________________________ do you go to school? - By bus.
4. _____________________________ do banks open? - At eight O'clock.
5. _____________________________ are you wearing that coat? - Because it's hot!
Write Question About The Words In Bold.
Example:
He drank juice. - What did he drink?
1. They went to Spain.
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2. He writes novels.
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3. Lacy likes soccer_________________________________________________
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4. The girls watched a serial.
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5. He discovered the truth.
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IV. Collective Noun Exercises with Answers
Exercise 1: Identify the collective nouns
Read the following sentences and underline the collective nouns.
1. The captain guided the team to play better.
2. The flock of sheep was grazing in the fields.
3. My father brought a bouquet of lilies for my mother.
4. A pack of wolves howled at night.
5. A swarm of bees flew into the garden.
6. The hunter carries a quiver of arrows.
7. Our cat gave birth to a litter of kittens.
8. The army marched forward on the battlefield.
9. Can you pass me the bunch of keys?
10. The French destroyed the Armenian fleet.
V. Past Simple
1. We really_______________(enjoy) the game last Sunday.
2. _______________ (Marco / win) the golf competition?
3. They_______________ (not play) very well yesterday. They lost the match.
4. How many goals_______________ (your team / score) in the first half?
5. Sandra_______________ (not want) to go rowing with me.
6. Write questions with the words below. Then answer the questions according to the
pictures. Use the Past Simple.
1. Rob / buy a small car
Did Rob buy a small car? No, he didn’t. He bought a jeep
2. Jenny / wear a skirt / to the party
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3. cowboys / drive cars / in the 1880s
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4. the teacher / speak Greek / in the lesson
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VI. Will for future predictions
1. You (earn) ____________ a lot of money.
2. You (travel) ____________ around the world.
3. You (meet) ____________ lots of interesting people.
4. Everybody (adore) ____________ you.
5. You (not / have) ____________ any problems.
VII. Prepositional Verbs
5. It's so noisy – I can't concentrate _____ my homework.
6. Don't worry – I'll pay _____ the tickets.
7. The car belongs _____ my father, so I don't think we can use it.
8. I borrowed a pen _____ my classmate.
9. I've been waiting _____ the bus for more than twenty minutes!
10. Julie: "What time shall we eat dinner?"
Gill: "It depends _____ John – we'll eat when he gets home".
11. When we arrived _____ the cinema, the film had already started.
12. Please explain this problem _____ us.
VIII. Comparative adverbs
1. He arrived ___________________ than expected. (early)
2. We walked ___________________ than the rest of the people. (slowly)
3. They called us ___________________ in the afternoon. (late)
4. My mother and my sister talked ___________________ than the other guests.
(loudly)
5. He hit his arm ___________________ than before. (hard)
IX. Quantifiers
Fill in: much, many, lots of, a lot of, little, most, a little, little, a few, few.
1. It seems we have had __________________ assignments in English this year.
2. How __________________ do we have to read this week?
3. __________________ Americans don’t like George Bush
4. There aren’t very __________________ books in the library.
5. I think he drank __________________ wine last night.
6. I have had __________________ headaches already because of the stress.
7. I didn’t use ________________ fertilizer1 last spring, that’s why we had so
_________ weeds2 .
8. It has rained very __________________ this summer, that’s why the grass is so
brown.
9. __________________ people know as much about computers as Jack does.
10. I’m having __________________ trouble passing my driving test.
X. Reflexive Pronouns
1. James wasn’t careful and he cut ______________________ with a knife.
2. My sister and I looked at ______________________ in the mirror.
3. The repair shop was closed, so I fixed the car ______________________.
4. Did you enjoy ___________________________ at the party last night?
5. Cats can get clean by licking ___________________________.
6. (A) Did the cleaners cleaned the house? (B) No, I did it
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7. Mr. Smith burned ______________________ while he was cooking.
8. He dried ______________________ after he took a shower and went downstairs.
9. Can you teach ______________________ to play the piano?
10. My little sister dressed ___________________________. She didn’t need any
help.
