EXTRA EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Write the questions to which the underlined words are the answers:
1. What is your address?
My address is 3 Le Loi street.
2. What’s the weather like in HCM city in March?
It’s very hot in HCM city in March.
3. How long does it take to ride to Vung Tau by motorbike?
It takes two hours to ride to Vung Tau by motorbike.
4. Whose car is this / that?
It’s Mr. Dawson’s car.
5. How do you go to school?
I go to school by bike.
6. How does your sister speak English?
My sister speaks English fluently.
7. How heavy is her brother? / How many kilos does her brother weigh?
Her brother weighs 50 kilos.
8. How long is the bridge?
This bridge is 5 meters long.
9. How often does your mother go shopping?
My mother goes shopping once a month.
10. What does Mr. Pike enjoy?
Mr. Pike enjoys travelling.
11.Where are ten trees?
There are ten trees in the garden.
12. Where is the cat?
The cat is in the box.
13. Whose are those / these pencils
They are her pencils.
14. What time does her brother have breakfast every morning?
Her brother has breakfast at 6 o’clock every morning.
15. Where does your mother work?
My mother works in a hospital.
16. How does Mr. Nam go to work everyday?
Mr. Nam goes to work by car everyday.
17. How much is this shirt? What is the price of this shirt?
This shirt costs 150,000 VND.
18. Why is your brother learning E .?
My brother is learning English because he wants to get a good job.
19. What are your parents doing now?
They are having coffee in the living room.
20. Are you a teacher? (Yes – No question)
No, I’m not. I’m a dentist.
Exercise 2: Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the present continuous or present
simple:
1. Tim (live) lives in Manchester but he (spend) is spending this month in Wales.
2. A: (you/work) today? Are you working
B: No, I’ not. I usually (work) work on Fridays but I’ve got the day off
3. A: What? (Josephine/do) does Josephine do
B: She (be) is a teacher but she (not teach) isn’t teaching at the moment. She (look) is looking
for a job.
4. A: Can I have that paper or (you/read) it? are you reading
B: No, I (not read) am not reading it. I never (read) read that paper. I (prefer) prefer the Daily
News
5. A: (This bag/belong) to you? Does this bag belong to you?
B: No, it doesn’t, but I (know) know Anita (look) is looking for her bag
6. (you/remember) Do you remember my friend Matthew? He (stay) is staying with me at the
moment
7. A: (you/speak) German? Do you speak
B: No, I don’t, but I (want) want to learn. I (look) am looking for a course book.
8. A: (Simon/help) you very much? Does Simon help
B: No, not usually, but he (help) is helping me today
9. A: What (you/do)? Are you doing
B: I (write) am writing a letter to my parents. I (write) write them every weekend
10. A: What time (you/usually/start) work? Do you usually start
B: Normally, we (start) start work at eight o’clock, but we (start) are starting at seven this
weekend. We’re very busy at the moment.
11.
A: (you/listen) to the radio? Are you listening
B: No, you can turn it off.
12. A: (you/look) for someone? Are you looking
B: Yes, I (need) need to speak to Neil. Is he in?
A: Yes, but I (think) think he’s busy. He (talk) is talking to the boss at the moment.
Exercise 3: Are the underlined verbs right (R) or wrong (W)? Correct the verbs that are
wrong
1. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius
2. The water boils. Can you turn it off?
3. Let’s go out. It doesn’t rain now
4. Listen to those people. What language do they speak?
5. The moon goes round the earth.
6. I must go now. It gets late.
___R ____
_ is boiling______
__ isn’t raining _____
are …speaking_ ______
___R ____
_is getting ______
7. I usually go to work by car.
8. John is never satisfied. He always complain.
9. There’re some children outside the room.
10. Whose is that bicycle? – It’s my younger brother.
___R ____
____ complains___
__ There are_____
__ younger brother’s_____
Exercise 4: Make a complete sentence from the given words
1. brother / English teacher / city
My brother is an English teacher in the city / My brother works as an English teacher in
the city.
2. what / job? / - I / doctor
What’s your job? - I’m a doctor.
3. you / have / homework / every day?
Do you have homework every day?
4. students / big universities / usually / work / hard
The students in big universities usually work hard.
5. how / children / get / school / morning?
How do your children get to school every morning?
6. friend / like / Nikita / but / she / not like
Your friend likes Nikita, but she doesn’t like him.
7. why / young people / countryside / move / big cities?
Why do young people from the countryside move to big cities?
8. sister / can / sing / dance / well
My sister can sing and dance very well.
9. how often / they / go out / friends? / -Twice / month
How often do they go out with their friends? – Twice a month.
10. what subject / you / good?
What subject are you good at?
To be good / bad / excellent at …