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INTRODUCTORY COURSE

CONTENTS
Verb To Be: page 1
Present Simple : page 2
There is / there are: page 3
Prepositions: page 4
Present continuous: page 6

Verb To Be

A Complete the text below with the correct form of the verb "to be":

Marcia1_______from Brazil. She2 ________25 years

old and works as a secretary, in Dublin. She
3_______very

communicative and has a lot of friends.

Two of her best friends are Miguel and

Pauline. Miguel 4______from Portugal. He 5______27
years old.Pauline 6________a very funny French girl.
She 7_______30 years old. Marcia and Miguel8_______ singles, but Pauline9________ married
to a doctor. She says they10________ very happy. Marcia wants to go back to Brazil, but
she11_________sure she12______ going to miss her friends.

B Complete with the right verb to be and then choose the correct answer according to the
picture:

1. ______ he a footballplayer?
a. No, _____ _____ . He _____ a
______________

2. _____ he a student?
a. _____, _____ _____.

3. _____ she a nurse?

a. _____, _____ _____.

4. _____ she a girl?

a. _____, _____ _____.

5. _____ she a ballerina?

a. _____, _____ _____.

6. _____ he anadult?
a. _____, _____ _____.
_____________________________

7. _____ shehisaunt?
a. _____, _____ _____. _____ hismom.

8. _____ he a chef?
a. _____, _____ _____.

Present Simple

A Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
0 She ____is______ (be) very nice.
1 Mary __________ (not like) jazz.
2 My teachers __________ (think) Im clever.
3 We __________ (not use) a computer every day.
4 I __________ (love) drawing.
5 They __________ (be) good friends.
B Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
0 dance/often/I/Tom/with/
I often dance with Tom.________________________
00 you/play/do/the/piano/?

Do you play the piano?________________________

1 is/late/Anna/always/lunch/for/
___________________________________________
2 often/go/early/how/do/to/you/bed/?
___________________________________________
3 learn/I/never/Fridays/English/on/
___________________________________________
4 study/your/does/girlfriend/history/?
___________________________________________
C Complete the text with the prepositions from the table. You can use some prepositions
more than once.
at, from, in
Miguel comes (1) __________ Spain and he lives(2) __________ Barcelona. He lives
(3)__________ a house with his two friends, Alberto and Felipe.Miguel loves mathematics and
heis very good(4) __________ it.
D Match the verbs (16) with the words (ag).
0 have

a) television

1 get up

b) computer games

2 watch

c) a book

3 play

d) German

4 listen to

e) the radio

5 speak

f) a shower

6 read

g) early

E Add the words or expressions from the box to the correct groups. Then add three more
words or expressions to each list.
playing football, uncle, supermarket
Family
_____________

Sports
_____________

Places
_____________

_____________

_____________

_____________

_____________

_____________

_____________

_____________

_____________

_____________

There is / there are Prepositions

A Look at the picture and complete the sentences. Use THERE IS/THERE ARE/THERE
ISNT/THERE ARENT

1) _______________________ a bed.
2) ________________________cars. (negative)
3) _______________________ shoes.
4) ________________________ a girl. (negative)
5) _________________________ a lamp.
6) ________________________ balls. (negative)
7) _________________________ a computer. (negative)
8) _________________________ a window.
9) _________________________ a toy box.
10) _________________________ toys.
BComplete the sentences with the expressions from the box.
there is, there are, there isnt, there arent, is there, are there
0 There are__ about twenty museums in my city.
1 __________ a post office next to your house?No, __________ .
2 __________ any supermarkets in my town.
3 How many people __________ in your city?
4 __________ a park near my house.