CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

6. My car ____ black.

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

7. Her cats ____ yellow.

BEGINNER LEVEL

8. Our books _____ old.

BOOKLET 1

9. Your bike _____ blue.

Name:

10. My sisters ______ young.

Surname:

11. David and I _____ nurses.

Part 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form 12. Their car ____ a Mercedes.
of to be (am, is, are).
Part 3: Write Yes/No questions with to be
1. I am twenty years old.
(am, is, are).
2. Linda ____ from New York.
3. David and Sue _____ in the classroom.
4. You _____ my friend.
5. Alex ______ English.
6. John and I _____ students.
7. You and I _____ doctors.
8. It _____ my book.
9. The dog and the cat _____ beautiful.
10. Our baby ____ very nice.
Part 2: Fill in the blanks with the negative
forms of to be (am not, isnt, arent).
1. He is an engineer.
2. We _____ from Paris.
3. John _____ my friend.
4. I ____ twelve years old.
5. Mary and Susan ______ ugly.

1. I`m married.
Are you married?
2. Hes Russian.
__________________________ ?
3. She`s on holiday.
__________________________ ?
4. They`re in Rome.
__________________________ ?
5. Hes a teacher.
__________________________ ?
6. We`re 21.
__________________________ ?
Part 4: Write Wh- questions for the following
answers.
1. Where are you from?
I`m from Madrid.
2. ____________________________ ?
My name`s Alicia.
3. ____________________________ ?
I`m 17.
4. ____________________________ ?
My phone number is 91 329 778.
5. ____________________________ ?
She`s from Barcelona.
Part 5: Replace the subjects with the correct
pronouns.

1. Paul is a student. / He is a student.

2. Linda is my friend. / ______ is my friend.
3. My mother is a housewife. / ______ is a
housewife.
4. Her brother is a doctor. / _____ is a doctor.
5. Alex and I are very fat. / _____ are very fat.
6. You and Susan are beautiful. / _____ are
beautiful.
7. Our dog is very small. / _____ is very small.
8. My house is yellow. / ____ is yellow.
9. Their car is red. / _____ is red.
10. Tomato is a vegetable. / ____ is a vegetable.
11. My friends are handsome. / _____ are
handsome.
12. Television is good. / _____ is good.
13. The table is big. / ____ is big.
14. David is an actor. / _____ is an actor.
15. Michael and Rose are from London.
/ _____ are from London.
16. My mother and I are doctors. / _____ are
doctors.
17. Your houses are small. / ______ are small.
18. My brother is 7 years old. / ____ is 7 years
old.
19. Mrs. Rose is a teacher. / _____ is a teacher.
20. Mr. Brown is a pilot. / _____ is a pilot.

Part 6: Match the subject pronouns with the

possessive adjectives.
Subject
Pronouns

Possessive adjectives

their

You

his

He

our

She

your

It

my

We

your

You

her

They

its

Part 7: Circle the correct form.

1. My / I`m in London. It`s / Its great.
2. You / Your classmate is from Argentina /
Argentinian. She/Her name is Julia.
3. Her / She favourite film star is
England / English. He`s / His name is
Dominic Cooper.
4. He / His best friend is Maria. She`s /
Her from American / America.
5. My / I boyfriend is from Brazil /
Brazilian. He/His is great.
6. They / Their aren`t at home now.
7. We / Our teacher is from Rome.
8. What are you / your names?
9. We / Our teacher isnt from Moscow.
10. They / Their names are Simon and
Claire.
Part 8: Complete the sentences with (my, your,
his, her, its, their, our)
1. The boy likes his school.
2. Mary sees _______ mother every day.

3. The cat eats ______ food quickly.

4. You forget ______ keys.
5. Mr. Adam washes ______ car every
morning.
6. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have a daughter.
_______ daughter`s name is Sally.
7. You go to a different school. Where is
______ school?
8. I live in a house. _____ house is very
big.
9. They have a dog. _____ dog is black.
10. We learn English at school. ______
teacher is clever.
Part 9: Complete the sentences with a
possessive adjective.
1. Are you on e-mail? Whats ______
address?
2. My sister writes books in ______ free
time.
3. My wife and I live with _______ two
children.
4. Paul speaks English but ______ mothers
French and _____ fathers Spanish.
5. ______ home phone number is
04586147. I am at home from 9am-5 pm.
6. I have two brothers. _______ names are
7. Mark and David.
8. Do you live with _______ parents?
9. London is famous for ______
monuments, Buckingham Palace,
Trafalgar square.

Part 10: Read the dialogues and circle the

correct words in italics.
A: Hello. Im Maria. Im Spanish. Im (1) of /
from Madrid.
B: My name (2) is / are Misha. Im from
Warsaw. Im (3) Poland / Polish.
A: Hi, Im Claudio. Im (4) Italy / Italian. Im
from (5) Milan / Milanish.

B: Hi, Claudio. Were (6) Liz and John / Liz.

Were (7) English / England. Were from (8)
London / Londonish.
A: Hello, my name is Elda. Im from Sao Paulo.
Im (9) Brazil / Brazilian. (10) Whos / Whats
your name?
B: Im Jean Pierre. Im from Montreal. Im (11)
Canada / Canadian.
Part 11: Complete the sentences with the
words in brackets.
1. Mariannes car is Japanese. (Marianne)
1a. Her car is Japanese.
2. _________ computers are American. (Mary)
2a. ________ computers are American.
3. _________ jacket is Italian. (Rafael)
3a. ________ jacket is Italian.
4. _________ dresses are expensive. (I and my
mother)
4a. ________ dresses are expensive.
5. _________ friend is from Spain. (Mr. Brown)
5a. ________ friend is from Spain.
Part 12: Look at the family three and
complete the sentences.
Marcela + Juan
Cecilia + Eduardo

Manuel

Pedro
Marta
Alvaro
1. Alvero is __________ brother.
2. Cecilia is __________ sister-in-law.
3. Eduardo is Cecilias _________ .
4. Martha is Manuels _________ .
5. Marta, Pedro and Alvaro are Cecilias
_________.
6. Pedro is Eduardos __________ .
7. Marcela is __________ mother-in-law.
8. Juan is Alvaros ___________ .
9. ________ is Marthas father.
10. Pedro is Marthas __________ .
Part 13: Read about Terrys family. Then
write the names on his family tree.

Hi, my names Terry. Im married and my wifes

name is Megan. We have one son. His name is
George and hes two years old. I have one sister.
Her name is Brenda. Shes married and her
husbands name is Nate. They have two children.
Their daughters name is Tracy and she has a
brother called David. My fathers name is Arthur
and my mothers name is Shirley. I think, we are
a very happy family.
(1) __________ + (2) __________
TERRY + (3) MEGAN
(6) _________

(4) ______ + (5)_______

(7) _________ (8) _________

Part 14: Possessive s or is. Write P if s =

possession. Write is if s = is.
1. Johns car is new. _P_
2. Its a Mercedes. _is_
3. Its cold today. ______
4. Jacks a policeman. ______
5. Jacks wife is thirty-five. ______
6. My fathers in Ireland now. ______
7. My sons house is very nice. _____
8. My daughters school is very good. _____
9. Peters a teacher. ______
10. Peters school is in the city centre. ______
11. She`s a model. ______
12. Jamie`s at school. ______
13. What is your brother`s name? ______
14. Dad`s sister is a student. _______
15. Adam`s sixteen. ______
Part 15: Write a or an or the plural noun.
(What is it? / What are they?)
Singular
1. a bag
2. ___ woman
3. ___ egg
4. ___ radio

Plural
bags
_________
_________
_________

5. ___ car
6. ___ key
7. ___ man
8. ___ apple
9. ___ newspaper
10. ___ computer
11. ___ person
12. ___ dictionary
13. ___ tomato
14. ___ flower
15. ___ box
16. ___ child
17. ___ orange
18. ___ city
19. ___ ice-cream
20. ___ match

_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________

Part 16: Complete the sentences with a or an.

1. It`s _a_ new book.
2. She`s _____ English teacher.
3. Are you ____ student?
4. Britain is ____ island.
5. They`re at ____ restaurant.
6. He`s ____ waiter.
7. It`s ___ old house.
8. Here`s ____ ticket for the play.
9. He`s ____ clever student.
10. It`s not ____ easy language.
Part 17: Complete the sentences with a, an or
the.
1. I have ____ lighter and ____ box of matches
but ____ lighter doesn`t work very well.
2. I buy _____ sandwich and ____ orange juice.
____ sandwich is not fresh.
3. Look! It is ____ cat. ____ cat is small.
4. There is ___ train at 12:00 and ____ train
leaves at 12:30.
5. She has three tickets. _____ tickets are very
cheap.
6. He likes reading books. _____ books are very
interesting.
7. It is cold here. Could you close _____ door,
please?

8. Look at ____ board.

9. I live in Manchester. _____ city is very
crowded.
10. I draw a picture. My mother likes _____
picture a lot.

2. My daughter _________ French and German.

(speak)
3. My students _________ to class early. (not
come)
________ they _______ in Scotland? (live)
4. Her boys are clever. They __________ every
Part 18: Match the adjectives with the
night. (study)
opposites.
5. We ________ a lot of vegetables. (not eat)
6. ________ your son ________ early every
1. tall
a. expensive
morning? (get up)
2. fast
b. bad
7. My parents __________ like dogs. (not like)
3. cheap
c. short
8. He _________ a sister or a brother. (have)
4. big
d. slow
9. My friend __________ wine. (not drink)
5. old
e. new
10. His son _________ music every day. (listen
6. good
f. short
to)
7. long
g. small
11. _______ Mrs. Rose _______ a lot of fruit?
(eat)
12. They __________ coffee and sandwiches for
Part 19: Order the words to make sentences.
breakfast. (have)
13. You _________ in a small village. (live)
1. father / strong / a / man / my / is.
14. My best friend _________ in a bank. (work)
My father is a strong man.
15. _______ your mother ________ the piano?
2. want / a / I / book / new
______________________________________ . (play)
16. _______ they _______ taking photos? (like)
3. he / very / is / tall
______________________________________ . 17. My son _______ (go to) school every
morning.
4. red / we / dresses / like
______________________________________ . 18. I _________ a car. (not drive)
19. She _________ football match. (watch)
5. Adriana Lima / woman / is / beautiful / a
20. My brother __________ news on the TV
___________________________________ .
6. brother`s / car / my / is / very / fast
every night. (watch)
___________________________________ .
21. My sisters and I __________ cigarette.
7. The Lord of the Rings / good / a / movie / is
(smoke)
___________________________________ .
22. _______ your family _______ a big meal in
8. tall / her / aren`t / children / very
the evening? (have)
___________________________________ .
9. I / orange / bags / like
Part 21: Put the words in the correct order.
___________________________________ .
10. fantastic / daughter`s / glasses / are / my
1. seven / Melanie / at / get up /oclock.
___________________________________ .
_________________________________ .
Part 20: Complete the sentences with the
verbs.
1. She plays tennis every day. (play)

2. dont / TV / we / every / watch / night

_________________________________ .
3. they / by ship / work / go to
_________________________________ .
4. your / French / speak / father / does / and /
Spanish

___________________________________ ?
5. my / brush / morning / son / every / his teeth
___________________________________ .
6. her / read / a / sister / does / day / book / every
___________________________________ ?
7. the / like / doesnt / cat / vegetables
_________________________________ .
8. study / English / weekend / they / dont / every
_________________________________ .
Part 22: Read the text .
GEORGE
George lives in Liverpool. He works in a
caf and his wife is a teacher. His wifes name is
Marisa. Marisa and George like their jobs.
Georges work place is next to their house, but
Marisa goes to work by bus.
George doesnt have any sisters, but he
has two brothers. His brothers are old. Georges
parents are divorced. His mother, Dolores, lives
in Barcelona. She is a tour guide and her job is
very interesting. His father, Alberto, is retired.
Georges best friend is called Marco.
Marco works in an office. They play football
together on Sundays. Football is Georges
favourite game. His favourite team is Liverpool.
Marco doesnt have any brothers, but he
has a young sister. Her name is Isabella. She
works in a bank.
A) Answer the questions.
1. Where does George live?
______________________________________ .
2. Where does George work in?
______________________________________ .
3. What does his wife do?
______________________________________ .
4. What is his wifes name?
______________________________________ .
5. Do George and Marisa like their jobs?
________________________________ .
6. Does George go to work by bus?
_______________________________ .
7. Where does Georges mother live in?

________________________________ .
8. Who is Marco?
_______________________________ .
9. What is Marcos sisters name?
_______________________________ .
10. Does Marcos father go to work every
morning?
_________________________________ .
11. In line 3 their jobs refers to _________ .
12. In line 11 she refers to ___________ .
13. In line 16 her name refers to _________ .
B) Write True (T), False (F) or Doesnt Say
(DS). Correct the False answers.
1. Georges wife doesnt liker her job. _____
2. They have two sons. ______
3. Her mother lives in France. _______
4. Marcos sister is a teacher. ________
5. Alberto goes to work at 7:00. _______
6. Dolores is Georges sisters name. _____
7. George and Marco plays football every
weekend. _____
8. Marcos sister is very old. ______
Part 23: Choose the correct answer.

1.
a. It's half past eleven.
b. It's eleven o'clock.
c. It's twelve o'clock.

2.
a. It's quarter past six.
b. It's half past three.
c. It's quarter to six.

c. It's ten past four.

3.
a. It's five past three.
b. It's five past four.
c. It's five to four.

4.
a. It's half past four.
b. It's four o'clock.
c. It's half past five.

5.
a. It's ten past eleven.
b. It's ten to twelve.
c. It's ten past twelve.

6.
a. It's twenty to nine.
b. It's nine to twenty.
c. It's twenty past eight.

8.
a. It's quarter to five.
b. It's quarter past five.
c. It's quarter past four.

9.
a. It's half past two.
b. It's twenty-five to two.
c. It's twenty-five past two.

10.
a. It's four to five.
b. It's five past four.
c. It's five to five.

Part 24: Look at the clocks and write the

times.

1.
______________________________ .
7.
a. It's four past ten.
b. It's ten to four.

2.
____________________________ .

8.
______________________________ .

3.
____________________________ .
9.
______________________________ .

4.
____________________________ .
10.
______________________________ .

5.
____________________________ .

6.
____________________________ .

7.
____________________________ .

Part 25: Write the ordinal numbers.

1. 19th: __________
2. 25th : __________
3. 13th : __________
4. 21st : __________
5. 16th : __________
6. 2nd : ___________
7. 30th : __________

8. 3rd: ___________
9. 22nd : __________
10. 14th : __________
11. 13th : __________
12. 23rd : __________
13. 25th : __________
14. 11th : __________

Part 26: Write the words and write the ordinal

numbers.
1. M _ _ _ _ _ is the _ _ _ _ _ day of the week.
2. T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the _ _ _ _ _ _ day of the
week.
3. S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the _ _ _ _ _ day of the week.
4. S _ _ _ _ _ is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ day of the
week.
5. T _ _ _ _ _ _ is the _ _ _ _ _ _ day of the week.

6. W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the _ _ _ _ day of the

week.
7. F _ _ _ _ _ is the _ _ _ _ _ day of the week.