Big English 4 Unit 1

Part 1: Present simple practice please complete the chart with the
correct present simple form

Pronoun Verb Pronoun Verb Verb

do have Wear
I do I
You You have
He does He
She She has
It It
We Do We
They They have

Now complete the questions with the correct form of the verb do and
then answer the question

1. What _________ your mother like to do? (sing)

2. What _________ your father wear? (black shoes)

3. What _________ your grandparents have on their farm? (horses and cows)

4. When ________ you go to school? (7 oclock)

5. What ________ she have in her bag? (books)

6. ______ you know how to swim? (No)

No, I __________.

7. _____ he have black hair?(Yes)

Yes, he _________. He_____________________________________.

8. _____ she live in Yuexiu?(No Tianhe)

No, she __________. She __________________________________.

Part 2: Describing people - Please put the words in order to answer the
question
 1. Whats Bob like? Bob/short/has /tall/is/and/brown hair/curly

2. Whats Katya like? long/ Katya/ wears/ has/ hair/and/blond/glasses/straight

3. Whats Peter like? Peter/very/is/and/has/chubby /short/hair/black

4. Whats Mohammed like? Long/is/tall/and/brown/thin/has/and/hair

/Mohammed

5. Whats Liz like? blond/and/is/short/Liz/cute/and/long/wavy/hair/and

Part 3: Please turn to page 2 in your workbook and describe the two girls
on page 2. Write 2 sentences 1 sentence about appearance and 1
sentence about personality

1. Lisa wears white shoes.

2. Tanya wears brown boots.

Part 4: Comparatives please complete the chart with the correct form of
the comparative adjective

Adjective (adj.) Comparative form Adj. Comparative adj.

Old Young
Big Small
Thin Fat
long Short
dark light
heavy Light
curly Straight
smart Funny
Friendly

Part 5: Pronouns and personal pronouns please complete the chart

Personal Possessive determiner Possessive pronoun

Pronoun
 I my mine
You your yours
He his his
She her hers
It its its
We our ours
They their theirs
You your yours

Part 6: using comparatives complete the sentences about each student

on pages 3 & 4

1. Darren is ______________ (short) than Bryan.

2. Darrens hair is ________________(dark) than Bryans.

3. Trish is ________________ than Natalie. Natalies hair is ______________ than

Trishs.

4. Larry is ________________(friendly) than Darren. Larrys hair is ____________

___than Darrens.

5. Christinas hair is _______________(curly) than her fathers.

6. Christinas father is ______________ ___than her.

7. Christina is ____________________ than her father.

8. Amandas hair is ________________ than Christinas.

9. Amanda is _________________ than Christina.

10.Amanda and Christina are both really _______________.

Part 6: Please write 5 sentences comparing you with your teacher (David)

1. Davids hair is _______________________________________.

2. ______________________________________________________________________________
.

3. ______________________________________________________________________________
.

4. ______________________________________________________________________________
.

5. ______________________________________________________________________________
.
 Part 7: comparing pictures of people please compare two people
that you know. First introduce them and describe them. Then
compare the two people.

Ex. Sarah is tall, thin and beautiful. She has long, wavy, blond hair and wears
glasses. She has three people in her family. She is really smart and friendly.
She has a small, cute dog.
Emily is short and a bit chubby. She is pretty. She has curly, black hair.
There are five people in her family. She is shy. Emily has a big, ugly dog.

1. Sarah is thinner than Emily.

2. Emilys hair is longer than Sarahs.
3. Emilys dog is

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Now write your own descriptions (2 people) and make comparisons (5

sentences)