Simple Present Tense

1. Christopher __________ (drive) a bus.

2. We __________ (not have) some money.
3. __________ (you watch) movies?
4. They __________ (not work) for us.
5. I __________ (love) to dance.
6. She __________ (have) many friends.
7. Alexis and her husband always __________ (come) for the summer.
8. __________ (he draw) well?
9. James __________ (not remember) me.
10. Laura __________ (be) a beautiful girl.
11. I ____________________ (not eat) cheese.
12. Cats _________(like) to sleep.
13. You __________ (be) a smart boy.
14. She __________ (wash) the dishes every evening.
15. __________ (you be) ready?
16. I __________ (not be) ready.

Put the sentences from the present into the past tense.

1. He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he __________ to work by bus.

2. They always get up early. This morning they __________ up late.
3. Bill often loses his key. He __________ one last Saturday.
4. I write a letter to Jane every week. Last week I __________ two letters.
5. She meets her friends every evening. She _________ them yesterday evening,
too.
6. I usually read two newspapers every day. I only __________ a newspaper
yesterday.
7. They come to my house every Friday. Last Friday they __________ , too.
8. We usually go to the cinema on Sunday. We ___________ to the cinema last
Sunday, too.
9. Tom always has a shower in the morning. Tom __________ a shower this
morning, too.
10. They buy a new car every year. Last year they __________ a new car, too.
11. I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I __________ two oranges.
12. We usually do our shopping on Monday. We __________ our shopping last
Monday, too.
13. Ann often takes photos. Last weekend she __________ some photos.
14. We leave at 8.30 every morning. But yesterday we ___________ at 8.00.

Degree of Comparison (Comparative and Superlative)

Put the adjectives between brackets in the correct form
1. My brother has a (tidy)_________________________ room than me.
2. Australia is (big) _________________________ than England.
3. I'm (good) _________________________ now than yesterday.
4. She's got (little) _________________________ money than you, but she
doesn't care.
5. He thinks Chinese is (difficult) _________________________ language in
the world
6. Valencia played (bad) _________________________ than Real Madrid
yesterday.
7. Cats are not (intelligent) _________________________ as dogs.
8. Show me (good) _________________________ restaurant downtown.
9. The (hot) _________________________ desert of all is the Sahara and it's
in Africa.
10. Who is (talkative) _________________________ person in your family?

Common or Proper Nouns 1

Are these nouns common nouns or proper nouns? Write 'common' or
'proper' in the box.

1. San Francisco ( ____________________ )

2. John Smith ( ____________________ )
3. Brother ( ____________________ )
4. Motorbike ( ____________________ )
5. Museum of Modern Art ( ____________________ )
6. September ( ____________________ )
7. Girl ( ____________________ )
8. Morocco ( ____________________ )
9. Park ( ____________________ )
10. Lucy ( ____________________ )
Give the punctuation marks to make them into Direct Speech. Don’t forget to
capitalize where necessary.

1. Bill said I work in a bank

2. We said we went out last night.

3. I said I'm coming

4. I said I was waiting for the bus when he arrived.

5. She said I'd never been there before.

6. Mike said I didn't go to the party.

7. My friend said lucy will come later.

8. Mom said he hasn't eaten breakfast.

9. The teacher said I can help you tomorrow.

10. Dad said you should go to bed early.