Personal Pronouns
a. My name is Robert Fleck. ________
1. Substitute the names using a
personal pronoun
Example: Paul __He__ invited Sheila
__she__ to go to the movies.
1 – Margaret ________ knows those
boys _______ very well.
2 – Charles and I _______
met Robert_______ last night.
3 – Francisco _______ didn't enjoy the
show _______, but his girlfriend
________ did.
4 – Don't blame Mary _________, she
didn't break those glasses ___________
5– Diana and Bill __________ invited me
and my wife _______ to their wedding.
6 – Will Monica _________ be sitting
next to William __________?
7 – Give my regards to your
parents_________!
2. Choose the right personal pronoun
for the sentences below.
Example: My name is Lorena. _I_ am a
teacher.
am a firefighter.
b. Lucie isn't from Russia. _________ is
from Brazil.
c. Alice and I are very thin! _________
are top models.
d. Elizabeth, Emily and John aren't
thin. ________ are kind of heavy.
e. Homer Simpson is Marge's
husband. __________ and his family are
from Springfield.
f. My doctor is from
Germany. __________ is a very good
doctor.
g. His friends are so strong. ___________
are athletes.
h. Her name is Michelle. __________ is
from Lyon, France.
i. Are Leslie and Fred football
players? ________ are so tall!
j. Her classmates aren't from
Japan. _________ are from China.
Verb To be
3. Complete the story with am/is/are
Example: Today ___is___Thursday.
It __is____ 9 o'clock in the morning.
The pupils ____are_ at school.
Their classroom ___is___ big and nice.
The window _are_____closed.
There _are______ four girls and three
boys in the classroom.
They ____is___sitting on the chairs.
Only one boy ____is___ on the floor. His
name ___is___ Roberto.
Roberto ____is____ working with a map.
His bag ____is______ on the green map.
The teacher _______is__ standing next to
the desk.
He ____is____ talking now.
The children _____are____ not listening
to him.
They ______are____ drawing.
4. Complete the text using the
appropriate verb to be.
Marcia _____is__ from Brazil.
She _____is__ 25 years old and works as
a secretary at ZLS Computers, in Dublin.
She _____is___ very communicative and
has a lot of friends. Two of her best
friends are Miguel and Pauline.
Miguel ___is______ from
Portugal. He _____is__ 27 years old.
Pauline ___is____ a very funny French
girl.
She _____is____ 30 years old. Marcia
and Miguel ___are______ single, but
Pauline ____is______ She ____is______
married to a doctor. She says they
____are______ very happy.
Marcia says she wants to go back to
Brazil, but she _____is_____ sure
she _____is____ going to miss her
friends
5. Fill in the blanks with am/is/are
1. Tom _____is___ a carpenter.
2. Terry and Linda ____are_____ from
Armenia.
3. Jack _____is______ a famous movie
star.
4. ____are______ Derek and Peter police
officers?
5. BMW ___is______ an expensive car
brand.
6. Alan's friends _____are____ doctors.
7. We ___are_______ at home.
8. I _____am____ a diligent student.
9. They _____are____ my friend's cousins.
10. Mr Jackson ______is_____ a pianist.
11. Daniel and Ryan _____are____
mechanical engineers.
12. _____are_____ they soldiers?
13. His shoes _____are____ new.
14. ______is___ you the boss?
15. ____is_____ Judy beautiful?
3. We ____are______
______drawing____ (draw)
4. It ____is______ __flying________ (fly)
5. My father _____is______
____driving______ (drive)
6. She _____is_____
___eating_________ (eat)
7. Pam ____is______
____playing_______ (play)
8. We ____are_______
____riding______ (ride)
9. I _____am________
___walking_______ (walk)

10. You ____are_______

____writing______ (write)

6. Fill in the blanks with am / is / are +

verb + ing

1. They ______are ___ reading____

__________ (read)
2. She ______is____ ______singing____
(sing)
11. He ___is_________ __standing__________ (stand)
___sleeping________ (sleep) 16. Pim ______is______
___looking__________at the cat. (look)
12. I _____am______
17. We ______are______
_______sitting______ (sit)
___speaking_________ Chinese. (speak)
13. My mother _____is_______
18. I ___am_________
___cooking________ (cook)
___going_________to school. (go)
14. I ___am_________
____listening________ (listen)
15. He ____is________

Who are they? Where are they? What are they doing?
Right now, it is Monday morning. Mike and Tina are at home. They are sitting at a table.
They are eating breakfast.

At this moment, Tina is drinking coffee. She is eating a pastry. She is sitting across the table
from Mike. She is talking to Mike.

Mike is Tina’s husband. He is sitting at the table with Tina. He is also drinking coffee.
Mike is listening to Tina.

After breakfast, Mike and Tina are leaving for work. They work in the city. They are riding
the bus to work.

7. Answer the following questions. Use the Present Progressive tense.

1. Where are Mike and Tina on Monday morning? What are they doing?

Monday morning Mike and Tina are at home sitting

at a table having breakfast

2. Where is Tina sitting now? What is Tina eating?

She is sitting on the other side of Mike's table. She

is eating a cupcake

3. Where are Mike and Tina going after breakfast? How are they getting there?

After breakfast, Mike and Tina going to work. They

traveling by bus to work.

3. My parents ___do____ (do) the shopping.

4. We sometimes ___meet____ (meet) in

front of the cinema.

5. Uncle George __goes______ (go) to the

doctor's.

6. Our friends __play_____ (play) football in

the park.

7. She ___goes___ (go) to the park every

Friday.

8. He ____rides____ (ride) his bike every

day.
8. Fill in the following sentences using
present simple 9. We ____have____ (have) the best ideas.

10. Carol ___saies____ (say) good bye.

1. My sister ___reads_____ (read) a book.

2. Frank ___likes_____ (like) dogs.

 14. Bill _____haves____ (have) got two

notebooks.

15. I _____am_____ (be) at home.

9. Find the signal words for simple present.

Which is a signal word for simple present?

a. now b. last Monday c. often
Which is a signal word for simple present?
a. sometimes b. at the
moment c. yesterday
Which is a signal word for simple present?
a. last Friday b. every Friday c. next
Friday
Which is not a signal word for simple present?
a. never b. already c. usually
11. She ____is____ (be) the best singer
Which is not a signal word for simple present?
12. My sister ______lives__ (live) in a big
a. Listen! b. first ... then ... c. seldom
house.

13. The children __eat______ (eat)

hamburgers.
10. Complete the text using present simple

Meg is a very active person and she's really fit. She's mad about tennis. She _____practises____
(practise) a lot and she's a fantastic player! I __not play________ (not play) because I'm terrible at
sport, but I __love______ (love) to see her play tennis. I ___go______ (go) to the tennis club to
watch her. I'm lazy, so I __not exercise_______ (not exercise) a lot. Meg is a very friendly person
and people __think______ (think) that she's great. She's always with someone -she ___not
loke______ (not like) to be alone. We ___go_____ (go) to a lot of parties, sometimes two or three
a week! Everyone is her friend and she _speaks_______ (speak) to everyone.
People ___tell______ (tell) her their problems. She __knows_______ (know) everything about
everyone!
11. Write a common and useful verbs in infinitive, past and past participle
Infinitive Pa Past
st Partici
ple
Buy bought bought
Cut cut cut
Do did done hacer
Draw drew drawn dibujar
Dream dreamt dreamt soñar
Drink drank drunk beber
Drive drove driven conducir
Eat ate eaten comer
Fall fell fallen

Fly flew flown volar

Forbid forbade forbidden prohibir
Forget forgot forgotten olvidar(se)
Forgive forgave forgiven perdonar
Freeze froze frozen helar(se)
Get got got conseguir
Give gave given dar
Go went gone
12. Fill in the past simple tense.
On Friday, the children __talked______ (talk) about a day out together in the country. The next
morning, they __goed_______ (go) to the country with their two dogs and ____played______
(play) together. Ben and Dave __haved______ (have) some kites. Some time later the
dogs ___were______ (be) not there. So they ___called______ (call) them and ___looked_______
(look) for them in the forest. After half an hour the children ____finded____ (find) them
and ____taked______ (take) them back. Charlie ____was_____ (be) very happy to see them
again. At lunch time Nick ___goed_______ (go) to the bikes and ____fetched____ (fetch) the
basket with some meat sandwiches. Then they __played_______ (play) football. Nick and
Dave _wined______ (win). In the evening they ___rided_____ (ride) home.

13. Change the verb into the past simple

I ________studied___ (study) all night yesterday.
We _____played____ (play) poker after dinner.
After escaping from prison, he ___robbed______ (rob) a bank.
He ____stared______ (start) playing chess at the age of 7.
We _____arrived_____ (arrive) home very late.
We ___visited_______ (visit) the Louvre while we were in Paris.
He ___tried______ (try) to escape.
I _______stoped___ (stop) smoking when I was 30.
When I was a child, I ____hated_____ (hate) fish.
We really _____enjoyed____ (enjoy) the concert.

14. Write your own text using the past simple tense.

Andrea left home when she was 18. She didn’t want to go to university, so she went to work
in a book shop in London. One day, a customer came to the store. His name was Carlos and
he was tall and handsome. He liked Andrea, and asked her out.

They went out to dinner and had a nice time. Carlos told Sally that he worked in a bank in
the financial district.

Andrea liked Carlos, too. After dinner, they kissed in front of her door. She smiled and said
that she hoped she would see him again.

Nobody is sure how it happened, but Andre and Carlos ell hopelessly in love, and ended up
getting married.
They moved into a small flat together, and paid incredibly high rent for a few years, until
Andrea announced that she was pregnant.

Carlos asked for a loan from the bank so they could buy a nicer flat in a friendlier
neighborhood outside London, and a few months later Andrea had her baby. They named
the baby Samanta.

The children ____were_________brushing

15. Decide whether to use 'was' or 'were'.
Boris ___was_______ learning English.
They ___were_________swimming in the
lake.
Your father ___was_________ repairing the
car.
I _____were________ reading a magazine.
You _____were_________ packing your bag.
My friends ____were_______ watching the
match on TV.
It _____was________ raining.
The dog _______was________ barking.
their teeth.
Anne and
Maureen ____were_________singing a song.
16. Read the story to answer the questions
below
Yesterday, it was raining and thundering all
day. Ann was playing inside the house. She
wanted to be outside. She wasn't playing
outside because it was raining. She was
feeling tired of being trapped inside the
house.
Ann was trying to keep busy inside the house.
She was reading her book until the electricity
went out. Then, she decided to practice her
sewing. She was practicing sewing until
lunchtime. After lunch, she sat by the window At the end of the story, the rain stopped. What
and watched the rain. was Ann doing?

While Ann was watching the rain, the phone

rang. Her mother was calling to say she was
coming home. She was bringing a new game. Ann was eating ice cream
Ann and her mother ate ice cream and played
the game.
and playing the game.

While they were playing, the rain stopped! But

Ann didn't even notice. She was having such
a good time with her mom!

Where was Ann playing yesterday? Why

wasn't she playing outside?

Ann was playing inside

the house. She was not
playing outside because
she was crying.

What was Ann doing before the electricity

went out? What was she doing until
lunchtime?

He was reading his book

until the light went out. I
was practicing sewing until
lunchtime
 6. Charlie (hide) _____hides______ in my
wardrobe when Lola found him. She
screamed!
7. The computer (break)
___breaking__________ when I was
checking my bank balance.
8. She was smiling until the terrible singer
(come) ____coming_________ on stage.
9. I (live) _____lives_________ in Cape Town
when Michelle Obama visited.
10. My parents were watching me carefully
but my brother (distract) _______________
them so I could sneak out the window!

17. Complete with present simple or

present progressive

1. The children (play) _____play________ in

the park when it started to rain.
2. I was watching a movie when I (notice)
___noticeing_________ him standing outside.
3. She arrived when I (have)
_____haves__________ a bath, so I couldn't
answer the door!
4. I (see) ____seeing___________ a famous
celebrity when I was shopping on Oxford
Street yesterday.
5. She was drinking too much so she (fall)
__falling________ I hope she learnt her
lesson!