Elementary Unit 1a

Exercises

Exercises
1 Match the questions to the answers.
1 Where are you from? c a Yes, they are.
2 Are you married? b About 50.
3 Is it sunny? c Poland.
4 How old are they? d Yes, it is. It’s a beautiful day.
5 Are they all here for a holiday? e Yes, I am.
6 Are you her husband? f No, I’m not. She’s my friend.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb be. Use contracted forms where
possible.
1 He ’s a photographer.
2 I from India.
3 They my friends.
4 No, I from England, I’m from Scotland.
5 No, she my girlfriend, she’s my wife.
6 No, we married, we’re divorced.
7 you a journalist? Yes, I .
8 the weather cold today? No, It . It’s hot outside.
9 Where they from?
10 How old your cat?
3 Put the words in the correct order. Use contracted forms where possible.
1 Sally is at not university Sally isn’t at university.
2 they at are school ?
3 in why are Australia you ?
4 we Brazil not are from
5 Canada he from is ?
6 are not my children home at
7 the beautiful house is
8 I am not at work today
4 Answer these questions for you. Use full sentences with be.
1 Where are you from? I’m from Brazil.
2 What’s your surname? My surname
3 Are you English?
4 Are you married?
5 Are your friends students?
6 How old is your best friend?
7 Who is your best friend?

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Exercises

2 Match the person to the object and complete the sentences, using possessive ’s.

1 mobile 2 books 3 sunglasses

Harry

Lisa

Tim

4 camera 5 laptop 6 trainers

1 It’s Harry’s mobile. 3 They’re . 5 It’s .

2 They’re Lisa’s books. 4 It’s . 6 They’re .
3 Complete the text with his, her, their or its.
Ana’s Argentinian but 1
husband, Jacob, isn’t from Argentina.
2
father’s Nigerian and
3
mother’s Scottish. Ana has a
sister and a brother. 4 sister’s
a teacher and 5
brother’s a
doctor. He’s married. 6 wife’s
Italian. They have two children: a son and a
daughter. 7 daughter’s ten and
8
son’s six. They also have a
dog. 9 name is Rex.
4 Choose the correct word.
1 We / Our new motorbike is fantastic. 5 What’s it’s / its name?
2 She / Her is a doctor. 6 We / Our have a house near here.
3 Where are you / your glasses? 7 He / His mobile is on the table.
4 He / His father is from the USA. 8 I / My mother is from Madrid.
5 Write the sentences with possessive adjectives.
1 It’s Harry’s mobile. It’s his mobile.
2 They’re Jane and Julie’s books. They’re their books.
3 It’s Lisa’s laptop.
4 They’re my parent’s passports.
5 It’s my brother’s phone.
6 It’s my brothers’ house.

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2a(1)
Exercises

Exercises
1 Complete the sentences with There’s or There are.
1 There’s a table in the kitchen. 4 There's a table in front of the sofa.
2 There are four chairs next to the table. 5 There's a sofa between the windows.
3 There's no television in the bedroom. 6 There are two bathrooms.

2 Match the sentences to the apartments.

1 The bedroom’s big. B 8 There’s a chair next to the bed. A
2 The bedroom’s small. A 9 There’s a big bed in the middle of the room. B
3 The chair’s behind the door in the bathroom. B 10 There’s a big sofa. A
4 The television’s in front of the sofa. A 11 There’s a big window in the living room. B
5 There are four chairs and a table in 12 There’s a shower – there isn’t a bath. A

the middle of room. B 13 There’s a table and four chairs between the


6 There are three windows in the living room. A windows. B
7 There’s a bath and there’s a shower. B 14 There isn’t a sofa. B

A B

3 Look at the picture and write sentences. Use the words in brackets.
1 (two windows)
There are two windows in the room.
2 (a big sofa)
There’s a big sofa in the middle of the room.
3 (two chairs)
There are two chairs next to the windows
4 (desk)
There's a desk behind the sofa
5 (computer)
There's a computer on the desk
6 (television)
There's a television in front of the sofa

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Exercises

2 Look at the list of floors in the hotel. Write the answers to the questions.

1 Is there a restaurant in the hotel? Yes, there is. It’s on the first floor.
2 Is there a gym? No, there isn’t.
3 Is there a swimming pool? Yes, there is. It's on the second floor

4 Is there a café? Yes, there is. It's on the third floor


5 Is there a cash machine? No, there isn't


6 Where’s reception? They're on the ground floor


3 Read the answers and look at the map. Write the questions. Then listen and check.

1 Is there a cinema near here?

Yes, there is. It’s in Gill Street, next to the café.
2 Is there a cafe near here?
Yes, there is. It’s next to the cinema.
3 Is there a taxi near here?
Yes, there is. It’s in Burton Street, behind the café.
4 Is there a swimming pool near here?
Yes, there is. It’s in Long Street.
5 Is there a restaurant near here?
Yes, there is. It’s opposite the cinema.
6 Is there an ATM near here?
Yes, there is. It’s between the supermarket and the
restaurant.

4 Answer these questions about your town.

1 Is there a cinema? Where is it?
Yes, there is. It’s in Union Street opposite the pizza restaurant.
2 Is there a cash machine? Where is it?

3 Is there a supermarket? Where is it?

4 Is there a swimming pool? Where is it?

5 Is there a taxi rank? Where is it?

6 Is there an Italian restaurant? Where is it?

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Exercises

2 Look at the pictures and write sentences. Use the words in the table.

1 These trainers are old.

coat
This
hat is 2
That big.
shirt 3
small.
shoes old. 4
These
trainers are
Those 5
trousers
6

1 2
3

5 6
4

3 Look at the pictures and complete the conversations.

1 2 3

A: That’s my phone. A: That’s A: Those

B: Which one? B: Which ? B: Which ?
A: The black one. A: The A: The

4 Complete the conversation with one, that or which. Then listen and check.
A: Who’s 1 girl?
B: 2 3
?
A: The 4 in the red shoes.
B: 5 ’s Sue. She’s my girlfriend.

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 Elementary Unit 3a
Exercises

Exercises
1 Match the questions to the answers.
1 Do you like your job? d a No, I don’t. I study it at a language school.
2 Where do you live? b Yes, I do. Can I help you?
3 Do you study English at university? c It’s fun and every day is different.
4 What do you do? d No, I don’t. But I like my company.
5 Do you work here? e I’m a doctor.
6 Why do you like your job? f In a small town, but I work in the city.

2 Rewrite the sentences using the form in brackets.

1 I like pizza. (negative) I don’t like pizza.
2 You like your job. (question) Do you like your job?
3 We study English (negative)
4 They don’t start work at nine. (affirmative)
5 I have my lunch at midday. (negative)
6 You go to school. (question)
7 They don’t meet friends at the weekend. (affirmative)
8 I eat in cafés. (negative)
9 You have a car. (question)

3 Complete the conversation with do or don’t.

Man: Where 1 do you live? Man: Yes, I 5 .
Woman: In Rome. Woman: Why 6
you like it?
Man: What do you 2 ? Man: It’s fun. The people are great.
Woman: I work in a shop. Woman: Do you have any new jobs in your
Man: 3
you like your job? company?
Woman: No, I 4 . Do you like Man: No, we 7 .
your job?

4 Choose an affirmative or negative verbs and complete these sentences so they are true for you.
1 I live / don’t live
2 I work / don’t work
3 I like / don’t like
4 I study / don’t study
5 I eat / don’t eat
6 I go to / don’t go to

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 Elementary Unit 3b
Exercises

Exercises
1 Choose the correct verbs. Then listen and check.
 y wife 1work / works in a bank and I 2work / works in a hospital. I 3start / starts work
M
at nine o’clock every day. My wife 4start / starts at eight but she 5have / has a break at half
past ten. We both 6have / has lunch at half past twelve. She 7finish / finishes work at five o’clock
and I 8finish / finishes at half past five. In the evening she 9study / studies English and I
10
watch / watches television.

2 Look at the timetable and complete the description of Sophie and Emma’s routines.

Sophie Emma Larry Dan

Sophie and Emma are chefs. They work in a restaurant.
start 10:00 09:30 16:30 17:00 Sophie 1 starts work at ten o’clock and Emma
2
starts at half past nine. They 3 have
break 15:00 15:00 19:30 19:30
a break at three o’clock. Sophie 4 finishes work at
finish 16:30 16:00 23:30 24:00 half past four and Emma 5 finishes at four o’clock.

3 Look at the timetable in Exercise 2 again. Write a description of Larry and Dan’s routines.

Larry starts
 work at half

4 Match the answers to the questions.

1 Do you like Tom Cruise? c a Yes, she does. She loves Italian food.
2 Does your Mum like pasta? b At nine o’clock
3 Do you like rock music? c Yes, I do. He’s great.
4 Does your boyfriend like hip-hop? d No, he doesn’t. He likes classical music.
5 What time does the lesson finish? e Yes, I do, but I prefer jazz.

5 Complete the conversations with do, does, don’t, doesn’t, like or likes. Then listen and check.
1 A: Do you like pasta?
B: No, I .
2 A: your boyfriend Chinese food?
B: No, he but he Japanese food.
3 A: your parents sushi?
B: My mother it but my father .

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