WORKSHEET 1

SUBJECT : Subject Pronouns and Verb “ To Be “

A) Fill in the blanks using “HE, SHE, IT, WE, THEY”:

cat and horse………… Mary…………… Tom ……………

Jack and I ………….. books …………. sister ………….
You and Dave ……….. plane …………. sunshine ……….
cheese ……………… cactus ………… parents …………..
Pamela ……………… news ................ scissors ...................
geese ……………. flowers ………… piano …………….
school …………. daughter ………… milk ……………
children ……….. sugar ……….. feet …………..
bicycle ………… Ann and Kate ………. tennis ………….
son ……………. mice …………… sky …………….
shop ……………. buses ………….. papers …………
Mr. Green …………… brother-in-law ………….. picture ………..
friendship …………. dolphin ………… The Riggs family ………..

B) Fill in the blanks using “AM, IS, ARE, AM NOT, ISN’T, AREN’T”:

1. It......................an onion. (+) 11. İzmir...................a city. (+)

2. Jasmine................a student. (-) 12. He ……… a postman. (+)
3. We..............friends. (+) 13. It..............nine o’clock. (+)
4. I..............hungry. (-) 14. Manhattan...................an island. (-)
5. Mark..............20 years old. (+) 15. Mr. Richards …… a lawyer. (+)
6. A bee...............a big insect. (-) 16. I ………..ill. I..................happy. (+ / -)
7. Newsweek..................a magazine. (+) 17. London...............a big city. (+)
8. I..................a professional football 18. Dave and Adrian ………… sisters. They ……..
player. (-) brothers. (- / +)
9. I know you. You ……. in my class. (+) 19. New York..............near to New Jersey. (+)
10.Cows ……… insects. They ……. 20. Susan and I ……….. teachers. We ………..
mammals. (- / +) students. (- / +)

C) Fill in the blanks using “AM, IS, ARE, AM NOT, ISN’T, AREN’T”:

1. Germany, England, and Spain..................cities.

2. A lemon ……….. sweet. It...........sour.
3. Copper ……….. cheap. Diamonds.................expensive.
4. Airplanes …….. slow. They...............fast.
5. Ice cream and candy............sweet.
6. Today ……… cloudy. It...........bright.
7. My brother ……… married. He …… single.
8. I ……… from Turkey. I...........from Canada.
9. Maths ……… hard. It................easy.
10. Mariah … a beautiful girl. She..............ugly.
D) Rewrite the sentences by using “ IS, ISN’T, AM, AM NOT”:

1. London aren’t a country. …….London isn’t a country……………..

2. The United States aren’t a city. …………………………………………….
3. An elephant am not a small animal. …………………………………………….
4. English and Turkish isn’t sister languages. …………………………………………….
5. Mercedes aren’t a bike. …………………………………………….
6. Is I a student ? …………………………………………….
7. Mrs. Stuart aren’t a poor woman. …………………………………………….
8. Cigarettes isn’t good for people. …………………………………………..
9. The North Pole am not hot. …………………………………………..
10. Simon are from United Kingdom. …………………………………………..

E) Complete this postcard by using “AM, IS, ARE, AM NOT , ISN’T,AREN’T”:

Hello!
My name ….is….. Jack, and this ….is… Sue.
She ……. my sister. Sue............twelve years old and I …… sixteen.
We ……. adults. We …….. students. We ……… Canadians. We ………….
Americans.
We ……….. from Chicago. Chicago...............in the United States.
Best
regards,
Jack

F) Write short sentences:

Example:
(Chris, 9, student, short, not Chinese)
…..Chris is nine years old. He is a student. He is short. He isn’t Chinese…….. .

1. (Leonard and Mike, 25, firemen, tall, American)

………………………………….………………………………………………………..
2. (Patty and Brian, 12, not electrician, short, not Turkish children)
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. (Natalie and I, nurse, not tall, French)
…………………………………………………………………………………………....
4. (Mark, 19, accountant, short, British)
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. (Cengiz, 23, lieutenant, not blonde, Turkish)
………………………………………………………………………………………….

G) Build up sentences:

1. Mike / drummer (-) …..Mike isn’t a drummer…………...................

2. Charlie and Chris / policemen(+) …………………………………………………..
3. Danny and Rick / singers (-) ………………………………………………….
4. Salem and Lucky / puppies (+) ………………………………………………….
5. Rome / London / cities (+) ………………………………………………….
H) Choose the best answer:

1. Maggie and Carol.....................good friends.

a) am b) are c) is d) isn’t

2. Sue...............a science teacher.

a) are not b) is c) are d) am

3. Mark Steven ………….. a student at Kennedy High School. It...........an old school.
a) am / is b) are / is c) is / am d) is / is

4. Margarita ……….. from Spain. I...................from Turkey.

a) is / am b) are / is c) am / is d) is / are

5. You and I.........................at the same age.

a) am isn’t c) are d) is

I) Change the sentences into questions:

Example: I am an engineer. ……Am I an engineer?……….

1. You are ill. …………………………………………………..

2. Linda is a pretty girl. …………………………………………………..
3. Belinda is a singer. …………………………………………………..
4. Nick is an actor. …………………………………………………..
5. We are good friends. …………………………………………………..
6. He is an officer. …………………………………………………
7. It is an eraser. …………………………………………………
8. You and Eddie are partners. …………………………………………………
9. Rosie is angry. …………………………………………………
10. Jack and I aren’t good swimmers. …………………………………………………

J) Give a short and a long answer:

Example:  Is it a car? …No, it isn’t.

What is it? …It is a house…….

1)  Is it a fish? …………………….. 8)  Is it Saturn? ……………………..

What is it? …………………... What is it? ……………………

2)  Is it a river? ….……….…. 9)  Is it a mountain? …

What is it? …………………….. What is it? ……………………….
3)  Is it a radio? …………………….. 10)  Is it a CD player? ……………..
What is it? ……………………… What is it? ……………………….

4)  Are these tomatoes ? …………… 11)  Are these farms? …………….

What are they? ………………………. What are they ? ……………………

5)  Are these pencils ? ……………… 12)  Is this a motorcycle? ………….

What are they? …………………………… What is it? ..………………………..

6)  Is it a school bus? …………….. 13)  Is it a bottle? …………………

What is it? …………………………. What is it? …………………………

7)  Is it a horse? …………………. 14)  Are these tables? ………

What is it? ………………………… What are they ? …………………

K) Give long answers:

Example: Are you a scientist? ………Yes, I am a scientist.………………

1. Are you a student? Yes, …………………………………………….

2. Is Tom in the park? No, ……………………………………………..
3. Is it a poetry book? Yes, …………………………………………….
4. Are Mary and John friends? Yes, …………………………………………….
5. Am I an executive ? No, ……………………………………………..
6. Is Thomas fifteen years old? Yes, …………………………………………….
7. Are your earrings expensive? No, ……………………………………………..
8. Is ice cream hot ? No, ……………………………………………..
9. Are lemons yellow and sour? Yes,……………………………………………..
10. Are Andy and Jack girls? No, ……………………………………………..

L) Build up questions and give answers:

Example: engineer / William Is William an engineer? Yes, he is an engineer. (+)

1. good rider / Steve …………………….…… ?............................................(+)

2. lazy students / Mark and Lucy …………………………..?............................................(- )
3. soup / hot ……..………………….…?.............................................(+)
4. the baby / asleep ……………………………?............................................(- )
5. basketball team / L.A. Lakers ……………………………?............................................(+)

M) Answer these questions:

1. Are trees green or gray? ………...……………………………………

 WORKSHEET 46

SUBJECT : Articles

A) Put in A / AN or THE. Sometimes you don’t need either word – you leave it blank.

1. There was ………….. waiter standing at ………… entrance of..................restaurant. I

ordered him ……….. glass of..............vodka with some juice in it.
2. There was ……….. question I wanted to ask ……….. biology teacher about ……….
cangroo. She had said ………… cangroo carried her baby in...............kind of bag in
………. front part of...............her body. I wanted to know how many baby cangroos it
could carry at...............time.
3. “Is that your wife?”
“No, my wife’s ………. woman in..............red dress.”
4. I work with ………. man and two women. ………. man is quite nice, but..............women
are not very friendly.
5. What’s in..............newspaper?
6. Can you show me..............that book, please?
7. What’s ………. name of ………. woman in..............blue dress?
8. ……….. water turns into................ice at 0 degree C.
9. I like ………… steak, but I don’t like...............eggs.
10. She lives in ………… nice flat on ………. fifth floor of...............old house.
11. It’s terrible - ……….. eggs are $ 2...............dozen.
12. There was ………. boy and ………. girl in the room................boy was Japanese but
……….. girl looked foreign. She was wearing.................fur coat.
13. This morning I bought …………. newspaper and ……….. magazine...............newspaper
is in my bag but I don’t know where.................magazine is.
14. “Have you got..............car?”
“No, I’ve never had..................car in my life.”
15. We don’t go to ……….. cinema very much these days. In fact, in..............town where we
live there isn’t..................cinema.
16. Don’t stay in that hotel..................beds are very uncomfortable.
17. After I leave ………… school, I want to go to.................university.

B) Put in A / AN or THE. Sometimes you don’t need either word – you leave it blank.

1. John Colloway is …………. bank manager. He works in ………… bank in..............center

of ……… London. Every morning he gets up at seven o’clock, has.............breakfast and
……… cup of ……….. coffee, and reads ……….”Times”. Then he goes to..............work
by …….. bus. In ………. morning, he usually makes...............telephone calls, sees
……….. customers and ………… dictates ………… letters. He has..............lunch at
……….. restaurant near ……… bank. In...............afternoon he works until five or five-
thirty, and then goes ………. home. He doesn’t work on...............Saturdays or Sundays;
he goes to ………… cinema or reads. He likes …………. novels and...............history. He
is not married. He has ……….. sister in ………. Oxford and ……….. brother in ………..
London.
2. Have you got...............camera?
3. You need ………. visa to visit................foreign countries, but not all of them.
4. When we reached the city center,.................shops were still open but most of them were
already closed.
5. Jack has got ……….. very long legs, so he’s................fast runner.
6. I’m looking for ………… job. And did Ann get..............job she applied for?
 7. Did ………. police find..............person who stole your bicycle?
8. We went out for ………… meal last night...................restaurant we went to was excellent.
9. This morning I had...............boiled egg and toast for breakfast.
10. Tom always gives Ann...................flowers on her birthday.
11. I went into the shop and asked to speak to...............manager.
12. There’s no need to buy any milk....................milkman brings it every morning.
13. It was warm and sunny, so we decided to sit in..................garden.
14. Jane is ……….. teacher. Her parents were...............teachers too.
15. Bill’s got...............big feet.
16. Would you like to be...............actor?

C) Put a suitable article into the blanks:

1. My neighbour is ……….. photographer; let’s ask him for...............advice about colour

films.
2. I had ……… very bad night; I didn’t sleep..............wink.
3. He is ………… vegeterian; you won’t get..............meat at his house.
4. ………… youngest boy has just started going to ……….. school;..............eldest boy is at
………… college.
5. I went to ………… school to talk to..................headmistress. I persuaded her to let Ann
give up …………. gymnastics and take..............ballet lessons instead.
6. There was ………. knock on ………. door. I opened it and found.................small dark
man in ………. check overcoat and.............soft hat.
7. - Are John and Mary...............cousins?
- No, they aren’t ………. cousins; they are ……….. brother and.............sister.
8. ……….. postman’s little boy says that he’d rather be ………… dentist than ………..
doctor, because …………. dentists don’t get called out at...............night.
9. - Would you like to hear ………… story about ……….. Englishman,...................Irishman
and..............Scotsman?
- No. I’ve heard ……….. stories about ……….. Englishmen,..................Irishmen and
………… Scotsmen before and they are all...............same.
10. “………. modern burglars don’t hide under..............beds.” said her daughter.
11. ……….. most of ………… stories that ………… people tell about................Irish aren’t
true.
12. Like many women, she loves ……….. tea parties and.................gossip.
13. On ……….. Sundays my father stays in …………. bed till ten o’clock, reading ……….
Sunday papers.
14. I have ……….. little money left; let’s have dinner in...............restaurant.
15. - I hope you have ………… lovely time and.................good weather.
- But I’m not going for ………… holiday; I’m going on..................business.
16. During ………. meal he gives her ………. instructions about...............garden and she tells
him...............village gossip.
17. My mother goes to …………church in …………. morning, and in.................afternoon
goes to visit.................friends.

D) Some of the blank spaces below need ARTICLES, others do not. Fill in the articles
where needed.

1. Tobacco is one of ………… most important products of...............South.

2.fresh air is needed by all people.
3. …………. cotton which comes from ………… Alabama is better than..............cotton
which comes from.................Oklahoma.
4.air in this room is fresh.
 5. ………. important products which we ger from ………… India are ……….. tea, ………
cotton, and.................rice.
6.telephone seldom rings in our home.
7. …………. silver is …………. conductor of..................electricity.
8. I get on ………… train at..................same place every day.
9. ………… rain and ………… sun are needed for …………. raising of.............vegetables.
10. Mary is waving to us from across..................street.
11. ………… sun is shining but part of.................sky is still covered with clouds.
12.women use much make-up.
13. Sometimes everyone must take.................medicine.
14.coffee will keep you awake all night.
15. …………. medicine which...................doctor prescribed helped me.
16.tea seems to keep some people awake.
17. He likes to study....................French.
18.coffee is very strong.
19. In that course, we study …………. history of all.................important countries of Asia.
20. …………. coffee which comes from Brazil is.................best.

E) Some of the blank spaces below need ARTICLES, others do not. Fill in the articles
where needed.

1. He went to.................Spain last month.

2. When you go to …………. Spain, be sure to see..................Madrid.
3. He works in ………… building on ………… corner of ………. Tenth Ave. and 62nd St.
4. ………… Tokyo is ………… largest city in...............World.
5. ………… traffic on.................Jones Avenue is heavy.
6. ………… Miami is ………… center of..................tobacco industry.
7. ……… Rio Grande River forms …………. boundary between..............U.S. and Mexico.
8. ………… rivers of …………..eastern part of..................United States flow toward
…………. East Coast.
9. …………. largest river in …………. America is..................Mississippi.
10.New York subway trains are very comfortable.
11. …………. climate of................southern Florida is very nice all year.
12. …………. capital of …………. France is ………… Paris, but ………. capital of ……….
England is London.
13.Tenth Street has some very nice shops.
14. Some of..................Tenth Street shops are very inexpensive, too.
15. ………….. President will be on...............TV tonight.
 WORKSHEET 52

SUBJECT : Pronouns

A) Fill in the blanks with MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, ITS, OUR, YOUR, THEIR:

1. This is Tim...........................car is very fast.

2. Jane and I are in the garden......................books are in the classroom.
3. Are you a driver? Where is.....................car?
4. I am a driver? This is......................school.
5. She is my friend...................name is Meltem.
6. These are Mr. and Mrs. Brown. That’s....................house.
7. Look at that cat......................eyes are green.
8. Your friend and you are sad today. What’s.........................problem?
9. That’s Mr. Green. He is driving.....................car.
10. Ali’s and Can’s bags are heavy......................bags are full.
11. Gökçe and Meltem are listening to pop music.........................mother is cooking in the
kitchen.
12. The dog is eating a bone....................teeth are very sharp.
13. Are you and your sister ready?.....................friend is waiting for you in the car.
14. A: What’s....................job?
B: I’m a mechanic.
15. Madonna is a famous singer......................new records are great.
16. Robert has got a dog............................name is Bingo.
17. We have got a new house in İzmir.......................new house is very large.
18. The boys are riding...........................bicycles in the garden.
19. Ayşegül is going to school........................school is very far.
20. Sue and Mary are wearing ear-rings...........................ear-rings are silver.

B) Rewrite these sentences using HE, SHE, IT, THEY, WE, HIS, HER, THEIR, OUR, ITS:

1. Jane’s father is very thin.

…………………………………………………………………………..
2. Men’s trousers are very expensive.
…………………………………………………………………………..
3. Jim’s shirt is very long.
………………………………………………………………………….
4. Is your brother a businessman?
………………………………………………………………………….
5. My mother and I would like some tea.
………………………………………………………………………….
6. These are Ayşe’s and my books.
…………………………………………………………………………
7. Mrs. Brown’s daughters are in the garden.
…………………………………………………………………………
8. Where is Gökçe’s mother?
…………………………………………………………………………
9. My father’s car is blue.
…………………………………………………………………………
10.That rabbit is grey. The rabbit’s ears are long.
………………………………………………………………………….
 11. The students’ books are in the classroom.
………………………………………………………………………….

12. This is Mrs. Brown’s coat, but these are the children’s coats.
………………………………………………………………………….

C. Rewrite the underlined words using MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OURS, THEIRS:

1. This is Ayşe’s coat.

…………………………………………………………………………
2. It is my chocolate. Don’t eat!
…………………………………………………………………………
3. That red book is not Can’s book. His book is blue.
…………………………………………………………………………
4. A: Look at these keys. Are they our keys?
………………………………………………………………………
B: No, they are not your keys. They are my mother’s keys.
……………………………………………………………………..
5. A: Are those your glasses or my glasses on the table?
…………………………………………………………………….
B: I think, they are your glasses. My glasses aren’t on the table. They are in my bag.
…………………………………………………………………….

D. Fill in the blanks using MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OURS, THEIRS:

1. A: Is this John’s tie?

B: Yes, it is ………….. .
2. My umbrella isn’t black........................is grey.
3. There is a car near your house. Is it.......................?
4. That green shirt isn’t Ayşe’s...........................is blue.
5. Pass this ball to us. It is …………… .
6. They don’t like sandwiches. These sandwiches are not …………….. .
7. Don’t take these keys. They are not …………….. .
8. A: There is a pair of brown gloves here. Are they your gloves or my gloves?
B: I haven’t got brown gloves. They aren’t ………………. , they are ……………… .
9. A: Is their house old?
B: No,.........................is very old.
10. Can I take your pen?.......................is at home.

E. Fill in the blanks with ME, YOU, HIM, HER, THEM, US, IT:

1. We are playing in the garden and Jim is playing with …………….. .

2. Are the lights on? Turn......................off!
3. Where is my book? I’m looking for ……………… .
4. She is very tired. Help …………….. .
5. I’m very thirsty. Give......................a glass of water.
6. This is Ahmet’s pen. Give it to …………… .
7. Look at.......................Are they your friends?
8. Are you John Brown? There is a letter for …………. .