1 Grammar (1)

    

Present progressive: affirmative and negative

1 ★ Choose the correct words.
1 We’re haveing / having lunch. 4 He’s watchhing / watching a movie.
2 She’s visiting / visitting a famous place. 5 I’m running / runing because I’m late!
3 They’re studing / studying for a test. 6 You’re always sunbatheing / sunbathing!

2 ★★ Look at the pictures and write affirmative and negative sentences.

1 they / drink / coffee / have / 4 you / sunbathe / surf
lunch
They aren’t drinking coffee.
They’re having lunch.

2 he / read / a book / watch / 5 they / listen / talk

a movie

3 we / visit / a museum / go / 6 I / sit / down / walk

to the beach

3 ★ ★ ★ Complete the e-mail with the affirmative and negative

Your turn
present progressive form of the verbs.

eat  ​have  ​learn  ​read  ​sit  ​stay  ​sunbathe  ​surf  ​visit 4 Imagine you are on vacation

in California with your friends.
Message Options + What are you doing? What are
your friends doing? Write five
Send Forward Attach Check Names sentences using the present
progressive and vacation
Dear Auntie Laura, activities.
I 1 ’m having a great time in Spain. We 2 in a
Enrique is trying new food –
fantastic hotel about 1 km from Alicante. The rooms are big and
a sandwich with pastrami!
there’s an awesome swimming pool. Right now, I 3
on a sofa in my room, but Joe 4 – he’s really good
at water sports! Mom usually sunbathes every day, but she
5
now because it’s very hot. Dad is with me and he
6
tortilla – he likes to try new food! I 7
a lot of books on this vacation. I have three books about the
history of Spain! I 8 a lot about it, but we
9
any museums because it’s too hot.
See you soon,
Ali

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Present progressive: questions and 3 ★ ★ ★ Look at the pictures. Write questions and

answers short answers about the people with the words.

he / play / soccer  ​
1 ★ Complete the questions and answers. I / write / the correct answer  ​
1 “ Are you staying in a nice hotel?” she / wear / a sweater  ​they / feel / scared  ​
they / try / new food  ​you / sunbathe
“No, I ’m not . It’s horrible.”
2 “ she watching a movie?”
1 Is she wearing a sweater?
“Yes, she .”
No, she isn’t.
3 “ they going to the beach?”
“No, they .”
2
4 “ he feeling tired?”
“No, he .”
5 “ I eating your pizza?”
“Yes, you !” 3

6 “ you feeling scared?”

“No, I !”
4
2 ★★ Write present progressive questions and
answers.
1 he / game    he / read
5
Is he reading a book?
No, he isn’t . He’s gaming on his
computer. 6
2 they / do    they / study
their homework?
Yes, . science.
Your turn
3 she / cut    she / cook

the dinner? 4 Complete the chart with the names of your

friends and family. Match them with the
Yes, . the
activities and feelings below. Write a question
vegetables. and short answer about each person.
4 we / go    we / stay
feel / excited
shopping?
stay / in a hotel
No, . at home.
do / chores
5 you / speak    I / play
wear / glasses
to your cousin?
have / lunch
No, . with my
sister. Is Mom wearing glasses? Yes, she is.

6 my brother / surf    you / hike

in the mountains?
Yes, . And in
the ocean.

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Simple present vs present 3 ★ ★ ★ Complete the conversation with the

progressive simple present or present progressive form of
the verbs.
1 ★ Match the questions and answers.
be  ​buy  ​do  ​do  ​go  ​play  ​
ride  ​
1 1 Where are you sitting? b snow  ​snow  ​sunbathe  ​surf  ​what / buy
2 Where do you sit? a
a Sometimes I sit in the kitchen. Lucy: Hey, Auntie Pam, how’s the weather in
b I’m in the kitchen. Australia?
2 1 Is she doing her homework? Pam: It’s very hot, thanks, Lucy. How’s winter
2 Does she do her homework? in the U.S.?
a No, she’s in bed. She’s tired. Lucy: It 1 ’s snowing right now – all the houses
b No – her teachers aren’t happy with her. are white!
3 1 Does it rain a lot in your country? Pam: 2
it usually

2 Is it raining at the moment? in the winter?

a Yes, all my clothes are wet! Lucy: Yes, every year. But my brothers

b Yes, but not in the summer.

3
always very excited
about it! They 4
in the
2 ★★ Look at the pictures and complete the snow now. 5
are you
sentences with the words. ?

go / to bed  ​have / breakfast  ​ Pam: I 6 . The weather

play / basketball  ​rain  ​ today is perfect for it – very hot and sunny!
ride / their bikes to school  ​snow / in spring Alana 7 at the beach
and Tom 8 his bike.
Where’s your mom?
Lucy: She’s at the mall. She often
9
shopping on
weekends.
1 Ana goes to bed 2 It Pam: 10
she
at nine o’clock at night. right now. ?
Lucy: A new winter jacket for Dad. He never
11
clothes, so Mom
always 12
it for him!

Your turn
3 This morning, we 4 Sometimes it
. ! 4 Answer the questions for you.
1 Where are you sitting right now?
2 Where do you usually do your homework?
3 Is it raining right now?
4 When does it rain a lot in your country?
5 What book are you reading right now?
5 Usually they 6 Right now, they 6 What things do you usually read?
. .

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Possessive pronouns 3 ★ ★ ★ Complete the blog post with the

possessive adjectives and pronouns.
1 ★ Complete the sentences with the
possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns. her  ​her  ​her  ​
her  ​his  ​mine  ​
mine  ​my  ​my  ​our  ​your  ​ yours
1 Where is my rain jacket?
Those gloves are mine .
(mine / my)
My World blogs news friends

2 “I like sunglasses. They’re cool!”

“Really? I’m not sure about them. I prefer Hi! It’s Mario here, and today I’m writing about
.” 1
my sister Carolina and 2 terrible
(your / yours) bedroom. When I go in Carolina’s bedroom,
3 Put clothes in your bedroom, Toby. I always find 3 clothes on the floor.
Don’t leave them in !
Dresses, T-shirts, skirts, hoodies – she never puts
(ours / your) 4
clothes away! Not surprisingly,
4 I love Mia’s house. is very small, but 5
bedroom is always terrible, but
house is enormous!
6
is always nice – because I clean it!
(her / mine)
7
mom gets very angry with Carolina
5 Tom can’t find math book, so he’s
using . sometimes. “8 brother always cleans

(his / yours)
9
bedroom,” she says. “Why don’t you

6 “Are these flip-flops?” “No, those are clean 10 ?” But Carolina always has the
.” same answer: “The room is 11 !” she
(their / theirs) says, “And I can leave 12 clothes where
I want!”
2 ★★ Order the words to make questions and
sentences. There is one extra word for each
sentence. 3 Comments f
1 is / your / in / soccer / who / team / whose / ?
Who is in your soccer team?
Your turn
2 theirs / swim trunks / whose / these / are / ?

4 Think of four people you know, and one of

3 time / your / does / start / what / yours / their possessions. Write two sentences for each
school / ? person and their possession. Use a possessive
pronoun for each person.

4 because / mine / my / is / bedroom / it’s / I’m wearing flip-flops. Mine are yellow.
great / my

5 her / and sisters / those / brothers / hers /

children / are

6 yours / old / is / isn’t / but / computer / our /

your

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There is / There are + count nouns: a / an, some, any

1 ★ Choose the correct words.
1 There are / is an orange on the table. 4 Is there a / any pineapple in your shopping bag?
2 Are there any / some hot dogs for dinner? 5 There are / is some strawberries for the cake.
3 There aren’t a / any potato chips. 6 Oh no! There aren’t / isn’t a cookie in my bag lunch.

2 ★★ Look at the chart. Write affirmative and negative sentences and questions. Use a, an, some, and any.

on the table for Dad’s in the cake on the menu on my pizza

breakfast
1 cookie ✓
2 nuts ?
3 tomatoes ✓
4 egg ?
5 burgers ✗
6 pineapple ✗

1 There’s a cookie on the table. 4

2 5
3 6

3 ★ ★ ★ Complete the conversation with the correct form of

Your turn
There is and There are.
Mom: Do you have the food for Tom’s birthday party? The party 4 Which of the things are in
starts in fifteen minutes. your kitchen at home? Write
Dad: Yes, I do. It’s all in the kitchen. affirmative and negative
sentences.
Mom: Great! 1 Are there any potato chips? Tom loves potato
chips! cake  ​cookies  ​mango  ​
pineapple  ​
potato chips  ​
Dad: Yes, 2
. And 3
cookies, too.
strawberries
Mom: OK. But 4 nuts in them? Some people can’t
eat nuts, you know. In my kitchen, there's a ...
Dad: I know, I know. No, 5 nuts.
Mom: Perfect. What about fruit?
Dad: Well, 6 pineapple – a really big one, and
some strawberries. And I think 7 mango,
too.
Mom: What about burgers?
Dad: 8
burgers and 9 vegetable
burgers, too. But 10
hot dogs.
Mom: Well, that’s OK. We have a lot of food! We don’t need
hot dogs.
Dad: So, we’re ready – that’s great!
Mom: Wait! The cake! 11 cake?
Dad: Oh no, 12
! What do we do now?

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Non-count nouns 3 ★ ★ ★ Complete the conversation. Write

sentences, questions, and short answers with
1 ★ Complete the sentences with the words. some, a, an, and any.
1 Adam: I’m making lunch. What do you want to
a Do we have any sugar? eat?
b There’s ketchup on the table. Jack: Hmmm … 1 Are there any eggs (there /
c There any juice. eggs)? 2
(any / isn’t / some) (I / want / omelet)!
2 Adam: No. And 3
a Is any oil for the salad? (we / not have / cheese).
b There is butter. Jack: Oh. 4
c I don’t have cereal. (there / ham)?
(any / some / there) Adam: 5
(yes). And
3
6
(there / salad).
a Do you have soda? I’m thirsty! Jack: Great. 7
b I have ham for our lunch. (there / tomatoes)?
c There some salad for the picnic. Adam: 8
(there / tomato) –
(any / is / some) but it’s very old!
Jack: Yuck! Well, a ham sandwich is OK. What
2 ★★ Look at the picture. Write sentences, about potato chips?
questions, and short answers about the 9

different types of food in the picture.

(there / potato chips)?
Adam: 10
(no). But
11

(there / cookies).
Jack: Awesome. 12
(I / always have / cookie) with
13
(milk) after my
lunch. That sounds perfect!

Your turn

4 Look around the classroom and write sentences

about what there is and there isn’t using some,
a, an, and any.
There are some students.
1 Is there any soup? Yes, there is. There aren’t any pineapples.
2 salt.
3 bread?
4 butter.
5 juice.
6 water?
7 ketchup?

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