A1PLUS U3 Extra Grammar Practice Challenge
A1PLUS U3 Extra Grammar Practice Challenge
Present simple – affirmative and 4 Rewrite these sentences with a frequency adverb
in the correct place. Sometimes more than one
negative; Present simple – Yes/No answer is possible.
questions and short answers; wh-
1 I’m passionate about reading but I read book reviews.
questions; Adverbs of frequency
1 Complete this paragraph with the present 2 We watch TV at lunchtime and dinnertime – it’s like
simple form of the verbs in the box. There are a member of the family.
three extra verbs.
3 She doesn’t send text messages – she prefers
buy • cry • do • draw • find • get up • go • know • talking on the phone.
listen • paint • play • relax • say • watch • write
4 My parents don’t bring money with them – they pay
In my free time, I (1) in a band with a by credit card.
group of friends, Leo and Sarah. We (2)
our own songs. I (3) to music a lot – rock, 5 I like watching TV, but I think it has a negative
influence on young people.
pop and, sometimes, the blues …. I haven’t got time for
other things, like sport or computer games. And I
6 TV adverts show a perfect world that doesn’t exist.
(4) a lot of TV because my parents
(5) it’s bad for me. Sarah (6)
a lot of arts; she (7) and (8) 5 Choose the best answer to complete this text.
pictures of people. She’s amazing! I (9)
where she (10) the time to do these (1) stories to their children? New surveys show
things. Leo is like me. He (11) out a lot, that the brains of children (2) better when parents
and at the weekend, he just (12) at home. read to them. Watching stories on TV (3) creates
the same response. (4) is the difference between
books and films? When there are no pictures, the child
2 Write questions using the words, then write a (5) the action, the places and the people. When
short answer – positive (+) or negative (–). (6) to them, children learn new words. Experts also
1 read/books in English/you (+) say that when children (7) new words from a TV
programme, they (8) them. But if they hear them
from their parents, they (9) remember them better
because if children (10) the new words, their parents
2 your baby brother/a lot/cry (–)
can explain their meaning to them.