The A, An and The Exercise

The A, An and The Exercise at planet 4 English

Fill the gaps with a, an or the.

1	Excuse me. Have you got ______ time?
2	I want ______  new printer for Christmas.
3	I was four the first time I saw ______ elephant.
4	I spoke to ______ boss this morning about having next Friday off.
5	It was ______ exciting movie.
6	She had ______  boiled egg for breakfast.
7	Have ______  nice day.
8	Where did you buy ______ oranges?
9	______ apple a day keeps the doctor away.
10	______ avalanche killed four skiers in Austria today.
11	______  huge ape ran out of the forest and stole my picnic hamper.
12	Can you tell me ______ way to the post office, please?
13	My students like to do their activity books lying on ______ floor.
14	Samantha's bought a new car. It's ______ red one, parked next to that motorbike.
15	I like this jumper but it's brown. Have you got it in ______ different colour?
16	It's such ______  nice day that I think I'll go and read my book in the park.
17	______ River Thames flows right through the middle of London.
18	I saw ______ eagle hovering high above the valley.

The Present Simple Tense Exercise

The Present Simple Tense Exercise atplanet4english

Use the verb in brackets to fill the gaps.

Affirmative sentences.

1 I ________ in Godella.(to live) 2 Daisy________  chocolate.(to love) 3 Andy ________ too fast.(to drive) 4 We ________ lunch at two.(to have) 5 You ________ great.(to look)

Negative sentences.

6 They ________________ much.(to say) 7 Charlie ________________ golf.(to play) 8 I ________________ hamburgers.(to like) 9 Sammy and I________________  much TV.(to watch) 10 It ________________ very often in Valencia.(to rain)

Questions.

11 ________ you play tennis? 12 ________ Carol drive? 13 ________ they do the shopping together? 14 ________  dogs eat fish? 15 What________  it do?

Exercises on verb to Be

To Be in the Present Tense at planet4english

Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verb to be.

Affirmative sentences

1 I ________  never happy on a Sunday afternoon. 2 We ________  Scottish. 3 He ________ a pilot. 4 Samantha and Nigel ________ angry. 5 You ________ clever and good-looking.

Negative sentences

6 You ________ French. 7 Gloria ________ at home. 8 Linda and I ________ pleased about it. 9 I ________ cruel. 10 It ________ good.

Questions

11  ________ you from Tokyo? 12 ________ Ricky Mexican? 13 ________ we alright for milk? 14 ________ he married? 15 ________ you tired?

present continuous

1. Conjugation
Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I am working You are working He is working She is working It is working We are working You are working They are working	I am not working You are not working He is not working She is not working It is not working We are not working You are not working They are not working	Am I working? Are you working? Is he working? Is she working? Is it working? Are we working? Are you working? Are they working?
Contracted forms:       am = 'm                          is   = 's                          are = 're                                am not  = 'm not              is not = isn't                   are not  = aren't
2. Spelling of the ing-form (present participle)
General rule: infinitive without 'to' + ING to work --> working to play --> playing Verbs ending in a silent E: the E is dropped +ING to live --> living to come --> coming Verbs ending in IE: the IE changes into Y +ING to die --> dying to lie --> lying Verbs with the stress on the last syllable, ending in a consonant, preceded by a short vowel: the end consonant is doubled + ING to stop --> stopping to begin --> beginning Verbs ending in L: the L is doubled +ING to travel --> travelling to quarrel --> quarrelling Verbs ending in IC: the C is followed by K +ING to picnic --> picnicking to panic --> panicking

present simple

1. Conjugation
Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I work You work He works She works It works We work You work They work	I do not work You do not work He does not work She does not work It does not work You do not work We do not work They do not work	Do I work ? Do you work ? Does he work ? Does she work ? Does it work ? Do we work ? Do you work ? Do they work ?
Contracted forms: do not = don't / does not = doesn't
2. Spelling of 3rd person singular (he, she, it)
General rule: infinitive without 'to' + S to work ==> works to play ==> plays Verbs ending in O, SS, X, CH, SH : infinitive without 'to' + ES to go ==> goes to kiss ==> kisses Verbs ending in Y, preceded by a consonant: Y changes into IES to cry ==> cries to fly ==> flies

short answers

1. To be
Interrogative	Positive answers	Negative answers
Am I? Are you? Is he? Is she? Is it? Are we? Are they? Are you?	Yes, I am. Yes, you are. Yes, he is. Yes, she is. Yes, it is. Yes, we are. Yes, they are. Yes, you are.	No, I 'm not. No, you aren't. No, he isn't. No, she isn't. No, it isn't. No, we aren't. No, they aren't. No, you aren't.
2. To have
Interrogative	Positive answers	Negative answers
Have I got ? Have you got ? Has he got ? Has she got ? Has it got ? Have we got ? Have you got ? Have they got ?	Yes, I have. Yes, you have. Yes, he has. Yes, she has. Yes, it has. Yes, we have. Yes, you have. Yes, they have.	No, I haven't. No, you haven't. No, he hasn't. No, she hasn't. No, it hasn't. No, we haven't. No, you haven't. No, they haven't.
3. To do
Interrogative	Positive answers	Negative answers
Do I ? Do you ? Does he ? Does she ? Does it ? Do we ? Do you ? Do they ?	Yes, I do. Yes, you do. Yes, he does. Yes, she does. Yes, it does. Yes, we do. Yes, you do. Yes, they do.	No, I don't. No, you don't. No, he doesn't. No, she doesn't. No, it doesn't. No, we don't. No, you don't. No, they don't.

much, many and a lot of

1. Much and many

We use much and many in: - negative sentences - interrogative sentences (questions) - affirmative senteces with so, as, too

2. A lot of

We use a lot of in affirmative sentences. (In spoken English much and many is often replaced by a lot of.)

3. Scheme

Ask yourself these questions. Follow the arrows and you will get the right answer.

plural

1. Regular
General rule: singular + S: girl - girls boy - boys Nouns ending in -S, -SS, -SH, -CH, -X get -ES: box - boxes bus - buses Some nouns ending in -O behind a consonant get -ES: potato - potatoes tomato - tomatoes Nouns ending in -Y behind a consonant change -Y into -IES: lady - ladies baby - babies Some nouns ending in -F or -FE change -F(E) into -VES: knife - knives wife - wives
2. Irregular: learn them by heart!
man foot woman tooth goose mouse louse child penny	men feet women teeth geese mice lice children pence
3. Always singular, always plural
Some nouns are always plural: clothes, jeans, trousers, shorts, people, police, glasses, scissors, mathematics Some nouns (abstract, materials, kinds of food) are always singular: bread, tea, cheese, jam, soup, soap, snow, cotton, wood, water, information, advice, knowledge, furniture Some nouns have the same form for singular and plural: Names of kind of fish: cod, herring, salmon, trout, ... Names of some animals: deer, sheep, swine, ...

Grammar guide- possessive adjective

1. Form and examples
my your his her its our your their	My name is Sean. What's your dog's name? Is this his car? Her car is a Mini. Its nest is high in the tree. Are our parents at home? Your tests are good. Their rooms are nice.