Grammar Exercises Exercise 1. A. Write in the singular:

1. They often go fishing and catch nothing.

2. My friends work in London; they buy and sell cars.

3. They sit at the window and watch the traffic.

4. Their little girls thank them when they give them a present.

5. Animals find shelter when it rains.

6. They wash their hands and dry them on a towel.

7. Do these ladies generally go to the theatre on Saturday evenings, or do they stay at home?

8. Birds build their nests in the summer and fly to the south in the winter.

9. The children play all the morning and sleep in the afternoon.

10. These chairs are very comfortable but they are too expensive.

11. My friends like meat, but do not like fish.

12. His brothers work hard all day, and want to rest in the evening.

B. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative:

1. These apples are very green.

2. They get new books from the library every week.

3. The postman brings letters three times a day.

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with a negative.

e.g. I like swimming, but I don’t like tennis.

1. I like coffee, but I __________ .

2. We like playing tennis, but we __________ .

3. Sue likes cats, but she __________ .

4. I speak French, but I __________ .

5. Tom speaks Spanish, but he __________ .

6. Mr and Mrs Green have a son, but they __________ .

Exercise 3. Make eight sentences.

Where What time

do does

Do Does

Mr Carter you your sister your mother her children Jane Dr. Wagner

work? live? have lunch? start work? work? start work early? work in a garage? live in London? have lunch?

Exercise 4. Choose the correct verb form.

1. Stan have/has breakfast at half past seven.

2. Karen does not have/has breakfast.

3. How does Karen go/goes to work?

4. Stan go/goes to work by bus.

5. My father work/works in Cardiff.

6. He does not like/likes travelling.

7. He get up/gets up at six o’clock every day.

8. He does not work/works on Saturdays.

9. My parents live/lives in a big flat.

10. What does your father do/does?

Exercise 5. Choose the correct verb form for each blank.

have/has live/lives open/opens repair/repairs sell/sells start/starts

1. Mechanics usually ... work at eight o’clock.

2. In Spain, people ... dinner at ten o’clock in the evening.

3. My cousin Tom ... in Germany.

4. The village shop ... at nine o’clock in the morning.

5. Anita ... children’s clothes and shoes.

6. I ... cereal and milk for breakfast.

7. Brian ... old clocks.

Exercise 6.

Look at the table and make sentences, using never, sometimes, quite often, very often or always.

e.g. Ann often goes to the theatre. She never goes to the cinema.

ACTIVITY	TIMES	PER YEAR
goes to the theatre goes to the cinema watches TV plays tennis plays football goes dancing goes to work by bus goes to work by taxi goes to work by train travels by air works on Saturdays works at night falls in love	Ann 50 0 100 20 0 50 0 130 100 3 0 230 1	Joe 0 60 50 100 60 0 276 0 0 2 46 0 10