II Complete the questions. Use the present simple or the present continuous.

1) How many languages………………………………?

She speaks French, German and Italian.

2) Why_..........................................................................?

I'm smiling because I'm happy.

3) Where…………………………………………………_ his homework?

He does his homework in his bedroom.

4) Why……………………………………….computer games?

I'm playing computer games because I'm bored.

5) When………………………………………...on holiday?

I'm going on holiday at the end of the month.

6) How……………………………………….to school?

They go by tram.

II Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1. The basketball player…………… (catch) the ball and………….

(throw) it to another player.

2. My dad……………(arrive) home while I………………………….(watch) an

ice hockey match on TV.

3. The referee……………………………(stop) the match because it………………………..

(snow).

4. The cyclist………………………..(put on) his helmet and………………………..(get

on) the bike.

5. She…………………………………(break) her leg while she………………………….. (ski).

6. The Los Angeles Lakers……………………….. (score) 30 points in the

last ten minutes, but they ……………………………………………. (not win) the game.

7. It………………………………………… (not rain), so we……………………….(play) tennis in the park

8. Maria………………………………….. (surf) when she………………………………. (see) a shark near the beach.

II Complete the sentences with a, an or the.

1) I've got……..games console and …….MP3 player, but………MP3 player is broken.

2)When we visited ______ USA, we went to __White House - but we didn't see _____ President!

3)My friend has got snake and _____ spider……. snake is green and……..spider is black.

4)I had ______ apple and _____ orange for lunch. _ apple tasted horrible.

5)I bought T-shirt and …….. sweatshirt. I gave_____ sweatshirt to my brother.

6)My dad is actor. He's doing a show at …….Globe Theatre in London.

7)I was eating a sandwich in the kitchen when ……. door opened and ____ boy walked in.

8)We had………..amazing holiday in _____ Lake District

II Complete the dialogue with some, any, much, many, a lot of, a little or a few. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

Todd Hi! Are you new to this village?

Katy Yes, I am. We only moved here 1^{__________________}days ago.

Todd What do you think of it?

Katy It's very quiet. There isn't 2^{_______________________} to do at

weekends.

Todd No, you're right. I usually go into town with

3 _________ friends.

Katy But there aren't 4^{_________________}buses after 7 p.m.!

Todd We get a taxi. It only costs 5 ^{___________________} pounds.

Katy That's a good idea. So, where do you go in town?

Are there 6_____________ good nightclubs?

Todd Yes, there are 7 _______________ good ones. My favourite is

XTC. They play 8_____________ great music there.

Katy What kind of music?

II Rewrite the sentences with not as ... as.

1)Joanna is more ambitious than Peter.

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2)Disaster films are more gripping than comedies.

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3)The school in the town is bigger than the school in the village.

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4)You're more interested in action films than me.

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5)Animated films are usually funnier than normal films.

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6) Jan is luckier than me.

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