Grammar reference and practice 1.1

1Choose the correct words. 

  • 1My mother  to work by bus.

  • 2I study French and German at school.

  • 3My school day finishes at 3.30 p.m.

  • 4Piotr has a big car.

  • 5She writes to her cousin every month.

  • 6They meet their friends at the weekend.

  • 7We love romantic films.

  • 8My friends live in the town centre.


2Rewrite the sentences from exercise 1 in the negative. 
You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

  • 1My mother  to work by bus.

  • 2I don't study French and German at school.

  • 3My school day doesn't finish at 3.30 p.m.

  • 4Piotr doesn't have a big car.

  • 5She doesn't write to her cousin every month.

  • 6They don't meet their friends at the weekend.

  • 7We don't love romantic films.

  • 8My friends don't live in the town centre.


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3Complete the sentences with the present simple form of the verbs in brackets. 
You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

  • 1I  (get up) at six o'clock.

  • 2My father doesn't make (not / make) breakfast on Saturday mornings.

  • 3Stella starts (start) school at half past eight.

  • 4We watch (watch) films after dinner.

  • 5Your friends don't like (not / like) pizza.

  • 6You don't go (not / go) to the gym at the weekend.

  • 7Dan has (have) a shower every day.

  • 8My cat sleeps (sleep) 14 hours a day.

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