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EXERCISES

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

 1) What is your favourite sport?

 2) What is your favourite colour ?

 3) What is your lucky number?

 4) What is your favourite team?

 5) What day is it today?

 6) What is your favourite sport?

 7) Which season do you like ?

 8) What kind of music do you like?

 EXERCISES

 Put  WHAT, WHO,WHERE, HOW or WHOSE into the gaps:

 1)   WHAT     is your favourite sport? ‘Basketball.’

2)-------------- colour is your shirt? ‘It is blue.’

3)-------------- is this old lady? ‘She is my grandmother.’

4)-------------- is the post office? ‘It is at the end of the road.’

5)-------------- pencil is this? ‘It is my pencil.’

6)-------------- is that man’s name? ‘Paul.’

7)-------------- day is it today? ‘Today is Saturday.’

8)-------------- day is it tomorrow? ‘Tomorrow is Sunday.’

9)-------------- is your favourite colour? ‘It is pink.’

10)------------ is the bus station? ‘It is about two kilometres from here.’

11)------------ old is she? ‘She is 42’

12)------------ colour are your eyes? ‘They are brown.’

13)------------ time is it? ‘It is half- past nine.’

14)------------ bag is this? ‘It is my bag.’

15)------------------ are these postcards? ‘ 10$’

16)------------ are my keys? ‘They are on the kitchen- table.’

17)------------ is her mother? ‘She is at work.’

18)------------ is your job? ‘I am a teacher.’

19)------------ book is this? ‘It is my book.’

20)------------ is this book? ‘It is my book.’

21)------------ is he going? ‘He is going to school.’

22)------------ is shining in the sky? ‘Sun.’

23)------------ are you doing now? ‘I am doing my homework.’

24)------------ are the children playing? ‘They are playing in the garden.’

25)------------ is the hotel? ‘It is at the left side of the road.’

26)------------ is my dog? ‘It is in the garden.’

27)------------ is your brother now; Is he still ill? ‘No, He is fine now.’

28)------------ are you listening now? ‘I am listening to radio now.’

29)---------------------- students are there in the classroom now? ‘There are 14 students in the classroom now.’

30)---------------------- books are there in your school bag? ‘There are 4 books in my school bag.’

31)---------------------- money have you got? ‘ I have got 45$.’

32)---------------------- pencils have you got? ‘I have got 5 pencils in my pencil-case now.’

33)------------ can you swim? ‘I can swim in the sea.’

34)------------ can you do with a pencil? ‘I can write.’

35)------------ computer is this? ‘It is my computer.’

36)------------ house is this? ‘It is my father’s house.’

37)------------ car is this? ‘It is my mother’s car.’

38)------------ books are these? ‘They are my brother’s books’

39)------------ is your sister going now? ‘She is going to her course now.’

40)------------ are your grandmother and grandfather now? ‘Thanks, they are fine now.’

 EXERCISES

1) Make the following sentences NEGATIVE:

a)    The Sun is shining.

b)    The man and the woman are standing in front of the theatre.

c)    The dog is sleeping.

d)    We are speaking English.

e)    The children are playing in the garden now.

f)        I am staying with my family now.

g)       They are eating (having) their lunch now.

 2) Put in the words omitted:

a)    The people ARE STAY ---- at the hotel.

b)    A girl IS EAT---- an ice-cream now.

c)    His father IS SMOKE ---- a cigarette.

d)    The dog IS BARK ---- under the table.

e)       The cat IS SLEEP ---- under the bed.

f)        The children ARE RUN ---- towards the school garden.

g)       The birds ARE FLY ---- over the sea.

h)       The man IS READ ---- a newspaper.

i)         The woman IS READ ---- a book.

j)         Yavuz’s son IS WATCH ---- a television.

k)       I AM GO ---- on holiday now.

 3) Complete the sentences by using the verbs in parenthesis:

 My sister ---- ---------- the dishes in the kitchen now. (WASH)

 Emre ---- ---------- football now. (PLAY)

 Nurcan ---- ---------- a television now. (WATCH)

 The children ---- ---------- in the sea. (SWIM)

An old man ---- ----------- to catch the bus. (RUN)

 We ---- ----------- our dinner at the moment. (HAVE)

He ---- ----------- his lunch with his family now. (HAVE)

Please be quiet! I ---- ----------- .(STUDY)

You can turn off the television. I ---- ---- ---------- it now. (WATCH,NOT)

She ---- ---------- a letter now. (WRITE)

 4) Change the sentences according to the given mark in parenthesis:

I am eating an orange now. (-)

He is visiting his grandmother. (?)

We are learning English. (-)

It is raining. (-), (?)

The telephone is ringing. (?)

He is drinking a cup of tea. (?)

My brother and I are eating our lunch now. (?)

 5) Put the necessary missing words:

     WHERE        are you going? I AM GOING to the cinema with my friends. (GO)

------------------- are you reading? I ---- ---------- an exiting book. (READ)

------------------- is he eating ? He ---- ---------- a hamburger. (EAT)

------------------- is he laughing at? Because he is happy.

------------------- are you cooking? I ---- ---------- a pizza. (COOK)

------------------- is she doing? She ---- -------------- a horse. (RIDE)

------------------- is he doing? He ---- ------------ a car. (DRIVE)

------------------- are you doing? I ---- ------------ my homework. (DO)

------------------- is your sister doing? She ---- ----------- to music. (LISTEN)     

 EXERCISES:

 1) Make these sentences QUESTION:

 I have got a today’s newspaper........................................................

 You have got an exercise book..............................................

 We have got a problem in our pronunciation............................

 She has got a very big house.........................

 He has got a fast, blue car........................

 They have got a very big garden....................

 We have got good friends..........................

 2) Answer the following questions with ‘YES’, or ‘NO’:

 Have you got a sister?....................

Have you got a brother?....................

Have you got an uncle?........................

Have you got an aunt?........................

Has your mother got a computer?......................

Has your father got a car?..........................

Has your sister got a baby?........................

Have you got a red bag?........................

Has your mother got a black skirt?...................

Have your mother and father got a house?

Have we got a classroom?..........................

Have we got a whiteboard in our classroom?.........................

Have we got a map in our classroom?........................

 3) Answer the following questions:

 What have you got in your schoolbag?........................

 What have we got in our classroom?.................................

 What have you got in your own room?..........................

 What has your mother got in the kitchen?.......................

 What has your sister got in her own room?............................

EXERCISES

1) Translate the following paragraph into TURKISH:

I can speak ENGLISH. My brother can speak ENGLISH, too. My brother and I can swim in the sea. We can speak ENGLISH. We can read a newspaper. We can swim in the sea. Emir and Emre can swim in the sea, too.They can play football. Emre can ride a bicycle , but Emir can’t ride a bicycle very well. Because, he is too young. He is only 3 years old. Also, Emre can speak ENGLISH a little but his little brother can’t speak it .But he can play with his toys, his brother and he can sing a song very cheerfully.

 2) Make the following sentences NEGATIVE:

 We can read books in ENGLISH very well......................

I can answer the questions correctly..........................

He can speak ENGLISH very well.......................

She can comb her baby’s hair.............................

They can play basketball at weekends..........................

You can sing a song very well.........................

She can understand French........................

 3) Make these sentences QUESTION:

 I can cook a meal...........................

He can’t cook a meal..................

My mother and I can make a cake.................

My father and my elder brother can’t make a cake........................

They can drive a car and they can ride a horse............................

I can ride a horse, too.........................

You can play basketball at weekends.......................

Your teacher can speak ENGLISH very well.........................

 4) Answer these questions:

 a) Can you read a book fluently?....................

 b) Can you comb your hair?....................

 c) Can you  play a chess?

 d) Can your mother make a cake?........................

 e) Can you draw a picture of a mountain?....................

 f) Can we speak ENGLISH?................

 g) Can you sing a song? ............................

 h) Can you drive a car?........................

 i) Can you swim in the sea?......................

 j) Can your father drive a car?......................

  EXERCISES

 1) Write the NEGATIVE form of the following sentences:

 I live in ISTANBUL.

My mother likes tea very much.

We play football with our friends at weekends.

She plays tennis on Sundays.

He reads a book every evening.

We learn English in this course.

I like an ice cream.

 2) Write the QUESTION form of the following sentences:

 He teaches English to his students.

He knows English and French very well.

She works at her office.

The dogs bathe in the sea.

A farmer works in a farm.

His mother makes a very good coffee.

I read a lot of books in my free time.

My sister writes a poem every day.

I go to bed early on Sundays.

I drink milk every evening.

 3) Answer the following questions with ‘YES’ or ‘NO’:

 Do you like an ice cream?

Do your parents live in a farm?

Does your sister live in Istanbul?

Do we go to school every day?

Does he love his friends ?

Does she like singing?

Does he like playing tennis?

Do your sister and you like bananas?

 4) Put the words into correct order:

 always \ she \ eat \ cake

usually \ they \ play \ basketball \ every weekend

sometimes \ I \ watch \ television

he \ work \ hard \ for his lessons

she \ listen \ to music

he \ usually \ ride \ a bicycle

You \ every evening \ drink \ milk

 5) Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word:

 She ------------- a book in the evenings.(READ)

They--------------- oranges every day.(EAT)

I ------------------ ENGLISH.(TEACH)

She ---------------- flowers.(LIKE)

We---------------- in Istanbul.(LIVE)

We --------------- to school by bus.(GO)

I ----------------- drinking tea.(LIKE)

She----------------- drinking tea, too.(LIKE)

They----------------- volleyball on Saturdays.(PLAY)

He ----------------- his teacher.(LIKE)

 EXERCISES

 CHANGE the following sentences according to the marks given in parenthesis:

 I GO to work by car. (-)

 My father WATCHES the news every evening. (?)

 She GOES to school by bus. (?)

 We VISIT our grandparents every weekend. (-)

 She CLEANS her house every day. (-)

 My father WASHES his car every Sunday. (?)

 DO you GO to school every day? (+)

 My grandfather  LIVES in Germany. (?)

 They COME from Australia. (-)

 I GO to cinema every Saturday. (?)

 We LIKE eating a pizza. (?)

 I generally GET up at 6 o’clock in the mornings. (-)

 He generally GETS up at 9 o’clock in the mornings. (-)

 My brother and I DRINK tea every morning. (?)

 Esra DOESN’T DRINK tea every morning. (+)

 We DON’T often GO to the football match. (+)

 He LIKES rainy weather very much.(?)

 She DOESN’T LIKE rainy weather. (?)

 I often SEE him in the mornings. (-)

 My cousins LIKE an ice cream very much. (?)         

She never EATS dinner. (?)

 

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