Grammar and Vocabulary - 3rd ESO
Grammar and Vocabulary - 3rd ESO
to be
possessives
Read the text. Then correct the bold words. Add ‘s or s’.
My name’s Jack Spinks. I’m from Derby, a small city in England. My birthday is the 16th of
August. I’ve got three pets – a cat, a dog and a rabbit in the garden. My a) sisters name is
Sophie. We’ve got a big house in Smith Street. It’s got a small garden. My b) parents friends live
next door. Their c) childrens names are d) Jo and Simons. Jo and Simons mum is my teacher at
school!
a. sister’s c. ________________________________
b. _______________________________ d. ________________________________
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c. ________________________________________________________________________________________?
Yes, he’s got three pets.
d. ________________________________________________________________________________________?
His sister’s name is Sophie.
e. ________________________________________________________________________________________?
No, they’ve got a big house.
Complete the questions with the correct form of there is / there are or have got. Don’t
forget the subject pronoun in the have got questions. Sometimes both forms are
possible.
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family
Harry and Sally have a daughter called Julia and a son called William. Olivia and
Alex are William and Kate’s children. Olivia and Alex have an uncle called Paul.
He is Julia’s husband. Harry and Sally have got two other grandchildren called
Peter and Mary. They are Olivia and Alex’s cousins.
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present simple or –ing
Complete the text with the present simple or –ing form of the verbs.
I (1) don’t like shopping (not like / shop) with my mum. The problem is she (2) _________________
__________________________ (not want) to spend any money. She just (3) _______________________________
________________ (like / look) in the shop windows and (4) ____________________________ (try) on all
the clothes but we (5) ______________________________________________________ (never buy) anything. I
(6) ________________________________________ (prefer / play) basketball with my friends. When Mum
finally (7) ____________________________________________________ (finish / shop). I (8) ______________________
(run) to the park and (9) _____________________ (meet) my friends. We (10) ____________________________
_____________________ (not play) basketball all afternoon. We also (11) ________________________________
_________________________ (love / listen) to music on our mp3 players and (12) _______________________
(talk) about our favourite pop groups.
a. (computer games)
Does he like computer games?
No, he doesn’t, but his sister loves them.
b. (do, Saturdays)
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They usually play football but they sometimes listen to their mp3 players.
g. (always, carry)
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No, I sometimes leave my phone at home.
h. (often, cinema)
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She goes two or three times a month.
i. (hate, shopping)
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Because I’ve never got any money to spend.
j. (comics)
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No, we prefer reading novels.
Write the sentences. Use the present simple or present continuous form.
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d. Bye Mum! we / go to the cinema
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e. He’s got a test soon. he / study in his bedroom
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f. they / have a music lesson on Tuesdays
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Complete the text with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs.
Lula and her brother Jake are on a school excursion. They (1) are staying (stay) at a campsite.
At home they (2) ____________________________________________ (get up) at 7.30 but it’s 6.30 and they
(3) ___________________________________ (get up) now. At home they (4) __________________________________
_______________________ (not often have) bacon and eggs for breakfast. They (5) _____________________
________________________________________ (usually have) cereal before they go to school. Today they
(6) ___________________________________________ (eat) bacon and eggs but Lula (7) ________________________
_________________________ (not like) eggs. She (8) _________________________________________________________
(hardly ever have) a cooked breakfast. Jake (9) __________________________________ (have) a great
time on the excursion. It’s cold and it (10) ____________________________________________ (rain) but he
(11) _______________________ (be) happy. Lula (13) _________________________________ (think) about home.
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House
Complete the sentences with some of the words from the box.
was or were
A detective (D) is interviewing a bank robber (BR). Complete the dialogue with the
correct form of was or were.
past simple
Look at the information. Then write past simple sentences. Use ago, last or yesterday.
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b. we / not do / our homework / Thursday evening (it is now Friday evening)
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c. I / go to / Fred’s party (it is now a week later)
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d. I / be born / 1997 (it is now thirteen years later)
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e. they / arrive / in Spain (it is now a month later)
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f. there / not be / a cinema here / in February (it is now July)
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Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in the boxes.
Last year Jack (1) went camping in France with his family. They (2) ________________ a tent with
them but they (3) ____________________ in the tent every night. They sometimes (4) ___________________
in a hotel and Jack (5) _____________________________ in the pool. There (6) _______________________
usually lots of people on the campsite and he (7) __________________________ some really interesting
people.
He (8) ___________________________ excellent food in some local cafés. He really (9) ____________________
the cheese and the bread of the region. He (10) _______________________________ some presents for
his friends in the market and (11) ____________________________ to them on his mobile every day. But
when the holiday (12) _____________________________ he (13) ____________________________ to come home.
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d. There wasn’t any problems last time.
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e. She didn’t played tennis on Monday.
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f. I watched the football match last two weeks.
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life events
Complete the sentences with the life events from the box. Use the correct form.
pass your exam / test fall in love get a degree have an accident
have an operation get engaged learn to drive wear a brace
My sister and Sam met at university and they (1) fell in love immediately. They (2) ______________
from university a year ago and two weeks later they (3) _____________________________. They (4) _____
____________________________ last month. I was at their wedding. My sister was beautiful. She
smiled and talked to everyone. She was very (5) _____________________________ but Sam was white.
He was really (6) __________________________________ all day. I couldn’t smile because of my (7) _______
_____________________________ I hate it. It’s (8) _____________________________________. Poor Sam He only
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passed his driving test two months ago. When they left after the wedding, he (9) _______________
_________________________. He crashed into my dad’s car.
adjectives
1. boring a. confident
2. shy b. horrible
3. calm c. interesting
4. nice d. nervous
Complete the sentences with the adjectives from the above exercise.
a. Nieves doesn’t like meeting new people and going to parties. She’s very shy.
b. I like learning biology. I think it’s _______________________.
c. She quickly made friends at her new school. The students were really ___________________.
d. I studied very hard all last week. I’m ___________________ that I’m going to pass the exam.
e. He never gets angry. He’s very _______________________.
f. I never watch game shows on TV. I think they’re _________________________.
g. My little brother is ____________________________. He always pulls my hair.
h. Yesterday, Jake drove a car for the first time. He was very ________________________ but he
soon relaxed.
past Continuous
Look at the information. Then write affirmative or negative past continuous sentences
about the people.
a. 19.00 / Juliet
Juliet wasn’t watching a DVD at a friend’s house.
b. 07.00 / Joanna
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c. 11.30 / Rosie
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d. 15.00 / Andrew
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e. 16.30 / Tim
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Look at the above exercise again and write past continuous questions for the answers.
Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous forms of the verbs.
Last year my friend Louise (1) was having (have) a very frightening experience. She was on
holiday with her parents. They (2) ______________________________________ (stay) in an old house in
the middle of a forest. One evening she (3) _______________________________ (go) to bed when
suddenly she (4) _________________________________ (hear) a noise. It (5) ______________________________
(come) from the room above her. There was somebody upstairs. e H (6) _______________________
(walk) around the room. It wasn’t her mum and dad because they _________________________
_______________________ (talk) downstairs. She _____________________ (get) out of bed and
_________________________ (open) her bedroom door. She ____________________________ (climb) up the
stairs when the noise __________________________ (stop). She ______________ (run) downstairs and
__________________________ (call) to her parents. When they ________________ (go) upstairs, they
_____________________________ (find) anything. Perhaps it was a ghost.
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Complete the dialogue.
prepositions
My best friend likes extreme sports. Last Saturday morning she jumped (1) out of an
aeroplane. In the afternoon she cycled (2) ____________________ a high mountain and then ran
(3) _________________ the other side to the bottom. On Sunday she ran ten kilometres (4) ____________
a lake and then she sailed (5) _______________ it. In the afternoon she jumped (6) ____________________
her motorbike and rode home.
Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in the box and a preposition.
a. My cat was at the top of the tree so my dad climbed up a ladder to get it.
b. It was very hot so we all _____________________ the swimming pool.
c. We were _____________________ the island in my uncle’s yacht when we saw a beautiful
beach.
d. My brother _____________________ his bike and broke his arm.
e. Let’s _____________________ to the other side of the lake.
f. My uncle is planning to _____________________ France on his bike next summer.
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g. Last winter we _____________________ a mountain in Italy. We went really fast.
question words
Quizmaster OK. Holly. Answer these questions and you are the Genius of Britain.
Ready?
Holly Yes, I’m ready.
Quizmaster How long is Yam Bhandari’s hair?
Holly Er, one metre.
Quizmaster Wrong! ________________________________ can a cheetah run?
Holly Er, about twenty kilometres an hour.
Quizmaster Wrong! ________________________________ are the Olympic games?
Holly Er, every two years.
Quizmaster Wrong! _________________________________ is Mount Everest?
Holly Er, 7,000 metres.
Quizmaster Wrong! __________________________________ is it to the moon?
Holly Er, 200,000 kilometres.
Quizmaster Wrong! __________________________________ answers have you got correct?
Holly Er, none.
Quizmaster Correct! That’s one point.
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comparatives
Compare the people, places or things. Use the comparative form of the adjective in the
box.
superlatives
Complete the questions. Use the superlative form of the adjectives in the box. Then
answer the questions.
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e. What _________________________________________ skill you have?
Answer: ________________________________________________________________________
f. What _________________________________________ food you can cook?
Answer: ________________________________________________________________________
adjectives
1. wild a. artistic
2. peaceful b. rare
3. practical c. strange
4. noisy d. domesticated
5. common e. quiet
6. normal f. aggressive
Sunday mornings are (1) peaceful for me because my little brother goes to football practice.
My brother is very (2) ________________________, always shouting and playing loud music. This is a
(3) ___________________ Sunday morning for me. I get up late and have a lazy breakfast. The house
is (4) _________________: I can’t hear a sound. That’s when I love to paint. I want to go to art school
when I’m older because I’m very (5) ___________________________.
But last Sunday was very different. I woke up really early, at about six o’clock. I looked out of
my window and saw a lot of animals. They weren’t (6) _____________________ animals like cats and
dogs. They were (7) _____________________ animals – three elephants, a lion and two giraffes. It’s
very (8) _______________________ to see these animals in a zoo or a safari park, but I think it’s very
(9) _________________________ to see them in the garden of a house!
It was quite scary because lions can be (10) ________________________ animals but they were just
standing there, looking up at me. It was all very (11) ________________________. I shouted for my
mum. She’s a very (12)_________________________ person and always knows what to do in an
emergency. Then my mum woke me up. She said I was shouting about wild animals in my
sleep!
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Will, Definitely or Probably
Complete the dialogue with ‘ll / will or won’t. Write definitely and probably in the
correct place.
1st Conditional
Match 1-6 with a-f to make a sequence. Then complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verbs.
1. If it __________________________________ (rains).
2. If she _________________________________ (not go) out.
3. If she _________________________________ (watch) Star pops.
4. If she _________________________________ (want) to be a pop star.
5. If she _________________________________ (not practise) every day.
6. If she _________________________________ (not improve).
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c. she ___________________________________ (not go) out.
d. I _____________________________________ (get) a headache.
e. she ___________________________________ (watch) Star pops.
f. she ___________________________________ (not improve).
numbers
a. 1,000,000,000 a b__________________________
b. 1,000,000 a m_________________________
c. 1,000 a t__________________________
d. 100 a h__________________________
e. 12 a d__________________________
f. 3 or 4 a f___________________________
g. 2 a c__________________________
h. ½ a h__________________________
i. ¼ a q__________________________
j. 0 a n__________________________
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Be going to
Jim is training for the world championship. Look at his coach’s schedule. Write
questions with be going to. Then write the answers.
Daily schedule
Coach OK Jim. The big race is next Sunday. I’ve got your training plan.
Jim OK coach.
Coach So, don’t get up / get up early every day and run / don’t run ten kilometres.
Jim OK coach.
Coach For lunch eat / don’t eat healthy food like steak and lots of vegetables.
Jim Ah ….. tomorrow I ‘ll have / ‘m having lunch with my girlfriend.
Coach No, you aren’t. You ‘ll have / ‘re going to have lunch with me!
Jim OK coach but my girlfriend will / isn’t going to like that.
Coach Jim, this race is very important.
Jim It’s my girlfriend a 20th birthday on Wednesday.
Coach OK, but stay / don’t stay out late.
Jim But coach! She ‘s having / ‘ll have a party. It starts at eleven o’clock.
Coach Jim, you won’t be / aren’t being world champion if you go to parties.
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Jim OK coach.
Coach So, what time will you / are you going to get up?
Jim I ‘ll / ‘m going to get up early.
Coach And what will / are you going to do?
Jim I ‘m running / ‘m going to run ten kilometres.
Present Perfect
Write what these people have or haven’t done. Use the correct form of the present
perfect and the phrases in the box.
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e. He not never been to a concert.
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Complete the dialogue with the present perfect form of the verbs in the box.
Ellie OK Steve. Are we ready for the expedition across the desert?
Steve I think so.
Ellie Have you checked everything on the list?
Where are the camels?
Steve They’re over there under the trees.
Ellie _______________________________________________________ a camel?
Steve Yes, I have. Last year when I was in Egypt.
Ellie Good. Now _______________________________________ lots of water?
Steve Yes, I have.
Ellie What about the food?
Steve No problem. I __________________________________ food for two months.
Ellie Good. _______________________________________ our guide?
Steve No, he isn’t here yet. He’ll be here in about an hour.
Ellie OK. We’ll start when he arrives. Now _________________________ my hat?
Steve Yes, it’s on your head.
Ellie Sorry, Steve. I’m a bit nervous. I _____________________________ a camel before.
Steve And we ________________________________ a desert before!
Honest Dishonest
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Complete the sentences with some of the personality adjectives from the above exercise.
past participle
Complete the crossword with the past particle form of the verbs.
1 2S 3W U M
4 5 6
9 10
11
12
13
14
Across Down
Did you know that most (1) injuries / injured happen at home? Small children are especially
at risk. They can fall down stairs. Sometimes they (2) bruise / bruised an arm or leg. Perhaps
they get a (3) sprained / sprain. But it can be worse and they might (4) broke / break an arm
or a leg. Kitchens are also dangerous. Knives can (5) cut / a cut and cookers can (6) burnt /
burn. Small children must also learn about pets. If a small child hurts a pet, the animal will
sometimes (7) bitten / bite the child.
Choose the correct words. Match the injuries 1–7 with a treatment a–g.
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Doctor OK. We’ll need to (5) ____________________________________________ on it.
Doctor What’s the problem?
Patient I was playing football and I’ve got a bruised foot.
Doctor Did you (6) ___________________________________________ on it?
There are good sides and bad sides to living in big cities. You can go to (1) a museum or watch
(2)__________________ artist painting in (3)___________________street. (4) __________________ public
transport is often very good. You can walk in (5)______________ park or sit and watch people go
by. However, (6)____________________ crime can be (7)__________________ problem. (8)___________________
traffic causes (9)____________________ pollution. (10)___________________ noise is another type of
pollution. And if people can’t see (11)________________ bin, they will often drop (12)_________________
litter on the ground.
Write the underlined words in the above exercise in the correct column of the table.
Countable Uncountable
Museum
indefinite pronouns
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g. I’m really hungry! I need _____________________________ to eat.
h. Does _____________________________ here know how to drive?
i. I’m looking for ___________________________ to go on holiday.
He’s going to buy (1) some rice and (2) _________________________ vegetables. He isn’t going to buy
(3) _______________ fish but he’s going to buy (4) _____________________________ crisps. He isn’t going to
buy (5) __________________________ salad or (6) ______________________________ apples. He’s going to buy
(7) __________________________ oranges and bananas but he isn’t going to buy (8) ______________________
cola.
indefinite pronouns
Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
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Should and must
You (1) must put on your seatbelt when the plane takes off.
You (2)________________________________________ drink a lot of water.
You (3)________________________________________ try to sleep.
You (4)________________________________________ smoke.
You (5)________________________________________ do some exercise.
You (6)________________________________________ drink alcohol.
You (7)________________________________________ use your mobile phone.
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