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There is / are
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of there is or there are.
1

six movie theaters in our town.

a post office near your house?

3 Where do you want to eat?

across the street.
4

a good restaurant

any bookstores in your neighborhood?

5 Is there a computer programming class in your school?

No,

Prepositions of place

Look at the map and write correct statements. Use next to, in front of, near, behind,
between, across from, or on the corner of, and the words below.
1 bookstore / restaurant
2 bank / bookstore and post office
3 bus stop / newsstand
4 restaurant / Lane Street and Waller Avenue
5 caf / bookstore
6 bookstore / caf
7 bus stop / restaurant (hint: not far from)
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Can
Write sentences. Use the words below and the correct form of can.
1 she / not / skate / very fast
2 I / draw and paint
3 you / run fast
4 they / not / ride / motorcycles
5 he / use / a computer
6 we / swim / far

Conjunctions
Fill in the blanks with or, and, or but.
1 Josie can sing

act, but she cant dance.

2 Do you want to go for a walk

3 Ben can run fast,

for a drive?

he cant swim.

4 Deb doesnt like painting

photography. She only likes drawing.

5 We send a lot of e-mails,

we dont talk on the phone.

6 She wants to take one of these classes: French

web site design.

Present continuous: Statements

Fill in the blanks with the present continuous form of the verbs in parentheses.
1 Mr. Russo

(talk) to his neighbor right now.

2 The students
3 I
4 The boys
5 We

(not study).
(eat) dinner. Can I call you back?
(run) in the garden.
(not listen) to music on the radio. Were listening to a CD.

Present continuous: Questions

Write questions for the answers.
1

No, Im not watching TV.

Were painting the living room.

Yes, you are running fast.

The girls are playing.

Yes, its raining again.

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Adjective formation / placement

Rewrite each sentence. Put the adjective form of the noun in parentheses in the
correct place.
1 Its a day in Paris. (fog)
2 Its in Atlanta today. (sun)
3 Its a night in Moscow. (snow)
4 Seattle is a city. (rain)
5 Its in Sydney today. (wind)

Adverbs of frequency
Cross out the adverb that is in the incorrect place in each sentence.
1 Its always hot in Tucson always in the summer.
2 There often are often tropical storms in September.
3 It hardly ever snows hardly ever in California.
4 There is usually rain in the United Kingdom usually in November.
5 It never is never cold in Egypt in July.
6 It usually snows usually in Denver in March.

Vocabulary
Put the words and expressions below into the correct categories.
bank
kitchen
spring
hospital

bathroom
living room
hockey
jewelry making

PUBLIC PLACES

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playing drums
post office
baseball
parking lot
SEASONS

bedroom
fall
speed skating
basketball

garage
summer
photography
school

SPORTS

drawing
winter

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Listening
Audio

Listen to the conversation. Write T (true) or F (false).

1 Davids town is very big.

2 Sports are popular in Seaton.
3 There isnt a post office in Seaton.
4 The weather in Seaton is usually sunny.
5 David is taking pictures for a book.

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