5th grade - 1st bimester GRAMMAR exam guide 2012
CHALLENGE WORD____________________5th GRADE____L.N.____
Present Simple /
Adverbs of frequency
Answer the
questions using the words in brackets.
1 How often do you go swimming? (never)
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2 How often does your father cook? (sometimes)
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3 How often does your brother go dancing? (often)
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4 How often does your mother go shopping? (once a week)
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5 How often do your friends have parties? (hardly ever)
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6 How often are you late for school? (never)
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7 How often does your teacher shout at you? (hardly ever)
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8 How often do you have exams? (often)
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Present
Simple
Put the verbs into the correct form of the
Present Simple.
1 He
(like) swimming.
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2 She
(not/do) her homework
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3 My
father (work) in an office.
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4 My
sister (go) dancing every week.
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Make these
sentences negative.
5 I
play football with my friends.
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6 She
lives in a big house.
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7 They
work in our school.
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8 He
often goes to work by bus.
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Write
the questions for these answers
9 How
______________________________________________?
He
goes to the cinema every day.
10 __________________________________________________?
No, I never drink coffee.
11 ____________________________________________
English?
Yes,
I love it!
12 __________________________________________________?
I
live in Torun, in Poland.
Present Simple /
Present Continuous
Choose the correct verb form in each sentence.
1 I
usually go/am going to the cinema on Saturdays.
2 Look!
That man shouts/is shouting at your teacher.
3 Do you like/Are you liking fish?
4 Ssh. He sleeps/is sleeping.
5 Where’s
your father? He works/is working.
6 What
do you listen/are you listening to?
It’s my new CD.
7 She
talks/is talking on her mobile phone every day.
8 Mm.
What a lovely smell. Yes, dad cooks/is cooking curry.
Articles
Complete the dialogue with a, an,
the or nothing (-).
Wow. This is1________________ nice
house.
Yes. Do you want to see2 ________________ kitchen?
Not now. It’s sunny. Can
we sit in3
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garden ?
Wait a minute. So me
one’s knocking on4 ________________ front door.
It’s my sister .She’s5 ________________ student.
Where’s your father? Is he still in6 ________________ hospital?
No. He’s OK now. He’s in7 ________________ bed.
Is there8 ________________ bus stop hear here? I ’m
going home by bus today.
Preferences
Use the words in
brackets to rewrite the sentences with the same meaning.
1 Computer games are great (love/play)
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2 I’m really into rock
music (like/listen)
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3 Football is OK (mind/play)
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4 Mm, Italian food is really nice (love/eat)
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5 Reality TV shows are terrible (hate/watch)
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6 I don’t want to write. It’s boring (like/write)
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7 Oh no! Maths homework! (stand/do)
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At a café
Read the dialogue. Eight of the words are in
correct. Replace them with the words in the box.
here / that / same
/ like / eat / menu / small / would
Hello, can I help you?
Yes. Can we have a card, please?
Yes, of course. There you are. What do
you like to food?
Can I have pizza, please. And I’d like
burger and chips.
Large or cold chips?
Large, please.
What would you want to drink?
Orange juice, please. And the please
for me so.
Is them all?
Yes, thanks.
Word Builder
Multi-part verbs
Choose the correct
preposition in each sentence.
1 I’m interested in/of music.
2 Are you good in/at maths?
3 Do you look after/of your brother?
4 What time do you get up/on in the
morning?
5 I don’t get
up to/on with my sister.
6 Who is she going up with/out with?
7 I’m waiting for/of my friend.
8 He’s really bad in/at
singing.
SENTENCE
BUILDER
because and so
Choose the correct word in each sentence.
1 I don’t play sport because/so
I don’t like it.
2 I’ve got an exam tomorrow because/so
I’m studying.
3 Our car doesn’t work because/so
we are going to school by bus.
4 like my city because/so I want
to live here when I finish school.
5 I haven’t got a computer because/so
I haven’t got any money!
6 I don’t eat meat because/so I
don’t go to burger bars.
