Full Blast 5 / Writing / Term 1

Choose the correct word.

1. I’ve got a nice        [poster, pocket] on the wall.

2. Do you play a musical             [talent, instrument]?

3. My aunt is a       [nurse, chef] at a restaurant.

4. There’s a shopping        [office, centre]in my neighbourhood with a lot of different shops.

5. Millions of          [visitors, stairs]come to the White House every year.

6. My brother          [collects, feeds] caps. He’s got about fifty caps.

7. There is a          [garden, shower] in front of the house.

8. Please          [take, turn off] your mobile in the theatre.

9. After school I       [talk, visit] on the phone with my best friend for hours.

10. Do you want to go to the cinema           [today, midnight]?

Complete the sentences with the words. Use each word only once.

1. Fred doesn’t help with the housework. He’s very          [fair, like, tidy, hang, band, view, use, wings, lazy, trainers] .

2. Mark is in the school          [fair, like, tidy, hang, band, view, use, wings, lazy, trainers] . He plays the guitar.

3. When do you          [fair, like, tidy, hang, band, view, use, wings, lazy, trainers] out with your friends?

4. Can you help me          [fair, like, tidy, hang, band, view, use, wings, lazy, trainers] my room? It’s a mess in here.

5. Your          [fair, like, tidy, hang, band, view, use, wings, lazy, trainers] are very trendy.

6. The          [fair, like, tidy, hang, band, view, use, wings, lazy, trainers] from my room is amazing. Look!

7. Look at that parrot. Its          [fair, like, tidy, hang, band, view, use, wings, lazy, trainers] are blue and yellow. It’s very beautiful.

8. A: What does your sister look          [fair, like, tidy, hang, band, view, use, wings, lazy, trainers] ?

B: She’s short with long,          [fair, like, tidy, hang, band, view, use, wings, lazy, trainers] hair.

9. My sister can’t          [fair, like, tidy, hang, band, view, use, wings, lazy, trainers] a computer.

Complete with Who, What, Where, How, When or Whose.

1. A:       [Who, What, Where, How, When, Whose]do you do after school?

B: I play computer games.

2. A:       [Who, What, Where, How, When, Whose] is that man?

B: My uncle.

3. A:       [Who, What, Where, When, Whose, How] is the bank?

B: Near the bookshop.

4. A:       [Who, What, Where, When, Whose, How] do you usually do your homework?

B: After school.

5. A:        [What, When, Who, Whose, Where, How] toothbrush is this?
B: It’s Dad’s.

6. A:        [Who, What, Where, How, When, Whose]old is Tom?
B: He’s five years old.

Jake lives in my neighbourhood. Do you know ____________?

Tim and Jane are my friends. _______ mum is an actress.

You ____________ run near the swimming pool.

Andy ___________ speak English but he can’t speak Spanish.

_______________two cafés in your neighbourhood?

Is there ________ newsagent’s near your house?

What do you do _______ weekdays?

The theatre is _________ the bookshop and the art gallery.

My ________ room is always a mess. She never cleans it.

She has got a garden ___________ a lot of flowers. It's fantastic!

You must ___________ a helmet at the skatepark.

C. Complete with the correct form of the verb be.

1. My father     [am, is, are]a singer and my mother     [am, is, are]a teacher.

2.Mark and I     [am, is, are] classmates.

3.A:     [Am, Is, Are] you Mexican?

B: No, we        [am, 'm not, is, isn't, are, aren't]. We     [am, is, are] from the USA.
4. Eddie        [am, 'm not, is, isn't, are, aren't] very good at history. He thinks it’s a boring subject.

D. Complete with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.

1. Alex       [ride, rides] his bike in the park every afternoon.

2. My parents                          [doesn’t always get, don’t always get, always don’t get, always doesn’t get] up early on Saturdays.

3. Lucy                  [often doesn’t go, often don’t go, doesn’t often go, don’t often go] to the cinema.

She                  [usually watches, usually watch, watches usually] DVDs at home.

4. A:      [Do, Does] you        [visit, visits] your grandparents every day?

B: No. Only at the weekend.

5. Brian              [never washes, washes never, wash never] the car.
6. My cousin      [do, does] arts and crafts and       [make, makes] jewellery.

Complete with the correct form of the verb have got.

1. Paul          [have got, has got] two brothers and a sister.

2. A:       [Have, Has] you got a pencil?

B: No, I haven’t but I          [have got, has got] a pen.

3. Mary             [have got, has got, haven't got, hasn't got] a cat. She hates cats.