Grammar (Gateway B1 Unit 1-3)

Complete the sentences with the correct present simple or present continuous form of these verbs.

go • have • stay • study • work

1 Our family     dinner together every evening. I think it’s important.

2 I            at my best friend’s house in the countryside this weekend.

3 At the moment, my cousin             at a college in England. He’s having a great time.

4 We    on holiday to Spain twice a year. We love hot countries!

5 My dad       in a bank in the city centre. He drives in every day.

Complete the sentences with the correct present simple or present continuous form of these verbs. There are two extra verbs.

cry • go • have • listen • sit • study • talk

1 That’s my brother. He            on the sofa talking to a friend.

2 I really like Olivia but she       a lot. She never lets me speak!

3 My mum      to the gym two or three times
a week.

4 I can’t come out now – I           my dinner.

5 He loves Titanic but it makes him really sad. He       every time he sees it.

Complete the sentences with a, an, the or 0 (no article).

1 Can you turn     television on? X-Factor is on in five minutes.

2 Jan’s got   new baby. She’s beautiful!

3 Do you enjoy studying   English?

4 I’d like to be    engineer when I’m older.

5 Come in! My dad’s in     kitchen. He’s cooking.

My Uncle Paul is (1)    artist. He was born in (2)      UK but now he lives in (3)   Paris with my aunt who’s French. They’ve got (4)   son called Pierre. Uncle Paul paints pictures of monuments like (5)     Eiffel Tower and he sells them to tourists.

Complete the sentences with the correct past simple or past continuous form of the verbs given.

1 When I             (switch on) the TV, they              (talk) about a robbery.

2 When I     (get) home, I      (make) a sandwich.

3 As I             (pass) your house, I     (see) someone in your back garden.

4 I           (do) my homework when I       (hear) the news.

5 While they              (play), it         (start) to rain.