Reading comprehension with grammar exercises for A1 level students

1. A1 ReadingandGrammar Test Name:________________________________
Readingexercise:
The RainforestChildren
John Allen is 43 years old and he has four children: two daughters and two sons. John is a plant scientist
and he lives with three of his children in the South American rainforest. Their ‘house’ is a group of tents
near the River Orinoco in Venezuela. John’s wife and one of his daughters prefer to live in London.
John’s children don’t go to school because John is their teacher. He teaches them everything he knows,
including how to survive in South America.
The children don’t know how to use a PlayStation, but they can all drive, even his 9 yearold son, Simon.
At night they drive their care 50 meters from the kitchen tent to the bedroomtent because there are a lot
of wild animals in the area. They spend their free time playing and reading books in the evening they
listen to the news on the radio. They don’t have a TV or CD player. In the summer the children’s friends
come from London to visit. When they go home they tell their parents incredible stories of their holidays
in the Venezuelan rainforest.
Write T (True) or F (False)
1 John is a biology teacher .......................
2 John’s four children live in Venezuela ......................
3 They live in a house ........................
4 John teachers them in a school .......................
5 The children don’t play computer games ........................
6 Simon doesn’t know how to drive ........................
7 They don’t watch TV ........................
8 The children’s friends visit their parents. .......................
GRAMMAR ERROR CORRECTION
 Find and correct the mistakes below.
 Put a tick ( )next to the sentences that are correct.
1. Is there have a garden in your yard? _____________________________________
2. There are some pens on the desks. _____________________________________
3. How many sisters do you have? _____________________________________
4. Are there a car in the garage? _____________________________________
5. I have some friends in Australia. _____________________________________
6. There aren’t have any customers in the store. ___________________________________
7. Why aren’t there any disheson the table? _____________________________________

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8. Do there a restaurant in the hotel? _____________________________________
9. I think there is some people waiting outside to see you. _____________________________________
10. Is there always so many people at the zoo? _____________________________________
11. There is a bear at the zoo, but there aren’t any elephants. _____________________________________
12. Sam has a few hoursto finish hiswork. _____________________________________
13. Is there schoolsnear your home? _____________________________________
14. How many countriesis there in South America? _____________________________________
15. Are there have a phone that I can use? _____________________________________
16. I have brown hair and green eyes. _____________________________________
Multiple choice questions:
1. a.. many people standing outside the movie theater.
a) There is b) There are c) There
2. ... a big group ofpeople looking at thingsin the museum.
a) There b) There is c) There are
3. There ... a small cat playing with some toys.
a) are b) have c) is
4. (X) How many cups ...? (Y) There are two cups.
a) are there b) there are c) there have
5. (X) Are there two birdsin the tree? (Y) Yes,....
a) there is b) are there c) there are
6. ... three people in the classroom: two students and one teacher.
a) There are b) There is c) Are there
7. (X) ... a taxi waiting for us? (Y) Yes, ....
a) Is there / is there b) Is there / there is c) Are there / there is
8. (X) ... any bookson the table? (Y) No,....
a) There are / aren’t b) Are there / there aren’t c) Are there / there isn’t
9. My brother knowshowto fly an airplane. He ... a pilot.
a) is b) are c) am
10. (X) Where is he? Is he at work? (Y) No,he ....
a) isn’t b) not c) is
11. (X) Are you hungry? (Y) Yes, I ....
a) are b) am c) is
12. I like my cousin, but he ...always late.
a) are b) is c) aren’t
13. (X) Where are you from? (Y) I ... from Santiago, Chile.
a) am b) is c) are
14. (X) Are they here? (Y) No, they ...
a) are b) isn’t c) aren’t
15. Are we on time? What time ...it now?

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a) am b) are c) is
16. (X) How old are you? (Y) I ... twenty-four years old.
a) are b) is c) am
17. ………any rice in the kitchen?
a) Have you got b) Has you got c) Has it got
18. .......... a pet?
a) Has that girl got b)That girl has got c) Have that girl got
19. I can't watch the film because I ..... an exam.
a) have got b) haves got c) has
20. Your cousin ..... some apples in herlunchbox.
a) have b) has got c)’ve got
21. I can't help you. I .....any sugar at home.
a) haven’t b) hasn’t got c)haven’t got
Possessive pronouns or possessive adjective
1. Is that your notebook or _____________________ (my/mine)?
2. I don't like _____________________ (their/theirs) apartment.
3. That's not my problem. It's _____________________ (yours/your).
4. Your car is green, while _____________________ (my/mine)is black.
5. Isn't _____________________ (their/theirs) son older than you?
6. A friend of _____________________ (our/ours) called.
7. A friend of _____________________ (her/hers) brother's called.
8. He's _____________________ (our/ours) doctor.
9. That's _____________________ (our/ours) house, not theirs.
10. Is he a friend of _____________________ (your/yours)?
Change the subject noun(s) to subject pronouns.
My father is tall. He is tall.
My motheris short. She is short.
1. The city is big. _____________________
2. The girls are pretty. _____________________
3. The sock is clean. _____________________
4. The socks are dirty. _____________________
5. Youand I are happy. _____________________
6. Youand your brother are sad. _____________________
7. The man is tired. _____________________
8. The men are rich. _____________________

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9. The woman is quiet. _____________________
10. The women are noisy. _____________________