This document provides a grammar and vocabulary starter unit with exercises on various topics: 1. It contains 6 exercises focusing on the present simple and present continuous tenses, question words, verbs ending in -ing, the past simple tense, object and subject questions, and expressions using be and have. 2. The exercises include choosing correct verbs, completing sentences, questions, texts and irregular past tense verbs. 3. The document aims to review and practice basic grammar and vocabulary for beginner English language learners.

1. Grammar and vocabulary Starter unit
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Present simple and present
continuous
1 Choose the correct words.
We don’t usually have / aren’t usually having
barbecues.
1 Sam plays / is playing tennis at the moment.
2 I prefer / am preferring the cinema to the theatre.
3 Amir doesn’t wait / isn’t waiting for the bus now.
4 Does / Is your sister like / liking reggae music?
Question words
2 Complete the questions with the correct
question word and an auxiliary verb.
What are you listening to? (what / when)
1 __________ __________ your grandparents
live? (when / where)
2 __________ __________ your sister go out?
(how often / what)
3 __________ __________ your brother talking to?
(how often / who)
4 __________ __________ they running? (why /
who)
Verbs + -ing
3 Complete the sentences with the -ing form of the
verbs.
Jack doesn’t mind travelling (travel).
1 I don’t enjoy ________________ (swim).
2 We love ________________ (eat) pizza.
3 The boys can’t stand ________________ (dance).
4 We enjoy ________________ (do) PE.
Past simple
4 Complete the text with the past simple form of
the verbs.
It was (be) my birthday last Saturday. My friends
(1) ____________ (not phone) me in the morning to
say happy birthday. I (2) ____________ (decide) that
I (3) ____________ (need) some new friends!
My cousin and I (4) ____________ (catch) a bus into
town and we (5) ____________ (go) to a café for
lunch. When we (6) ____________ (arrive), all my
friends (7) ____________ (be) there for a surprise
party. I (8) ____________ (not know) what to say!
Object and subject questions
5 Tick ( ) the correct questions.
Who invited you?
1 Who did write a letter to you?
2 What your parents did yesterday?
3 Why did they go to the library?
4 How many people came to the barbecue?
5 What they bought for her birthday?
Expressions with be and have
6 Complete the text with the correct form of have
or be.
I’’m having a break from exams at my cousin’s
house in the country. All of his friends are here and
we (1) __________________ a good time. He
(2) __________________ sixteen years old today and
he’s going to (3) __________________ a party
tonight. We’ve bought a lot of food, so we can
(4) __________________ something to eat if we
(5) __________________ hungry. There are drinks
too, if anyone (6) __________________ thirsty.
I (7) __________________ lucky to have such a
popular cousin!
Irregular verbs
7 Put the letters in order to make the past simple
forms.
eat ate (tea)
1 speak _______________ (kseop)
2 buy _______________ (ubohtg)
3 go _______________ (etnw)
4 ride _______________ (dore)
5 teach _______________ (gtahut)
6 hear _______________ (ehrad)