New Headway Elementary

Exercise 5 Past Simple: negative Exercise 7 Countable and uncountable
Make these positive sentences negative.
Example Write C next to the count nouns and U next to the
He bought a new shirt. He didn't buy a new shirt. uncount nouns.

1 We enjoyed the film. Example

2 I took a photograph of my sister. book C rice U

3 Angela wrote a letter to her friend. 1 pencil - 5 apple -
2 music - 6 money -
4 Charles Dickens became a journalist when he 3 rain - 7 bread -
was 18.
4 flower -
5 Germany won the World Cup in 1986.
Exercise 8 some, any, or a
6 Her father died when she was 14.
Write some, any, or a in the gaps.
7 I lost £10 last night.
Example
8 People flew by plane 100 years ago. Do you have any rice?

9 That book was very interesting. 1 I'vegot pens in the office.
2 Can I have
10 We arrived at school at eight o'clock. 3 There isn't can of Coke, please?
4 Have you got
5 I'd like sugar in the dining room.
6 Peter put
photographs of Jim?
on the table.
7 There wasn't fruit, please.

water and glasses

petrol or oil in the car.

Exercise 9 How much and How many

Exercise 6 would like Complete the questions with How much or How many.

Tick ( J )the correct sentence. 1 milk is there in the fridge?
2 stamps do you need?
Example 3 oranges and apples are there

A Would you like a drink? JX on the table? Coke is there in the kitchen?
Do you like 4 money did you take to France?
5
B No thanks, I'm not thirsty. -TI

1 A Would you like some fruit?
Do you like

B ~ e s . ' ~apnple, please.

A Would you like windsurfmg?
Do you like

I IB Yes, but I prefer swimming-.

3 A What ~ ~ ~ ~ for~dinn,er thiis evkenineg?

B Steak and chips.

4 A Would you like Mr Brown?

Do you like

B No. He's not very nice.

5 A Can I help you?

I Iyes'
like a bottle of mineral water, please.
I'd like

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Exercise10 Comparatives and superlatives 1 Exercise11 Comparatives and superlatives2
Read about the castles.
Abergoran Castle Complete the chart.
Price: 5200,000
Built: 1072 I Adjective I Comparative ( Superlative
Rooms: 0
1I more dangerous II best II
Footleby Castle bad
Price: £10 million ' interesting I I
Built: 1833
Rooms: 160 I

Haywood Castle Exercise12 Ordinal numbers
Price: 52 million
Built: 1450 Write the ordinal numbers in words.
Rooms: 20 Example
6th sixth

These sentences are false. Correct them. Exercise13 Opposites
Example
Abergoran Castle is more modern than Haywood Castle. Choose a word from the box and write it next to its
No, i t isn't. It's oldur. opposite.
Example
1 Footlebv Castle is cheaper than Haywood Castle. big small

2 Abergoran Castle is bigger than Footleby Castle. interesting old buy before start

3 Abergoran Castle is the biggest. ~uiet east day new same

1 Abergoran Castle is more expensive than Footleby 1 boring
Castle. 2 stop
3 night
5 Footlebv Castle is the cheapest. 4 sell
5 different
6 Footleby Castle is older than Haywood Castle. 6 noisy
7 old
7 Abergoran Castle is the most modern. 8 modern
9 west
10 after

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Exercise1 Present Continuous: -@form Exercise 3 Present Simple and Continuous

Write the correct -ingform. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or the
Example Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
walk walking
smoke smoking Example
'Be quiet! I ' m watchiho (watch) this film!'
1 drive
2 stop 1 We usually (take) the bus to town, but
3 work
4 use today we (go) by car.
5 look
6 get 2 A Where you usually (go)
7 buy
8 think on Friday evenings?
9 swim
10 cry B To a disco.

3 A It's 11.30. Why YOU
(work) so late?

B Because I (have) a lot of homework.

4 A Where your parents ?

(live)

B In a small village near Oxford.

A they (like) l i ~ l n gin the

country?

Exercise 2 Present Continuous B Yes, they do.

5 A What you usually (have)

Complete the sentences with the Present Continuous for breakfast?
form of the verb in brackets.
B Toast. But today I (have)some fruit
Example
Julie is wearino earrings. (wear) because there isn't any bread.

6 A The telephone (ring). Can you

1 I on holiday tomorrow. (not go) answer it?

2 A Why YOU ? (smile) B OK.

B Because Mr Black didn't give us any homework.

3 A Where's Richard?

B He next to Jane. (stand)

4 Tom at his desk. (not sit)

5 A What Sue ? (eat)

B A tuna sandwich.

6 A What YOU ? (do)

B I my shoes. (clean)

7 I can't phone my wife. The telephone

(not work)

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Exercise4 Possessive pronouns Exercise 6 Infinitive of purpose
illrite the sentences using a possessive pronoun.
Example Rewrite these sentences using the infinitive of purpose.
It's my pen. It's mine. Example
They're her socks. They're hers. I went to Holland because I wanted to see the tulips.
I went to Uollandto sec the tulips.
1 It's your newspaper.
1 I'm going to Moscow because I want to see the
2 They're his books. Kremlin.

3 It's her T-shirt. 2 Paul is going to London because he wants to buy
some clothes.
4 They're our videos.
3 Roger went to India because he wanted to visit
5 This is their house. the Taj Mahal.

Exercise 5 going to 4 Tracey often goes to the disco because she wants
to dance.
Make positive sentences, negative sentences, and
questions using going to. 5 Tim is going to America because he wants to see
Examples the Niagara Falls.
she / pilot Shr's going to be a pilot.
he / not / bus driver Ueisn't going to be a bus driver. - - -
you / hairdresser? Are yougoing to be a hairdresser?
6 Frank is learning French because he wants to get
1 they / architects
a better job.
2 he / not / ballet dancer
7 Peter is saving money because he wants to buy a
3 you 1 pilot? car.

4 I / not / policeman 8 Henry went to Japan because he wanted to visit
Kyoto.
3 we / athletes
9 Chris went to the newsagent's because he wanted
6 she I not / chef to buy a newspaper.

7 he I vet? 10 Brian and Jane are going to Paris because they
want to climb the Eiffel Tower.
8 I / actress
Exercise 7 Adverbs
9 he / not / travel agent
Write the adverbs next to the adjectives.
10 you / English teacher?
Example
quick quickly

1 slow 5 hard
2 early 6 sudden
3 careful 7 fast
4 good 8 bad

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Exercise 8 Question words Exercise10 Present Perfect and Past Simple

Complete the questions with a word from the box. Tick ( J )the correct sentence.
Example
A Mow tall is your sister? I went to London last week.
B 111152. I have been to London last week.
Have you ever been to France?
Where Which Why How Who What When Did you ever go to France?
Kate has finished her homework two hours ago.
1 A often do you go to the cinema? Kate finished her homework two hours ago.
B About once a month. Did he go to the dentist last week or the week
before?
2 A time does the programme start? Has he been to the dentist last week or the week
B At nine o'clock. before?
I haven't seen that film yet.
3 A did you close the window? I didn't see that fitm yet.
B Because I'm cold. I've just bought my plane ticket to Paris - here
it is!
4 A colour is Angela's new car? I just bought my plane ticket to Paris - here it
B Red. is!
Jim and Cathy won £1,000 last month.
5 A did you go to town with? Jimand Cathy have won £1,000 last month.
B Jim and Lucy.
Exercise 11 Word groups
6 A newspaper do you want - the Italian
one or the English one? Put the words in the correct column.

B The English one. blue T-shirt foggy green jumper
7 A is Edinburgh? cloudy snowing
tie sunny brown yellow windy
B It's in Scotland.
pink suit skirt
8 A are you going to clean your room?
B When this film has finished. Colours Clothes Weather

9 A is your favourite season?
B I like summer best.

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Exercise9 Past Simple and Present Perfect

Write the Past Simple and the Past Participle of these
verbs.
Example
stay staysd stayed
sing sang sung

1 eat
2 win
3 live
4 have
5 do
6 cook

7 go
8 drive

Answer keys

Answers to the reading 3 How much can he earn a day on 7 f 1,000.
European TV programmes? 8 She's going to plant all the flowers and
2 A How do you spell it?
4 What does his-wife do? trees again and she's going to have a
3 B Glasgow, in Scotland. 5 How much did he win? pond with some goldfish.
6 What does he like doing in his free 9 They're going to see their solicitor.
4 A How old are you?
time? Language work
5 B Yes,Iam. 5 I He remembered the order of 35 1 2 Which was the prettiest season?

6 A What's your husband's name? packs of cards. 3 Why did a lot of people come to the
2 Dominic is 34 years old. village?
7 B He's a teacher. (He teaches blind 3 He won £1,000 a night.
4 He went to 7 clubs (with the 4 Was the cottage easy to sell?
children.) 5 Why did Mr and Mrs Grey want to
interviewers).
8 B Yes, I do. I have two sons and a 5 He had f1,250 in his pocket. move from London?
6 Children can learn to improve their 6 When did they move?
daughter. 7 What was the garden like?
memory from the age of five. 8 Has Verena got a bigger house (now)?
9 A Do you have any brothers or 9 What is she going to d o (with it)?
-Song I JustCalled To Say I Love You 10 Who are Mr and Mrs Grey going to
sisters?
see?
10 B Yes, I do.
2 1 Present
11 A do you enjoy your job? I'vegot a much bigger garden
Past
12 B In London and Glasgow. 1 Day 9 care She had flowers and plants for every
2 hearts 10 mean season
13 B Yes, Ilwe do. 3 sing 11 warm
4 day 12 moon ... we didn't have a garden there.
14 A \$%at do vou like doing in your 5 flowers 13 leaves
6 wedding 14 fly 2 It was more beautiful than the park.
free time? 7 true 15 thanks
8 words 16 heart ... she would like to move to a
-Song Colours
bigger house.
l'eU0.t~ Answers to the reading
In the morning ...I'm going to make it even more
I love the best Vocabulary
Green beautiful than my first garden.
In the morning
I love the best 3 Summer was the prettiest season of all.
word
time 4 spent, had, grew, bought, came,fell
left, ( wadwere).
Answers to the reading Flowers Colours red
gold 5 I'm going to make it even more
1 4 Seoul tulip pink white beautiful than my first garden
3 1 the day of any date in any year; rose yellow I'm going to plant all the flowers
daffodil orange and trees again.
the teams and the scores of every snowdrop brown I'm going to have a pond.
football match in every World Cup. primrose grey We're going to see a solicitor.
2 He remembered the order of 35
packs of playing cards. (Note that pink is also a flower, a type of 6 She spent ten years and thousands
3 S o , he wasn't. He couldn't carnation, but it is not necessary to of pounds to make her garden there
remember his lessons. mention this.) beautiful.
4 They said he was stupid. A lot of people came to the village
5 Four years ago. He saw a programme Comprehension check especially to seeverena's garden.
on which showed people how Mr and lMrs Grey came to see it.
to improve their memory. 1 She's an artist. Her hobby is gardening.
6 Because he can remember every card. 2 To make her garden beautiful. / Because 7 There was a brown field with some
7 Seven. stones and rocks.
8 Three. The other four clubs knew she wanted to make her garden beautiful. I'm going to have a pond with some
him and didn't want him to play. 3 Summer, because there were hundreds goldfish.
4 1 \\That day was April 21, 1876?
2 \\hen did he become world of red, white, and pink roses. 8 There weren't anyflowers or trees
champion? 4 Because she wanted a bigger house. and there wasn't any grass!
5 Yes, they did. (They fell in love with it

immediately.)
6 Because there was no garden, just a

brown field with some stones and rocks.
Also there weren't any flowers or trees.

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