Grammar Booster and Check Point - Unit 5 and 6

 

Grammar Booster – Unit 5 and Homework: Grammar a nd 6 UNIT 5 Lesson 1

A  Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb. is 1.  Coffee ____________ my favorite beverage. be  is __ very good for you, even when you 2.  Rice ____________ __________ y ou are sick. be  causes _ pain and fever. 3.  Influenza ____________ ___________ cause

creates 4.  Mathematics ____________ _________ ___ problems for many students, but not for me! create

frigshtens 5.  Darkness ____________ __________ __ some people, but I don’t know why. frighten

helps _ people answer questions about their health. 6.  Medical advice ____________ ___________ help

each statement with a countable quantity. (Note: More than one phrase of quantity may be B  Complete possible). liquids

solids 

a cup of salt 1.  This soup is too salty. It I t has __________ in it!

a piece of cheese and now I feel sick. 4.  I ate __________

2.  She must be very thirsty. This is her third glass ___ of water.  __________  _______

5.  A club sandwich doesn’t have two slices of_ bread. It has three__________ slices of_  __________  _________ three_________ bread.

3.  My car has a big gas tank. It holds liters of  __________  ________ __ gas.

6.  I like my tea sweet. Please put in two spoonfuls of sugar.  _________________  _________ ________

C  Complete each question with How much or How many. How much 1.   _________  ___________ __ bread do we need? I put tow loaves in the shopping cart. How much 2.   _________  ___________ __ salt did you put in the beef stew? I can’t eat it.

It may be: How many hot peppers…

How much 3.   _________  ___________ __ hot pepper do you like? This food is is already very spicy! How many 4.   _________  ___________ __ spoonfuls of sugar do you want in in your tea? Two, please. How much 5.   ___________  _________ __ oil should I put in this salad? A half cup?

How much 6.   ___________  _________ __ cheese is there in the kitchen? I think we need to get some more. How many 7.   ___________  _________ __ slices of bread do you want? Only one, thanks. How many 8.   ___________  _________ __ cups of coffee did you drink? Your hands hands are shaking!

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D  Write the plural form of the following count nouns. 1.  clam

clams _____________

spoonfuls 5.  spoonful _____________

vegetables 9.  vegetable _____________

2.  slice

slices _____________

6.  pear

10.  potato

3.  cup

cups _____________

french fries 7.  french fry _____________ _________ ____

4.  olive

olives _____________

sandwiches 8.  sandwich _____________

pears _____________

potatoes _____________

UNIT 5 Lesson 2

A  Write a or an. If the noun is a non-count noun, write X. X diabetes. 1.  He has ____

X 6.  Does the restaurant serve ____rice with the chicken?

a pear. 2.  She would like to eat ____

X water, please. 7.  We’d like ____

An apple a day keeps the doctor away”. 3.  “____

a good advice. 8.  He always gives ____

4.  Would you like ____ an appetizer?

a concert tonight. 9.  Let’s go to ____

an egg on the shelf. 5.  There’s ____

X music. 10.  My family loves ____

B  Change the following sentences from affirmative to negative.  

1. There is some coffee in the kitchen.  in the kitchen._ There isn’t any coffee  _____________________________________  ___________________ ___________________ 2.  There are some beans on the table. 

The Reeds want some eggs for breakfast.  The Reeds don’t want any eggs for breakfast.  _________________  ___________________________________ _____________________ ___   7.  I want some butter on my sandwich. 

There aren’t any beans on the table. _  _____________________________________  ___________________ ___________________ 3.  We have some leftovers. 

I don´t want any butter on my sandwich.  ___________________________________  _________________ _____________________ ___ 8.  There is some chicken in the fridge. 

 _____________________________________  ___________________ ___________________ _ We don’t have any leftovers.  

4.  They need some onions for the soup. 

 ___________________________________  _________________ _____________________ ___  There isn’t any chicken in the fridge.

9.  They need some cheese for the pasta. 

 _____________________________________  ___________________ ___________________ They don’t need any onions for the soup._ 

They don’t need any_____________________ cheese for the pasta.  ___________________________________  _________________ ___ 

5.  She’s buying some fruit at the market.   _____________________________________  ___________________ ___________________ _

C  

She’s not buying any fruit at the market.  

6.  Complete each statement with some or any.

any more coffee. 1.  I don’t want ______ any salt in this 2.  There isn’t ______ t his soup. any sandwiches on the menu. 3.  We don’t see ______ some sugar for their tea. 4.  They need ______ some cakes for the party. 5.  The restaurant is making ______ any soup. 6.  It’s too bad that there isn’t ______ any menus on those tables. 7.  I don’t see ______ 8.  There are ______ some eggs for the omelet.

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UNIT 6 Lesson 1

A  Correct the following sentences. come

1.  Can you coming to the party next week?

play

2.  My brother-in-law can’t plays basketball tomorrow.

can’t / cannot / can not 

3.  I’m going to the pool with Diane, but I no can swim.

can 4.  Alice can to go running after work.

visit

5.  Can Lisa visits her cousins next weekend?

B  Complete the questions, using can.  Where can I ______ do 1.  A: _____________  ___________________ aerobics around here? (Where / I / do) B: Why don’t you try Total Fitness? They have great instructors. When can we______ study English together? (When / we / study) 2.  A: _____________  ___________________ B: Let’s get together tomorrow night. OK? Where can we go walking? 3.  A: We need some fresh air. ___________________ __________ _________ walking? (Where / we / go) B: Well, we can go over to Grant Park. It’s very nice.  ________________________ _ golf? (How often / Larry / play) 4.  A: _______________ How often can __________ Larry play B: Not very often. He’s starting a new job. 5.  A: _______________  ___________________ Who can make ____ dinner tonight? (Who / make) B: What about Katherine? She’s not doing anything.

C  Correct these sentences.  has

1.  My brother-in-law have to work on the weekend. we ekend.

have

2.  Do you has to meet Mr. Green at the airport?

make

3.  We don’t have to making dinner tonight. We’re going out.

fill out an application for her English class. 4.  Ms. Davis has to fills watch

5.  Does she have to watches TV now? I’m trying to study.

D  Complete the questions.  1.  A: _________ What does she ________ have to do tomorrow? B: She has to go to English class. 2.  A: _________ When does he _______ have to take the medicine? B: Every three hours.

What time____ does she ______ have to go to the park? 3.  A: _________  _____________ __ ____ B: At around eight.

have to turn off the 5.  A: _______ When do we _______ machine? B: Never! Don’t ever turn it off. 6.  A: ___________ What time do you ______ have topick up your sister? B: At about two thirty.

4.  A: ________ What do they _______ have to do after class? B: Nothing special. Henry Paul Castellanos Carona.

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UNIT 6 Lesson 2

A  Write the verbs in the simple present tense or the present continuous. Dear Kevin,

am thinking of you. The kids ___________ are playing outside. I _____ see them through the It’s 2:00 and I ___________ 1. think

2. play

3. see

have a small table and chairs and they __________ are having a late lunch. window right now. They _________ 4. have

5. have

I _________ you’re working hard and want to mail this letter before the post office closes. I _________ know you’re 6. want

7. know

we all _________ miss you. 8. miss

Maggie

B  These sentences are not written correctly. Rewrite them correctly. 1.  She plays usually golf on Sunday. S unday. She usually plays__________________ golf on Sunday.  /________ Usually she…  _________________  _______ ___________________ _________________   / …Sunday, usually.  2.  They go to the park hardly ever. They hardly ever__________________ go to the park. ________   _________________  ________ __________________ _________________ 3.  I always am hungry in the afternoon.  _________________  ________ ___________________ __________________ ________________ ________  I am always hungry in the afternoon. 4.  We once in a while have eggs for breakfast. We have___________________ eggs for breakfast once in a while.  _________________  ________ __________________ ________________ ________    / Once in a while, we…  5.  Pat doesn’t never exercise. Pat doesn’t ever ___________________ exercise. ________________ / Pat ever doesn’t exercise.  _________________  ________ ___________________ _______   6.  Never I go swimming at night. I never go swimming at night.  _________________  _________ __________________ ___________________ ________________ _______  7.  Victor doesn’t drink always coffee.  __________________  _________ __________________ __________________ Victor doesn’t always drink________________ coffee. _______  8.  Connie and I play twice a week we ek tennis together.  __________________  _________ __________________ ________________ _______   Connie and I play __________________ tennis together twice a week. / Twice a week, Connie…  9.  We go often bike riding in the afternoon.  __________________  _________ _______/  Often we… / …afternoon, often.  We often__________________ go bike __________________ riding in ________________ the afternoon. 10.  She is every day late for class. She is late for class every________________ day. / Every day, she…   __________________  _________ __________________ __________________ _______

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I recommend to all of you: To breakfast, the traditional eggs and beans with a piece of cheese and a cup of coffee. We can have lunch chicken or beef stew with tortillas. To dinner, we can make a salad of corn, tomato, onion, lettuce and oil olive, we eat it with nachos or we buy tamales. But the cup coffee and sweet bread they must be present.

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Every morning, I almost always wake up at 5:50 am and get up at 6:00. I always take a shower and later I get dressed then I have breakfast. I often put my pet’s food into its dish. At last, I ride my motorcycle and I go to my work. In the afternoon, sometimes I visit to my girlfriend and sometimes I exercise.  

Henry Paul Castellanos Carona.

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