1.

Complete with am, is or are

a. She is very kind (Ella es muy amable)

b. The beach is full (La playa está llena)
c. I am very organised (Yo soy muy organizado)
d. I don’t like loud noises, therefore I am very quiet (No me
gustan los ruidos, así que soy más callado)
e. He is looking for a job (Él está buscando un trabajo)
f. We are forming a band (Nosotros estamos formando una
banda)
g. You are very good at sports (Tú eres muy bueno en los
deportes)

2. Change these sentences into negatives, then into questions

a. I am a housekeeper (Yo soy amo de casa) = I am not a

housekeeper = Am I a housekeeper?
b. You are excellent at chess (Eres excelente en el ajedrez) =
You aren’t excellent at chess = Are you excellent at chess?
c. We are forming a band (Estamos formando una banda) =
We aren’t forming a band = Are we forming a band?
d. They are coming to the party (Ellos vienen a la fiesta) = They
aren’t coming to the party = Are they coming to the party?
e. I do want to stay in touch (Quiero seguir en contacto contigo)
= I don’t want to stay in touch = Do I want to stay in touch?
f. She is an attorney (Ella es una abogada) = She isn’t an
attorney = Is she an attorney?
g. He is very practical (Él es muy práctico) = He isn’t very
practical = Is he very practical?

3. Complete with the right preposition of time

a. My brother has a new job. He works at the evening (Mi

hermano tiene un nuevo trabajo, él trabaja por la tarde)
b. We’re having a picnic on Saturday afternoon (Vamos a hacer
un picnic el sábado por la tarde)
 c. I can finish my homework in an hour (Puedo terminar mis
deberes en una hora)
d. The meeting is at 2:00 (La reunión es a las 2)
e. Tom’s birthday is next week, on January 14th (El
cumpleaños de Tom es la semana que viene, el 14 de
enero)
f. My grandfather was born in the 1950s (Mi abuelo nació en
los 50)
g. Are there any holidays in August? (¿Hay vacaciones en
agosto?)
h. What time do you go to bed at night? (¿A qué hora te
acuestas por la noche?)
i. We’re leaving the house in a minute (Vamos a irnos de casa
en un minuto)

Regular verbs (past simple)

1. Para los verbos regulares, el past simple y el past participle se

forman añadiendo -ed al final del verbo.
Ex:
- jump = jumped (saltar)
- paint = painted (pintar)
- clean = cleaned (limpiar)
- wait = waited (esperar)
- help = helped (ayudar)
- play = played (jugar)
2. Para los verbos de una sola sílaba que acaban en consonante-
vocal-consonante, se duplica la última consonante y se añade -ed
Ex:
- chat = chatted (hablar)
- stop = stopped (parar)
- beg = begged (suplicar)
3. En los verbos acabados en -e solo añadimos -d al final
Ex:
- arrive = arrived (llegar)
- love = loved (amar)
4. En caso de que el verbo termine en -y, esta se sustituye por -i y se
añade -ed
Ex:
- cry = cried (llorar)
- fry = fried (freír)
- study = studied (estudiar)
- apply = applied (aplicar)
5. Si el verbo termina en -y precedido por una vocal solo se añade -ed
Ex:
- enjoy = enjoyed (disfrutar)
- employ = employed (emplear)
- destroy = destroyed (destruir)

1. Complete the sentences with the right form of the verb in past
simple

a. We are devastated by the news (Estamos devastados por

las noticias)
b. Your credit card is being denied (Tú tarjeta de crédito está
siendo rechazada)
c. He cried all morning (Él lloró toda la mañana)
d. They stayed in a hotel during the weekend (Ellos se
quedaron en el hotel todo el fin de semana)
e. I missed my flight (Perdí mi vuelo)
f. She played soccer in high school (Ella juega a fútbol en la
escuela)
g. They studied so hard for their tests (Ellos estudiaron muy
duro para sus exámenes)
h. I walked for one hour this morning (Caminé durante una hora
esta mañana)
i. He danced when we went to school together (Él bailaba
cuando íbamos juntos al instituto)
 j. I helped my cousin with his homework (Yo ayudo a mi primo
con sus deberes)
k. We danced the entire night (Bailamos toda la noche)
l. The bar closed at midnight (El bar cerró a medianoche)

2. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect)

a. I just finished my homework (Justo acabo de terminar los

deberes)
b. Tom moved to his home town in 1994 (Tom se mudó a esta
ciudad en 1994)
c. I (not/ be) have not been to Italy so far (Todavía no he ido a
Italia)
d. But I (already/ travel) already traveled to London a couple of
times (Ya he ido a Londres un par de veces)
e. (you/ ever/ see) Have you ever seen a whale? (¿Has visto
alguna vez una ballena?)
 Verbo To Be

Past Present Future

I was I am I will be…
You were You are You will
He/ she was He/ she is He/ she will
It was It is It will
We were We are We will
They were They are They will

1. Complete these sentences using the verb to be and transform

them into negatives

a. I am a very nice person (Soy una muy buena persona) =

I am not a very nice person
b. It is going to rain today at midnight (Va a llover hoy a
medianoche) = It isn’t going to rain today at midnight
c. You are tall, but he is short (Tú eres alto, pero él es bajo) =
You aren’t tall, but he is short
d. They were painting yesterday (Ellos estaban pintando ayer)
= They were not (weren’t) painting yesterday
e. It will be snowing tomorrow (Mañana estará nevando) =
It will not (won’t) be snowing tomorrow
f. They will eat with us tonight (Ellos cenarán con nosotros esta
noche) = They won’t eat with us tonight
g. She was a dancer years ago (Ella era una bailarina hace
años) = She was not (wasn’t) a dancer years ago
h. They are training to become a doctor (Ellos están estudiando
para ser doctores) = They aren’t training to become a doctor
i. If he keeps studying he will become a teacher (Si él sigue
estudiando, se convertirá en profesor) =If he doesn’t keep
studying he won’t become a doctor
2. Complete these sentences and turn them into questions

a. I will become a surgeon (Yo me convertiré en cirujana) =

Will I become a surgeon?
b. She is going to move to another country (Ella se va a mudar
a otro país) = Is she going to move to another country?
c. They are singing a song (Ellos están cantando una canción)
= Are they singing a song?
d. We are standing in the rain (Estamos en la lluvia) =
Are we standing in the rain?
e. You were listening to music yesterday (Estabas escuchando
música ayer) = Were you listening to music yesterday?

3. Complete these questions, answer them and turn them into

affirmative or negative sentences

a. Are they listening to music? (¿Están escuchando música?)

Yes, they are listening to music
b. Is it raining outside? (¿Está lloviendo fuera?) No, it isn’t
raining outside
c. Will you be there tomorrow? (¿Estarás ahí mañana?) No, I
won’t be there tomorrow
d. Did she bring me the book I lent her? (¿Me ha traído el libro
que le dejé?) Yes, she brought me the book I lent her
e. Will he attend the wedding next month? (¿Va a ir a la boda el
mes que viene?) Yes, he will attend the wedding next month
f. Did I get invited to the party? (¿He sido invitado a la fiesta?)
Yes, I did get invited to the party
g. Is it cold where you live? (¿Hace frío donde vives?) No, it
isn’t
 Numbers

1. Write these numbers

a. 13 = thirteen
b. 120 = one hundred and twenty
c. 340 = three hundred and forty
d. 1001 = one thousand and one
e. 1574 = one thousand and five hundred and seventy-four
f. 3284 = three thousand and two hundred and eighty-four
g. 72 300 = seventy two thousand and three hundred
h. 54 678 = fifty-four thousand and six hundred and seventy-
eight
i. 123 876 = one hundred and twenty-three thousand and eight
hundred and seventy-six
j. 3 303 042 = three million and three hundred and three
thousand and forty-two
k. 42 300 000 = forty-two million and three hundred thousand