CUADERNILLO DE VERANO DE INGLÉS 1º ESO

GRAMMAR

1. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.

0 She ____is______ (be) very nice.

1 Mary _____________ (not like) jazz.
2 My teachers _________________ (think) I’m clever.
3 We __________________ (not use) a computer every day.
4 I _______________ (love) drawing.
5 They _________________ (be) good friends.

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

0 She __likes___ (like) cooking very much.

1 He can’t talk to you right now. He __________ (have) a bath.
2 I usually __________ (have) lunch at about 2 o’clock.
3 Her parents __________ (not believe) in God.
4 Tom is a well-known author but he __________ (not write) anything at the moment.
5 They don’t want to help me now. They __________ (watch) TV.

3. Complete the text with the verbs in the correct tense – Present Simple or Present Continuous.

Dear Tony,

I (0) am writing (write) to tell you that our holiday is great! The weather is wonderful. We had a lot of snow
yesterday and now it (1) __________ (snow) again. It always (2)__________ (snow) here at this time of year.
Bill doesn’t like it because he never (3)__________ (go) skiing when we are on holiday.

It’s 11 p.m. now and Bill (4)__________ (sleep) in his room. My parents (5) __________ (play) cards with
their friends.

I hope everything is OK with you.

See you soon,

Martha

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 4. Write sentences in the Present Continuous – affirmative (+), negative (–) or questions(?).

0 You (listen) to me. (?)

Are you listening to me?__________________
1 Frank (play) football. (+)
___________________________________________
2 I (think) about my homework. (-)
___________________________________________
3 They (work) in the garden. (?)
___________________________________________
4 You (study) Spanish. (-)
___________________________________________
5. Read the text and put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple.

My grandparents (0) ___met____ (meet) in 1948. My grandmother (1) __________ (live) in a small village
near Madrid. One day she (2) __________ (see) a nice man on the train to Madrid and she (3) __________
(like) him very much. It (4) __________ (be) my grandfather. They (5) __________ (not talk) much on the
train but the next day they (6)__________ (go) to the cinema together. They (7) __________ (marry) in the
spring of 1949.

6. Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the Past Simple.
A: What __________________________ (you/do) last weekend?
B: I _____________ (go) to Tim´s house on Saturday night. It _______________ (be) his birthday. We
__________________ (buy) a lot of food and drink, and his mother ______________ (make) a cake. About
fifty people ____________________ (come) to the party. __________________ (he/invite) you?
A: Yes, but I _____________ (not go). I´m in a rock group and we ______________ (play) at the new club in
town on Saturday. At the end, the manager ___________________ (say): “You´re a fantastic group!” but we
_________________ (not think) we played well.

7. Write the correct form of “WILL” or “BE GOING TO” to complete these sentences.
1. I think there ______________ (not) be any newspaper in the future!
2. Maybe the scientists __________________ discover a cure for cancer.
3. The clouds are very dark. It ______________ rain, I’m sure about it.
4. The orchestra has picked their instruments. They ______________ play.
5. I’m not taking a raincoat because I’m sure it ______________ (not) rain.

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 8. Complete the sentences with will, won’t, (am, are, is) going to or not going to.

0 I think most people ___will___ have mobile phones in the future.

1 Tom feels ill. He __________ visit a doctor on Monday.
2 I __________ watch TV this evening because there isn’t anything interesting on.
3 In the future, everybody __________ know how to use a computer.
4 We have two tests next week. We __________ study hard this weekend.
5 That’s not true! She __________ move to Africa. She decided to stay here.
6 He buys lots of expensive cars. In ten years he __________ have any money!

9. Write the verbs in brackets in the correct form of the Present Perfect.

0 His sisters have never played tennis. (never play)

1 I _______________ him two postcards from Paris. (send)
2 We _______________ the dog for a walk. (not take)
3 _______________ you _______________ anything dangerous? (do)
4 My parents _______________ me a lot of presents. (give)
5 My brother _______________ a poem. (never write)

10. Use the cues to write sentences about Betty’s life. Use the Present Perfect.

0 Betty/visit/many Asian countries.

Betty has visited many Asian countries____________
1 She/earn/a lot of money.
___________________________________________
2 She/take part/in several marathons.
___________________________________________
3 Betty/not climb/Mount Everest.
___________________________________________
4 She/meet/the president three times.
___________________________________________
5 She/not be/to New York.
___________________________________________

11. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect, the Past Simple or the Present Simple.

Karen Cookson _____________ (always be) interested in the sea and the creatures in it. When she was ten,
her mother _________________ (buy) her an aquarium and she ____________ (have) collections of tropical
fish ever since then. For the last twenty years, she __________ (live) in a big house in Auckland where she
has an aquarium.

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 12. Complete the sentences with the expressions from the box.

there is, there are, there isn’t, there aren’t, is there, are there

0 There are__ about twenty museums in my city.

1 __________ a post office next to your house? No, __________ .
2 __________ any supermarkets in my town.
3 How many people __________ in your city?
4 __________ a park near my house.

13. These statements are false. Make them true. Use can, can’t, have to or don’t have to.

0 Backpackers have to get information at the tourist information office.

________________can________________________
1 Students don’t have to smoke at school.
___________________________________________
2 Most people have to go to work on Sundays.
___________________________________________
3 If you like, you don’t have to change the money at the bank.
___________________________________________
4 You can’t be quiet at the theatre.
___________________________________________

14. Underline the correct word in each sentence.

0 Their /Theirs son is very lazy.

1 This is not my/mine book. It’s Janes’/Jane’s.
2 My parent’s/parents’ car is very old. They want to buy a new one.
3 Anna doesn’t collect CDs - this CD isn’t her/hers, it’s her sisters’/sister’s.
4 Whose/Who’s guitar is this?

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 15. Complete the sentences with some, any or a/an.

0 I have got ____a_____ computer.

1 I need __________ paper and __________ pencil.
2 We haven’t got __________ tomatoes.
3 Is there __________ bread at home?
4 I want __________ ham.
5 My father is __________ artist.

16. Write sentences about the two cars. Use the adjectives from the table.

Car A Car B
0 slow +
1 comfortable +
2 small +
3 smart +
4 bad +

0 B is slower than A.____________________________

1 ___________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________

17. Complete the text with the adjective in the correct form – comparative or superlative.

My brother Stephan is (0) the happiest___ (happy) person in his class because everybody likes him. He has
two very good friends - Lisa and Christine. Lisa studies a lot and she is (1)_______________ (good) student in
her class. She is also (2) _______________ (intelligent) than Christine. Stephan likes to talk to her very much.
Christine is very good-looking. She has (3) _______________ (long) and (4) _______________ (dark) hair
than Lisa. In fact, everybody thinks Christine is (5) _______________ (pretty) girl at school.

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 VOCABULARY

1. Complete the sentences with these prepositions from/at/on/in/until.

0 I often go swimming ____in____ summer.
1 Tom’s birthday is __________ the twenty-first of March.
2 What do you usually do __________ the weekend?
3 We have holidays __________ July.
4 I often go to church __________ Sunday.
5 This bank is open _________ 11 a.m. _________ 4 p.m.

2. Complete the table with the adjectives made from the nouns.

0 sun sunny
1 change
2 wind
3 difference
4 ice
5 friend
6 fame

3. Complete the table with the masculine or feminine forms of nouns.

0 man woman
1 boy
2 princess
3 nephew
4 wife
5 brother
6 Ms

4. Complete the table with the adjectives or nouns.

0 disappointment disappointing
1 success
2 romantic
3 famous
4 fashion

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 5. Complete the sentences with prepositions.

1. She took the meal _________ of the microwave oven.

2. He took _________ his coat because he was hot.
3. He switched _________ the light and went to sleep.
4. Click ________ this icon to start the programme.
5. A: Where´s Anna? B: She´s _________ home.
6. The boy dived _________ the swimming pool.
7. The shop is open _________ 9 a.m. __________ 5 p.m.

6. Use the picture to write the names of clothes and other things.

7. Write plural forms of these nouns.

0 man men
1 child
2 watch
3 knife
4 skirt

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 8. Write the opposites of these adjectives.

1. Healthy: ____________________ 6. Fast: ______________________

2. Fit: ________________________ 7. Interesting: ___________________

3. Useful: _____________________ 8. Clean: _______________________

4. Light: ______________________ 9. Fat: _________________________

5. Weak: ______________________ 10. Outside: _____________________

9. Negative adjectives. Complete the sentences with the correct word.

noisy terrible unfriendly dirty expensive

1. It was a ______________ hotel. A lot of people were talking and the music was too loud.

2. Were the people at the campsite nice? No, most of they were very _______________ .

3. We only paid €40 for the dinner. That’s not a lot. It wasn’t _______________.

4. It was raining all the day. The weather was ________________ .

5. It was disgusting for me. The swimming pool was full of leaves, it was ____________.

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 READING AND WRITING

My trip to Canada by Tessa Watts

I had a great time on my adventure trip to Canada. I went with two teachers and all my classmates. I missed
my family at first but by the end of the holiday, I didn´t want to go home!
On my favourite day, we went on a really long walk in the mountains. We had to carry all our things in bags
on our backs which was hard work but we never got bored because we all chatted the whole time. We had a
rock climbing lesson just before our picnic lunch and later that afternoon we arrived at a lake where we
camped for the night. Three of the others tried to fish, without success! I helped build the fire instead. The
teachers and two of the older students made supper, then we sat in our blankets around the fire and sang
songs and made wishes in the dark.
We decided not to sleep inside the tents, but outdoors because we wanted to look at the stars. Some of the
boys made “bear” noises trying to make us afraid, but we were still laughing at midnight because we were
having so much fun. I´ll never forget that day.

1. Read the text and decide if the following sentences are true or false. Find evidence in the text.
1. Tessa felt happy on the first day because she was with her family.
______________________________________________________________________________
2. Tessa talked a lot with other people on the walk.
______________________________________________________________________________
3. After their picnic lunch, the group had a lesson in rock climbing.
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Some of the other students caught three fish in the lake.
______________________________________________________________________________
5. The group slept outside so they could look up at the sky.
______________________________________________________________________________

2. Find synonyms in the text.

1. Dinner (paragraph 2):__________________________________________________
2. Outside (paragraph 3): _________________________________________________
3. enjoying ourselves(paragraph 3): _________________________________________

4. Talked( paragraph 2):___________________________________________________

3. Answer the following questions in your own words.

1. Have you ever gone camping? Who with?

2.Which is your favourite holiday?

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READING AND WRITING: Holiday in Greece

Dear Jane,

Here I am in Greece and I think this is the best holiday of my life. The flight was great. The weather in
Chalkidiki is fantastic and the sea is really hot. I am staying at a small hotel by the sea.

Every day I go snorkelling and I sit in the sun. I want to look terrific when I come home. In the afternoons, I go
sightseeing. I discovered that it is best to rent a car because some of the places of interest are quite far from
the hotel. I often travel with some nice Spanish people I met at my hotel so I can practise my Spanish a bit.
They are very friendly. Every night I go to different restaurants and clubs with them. I know my sister would
love the clubs! They are really great. Guess who I met at a disco last night? My best friend, Gina! I was so
surprised. I didn’t know she was in Greece. We arranged to meet tomorrow morning. We want to look for
some souvenirs in the local shops.

One more thing. Two days ago I went to watch the sun go down and I found something on the beach. It’s the
most beautiful piece of ancient jewellery.

I can’t wait to see you. I will tell you all about Greece when I come back.

Love,

Sophie

1. Read the letter again and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
a. The hotel is far from the beach.
_______________________________________________________________________
b. Sophie visits tourist attractions in the afternoons.
_______________________________________________________________________
c. Sophie can practise Spanish because she is studying in Greece.
_______________________________________________________________________
d. Sophie met Spanish people at the hotel.
_______________________________________________________________________
e. Gina told Sophie about her trip to Greece.
_______________________________________________________________________
2. Find synonyms from the text.
a. Great (paragraph 1): _____________________________________________
b. Usually (paragraph 2): ____________________________________________
c. Kind(paragraph 2): _______________________________________________
d. Return ( last paragraph): __________________________________________
3. Answer the following questions using your own words.
a. Describe your perfect holiday.

b. Do you think Gina has enjoyed her holiday in Greece?

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READING AND WRITING: Karaoke

Karaoke was created thirty years ago in the city of Kobe, Japan. It actually means ‘empty orchestra’ and was
originally popular with businessmen who wanted to relax after a day’s work. With time, however, karaoke
has become extremely popular and it is now a hit in bars, restaurants, hotels, parties and even at weddings!
Today a lot of karaoke fans prefer to buy CDs including special karaoke versions of the songs by their
favourite artist. They also often use karaoke players available on the Internet. That way, they have the
opportunity to practice singing at home before they show their talents in front of others.
In twenty years karaoke’s popularity has spread far beyond Japan and it has got to the rest of the Far East,
North America and Europe. It appears that the rest of the world also enjoys the idea of having a drink and
singing songs among friends! Anywhere friends or family meet for a good time, they enjoy holding the
microphone and singing along with the music. It is so much fun!

1. Read the text and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). Find evidence in the text.

a. Businessmen used karaoke to relax after work.

_______________________________________________________________________
b. Karaoke is only popular at weddings.
_______________________________________________________________________
c. Not many people buy CDs with karaoke versions of pop songs today.
_______________________________________________________________________
d. Karaoke fans can practise singing at home with the help of the Internet.
_______________________________________________________________________
e. It took karaoke about ten years to become popular all over the world.
_______________________________________________________________________

2. Find synonyms from the text.

a. In fact(paragraph 1):________________________________________________
b. Followers(paragraph 2):______________________________________________
c. Expand(paragraph 3): _______________________________________________

3. Answer the questions using your own words:

a. Why do you think karaoke is so successful among young people?

b. Do you like karaoke? Do you usually go to karaokes?

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 READING AND WRITING

KAREN´S LIFE: This is my life.

My name is Karen and I am 15 years old. I live in a small city near Kent, in the U.K., where I was born. I live in a
big house with my father and my two brothers. We have got two dogs, in my bedroom, I have got a fish, my
favourite pet!!!!
Every weekday I go to Gardens High School. I am not a very good student because I talk very much in class
with my friends, but I work hard at home because my education is very important for my future. My favourite
subject is Science because I love nature.
In the afternoons I study for 3 hours; sometimes my brother helps me because I do not understand some
things. Three times a week I go to guitar classes; maybe in the future I will play in a rock band! The free time I
have during the week, I surf the internet, I play online games with my friends and I help my father with the
housework.
Some weekends and in the summer, I travel to the coast. My mother lives near the beach in a small house. She
does not have pets because she is allergic! I miss my fish very much when I am there. I have got three friends
there and we always go skating; it is the best sport in the world.

1. Decide if the following statements are true or false. Find evidence in the text.
a. Karen is American.
___________________________________________________________________
b. She has got three pets in her house.
___________________________________________________________________
c. Karen is allergic to animals.
___________________________________________________________________
d. She loves Science.
___________________________________________________________________

2. Find synonyms in the text.

a. Animal (paragraph 1) ________________________________
b. Tiny (paragraph 1) __________________________________
c. Chat(paragraph 2) __________________________________
d. Housecleaning (paragraph 3) _________________________

3. Answer the following questions in your own words.

a. Have you got a pet? Would you like to have one?

b. Which is your favourite sport? Why?

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READING COMPREHENSION: Owls

Most human beings are awake during the day and sleep all night. Owls live the opposite way.
Owls are nocturnal. This means that they sleep all day and stay awake at night. Because owls
are nocturnal, this means they must eat at night. But finding food in the dark is difficult. To
help them, they have special eyes and ears.
Owls have very large eyes. These eyes absorb more light than normal. Since there is little light
during the night, it is helpful to be able to absorb more of it. This helps owls find food in the
dark.
Owls also have very good hearing. Even when owls are in the trees, they can hear small
animals moving in the grass below. This helps owls catch their prey even when it is very dark.
Like owls, mice are also nocturnal animals. Mice have an excellent sense of smell. This helps
them find food in the dark.
Being nocturnal helps mice to hide from the many different animals that want to eat them.
Most of the birds, snakes, and lizards that like to eat mice sleep at night—except, of course,
owls!

4. Decide if the following statements are true or false. Find evidence in the text.

a. Owls are diurnal, they sleep during the day.

_______________________________________________________________

b. Owls can find food in the dark using their sense of sound only.
_______________________________________________________________
c. Owls cannot hear very well.
_______________________________________________________________
d. Mice sleep during the day.
_______________________________________________________________

5. Find synonyms in the text.

a. People (paragraph 1): _________________________________________________
b. Because(paragraph 2): ________________________________________________
c. Victim (paragraph 3): _________________________________________________

6. Answer the following questions using your own words.

a. Are you a day or a night person?

b. You can be any animal you want. Tell us which one and why.

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