с английским! 1 Complete the sentences with a, an, the or 0 (no article 1 Can you turn ……………………… television on? X-Factor is on in five minutes. 2 Jan’s got ……………………… new baby. She’s beautiful! 3 Do you enjoy studying ……………………… English? 4 I’d like to be ……………………… engineer when I’m older. 5 Come in! My dad’s in ……………………… kitchen. He’s cooking. 2 Write complete sentences. Use the present simple or the present continuous. 1 you/know/my friend Susie? 2 Jack/not work/on his computer/right now 3 we/study/present tenses/this week 4 I’m afraid /I/not understand/this homework 5 your grandmother/stay/with you/at the moment? 3 Complete the sentences with the correct present simple or present continuous form of these verbs: go • have • stay • study • work 1 Our family ……………………… dinner together every evening. I think it’s important. 2 I ……………………… at my best friend’s house in the countryside this weekend. 3 At the moment, my cousin ……………………… at a college in England. He’s having a great time. 4 We ……………………… on holiday to Spain twice a year. We love hot countries! 5 My dad ……………………… in a bank in the city centre. He drives in every day. Vocabulary 4 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences. 1 I really like my brother-in-law/stepbrother. I’m happy that my sister married him. 2 My mum married again and my new husband/stepfather is very nice. 3 Helen is a single/an only child and she doesn’t like it. 4 Brett and Beth aren’t very happy together. I think they’re going to get single/divorced soon. 5 My uncle has two children who are the same age as me – they're my sons/cousins. 5 Complete the sentences with the correct noun form of the verbs given. 1 We asked the teacher for ……………………… (inform) about the new drama club. 2 We guarantee an ……………………… (improve) in your English. 3 My grandmother isn’t enjoying her ……………………… (retire). She says she’s bored. 4 Can you give me a ……………………… (describe) of your bag? What does it look like? 5 You need a lot of ……………………… (confident) to be an actor and perform in front of crowds of people. 6 Complete the sentences with words related to the stages of a person’s life: baby • middle-aged • senior citizen * teenager • young adult 1 My grandfather’s 70. He’s a ……………………… . He’s retired and lives with his wife in Spain. 2 My aunt is 48. She’s a ……………………… woman. She’s a teacher in a secondary school. 3 My cousin Mary is 25. She’s a ……………………… . She wants to get married next year. 4 My sister’s 17. She’s a ……………………… . She lives with my mum and stepfather. 5 My little brother’s one. He’s a ……………………… . He doesn’t sleep much at night!