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Grammar Practice O Elaine Walker 1 New Edition Steve Elsworth G ra m ma r Practice | E | for Elementary “Students — with key Contents To the Student LANGUAGE GRAMMAR PAGE STAGE | NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES cat, cats singular and plural nouns 1 a an $ indefinite article 3 there is, there are there + to be 4 I know her subject and object pronouns 4 nice, big, beautiful adjectives 6 my, your, her, His ..., 's possessive adjectives and other possessives 7 this, that, these, those demonstrative adjectives and pronouns u taller than... comparative adjectives with er 13 VERBS am, is, are º present simple tense of verb to be 16 has, have got has, have + got 17 Twalk to school *present simple tense 20 was, were “past simple tense of verb to be 28 1 walked to school “past simple tense 30 go+to, fora, ...ing econstructions with go 37 PREPOSITIONS at, on, in, to prepositions of place, movement and time 39 GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES 1 tike swimming tike + gerund 42 Td like to go the beach would fike + to-infinitive 44 SENTENCE STRUCTURE He always gets up early frequency adverbs with present simple 45 TEST 1 56 STAGE 2 NOUNS, ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS the, a, an definite and indefinite articles 49 some, any some, any with countable and uncountable nouns 52 guickty, slowly, badty adverbs of manner 57 bigger than, more comparative adjectives with er and more 59 expensive than LANGUAGE VERBS She is eating Fm seeing him tomorrow Fm going to see a film Stop talking! Don't walk on the grass! Ican speak English They can't swim PREPOSITIONS at, on, in, to, from, onto, off, into, out of GRAMMAR present continuous tense present continuous as future be going to future the imperative modal verb can, car't prepositions of position and movement GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES Do you like working here? Iwant to stay here SENTENCE STRUCTURE “What's he like” TEST 2 STAGE 3 NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES some, any, a few, a little, a lot of, much, many mine, yours, hers, his ..., 's the biggest, the most expensive, more ... than VERBS Ive been to Australia She was working in the garden at 7 o'clock Ifit rains, Pi stay at home can, could, may, might, should, must PREPOSITIONS next to, between, in front of, above, below, over, behind, under, opposite, along, across, down, up, round, past before, after verb + gerund, verb + to-infinitive questions and answers articles and adjectives to describe quantity possessive pronouns the superlative and the comparative present perfect tense past continuous tense first conditional modal verbs prepositions of position and movement prepositions, conjunctions of time PAGE 81 86 89 91 9 97 100 105 n3 n? no 128 13 To the student Grammar Practice for Elementary Students gives short, clear explanations of grammar and provides practice exercises for you to do. The hook has three stages with a test at the end of each stage. Stage 1 is the easiest and Stage II is the most difficult. There are two ways in which this book can be used: i) in class, with help from your teacher; ii) at home by yourself. You can complete Stage 1 hefore starting Stage II or you can choose areas of grammar that you need to practise from different parts of the hook. Use the Index and the Contents list to find the areas that you want to study. Then read the explanation, do the exercises and check your answers in the Key. We hope that Grammar Practice for Elementary Students helps you to improve your English. Elaine Walker Steve Elsworth STAGE 1 Nouns and adjectives 1 cat, cats: singular and plural nouns Plurais: s ending one dog = two dogs oneapple — two apples one boy - two boys * To make a singular noun plural, add s. Practice fa Complete the list, using these nouns and the pictures: gird pencil telephone bird cup camera banana newspaper chair spoon 1º three bananas 2 two newspapers Nouns and adjertives STAGE 1 2 a, an: indefinite article It's a present. It's a lovely day. * We use a before consonants: Are yon. a doctor? Consonants b f j m q t c g k n r d h l p s w «a Nx Here's an orange. He's an old man now, * We use an before vowels: Pm an English teacher. Practice 2 Complete the sentences using a or an. 1 Its 4, new book. 6 He's... waiter, 2 English teacher. TOPS. ugly house. 3 Are you student? 8 Here's ............ ticket for the play. 4 Britain is... island. 9 He's... good worker. 5 They'reat........... restaurant. 10 Tt's not... easy language. Nouns and adjectives STAGE 1 3 there is, there are There's a cat in the garden. There are twenty students in the class. Is there a hotel near here? Are there a lot of tourists in your town? * There is, there's + singular noun. There are + plural noun. * Question forms: Is there .. Are there Practice 3 Complete the sentences using there's, there are, is there or are there. 1 ..Theres. a beach down here. 2 . There are.. tour girls and two boys in her family. 3 ias a train to Manchester? A irritantes a new disco near the college. Dista a good restaurant in this street? 6 isiiiceeeam two hospitals in town. p ARNO RPE RERDOEENDENDEENDEEN a lot of children in the pool? Bia three families in that house. | RP PRRDRODPEEDOEODPENDUEE a television in the flat? - à big grey cloud over there. 4 Iknow her: subject and object pronouns Subject Verb Object I see them. She knows me. We don't like it. * We also use object pronouns after prepositions: Do you live with them? Jenny works with him. Subject pronouns E [you | she | he E [we [they | Object pronouns [ me | you [ her | him [it [us [ them | Nouns and adjectives STAGE 1 5 nice, big, beautiful; adjectives Tt's a beautiful day. My teacher is very young. It's an expensive restaurant. They're very friendly people. * Adjectives usually come before nouns: It's an expensive restaurant. Adjectives can also come after the verb to be: My teacher is very young. * An adjective does not change. It is always the same for singular, plural, masculine and feminine nouns. a clever girt clever girls a clever boy clever boys Practice 5 Write sentences with an adjective and a noun. 1 small / rooms The rooms are small. They're small rooms. 2 not/ long / story It's not a long story. The story's not long. 3 happy / children 7 quiet / village 8 not / cheap / clothes 9. pretty / garden 10 difficult / language 6 my, your, her, his... : possessive adjectives That's my daughter. Is this your book? This is her office, Ive got their phone number. Personal Possessive pronouns adjectives I md my you > your she > her he > his it - its we > our they > their Notes Nouns and adjectives * my, your, her, his, its, onr, their do not change. They are the same with singular and plural nouns: Here's my book. Ilike their car. Here are my books. Ilike their cars. * The possessive its has no apostrophe ('): The cat likes its foo: NOT The-cattlikestes-feod. Practice 6 Complete the sentences with my, your, her, his, its, our or their. 1 Alison is doing ..fer.. homework. 2 Do you live with .y2ur.. parents? 3 We love... new house. 4 He'sin office. 5 The children are with ............... grandmother. 6 Ilike. -. new job. 7 Are you and your sister enjoying .................. English classes? & Amsterdam is famous for .......c canals. 9 She's with .... boyfriend. 10 They haven't got .................. umbrellas. 1 She'sin bedroom, 12 He's looking for .................. shoes. 13 I like visiting... friends at the weekend, ta Are the teachers having ............. meeting now? 15 Have you got... passport? STAGE 1 Nouns and adjertives 5 Its dinner is here. (the dog) 7b Write the sentences with the apostrophe (”) in the correct place. 1 These are Susans keys. These are Susan's keys. 2 like your husbands haircut. tlike your husband's haircut, 3 Those are Robert and Sarahs children. STAGE 1 Nouns and adjectives STAGE 1 8 Other possessives The bank is at the end of the road. There is a cafe at the top of the hill. * Possession for things: noun + of + noun. * After the front, back, side, top, bottom, end, beginning, we always use of + noun: Its in the front of the car. NOT s-inthe-ear-front. Have you got the car keys? Can you close the bathroom door? * With common nouns (e.g. car, school, town, garden, kitchen, bedroom, sea, country, hotel) of is not necessary. We usually say the bathroon: door and NOT - Practice 8 Complete the sentences. 1 Have you got my .carkeys.? (keys/car) 2 There's a chair at the . top. of Lhe garden... (garden/top) 3 Can you close the ..........c iii iiestnteces ? (window/bedroom) 4 The money isin my... . (room/hotel) 5 Imet Sarah at the... . (gates/school) 6 They live at the .......iiicrseacreas - (hill/bottom) 7 There's an old tree at the... . (house/side) 8 Where's the... . (ight/bathroom) 9 We always meet at the .........iiiiiiiiio - (clock/town) 10 The... (air/sea) is very good for you. Nouns and adjectives 10 taller than... : comparative adjectives with er Pam is taller than Helen. Pam's hair is longer than Helen's. Helen's heavier than Pam. Helen's stronger than Pam. USE . . To compare two things. FORM adjective + er: old > older tall — tailer One-sylable adjectives, add er. happy — happier easy md easier Two-syllable adjectives ending in y, change y — í and add er. Spelling: big > bigger fat — fatter thin > thinner nice - nicer STAGE 1 When a one-syllable adjective ends with a vowel and one consonant, double the consonant before er. For adjectives ending in e, add r. Irregular comparative adjectives: good — better, bad — worse. Practice 10a Write the comparative adjective. fast faster thin easy easier nice slow heavy strong old dirty big small angry bad long happy good cold clean fat short Nouns and adjectives STAGE 1 10b Complete these sentences using the comparative. 14.0 2 This bag of potatoes .is heavier than this bag of tomatoes. ni 3 Spain .....ssssesseceseneaeeneeennener England. 4 my old one. 5 her brother. Town centre Town Centre via mentem coast road road 10km Bm 6 The coast road to the town... the mountain road. 
