1.

Read the following text and answer the questions

a. How often are the Olympic Games? ...............................................................................................................

b. Are the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games in the same
year? ..........................................................................................................

c. Is archery an Olympic sport? .......................................................................................................................

d. When are the Paralympics? .........................................................................................................................

e. Why are there five rings on the Olympic flag? ..............................................................................................

f. Why are the colours of the Olympic flag blue, black, red, yellow and
green? ........................................................................................................................................................

2. Complete the sentences with the present simple from these verbs

Charge – do – get up –go – play – read – study – work

a. We ................................. judo on Friday evenings

b. James ...............................books by Stephanie Meyer

c. They ............................ skateboarding after school

d. She ................................. in a hospital near London

e. The students.......................... French and German at school

f. You ............................ ice hockey at the weekends

g. I .................................... my mobile phone every day

h. Mum ......................... at seven every morning

3. Complete the text with the verbs in the present simple

Leela’s parents _________ (play) tennis every weekend, but Leela ____________ (Not like) tennis and she
____________ (not play) it. So what sport _______________ (she/do) to stay fit? She ___________ (play)
football. Leela’s older sister, Lisa, also ______________ (love) the game, and the two sisters __________ (get)
up early every morning and _____________ (practice) for half an hour before school. _____________________
(their parents / join) them? No, but they (not stop) them!

4. Complete the description with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs

Mrs Sutton …………………………….. (be) a PE teacher. She …………………………….. (work) at the Old Latin
School in London. Every day she …………………………….. (get up) early and …………………………….. (cycle) to
school. Lessons …………………………….. (start) at 9.00 a.m. today is Wednesday and at the moment she
…………………………….. (teach) the first lesson. The students …………………………….. (not play) tennis outside
because it …………………………….. (rain). They …………………………….. (do) gymnastics indoors.

5. Put the verb in the correct tense, present simple or present continuous

a. Georgia …………………………….. (clean) her teeth every morning

b. We …………………………….. (have) our breakfast now

c. It …………………………….. (not rain) at the moment

d. He often …………………………….. (hike) in the spring

e. They …………………………….. (rollerblade) in the park now

f. She never …………………………….. (watch) TV after 10 a.m.

g. He …………………………….. (study) every day

h. I …………………………….. (visit) my grandma today

6. Make questions with present simple

a. You / watch / sport / on TV? ………………………………………………………………………………………..

b. Your dad / wear / jeans / to work? ………………………………………………………………………………….

c. You / study / Japanese? ……………………………………………………………………………………………..

d. Your mum / speak / English? ………………………………………………………………………………………….

e. Your friends / watch / videos / on YouTube? ………………………………………………………………………….

f. Your teacher / use / computers? ………………………………………………………………………………………

7. Write questions in present continuous and then answer

a. It / raining / is? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

b. Kate / waiting / outside the cinema / is? ………………………………………………………………………………………….

c. On the phone / talking / is / Paul? …………………………………………………………………………………………………

d. Kate and Sam / are / running? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

8. Complete the sentences with the present simple of the verbs in brackets

a. She …………………………….. (do) her history homework last night

b. The young man …………………………….. (become) a knight

c. The students …………………………….. (learn) about the Great Fire

d. The fire …………………………….. (happen) last year

e. I …………………………….. (have) a terrible day yesterday

f. They …………………………….. (study) for the test last night

g. You …………………………….. (make) a big mistake!

h. We …………………………….. (play) tennis yesterday

i. Luke and Jason …………………………….. (watch) a horror film last night

j. He …………………………….. (give) me a present for my birthday

9. Make questions with the past simple

a. I took a photo of the castle. (you)

……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..

b. He studied his history notes. (she)

……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..

c. We saw a ghost in the tower. (they)

……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..

d. You had lunch at one o’clock. (he)

……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..

e. She got a good mark in the test. (you)

……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..

f. They visited the dungeon (he)

……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..

10. Complete with the correct form of the verb to be

a. She …………………………….. tall, she was short.

b. What …………………………….. Shakespeare’s first name?

c. …………………………….. there any people in the castle?

d. It …………………………….. an interesting place

e. The buildings …………………………….. old, they were new

11. Complete the sentences with words from the box

Time – with – best – know

a. I sometimes feel nervous when I meet people for the first ………………………………..

b. It’s easy for me to make friends ………………………….. people

c. My ……………………………….. friend and I chat for hours every evening

d. I’m shy. People say it’s difficult to get to …………………… me

12. Choose the correct option

a. In maths lessons I always sit between / next to my best friend

b. There’s a nice park under / between my house and my friend’s house

c. I always have a lot of papers on / between my desk

d. Our teacher always stands in front of / under the class

e. I always have an extra pencil in front of / in my pencil case

13. Complete the phrases with the words in the box

 Goal – match – medal – race – sport

a. Play a …………………………. / ……………………………

b. Win a …………………….. / ………………………… / ………………………….

c. Score a …………………………… / ………………………….

14. Complete the chart

SPORTS PLACES TO PLAY SPORTS SPORT COLLOCATIONS

S………………………………………….. Tennis ………………………………… …………………… a goal

F………………………………………….. Basketball …………………………… …………………… a medal

C………………………………………….. Football ……………………………… …………………… a match

J………………………………………….. Swimming …………………………… ………………….. a cup

T………………………………………….. Running ……………………………… ………………… a game

V…………………………………………..

15. Complete the sentences with the words from the box

Cds – DVDs – earphones – game console – mp3 player – ringtone – tracks (songs)

a. How many music ……………………………………. Do you have on your phone or ……………………………….?

b. Does your family have any film …………………………..?

c. Who has the biggest collection of music ………………………………… in your family?

d. Do you listen to music on ………………………………?

e. How often do you change the ……………………………….. on your phone?

f. Do you have a …………………………………………..?