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Student Book
Grammar Station

Practice

This section introduces the main
grammar points in the units. It provides
clear explanations and charts showing
grammatical forms, meanings, and
usages. There are also corresponding
pictures and simple examples to help
students easily understand the basic
grammar structures and rules that are
presented. Simple check-up exercises
are provided at the bottom of the
page. They are helpful in checking

internalize what they have learned.

Supplementary Material
Review Test

Appendix: Grammar Station

After every four units, students will take a review
test. These tests aim to access and evaluate students’
understanding of the grammar points that they have
learned.

Grammar charts from each unit’s Grammar Station are
included in the back of the book. They allow students
to easily access the book’s main grammar points.


Contents
Nouns & Sentences

Future Tense

01

Jeff reads many books.

Parts of a Sentence

6


14

15

She’s going to be late.

Future: Be Going To

62

04

I'm cold and hungry.

Conjunctions

18

16

How was the concert?

Question Words: How / Why

66

Present Tense

Adjectives & Adverbs


74

07

Bob is writing a letter.

Present Continuous: Positive & Negative

30

19

I am the fastest in my class.

Adjectives: Superlatives

78

08

Is Ron watching TV?

Present Continuous: Questions

34

20

The ball is behind the box.


Did you dance yesterday?

Past Simple: Questions

50

Past Simple (The Verb Be): Positive & Negative

38

• Review Tests 1 - 5
• Appendix: Grammer Station
• Scope & Sequence

88 - 97
98 - 102
103


01

Jeff reads many books.

A

Subject

Grammar Station

2. The man enjoys swimming.

Subject (S)

Look at the underlined parts and check the correct boxes.

B

Match the subjects with the predicates.
1

2

4

3

Jeff / reads many books.
(S)
(P)

I / like my puppy.
(S) (P)

1. You

are best friends.

2. Mr. Johnson

is a large city.


3. Mrs. Kay is kind.

4. Nick and Jack are hungry.

5. We read English newspapers.

6. Your cell phone is new.

4. My dad washes his car every Sunday.

7. He likes grapes.

8. They are baseball players.

5. The students learn French once a week.

3. Nick is Jeff’s new friend at school.

Unit 1

7


ech, you can
When you make a spe
arly with
cle
deliver your message
s.
ate


fish

1.

is Max

, and I want to be class president.

a hardworking kid and I generally get good grades .
I am good at sports, too!

my best friend

These are my plans to make our school better:
1. More fun books in the library!

2.

Vote for Max!

2. More fun time on the playground!
3. More field trips!

Dave is

my best friend .

We read


Three penguins are on the snow.

1. I have many friends.

Penguins are wonderful birds.

2. Jenny hates science.

Subject

Predicate

I

have many friends.

3. My brothers are noisy.

4. Have birds wings.
5. They small shrimp and fish eat.

class president

.

Correct the underlined words and rewrite the sentences.
1. The weather bad is.

8


Choose and write the words in the correct categories.
Count

Grammar Station

dish

Quantifiers 1: Many / Much / A Lot Of
Many, much, and a lot of mean a large number or amount.
We use many with plural count nouns and much with noncount nouns.
We use a lot of with both plural count and noncount nouns.
Count Noun
P

many

N
Q

N
Q

a lot of

N
Q

There are a lot of pens.
There aren’t a lot of pens.
Are there a lot of pens?


moneymirror stick

There are many pens.
There aren’t many pens.
Are there many pens?

much

P

dish

Noncount Noun

P

Noncount

2. Larry doesn’t drink a lot of water.
3. Are there a lot of trees in your garden?

Q Question

4. I don’t have a lot of homework today.
5. The tourists buy a lot of presents.

SUGAR

C


1.

Many

4. I don’t have

4

people visit the cave on weekends.

2. Stacy doesn’t drink
3. There are

3

milk.
postcards in the box.
money today.
Unit 2

11


ry, you can
When you write a sto
ress the
use quantifiers to exp
s.
amounts of noun


a. many

b. much

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool.

flour in the bowl.

3. They watch

movies.

4. Do you have
5. Does Bob have

Choose and complete the story with the correct quantifiers and nouns.

a. many

places.

The Ant and the Grasshopper
It’s summer. The ant prepares for winter.

many seeds

on his back.

He dances and plays.


too.
food (x2)

He also has 4. ( many / much )

3
4

5

and 5. ( many / a lot of )

2. There are much roses in my garden.

seed

work (x2)

time

snow

.

Correct the underlined words and rewrite the sentences.
1. We need many cheese.

outside. There isn’t



Let’s hurry! We don’t have much [a lot of] time.

5. Sarah doesn’t read much books.

Sarah doesn’t read many [a lot of] books.

• Complete the chart.
Count Noun

Sentence
Positive

Negative

Question

Noncount Noun

many children.
= There are a lot of children.

There are

I drink a

lot of milk every day.

much money.
= Jane doesn’t have a lot of friends. = Bill doesn’t have a lot of money.


A

1. There is a ( piece / can ) of chocolate cake.

Grammar Station

3. There are three ( pieces / cans ) of tuna.

‌ can express amounts for noncount nouns using these quantifiers: a cup of, a glass of,
We
a bottle of, a piece of, a slice of, a can of, a bag of, a carton of, etc.
Noncount Noun
coffee
tea
hot chocolate

a cup of

Quantifier

Noncount Noun

a slice of

ham / meat
bread
cheese
pizza


paper

a piece of

4. There are two ( bottles / pieces ) of juice.
5. There are two ( cans / cartons ) of milk.
6. There is a ( bag / piece ) of popcorn.

B

milk
juice
soup

a carton of

C

a cup of coffee

a bag of flour

two cups of coffee

two bags of flour

Write the correct words.

a bottle of


a slice of
5.

coffee
14

meat

water

rice

of soda

Choose and write the correct words.

3.

a bag of

of lemonade

two

bag

Match the quantifiers with the correct nouns.

glasses


slice

cup

carton

2.
three
4.

6.

of rice

four slices of ham

three glasses of water

Unit 3

15


Grammar in Writing
A

Match the quantifiers with the correct nouns and write them.

nu, you can
When you make a me

a glass of water

DANNY’S $3, $6, and $9 MENU
$3 / PUMPKIN PIE

a slice of

Enjoy

pumpkin pie for only $3 with

milk!
$6 / SPICY COWBOY BURGER

B

Try our special spicy burger with

Look at Nelly’s lunch schedule and complete the sentences.
Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

orange juice or

Noncount Noun

of

cake / bread / paper / cheese

a

of

coffee / tea / hot chocolate

a

of

water / milk / juice / wine

a

of

ketchup / water / juice

a

of

bread / cheese / meat / ham / pizza



milk.

4. On Thursday, she has two slices of pizza with
5. On Friday, she has some snacks with

hot chocolate!

Sue has two slices of bread.

Unit 3

17


04

I’m cold and hungry.

A

Circle the correct words.
1

2

4

3



→ Will you have milk or juice?

It’s cold and windy outside.
Let’s play chess or read comic books.

Match to complete the sentences.
1. I need a pen

but I don’t have an umbrella.

2. Marie can play the piano,

or on the playground?

3. Are they in the classroom

or watermelons?

4. It’s raining outside,

and a notebook.

5. Do you like melons

but she can’t play the violin.

I like vegetables, but I don’t like meat.
I eat tomatoes and carrots for lunch.


8. Does Joe like fish or meat?

6. Do you want to be a pilot

a bottle of juice for lunch.
your sister’s bike?
I don’t like it.
feed the birds.
my sister can’t.
an astronaut?
Unit 4

18

19


ctions, you avoid
When you use conjun
n and make your
unnecessary repetitio
r.
tte
sentences sound be

Grammar in Writing
A

Connect the two sentences using conjunctions.



. The sun is at the center of our solar system.
. The earth

It gives us heat

Choose and complete the sentences.
1

and wide

other planets go

around the sun. We must not look at the sun with the naked
4

3

eye. Sunlight is very ____________, so it can hurt our
eyes

. Do you want to know about

the _____________ ? Use your science books

1. It is sunny,

___________ . Take your time

but it’s cold outside .

• Complete the chart.
C

Correct the underlined words and rewrite the sentences.
1. You but your sister are tall.

20

You and your sister are tall.

Conjunction

Sentence

The movie is fun. + The movie is exciting.

The movie is fun and exciting.

2. Is your mom’s hair black but brown?

Is your mom’s hair black or brown?

→

3. Turn the handle or open the door.

Turn the handle and open the door.

The runner is old. + The runner is fast.


We use the present simple to talk about facts or habits.
‌We use the base verb with I, you, we, or they. We add -s or -es to the base verb with he, she,
or it.
Positive

Negative
run.

I / You / We / They

runs.

He /She / It

I / You / We / They

do not
(=don’t)

run.

He /She / It

does not
(=doesn’t)

run.

Yes/No Question



Does

he /she

run?

Yes, he /she does.

No, he /she doesn’t.

Dana is Andy’s sister.
She plays with the dog.
She doesn’t help her brother.

3.

22

Do
Does

Kate study hard?

don’t play
doesn’t play

clean
cleans



a nice view.

4. We know the tall girl, but we

2. A

2. The children

home at 8:00.

Complete the negative sentences in the present simple.

1

at night.

hiking once a month.

2. Helen studies Japanese, but she

C

cry

a diary.

3. Mr. Jones drives a car, but Mrs. Jones

Do


. They run around the library.

Neil like reading books?
. He is a quiet boy.
Harry like storybooks?
. He likes comic books.
Mrs. Lee need glasses?
.
Unit 5

23


Grammar in Writing
A

person’s
When you describe a
the
use
n
daily life, you ca
t.
simple presen

Look at Larry’s Wednesday schedule and complete the sentences.
Choose and complete the descriptive writing.
9:00


work
take
read

at an animal shelter. Shetakes care of many

cleans

love

the shelter.

have

On weekends, she works at the public library. She

go home

English to people, and she

take care of

books to children. She goes home late every night,
but she really

clean

her life.

Choose and complete the sentences in the present simple.

2. He go swimming in summer.
3. He have a Christmas party in December.
4. His sister doesn’t likes snowboarding.

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teach

another job. She does

kinds of animals. She also

sing
eat
start
draw
have

classes every

volunteer work every evening. On weekdays, she

Art

five classes.

songs.

1. Sam cleans his room, but he


You have a pet.

You

Beth and I go.

Beth and I

a pet.

He
Amy

He

exercises .

Your sister

exercise.

Do we

have a pet.

Do you

Your sister

exercise ?


I usually eat breakfast.

A

Grammar Station

Frequency Adverbs
Frequency adverbs tell us how often something happens.
Common frequency adverbs are always, usually, often, sometimes, and never.
0%

50%

B

The Verb Be + Frequency Adverb

Laura

Frequency
Adverb

is

always
usually
often
sometimes
never


is

on weekends.

around 12:00.
in

the library.

hot in my hometown.

Complete the sentences using frequency adverbs.
0%

They usually come after the verb be or before action verbs.

Be

1.

100%

always
usually
often
sometimes
never

Subject

2.

My brothers are

3.

Tim is

4.

breakfast.

C

always

messy.
noisy.

late for class.

Joe sometimes

goes for a walk.

Complete the sentences using frequency adverbs.
Activity

Mon


often
26

2.
sometimes

100%

3.
never

1. Lydia

4.
always

5.
usually

always

draws cartoons.

2. She

goes to the library with her friends.

3. She

plays soccer after school.


(0%)

3. My dad loves cooking. He

Complete the letter.

drinks lemonade.

Dear Mom and Dad,

cooks for us.

Camp is wonderful! I

(80%)

4. Violet doesn’t like pink much, but she sometimes wear pink clothes.
(40%)

B

( breakfast / have / usually )

after breakfast. I

at 7:00. We

( exercise / always )



The camp counselors

sometimes goes to America.

, but I

( goes / often / rafting )

( have / sometimes / a campfire )

at night.

.

( always / kind / are )

I miss you a lot. See you next week.
Love,
Josh

A How often are the twin brothers noisy?

are always

B They

4.

in January.

and

( get up / always / early )

Complete the dialogues using the frequency adverbs.

B It

C

always get up early

1

50%

100%

1. The boys

always

2

2. Linda

3

3. We


We use the present continuous to talk about actions happening now.
We use the verb be + verb-ing for the present continuous.

I

am

He /She / It

is

We / You / They

are

Negative
I

am not (=’m not)

He /She / It

is not (=isn’t)

We / You / They

are not (=aren’t)

reading.


double consonant
+ -ing

run
sit

running
sitting

most verbs

having

1. have

Grammar Station

Positive

Write the -ing forms of the verbs.

C

2. clean

3. play

4. plan

5. sit


2

3

4

Joan and Tina are walking to school.
They aren’t running.

Bob is writing a letter.
He isn’t sleeping.

5

Cross out the wrong -ing forms.
making
running
30

joging
writeing

1. I
goingdanceing
stopping

eating

siting



y, you can use
When you write a pla
us to express
the present continuo
are doing.
ers
what the perform

Grammar in Writing
A

Complete the sentences in the present continuous.
1.

sing

2.

not / hit

3.

write

The tourist

4.



Johnny Appleseed
Narrator / Johnny Appleseed / Choir / Children
(In the forest )

Children

B

Choose and complete the sentences in the present continuous.
on the floor

a skirt

a butterfly

People

are looking at
(look at)

the apple trees.

apples. The narrator

(eat)

on a chair. The choir

(sit)

(work)

(carry)

seeds in his bag.

1. The girl isn’t wearing pants. She

is wearing a skirt

2. Rocky isn’t chasing a dragonfly. He

.

3. People aren’t sitting on chairs. They
4. I’m not playing the violin. I

.

.
.

• Complete the chart.
C

1. The boat is move.

The boat is moving.

2. My friends talking loudly.

(read)

.

dancing .
(dance)

(run)

.

I
He /She / It
We / You / They

am not

reading .

(=’m not)
(=
(=

is not
are not

aren’t

(read)



To make yes/no questions, we put the verb be before the subject.
To make wh-questions, we put the question words what or where before the verb be.
Question

Yes, you are.

No, you aren’t.

Yes, I am.

No, I’m not.

Yes, he is.

No, he isn’t.

Are they

Yes, they are.

No, they aren’t.

What

are you
is he

eating?



Answer

Am I
sleeping?

B No. She is ( make / making ) snowballs in the backyard.

B

Complete the questions in the present continuous.

1.

take a nap

A

2.

make bubbles

A

3.

hit the balls

4. clean the bathroom


Match the questions with the correct answers.

3

2

1

C

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Circle the correct words.

What is

your dad

1. Are you watching TV?

Yes, he is.

2. A

Amy

2. Is he reading a book?

No, I’m not.


?

B He’s making a sandwich.

B They’re going to the park.
B He’s reading a magazine.
Unit 8

35


one call, you
When you make a ph
continuous to
can use the present
ening at that
pp
express what is ha

Grammar in Writing
A

Complete the dialogues in the present continuous.

moment.

Are you talking to Brian?

I am


4.

have

A

the students

B No,

.

5.

plan

A

Ann planning a trip to Italy?

B Yes,

.

B Yes,

in your town?
lunch?

Complete the dialogue in the present continuous.

I’m watching a funny TV show. _______________ TV, too? (you / watch)
No,

1

2

4

3

? (what / do)

.

What are you doing?

your English paper? (you / write)
. I’m taking care of my cousins.

No,

I see. What are they doing?

1. A

What are the girls watching ?

2. A



.
.

• Complete the chart.
Yes/No Question

C

Correct the underlined words and rewrite the sentences.
1. Where the artist is going?

Am

I
they
it

you are

.

No, you aren’t .

Where is the artist going?

2. What they are wearing?
3. What is Nelly and Ben doing?

Yes,


A

Grammar Station

Past Simple (The Verb Be): Positive & Negative
We use the past simple to talk about something that happened in the past.
The verb be has two past forms: was and were.
‌We often use the past simple with these words: yesterday, last week, last year, etc.
Positive
I

was

a teacher last year.

He /She / It

was

in London last week.

We / You / They

were

sick yesterday.

B


Complete the sentences with wasn’t or weren’t.
1. The tower
3. He

Negative
I

Circle the correct words.

wasn’t big.

2. The cowboys weren’t scared.
4. Hannah

a basketball player.

5. My shoes weren’t on the shelf.

6. We

7. There

8. It

a bakery here.

dark in the room.

Complete the sentences.
1.


sick yesterday.

C

There was a big storm last night.
I was very scared.

thin last year.

My sister

in Rome now.
sick yesterday.

She

in bed all day.

She

all right now.

1.

I wasn’t at home last night.

I’m not at home last night.

2.


Unit 9

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ort about the
When you write a rep
past simple
past, you can use the
.
form of the verb be

Grammar in Writing
A

Complete the sentences in the past simple.
2

1

3

Complete the report in the past simple.

4

Dinosaurs Became Extinct
big / small


small. T. rex

a meat-eating giant. It

very fierce.

Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus

.

. It

really huge and some

but they

.

big and tall,

T. rex

meat-eating dinosaurs. They were

plant eaters. There are no dinosaurs

B

today. We can just see their bones



here on Earth a long time ago.

Brachiosaurus

Diplodocus

They went extinct millions of years ago!
What

the reason? Nobody knows for sure!

Lynn’s cats areunder the table.
Simon

today.

• Complete the chart.
C

Positive

Correct the underlined words and rewrite the sentences.
1. Eric not was tired yesterday.

Eric was not tired yesterday.

2. They wasn’t busy last week.
3. We was not in Canada last month.
4. I were in my room after lunch.

was
not are
happy
yesterday.
These
my vases.
wasn’t
(=
)
at home at 7:00.
(= wasn’t )

were not in Sydney last year.
(=weren’t)

5. You was at the beach yesterday.
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Unit 9

41


10

Was he sick last night?

A

Circle the correct words.


Yes, you were.

No, you weren’t.

Yes, I was.

No, I wasn’t.

Yes, he was.

No, he wasn’t.

Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.

5.

B

C

Match the questions with the correct answers.

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2.

you tired yesterday?

Was


Was
Were

was the boy next to you? He was my cousin.
were the girls with Dave? They were his classmates.

Was Mark at the library after school?
− No, he wasn’t.

Was
Were

Answer

Was I

Was

Was

he wasn’t .

Billy at your birthday party?

B No,

2. A

you busy yesterday?

1. A

Where were you after lunch?

4

3

B

I was

in the music room.

1. Was Laura busy last week?

No, we weren’t.

2. Were you and Joe classmates?

He was at camp.

2. A

the boy with glasses?

B

my younger brother.


simple
you can use the past
that
ing
eth
to talk about som
st.
pa
the
happened in

Grammar in Writing
A

Complete the questions in the past simple.
1.

shorter

A

Were you shorter last year?

B Yes, I was.

2.

in the hospital

A

yesterday?

A Were you best friends last year?

B No, they weren’t.

Mr. Higglins,

where were

B Yes, we were.

you last night at 11:30?

at a cafe in Greenwich.
alone there?

B

Choose and complete the answers in the past simple.
in the laundry basket
in a cafe
1

2

No,

. I was with two people.



B He

2. A Where were your parents?

B They

3. A Where were your sneakers?

B They

4. A Where was Nick this morning?

B He

.

were in the laundry bask.

et

was in the swimminol

2. Who were the girl in the pink shoes?
3. Was the books mine?
4. Were there an old tree in this town?

• Complete the chart.
Yes/No Question


.
.

Yes,
No,

.

they weren’t .

Yes,
No,

.
.

the boys?
- They were my cousins.

your umbrella?
- It was under the table.

Was there an old tree in this town?
Unit 10

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11



Base Verb

Past Simple Verb

most verbs

+ -ed

walk
help

walked
helped

verbs ending in -e

+ -d

move
live

moved
lived

verbs ending in
a consonant + -y

y + -ied


–
–
–
–

had
made
lost
told

go
eat
say
buy

–
–
–
–

Write the past simple forms of the verbs.

went
ate
said
bought

cut – cut
hit – hit
break – broke


write

3.

live

Uncle Martin

4.

read

I

did

The students
Benjamin

a postcard.
in Berlin two years ago.
storybooks to children at the library.

Complete the sentences in the past simple.
1.

( study / play )

Charlie

the newspaper.
a letter.

( dance / sing )

Larry

Circle the correct past simple forms.

some volunteer work yesterday.

at the birthday party.
a song.

( go / eat )

Tim and I
We

to a movie last night.
dinner at a restaurant.
Unit 11

47


wspaper
When you write a ne
that
nt


3. He

many films.

4. He

a new camera.

5. He

in a half marathon.

watch many films
buy a new camera
run in a half marathon

TORNADOES HIT

THE
MIDWEST
By Joseph Ferry

Tornadoes and heavy thunderstorms

hit

(hit)

the Midwest yesterday.

6.

She didn’t study for the exam.

yesterday.

Jenny plans a trip to India.
home early.
They eat some cheesecake.

(describe)

helped

She doesn’t study for the exam.

I bought a soccer ball yesterday.

2. Lynn wash her dad’s car last Saturday.

Lynn washed her dad’s car last Saturday.
My family got up early this morning.

4. Susan call me last night.

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(help)

everything,”

was

loudly.

Correct the underlined words and rewrite the sentences.

3. My family gets up early this morning.

(say).

Wisconsin Mayor Gary Manier

• Complete the chart.
Verb

C

said

minutes,” a farmer

Past

3.

(knock)

Positive

moved

They

wrote a postcard.

a book after dinner.

came back home at 7:00.

cut

We

the paper into circles.

eat

We

sandwiches for lunch.

move the boxes.

My mom

didn’t read a book after dinner.
They didn’t come back home at 7:00.

He

didn’t cut the paper into circles.