Elementary Language Practice
Name: _______________________________ Date: ____________________
Grammar Progress Test 1a (Units 1–13)
1 Change the sentences into negatives sentences or questions.
0 It’s Thursday today. (question) Is it Thursday today?
1 She is at home. (negative) ___________________________________________
2 Anna is hungry. (question) __________________________________________
3 This answer is wrong. (negative) _____________________________________
4 Your sister works in the morning. (question) ____________________________
5 Katy likes tennis. (negative) _________________________________________
6 They watch T.V. in the afternoon. (negative) ____________________________
7 They eat vegetables. (question) _______________________________________
8 Mehmet drinks coffee. (question) _____________________________________
9 We play basketball at the weekend. (negative) ___________________________
10 George wants to go to the cinema. (question) ____________________________
2 Underline the correct word in each sentence.
0 Alice goes/go to school by bus.
1 They is/are in the living-room.
2 Harry and Peter works/work in Manchester.
3 My uncle sings/sing in a rock group.
4 Joe don’t/doesn’t like chocolate.
5 Peter is/am Australian.
6 I have/has a new CD.
7 My cat is/are thirsty.
8 Jane get up/gets up at 7 o’clock.
9 The children often play/plays in the park.
10 It rains/rain a lot in Dublin.
3 Read the paragraph. Choose the best word for each space.
My name (0) B David Jackson. I (1) ______ in an office in the city. I (2) ______ work at
9.00 and usually (3) ______ at 4.30. I sometimes (4) ______ lunch with my friend, Karen.
She works in the same office as me. We always (5) ______ to the same café. I (6) ______ a

0 It’s Friday today. (question) Is it Friday today?
1 He is at home today. (question) _______________________________________
2 Alice is happy. (negative) ___________________________________________
3 Your mum wants an apple. (question) _________________________________
4 Your father works in the evening. (question) ____________________________
5 Roma likes basketball. (negative) _____________________________________
6 He eats fruit. (question) _____________________________________________
7 This answer is correct. (negative)) ____________________________________
8 They drive to the match. (question) ___________________________________
9 Miguel likes reading. (negative) ______________________________________
10 They watch videos in the morning. (negative) ___________________________
2 Underline the correct word in each sentence.
0 Anna goes/go to school on foot.
1 It rains/rain a lot in Manchester.
2 We is/are in the house.
3 My cousin play/plays in a band.
4 Sue is/am American.
5 My cats is/are hungry.
6 I want/wants a new jacket.
7 Ella doesn’t/don’t like coffee.
8 Henry and Carla works/work in Paris.
9 She go/goes to bed late.
10 The girls sometimes paint/paints at school.
3 Read the paragraph. Choose the best word for each space.
My name (0) A Sandra Marshall. I (1) _____ in a big shop in Oxford. I (2) _____ work
early, at 7 0’clock, but I (3) _____ early too, at 3 0’clock. I (4) _____ my lunch at midday,
with my friends. We sometimes (5) _____ to a restaurant, but usually we (6) _____ in a
café. My friend Leo usually (7) _____ pasta and I (8) _____ a sandwich. On the way home
from work I often (9) _____ at the baker’s and
(10) _____ a cake for my tea. I never get a big one though!!

6 Kevin (run) ________________ to school, yesterday.
7 It (begin) ________________ to rain.
8 We (play) ________________ football for hours.
9 My family (go) ________________ to Portugal for a holiday.
10 We (jump) ________________ into the swimming pool.
6 Underline the correct word in each sentence.
0 Do/Did/Don’t James want to go home?
1 My cat do/didn’t/don’t do it!
2 Rosie do/didn’t/don’t answer the telephone.
3 Does/Did/Don’t they go to the party?
4 Do/Did/Don’t you hear me?
5 The library do/didn’t/don’t close at 5.00.
6 Does/Doesn’t/Did you have a good time?
7 He do/didn’t/don’t wash the dishes.
8 You do/doesn’t/didn’t go to school.
9 Do/Did/Don’t your father cook your dinner?
10 They do/didn’t/doesn’t catch the bus.
Name: _______________________________ Date: ____________________
Elementary Language Practice
Grammar Progress Test 2a (Units 15–27)
1 Change the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
0 For dinner, my sister (eat) ate pizza, but I (have) had soup.
1 My brother (drink) ________________ coffee while he (do) ________________ his
homework.
2 He (walk) ________________ into the classroom, then he (sit) ________________
down.
3 While I (study) ________________ , Sue (run) ________________ into the library.
4 When the class (finish) ________________ , the teacher (drive) ________________
home.
5 Harry (sing) _______________ a song when Jane (come) _______________ in.

3 A said B says C was saying
4 A remembered B remembers C was remembering
5 A is teaching B used to teach C teaches
6 A talks B is talking C was talking
7 A is showing B showed C was showing
8 A told B is telling C tells
9 A play B were playing C used to play
10 A are B were C used to
4 Underline the correct word in each sentence.
0 I’ve worked here since/for 2001.
1 Your mother has ever/just come home.
2 Has he ever/since arrived on time?
3 We’ve never/ever been to Spain.
4 Katy has just/for come back from her holiday.
5 I’ve worked here since/for 5 years.
6 I started this book 2 days since/ago.
7 They’ve lived here since/for a few months.
8 She’s early. She’s yet/already arrived.
9 Mike’s played golf since/for last year.
10 We haven’t started our homework just/yet.
5 Change the verbs in brackets into the present perfect.
0 Someone (eat) has eaten my orange.
1 Oh no. I (break) ________________ a glass.
2 My sister (start) ________________ a new school.
3 Your boyfriend (phone) ________________ .
4 I (leave) ________________ my new bag on the train.
5 We (not lose) ________________ all my money. Here it is!!
6 We (spend) ________________ £75 already. Have we got any more money?
7 I (buy) ________________ some shoes, a new coat a hat.
8 Pierre (not do) ________________ his homework yet.

down.
6 While Luis (tell) ________________ a joke, the teacher (walk) ________________
in.
7 Mr and Mrs Smith (fly) ________________ to Italy yesterday.
8 Nothing happened when I (switch on) ________________ the computer.
9 Joe (run) ________________ into the room while I (study) _______________ .
10 It (begin) ________________ to snow while we (play) ________________ football.
2 Write statements, negative sentences or questions with used to.
0 you/have/long hair (question) Did you use to have long hair?
1 Ricardo/live/in Portugal (statement) ___________________________________
2 they/like/pop music (question) _______________________________________
3 we/drink/tea (negative) _____________________________________________
4 all girls/learn/to read (question) ______________________________________
5 people/use/the internet (negative) _____________________________________
6 your friend/come/by car (statement) ___________________________________
7 she/go/swimming (statement) ________________________________________
8 she/write/stories (question) __________________________________________
9 cars/go/fast (negative) ______________________________________________
10 my cousin/speak/English (negative) ___________________________________
3 Read the paragraph. Choose the best word for each space.
My grandfather (0) A in the same office as me. He (1) _____ to our house on Sunday and
we (2) _____ about what it (3) _____ like in the old days. He (4) _____ he still
(5) _____ the names of all his colleagues. One of them still works at the office. Grandfather
(6) _____ the tea when he started the job, but when he (7) _____ he was the boss. As we
(8) _____ , we looked at some photographs of the office in the old days. He said they (9)
_____ harder then. He thinks things (10) _____ better in the old days.
0 A used to work B was working C works
1 A comes B came C was coming
2 A were talking B talks C talked
3 A is B was C is being

10 Mr and Mrs Jones (not see) ________________ the new film yet.
6 Underline the correct tense.
0 It’s very cold. It will/is going to rain.
1 The party will/is going to be on 17
th
March.
2 I am seeing/will see the doctor at 2.30.
3 I will/am going to do it next week. Promise.
4 I haven’t got any plans. I don’t know what I will do/am doing next year.
5 I expect the bus will/is going to arrive very soon.
6 I will/am working at 9.00.
7 I will/am going to have a salad, please.
8 I will tell/am telling you tomorrow.
9 Michelle has just told me. Her sister is going to/will have a baby.
10 They are going to arrive/are arriving at 5.00.
Name: _______________________________ Date: ____________________
Elementary Language Practice
Grammar Progress Test 3a (Units 29–41)
1 Underline the correct word in each sentence.
0 If you break/broke it, it won’t go.
1 My cat doesn’t/didn’t come if you call her.
2 If you don’t do your homework, you will get/got into trouble.
3 We’ll be late if you didn’t/don’t hurry.
4 If we leave at 9.00, we arrived/will arrive on time.
5 I’ll go to the station if you will tell/tell me the way.
6 If you don’t practise, you will/won’t get better.
7 I’ll tell you the answer if you will give/give me a cake.
8 If I pass my exams, I will go/go to university.
9 We won’t/wouldn’t drive to the beach if the weather’s bad tomorrow.
10 If you lend me some money, I will pay/am paying you back tomorrow

You ___________________________________________________________ .
4 You can choose to do the homework. (have to)
You ___________________________________________________________ .
5 To be a very good player, it is important to practise everyday. (have to)
You ___________________________________________________________ .
6 It’s possible you are right. (could)
You ___________________________________________________________ .
7 It wasn’t necessary to come here. (have to)
You ___________________________________________________________ .
8 It is important to do lots of exercise. (should)
You ___________________________________________________________ .
9 It is necessary to wear a helmet when riding a motorbike. (must)
You ___________________________________________________________ .
10 It is a bad idea to smoke. (should)
You ___________________________________________________________ .
5 Complete each question.
0 Who is that man ? ‘He’s my uncle.’
1 What _______________________________ ? ‘She’s a teacher.’
2 Where ______________________________ ? ‘He’s gone home.’
3 How ________________________________ ? ‘I feel fine, thank you.’
4 When _______________________________ ? ‘I bought it two weeks ago.’
5 Who ________________________________ ? ‘I was talking to Michael.’
6 What _______________________________ ? ‘I’m leaving at 5.30.’
7 What _______________________________ ? ‘Music makes me happy.’
8 How ________________________________ ? ‘My brother’s 19.’
9 Who _______________________________ ? ‘Sue stole the book.’
10 Where ______________________________ ? ‘I saw the film at the cinema.’
6 Write a tag for each sentence.
0 Stephen works here, doesn’t he ?
1 She did it, ________________ ?

5 If today were Saturday, ____ F you’d be able to carry it.
6 If you had a bag, ____ G you wouldn’t be fat.
7 If you saw him, ____ H I’d buy a drink.
8 If I was thirsty, ____ I I wouldn’t go to school
9 If I bought a car, ____ J I would sleep all day.
3 Write two short answers for each question.
0 Was Susan watching a video? Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.
1 Have you seen my hat? _____________ _____________
2 Did he go to work on Friday? _____________ _____________
3 Has she been to Australia? _____________ _____________
4 Do you like coffee? _____________ _____________
5 Were they annoying you? _____________ _____________
6 Is this your bag? _____________ _____________
7 Can you ride a bike? _____________ _____________
8 Are you hungry? _____________ _____________
4 Rewrite each sentence, using the correct form of the word in brackets. Do not
change the meaning.
0 It is necessary to go to hospital when you are ill. (have to)
You have to go to hospital when you are ill.
1 You can choose to do the housework. (have to)
You ___________________________________________________________ .
2 It is impossible for people to live underwater. (can)
People _________________________________________________________ .
3 It is a good idea to study harder. (should)
You ___________________________________________________________ .
4 It wasn’t necessary to go there. (have to)
You ___________________________________________________________ .
5 It is necessary for all children to go to school when they are young. (have to)
All children _____________________________________________________ .
6 It is a bad idea to eat lots of chocolate. (should)

8 You won’t drive too fast, ________________ ?
9 She sits there, ________________ ?
10 You haven’t got a brother, ________________?
Name: _______________________________ Date: ____________________
Elementary Language Practice
Grammar Progress Test 4a (Units 43–55)
1 Choose the best answer for each space.
0 The B and forks are on the table.
A knife B knives C knifes
1 You should brush your _____ every day.
A teeths B tooths C teeth
2 I’ve walked ten kilometres. My _____ hurt.
A feet B foots C footes
3 _____ can do the same jobs as men.
A Womans B Woman C Women
4 How many _____ have you got?
A childs B children C childes
5 I can’t see without my _____ .
A glassies B glasss C glasses
6 The shop was empty. There was nothing on the _____ .
A shelves B shelfs C shelvs
7 John has got three pet _____ .
A fishs B fishies C fish
8 There are lots of _____ in the field.
A sheeps B sheep C shep
2 Underline the correct word in each sentence.
0 How much/many cheese do you want?
1 Hurry up. There isn’t much/many time.
2 There is enough/too time. We’re not late.
3 I’ve got enough/too much homework. I can’t do it all.

F No thanks, I can do it.
G Yes, please.
H He’s tall, dark and handsome.
I No, not at all.