Transform the following sentences into questions. Begin your questions with the words in brackets.

Correct the following sentences. Write two correct sentences each time.

Transform the following sentences from singular into plural making use of the words in brackets.

Complete the following sentences. Write what his or her job is.

Focus on Grammar

1. Insert articles a/an or leave a space (without a word).

Example: Tom is a nice boy. His parents are nice people too.

1. In summer students work with _____ children in _____ summer camps.

2. Have you got _____ camera?

3. My aunt is _____ book-keeper. All my relatives are either _____ book-keepers or _____ economists.

4. Students study _____ six days _____ week.

5. My brother has _____ many friends.

6. Do you collect _____ stamps?

7. Jane is _____ teacher. Here parents are _____ teachers too.

8. I am _____ first-year student. All my group-mates are _____ first-year students too.

9. Let’s have _____ look at the notice-board!

10. My parents have _____ hobbies of their own.

Example: Ann teaches biology. She is a teacher.

1. Jane looks after patients in hospital. She _____ .

2. Mr. Smith gives lectures for students. He _____ .

3. I study at the Pedagogical University. I _____ .

4. His sisters study at school. They _____ .

5. My father builds houses. He ______ .

6. Her grandparents work on a farm. They _____ .

7. Ann’s mother works at the shop. She _____ .

8. My elder brother drives a lorry. He _____ .

9. Pete and Nick translate books from English into Ukrainian. They _____ .

10. Helen works at the library. She _____ .

 

If you do not remember the correct words find them in the list below:

translator, driver, shop-assistant, doctor, lecturer, builder, school-girl, farmer, librarian, student

 

 

Example: My elder sister is a student (we). We are students.

 

1. I have many favourite films on CDs (She).

2. My grandmother works on a farm (my grandparents).

3. John is solving an equation (Mike and Jack).

4. Look! A young man is coming into the reading hall (men).

5. A child was making a sand castle (children).

6. He was born in 1992 (his twin sisters).

7. My father is fond of fishing (all members of my family).

8. This university trains teachers (all pedagogical universities).

9. I don’t know a new professor (our group-mates).

10. Does he attend lectures six days a week (his friends)?

 

Example: The sun goes round the earth. The sun doesn’t go round the earth. The earth goes round the sun.

1. Students study two days a week.

2. The first lecture starts at ten in the morning.

3. The sun rises in the west.

4. We take exams six times a year.

5. During the breaks students stay at their classrooms.

6. In summer students study in the Pedagogical University.

7. In winter we swim in the river.

8. Students take text-books at the canteen.

9. We sing and dance in the reading-hall.

10. My friends play volley-ball at the skating-rink.

 

 

Example: My brother plays tennis. (How often?)

How often does my brother play tennis?

I get up at six o’clock. (What time?)

What time do you get up?

1. We study six days a week. (How many days?)

2. Our working day begins early. (When?)

3. After their lectures students read up in the reading-hall. (Where?)

4. Students have exams three times a year. (How often?)

5. The first lecture starts at eight in the morning. (When?)

6. In summer students work in summer camps with children. (With whom?)

7. We often have a look at the notice-board to know what is going on at the faculty. (Why?)

8. During the breaks students go to the canteen. (Where?)

9. My elder brother works at the office. (Where?)

10. Her family consists of eight persons. (How many persons?)