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Written Practice  Side by Side 1                                                Units  13- 17       

 I. TRANSLATE.

1.  fee                ______________                   6. dull              ______________

2. to pay            ______________                   7.  to cut           ______________     

         3. ink                  ______________                   8. to rush          ______________

         4. meal              ______________                  9.  to become   ______________

         5. to dust            ______________                   10. wax           ______________

II. USE “HAVE”  OR  “HAS “

1. Nancy ______________ to go to the dentist this week.
2. My friends can´t go.  They __________ to clean their house.
3. I´m sorry, I can´t.  I ____________ to study.
4. Peggy  is busy tonight.  She ______________ to go to school.
5. Sara and I ______________ to do the laundry this week.

III.  ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTIONS.

1.    What can you do?

__________________________________________________________

2.    What are you  going to do on Saturday?

      __________________________________________________________

3.    What does your father want to do in December?

      __________________________________________________________

4.    What do you have to do tonight?

      __________________________________________________________

5.    What´s the weather forecast for next Sunday?

            __________________________________________________________

6.    What time are you going to eat lunch?

      __________________________________________________________

7.   Where were you  yesterday?

      __________________________________________________________

8.  What did you do on vacation?

      __________________________________________________________

9.  Where were you born?

      __________________________________________________________

10.  Where did you grow up?

            __________________________________________________________

IV.  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD.

1.  My sister  ( have – has)  __________a new car.

2.  That´s strange.  The radio says it´s going to ( be rain  – rain )______________.

3.  I can´t ( to ski – ski )________________.

4.  We´re looking  ( at – for) ________________ a job here.

5.  First, you ( have to – have ) ________________ go downtown.

6.  I want to go ( swimming – to swimming ) ________________.

7.  They´re  ( going – going to)  __________the beach.

8.  When is she going to ( cut  – cuts)______________ her hair?

9.  A chef  ( can – can´t ) ________________ cook delicious food.

10. What time  ( does – do ) ______________ the plane leave?

V. CHANGE THE NEXT SENTENCES TO NEGATIVE:

1. I can play soccer.                  _____________________________________________.
2. She has to iron her clothes.   _____________________________________________.
3. It´s going to be foggy.            _____________________________________________.
4. They want to have a picnic.  _____________________________________________.
5. They are going to get up early. ___________________________________________.

VI.  COMPLETE WITH:  “WAS – WASN´T – WERE – WEREN´T”

1. When I ______________ a little boy, my parents _____________ always watching T.V.
2. How _____________ the weather yesterday? It ___________ sunny.  It ___________ raining.
3. __________ I a quiet boy Mom? No, you _____________. You ___________ a very noisy kid.
4. Where _______________ you and your girlfriend yesterday?  She __________ at the doctor and I ______________ at home.  We ____________ together.

VII. WRITE THE PAST TENSE OF THE NEXT VERBS.

1. have              ______________                                           3.  eat              ______________

2. shout             ______________                                           4.  sing            ______________      

VIII.  COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS:

My children swam at the beach last week.  They played volleyball but they didn´t do exercises.  They were too tired.  At night, they ate dinner early and went to bed.

a-  Where ____________ your children ___________ last week?

    They ______________ at the beach.

b- What ____________ they play?  They ________________ volleyball.

c- _____________ they do exercises? No, they _________________.

d- Were______________ tired? Yes, they _________________.

e- _____________ they eat dinner early? No, ____________ didn´t.

f- When did they _______________ to bed?  After they ate.

IX.  ASSOCIATE:

1.  It´s three thirty                   (     )    8: 00

2.  It´s a quarter after five      (     )  12: 00

3.  It´s ten to eleven               (     )    9:  45

4.  It´s ten after eleven           (     )  11: 10

5.  It´s half past one              (     )    5: 15

6.  It´s twelve o´clock            (     )    3: 30

7.  It´s a quarter to seven       (     )    9: 15              

8.  It´s eight o´clock                (     )    1: 30

9.  It´s nine fifteen                  (     )   10: 50

                                            10.  It´s nine forty - five            (     )    6: 45

X.  GIVE A SHORT ANSWER:

1.    Were you sick yesterday?                                        _____________________.   

2.    Does your mother want to sing?                               ___________________.

3.    Is your father going to the soccer game?                 ___________________.

4.    Did your friends listen to music yesterday?              ___________________.

5.    Were you and your sister happy?                             __________________.

6.    Do you have to feed the cat?                                   ___________________.

7.    Were your parents in your house ?                          ___________________.