Practice 1-8

DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct answer.

____ 1. My ____ is Ricardo.

a. male
b. first name
c. e-mail address
d. family
____ 2. How do you ____ your name?
a. e-mail
b. female
c. student
d. spell
____ 3. Tien is a(n) ____ in school.
a. student
b. address
c. semester
d. last name

____ 4. This is your family name.

a. nickname
b. first name
c. last name
d. e-mail address
____ 5. What is Gigi77@worldlink.com?
a. first name
b. last name
c. e-mail address
d. course
____ 6. Who is Meg?

a. Meg is Gina's father.

b. Meg is Gina's soccer player.
c. Meg is Gina's friend.
d. Meg is Gina's name.
____ 7. Sam is Meg's ____.
 a. actor
b. mother
c. boyfriend
d. athlete
____ 8. Jennifer Aniston is an ____.
a. actress
b. actor
c. activity
d. ID card

____ 9. He is a teacher. ____ name is Dr. Phelps.

a. His
b. Its
c. Her
d. Your
____ 10. Ms. Baxter is an actress. ____ first name is Lillian.
a. My
b. Your
c. Its
d. Her
____ 11. You are my classmate. ____ class is in room 210.
a. His
b. Her
c. Our
d. Its
____ 12. I am a soccer player. ____ favorite sport is soccer.
a. Its
b. My
c. His
d. Your

____ 13. What activity is Raphael doing?

 a. eating pizza
b. talking on the phone
c. texting on his cell phone
d. exercising

____ 14. Cory is ____ Ugly Betty on TV.

a. cooking
b. studying
c. watching
d. singing
____ 15. Celia is ____ for the bus.
a. texting
b. studying
c. talking
d. waiting
____ 16. They are my mom and dad.
a. my husband
b. my grandfather
c. my sons
d. my parents
____ 17. Tia is married to Rex. She is Rex's ____.
a. wife
b. husband
c. mother
d. parent

____ 18. Joe is not married. He is ____.

a. a husband
b. a grandfather
c. single
d. a parent
____ 19. Paola's mother has a brother named Chan. Chan is Paola's ____.
a. father
b. uncle
c. grandfather
d. son

____ 20. Mercedes is my mother's mother. She is my ____.

a. sister
b. daughter
 c. grandmother
d. mom
____ 21. It's a good idea to wear ____ to cover your arms.
a. a pair of shirts
b. a long-sleeve shirt
c. a short-sleeve shirt
d. a long shirt

____ 22. It's very hot. Jin, ____ your sweater.

a. try on
b. protect
c. take off
d. change clothing
____ 23. These gloves can ____ your hands in the cold.
a. try on
b. fit
c. take off
d. protect
____ 24. Jill wants to ____ the dress to see if it fits.
a. try on
b. take off
c. cover
d. change
____ 25. I have ____.
a. many shirt
b. three shirts
c. shirt
d. much shirt

____ 26. There ____ three telephones in my house.

a. is
b. are
c. isn't
d. has
____ 27. I have to buy ____ for the winter.
a. a coat
b. coat
c. a coats
d. an coat
____ 28. Ms. Young has a ____.
a. beautiful a dresses
b. a beautiful dress
c. beautiful a dress
d. a beautiful dresses
____ 29. Does your sister wear ____?
a. boot
b. boots
c. a boot
d. pair of boots
 DIRECTIONS: Choose the response that best answers the question.

____ 30. Are you in this class?

a. No, it isn't.
b. Yes, he is.
c. No, I'm not.
d. Yes, it is.

____ 31. Is Pink an actress?

a. Yes, he is.
b. Yes, you are.
c. No, it's not.
d. No, she isn't.
____ 32. Is your name Peter?
a. Yes, she is.
b. Yes, I am.
c. No, she's not. It's Petra.
d. No, it's not. My name is Petra.
____ 33. Am I your classmate?
a. Yes, you are.
b. Yes, it is.
c. No, he isn't.
d. No, I'm not.
____ 34. Is your phone number 555-9847?
a. Yes, I am.
b. No, you aren't.
c. Yes, it is.
d. No, I'm not.

____ 35. How are you doing?

a. It's Yukio.
b. She's OK.
c. I'm OK.
d. Larry is writing a paper.
____ 36. What are you doing?
a. I'm listening to music.
b. How about you?
c. I'm all right.
d. What's wrong?

____ 37. What's your name?

 a. My name is Oswaldo. I'm a soccer player.
b. It's nice to meet you, too.
c. It's my nickname. I'm a singer.
d. Yes, I am. I'm a soccer player

____ 38. Hi, my name is Chee. It's nice to meet you.

a. My teacher is Mr. Santiago.
b. It's nice to meet you, too.
c. My favorite actor is Jackie Chan.
d. He is a student.
____ 39. I'm Josefina. Please call me Josie.
a. He is a soccer player.
b. It's nice to be a student.
c. Nice to meet you, Gunther.
d. Nice to meet you, Josie.
____ 40. Hi, what's your name?
a. He's Carlos Guzman.
b. Hi, it's nice to meet you, too.
c. I'm Carlos Guzman.
d. I'm your teacher.

DIRECTIONS: Choose the word or words that best fits each description.

____ 41. For music

a. MP3 player
b. earrings
c. gift basket
d. digital camera
____ 42. For time
a. gift card
b. watch
c. photo album
d. earrings

____ 43. For your photos

a. album
b. watch
c. earrings
d. gift card
____ 44. What's this?

a. It's a gift basket.

b. They're gift baskets.

c. It's gift basket.

d. They're gift cards.
____ 45. What's this?

a. They're cell phones.

b. It's a cell phone.
c. They're a cell phone.
d. It's cell phones.
____ 46. What are those?

a. They're an earring.
b. It's an earring.
c. It's earrings.
d. They're earrings.
____ 47. What's that?

a. They're a photo album.

b. It's photo albums.
c. They're photo albums.
 d. It's a photo album.

____ 48. What are these?

a. They're gift cards.

b. They're a gift card.
c. It's gift cards.
d. It's a gift card.

DIRECTIONS: Choose the best response.

____ 49. Is this your bus pass?

a. No, thank you.
b. Thanks a lot.
c. No, it's not.
d. You're welcome.
____ 50. Is this your pen?
a. No, thank you.
b. My pleasure.
c. Yes, it is! Thank you.
d. Yes, it is! You're welcome.
____ 51. Thank you for the gift.
a. My pleasure.
b. Yes, it is.
c. No, it's not.
d. Thanks.

DIRECTIONS: Read the paragraph. Choose the correct answer.

Hi, my name is Seung Jin. I live with my wife and family in Korea. My younger daughter, Ha-neul, lives
here in Korea. My older daughter, Min Lee, is a tennis player. She lives in Florida with her husband,
Steve. Steve is a tennis player, too. Min Lee and Steve have two young children. Kim is three and Derek
is a year old. Min Lee also lives with her twelve-year-old stepson, Marcus. Marcus is a tennis player, too!

____ 52. Seung Jin is Derek's ____.

a. father
b. stepfather
c. grandfather
d. grandmother
____ 53. In Florida, Min Lee lives with ____ children.
a. one
b. no
c. three
 d. four

____ 54. In Korea, Seung Jin lives with ____.

a. his wife
b. his wife and daughter
c. his wife and two daughters
d. Min Lee
____ 55. ____ all play tennis.
a. Min Lee, Steve, and Marcus
b. Min Lee and her three children
c. Min Lee, Seung Jin, and his wife
d. Derek, Steve, and Kim
____ 56. Marcus is ____.
a. Seung Jin's stepson
b. Min Lee's stepson
c. Min Lee's husband
d. Steve's tennis partner

Matching

DIRECTIONS: Match.
a. man
b. sport
c. singer
d. actress
e. number
f. friend
____ 57. soccer
____ 58. music
____ 59. roommate, classmate
____ 60. movie
____ 61. nine
____ 62. Mr.

DIRECTIONS: Match each question with the correct answer.

a. I'm so-so.
b. I'm cooking dinner.
c. He's reading a great book.
d. She's fine.
____ 63. How is Martina?
____ 64. How are you doing?
____ 65. What are you doing?
____ 66. What is Giorgio doing?
Match each question with the correct short answer.
a. Yes, she is.
b. Yes, he is.
c. No, I'm not.
d. No, you're not.
____ 67. Are you waiting for Justin?
____ 68. Is Elena studying math?
____ 69. Am I sitting in your chair?
____ 70. Is Michael texting a friend?

Complete each sentence with a pronoun in the parentheses.

71. Trina is my girlfriend. (She / Her) ____________________ is a soccer player.

72. His name is Mr. Blake. (He / Him) ____________________ is my teacher.

73. My friends call me Jojo. (Him / It) ____________________ is my nickname.

74. I am a student. (Her / My) ____________________ name is Frank White.

75. My school is in St. Louis. (It / Its) ____________________ name is Washington University.

Complete each sentence with the word a, an, or 0 (for nothing).

76. That is ____________________ watch.

77. This is ____________________ unusual gift.

78. That is ____________________ old camera.

79. Those are ____________________ valuable earrings.

80. This is ____________________ common item.

81. These are ____________________ new dictionaries.

Read the paragraphs. Complete each sentence with the best word or words.

Our Online Question of the Day asked college students: What's your favorite class?

My favorite class is history. I'm learning how the United States became a country in 1776. I'm writing a
paper on Ben Franklin for this class. I'm working hard, but it's a lot of fun.
-- Mario Veldt, Sophomore, Syracuse University
 I'm taking four classes. I'm enjoying them all, but computer science is the best one. I'm learning how to
write programs. I'm also writing a computer game and building a robot. It's a great class!
-- Heide Flagg, Junior, Oberlin College

I'm taking three engineering classes and a cooking class. The engineering classes are math and science.
I'm enjoying them, but I'm studying up to six hours a day. I like all my classes, but my cooking class is the
most fun. I'm making a chocolate cake!
-- Carlota Hidalgo, Freshman, University of Washington

82. Mario's favorite class is ____________________.

83. The most fun class for Carlota is ____________________.

84. Heide is writing her own ____________________ game.

85. Mario is a student at ____________________.

86. For engineering, Carlota is taking math and ____________________ classes.

87. Heide is ____________________ her own computer game.

88. Carlota is ____________________ six hours a day.

Complete an answer or question for each person. Use the words in parenthesis.

John's family: Parents and four children: Bob, Mindy, John, Ralph
Tanya's family: Parents and three children: Shamika, Tanya, Felicia
Felipe's family: Parents and one child: Felipe

97. John, do you have any brothers or sisters?

John's answer: Yes, I (have / has) ____________________ two brothers and one sister.

98. Tanya, do you have any brothers or sisters?

Tanya's answer: Yes, I ('ve got / got) ____________________ two sisters.

99. Felipe, do you have any brothers or sisters?

Felipe's answer: No, I'm (a single / an only) ____________________ child.

100. Mindy, how many people (is / are) ____________________ there in your family?

Mindy's answer: Six---my parents, me, and my three brothers.

Complete each sentence with to or 0 (for nothing).

 101. I have ____________________ wear a suit to work.

102. Alyssa needs ____________________ a new dress for the party.

103. David wants ____________________ go to a movie

104. Marco has ____________________ study English tonight.

Choose the correct answer.

____ 1. He works in an office.

a. hairstylist
b. chef
c. receptionist
d. flight attendant
____ 2. She works in a hospital.
a. housewife
b. doctor
c. tutor
d. graphic designer
____ 3. He helps students learn.
a. tutor
b. police officer
c. nurse
d. cashier

____ 4. She works in a store.

a. lawyer
b. hairstylist
c. cashier
d. waiter
____ 5. You need these to get a good job.
a. skills
b. pay
c. volunteer
d. improvement

Choose the best response.

____ 6. You work in a hospital? What's that like?

a. It's interesting.
b. I'm a doctor.
c. I'm hardworking.
d. She's a nurse.

____ 7. Your sister is a programmer? What's she like?

a. It's difficult.
b. It's a friendly place.
c. She works in an office.
 d. She's very hardworking.
____ 8. You're a police officer? What's that like?
a. I'm a strict person.
b. I work for the city.
c. It's a dangerous job.
d. He's a friendly person.
____ 9. I like your haircut. What's your hairstylist like?
a. It's a cool place.
b. She's very friendly.
c. I'm very shy.
d. It's an easy job.

____ 10. My neighbor is a lawyer.

a. What's that like?
b. Really? What's he like?
c. He is very hardworking.
d. Interesting! What's it like?
____ 11. I work in a restaurant.
a. Interesting! What's that like?
b. What are you like?
c. Really? What's she like?
d. You are friendly.

Write an answer for each worker.

Larry: He writes computer programs for Microsoft.

Susannah: She teaches in an elementary school. The name of the school is Sunny Days.

12. What do you do, Larry?

Larry's answer:

13. Where do you work?

Larry's answer:

14. What do you do, Susannah?

Susannah's answer:

15. Who do you work for?

Susannah's answer:
 Use the words to write a question or a statement.

16. does / do / she / what / ?

17. has / own / she / business / her / .

18. do / do / what / you / ?

19. work / I / office / an / in / .

20. Delta / work / Airlines / for / they / .

Choose the correct answer.

____ 1. Yellow and blue make

a. light blue.
b. dark blue.
c. purple.
d. green.
____ 2. Black and white make
a. gray.
b. red.
c. yellow.
d. green.

____ 3. Red and yellow make

a. blue.
b. green.
c. orange.
d. purple.

____ 4. Green and white make

a. dark green.
b. light green.
 c. black.
d. blue.
____ 5. Laura sits on this and looks at the yard.
a. the garage
b. the balcony
c. the elevator
d. the dining room

____ 6. Esteban parks his car here.

a. the bathroom
b. the kitchen
c. the dining room
d. the garage
____ 7. ____ an elevator in the building?
a. Are there
b. Is there
c. There isn't
d. There aren't
____ 8. ____ books do we need for class?
a. How many
b. There is
c. There are
d. There aren't
____ 9. ____ two windows in my kitchen.
a. Are there
b. There are
c. There is
d. There isn't

____ 10. ____ a TV in the bedroom. It's in the living room.

a. There isn't
b. How many
c. There aren't
d. There are
____ 11. ____ any closets in the bedroom.
a. There aren't
b. There are
c. How many
d. There isn't
____ 12. ____ any windows in the bathroom?
a. How many
b. There isn't
c. Is there
d. Are there

Matching

DIRECTIONS: Match each sentence with an answer.

a. Yes, there is.
 b. There are two.
c. Yes, there are four. They're next to the table.
d. Yes, I am.
e. You're kidding.
____ 13. Are there any chairs in the kitchen?
____ 14. Is there an elevator in the building?
____ 15. How many closets are in the bedroom?
____ 16. My living room has five windows.
____ 17. Are you serious