champions starter grammar help

1 Grammar help be: Present simple Question words Reorder the words to form negative sentences Match the questions and answers not / My mum and dad / are / teachers My mum and dad are not teachers are / You / a new student / not American / am / I / not my sister / not / is / Rebecca is / My brother / not / at home Write negative sentences Use short forms Who is your history teacher? What are they? Where is Buenos Aires? When is Dad’s birthday? How old is your brother? a b c d e In Argentina In October They’re DVDs Eleven Mrs Clark e Complete the questions with the question words I am a singer in the box and the correct form of be I’m not a singer How old What Hazel is at school How old is You are in my class When Where Who Jason? He’s eighteen your mum and dad? They’re at home David is a good student Tracy? She’s my friend Mary’s birthday? It’s in April their names? Peter and Karen 4 My mum and dad are football fans London is a boring city this, that, these, those Complete the sentences with this, that, these, or Write questions using the correct form of be those you / a singer? Are you a singer? she / in your class? your brother and sister / at home? New York / an interesting city? Those I / a good student? are my CDs are my pens Complete the short answers Are your teachers cool? Yes, they Are you a football fan? Yes, Is your computer good? No, Am I a famous actor? No, Are your mum and dad Brazilian? No, Is your sister a good dancer? Yes, CHAMPIONS Starter Unit are is my computer is our school Printable © Oxford University Press 2015 Grammar help have got : present simple Write the sentences in the correct order two brothers / have / I / got I have got two brothers got / My sister / a new bike / has have / a big TV / got / We a cat / has / Our grandma / got got / have / a fantastic camera / You Write sentences with has got or have got Dad / a new car Match the questions and answers Have you got a laptop computer? Has Mr Ross got a good job? Has your sister got a camera? Have your parents got a new car? Has your town got a cinema? Have you and your friends got tickets? a b c d e f Yes, it has No, she hasn’t Yes, we have No, I haven’t No, they haven’t Yes, he has d Write questions and short answers you / a big family? Dad has got a new car Have you got a big family You / an English friend ? Yes, I have Mrs Jones / a grandson? My aunt / a small dog Sara / a good music teacher I / three cousins My brothers / new skateboards ? No, your cousins / a games console? ? Yes, your uncle / a saxophone? ? Yes, those children / ice creams? ? No, you / my phone number? ? No, Write the negative form of the sentences in Possessive ’s exercise Use short forms Dad hasn’t got a new car Choose the correct words Rewrite the sentences Use short forms Katie has got a new bag Complete the sentences Use ’ or ’s Katie’s got a new bag I have not got a dog You have got a big rucksack My brother has not got a ticket They have got a strict teacher I have got a penfriend CHAMPIONS Starter Mrs Sullivan is Chris’ / Chris’s maths teacher I have two sisters My sister’s / sisters’ names are Molly and Carol My brother’s / brothers’ name is Bob Where are the children’ / children’s bikes? That is Sally’s / Sally’ dad Unit the students / bags Those are the students’ bags my dad / MP3 player That is Maria / books These are the girls / mobile phones Those are the children / toys Those are Holly and Laura / room This is Printable © Oxford University Press 2015 Grammar help Present simple Adverbs of frequency Complete the sentences with play or plays Write the adverbs of frequency You play the guitar Our teacher the guitar I the guitar Joe the guitar My aunt the guitar My sister and I the guitar Write the 3rd person singular form of the verbs I like I teach I make I read I I study I wash I have I go I fly 100% she it he she it he she it he often 0% Prepositions of time Complete the sentences with the correct form of CHAMPIONS Starter often Complete the chart Use the words from exercise he likes the verb in brackets My mum gets thirty I sometimes the evening My music lesson o’clock My grandparents house We always fifteen My friend usually Sunday mornings Julia always homework after dinner My sister and I every day This bus At Harry’s school, classes (start) at eight o’clock tonef etimsosem reven yalasw elrary ulusaly Write the sentences in the correct order in the evening / go / We / to the cinema / sometimes (get) up at seven (watch) DVDs in We sometimes go to the cinema in the evening classes / Mr Mitchell’s / usually / interesting / are (finish) at five at four thirty / get / usually / I / home (live) in that / on Sundays / I / homework / never (have) lunch at one (visit) me on (do) her (study) English a shower / has / in the morning / often / Dad always / is / My brother / happy dinner / We / at a restaurant / sometimes / have Complete the sentences with on, at, or in (go) to London Unit My birthday is on 5th December Dad gets home six o’clock We always go out Fridays We usually take a holiday August Our dog stays in the garden night The students go home the afternoon She plays the guitar weekends The World Cup is in Qatar 2022 The lesson starts eight thirty Printable © Oxford University Press 2015 Grammar help Present simple Look at table again Write questions and short Reorder the words to write negative sentences football / Alex / like / not / does answers Sally / go / cycling? Does Sally go cycling No, she doesn’t Alex does not like football not / Mum / does / at a bank / work Tim / / karate? Tim and Sally / go / swimming? play basketball / / We / not / The children / pizza / not / like Rewrite the sentences Use short forms Sally / play / football? Question words Complete the questions with the question words He does not play tennis He doesn’t play tennis in the box They not have lunch at school How often He does not his homework after dinner She does not live in a big city Rewrite the sentences in the negative form We like this CD We don’t like this CD He has lunch at two o’clock What What time Where What you on Sundays? I visit my grandparents does your friend live? She lives in San Francisco does he get up? He gets up at eight o’clock you play basketball? I play basketball twice a week How often …? I speak Russian Write the correct expressions of frequency She teaches Spanish every evening every day three times a week twice a day twice a month Look at the table Write short answers to the questions Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: Tim basketball football cycling karate swimming no yes yes no yes every day Sally yes yes no no yes Object pronouns Complete the sentences with the object Does Tim play basketball? pronouns No, he doesn’t Does Sally play basketball? him Do Tim and Sally karate? Does Tim go cycling? CHAMPIONS Starter Monday, Thursday, Saturday: 1st January, 15th January: Monday 10 a.m and p.m.: Monday p.m., Tuesday p.m.: Unit it me them us Your brother is funny I like him That’s my bag! Give it to , please Those posters are amazing I like This city is fantastic I love ! That’s my sister Do you know ? Printable © Oxford University Press 2015 Grammar help can (ability) Look at the box Then write sentences using can Write the sentences in the correct order or can’t and the words in the box ✓✓✓ very well ✓✓ well ✓ quite well ✗ not very well ✗✗ not at all speak English / can / They They can speak English cannot / You / sing I / play chess (✗) I can’t play chess very well play the guitar / can / Our teacher You / sing (✓✓✓) ride a bike / I / cannot We / play basketball (✓) can / Danny and I / play chess My grandad / use a computer (✗✗) My brother / swim / cannot Those students / dance (✓✓) Rewrite the sentences using can’t She cannot dance can (ability) Complete the short answers She can’t dance I cannot sing Your sister cannot ride a bike Joe and Sam cannot ski My dad cannot play the guitar Complete the sentences with can (✓) or can’t (✗) We can’t speak Russian (✗) My brother drive a car (✓) The children play chess (✗) Mrs Rossi sing (✓) You play the piano (✓) Those students act (✗) Degrees of ability Write the sentences in the correct order Can your grandma send text messages? can’t No, she Can your parents ski? Yes, Can you drive a car? No, Can you and your brother swim? Yes, Can your dad speak Chinese? No, Write questions with can Write airmative (✓) or negative (✗) short answers you / ski? (✗) Can you ski? No, I can’t your sister / speak Spanish? (✓) your dad / play the guitar? (✗) your brother / drive a car? (✗) your friends / play tennis? (✓) speak / can’t / very well / I / Spanish I can’t speak Spanish very well can / Maria / quite well / sing Imperatives Complete the sentences with airmative or speak English / can’t / Those tourists / very well negative imperatives Use the verbs in the box be well / play football / can / Your brother Don’t can’t / I / at all / play the piano ski / very well / My uncle / can CHAMPIONS Starter Unit look read send watch read that book! It’s boring this DVD! It’s funny text messages in class! It’s eleven o’clock at night quiet! at this poster! It’s fantastic Printable © Oxford University Press 2015 Grammar help Present continuous Read the sentences Then write short answers Write the sentences in the correct order ‘We’re in the park We’re playing football.’ ‘I’m at home I’m doing my homework.’ watching / are / TV / We We are watching TV am / I / English / studying Tony and Rita: in the garden / is / The dog / sitting Anna: playing / The students / football / are are / your homework / doing / You a yellow jacket / is wearing / My brother ‘We’re in a restaurant We’re having lunch.’ ‘I’m at school I’m studying maths.’ Carla and Mike: John: Is Anna playing football? No, she isn’t Are Carla and Mike having lunch? Rewrite the sentences with short forms He is working He’s working Is John studying maths? We are playing computer games Are Tony and Rita doing their homework? I am wearing a T-shirt Is Rita playing football? You are having lunch Is Mike watching TV? She is walking to school Read the sentences in exercise again Write questions and answers Tony / play tennis? They are swimming Is Tony playing tennis? No, he isn’t Write present continuous sentences Use short forms We / watch a DVD Anna / her homework? Tony and Rita / play football? We’re watching a DVD He / have a shower John / study English? I / listen to music Carla and Mike / have dinner? She / sit in her room Question words + present continuous They / have dinner Complete the questions with where, what, Look at exercise again Write the sentences in the negative form We aren’t watching a DVD CHAMPIONS Starter Unit or who Where are you going? To the cinema is she wearing? A red T-shirt is he talking to? His teacher are they playing tennis? In the park Printable © Oxford University Press 2015 Grammar help Answer key Unit Unit 1 You are not a new student 1 My sister has got a new bike 4 4 1 I am not American Rebecca is not my sister My brother is not at home Hazel isn’t at school You aren’t in my class David isn’t a good student My mum and dad aren’t football fans London isn’t a boring city Is she in your class? Are your brother and sister at home? Is New York an interesting city? Am I a good student? I am it isn’t you aren’t they aren’t she is e c a b d Where are Who is When is What are These This That CHAMPIONS Starter Answer key 4 5 2 71 81 We have got a big TV Our grandma has got a cat You have got a fantastic camera You have got an English friend My aunt has got a small dog Sara has got a good music teacher I have got three cousins My brothers have got new skateboards You haven’t got an English friend My aunt hasn’t got a small dog Sara hasn’t got a good music teacher I haven’t got three cousins My brothers haven’t got new skateboards I haven’t got a dog You’ve got a big rucksack My brother hasn’t got a ticket They’ve got a strict teacher I’ve got a penfriend f b e a c Has Mrs Jones got a grandson? No, she hasn’t Have your cousins got a games console? Yes, they have Has your uncle got a saxophone? Yes, he has Have those children got ice creams? No, they haven’t Have you got my phone number? No, I haven’t sisters’ brother’s children’s Sally’s my dad’s MP3 player Maria’s books the girls’ mobile phones the children’s toys Holly and Laura’s room Printable © Oxford University Press 2015 Grammar help I can’t sing Unit 1 plays play plays plays play she teaches it makes he reads she does it studies he washes she has it goes he flies watch finishes live have visits does study goes start sometimes never always rarely usually never, rarely, sometimes, often, usually, always Mr Mitchell’s classes are usually interesting I usually get home at four thirty I never homework on Sundays Dad often has a shower in the morning My brother is always happy We sometimes have dinner at a restaurant at on in at in at in at Unit 1 Mum does not work at a bank 3 3 3 We not play basketball The children not like pizza They don’t have lunch at school He doesn’t his homework after dinner She doesn’t live in a big city He doesn’t have lunch at two o’clock I don’t speak Russian She doesn’t teach Spanish Yes, she does No, they don’t Yes, he does Does Tim karate? No, he doesn’t Do Tim and Sally go swimming? Yes, they Does Sally play football? Yes, she does Where What time How often three times a week twice a month twice a day every evening me them it her Our teacher can play the guitar I cannot ride a bike Danny and I can play chess My brother cannot swim CHAMPIONS Starter Answer key My dad can’t play the guitar Your sister can’t ride a bike Joe and Sam can’t ski can can’t can can can’t Maria can sing quite well Those tourists can’t speak English very well Your brother can play football well I can’t play the piano at all My uncle can ski very well You can sing very well We can play basketball quite well My grandad can’t use a computer at all Those students can dance well they can I can’t we can he can’t Can your sister speak Spanish? Yes, she can Can your dad play the guitar? No, he can’t Can your brother drive a car? No, he can’t Can your friends play tennis? Yes, they can Watch Don’t send Be Look Unit 1 I am studying English Unit 1 You cannot sing 1 4 4 5 4 The dog is sitting in the garden The students are playing football You are doing your homework My brother is wearing a yellow jacket We’re playing computer games I’m wearing a T-shirt You’re having lunch She’s walking to school They’re swimming He’s having a shower I’m listening to music She’s sitting in her room They’re having dinner He isn’t having a shower I’m not listening to music She isn’t sitting in her room They aren’t having dinner Yes, they are Yes, he is No, they aren’t Yes, she is No, he isn’t Is Anna doing her homework? Yes, she is Are Tony and Rita playing football? Yes, they are Is John studying English? No, he isn’t Are Carla and Mike having dinner? No, they aren’t What Who Where Printable © Oxford University Press 2015