Grammar section

Love,
Larry
№7 Fill in: ‘some’ or ‘any’.
Stephanie is packing her suitcase.
I need 1)_____ shoes. I don’t need to take 2)_____ boots. I need 3)_____ dresses and 4)_____ blouses. I don’t need 5)_____ jumpers or gloves. I don’t need 6)_____ warm clothes at all. I need 7)_____ jeans and I need 8)_____ money of course.

№8 Fill in the blanks with ‘someone’, ‘anyone’, ‘somewhere’, ‘anywhere’ or ‘nothing’.

Do you know 1) anywhere nice to go on holiday? I want to go 2) _______ hot where I can do 3)_______ all day but lie on the beach. I know 4)_______ in Italy and he says there isn’t 5)_______ better. He knows a lot of countries because he travels everywhere for his job. I want to go to Spain but I don’t know 6)_______ there. 7)_______ must know a good place to go to!

№9 *Fill in the blanks with ‘some’, ‘any’, ‘no’ and their compounds.

The school trip is tomorrow and I want to remind everyone of a few things. I don’t want 1)_____ to miss the bus. Last year 2)_____ students were left behind because they arrived late. There are hardly 3)_____ seats left on the coach, so remember to put your bags and coats in the boot before you get on. 4)_____ will be allowed to smoke on the coach. I hope you will all bring 5)_____ warm clothes. The castle is 6)_____ to the north of the town. It’s a 15-minute walk, so wear 7)_____ comfortable on your feet. Once inside, I don’t want to hear 8)_____ shouting or swearing. If there is 9)_____ you want to know about the castle and its history, there will be 10)_____ at the castle gates to show us around and answer 11)_____ questions. There will be 12)_____ talking on the museum tour afterwards. The town is small, and so there is 13)_____ large enough to accommodate us all for lunch. I suggest we stop for fish and chips on the journey home – I doubt if 14)_____ will object! Does 15)_____ have 16)_____ questions? Good. If you remember what I’ve said, there will be 17)_____ problems.

№10 Put the verbs in brackets into Present Continuous.

This is London airport. Many people 1) are waiting (wait) to go on holiday. The woman at the check-in desk 2)________ (take) the passengers’ tickets and she 3)________ (ask) them some questions. At ‘Passport Control’ a man who 4)________ (wear) a uniform 5)________ (look) at everyone’s passports. Some people 6)________ (sit) on chairs and while they 7)________ (wait) they 8)________ (read) books and magazines. There is a bar where a man 9)________ (serve) tea and coffee. Outside, a plane 10)________ (take off) and another one 11)________ (come down). Some men 12)________ (put) the passengers’ bags onto another plane. A man who 13)________ (leave) 14)________ (say) good-bye to his family.

№11 Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous.

Every summer Tonia and her family 1)_______ (go) on holiday. They 2)______ (stay) in England but at the moment they 3)_______ (travel) by plane. They 4)_______ (go) to America! Tonia 5)_______ (be) very excited. She 6)_______ (look) out of the window and she 7)_______ (laugh). Her brother 8)_______ (play) a game. He 9)_______ (like) airplanes. He 10)_______ (want) to be a pilot when he grows up.

№12 Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous.

Dear Susan,
Here I 1) am (be) in sunny Greece. The weather 2)_______ (be) fantastic. We 3)_______ (have) a wonderful time. At the moment I 4)_______ (lie) beside the swimming-pool with my friend James. I 5)_______ (sunbathe) and James 6)_______ (drink) lemonade. We 7)_______ (sunbathe) and we 8)_______ (swim) every day and at night we 9)_______ (eat) in a restaurant and then we 10)_______ (dance) in the disco. I 11) _______ (have) a good suntan. I 12)_______ (look forward) to seeing you next week when we 13)_______ (come) home.
See you then.
Love, Sally.

№13 Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous.