VII. Put the verbs into the correct form. Use Present Simple. 1. They ______________ (play) football and basketball at school. 2. My father ______________ (read) the newspaper every morning. 3. We ______________ (have) English, Maths and Science on Monday. 4. She never ______________(do) her homework. 5. I ______________ (go) swimming twice a week. 6. Cars ______________ (be) more expensive than motorbikes. 7. Jane always ______________ (have) breakfast at 6 o’clock. 8 He usually ______________ (watch) TV after dinner. 9. London ______________ (be) a very big country. 10. I ______________ (be) a student and my parents ______________ (be) teachers. . XI. Complete the sentence with the negative form of the present continuous. Use short forms. 1. They ________________ (help) the teacher right now. 2. She ________________ (stay) in a hotel. 3. I ________________ (travel) a lot these days. 4. We ________________ (study) science at present. 5. The children ________________ (play) football in the playground. 6. Bob ________________ (watch) the news on TV. 7. My parents ________________ (talk) to the teacher at the moment. 8. The sun ________________ (shine) today. XII. Complete the sentence with the present simple or present progressive form of the verb in brackets. 1. I ________________ (look) for Jack. Do you know where he is? 2. You ________________ (know) a lot about computers. 3. They ________________ (do) maths homework now. 4. Mark often ________________ (play) tennis at the weekend. 5. Just a minute, I can’t hear you. I ________________ (listen) to the radio. 6. Bob ________________ (watch) the news on TV every morning. 7. Be quiet! The children ________________ (study) in the room. 8. Mark ________________ (not do) homework on Saturdays. 9. Wake up! The teacher ________________ (ask) you a question. 10. We ________________ (not work) at the moment. We’re on a break. XIII. Complete the sentences with the question words. 1. does the first lesson begin? - At seven o’clock. 2. are you going? - To the library. 3. do you usually bring to school? - Textbooks, notebooks and pens. 4. do you go to school? - By bike. 5. is Mary talking to? - Mrs. Berry, her English teacher. 6. is your favorite subject? - Maths. 7. is your first day at school? - Oh, it’s great. 8. does Phong do judo? - Three times a week. 9. students are there in your class? - Forty. 10. pocket money do you get? - Ten thousand dong. D. READING I. Fill in each gap with a word from the box. Middle school often includes sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth (1) ____________. It’s calledmiddle school because it’s in the middle of your (2) ____________ years. Elementary school is behind you. High school (3) ____________ awaits you. For a kid, going to middle school is often a (4) ____________ change: First, it usually means moving to a new building, which takes some time to adjust to. (5) ____________, it may mean taking a different bus, with different students. Third, the friends you made in (6) ____________ school may end up going to different middle schools. And other things that probably will be different are the (7) ____________ and the work. All of that can make you feel a bit (8) ____________ on the first day of school. E. WRITING I. Put the words in order to make a sentence. 1. secondary/ first/ your/ at/ school/ is/ how/ week? 2. lessons/ many/ have/ on/ how/ you/ do/ Friday? 3. art/ creative/ are/ drawings/ students/ the/ some/ doing/ in/ club 4. school/ at/ English/ we/ have/ classes/ don’t/ today 5. homework/ you/ doing/ maths/ are/ your? 6. children/ first/ on/ most/ school/ excited/ are/ day/ of/ the II. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. 1. What is your favorite subject? → What subject 2. There are 35 students in my class. → My class 3. Mai live near her school. → Mai’s house isn’t 4. Mary plays the piano very well. → Mary is good 5. Do you like physics? → Are you interested 6. The school has a computer room and a library. → There