blaze 1 grammar - egis

ISBN 978-1-4715-4145-2

Blaze 1 Grammar is designed for learners at CEFR A1level. It systematically presents, provides practice ofand revises English grammar structures.

Key features:• clear, simple presentation of grammar structures• comprehensive theory boxes with examples• variety of graded exercises• speaking and writing activities at the end of each unit• games• lively illustrations• regular revision units• regular Exploring Grammar sections

Components• Student’s book• Grammar Key

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Virginia Evans – Jenny Dooley

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ISBN 978-1-4715-4145-2

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Unit 1 The indefinite article a/an ............................................... p. 4Unit 2 Personal subject/object pronouns ................................. p. 5Unit 3 Question words .............................................................. p. 6Unit 4 The verb to be (affirmative) ............................................ p. 7Unit 5 The verb to be (negative & interrogative) ....................... p. 8

Exploring Grammar (Units 1-5) ................................................. p. 11Revision (Units 1-5) .................................................................... p. 12

Unit 6 Plurals (-s ending) .................................................................... p. 13Unit 7 there is/there are ............................................................ p. 14Unit 8 Adjectives ...................................................................... p. 16Unit 9 Plurals/Irregular plurals .................................................. p. 17Unit 10 this/these – that/those – one/ones ................................. p. 19

Exploring Grammar (Units 6-10) ............................................... p. 21Revision (Units 1-10) .................................................................. p. 22

Unit 11 The verb have got .......................................................... p. 23Unit 12 Possessive adjectives .................................................... p. 27Unit 13 Possessive case ............................................................ p. 28Unit 14 Prepositions of place ..................................................... p. 30Unit 15 can ................................................................................. p. 31

Exploring Grammar (Units 11-15) ............................................. p. 33Revision (Units 1-15) .................................................................. p. 34

Unit 16 Present simple (affirmative) ............................................ p. 35Unit 17 Prepositions of time (at, on, in) .......................................... p. 37Unit 18 Present simple (negative & interrogative) ...................... p. 39Unit 19 Adverbs of frequency .................................................... p. 42Unit 20 Countable/Uncountable nouns ...................................... p. 43 a/an/some/any/no .......................................................... p. 44


Unit 21 Quantifiers ..................................................................... p. 49Unit 22 The imperative ............................................................... p. 52Unit 23 too-enough .................................................................... p. 53Unit 24 Present continuous ........................................................ p. 54Unit 25 Present simple vs Present continuous .......................... p. 58


Unit 26 Modal verbs ................................................................... p. 63Unit 27 will, be going to, will vs be going to ............................... p. 68 be going to vs Present continuous ................................ p. 74Unit 28 Comparisons ................................................................. p. 76Unit 29 was/were, could, had...................................................... p. 81Unit 30 Past simple (regular/irregular verbs) .............................. p. 86


Progress Checks 1-6 .................................................................. p. 93

Irregular Verbs ............................................................................ p.104

Contents

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1 The indefinite article a/an

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Fill in a/an, as in the example.1

1 an apple 2 __________ clock

5 __________ iron 6 __________ rose

3 __________ orange 4 __________ bird

7 __________ duck 8 __________ vase

9 __________ baby 10 __________ blackboard

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

Write the words in the correct column.

• goldfish • egg • horse • cat • umbrella• parrot • elephant • dog • insect • bike• actor • onion • book • coat • artist

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Speaking

Point to objects around you and say theirnames in English. Use a/an.

Writing

Find pictures of objects and animals. Gluethem on a piece of paper and label them. Usea/an.

goldfish

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

aan

• We use the indefinite article a/an before nouns in the singular to talk about a person, thing or animal in general.• We use a before nouns which begin with a consonant sound (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z).

a book, a ruler, a pencil• We use an before nouns which begin with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u). an earring, an ant, an umbrella

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Personal subject/object pronouns 2

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Fill in: she, he, it, they, her, him, them.1

Fill in: she, he, it, they, them.

1 Emma is a teacher. She is 30 years old. 2 Art is my favourite subject. I’m good at ______ . 3 Mary and Lyn are my sisters. Look at _________ . 4 ‘How old is Jeff?’ ‘____________ is 10.’ 5 Look at George and Beth. ___________ are twins.

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4 Look at ____________!____________ is a hat.

5 Look at ____________!____________ are friends.

Choose the correct item.

1 This is my schoolbag. It/He is red. 2 This is Pedro and I’m Mario. You/We are

brothers. 3 Give the ball to he/him, please. 4 This is Ann, Mary and Helen. Them/They are

my friends. 5 Listen to I/me.

6 This is Laura. She/Her is my sister. 7 Can you see us/we? 8 Look at they/them.

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Game – Grammar Tennis!

Stand up with your partner, facing each other.To start the game, ‘serve’ by saying a name.Your partner has to ‘hit the ball’ by saying thepersonal pronoun. If your partner gets itwrong, you get a point!

A: Maria! B: She. Steve! A: He. Tina and I! B: They. Teacher: Wrong! We is the correct answer.

Student A gets one point!

1 Look at her! She is beautiful.

2 Look at ________!____________ areballoons.

3 Look at _______ ! ____________ is asailor.

SUBJECT PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Iyouheshe ]it

weyou

they

meyouhimher ]it

usyou

them

• We use personal subjectpronouns before verbs insteadof nouns or names. They showwho or what sb/sth is or whatsb/sth does.Peter is a doctor. He is fromEngland.

• We use personal objectpronouns after a verb or apreposition as objects.This is Peter. Look at him.

I: always with a capital letteryou: in the singular and plural he: for a man or a boyshe: for a woman or a girlit: for an animal or a thingwe: for peoplethey: for people, animals or things


3 Question words

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Write, as in the example.3

A: Who’s he? B: This is Bob. He’s

my friend.

A: What’s this?B: It’s a cap. It’s red.

A: ________________________

B: ________________________

A: _______________________________

B: _______________________________

Fill in: who, what, where, when, which or how.

1 What is your dog’s name? It’s Bongo. 2 ______________________ is Maria? She’s OK, thanks. 3 ______________________ is your coat? The black one. 4 ______________________ ’s she? That’s Susan. 5 ______________________ is the exam? At 11:00 on Tuesday. 6 ______________________ is your brother? He’s at home.

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First fill in the gaps in the questions with who,what, where, when, which or how. Then,match the questions to the correct answers.

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A: ________________________

B: ________________________

A: _______________________________

B: _______________________________

Speaking

Work in pairs. Point to people and objectsaround you. Ask each other questions.

A: What’s this in English?B: It’s a rubber. Who’s he?A: This is John.

Where are you from?

___________ old are you?

___________ are your favourite colours?

___________ is your best friend?

___________ is your favourite sport, rugby

or football?

___________ is your English lesson?

1 C

2

3

4

5

6

A Adam. B At five o’clock. C Berlin in

Germany.

D I’m 21. E Green and blue. F Rugby.

Bob/my friend a cap/red

Helen/Mary’s mum a dog/white

a tennis ball/yellow Mr Smith/my teacher

A B

C D

• We use who to ask about people.Who’s she? This is Mary.

• We use what to ask about an unlimited choice ofthings. What’s this? It’s a book.

• We use where to ask about places andnationalities.Where is my bag? It’s here.Where is Luca from? He’s from Spain.

• We use when to ask about time.When is your birthday? It’s in April.

• We use which to ask about a limited choice ofthings.Which is your favourite colour, red or pink?

• We use how to ask about manner. How are you? I’mfine, thanks.

• We use how old to ask about age. How old is Emily?She’s 23.


The verb to be (affirmative) 4

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Fill in ’m/am, ’s/is, ’re/are, as in the example.

1 It ’s/is a red rubber. 2 She ____________________ Mary. 3 You ____________________ my friend. 4 This ____________________ my dog. 5 I ____________________ from Lisbon. 6 He ____________________ John. 7 We ____________________ brothers. 8 They ____________________ students.

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Speaking

Present yourself to the class. Tell the classyour name, age, nationality and favouritecolour. Use Ex. 4 as a model.

Writing

Write a short text about you and your family.Use the text in Ex. 4 as a model. Includea picture.

Complete the sentences with am, is or are.4

Use the prompts to write sentences.

1 I/15 years old I’m fifteen years old. 2 She/my sister ________________________________________________________________ . 3 His name/Pedro ________________________________________________________________ . 4 This/my friend ________________________________________________________________ . 5 My ruler/green ________________________________________________________________ . 6 My cat and dog/white ________________________________________________________________ .

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Hi, I am Ann and I_____________ a teacher. I_____________ thirty years

old and I _____________from Britain. Myfavourite colour_____________ red.

Hello. We ____________the Smith family.

Stella ____________ mymum and he ____________

Bob, my dad. Mysister Amy____________ 12

and I ____________ 13.

Correct the mistakes.

1 Sally are from England. is 2 Steve and I am students. ___________

3 Helen and Jenny is my friends. ___________

4 My dad and my mum is teachers. ___________

5 My pet’s name are Rex. ___________

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LONG FORM SHORT FORMI am

you arehe isshe is

it iswe areyou arethey are

I’myou’re

he’sshe’sit’s

we’reyou’rethey’re

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2

• We normally use the long form of the verb to be when we write. He is from Spain and he is 10 years old.

• We normally use the short form of the verb to be when we speak. “What’s this?” “It’s a book.”


Look at the pictures and the prompts, then fill in am, is, isn’t, are to complete the exchanges. Whichform do we use in positive/negative short answers? Find examples.

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1 Sue: Are you from Britain, Tony?

Tony: Yes, I am.

2 Sue: What _______________ your favourite colour?

Tony: Red.

3 Tony: _______________ Peter’s favourite colour red?

Sue: No, it _______________________ .

4 Tony: Where ____________________ you from, Peter?

Peter: I ___________________ from Canada.

5 Sue: _________________________ Tony British?

Peter: Yes, he _________________________ .

6 Tony: ________________________ Sue from Canada?

Peter: No, she ____________________ . She ________________

from the USA.

Peter, Canada,blue

Tony, Britain, redSue,

USA, purple

NEGATIVEINTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

Long Form Short Form

I am notyou are nothe is notshe is notit is notwe are notyou are notthey are not

I’m notyou aren’the isn’tshe isn’tit isn’twe aren’tyou aren’tthey aren’t

Am I ...?Are you ...? he ...?Is [ she ...?

it ...? we ...?Are [ you ...?

they ...?

Yes, I am.Yes, you are.Yes, he is.Yes, she is.Yes, it is.Yes, we are.Yes, you are.Yes, they are.

No, I’m not.No, you aren’t.No, he isn’t.No, she isn’t.No, it isn’t.No, we aren’t.No, you aren’t.No, they aren’t.

5 The verb to be (negative & interrogative)

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• We do not repeat the whole question in short answers. We only use Yes or No, the subject pronoun and theappropriate verb form.

• We use the long form of the verb to be in affirmative short answers.Is she OK? Yes, she is. (NOT: Yes, she’s.)

• We use the short form of the verb to be in negative short answers.Are you from Spain? No, I’m not. (NOT: No, I am not.)


Underline the correct form of the verb to be.

1 I’m from Egypt. I ’m not/isn’t from Britain. 2 They isn’t/aren’t from Canada. 3 Are/Is they your brother and sister? 4 Is/Are he from Poland? 5 “Are Bill and John students?” “Yes, they ’re/are.” 6 “Are you from the USA, John?” “No, I am not/’m not.” 7 She isn’t/aren’t my friend. 8 They ’re/is my parents.

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Write questions for the answers.

1 A: Are you sixteen? B: No, I’m not. I’m fifteen. 2 A: __________________________________________________________ ? B: No, I’m not. I’m from Italy. 3 A: __________________________________________________________ ? B: No, she’s not. She’s a nurse. 4 A: __________________________________________________________ ? B: Yes, they are. They’re from Madrid. 5 A: __________________________________________________________ ? B: Yes, I am. My brother is an athlete, too.

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Are they apples?No, they aren’t. They’re pears.

Look at the pictures. Ask and answer, as inthe example.

3

________________ a television?____________________________________

_________________ a computer.

______________________ a teacher?_______________________________________

_______________________ a reporter.

___________________ a policeman?_________________________________________

__________________________ a doctor.

Fill in: is, isn’t, are, aren’t.

1 Paul isn’t from Canada. He’s from the USA. 2 Lucy and Sam ______________ students. I’m a

student, too. 3 My favourite colour ______________ purple. 4 Tom and Lisa ______________ 25. They’re 24. 5 Robbie ______________ my brother. He’s my cousin. 6 I’m 21 years old and Julie ______________ 21, too. 7 Olive and Tony ______________ teachers. They’re

doctors. 8 We ______________ from Poland. We’re Polish. 9 Green ______________ her favourite colour. It’s blue. 10 My parents ______________ American. They’re

British.

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Match the questions to the answers.4

Is Pedro from Spain?

Are they doctors?

Is Ann twenty years old?

Are you a pilot?

Are we friends?

1 e

2

3

45

a No, they aren’t. b No, I’m not. c Yes, we are.

d No, she isn’t. e Yes, he is.

3

2

4

1

9

5


10

5

1 Is Bill a vet? Yes, he is. 2 Is Rosa Portuguese? ________________________________________________________________________

3 Is Hans a doctor? ________________________________________________________________________

4 Is Sandra twenty-eight years old? ________________________________________________________________________

5 Is Bill Canadian? ________________________________________________________________________

6 Are Sandra and Hans forty-two years old? ________________________________________________________________________

Bill

Rosa

Hans

Sandra

country

Canada

Portugal

Germany

Italy

age

28

35

42

42

job

vet

pilot

hairdresser

doctor

a) Look at the table. Then write shortanswers.

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b) Work in pairs. Look at the table again andask questions as in Ex. 7a.

Speaking

In pairs, ask each other questions. Ask about:

• nationality • age • father’s/mother’s name/job• brother’s/sister’s name/age

A: Are you American?B: Yes, I am.A: How old are you?B: I’m thirteen. etc

Writing

Use your partner’s answers in the speakingactivity to write a short text about him/her andhis/her family.

John is from the USA. He’s thirteen.

Put the words in the correct order to formquestions. Then answer them about you.

1 from/are/Italy/you? Are you from Italy? No, I’m not. I’m from Spain. 2 your/is/father/a teacher?

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

3 mother/is/thirty/years old/your?__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

4 years old/five/are/you?__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

5 is/favourite/black/your/colour?__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

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a) Complete the text with is/isn’t/are/aren’t.9

Hi Amy!This 1) is Marcia. We 2) ____________

best friends. Marcia 3) _______________

from California in the USA andshe 4) ___________ 17 years old. We5) ____________ students at HenleyCollege. Our favourite subjects6) ____________ Maths and Science because we 7) ____________

good at them, but we 8) ____________ good at French. Marcia’sfavourite sport 9) ____________ basketball, but she10) ____________ good at hockey. Who is your best friend?Write soon,Sally

b) Read the text again and answer thequestions.

1 Is Marcia British? No, she isn’t. 2 Is Marcia 17 years old?

__________________________________________________________________

3 Are Marcia and Sally students?__________________________________________________________________

4 Are Marcia and Sally good at French?__________________________________________________________________

5 Is Marcia’s favourite sport basketball?__________________________________________________________________

6 Is Marcia good at hockey?__________________________________________________________________


Exploring Grammar (Units 1-5)

b) When do we use a/an? Give moreexamples.

b) Which verb form do we use in the thirdperson singular? first person plural?

c) How do we form the negative form of theverb to be?

The verb to be

a) Read the text and underline all shortforms of the verb to be. Then write the longforms.

1

a/an

a) Make true sentences about the text in Ex. 1.3

Personal pronouns

a) Which personal subject/object pronounscan you find in the text in Ex. 1?

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

b) Look at the words in bold in the text inEx. 1. Replace them with the appropriatepersonal pronoun.

1 ____________ 2 ____________ 3 ____________ 4 ____________

c) Which subject/object pronoun is the samein the singular and the plural?

_______________________________________________________________________

4Hi Beth,I’m your new e-friend.My name’s Mary and I’m from London. I’m twenty-five years old and I’m a secretary. Look at the photo.It’s my friends and me. My best friend is Nick. Canyou see him? He’s from the USA. 1) Nick’s 26 yearsold and he’s a teacher. He’s a very good teacher.Nick’s sister’s Laura and his brother’s Mark. Look atthem. 2) Laura’s 23 and 3) Mark’s 22. 4) Laura andMark are students. They’re very nice. We’re all verygood friends.What about you? Tell me about your friends. Send aphoto.Mary

Underline the correct subject/object pronoun.

1 Her/She is from Spain. 2 Give that ball to me/I. 3 Who is him/he? 4 Us/We are fifteen years old. 5 They are Joe and Ed. Look at us/them. 6 This is Rex. It/They is my dog. 7 This is Bill and Mike. They/Them are my

friends. 8 Come play with we/us! 9 I/Me am Nancy. 10 Listen to he/him.

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Short answers

a) Answer the questions.

1 Is Mary from London? __________________ 2 Is Nick from England? __________________ 3 Is Mark 26 years old? ________________________________

4 Is Laura a teacher? ____________________________________ 5 Are Nick and Mark brothers? ____________ __________________________________________________________________

b) When do we use long forms in shortanswers?

2

MaryNickLauraMark

is

isn’t

a

an

student.teacher.actor.

secretary.

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Exploring Grammar (Units 1-5)

Nick

Mary

Mark Laura


Revision (Units 1-5)Revision (Units 1-5)

1 __________ Peter German?

A Is B Are C Am

2 This is Kim and Jill. Look at __________ .

A him B them C they

3 We __________ from Australia.

A am not B isn’t C aren’t

4 __________ they from Spain?

A Am B Is C Are

5 “Is she a vet?”

“Yes, she __________ .”

A isn’t B is C ’s

6 This is __________ iron.

A a B an C –

7 Where __________ Laura and Steve from?

A am B is C are

8 This is __________ egg.

A a B an C –

9 __________ are my friends.

A We B He C They

10 It’s __________ goldfish.

A a B an C –

11 This __________ my family.

A ’s B is C are

12 “Are you from Germany?”

“__________ .”

A Yes, I’m. B No, I’m not.

C No, I am not.

13 “__________ is this?”

“A parrot.”

A Who B What C Which

14 My name __________ Helen. It’s Ellen.

A ’m not B isn’t C aren’t

15 How old __________ you?

A am B is C are

16 “__________ is she?”

“Mrs Smith.”

A How B What C Who

17 My brother and sister __________ 18. They’re 19.

A ’m not B isn’t C aren’t

18 “Is this a book?”

“Yes, __________ is .”

A he B she C it

19 “Are they Spanish?”

“Yes, __________ .”

A we are B you are C they are

20 “Is she your sister?”

“No, she __________ .”

A is not B isn’t C aren’t

Circle the correct item.

( )Mark: –––- 20

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