Read the sentences and correct them. Make two correct sentences each time.

1. The Sun rises in the west. The Sun does not go round the Earth. The Earth goes round the Sun.

2. The Amazon River flows into the Pacific Ocean.

3. Mice catch cats.

4. Patients look after nurses in hospitals.

5. Tea grows in Britain.

6. Water boils at 0 degrees Celsius.

7. Penguins live in Africa.

8. Milk contains no vitamins.

9. Sound travels faster than light.

10. All rivers start from oceans.

 

2. Make the sentences negative. Use don’t / doesn’t each time.

1. (The Sun / set / in the east.) The Sun doesn’t set in the east.

2. (Kangaroos / live / in Spain.)

3. (Astronauts / travel / in submarines.)

4. (Cows / lay eggs.)

5. (Pandas / live / in Italy.)

6. (Money / grows / on trees.)

7. Elephants / rat / meat.)

8. (Fish / walk / on land.)

9. (Bees / give / milk.)

10. (The Earth / go / round the Moon.)

 

3. Put general questions to the sentences. Then put special questions to the italicized words.

1. Dolphins live in the sea. Do dolphins live in the sea? Where do dolphins live?

2. Penguins live in the Antarctic.

3. The Ob River flows into the Arctic Ocean.

4. Rain falls from clouds.

5. Plants need water to grow.

6. Wool comes from sheep.

7. It rarely rains in the desert.

8. Skill comes with practice.

9. The Sun gives us light and heat.

10. The Moon moves round the Earth.

 

Put the verbs in brackets into Present simple or Present Continuous.

1. These days everything is changing (to change). Cities … (to become) bigger every day, their population … (to grow). Technology … (to develop) faster than ever before, because scientists … (to learn) more and more about the way things work.

2. Water … (to boil) at 100 degrees Celsius and … (to freeze) when temperature … (to drop) below zero. Salt water … (to be different however).