1st batxillerat Grammar Workshop Starter Unit

SB p 114 ex 1, 2

1
1 feels
2 describes
3 scores
4 follows
5 doesn’t eat
6 spends

2
1  The students are taking an exam today.
2 We’re talking about our greatest fears.
3 She isn’t / ’s not crying because of the film.
4 We’re not staying for dinner.
5 What are you studying at university

SB p 115 ex 3, 4, 5

3
1 dressed up
2 ate
3 didn’t use

4
1 eating
2 was
3 were
4 was

5
1 ’m / am
2 decided
3 tore
4 was visiting
5 took
6 was staying
7 think
8 feel

SB p 116 ex 6, 7, 8 

6
1 T he students prefer to do tests online.
2 This time yesterday we were playing football.
✓ 3 He knew that she was upset.
4 He doesn’t mind if you stay the night.
5 I don’t know how to speak French.

7
1 Who did Juliet love?
2 Who survived the earthquake?
3 What did Mariana tell you?
4 Who found this umbrella yesterday?
5 Who heard the doorbell?

8
1 Have you ever had
2 haven’t done
3 Have you passed
4 ’ve had

SB p 117 ex 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

 9
1  I’ve been living in Dubai for eight years.
✓ 2 We’ve been walking all day!
3 The students haven’t been living in Paris all year.
4 Josh and Kate haven’t been going out for very long.
5 Have they been sitting in the sun all afternoon?

10
1 Have you been jogging
2 has / ’s stopped
3 has / ’s been
4 haven’t been studying
5 have you visited

11
1 ever
2 since
3 never
4 for

12
1 I’ve just left university.
2 She hasn’t thanked us for her present yet.
3  They’ve already visited the Eiffel Tower.
4 We still haven’t started studying.
5 Have you just got married?

13
1 Neither of
2 Both of
3 all
4 both
5 Neither

SB p 118 ex 14, 15, 16

14 
1 everywhere 
2 nothing 
3 anybody 
4 nobody 
5 somebody 

15 
1 the longest beard 
2 the most decorated 
3 the heaviest 

16 
1 Our family is not as large as Peter’s. 
2 My mother is less patient than me. 
3 His approach is the least systematic. 
4  We’re not as adventurous as our predecessors. 
5 The president is less popular than his deputy.