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Exercises for elementary and beginner students of English (A1 – A2 level).

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Tenses

Exercise name Level/Type

Present simple (1)

I do, I am, I have, he has …

A1 GRAMMAR
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Present simple (2)

I do, I am, I have, he has …

A1 GRAMMAR
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Present simple with ‘always’, ‘never’, ‘often’

I always go, he is never … + PDF 🖨

A1 GRAMMAR
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Present simple questions (1)

Do I, does he? + PDF 🖨

A1 GRAMMAR
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Present simple questions (2)

Do I, does he?

A1 GRAMMAR
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Present simple questions, negatives (1)

Do, don’t, doesn’t + PDF 🖨

A1 GRAMMAR
multiple-choice

Present simple questions, negatives (2)

Do, don’t, doesn’t

A1 GRAMMAR
multiple-choice

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More tenses

Exercise name Level/Type

Present continuous questions

are you doing?, is he doing? …

A1 GRAMMAR
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Present simple vs. present continuous (1)

I do, I am doing

A1 GRAMMAR
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Present simple vs. present continuous (2)

I do, I am doing

A1 GRAMMAR
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Present simple vs. present continuous (3)

I do, I am doing

A1 GRAMMAR
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Past simple (1)

I was, I had, I saw …

A2 GRAMMAR
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Past simple (2)

I was, I had, I saw …

A2 GRAMMAR
multiple-choice

Past simple questions

Did I, was I? …

A2 GRAMMAR
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Future simple

I will

A2 GRAMMAR
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Practise different tenses

present, past, present perfect, future simple …

A2 GRAMMAR
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Irregular verbs

Exercise name Level/Type

Past participles of irregular verbs (1)

been, spoken, eaten, written, etc.

A2 GRAMMAR
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Past participles of irregular verbs (2)

been, spoken, eaten, written, …

A2 GRAMMAR
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Irregular verbs in the past simple (1)

I had, he spoke, she went, they saw, …

A1 GRAMMAR
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Irregular verbs in the past simple (2)

I had, he spoke, she went, they saw, …

A2 GRAMMAR
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Irregular verbs in the past simple (3)

I had, he spoke, she went, they saw, …

A2 GRAMMAR
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Comparatives and superlatives

Exercise name Type

Comparative adjectives (1)

bigger, older, faster, more expensive, better+ PDF 🖨

A2 GRAMMAR
multiple-choice

Comparative adjectives (2)

bigger, older, faster, more expensive, better

A2 GRAMMAR
multiple-choice

Superlative adjectives

the biggest, the oldest, the most expensive, the best

A2 GRAMMAR
multiple-choice

Vocabulary

Exercise name Type

There, their, they’re

A1 VOCAB
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Opposite verbs

A1 VOCAB
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Animals (1)

A1 VOCAB
multiple-choice

Animals (2)

A1 VOCAB
multiple-choice

-ed and -ing adjectives

A2 VOCAB
multiple-choice

Make or do?

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A2 VOCAB
multiple-choice

House and home

A1 VOCAB
text gap-fill

Family and relatives

A1 VOCAB
multiple-choice

Everybody, everywhere, everything

A1 VOCAB
multiple-choice

Like / would like

A1 VOCAB
multiple-choice

Town and city words

A1 VOCAB
multiple-choice

Other grammar

Exercise name Type

Opposite adjectives

A1 VOCAB
multiple-choice

The plural forms of nouns

1 man, 2 men; 1 tooth, 2 teeth

A1 VOCAB
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Personal pronouns

I, me, he, him, she, her, we, our, …

A1 GRAMMAR
multiple-choice

Possessive adjectives and pronouns

My, mine, your, yours, her, hers, ours, …

A1 GRAMMAR
multiple-choice

Questions: Who, which, why, what, where? (ex. 1)
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Some vs. any

some, any coffee / some, any books

A1 GRAMMAR
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Adjective or adverb?

quick vs. quickly, slow vs. slowly

A2 GRAMMAR
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The verb “be”

I am, you are, he is, was, were

A1 GRAMMAR
multiple-choice

Indefinite articles ex. 1

a, an

A1 GRAMMAR
multiple-choice

Indefinite articles ex. 2

a,an

A1 GRAMMAR
multiple-choice

Questions with prepositions

Who with? Who to? Who about? What with?

A2 GRAMMAR
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