A2 ESL Study Guide
Topic 1: Simple Present (Positive, Negative, Interrogative)
Grammar Overview
Positive: Subject + base verb (add "s" or "es" for he/she/it)
Example: He plays football every day.
Negative: Subject + do/does + not + base verb
Example: She does not play tennis.
Interrogative: Do/Does + subject + base verb?
Example: Does he play basketball?
Fill-in-the-Blank Exercise:
1. She Likes
______ (like) to read books in her free time.
Got (go) to school every day.
2. We ______
3. Does he ______
Speakes (speak) Spanish?
4. TheyDon’t
______eat (not, eat) pizza often.
5. He Don’t
______watch(not, watch) TV after school.
Topic 2: Adverbs of Frequency
Grammar Overview
Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something happens.
They include: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never.
Example: I always go to the gym on Mondays.
Matching Exercise: Match the sentence with the correct adverb of frequency:
1. She goes to the gym five times a week. a) always
2. He drinks coffee about once a month. b) rarely
3. They are almost never late for work. c) sometimes
4. I eat breakfast every morning. d) usually
5. We go to the cinema on special occasions. e) never
Topic 3: Information Questions
Grammar Overview
Information questions use question words like who, what, where, when, why, and how.
Example: Where do you live?
Fill-in-the-Blank Exercise:
1. ______ does he live?
2. ______ are you going to the party?
3. ______ is your favorite color?
4. ______ do you wake up in the morning?
5. ______ do you like to do on the weekend?
Topic 4: Future 'Will'
Grammar Overview
Use will for future predictions, decisions made at the moment of speaking and promises.
Example: I will help you with your homework tomorrow.
Sentence Organizing Exercise: Put the words in the correct order to form a future 'will'
sentence:
1. next / I / week / will / visit / you - ________________________________
2. will / rain / tomorrow / it / ? - ________________________________
3. not / they / will / come / to / party / the - ________________________________
4. John / will / meet / airport / us / at / the - _______________________________
5. finish / I / will / this / project / soon - ________________________________
Topic 4: VOCABULARY
Exercise 1: Fill-in-the-Blank
Choose the correct word from the list to complete each sentence.
festival, decorations, celebration, fireworks, important, cash, apartment, both, clean,
exercise, pet, normal, spend, busy, everyone, game, keep, meal, once, special, twice
1. We have a ______ at the end of the year with a big party and ______.
2. I have a dog as my ______.
3. My family celebrates a big ______ for my grandmother’s birthday.
4. I need to ______ my room before our guests arrive.
5. It’s ______ to stay healthy by doing ______ every day.
6. The landlord gave us the keys to our new ______ yesterday.
7. ______ person in the class brought something to the party.
8. My brother and I ______ go to the gym together ______ a week.
9. It’s ______ to say “thank you” when someone helps you.
10. I don’t have my card, so I need to pay with ______.
11. We played a fun ______ at the party.
12. She wants to ______ all her old toys from when she was young.
13. I only go to the cinema ______ a month.
14. Christmas is a very ______ time of the year.
Exercise 2: Matching Definitions
Match the vocabulary word with the correct definition.
1. ______ a fun activity a) busy
2. ______ use money to buy things b) game
3. ______ an animal you keep in your c) apartment
home
d) exercise
4. ______ to move your body to stay
healthy e) once
5. ______ having a lot to do f) meal
6. ______ rooms to live in inside a g) pet
building h) spend
7. ______ one time i) twice
8. ______ breakfast, lunch, or dinner
j) special
9. ______ two times
10. ______ not usual, not normal
Exercise 3: Sentence Organizing
Put the words in the correct order to form sentences.
1. festival / at / we / watched / the / fireworks
2. very / birthday / important / is / your
3. her / in / room / she / special / put / decorations / the
4. both / pets / my / sister / and / I / have
5. money / I / twice / a / week / on / clothes / spend
6. clean / need / to / I / my / apartment
7. time / play / a / we / had / the / game / fun / at
8. go / once / week / a / to / I / the / gym
