EXPANSION Units 1 – 3

A. Write questions and answers. Use always, usually, sometimes, seldom, or never in your answers.

1. How often / you / walk / school
Q: How often do you walk to school?
A: I usually walk to school.

2. How often / you / watch / TV
Q: How often do you watch TV?
A: I rarely watch TV.

3. How often / you / clean / your room
Q: How often do you clean your room?
A: I sometimes clean my room.

4. How often / you / go / to the mall
Q: How often do you go to the mall?
A: I seldom go to the mall.

5. How often / you / do / your homework
Q: How often do you do your homework?
A: I always do my homework.

B. Complete each sentence. Use the simple past tense.

1. They’re not going to play basketball tonight, but they played basketball last night.
2. I am not meeting my friend for lunch today. I met my friend for lunch yesterday.
3. She doesn’t usually get sick, but she got sick last week. She had a cold.
4. He doesn’t usually study on weekends, but he studied this past weekend.
5. We don’t usually grow tomatoes in my garden, but we grew some this past summer.
6. He usually goes skiing on vacation, but he went surfing last month on vacation.
7. I don’t usually make mistakes on my math homework, but I made three mistakes on my homework yesterday.
8. I don’t usually have to do the dishes, but I had to do them last night.
9. My friend and I didn’t go shopping yesterday, but we went every day last week.
10. My father didn’t drive me to school this morning, but he drove me to school yesterday.

C. Write the question for each answer. Use the simple past tense.

2. Q: What did Amal do yesterday evening?
A: Amal watched TV yesterday evening.

3. Q: What did Hussain wear to the job interview?
A: Hussain wore a suit and tie to the job interview.

4. Q: What did they do in the airplane?
A: They slept on the airplane.

5. Q: Where did your brother go to college?
A: My brother went to college in Jeddah.

6. Q: Where did Ali and his family stay last year when they went to the beach?
A: Ali and his family stayed in a hotel last year when they went to the beach.

D. Write sentences about you, your family, or your friends.

1. be married
My parents were married in Abha.

2. be raised
I was raised in Jeddah.

3. be called
I was called little Ali.

4. be educated
My father was educated in Riyadh.

E. Write questions and answers. Use used to.

1. Ibrahim ate a lot of fast food.
Q: What did Ibrahim use to eat?
A: He used to eat a lot of fast food.

2. They studied English.
Q: What did they used to study?
A: They used to study English.

3. Saeed drove his father’s car.
Q: What did Saeed use to drive?
A: Saeed used to drive his father's car.

4. My brother and I drank milk every morning before school.
Q: What did you and your brother use to drink every morning?
A: We used to drink milk every morning before school.

F. Look at the picture. Write about Robert’s plans for the day with his friend. Use the present progressive.

1. The bus is arriving at 10 A.M.
2. Robert is meeting his friend at the bus station today.
3. Robert and his friend are going to the museum later.
4. Robert and his friend are eating at a fast food restaurant.
5. Robert is going to the bus station at 4 p.m.

G. Complete the sentences. Use be going to or will.

1. I’m not sure. I will probably fly (fly) to Ankara tomorrow.
2. My plans are definite. I am going to go (go) to the mall with my friend tonight.
3. She isn’t sure. She will probably leave (leave) in the afternoon.
4. He didn’t make definite plans. He will probably see (see) his uncle next week.
5. They didn’t tell me their final plans. They will probably arrive (arrive) tomorrow morning.
6. I checked the schedule. The train is going to leave (leave) at 7:30 tomorrow morning.

H. Look at the photo of Jeff. Write two sentences about what he is going to do.
Write two sentences about what he will probably do.

1. What is Jeff going to do?

He is going to take a trip.

He is going to talk on his cell phone.

2. What will Jeff probably do?

He will probably fly on a plane.

He will probably visit his friends.

J. WRITING

Write a paragraph to tell how you conserve at home and what you will probably do to conserve in the future.

Conservation at Home

Mom: Sara what are you doing?

Sara: I'm cleaning my room by using vacuum cleaner.

Mom: How many times do you clean using vacuum cleaner?

Sara: Just three times a week.

Mom: That's too much, we should conserve electricity.

Sara: OK mom, how?

Mom: Clean using your hand, floor wiper and broom.