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LANGUAGE CENTER
Vocabulary Worksheets
Chapter 1: Using Be

NAME: Anthony Toro Carrillo . DATE: 24 /10/2018

PROFESSOR: Lic. Soledad Williams. Mg. Eii. LEVEL: INGLEÉ S I

Singular nouns
Complete each sentence with a word from the word pool. Write the word with a or an in front
of it.
animal  car city color continent language
ocean season sport vegetable

1. A taxi is __a car___________________________.

2. A carrot is a vegetal.

3. An elephant is a aniamal.

4. Africa is a continent.

5. Summer is a season.

6. Blue is a color.

7. Golf is a sport.

8. The Pacific is a ocean.

9. Spanish is a lenguaje.

10. Rome is a city.

Write the words in the correct column. Write a or an before the noun.
√ actor banana carrot cow doctor egg
horse mouse orange pilot teacher tiger

Foods Animals Occupations

a carrot A cow
an actor
banana A horse A doctor
an egg A mouse A pilot
an orange A tiger A teacher
Names of places
Write the words in the correct column.

Antarctica Asia Bangkok Chicago Egypt Europe

Italy Japan Kenya North America Paris Sao Paulo

Continents Countries Cities

Egypt Sao Paulo
Antarctica
Italy Bangkok
Asia
Europe Japan Chicago
North America Kenya Paris

Adjectives
Complete the sentences with words from the word pool.
crowded empty full

1. The mailbox is ______empty___________.

2. The mailbox is __full______.

3. The bus is _____empy__________.

4. The bus is full. It is ___crowded______.

 5. The theater is full. It’s ___crowded_______.

6. The theater is ___empy___________.

Complete the sentences with words from the word pool.

big cheap cold empty expensive hard hot narrow

√ round small soft square

1. The earth is ____round_________. It isn’t square.

2. This box is____square_____. It isn’t round.

3. The box isn’t full. It’s ______empy_______.

4. An elephant isn’t small. It’s _______big___________________.

5. Insects are not big. They’re _________small_________________.

6. Puerto Rico is not cold. It’s _______hot____________________.

7. Antarctica is ______________cold______________. It’s not hot.

8. A trip around the world is not cheap. It’s _____expensive__________.

9. Newspapers are not expensive. They’re _______cheap________.

10. Rocks are not soft. They’re ___________hard______________.

11. Cats are not hard. They are ___________soft_____________.

12. The shoe is not wide. It is _______narrow_________.

Prepositions and adjectives

Complete the sentences about this picture. Choose the correct word and write it in the blank
space.

fish bowl

fish

table

1. The fish is (in / on) __________in___________ the water.

2. The fish and the water are (in / on) _____in________ the fish bowl.

3. The fish bowl is (in / on) ________on___________ the table.

4. The cat is (next to / under) _____nex to____________ the fish bowl.

5. The fish bowl is (full / empty) _____full____________ of water.

6. The table is (hard / soft) ________hard________.

7. The fish in the picture is (wet / dry) _____wet_____________.

8. At the moment, the cat in the picture is (wet / dry) ____dry_______.

9. The fish and the cat in the picture are (alive / dead) ____alive________.

Prepositions of place

Where are they?

You can often find the noun in Column A in the place in Column B. Complete each sentence in
Column A with the correct phrase from Column B. Write the letter of the word or phrase from
Column B in the blank in Column A.

Column A Column B

1. The whale is __g_. a. in a theater

2. The nurse is _f___. b. on the highway

 3. The pilot is _d__.
c. on the desk

4. The actor is __a_. d. in an airplane

5. The traffic is _b__.

e. in a restaurant

6. The waiter is __e_.

f. in a hospital

Adjectives
Choose the word to complete each sentence correctly.

1. A wheel is ______round________.
square √ round tall soft

2. A piece of paper is ___flat_______.

round hard long flat

3. A coin is _______hard_____.
wide narrow soft hard

4. Line A ______________________________________________________________
Line B __________________

Line A is long. Line B is _______________.

long soft short hard

5. The road between the cities is _____long______.

large long tall heavy
6. The Empire State Building is ___tall_________.
short small tall round

7. A basketball player is ___tall_________.

tall long square flat

8. The opposite of a tall person is a __short__________.

person.
large big small short

9. The box is not light. It’s ______heavy_______.

small narrow short heavy

10. The bird is _____light________. It’s not heavy.

flat wide light short

11. The towels in the bathroom aren’t wet.

They’re
__dry___.
dry long round
short

12. The boots and the floor are ___wet _________.

Geography words
Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
Chile Brazil
Argentina

MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA

1. South America is __c_____.

a. a city b. a country c. a continent d. an island

2. Chile, Argentina, and Brazil are ___b___ in South America.

a. cities b. countries c. islands d. continents

3. On the map, Brazil is ___d___.

a. short b. tall c. long d. large

4. On the map, Chile is ___c___.

a. large b. tall c. long d. square

5. Argentina is __d____ Chile.

a. in b. on c. under d. next to

6. Argentina is ___c____ Chile and Brazil.

a. under b. below c. between d. in

MAP OF CANADA
 NORTH

WEST EAST

Pacific Atlantic
Ocean Ocean

Vancouver Montreal

United States

7. Vancouver is __a_____ Canada.

√ a. in the west of b. between c. next to d. in the east of

8. Montreal is ___d____ Canada.

a. in the west of b. between c. next to d. in the east of

9. Vancouver and Montreal are ___c____.

a. countries b. islands c. cities d. continents

10. Vancouver and Montreal are ____b___ Canada.

a. next to b. in c. in d. above

11. The land of Canada is _____a__ Montreal and Vancouver.

a. between b. next to c. in d. on

12. Canada is ___a____ of the United States.

a. north b. south c. east d. west
Prepositions of place

Complete the sentences. Choose the correct word from the word pool and write it in the blank
space. You may use a word more than once.

on behind above under next to in

sofa

1. The sofa and the rug are ______on_____ the floor.

2. The sofa is ______behind_____________ the woman.

3. The pictures are _____above______________ the sofa.

rug

umbrella

4. The man and the woman are _____under___________

the umbrella.
5. The man is _____next to____________ the woman, and
the woman is __________next to_____ the man.
6. The umbrella is _______above___________ the man
and the woman.

towel
7. The baby is ______in___________ the bath tub.

8. The mother and father are _______next to______

the bath tub.
9. A towel is _______above_________ the bath tub.

bath tub