PMR ENGLISH RAYA HOMEWORK 2012

Text Completion Present Tense Exercise 1 Each question in the text below refers to a numbered blank. For each question, choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D to fit the numbered blanks Malaysians like to go on picnics. On weekends and public holidays, picnickers ________(1) on beaches with their family or friends to ________(2) their minds and bodies. They ________(3) in the sea or just ________(4) on mats and ________(5) children splashing about. When it ________(6) time for lunch, they help themselves heartily to the delicious food and drinks they ________(7) brought along with them. They listen to songs and ________(8) games. Children build sandcastles and ________(9) seashells. Soon it is time to________(10) home. Everyone feels tired but happy. 1 A 2 A 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 A 7 A 8 A 9 A 10 A gather relax swim lie watch was have play collects go B B B B B B B B B B gathered relaxing swum lay watching is has playing collect come C C C C C C C C C C gathers relaxed swam laid watched were are played collected goes D gathering D relaxes D swimming D lies D watches D are D is D plays D collecting D comes

(Adapted from You Can Do It Volume 2 PMR English JPN Kedah)

Exercise 2 Each question in the text below refers to a numbered blank. For each question, choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D to fit the numbered blanks Health inspectors _______ (1) for the government have a duty to check the food we ________(2) and eat. They frequently ________ (3) eating shops, markets, bakeries and dairies. Action ________(4) then taken against those who do not ________(5) their places clean and those who sell food unfit for consumption. Food-stall owners should always ________ (6) cleanliness. Food should be covered to prevent flies and germs in the air from ________(7) it. If contaminated food ________(8) sold, anyone who ________(9) it will become ill. Therefore people who work in eating-shops must know, understand and _______ (10) rules of good personal hygiene. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A worked A bought A visit A is A keeping A maintain A contaminate B B B B B B B have worked buy visiting was keep maintained contaminating C working C had bought C visited C were C kept C maintaining C contaminated 1 D D D D D D D work buying had visited have keeps maintains to contaminate

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8 A was 9 A eat 10 A follow B is B eats B followed C has C eaten C following D had D ate D follows

(Adapted from You Can Do It Volume 2 PMR English JPN Kedah)

Present Perfect Tense Exercise 1 TV15 - The Rakyat Channel gives out awards for the best local TV programme each year. Complete this commentators report on the Super Show Award with the Present Perfect Tense of the verb in brackets. Im Farhah Aina, reporting live for TV15. Since 2001, TV15 (1)____________(start) a special award programme to acknowledge those who (2)_____________(contribute) to the local television entertainment industry. TV15 (3)_____________(choose) many nominees to compete in different categories. Up till now, TV15 (4)_______ ____(select) four nominees for each category. Some of these nominees (5)_____________(appear) many times in recent years, whilst others are newcomers to the entertainment scene. This special award programme is very popular among viewers of all age groups. People (6)____________(travel) from many places to watch this show conducted annually at TV15. As expected, many (7) ____________(come) with expectations. Many (8) ____________(predict) that local sitcom Coffee Break will receive several awards. Another programme, Surviving on Pulau Satu (9)_________________(become) the most watched programme on Saturday night. The game show Beg for Gag (10)____________(be) the top game show for the last 10 months. This is going to be the show of the year. So sit back and relax, enjoy the show!
(Adapted from Longman Super Score English by Sooria Kumari, et all)

Past Tense It is used to express an action that began and ended in the past. Example: Subject I You He She It We They The girl Exercise 1 Underline the correct answers 1 The hawker ( sells, sold ) fried noodles last night. 2 The boy ( fell, falls ) from his bicycle and hurt himself two days ago. 3 Jeff ( meets, met ) an old classmate at the party just now. 2 Verb Time Words yesterday last night two days ago in 1990 in the past

ate (irregular verb) washed (regular verb)

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4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The policeman ( stopped, stops ) the driver who knocked the lamp post. Mrs. Ooi ( buys, bought ) a lot of fruits yesterday. The show ( starts, started ) an hour ago. The baby ( missed, misses ) his mother when she went to work I ( see, saw ) Ali at the bookshop this morning. My friend ( comes, came ) to my house last week. Roslan ( lies, lied ) to his parents just now.
(Adapted from PMR English Module 2010 JPN Kedah)

Exercise 2 Each question in the text below refers to a numbered blank. For each question, choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D to fit the numbered blanks A crowd of people ________ (1) inside the tent to see the circus. There ________ (2) a lot of clowns with red noses which seemed to glow. One of the clowns had a little monkey that ________(3) up a stick. Another one ________(4) to be a frog and jumped about on the grass, croaking. Everybody ________(5). One played funny tune on a flute. Then some acrobats _______(6) running into the ring while the band played some exciting music. They bowed to the crowd and then took off their cloaks and climbed up some ropes to the roof of the tent. The band ________ (7) playing. Then they began to swing from one rope to another, flying through the air like bird men! One of them seemed to slip in the middle of a flight. This ________(8) the crowd a fright, but he was only pretending. When acrobats ________(9), the band played a cheerful tune. This ________ (10) by a warm applause of the crowd. 1 A go 2 A is 3 A climbed 4 A pretend 5 A laughing 6 A come 7 A stopped 8 A give 9 A finished 10 A was followed B B B B B B B B B B went are climbing pretending laughed came stop gave finishing were followed C C C C C C C C C C goes was climb pretended laugh coming stopping given finish is followed D D D D D D D D D D going were climbs pretends laughter comes stops give finishes are followed

(Adapted from You Can Do It Volume 2 PMR English JPN Kedah)

Exercise 3 Each question in the text below refers to a numbered blank. For each question, choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D to fit the numbered blanks Last Monday, Kassim and I decided to go to the cinema. After school, I_______ (1) for Kassim at the bus-stop in front of the school. It ________ (2) raining and soon I felt chilly. Fifteen minutes ________(3) but Kassim had not come. I ______ (4) to feel impatient. At almost two oclock, Kassim arrived. He ________(5 for being late.While I ________(6) out at a chemistry experiment in the last period, he explained, I accidentally ________(7) a beaker. So the teacher ________(8) me to stay back to clean up the mess. Never mind, I replied, Let`s hurry now. We may be late. When we entered the cinema, the film show ________ (9) already started. We could not see well in the dark and spent more than ten minutes __________ (10) for our seats. 3

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1 A wait 2 A started 3 A passes 4 A begin 5 A apologize 6 A carry 7 A broke 8 A tell 9 A were 10 A look Past Perfect tense Exercise 1 Answer the questions below 1 The doctors __________ (complete) the operation successfully before the electricity went off. 2 He told us that they __________ (offer) their services to the haze victims before 3 If she __________ (eat) her meals regularly, she would not have suffered from gastric pains. 4 Zakri _________ just __________ (come) home from the gym when his brother asked him to play table tennis. 5 He was very weak after he __________ (fast) for one week. 6 She __________ (lost) two kilograms, but she put it all back on during holidays. 7 Zaliza __________ (consider) plastic surgery when she was younger but then decided that beauty comes from within. 8 We __________ already __________ (leave) the hospital when the fire started. 9 I _________ (decide) to become a doctor by the time I was in Form 4. 10 When he __________ (complete) his studies he went to work in hospital in Africa.
( Adapted from Longman Super Score English by Sooria Kumari, Doreen Da Costa, Ranee Helen )

B B B B B B B B B B

waited start passing began apologizing carried break telling had looked

C C C C C C C C C C

were waiting starting passed begun apologized am carrying broken told has looking

D D D D D D D D D D

have waited was started to pass beginning was apologize was carrying breaking was told having to look

(Adapted from You Can Do It Volume 2 PMR English JPN Kedah)

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Subject-Verb Agreement We use is with a singular subject and are with a plural subject. Sentences with subjects like each, everyone, one, nobody, everything , neither of, etc, take a singular verb. Sentences with subjects like all, both, many, some, etc take a plural verb. A single subject is followed by a singular verb. A plural subject is followed by a plural verb. 1 2 3 4 Nobody is allowed to enter the room. Both of these tins are filled with petrol. Neither of the pencils is mine. Neela is tall but her brothers are taller.

Exercise 1 Each question in the text below refers to a numbered blank. For each question, choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D to fit the numbered blanks The octopus has neither shells nor fins. Its well-developed head_______(1) complex eyes that provide excellent vision. A footlike part________(2) the front of the head and extend forward, dividing into eight arms or tentacles. Each arm_______(3) of two rows of adhesive suckers, which it ________(4) to pull itself along. When it is lying quietly at the bottom of shallow pool, it ________(5) out its tentacles on the ground. If a crab comes by, it ________(6) out its tentacles, catches hold of it and _________(7) it into its mouth. Besides crab, octopuses also__________(8) to eat lobster and other mollusks. The female octopus is a devoted mother. Each of her eggs ________(9) enclosed in a capsule that _________(10) itself to an object in the water. There ________(11) always a number of them close together, with the mother faithfully keeping a virgil. She changes the water in which they _________(12) by squirting more water over them through her funnelshaped siphon. 1 A had 2 A surround 3 A consists 4 A use 5 A spread 6 A whips 7 A draw 8 A like 9 A is 10 A attaches 11 A is 12 A are lying B B B B B B B B B B B B has surrounds consist using spreading whip draws likes are attach are lies C C C C C C C C C C C C have surrounding has consisted has used spreads does drawing do has attaching does lie D D D D D D D D D D D D does has surrounded consisting uses has spread has whipped has drawn are have has attached do do

( Adapted from 1201 Question Bank Grammar Pan Asia by JC Lim)

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Verb Forms Verbs are action words which says what a noun or pronoun does (run, write, fall, study, etc). Every sentence must have at least a verb. It can be used: a) In the simplest present tense b) In the simple past tense formed by adding -ed or -d to the verb. c) In the present continuous tense formed by adding -ing to the verb. d) In the past participle - formed by adding -n or en to the verb. Example: Present Tense Past Tense Past Participle widen widened widened soften softened softened carry carried carried feed fed fed sigh sighed sighed bind bound bound tear tore torn sink sank sunk Hit hit hit Exercise 1 Each question in the text below refers to a numbered blank. For each question, choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D to fit the numbered blanks Aida : Fatin: Aida : Fatin: Fatin, ___(1)___ you _______ my handbag? No, ___(2)___ you_______ it again? I___(3)___ I ___(4)___ it. You seem to misplaced your handbag very often. Now try to recollect where you ___(5)___ it. Aida : I ___(6)___ on the dressing table but it is not there now. Fatin: Think again. Where else could you have left your handbag? Aida : Oh yes, now I ___(7)___. It must be in the car. You see, I ___(8)___ to you while I getting out of the car. Fatin: You ___(9)___ very forgetful nowadays. You know, you could be in real trouble if ___(10)___ your handbag. Aida : I know, thanks for the advice. 1 A 2 A 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 A 7 A 8 A 9 A 10 A hadseen havelost thought am misplacing were leaving was leaving remember talked are getting lose B B B B B B B B B B dosee didlost think had misplaced have left leave am remembering was talking get are losing C C C C C C C C C C couldsee hadlost am thinking have misplaced are leaving has left remembered have talked got lost D D D D D D D D D D haveseen dolost have thought misplace would leave left have remembered had talked have got have lost