COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Exercise
Fill in the blanlcs with 'many', 'mttch', 'a few' or 'a little'.

food just now but he drank

lames did not eat

2 There isnt
3 There arent

water.

traffic on the road on a Sunday.

young people

in the village. Most of them are senior

citizens.

There is only
to wipe it off.

Please give me

pieces ofpaper.

documents.

Dont worry.
stain on your skirt.

soap

and

7 the General Hospital is just -

need them to print

water should remove the curry

kilometres away from here. You should be able

minutes.

to get there in

8 How

of you are interested to go to the beach next week?

ffi ruururBER NouNs

Exercise
[Jnderline the errors. Rewrite the sentences with the correct singular or plural form.

My favourite colour are red, pink and orange.

We need to change the furnitures in the room.

3 Tom is saving a lot of moneys to buy a new computer.

4 Mr and Mrs Thn have three childrens, two
5 I cant
6

believe that those handbag cost over RM500 each.

The babys are sleeping soundly

7 the

boys and a girl.

in the room.

thiefs stole the rich man's watch and gold ring worth RM5000.

8 The empqrors

lives in the grand palace on top of the hill.

COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Exercise
Write the correct words.

.',',

ht,,

,, "

Sig6d

Cf,1Yr,

afray

ncturork

gsng

anthotregll

clutch

band,.

'benchl

tiiiop:"

, ':staff,

plague

i* pa*f',, clii p,

1i616

I A

of actors

,"

of chickens

of magistrates

l0 A

of locusts

of sailors

ll

of lions

5 A

of eggs

A
13A -

6 A

of computers

t4 A

7 A

of thieves

15

of servants

l6 A

4 An

A-

SU BJ ECT-VERB

t2

of ants

of trees
of musicians

of elephants

of steps

AGREEM ENT

Exercise
Underline the correct answer.

I Harun
2

It

(arrange, arranges) his stamps neatly in the album.

furas , were) almost mrdnight when Adrian returned home.

3 Someone (has, have) gone

4 The air

to call for an ambulance.

(ar{ is) even more polluted

these days.

5 Mathematics (is, are) my weakest subject.

6 My parents (celebrate, celebrates) their anniversary on 6 fune.

7 Neither Kamala

nor Siti (sing, sings) well.

8 Karamjit (was, were) running ahead of all the other boys

in the cross country

little ooy (does, do) not understand what you mean.

t0 Mr and Mrs Lingam (has, have) lived in Thman Berjaya for twenty years.
ll Either Kimberly or Azian (knows, know) how to get to the railway station.
t2 Nobody (realise, realises) that the little boy has wandered off from the party.
9 The

l3
t4
l5
t6

Either he (are, is) buyrng the present or I am.

Here (is, are) your keys. I hope you will not misplace them.

Which of these pairs of shoes (fits, fit) you?

Water (change, changes) into ice when

17 The alligator (look, looks) quite similar

l8

it

freezes.

to a crocodile.

The new laptop model XB7 (costs, cost) RM3500.

t9 None of the girls in my

20 There (is, are) a

class (own, owns) a bicycle.

lot of work to be done before we can go home.

race.

-':

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IE;;J
5"I GENDER
g*ercir"
Clange the gender in bold to masculine or feminine. Rewrite the sentences.

His grandfather is talking to the tailor.

:s talking to the
I{is

2 the wizard changed the prince into

The

:hanged

3 Our landlady

Our
4

T1r'e

, is the

The heroine saved the

sqved

young

the

girl from the burning hut.

from the burning huL

.who

played

Girl Guide in the movie is my niece.

the

.i!r the movie is my

The conductor collected the fares from the boys.

The
8

frog.

of my school

The young actress who played the

The

bride is the daughter of my school headmaster.

The
6

into

is a widow as her husband passed away two years ago.

as his
russed away two years ago.
is a

The
5

the

a frog.

collected the fares

from

the

The fox is chasing the duck in the field.

The

; chasing

the

the

field.

Complete the dialogue with'a','an', 'the'

or'-'.

ARTICLES

Exercise
Waitress:Goodmorning,madam.Wouldyouliketosee
Miss |ay: No, thank you. I would like to

have

(2) omelette.

Waitress: Do you want

(3) plain omelette?

Miss |ay: No, I'llhave

(4) cheese ornelette.

Waitress: That comes with

wholemeal bread.
Miss |ay: Could I have

(s) piece of toast. You have a choice of white or

(6) English muffin instead?

(7) glass of orange juice with that?

Waitress: Sure. Would you like
glass
Miss |ay: No, thank you. |ust bring me a
of warm water.
Waitress: Would you like a cup of

(8) coffee as well?

Miss |ay: I dont suppose you have decaffeinated

(9) coffee?

Waitress: Yes, we do. As a matter of fact, we serve

(10) excellent cup ofdecaffeinated

coffee.

Miss |ay: That is great. Do you have

Waitress: Certainly. Would you like

(rr) low fat milk?

(f 2) chopped onions with your omelette?

Miss |ay: No, thankyou. I am looking for

(13) seamstress here. Can you recommend

one?

Waitress: Well, there

{14) Glamour Tailor two blocks away but

it

is

(15) expensive place.

Miss lay: Oh, I see. Anyway, I will drop by there later. Thank you.
Waitress: Enjoy your breakfast.

ADJECflVES
Exercise
Fill in the blanks with

the correct adjectives.

Her brother is a

student and an excellent sportsman.

2 Daniel is so

even his parents cannot control him.

3 The

polka dot curtains are suitable for my niece's bedroom.

4 All the teachers in my school like Abdul Rahman because he is a

5

My grandfather told us an

story and all of us loved it.

6 We were

to see our cousins after such a long time.

7 Encik Kamarul is a
8 The team

ffi

student.

will

person. He always donates money for a worthy cause.

- -

be very

if we do not win the match todarr

aotEcrvEs oF--coMpARrsoN

Exercise
Complete the sentences with the correct

form of adjectives.

Mount Kinabalu is the

2 t1rre cineplex is not as

3 The hibiscus is as
4 Tokyo is

(high) mountain in Malaysia.

(crowded) as we thought it would be.
(common) as the bougainvillea in Malaysia.
(large) than Osaka,

(large) cities in the world.

5 December is the

in fact it is one of the

(wet) month of the year in Kelantan.

6 Last night, my uncle told me the

_ (interesting) story that

I have ever heard.

7 My mother is a

(careful) driver than my father is.

- he is the
., ' '
8 Everyone in my family likes Simon
- because
family.
9

I can't believe that your handwriting is

10 Sheila Hanim was the

ll

Put

t2

She had the

(cheerful) boy in the

(bad) than Tina's.

(good) singer
- in the concert last night.

(many) water -into the pot so that there is enough soup.

(little) marks in the English test.

PRONOUNS
Exercise

Underline the correct pronouns.

The villagers are mainly fishermen. (They, We) go out to sea to catch fish.

2 the scouts helped (we, us) to carry the heavy boxes into the classrooms.
3 The boats look very new. (Thev, It) have just beenpainted two days ago.
4 (We, You) must finish your homework before watching television.
5 Mary felt very hot, so (he, she) fanned herself with the piece of PaPer.
6 When the leopard saw the nunter, (it, he) sprang upon the poor man.
7 My cousin and I are visiting you tomorrow. (I, We) will come by bus.
8 Lena picked up the piece of paper and threw (them, it) into the dustbin.
9 I asked the stranger to help (me, I) to call for an ambulance.
10 We scolded him and now he rerused to talk to (them, us).

Exercise 2
Replace the words

in bold with the correct

possiessive

pronouns. Rewrite the sentences.

Example: This is her toothbrush. It is not my toothbrush.

This is hers. It is not mine.

The ladies wanted to take my stove and keep

2 Whose

their stove instead.

answer is correct, Suhaimi's or femima's?

Puan Syafinaz put all the

That laptop is Sheera's brother.

"Have you cleaned your room? We did our room just nowi'

6 Did the girls personally

booh in the cupboard. These are my books and those are the boys'books.

It is not Sheera's.

hand in their applicationJorms? I just handed in my application form.

Exercise 3
Supply questions to these statements, asking about the words in bold. Use the question words in brackets.

Example: He left school in 2011? (When)

When did he leave school?

The weather had been cloudy this morning. (What)

I,.

tir.e man fainted because of the heat. (Why)

The soldiers marched to the warzone on foot under the blazing srln. (How)

4 Mrs Sundari's daughter

recovered from fever after

uncle's sister was:narried to Praveen Gopal. (Whom)

Ruixin's mother got

* fr:

days. (When)

lt'

5 My

l0

I l]ft to- ,the market from puan Suraya this morning. (whose)

men degided to discusslhe malter at a nearby restaurant. (Where)

- 9 Sevelal coconut trees were struck by lightning during the heavy storm last night. (What)
tO

D'-.-_av-id

Moyes is the new manager of Manchester United. (Who)

ffi venB FoRMs

Exercise
Fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms of the words in

brackets.

The driver was suspected of being drunk before he

2 Rani looks
3 They

in the mirror and

(crash) into the divider.

(be) upset with the red, tiny spots on her face.

(praise) Nancy for achieving a remarkable feat

competition last month.

in the swimming

4IhopeI-(do)nottakeuptoomuchofyourtimeyesterday.
5 Nadia

(make) sure that her grandfather is comfortable before she leaves the

hospital.

6 The old shed is very dusty. It

(have) many cobwebs in every corner.
7 Thedog
(bite) the boywho
(hit) it with a stick just now.
8 Puan Sumarni wants to surprise her nephew with a gift. She
(knit) a
beautiful jumper for hirn.

l0

The lorry

(ferry) the new cars to their respective destinations every month.

Ruth
(read) The lourney last week and
(borrow) a
-: from the library this morning.
new book

a-r

{!3 rHE STMPLE PRESENT rENSE

Exercise
Underline the errors in the following sentences. Write the correct answer in the space provided.

During the holidays, their father always take them to the swimming pool.

There are so much food on the table that

cannot make up my mind

what to eat.

3 Bats have wings but they is not birds. They are mammals.

4 To many students, learning English are more difficult than other subjects.
5 The workers rushes out of the building when they felt a slight tremor.
6 Some of my neighbours plants their own vegetables in their backyard.
7. Every year, my cousin spend.her holidays with us but this time, she will
spend her holidays in Singapore.

8
9

Every morning, on my way to work,

I usually

mggts a lot of people.

The teacher urge us to practise speaking English as much as possible.

10 Water consist of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen.

llMrsTanareourformteacher.Shet9achusMathematicsandEnglish.i.11.

12 My cousin are good at basketball. He practisg every evening with

school team.

the i.
t1.

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Exercise
Complete the passage with the present continuous

form of the verbs in

brackets.

Sri Lanka is a faScinating country wi!!_ 1-_diverse culture and tradition. Everything is so different
(learn) (2) a little bit of Singhalese to make communication easier. However,

o (not make) (3) much progress. Although, I do not understand much yet, I
-,
believe that I will gradually improve.
I -t.

'

She is a friendly

"3

(travel) (a) wittr Kimberly, a student from London University in England.

girl-but rather impatient. She always walks ahead of me. Right now, Kimberly

(sit) (5) with Navendra, the owner of the inn.

They

(discuss) (6) the differences between life in England and Sri Lanka. After that, we

(have) (7) dinner at the dining hall. We will retire early for the night as we

-'(take) (9) us to hike

(get) (8) up early at 4.00 am to catch the sunrise. Navendra

up the mountain for the arnazingsight. My heart
Thoughts of the hike keep running through my mind as

(pound) (f 0) with excitement.

I tossed and turned in bed.

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Exercise
Rewrite these sentences in the simple past tense by adding the time frame in brackets.

The plumber has repaired the pipe. (two days ago)

2 We hear a scream as we come out of the house. (just now)

3

The secretary types all the letters. (last week)

I

4 Your sister peels the onions very quickly.

5 That lady arranges
6

(last night)

the flowers very well. (yesterday)

The-doglo1h1s given him an injection (this morning)

7 Lina does not help her mother in the kitchen.

(last Suirday)

8 Mrs |ega teaches me English and Science._(eight

Some rats have eaten up the bread on the table. (last night)
u.

l0

years old)

M1 sister turns off the tap after she washes the plates. (an hour ago)
.

--:

'

.r-

THE SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

Exercise
Write the verbs in brackets in the simple future tense.

1 When it is time for taking

(ring) the bell.

a break, he

(play) netball tomorrow if it does

- not rain.

She

-'

3I

(be) fifteen years old in two weeks' time.

4 The school holidays

(begin) next month.
5 Many animals
(die) if the jungle is cleared for a housing project.
6 The doctor
(attend) to you in a short while.
7 If he does not obey the rules- and regulations, I .-"'
(punish) him.
8 My family and I
(go) to New Zealand, during the Chinese New year.
9 Tomorrow is a public holiday. All-the shops
(be) closed..

l0

Do you think she

ll

I think

12

Davin

(meet) us at her offrce tomorrow?

(paint) the house tomorrow if the weather is fine.

we

(speak) to the principal about the matter when he returns.

MODALS
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanlcs with'may' or'might'.

I You

---:-r have your dinner after you have washed your hands.

2 t]l.e children
3 It is so cold today, we
4T

have thrown away your old socks last night when

I have another piece of cake? It is deliciousl' said Faridah.

be playing in the playground behind the school.

have been living

in the Arctic.
I was cleaning the rack.

borrow my camera for the trip if you take good care of it.

You

buy Nurshila a present if I could save up enough money.

7T

8 Hashim
9 Aunt fane,

f0

call us if he does not receive the e-mail by tomorrow.

I have another helping of the curry chicken?

not catch the train otherwise.

Could you please hurry up? We

Exercise 2
Mark with fl where a word is missing. underline the word in the box.

f.* IE

As I stood on that hill, t see the whole village.

I can I -.rtt-l
|-.""-l*"rt

2 You obey the rules or you are not allowed to play.

3 I dont think that I

pass the

driving test.

must

A magician make objects disappear and appear.

I_

can I

The littte boy "ead and write well now, but he could not two months ago.
W warn him of the danger

if he wants to scuba-dive at the Gold

[-*a

Coast.

The victims.'evacuate immediately. Otherwise, there might be more casualties.

You, see the manager now. He is waiting

L'beat him

can

must

f-"rt
I must
I must

for you at the Executive room.

I must

The lights in the house are switched on; they- be home already.

l0

in swimming any time! All I need is just two months of trainin$.

I must

ffi aovERBs
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanlcs with suitable

adverbs.

Mr Tan has been working all day and he is sleeping

in the room now.

to the open sea.

2 The rubbish floated
the school two weeks ago.
3 The accident happened
in the living room.
4 The books and magazines were scattered
when our team won- the football championship.
5 Al1 of us cheered
- Could you please speak louder?
6 I cannot hear you
Put them on the rack over there.
7 Dont leave your shoes
around a sharp bend and almost hit an on-coming
8 He accelerated
and stood in front of the queue.
me
9 The rude boy pushed
-

l0

The naughty boys shouted

were going on in other classes.

car.

along the corridof and disrupted lessons that

ll

]oseph waited

in the cold for his mother to return home.

12 My parents plan to go for

a vacation

over the long weekend.

13 The rich man intends to send his children

.-

14 My father drives

for tertiary education.

to shop for groceries at the hypermarket every weekend.

15 The hand-made scarves are made

and

will be exported to China.

Exercise 2
Put the adverbs correctly for each of these sentences.

Hazim wrote his name in the register. (a moment ago)

2 It has not rained. There is only a little water left in the well. (for a week)
3 I heard

It

her crying bitterly in her room. (yesterday)

will be a public holiday, so we need not go to school. (tomorrow)

Mrs Chow wants to collect all the project work. (now)

She played a beautiful recital at the concert. (last

7 I usually

night)

watch my favourite television programme. (on Sundays)

He missed his parents very much iince they left for canada. (Iast year)

Fatimah washed her hands before taking her dinner. (just)

l0

The lady looked at me knowingly when

I met her.

(yesterday)
-1

ffiil

pnePosmoNs

Exercise

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions.

I A flock of birds

are flying

the bungalow.

2 She leaned

the wall while waiting for her friends.

3 She is taking down that painting

4
5

the wall.

As Kamala was coming

The thief entered the house

the stairs, she slipped and fell.

--

the kitchen window.

.:;..-.Frtd.,

a:

..;.. :;.,:.:

.]

l|#:i;t::.':,,!,

6 There is a new shopping mall

|alan Sungkai.
the rug while cleaning the house yesterday.
7 I found some coins
the bank.
8 Everyone was shocked when the robbers suddenly dashed
the diving board into the
9 The divers jumped gracefullv
- pool.

l0

Ashley took the bus

ll

The naughty boy threw the pieces ofpaper

the City Central station to get to Taman Banting.

the drain.

the garden to look for his lost wallet.

12 Ismail walked

Exercise 2
Underline the correct prepositions.

\.--

You have to queue up (for, until) almost two hours before you can get the tickets.

2 My father will attend a seminar (on, in) December which will be held in Osaka, |apan.
3 Mr Teh Kim Bok has been a principal of SMK Telok Pulai (sin_ce, for) 2010.
4 I always go home to have lunch (at- on) 1.00 pm with my famriy every day.
5 I hope that the product will reach you (over, bd 18 August.
6 Nobody knew that the thieves entered the building (about, in) the early hours of the morning.
7 (During, When) the monsoon, most of the fishermen will not catch fish.
8 Mr and Mrs Heng will hold their 21st wedding anniversary reception (in, since) the evening.
9 The company will start recruiting new staff (at, by) |uly.

l0

The English language class

will dismiss

(at-

in) noon today.

11 Tina had left the bus station (by, on) the time we reached there'
12 (Before, In) the evenings, my grandfather used to take a long walk around the neighbourhood.

CONJUNCflONS
Exercise
Fill in the blanks with a suitable conjunction.

My

brother

sister are not at home right now.

2 Dont go near the dog

3 Our car broke down,

4
5
-

fierce.

we could not make our trip to Genting Highlands.

you dont come for practice again, you will be dropped from the hockey team.

=good marks.

it looks very

Gina worked very hard to prepare for the examination, she did not get

he grows up.

7 Mr Unagi locked the door,

8 I have not slept well for several days,
9 The waitress showed us to our seats
10

ll

she was not

I could concentrate well in the class.

took our order.

in the room, the little -boys hid her favourite doll in the cupboard.

I wanted to be fluent in the language,

12 The scouts want to go camping

no one could get in.

I kept practising at it.

it is raining cats and

dogs.

ffi seouENcE coNNECroRs

Exercise
Complete the passage with a suitable sentence connector.

All participants of the race should gather at the starting point.

you must be there before 8.00 am.
instructions.

(l), all of

(2), you will be given some last-minute

(3), the race will stait. From the starting point, you must
(4) run along the left side of |alan Indah until you come to a fork.
(5), you are to turn left into falan Kota. The road is very busy at this time. There

will be heavy

traffic'

(6), you must be very careful. After about 100 metres, you

will come to a junction. Ttrrn right into

- |alan Limau Purut.
at the end of the road.
(8), you
across the,field before you reach the finishing line.

will

see the school field. You

ffi srrrPLE AND coMpouND sENTENcEs

Exercise
Ioin the sentences with the words in brackets.

The boy fell down the stairs. He hurt his ankle. (and)

2 I will

buy you the pen. The pen has a gold cap (which)

3 Louis sang the song. His sister played the piano. (while)
4 we went early to the concert. we could not get a ticket.

-;\ --. -.
5 I was walking

along |alan Masjid.

I heard

(although)

loud scream. (when)

6 I will wait here. You get help. (while)

7 that driver was given a fine. He was caught

speeding. (because)

8 This knife is very

cucumbers. (which)

l0

sharp.

I use it to slice.the

He was afraid to miss the flight. He took a taxi to the airport (so)

shall we have the party on saturday? shall we have the party on Sunday?,
^7

(Z), take the lane

will have to run

ffi

eosrrvE AND

Exercise

NEGATTvE sTATEMENTs

Rewrite the following sentences in the positive.

The girls have not left the language laboratory.

|essica was not hrppy

Encik |umadi did not allow Tainitojoin the school trip to the museum.

They lgere nol vqry frieqdly towards the strangers who came to their village.

with the results she received two days

5 The shop will not open until lunch hour.

6*

fr.

7 My
8

ch_ildren have not heard of the storytefore.

uncle did not see me._atJ.he -ma5\et just now.

Encik Yakub does not like to go to the beach.

Exercise 2
Change the following sentences into the negative by using'not'.

She has decided

,
:"-

!;

to go shopping with you.

Shidacame tqlhq ry.stagraqt a moment ago.

The student has handed in his project to the teacher-

The concert will begin at 7.00 pm tonight.

She goes

to the library every Saturday.

6 Will your parents

give you permission to join the trip?

Firdaus bought some fruits from the night market.

The boys are riding their bicycles down the slope.

ago.

PUNCTUATION
Exercise

Punctuate the following dialogue.

Nurani: hello may I speak to janaki please

I .m sorry she is not in would you like to leave a message
Nurani: sure please tell her that the english language society meeting at 2 oclock
Ramesh: hello

today is postponed

to next week
.ight I will pass
to her is there anything else
"[ yes please tell herthenotmessage
Nurani: oh
to forget to bring her mathematics book to school tomorrow
Ramesh: .n right is that all
Nurant thas all thank you
RamesL you are welcome

i
-Exeicise

2'

Punctuate the following passage.

last school holidays my parents took the family for a holiday in penang
\re were there for three days
we visited man), interesting places we stayed at the bayview hotll
in giorgetown
we also sPent a day atbatu ferringgi where the most beautiful beache-s
arJlocated we enjoyed some
water sports there and swam-in the crystal clear water we also visited
the snake tempie totanical
gardens kek lok si temple and penang hill we had to queue up for
almost an hour before we took

the funicular train up

we also wentshopping and bought a lot of clothes at gurney plaza
and.queensbay
-"1 ,fr. visit to
penangwouldbe
if we didnt take the op?ortunitFto taste the best of penang hawker food

lStt'

n.

., t4.|