Grammar Usage 1 Table of Content and Sample Units

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Alston’s Grammar Usage uses the concept-to-context approach of learning English for young learners. Language and grammar rules are presented to the learner gradually through examples

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and practices in the book, starting from the introduction of a concept through examples and later progressing to practices in various formats. All these are designed to help the learner

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acquire language and grammar skills progressively and systematically. Attractive and colourful pictures and illustrations accompany grammar points, examples and

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practices to facilitate a better understanding and clarity of these activities. The concepts are

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grouped into learning sections of: • language units, where on concept is presented in one unit;

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• a review of the units in the form of practice; and • a set of worksheets, one for each unit.

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Grammar Usage comprises 3 books in the series and is aimed at learners in the primary schools.

ISBN

Empowering Minds Improving Lives

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978-981-4370-48-6

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Published by Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd 745 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh, #01-07, Singapore 319455 enquiry@alstonpublishinghouse.com www.alstonpublishinghouse.com

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Š 2012 Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2012 Second impression 2014 ISBN 978-981-4370-48-6 Publisher: Sim Wee Chee Printed in Singapore

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Contents

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Unit 13 Unit 14 Unit 15 Unit 16

Unit 17 Unit 18 Unit 19 Unit 20

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Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs Contractions in Negative Sentences The Verb ‘To Do’: Yes/No Questions Review Units 13–16 Practice Units 13–16

Imperatives Modals: Can/Can’t Modals: Can …? Modals: Should/Shouldn’t Review Units 17–20 Practice Units 17–20

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Demonstrative Pronouns Subject-Verb Agreement Negative Sentences Using the Verb ‘To Be’ Review Units 9–12 Practice Units 9–12

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Unit 9 Unit 10 Unit 11 Unit 12

Subject Personal Pronouns Object Personal Pronouns Possessive Adjectives Possessive Nouns: The Apostrophe Review Units 5–8 Practice Units 5–8

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Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8

Nouns Articles: A/An Regular Nouns Irregular Nouns Review Units 1–4 Practice Units 1–4

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UNIT

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Nouns

Grammar Point A noun is a word that names people, animals, places or things. People

Animals

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Examples • Students go to school. • The cat is under the table.

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cake

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A. Circle the correct group. The first one has been done for you.

animal

place

place

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animal thing

flower

thing

3. person

4. person

animal

animal

place

place

thing

hospital

thing

bee

doctor

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B. Write in the space provided the group that each noun belongs to. One has been done for you. Animals

People cook frog

bird cook

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beach

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C. Choose the correct nouns and write them in the blanks provided.

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2. My

is red.

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3. The

every day.

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D. Fill in each blank with one of the nouns given. The first one has been done for you. Charles is a

king

He lives in a He has a white The king feeds the horse a

castle

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king

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horse

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carrot 5

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UNIT

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Articles: A, An

Grammar Point An article is a word that we put before a noun. We use ‘a’ with a consonant sound and ‘an’ with a vowel sound. A / An + noun An + vowel [a, e, i, o, u]

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A + consonant

a house

an apple

a lion

a queen

an egg

an iguana

a tree

a violin

an octopus

an umbrella

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Examples • I have a violin. • That is an elephant.

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1. a orange an orange

3. a hat an hat

2. a chair an chair

4. a ant an ant

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B. Write the correct noun in each space. The first one has been done for you.

turtle

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igloo

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D. Fill in each blank with one of the nouns given. The first one has been done for you. elephant

Ted is

a magician

He has

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magician

alligator

. It is big. and

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hat

in the hat. 7

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UNIT

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Regular Nouns

Grammar Point Plural nouns are used to name more than one person, place, animal or thing. Noun [-ch, -sh, -x, or -s] + es

two or more

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shoe

shoes

watch

book

books

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ball

balls

shirt

shirts

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watches

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Examples • I like my new shoes. • Paul has three pocket watches.

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A. Circle the correct plural noun. The first one has been done for you. 1. peachs peaches

3. crayons crayones

2. eggs egges

4. foxs foxes

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B. Match each noun to the correct picture and then write its plural noun in the space provided. The first one has been done for you. three snakes

1. snake 2. car

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C. Write the correct plural noun of the word in blue. The first one has been done for you. dogs

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five windowes.

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D. Fill in each blank with the correct plural form of the nouns given. The first one has been done for you. sandwich

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sandwiches , and four

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UNIT

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Irregular Nouns

Grammar Point Some plural nouns are formed in others ways besides adding ‘s’.

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baby

Nouns with different plural forms

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Nouns ending in consonant + y

Nouns with no change

knife

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leaves

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Examples • Children like candies. • Wolves eat sheep.

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3. citys

wolves

Paris

4. foot

cities

feet Sydney New York

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B. Match each noun to the correct picture and then write the correct plural noun. The first one has been done for you. 1. child 2. dwarf

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C. Write the correct plural noun of the word in blue. The first one has been done for you. lilies

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D. Complete the passage by filling each space with the correct plural noun of the words given. The first one has been done for you.

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thief

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fish

two

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One of them has a big bag. In his bag, there are two , three and three

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Review Units 1–4 A. Match each noun with the correct picture and then match it to the correct group. The first one has been done for you. person

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B. Fill in each blank with the correct noun from the box. onion

eagle

teddy bear

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C. Fill in each blank with the correct plural noun. +

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(box)

2.

+

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(snail)

3.

+

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4.

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D. Rewrite each sentence using the correct plural nouns.

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2. The snowman wear scarfs.

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Practice Unit 1 A. Fill in each blank with a word from the box on the right. 1. people baby frog

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2. animals

cake

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3. places

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4. things

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B. Circle the odd one out. yard

tomato

present

flower

2. house

king

zoo

hospital

school

3. cat

mouse

carrot

horse

bird

4. teacher

boy

puppy

grandmother doctor

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Practice Unit 2 A. Circle the correct article and fill in each blank with the correct word from the box. violin

tree

elephant

hat

2.

umbrella 3.

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Practice Unit 3 A. Fill in each blank with the correct plural noun. 2.

snake

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B. Fill in each list with the correct plural noun from the box. ball peach

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car box egg shirt fox toothbrush class window

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Practice Unit 4

mouse

mice

mouses

2. sheep

sheep

sheeps

shoop

3. tooth

tooth

teeth

toothes

4. candy

candys

candyes

candies

5. leaf

leafs

leafes

leaves

men

mans

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A. Circle the correct plural noun.

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man

Singular

Plural

three

a foot

two

a woman

four

a deer

two

a baby

two

a knife

three

a thief

four

a city

five

a fly

seven

a child

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B. Fill in each blank with the correct plural noun.

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