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a r a G mm r for You Sarah M. Maureen Lee
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Nouns.................................................................... 1
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Articles................................................................ 7
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Pronouns.............................................................13
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Interrogative Pronouns..................................18
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Conjunctions (and, or) ...................................22
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Prepositions......................................................27
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Adjectives of Colour, Shape and Size.........33
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Subject-Verb Agreement.............................39
PROGRESS TEST 1 .................................................................45
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The Simple Present Tense...................................53
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10 The Simple Past Tense......................................... 61
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11 Verbs.........................................................................66
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12 Positive Statements..............................................74
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13 Negative Statements............................................80
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14 Positive Questions and Responses.....................85
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15 Sentence Types – Simple Sentence...................93
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16 Punctuation..............................................................98
PROGRESS TEST 2 ......................................................................103 YEAR-END EVALUATION .............................................................. 110 ANSWERS ........................................................................................ 117
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Nouns
(a) Proper nouns – a proper noun begins with a capital letter. It is the special name of a person, thing or place. (b) Common nouns are the general names of people, things, animals or places. Common Noun
Proper Noun
girl
Sarah
city
New York
(c) Countable nouns refer to things that can be counted. A countable noun can be made into the plural form. Uncountable nouns refer to things that cannot be counted. Countable nouns
pencil
Uncountable nouns
ball
salt
water
(d) Gender – Nouns that refer to people or animals that can be either male (masculine gender) or female (feminine gender). Examples:
• man – woman
• tiger – tigress
• actor – actress
(e) Number – A noun can be singular or plural. We add ‘-s’ or ‘-es’ to indicate that the noun is in the plural form which refers to more than one person or thing.
Singular
Plural
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Grammar for You Book 2 Unit 1 Nouns
A Match the common nouns to the appropriate proper nouns. 1
flower
(a) Mercedes Benz
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country
(b) Neil Armstrong
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car
(c) Rafflesia
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month
(d) Indonesia
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astronaut
(e) June
B Look at the pictures and tick the correct columns.
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Grammar for You Book 2  Unit 1  Nouns
C Give the singular or plural forms of the following words. Singular
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car
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telephone
Plural
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calf
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oranges
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men
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puppies
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Grammar for You Book 2 Unit 1 Nouns
D Make these singular nouns into plural nouns. 1
monkey – 3
toy – 5
baby – 7
cherry – 9
puppy –
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boy – 4
donkey – 6
fairy – 8
housefly – 10
ray – 4
Grammar for You Book 2 Unit 1 Nouns
E Find and circle the words given below.
Girl Woman Grandfather
Waiter Male Actress
He King Prince
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F Complete the sentences with the correct words in brackets. 1 Sammy likes to eat chocolate chip (cookies/rice).
2 My (uncle/aunt) is my mother’s brother.
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Grammar for You Book 2  Unit 1  Nouns
3 I go to (office/school) every weekday.
4 The (hibiscus/sunset) is a flower.
5 Remy caught a big (fish/lion) from the river behind his house.
6 The boys are playing (football/video games) on the field.
7 Mother brushes my hair with a (hairbrush/toothbrush).
8 Fiona sends e-mails by using the (computer/envelope).
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Articles
A Article ‘a’ is used with a singular noun that begins with a consonant sound. Examples: a bag, a chair, a mango. a bag
An Article ‘an’ is used with a singular noun that begins with a vowel sound or a silent ‘h’. Examples: an hour, an oyster, an elephant, an hour
an elephant
The (a) Article ‘the’ is used for a specific person, place or thing. Example: He is the lifeguard who saved her. (b) It is also used for somebody or something that is mentioned for the second time. Example: • She has a pet. The pet is a hamster. (c) It can also be used for a thing that is one of a kind. Examples: the sun, the moon, the world
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The boy is smiling.
Grammar for You Book 2 Unit 2 Articles
A Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.
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apple a day keeps
doctor away.
2 When my mother was 3 Melvin lives in
little girl, she had
puppy.
apartment with his family.
apartment is in Starlight Residence.
4 I love to watch
moon at night. I also love to watch
colours of
rainbow.
5 My mother is wearing
apron and she is standing near
sink.
6 I saw 7
eagle perched on top of
big house.
headmaster will give a speech later.
8 Mrs. Audrey painted
beautiful picture of
Eiffel
Tower.
9 That boy is tying 10 Josephine is
boat with blue sails to intelligent girl.
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pole.
Grammar for You Book 2 Unit 2 Articles
B Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with ‘an’ or ‘a’.
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tiger
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umbrella
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hourglass
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baby
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building
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Grammar for You Book 2 Unit 2 Articles
C Read the passage below and circle the correct answer provided in the box.
Once upon a
lived alone in a
1 time/year there was a
3 castle/house
2 princess/prince
who
in the jungle. Her name was Princess Violet.
Although she lived alone, she had many animal friends. One of her friends was an
4 elephant/gorilla 5 chipmunk/eel
named Bobo. She was also a close friend to Cici, a
, and Neno, an
6 ant/lion
loved to eat appples. Every day, Bobo, Cici and Neno brought her an and a 8 rose/daisy
7 grape/apple
. She felt happy whenever her friends
came to visit her.
. Princess Violet
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Grammar for You Book 2  Unit 2  Articles
D Circle the correct answer.
1 Yesterday, my brother went to A a B an C the 2 I saw A a, an B an, the C the, an
National Museum.
ant in
3 Amalina has A a B an C the
bottle over there.
good friend.
4 When I grow up, I want to be A a B an C the 5
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astronaut.
big house near the road collapsed because of last night. A A, a B An, the C The, the sun rises in
A A, the B An, a C The, the
east.
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storm
Grammar for You Book 2 Unit 2 Articles
E Complete the sentences with suitable articles. Put ‘—’ if no article is needed. 1 “See you on
Wednesday,” said Maria.
2 Amanda went to Japan.
Disneyland during her stay in
3 I love
flowers in your garden.
4 Alex goes to work by
taxi.
5 Henry is seldom late for
school.
6 The careless driver was injured in 7 Lydia spends
Christmas with her family every year.
8 My grandparents like 9 Everybody thinks
Malay food very much. man is very rude.
10 Are you travelling to
Australia in
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pop music.
water is dirty. Don’t drink it.
13 Celine speaks
Japanese fluently.
14 Susan does not eat 15
accident not long ago.
red meat.
cover of the book is torn. 12
April?
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Pronouns
(a) Personal Pronouns : A personal pronoun is used to replace the name of a person, a thing, an animal or a place. I, We, You, He, She, It, They
Examples: • I love to go to school. • She is very beautiful.
(b) Demonstrative Pronouns : This and That are used for singular nouns. These and Those are used for plural nouns.
Examples: • This is my pencil. That is your pencil. • These are my dogs. Those are Raju’s dogs.
(c) Possessive Pronouns : A possessive pronoun is used to show possession. It comes after a noun.
Mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs are possessive pronouns.
Examples: • This water bottle is mine. • The big house is ours.
(d) Possessive Adjectives : A possessive adjective is used to show possession. It comes before a noun.
My, your, his, her, its, our and their are possessive adjectives.
Examples: • My nose is big. • Your shirt is very dirty.
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Grammar for You Book 2 Unit 3 Pronouns
A Circle the correct answer. 1
A He B They
is a fat girl.
C She D He
2 Alex, Rick, and Sammy are good friends. together. A It C They D He B We 3 I have a pet. A We B It 4 “ A I B You
is a kitten. C They D She
are a brilliant boy, Andy,” said Miss Chong. C She D Her
5 “My father has a new car. car,” said Daniel. A I B She
only have a toy C It D We
6 My sister and I love to eat ice cream. That’s why cream from the ice cream vendor. A we C ye B it D they 7 Brad is the cleverest boy in his class and A she C we B he D they 8 Wash your shoes now. A It B They
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often buy ice
is proud of himself.
Grammar for You Book 2  Unit 3  Pronouns
B Rearrange the following sets of words to form correct sentences. 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 .
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