Grammar for You Book 3

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a r a m m r G for You Sarah M. Maureen Lee

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Nouns............................................................................ 1

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Articles.........................................................................9

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Pronouns.....................................................................16

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Conjunctions............................................................. 26

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Prepositions...............................................................31

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Verbs...........................................................................41

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Adjectives................................................................. 46

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Subject-Verb Agreement..................................... 53

PROGRESS TEST 1........................................................................... 58

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The Simple Present Tense.................................... 65

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10 The Simple Past Tense.......................................... 70

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11 The Simple Future Tense...................................... 75

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12 Positive Statements................................................81

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13 Negative Statements............................................. 86

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14 Positive Questions and Responses.......................91

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15 Sentence Types – Simple Sentence.................... 97

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16 Punctuation............................................................. 102

PROGRESS TEST 2 ....................................................................... 107 YEAR-END EVALUATION ................................................................ 114 ANSWERS ......................................................................................... 125

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Nouns

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A noun is the name of a person, an animal, a place or a thing.

Countable nouns are nouns that can be counted.

Examples: ♦ nurse ♦ cat ♦ town ♦ house

boy

rhinoceros

pencil

A number is a word that is used to tell us if a noun is singular (one) or plural (more than one).

Examples: ♦ one girl ♦ two doves ♦ three markets ♦ four magazines

a pupil

three birds

five cups

Add ‘-s’ to singular nouns to change them into plural nouns.

Examples: ♦ chair ➠ chairs ♦ door ➠ doors ♦ lock ➠ locks Add ‘-es’ to singular nouns that end in ‘-s’, ‘-x’, ‘-o’, ‘-ch’ or ‘-sh’.

Examples: ♦ glass ➠ glasses ♦ potato ➠ potatoes ♦ dish ➠ dishes When a singular noun ends in ‘-y’, change ‘-y’ to ‘-ies’. But for some nouns, you just add ‘-s’.

Examples: ♦ lady ➠ ladies ♦ lorry ➠ lorries ♦ key ➠ keys Some nouns have special plural forms.

Examples: ♦ child ➠ children ♦ man ➠ men ♦ woman ➠ women

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Grammar for You Book 3 Unit 1 Nouns

Common nouns are the general names of people, places or things.

Examples: ♦ policeman ♦ manager ♦ park ♦ playground ♦ computer ♦ television

teacher

beach

radio

Proper nouns are the special names of people, places or things. The first letter of a proper noun is always a capital letter.

Examples: ♦ David Beckham ♦ Kuala Lumpur ♦ Mickey Mouse

MaXwell Road

Singapore

Nurul Nurhaliza

Singapore

Maxwell Road

Gender is the type of noun which is used to show that a person or an animal is male (masculine) or female (feminine).

Examples: ♦ brother ➠ sister ♦ father ➠ mother ♦ lion ➠ lioness Masculine

boy

Feminine

Masculine

Feminine

girl

bull

cow

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Grammar for You Book 3 Unit 1 Nouns

A Count and name the pictures below correctly.

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3

5

2

4

6

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Grammar for You Book 3 Unit 1 Nouns

B Complete the crossword puzzle with common nouns. Use the picture clues to help you.

1 7 2

3

4 5

8

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PICTURE CLUES Down

Across

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3

5

2

4

6

1

4

2

7

8

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C Add ‘-s’ or ‘-es’ to the nouns to make them plural.

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fox

3

toothbrush

camel

9

tree

8

apple

10

dress

dentist

6

clown

necklace

4

7

5

2

5

bench

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D Group these words correctly. deer coconut skirt orchid leopard pear lemon canna rose dress hibiscus shirt squirrel durian goose trousers

Flower

Clothing

Animal

Fruit

E Look at the list of words below. Fill in the correct words.

Gender Noun

1 2 3 4 5 6

grandmother

uncle waitress

peacock tigress

prince 6

Grammar for You Book 3 Unit 1 Nouns

F Look at the animal families in these pictures. Put ‘M’ for the masculine nouns and ‘F’ for the feminine nouns. Put ‘M/F’ if the nouns could be masculine or feminine.

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2

cow

hen

bull

rooster

calf

chick

3

ewe

4

lion

lioness

ram

lamb

cub

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G Circle the correct answer.

1 Mr. Gregg is talking to his friend over the .

A car B radio C computer D mobile phone

2 Malaysia’s National Day is in .

A January B June C August D October

3 The kittens.

A cat B hen C dog D mouse

4 The and queen live in a palace.

A king B prince C soldier D princess

is

feeding

its

5 The lady in the red dress is my .

A brother B mother C father D uncle 7 Belinda is reading a A magazine B concert C music D film 9 Arman has three A watch B watchs C watches D watchess

to draw a 6 We use a straight line.

A ruler B eraser C paper clip D pencil sharpener 8 We are going to the tomorrow.

A National Museum B National museum C national museum D national Museum

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10 Today is Wednesday, yesterday was .

A Saturday B Monday C Tuesday D Thursday

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Grammar for You Book 3 Unit 2 Articles

Articles

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‘A’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ are articles. They are used in front of nouns. ‘A’ and ‘an’ mean one. (a) ‘A’ is used before a noun that begins with a consonant sound.

Examples: ♦ a bicycle ♦ a fox ♦ a jug (b) ‘An’ is used before a noun that begins with a vowel sound or a silent ‘h’.

Examples: ♦ an apple ♦ an elephant ♦ an hour Note: a university (when ‘u’ sounds like a consonant, we use ‘a’.) (c) ‘The’ is used when we are clear about the person, the place or the thing that we are talking about.

Examples:

Aishah will wear the long dress.

They are going to the school library.

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Grammar for You Book 3 Unit 2 Articles

The vase is broken.

Eddy is getting on the bus.

(d) ‘The’ is used when we talk about a person, a place or a thing for the second time.

Examples: ♦ I have a storybook. The storybook is about a brave boy. ♦ She bought a handbag yesterday. The handbag is made of leather. (e) ‘The’ is used for a person, a place or a thing of which there is only one.

Examples: ♦ The earth moves around the sun. ♦ The king will celebrate his birthday next week. (f) We do not use ‘the’ with names of people, places, days of the week and months of the year.

Examples: ♦ He comes from Australia. ♦ The accident happened on Monday. ♦ Harry will go overseas in March.

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Grammar for You Book 3 Unit 2 Articles

A Look at the picture and put ‘a’ or ‘an’ in the blanks.

eagle

parrot

owl

trainer

mouse butterfly swan

pond frog

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B Look at the pictures. Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’.

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2

orange

ostrich 3

4

tall man

raincoat 5

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island

oval table 7

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egg

camera

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Grammar for You Book 3 Unit 2 Articles

C Circle the correct answer.

I have

a / an pet dog. Its name is Rover. Rover has

ball. I bought a / an

an / the orange ball at

a / the pet shop. Rover also has

rubber bone. Rover likes to bite

Every evening I take Rover to the park like to play with Rover.

a / an

an / the rubber bone. park. Many children in

Everybody says Rover is

a /

A / An old man in the park often gives

dog biscuits to Rover.

a / an orange

a / an

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good dog.

Grammar for You Book 3 Unit 2 Articles

D Write ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ or ‘—’ in each blank.

Uncle Richard comes from

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city in 2 3

is

Canada. His house is on

quiet street in 4 5

street is called 6 7

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residental area.

Wesley Street and

house is nearly one hundred years old!

He works as

school near

Toronto, which

teacher at 9 10 centre of 11 12

English. He likes 13 14

private

city. He teaches books, music and

football.

He does not often cook at

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home. He likes to try

different kinds of food. His favourites are seafood salad and roasted chicken.

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E Circle the correct answer.

1

A A B An C The D 

3 There is house.

A a B an C the D  5

uncle.

A A B An C The D 

tree beside his

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scooter belongs to my

7 The maid is cutting A a B an C the D 

9 I need books.

A a B an C the D 

2 All his friends say he is unhappy man.

A a C the B an D 

moon is shining brightly.

clock on the wall is out of order.

A A B An C The D 

6 They went to last week.

A a B an C the D 

onion.

8 I learnt to bake yesterday.

A a B an C the D 

Hong Kong

cake

10 We make our clothes smooth with iron.

A a B an C the D 

bag to keep my

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