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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
6
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. 1
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
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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.
1
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
.
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’. 1
2
orange
ostrich 3
4
tall man
raincoat 5
6
island
oval table 7
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egg
camera
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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
4
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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