GRAMMAR

ARTICLES
a) Articles come before nouns. E.g: I have a pen.
b) a one thing and begin with a consonant sound.
(e.g: b, c, d, f, g,etc.)
M father bought me a ball.
c) an one thing and begin with a vowel sound.
(e.g : a, e, I , o, u )
Alina alwas eats an apple a da.
d) the !) refer to a noun thaht has been mentioned before.
"amal has a pen. The pen is red.
#) to tal$ about a particular thing, animal or person.
%hat is the violin the musician lost.
&) a noun which is the onl one of its $ind.
The moon re'ects light from the sun.
() )se with the superlative form of the e
e)ad*ective.
+ahman is the most talented pianist in our school.
,ill in the blan$s below with -a., -an. or -the. where necessar.
!. %he bo is waiting ou at //// gate.
#. I heard /// owl hooting last night.
&. +a0man is //// fattest bo in //// class.
(. 1e go to /// 2ulau 3ang$awi ever ear.
4. 2lease give me /// piece of ca$e and /// glass of mil$.
5. /// few minutes ago, the teacher was in the class.
6. I bought //// storboo$ from this shop.
7. /// hour ago ///// headmaster came and scolded us for ma$ing a lot of
noise.
8. I met //// old man on /// bridge *ust now.
!9. :he wor$s as /// nurse at ////// )niversit ;ospital at <uala 3umpur.
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS.(quatifers)
a) use a few, some , several, man, a lot of, plent of, a large
amount of and an with cunta!"e nuns.
b) )se a little, some, much, a lot of, a little amount of, and
an with uncountable nouns.
=roup the countable and uncountable nouns.
>?)@%AA3E @?)@: )@>?)@%AA3E: @?)@:
)nderline the correct answer in the brac$ets.
!. ;ow (much, man, little) durians did ou buB
#. there is onl ( much, few, a little ) coCee left in the *ug.
&. :he has eaten ( much, little, some ) oranges *ust now.
(. Mr :urinder :ingh wants to bu (few, some, man ) petrol for his car.
4. %he little girl wants some ( much, more, little) ice cream.
5. 1e have ( a little, man, much ) friends in America.
6. I.m thirst. >an ou give me a little ( much, some, more ) cold drin$B
7. :wee 3an wants to borrow ( few, some ,much ) mone from Mr. 1ong.
8. Mother didn.t coo$ ( few, an, some ) curr toda.
#RE#OSITIONS
2repositions are words that show location, direction or time.
a) $. "catin tell us %here a thing is located.
%he bird is in the nest. %he Dsh is un&er the boat.
>arrot butter salt oil
2i00a tomato bean cereal
Mil$ cabbage bread noodles
b) #. &irectin tell us %hich %a' a thing is going.
%he lion is *umping thru(h the hoop
%he boat is sailing a"n( the river.
c) #. Ti)e tell us %hen something is done.
1e saw a rainbow n :unda.
:unda comes !e*re Monda.
)nderline the correct answer in the brac$ets.
!. %he children are loo$ing ( at, in , of ) the elephant.
#. All the stor boo$s are $ept (of, with, in ) the cupboard.
&. 3oo$E %he eagle is 'ing (of, over, on) our house.
(. %he girl went to the cinema (b, with, to ) her brother.
4. %he railwa station is (near, about, through) m house.
5. %he pupils usuall wal$ ( between, across, over ) the school Deld.
6. %he scouts climbed (on, up, to ) the hill.
7. %he headmaster shouted ( on, in, at) the top of his voice.
8. %he policemen ran ( after, against, b) the two robbers.
!9. +osli will be there ( in, for, b) # o.cloc$.
CON+UNCTIONS
%he are use to *oin words or sentences.
a) and to *oin ideas that are of the same $ind.
Aminah bought a pen, a pencil an& a ruler.
b) Aut to *oin ideas that are diCerent
%he river was polluted !ut it is now clean.
c) ?r when there is a choice
1ould ou li$e tea r coCeeB
d) :o use so to show the eCect
It was raining s we did not go out.
e) Aecause to give the reason
<ampung +ia was 'ooded !ecause it rained for three das
,ill in the blan$s below with -and., -or., -but., -so., or -because..
!. 1e $noc$ed on the door /////////// nobod answered.
#. :he washed the dishes /////// wiped them.
&. It rained heavil /////// we couldn.t go to school.
(. :he slept late, ///// she is not sleep.
4. :he loo$s tired //// she is sic$.
5. Fou can either Dnish our wor$ toda ///// tomorrow.
6. %he pupils are happ ///////// neGt wee$ the are going to visit
>ameron ;ighlands.
7. :he came late /////////// the teacher scolded her.
8. M father was not well ////// he did not want to visit the doctor.
!9. It is getting hotter //////// too man trees have been cut down.