No.

2- 20/02/08
Grammar Singular Plural Nouns
Name:________________________________
Which units do you need?
Try this small test. It will help you to decide which units you need.
1. Write the plurals
dog
home
day
family
woman
child
leaf
2. Correct () or not (x)?
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Sentence
My family have moved to Sarawak.
I bought two new blue jeans yesterday.
People are all different.
Id like a one with pockets.
I dont like the ones without pockets.
Heres a photo of my parents wedding.
I think thats the Johns car.
Do you have the address of Mary?
Have you got the telephones book?
This shoe shop is very expensive.

() or (x)

(______/17 marks)

How to make Plurals

Most nouns : + -s
-s,-sh, -ch, -x: +-es
churches

book books
bus buses

home homes car cars

wish wishes
church

3. Write the plurals

apple

boss

box

brush

cat

chair

church

class

dress

garden

gas

glass

hotel

plane

ship

table

time

tree

watch

wish

+ -s

+ -es

Nouns endings in y
-ay, -ey, -oy, -uy: +-s
day days
monkeymonkeys
toys
-by,-dy,-fy,-gy,etc: -y-ies
babybabies
ladyladies
lorrylorries
boy

city
holiday

+ -s

copy

country

key

party

family
way
-y-ies

guy

toy-

(_______/30 marks)
No.2- 20/02/08
Grammar Subject-Verb Agreement
Name:________________________________

Underline the Action Verbs in the following sentences

1. Two men were injured in the accident.

2. Puan Ani wrote me a letter.
3. Mr. Tan bought a new car yesterday.
4. You must return the money that he lent you.
5. Mother will sew a shirt for you.
6. Is Saturday a public holiday?
7. My brother could lift a table by himself.
8. The mechanic repaired the car for free.
9. Please come to my house.
10. Harun read a novel yesterday.

(__________/10 marks)

No.2- 20/02/08
Grammar Subject-Verb Agreement
Name:________________________________
Choose the most appropriate answer from the alternatives given
1. Hong Seng _______an hour ago.

6. Ali was so strong that he could

_____ a motorcycle.

a) left

a) left
b) leave

b) leave

c) live
d) list

2. Do not_____ the bare wire with your 7.

hand.

Please

c) live
d) list
____

me

an

English

dictionary.

a) play

c) touched

b) touch

d) played

a) buy

c) cry

b) burn

d) eat

3. Ismail_____ how to swim when he 8. He _____ great pictures of scenery.

was young.
a) learnt
b) swam

c) try
d) wants

a) takes

c) listens

b) brings

d) tells

4. Lina ____me a letter telling me how 9. Ali ____ the song by the rock group
happy she was.

called Scorpian and won the first

a) writes

c) write

prize.

b) written

d) wrote

a) sings

c) sing

b) sang

d) sung

5. Have you _____ the story book?

10. Jim was tired. He had _____ asleep.

a) reads

c) reading

a) sleeps

b) read

d) reed

b) fell

c) falls
d) fallen

(__________/10 marks)