Week 4

Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in the box. You may use the verbs more than
once.

travel own come keep monitor

type use love be

1. Sonia ___________ her personal documents safely at home.

2. The secretary _____________ all the letters in the in-tray before ten oclock every morning.
3. The Petronas Twin Towers ______________ a new landmark in the Kuala Lumpur city centre.
4. The traffic policemen ______________ a helicopter to monitor the traffic situation on major
roads and highways during festive seasons.
5. There _____________ rest areas situated at strategic locations along all Malaysian highways.
6. Foreign tourists ____________ to visit Malaysia because of its natural charm and beauty.
7. Yasmin ____________ a boutique in town.
8. As a busy marketing executive, Encik Kamarul _____________ abroad very often.
9. The gardener ______________ every month to cut the grass and prune the plants in the garden.
10. The supervisor _____________ his workers very closely.

Exercise 2
Each given sentence contains an error. Underline the errors. Write the correct answers in the space
provided.

No. Sentence Correction

1. Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr) Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid and Tan Sri Hamad Kama Piah
Che Othman is well-known individuals in Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB).
2. The former is the chairman of PNB and the latter are its President and Group
Chief Executive (CEO).
3. Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr) Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid hold a Diploma in Public
Administration from the Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, BA (Hons) from
the University of Malaya and Master of Public Administration from Harvard
University.
4. He come from Perak and sits on the Board of Directors in many established
companies.
5 Tun Ahmad and Tan Sri Hamad is confident that PNB will meet the 10 per cent
growth rate in its unit trusts.
6. They wants to ensure that PNB achieves a 100 billion unit trusts target this
year.

Exercise 3

1
Complete the sentences by changing the bracketed verbs in the Simple Present Tense to the Simple Past
Tense form.

1. The lion trainer ___________ (is) sick, and so they cancelled the show.
2. The scientists ___________ (are) in the laboratory, working on their latest invention.
3. The new head of department ___________ (is) a real slave-driver.
4. The defendants lawyers ____________ (are) very pleased with the verdict.
5. I ______________ (am) confident because I have a very positive attitude.
6. The Dinosaur Show _____________ (is) a success because the tickets __________ (are)
affordable.
7. Manchester United ______________ (is) my favourite team.
8. The police _____________ (are) aware of the threat.
9. I ____________ (am) at the workplace every day from eight to four.
10. The dolphins ____________ (are) capable of doing many incredible tricks.
11. It _____________ (is) one of those dark, sultry nights.

Exercise 4
Write the Simple Past Tense of each verb in the space provided.

1. arise 8. beat 15. wake

2. buy 9. ride 16. weep
3. come 10. read 17. write
4. feel 11. shake 18. speak
5. fall 12. tell 19. hold
6. grow 13. teach 20. meet
7. kneel 14. throw 21. set

Exercise 5
The following sentences contain errors which have been underlined. Correct the errors and write your
answers in the space provided.

1. Carine is moved house at the end of next month.

2. Ronald and Riduan are not represent Wings College for the coming
inter-college debate.
3. I was flying to Washington this weekend.
4. The council are not meeting tomorrow.
5. Do Marina and Fauziah playing tennis today?
6. We is having a farewell party for Mr Rogers next week.
7. Is Veronica joined us for dinner on Thursday?
8. You can come over to my place at 1 p.m. I was not going
anywhere tomorrow afternoon.
9. Are you went downtown this Friday?
10. I was taking my grandmother to the clinic after work today.