PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

EXERCISE 1

Fill in the blanks with the present continuous tense form of the verbs in the brackets.

E.g : She is sweeping(sweep) the floor.

1. The baby (cry) because she is hungry.

2. What you (do) in the kitchen?
3. Sariah and her brother (visit) their aunt.
4. My father (write) a letter to my grandmother.
5. I (fry) an egg for you.
6. The pupils (arrange) the books for the teacher.
7. She (eat) dinner now.
8. Miss Ong (tell) her pupils a story.
9. The monkeys (pluck) coconuts for their owner.
10. The hunters (hunt) the tiger.
11. Do not make noise because my mother (sleep).
12. They (plan) a holiday to New Zealand.
13. The butcher (sell) some meats to a costumer.
14. I (look) after my baby sister.
15. He (study) in Universiti Malaya.
16. We (wait) for the show to begin.
17. It _ (go) to rain soon.
18. You (spend) too much time reading comics.
19. I (learn) how to drive a car.
.nor)

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 VOCABULARY EXERCISES

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 Topic : Objects

Word Meaning Word Meaning

Aquarium Arrow
Bag Ball
Balloon Baton
Basket Blackboard
Book Bow
Brush Broom
Bulb Bucket
Button Cage
Camera Candle
Card Chair
Chess set Chalk
Comics Compass
Computer Cotton wool
Crutches Cupboard
Dart Dartboard
Desk Diskette
Dustbin Duster
Eraser Fan
Football Flag
Gas stove Gift
Gloves Gun
Hammer Helmet
Hockey stick Hoop
Iron Knife
Lamp Life jacket
Lock Mat
Magazine Mask
Nail Needle
Newspaper Oil-lamp
Oven Paper
Pen Pail
Pencil Piano
Plug Polish
Pot Prayer mat
Present Radio
Rope Ruler
Saw Scissors

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 Screwdriver Sea-shell
Sharpener Shuttlecock
Socket Spanner
Spikes String
Swing Table
Tank Television
Thread Torchlight
Tools Umbrella
Watercolours Wheelchair
Wire Wok
Wood

Underline the correct answers.

1. Mr. Lee : What did you use to cut wire?

Mohan : I used a ( knife, scissors, plier )

2. My mother used a to wash clothes.

( washing machines, blender, vacuum )

3. My father always watches at night.

( radio, television, lights )

4. He used a to hit the nail.

( hammer, wood, stick )

5. Please pour the hot water from the into the flask.
( jug, kettle, bowl )

6. Can you switch on the . Today is very hot.

( fan, light, tap )

7. Please throw the rubbish into the .

( pail, dustbin, drain )

8. We use a to cut wood.

( knife, scissors, saw )

9. Ahmad is using a to sharpen the pencil.

( sharpener, hammer, screwdriver )

10.I need a pair of to cut the clothes.

( scissors, hammer, tool )

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Choose the suitable words to fill in the blanks.

racquet cupboard pot glass bowl

chopsticks knife comb needle plate

1. Mother put the fried fish on the .

2. To play badminton you must have a .

3. We always keep our clothes in the .

4. Please get me a of water.

5. People usually plant flowers in a flower .

6. Usually porridge are served in a .

7. She needs a to cut the fish.

8. Chinese people usually use a to eat.

9. He wants to comb his hair. He needs a .

10. Maznah pulls the thread through the .

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Prepositions

Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.

1. My birthday is .. 7th of June.

2. We play football .. the evening.
3. Rosli sits . Abu and Daud in class.
4. Rina was born .. 1994.
5. I sleep . 10 oclock.
6. The train went the tunnel
7. The UPSR is .. September.
8. The apples are the bag.
9. We are going to Penang .. Friday.
10. The books are the table.
11. We practice .. 4 oclock.
12. The boys jumped . the pool.
13. The birds flew . the trees.
14. The museum is .. Jalan Maju.
15. The thief came into the shop the window.
16. My house is . the post-office.
17. I sit .. Siti in class.
18. The car knocked . the lorry.
19. I put the umbrella the door.
20. Be careful when we the road.
21. The boy is standing . the door.
22. Yusris birthday is .. Thursday.