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GRAMMAR REVISION
 WE HAVE LEARNT…
1 6th January ‘Wh’ Words

2 13th January Positive and Negative Sentences

3. 31st January Collective Nouns

4. 9th February Adjectives of Comparison

5. 14th February The Simple Present Tense

6. 20th February The Simple Past Tense

 ‘Wh’ Words
Task 2:
Lisa: Hi, Juliana. Did you have a
good holiday?
Juliana: Yes, I did.
Lisa: ………..did you spend the holiday? or
…………did you go during the holiday?
Juliana: I went to Pulau Pinang with my family.
Lisa: Oh, that’s nice…………… did you
go there?
Juliana: I went there two weeks
ago. Lisa: ………….did you stay? or
…………….did you stay with?
Juliana: I stayed with my uncle,
Roslan Lisa: ………….. did you do
there?
Juliana: I visited many interesting places, like
Penang Hill and the Kek Lok Si
Temple.
Lisa: …………. place did you like the most?
Juliana: I liked Penang Hill the most.
Lisa: ……………… did you go up the hill?
Juliana: We went up the hill by cable
car.
It was very exciting.
Lisa: It sounds like you had a great
time there.
Positive and Negative Sentences

Task 2:

Sue Ann’s job is difficult. She works long hours.

She wears a uniform to work. She looks neat
and tidy. She looks after her patients well. She
is a responsible person. She enjoys her job.
Positive and Negative Sentences
Task 1

1.I’m sorry, sir. The bank is closed

2.Good evening. Here are the headlines

3. Please fasten your seat belts

4. The fish are quite fresh

 Positive and Negative Sentences
Task 1

5. Open your mouth wide and let me check.

6. May I see your driver’s license, please?

7. May I take your order, please?

. I have to change your brake pads
Task 2

1. Janice is not happy with her job.

2. They do not travel to work by bus.
3. She has not received her salary.
4. I do not work in an air-conditioned
office.
5. These computers are not expensive.
6. Mala’s job is not stressful.
Collective Nouns

Task 1:

1. A gang of thieves
2. A crowd of spectators
3. A choir of singers
4. The crew of sailors
5. The team of runners
6. An army of soldiers
Collective Nouns
Task 2:
Animals
1. A herd of cattle
2. A flock of birds
3. A brood of chickens
4. A litter of kittens
5. An army of ants
6. A troop of monkeys
7. A swarm of bees
8. A team of oxen
9. A pack of wolves
10.A gaggle of geese
Things
1. A row of houses
2. A hedge of bushes
3. A cloud of dust
4. A heap of rubbish
5. A string of pearls
6. A clump of trees
7. A bouquet of flowers
8. A bundle of sticks
9. A flight of steps
10.A fleet of ships
Collective Nouns

Task 4:
down
1. A comb of bananas
3. A flight of steps
5. A clump of trees
6. A bundle of sticks
7. A crowd of spectators
Task 4:
Across
2. A flock of birds
4. A string of pearls
6. A basket of fruit
8. A bunch of grapes
9. A brood of chickens
10. A herd or cattle
11. A cloud of dust
 Adjectives of Comparison
Task 2

I have just returned from a holiday in Kuala

Lumpur. I stayed with my uncle. He is the manager
of one of the ………….(new) hotels there. I spent
three nights in the hotel. It was the …………………..
(exciting) experience of my life. My room was on
the …………….. (high) floor and I had the best (good)
view of the city. The view was ……………….(good)
during the day because I could see ……………………..
(far) into the
distance
 Adjectives of Comparison
Task 2

My uncle took me to a restaurant which served

the ……………..(tasty) chicken rice I have ever eaten.
I went sightseeing and saw some places which were
……………………..(interesting) than the ones at home.
The things sold there were ……………….(cheap) and
there was a ………………… (great) variety than in the
shops in my hometown. Finally, we went shopping at
the ………………….(large) shopping mall in Malaysia.
 Adjectives of Comparison
Task 1
1. The salary I get is ……………..than yours
(high)
2. Is your new job …………………..than
your previous one? (rewarding)
3. Some jobs are …………….than others. (easy)
4. Your handwriting is getting…………………. I
can’t read your note at all. (bad)
5. I think travelling by train is
………………………..than travelling by air.
(interesting)
 Adjectives of Comparison
Task 2

1. It is too noisy here. Let’s go

somewhere ……………….(quiet).
2. The report is rather untidy. If you do it on
the computer, it will be……………... (neat)
3. Sometimes my job is boring. I prefer to
do something…………………….. (interesting)
4. Ann’s house is too small. She should move to
a …………………(large) one.
5. Mr. Lee is a good boss. I think Mr. Tan
is ……………….(good) than Mr. Lee.
6. These books are very costly. You can
buy ……………….(cheap) ones at New Store.
7. My office is very comfortable. It is
………………………………(comfortable) than my
previous one.
 Adjectives of Comparison
Task 3

1. Which is the ………………….. street in this

city? (narrow)
2. Mega store is the supermarket ………………. in my
hometown. (popular)
3. Which is the ……………..restaurant here? (good)
4. March is the ………………..month of the year. (hot) It
is also the………………. (dry)
5. Name of the …………………..picnic sports in your
area. (famous)
6. The ……………………..thing in my life is my health.
(important)
 The Simple Present Tense
Task 1
1. Many people live in a city.
2. Open burning causes pollution.
3. The population increases every year.
4. Many tourists visit Kuala Lumpur
5. A high-rise building spoils the city view.
6. Frequent traffic jams occur in the city.
7. People move to the city to look for
better jobs.
8. An efficient public transport system
makes life easy.
 The Simple Present Tense
Exercise

1. The sun (set, sets) in the west.

2. Trees (provide, provides) us with shade.
3. We (need, needs) oxygen to live.
4. The Earth (revolve, revolves) around the sun.
5. Oil (float, floats) on water.
6. Most people (associate, associates)
twisters with tornadoes.
7. Smoke (cause, causes) air pollution.
8. Friends (help, helps) each other when needed.
9. (Complete, Completes) your homework before
dinner time.
10. She (washes, wash, washs) the drain every day
to stop mosquitoes from breeding.
11. The library is (open, opens) now and we can
(borrow, borrows) two books for a fortnight.
12. My mother (surfs, surf) the Internet for
cake recipes.
 The Simple PastTense
Task 1

1. We ran to the shops.

2. They fried eggs for dinner.
3. The boys tried to score goals.
4. The children made paper decorations.
5. They carried Mr. Tan’s bags up the stairs.
6. Shahrul and Malvin saved their pocket
money.
 The Simple PastTense
Task 2

Juliana: What………… (do) you do in the

city yesterday?
Shahrul: A friend of mine was ill. We ……………..
(visit) her in the hospital. We
……………(take)her some fruits and
magazines. We …………..(spend) about
an hour with her.
Kiran: Why were you late for school?
Choo Lin: I …………..(wake) up late and …………..
(miss) the bus. So. My father
………….(give) me a lift. I ……………
(reach) school half an hour late.
Kiran: What did Mrs. Lee say?
Choo Lin: She ………………(warn) me not to be
late again.
 The Simple PastTense
Task 3

Rashid: What did you do last

weekend? Wai Mun: I……………. to Perdana
Mall (go) Rashid: Why ………..you go there?
(do)
Wai Mun: Oh, I …………….to buy a watch.
(want) Rashid: What……………..
(happen) to your old one?
(happen)
Wai Mun: I …………. it while I …………on my
way to school. (lose, am)
 Rashid: ……….your mother know about it?
(do) Wai Mun: Yes, she ………..not very happy.
But she……….. me the money to buy a new one.
(is, give)
Rashid: Wow! That’s great. Okay, I’ve got
to go now. I’m late for my tuition
class.
Wai Mun: Okay, bye!
Table of irregular verbs
1
No
arise
Verb
arose
Past Tense

2 be was
3 bear bore
4 beat beat
5 begin began
6 bind bound
7 bite bit
8 bleed bled
9 blow blew
10 break broke
11 bring brought
12 broadcast broadcast
13 cling clung
14 cost costed
15 creep crept
16 cut cut
17 deal dealt
18 do did
19 dream dreamt
20 drink drank
21 drive drove
22 fall fell
23 feed fed
24 feel felt
25 find found
26 fly flew
27 forbid forbade
28 forget forgot
29 freeze froze
30 give gave
31 go went
32 grind ground
33 hear heard
34 hide hid
35 hold held
36 know knew
37 lay laid
38 lead led
39 Leave left
40 Lend lent
41 let let
42 lie (lie down) lay
43 lie (tell a lie) lied
44 mean meant
45 mistake mistook
46 mow mown
47 outgrow outgrew
48 oversleep overslept
49 panic panicked
50 pay paid
51 picnic picnicked
52 quit quit
53 read read
54 ride rode
55 ring rang
56 rise rose
57 run ran
58 see saw
59 seek sought
60 sell sold
61 sew sewed
62 shake shook
63 shed shed
64 shine shone
65 shrink shrank
66 shut shut
67 sing sang
68 slide slid
69 sling slung
70 smell smelt
71 speak spoke
72 speed sped
73 spell spelt
74 spend spent
75 spin spun
76 spoil spoilt
77 spring sprang
78 stand stood
79 steal stole
80 stick stuck
81 stink stank / stunk
82 strike struck
83 swear swore
84 swim swam
85 swing swung
86 take took
87 teach taught
88 tear tore
89 tell told
90 think thought
91 throw threw
22 tread trod
93 upset upset
94 wake woke
95 wear wore
96 weep wept
97 zip zipped