UPSR

ENGLISH MODULE

GaD IS
TOWARDS

EXCELLENT

2012

Name :................................................................

Class :.................................................................
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PREFACE:

English GaDIS Module is organized to give English teachers

a method to teach English to the pupils.

There are 4 activities that can be done in the

classroom to tackle the problems arise in Paper 1 and
Paper 2 in the UPSR examination.

The activities are:

1 GraD (Grammar in Development)

-is a systematic way to teach grammar to

the pupils.

2 DePic (Describing pictures)

-is a useful guide for the pupils to choose

the suitable type of answer according to

their ability.

3 ISi (Ideas and supporting ideas)

-shows how pupils to write answers from

given points.

4 StraW (Strategic Writing)

-shows steps that should be taken by pupils

to write a composition.

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PANEL MEMBERS

1. ENCIK EMMY JASMIN BIN HJ. OTHMAN

SMK SERI PEKAN, PEKAN, PAHANG.

2. HAJAH NORAINI BINTI ZAHARUDIN

SK TANAH PUTEH, PEKAN, PAHANG.

3. HAJAH ROSENI BINTI A. LATIF

SK JAYA GADING , KUANTAN, PAHANG.

4. ENCIK MAZARUL ARIF BIN OSMAN

SK PEKAN JAYA, PEKAN, PAHANG.

5. ENCIK PAWZI BIN MOHAMAD

SK BELUKAR, KUANTAN, PAHANG.

6. PUAN NORAZINA BINTI MD. YUSOF

SK SUNGAI ISAP MURNI, KUANTAN,

PAHANG.

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INSTRUCTIONS

1 GraD – Grammar in Development

a) Teacher introduces the topics.

b) Teacher gives notes and examples.

c) Pupils make examples.

d) Pupils answer questions from simple to complex:

i. Choose the correct answer.

ii. Fill in the blanks.

iii. Construct sentences.

2 DePic – Describing Pictures

a) Pupils study the pictures carefully.

b) Pupils locate specific information.

c) Pupils used guided words that they understand

the meaning.

d) Pupils used present and present continuous

tense.

e) Pupils choose the type of answer according to

their ability.

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3 ISi – Ideas Supporting Ideas

a) Pupils identify the main ideas.

b) Pupils give short and simple supporting ideas.

c) Pupils write the answers systematically.

4 StraW - Strategic Writing

a) Pupils identify the tense/s by looking at the

VERBS.

b) Know the meaning of the words given.

c) Construct sentences in BM.

d) Translate the sentences to English.

e) Check

i grammar ii spelling iii punctuation

iv storyline v paragraph

NOTE :

- Teachers are required to add more exercises to

enhance pupils’ understanding.

- The panels hoped that this module will help the

teachers to carry out effective classroom
teaching and benefit the pupils in their self
access learning.(SAL)

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 GraD

Grammar in Development
Articles

Adjectives

Adverbs

Antonyms

Synonyms

Nouns

Wh Questions

Preposition

Conjunctions

Tenses – present, present cont, past, past cont, future

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 ADJECTIVES

Definition:

An adjective is describing word. It is used to tell something more about objects, people or animals
(Noun)

Examples :

1. Words used to describe people:

Tall, short, kind, fair, ugly, fat

2. Words used to describe objects:

Long, black, white, hard, square, soft

3. Words used to describe animals:

Wild, tame, fierce, small, fast, huge

Exercise 1 – Circle the correct answer

1- Mrs. Yong is a ____________ woman. She owns five houses.

A busy
B rich
C poor
D sad

2- Ahmad is wearing a _______________ shirt.

A friendly
B clumsy
C helpful
D new

3- The _____________ girl made her mother very angry.

A sad

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 B happy
C old
D rude

4- Our school will build a _______________ canteen next year.

A tall
B fierce
C new
D happy

5- Suzy had a very ________________ fever.

A tall
B high
C sad
D heavy

6- Fahim is very ______________. He always donates money to the orphanages.

A generous
B tall
C short
D huge

7- It is going to rain because the sky is ________________.

A dark
B bright
C clear
D warm

8- The school field is __________________ because there is no rain.

A neat
B dry

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 C small
D wild

9- “You are such a ________________ boy”, Puan Alia said to Bala.

A good
B best
C better

10- Faris listens to his parents. He is polite and ________________.

A talkative
B naughty
C obedient
D rude

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Exercise 2 – Fill in the blanks with suitable answers.

handsome poor rough easy expensive

beautiful clear friendly fat huge

1- The _________________ woman lives in a small house.

2- The __________________ girl could not run fast.

3- The parrot is a _________________ bird.

4- Puan Zakiah wore an _______________ necklace.

5- The __________________ boy spoke to everyone at the party.

6- You can see many stars on a ________________ night.

7- One must drive carefully on a __________________ road.

8- This sum is _________________.

9- Ani’s brother is __________________.

10. An elephant is a _________________ animal.

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Exercise 3 – Construct sentences by adding adjectives.

Examples : car - road

- Simple sentences : The old car is on the road.

- Compound sentences : The old and small car is on the road.
- Complex sentences : The old blue and small car which was parked
by the road belongs to Mr. Shabby.

1- I - ate - fried rice

2- Faris – searched - keys

3- They – sat - porch

4- Doctor – cleaned - wounds

5- Syiffa – parked - bicycle

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6- Fahim – washed - car

7- plumber – repaired - pipe

8- Mary – wrote - letter

9- We – went - movie

10- The deer – jumped – water

___________________________________________________________________________

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 ADVERBS

Definition : An adverb :

1- adds something to the meaning of a verb.

Example : - My mother spoke angrily.

- The soldiers fought bravely.

2- Tells us how an action is done.

Example : - He sings sweetly.
- The dog barked loudly.

3- Tells us when and action is done.

Examples : - Do it now.

- Bring your books tomorrow.

4- Tells us where an action is done.

Examples : - The bus stop here.

- The child looked up.

5- Tells us how often an action is done.

Examples : - I never go to the cinema.

- He always goes to school late.

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Exercise 1 – Circle the correct answer

1- Alia trains very hard. That is why she can run ____________ fast.
A much
C more
B very
D too

2- The express bus was moving _______________ when I arrived at the bus station.
A slow
B away
C quick
D faster

3- The children went to the playground _______________.

A good
B often
C seldom
D everywhere

4- The dog barked _______________ and woke everyone up in the house.

A soundly
B quietly
C loudly
D softly

5- When the game started, the pupils cheered ______________.

A sadly
B quickly
C hurriedly
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 D excitedly

6- The old woman walked _______________ because she was tired.

A slow
B slowly
C slower
D slowed

7- Amira tripped over a stone because she ran _______________ fast.

A too
B only
C how
D much

8- The girls sang ___________ and won the competition.

A prettily
B quietly
C sweetly
D gracefully

9- Razwan is a hardworking boy. He _______________ forgets to do his homework.

A often
B never
C always
D usually

10- Ah Boon is determined to pass his UPSR. That’s why he is studying _______________ .
A hard
B never
C rarely

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 D seldom

Exercise 2 – Fill in the blanks with suitable answers. (adverbs)

soundly hungrily quickly sweetly seldom

gently soon bravely never regularly

1- The soldier fought _____________________ in the war.

2- The children are sleeping _____________________ in the bedroom.

3- Sharif ran home _____________________ because he missed the bus.

4- The pupils ate _____________________ because they were dismissed late from class.

5- Sally and Juliza will be ready to leave _____________________.

6- Encik Zamri _____________________ smokes. He says that smoking is bad for health.

7- The nurse _____________________ dressed the patient’s wound.

8- My grandfather was much better after taking the medicine_____________________.

9- Ning Baizura sings_____________________ doesn’t she?

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 10- The boy is very stubborn. He _____________________ listens to his mother.

Exercise 3 – Construct sentences.

Examples :

- Simple sentences : Siti is reading loudly.

- Compound sentences : Siti and Salmah are reading loudly.
- Complex sentences : Siti and Salmah who are sitting on the chairs are reading loudly.

1- She - sweetly

2- mother - shouted - angrily

3- dances - gracefully

4- Zarina - Fatimah - crept - quietly

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5- cat - dog - fight - soon

6- Chong Wei - always - badminton - tennis

7- girl - who - gracefully - Sarah

8- pencil - which - here - gone

9- cow - which - horns - grazing - field - now

10- need - umbrella - because - soon

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 ANTONYMS

DEFENITION - A word which is opposite in meaning to another

Examples:

No. Antonyms
1 absent present
2 easy difficult
3 big easy
4 near far
5 clean dirty
6 east west
7 here there
8 false true
9 polite rude
10 rough smooth

EXERCISE 1:

MCQ: Choose the word that has the opposite meaning as the underlined word.

1. Her fever is getting better.

A. well
B. worse
C. bad
D. good

2. The twins have different taste in colour but the _______ taste in music.
A. right
B. same
C. wrong
D. unlike

3. The food and drinks at the new restaurant are very reasonable.
A. expensive
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 B. cheap
C. affordable
D. low-priced

4. Tony’s house is near Linda’s house but ______________ from the school.
A. far
B. next
C. close
D. opposite

5. His grandfather has an ancient vase in his house.

A. antique
B. old
C. new
D. old-fashion

6. My sister, Ayuni likes to eat chocolate that taste bitter.

A. sour
B. salty
C. spicy
D. sweet

7. Faezah’s curly hair becomes ___________ when it is wet.

A. fair
B. wavy
C. spiky
D. straight

8. Rina is weak because she does not exercise. Her sister is _________ because she exercises
every day.
A. healthy
B. feeble
C. strong
D. pretty

9. After being taken care by the nurse, the sickly patient became ________________
A. lively
B. noisy
C. healthy
D. energetic

10. The weather on the hill used to be cool but now it is ______________
A. hot
B. dry
C. cold
D. warm
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EXERCISE 2

Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

small blunt found narrow cruel

heavy shallow selfish close never

1. Baharom lost his bag. His friend, Shuhada ___________ it behind the cupboard.

2. The newspaper is light but the thick book is _______________.

3. The _____________ box is on the shelf but the big box is on the floor.

4. Please open the windows but ___________ the doors.

5. Be careful with this knife because it is sharp. You can hold the scissors, it is _______

6. The kind lady is loved by the children but they hate the ___________ stepmother.

7. It is dangerous to swim in the deep water so you can swim in the ___________water.

8. This path is _______ but the road is broad.

9. Govinda always visits his uncle but he ___________ sees his aunt.

10. Cikgu Murni is a generous lady. She always donates to the poor but Haji Bakhil is

_________, he does not like to give money to others.

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EXERCISE 3: CONSTRUCT SENTENCES

e.g
1. Lisa – prepared – food – kitchen delicious tastless

Simple : Lisa prepared some delicious food in the kitchen.

Compound : Lisa and her mother prepared some delicious food in the kitchen.
Complex : Lisa and her mother who were in their aprons prepared same delicious
food for their family in the kitchen.

2. prefects – decorated – stage – hall – beautifully hardworking lazy

_____________________________________________________________________

3. customers – drinks – waiter cold hot

____________________________________________________________________

4. mechanic – repairs – cars – workshop old new

___________________________________________________________________

5. children – listen – story happy sad

___________________________________________________________________

6. girls – tied – shoelaces – steps long short

___________________________________________________________________

7. children – build – sandcastles – beach big small

___________________________________________________________________

8. patients – waiting – doctor – hall healthy sickly

__________________________________________________________________

9. pupils – dusting – mopping – classroom dirty clean

_________________________________________________________________

10. man – wife – queued – buy – tickets – counter pretty ugly

_________________________________________________________________

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 ARTICLES

Definition:

The Indefinite Articles: A, An

A and An are used when we refer to a thing for the first time or when we do not mean a
specific thing.

Examples:

‘A book’ refers to any book.

‘An orange’ refers to any orange.

1. A is used with words beginning with ‘consonant sounds’ such as a street, a diary,

a calculator, a bottle, a beautiful angle, a sweet orange and a loyal employee.

2. A is used with words like uniform, European,university,union because they begin with
the consonant sound ‘Y’

3. An is used with words beginning with’vowel sounds’ such as an answer, an egg,

an island, an owl, an umbrella, an angry bird, an English man.

4. An is also used with words like ‘hour’, ‘honest’, ‘heir’ because they begin with vowel
sounds, ‘hour’ and ‘honest’ begin with the ‘o’ sound whereas ‘heir’ begins with the ‘e’
sound.

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The Definite Article: The

1- The is called a ‘definite’ article because it is used to refer to a specific thing.

Examples:

‘The book over there’ refers to one specific book.

‘The orange tastes sour’ refers to a specific orange.

2- The is also used:

-before a Singular Noun representing a whole class

Example:

The elephant is a huge animal.

-before an Adjective representing a whole class

Example:

‘ The’ young must be taught manners.

-before a noun which is the only one of its kind

Example:

the world, the sea, the stars, the Prime Minister

-before names of certain seas,mountains,rivers etc.

Example:

The Hilmalayan Mountains, The South China Sea, The Pahang River

-before adjectives in the Superlative form

Example:

the tallest girl, the most beautiful lady, the easiest questions
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-before names of the following countries

The United States, The Republic of China, The Tioman Island

UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWERS

1. (A, The) orang utan which escaped from the zoo was recaptured.

2. The giraffe has(a, the) very long neck.

3. I waited for (a,an) hour before the bus arrived.

4. The farmer picked up (a,an) handful of soil.

5. (A,The) moon shines brightly in the sky.

6. I bought (a, an) apple and five oranges.

7. There was (a,the) heavy storm this afternoon.

8. There is not much sugar left in(an,the) bowl.

9. He caught (a,an) butterfly with a net.

10. The sun sets in ( an,the) west.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWERS

1. My sister is going out in __________hour’s time.

A a

B an

C -

D the

2. He had milo, bread and__________egg for breakfast.

A a

B -

C an
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 D the

3. Let us walk outside and watch__________stars.

Aa

B–

C an

D the

4. There was _________cobra on that tree just now.

A a

B–

C an

D the

5. _______bus left two hours ago.

A A

B An

C–

D The

6. My uncle is ___________lawyer in town.

A a

B -

C an

D the

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7. I have ________friend who lives in Singapore.

A a

B -

C an

D the

8. My mother gave me _______slice of pineapple.

A -

B a

C an

D the

9. The guard caught_________thief last night.

A -

B a

C an

D the

10. There was no electricity in ________apartment last weekend.

A a

B an

C -

D the

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SENTENCE CONSTRUCTIONS

Ali - new – watch

Simple -Ali wears a new watch.

Compound- Ali has a new watch and a wallet.

Complex - Ali who is my classmate has a new watch and also an expensive wallet.

1. Suzy – big box –cupboard

2. My father – policeman – mother –artist

3. mechanic –repaired- car

4. grandmother –teacher –small town

5. poor family –lives –old wooden house

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6. Many children – classes –reading –books

7. –cats –mice –kitchen

8. Zarina- necklace-ring

9. –victims – community hall –six days

10. -chairs-desks –classroom

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 CONJUNCTIONS

DEFINITION : A conjunction is a linking word. We use conjunctions to join words, phrases and
sentences together.

EXAMPLES :

and but although so therefore

if because either..........or neither.........nor or

MCQ –Circle the correct answer.

1. It is a hot day___________ I need an umbrella.

A. so
B. or
C. if
D. and

2. I can’t come _____________ I am not well.

A. and
B. but
C. because
D. if

3. She has red _______________ blue ribbons in her hair.

A. but
B. and
C. because
D. if

4. Animals ______________ plants are living things.

A. or
B. if
C. and
D. but

5. Is your cat black ______________ white?

A. if
B. so
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 C. or
D. and

6. Choose one of the two. You can _______________ take this one ______________ that
one.
A. either, or
B. neither, nor
C. either, nor
D. neither, or

7. It is very warm in here. _______________ I do not need to wear my coat.

A. but
B. and
C. therefore
D. although

8. _______________ the boys were tired, they continued to climb up the mountain.
A. so
B. but
C. although
D. therefore

9. ___________ Jenny __________ Yoke Chen wants to mop the floor. They both dislike
housework.
A. either, nor
B. neither, nor
C. either, or
D. neither, or

10. My grandfather eats a lot _________ he is thin.

A. or
B. if
C. but
D. and

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Fill in the blanks.

and if because therefore but

so although either......or neither......nor or

1. The boys enjoyed the match ________________ the girls did not.

2. We were thirsty ____________ we bought some drinks.

3. ____________ Najim ____________ Hwa Tai was in the room now.

4. Plants are important ____________ they give us oxygen.

5. We could continue with our expedition _____________ most of us were exhausted.

6. Those wild animals are dangerous _____________ nobody is allowed to feed it.

7. Tony had nasi lemak ____________ a glass of syrup for lunch.

8. You can have _________ milo __________ horlick. You cannot have both.

9. _____________ I’m rich, I can sponsor you some money.

10. Shida, which one do you like cakes ____________ biscuits?

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Construct sentences.
1. Ali – Abu – canteen (and)
__________________________________________________________________

2. Zali – thin – brother – fat (but)

__________________________________________________________________

3. -rains – children – football (although)

__________________________________________________________________

4. – study – hard – good marks (so)

_________________________________________________________________

5. – win competition – get – RM100 (If)

_________________________________________________________________

6. Azlan – absent – sick (because)

_________________________________________________________________

7. – Rama – Ahmad – camping (either – or)

_________________________________________________________________

8. – Suzana – sister – won – game (neither – nor)

_________________________________________________________________

9. -pupils – late – scolded – teachers (therefore)

_________________________________________________________________

10. She – takes – taxi – bus – town (or)

_________________________________________________________________

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 NOUNS

Nouns are words which name persons, animals, places, objects and ideas.

* A person : Zain is a teacher.

They walk to school yesterday.

* An animal : The lion came after them.

The giraffe is a tall animal.

* A place : Malaysia is a beautiful country.

I’ll meet you at the canteen afterwards.

* An object : I found a pen under my table.

Please pass me the book.

* An idea : He gave us a good advice.

My patience was tested during the heavy traffic jam.

Nouns

Common Proper Possessive Collective Abstract Compound

words
Singular Upper ’s, s’ and People,
animals,
and and ‘ of the ’ things and
plural lower cases plants.

Countable

and

uncountable

Gender

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Singular and Plural Nouns

i Nouns that stand for one person, thing, animal or place are called singular nouns.

ii Nouns that stand for more than one person, thing, animal or place are called plural nouns.

Examples :

Singular Plural

eraser erasers

bus buses

mango mangoes

fly flies

iii Plural nouns are formed by :

a. Adding “ s ”

hen hens

cinema cinemas

table tables

barber barbers

b. Adding “ es ” to nouns ending in “ s “, “ ss ” , “ sh ”, “ ch ”, “ x ”

brush brushes

glass glasses

bush bushes

watch watches

fox foxes

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c. Adding “ es ” to some nouns ending in “ o ”

hero heroes mango mangoes

d. Adding “s ” to nouns ending in “ o ”

radio radios photo photos

e. Adding “ ies ” to nouns ending in “ y ”

fly flies lady ladies

f. Adding “ s ” to some nouns ending in “ y ”

key keys boy boys

g. Changing “ f ” or “ fe ” into “ ves ”

leaf leaves wife wives

h. Adding “ s ” to some nouns ending in “ f ” or “ fe ”

roof roofs chief chiefs

i. Changing the inside vowels

man men woman women

foot feet tooth teeth

bacterium bacteria datum data

j. Some nouns use the same word for both singular and plural

sheep sheep furniture furniture

information information traffic traffic

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 k. Some nouns can only be used in the plural form

shorts spectacles scissors clothes

mathematics news wages

l. Adding “ e ” or “ en ”

alga algae larva larvae

child children ox oxen

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

i Nouns which can be counted are called countable nouns.

Examples :

Men, elephants, marbles and bridges can be counted

ii Nouns which cannot be counted are called uncountable nouns

Examples :

Rice, flour, milk and sand cannot be counted

iii Words which are used with countable nouns are :

( a, an, a few, many, several, a large number of, a small number of )

Examples :

a ball several kids

an aeroplane a large number of trees

a few people a small number of participants

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 many tables

iv Words which are used with uncountable nouns are :

( a little, much, a large amount of, a small amount of )

Examples :

a little dust a large amount of flour

much sugar a small amount of milk

v Words which can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns are :

( some, any, plenty of, a lot of )

Examples :

Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns

some apples some soil

any chairs any electricity

plenty of books plenty of oil

a lot of people a lot of smoke

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Gender of nouns

i Gender is a distinction of sex.

ii It tells whether a person or an animal is a male or female.

iii Gender in grammar comes under four headings.

1. Masculine gender 2. Feminine gender

Denotes the male sex. Denotes the female sex.

Gender
of

nouns

3. Common gender 4. Neuter gender

Denotes either sex. Denotes things without life

or sex.

Proper Nouns

i Proper Nouns are specific names of people, places, things or animals.

ii They must be in capitalized.

Examples :

People – Razak

Place - Kuala Kangsar

Thing - Proton Satria

Animal - Browny ( cat

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Possessive Nouns

i A noun that shows possession is called a possessive noun.

The cover of the pan.

The noun ‘ pan ’ is non living. The words ‘ of the ’ are used with such nouns to

show possession.

ii Possessive nouns can be formed in the following ways :

a. Adding an apostrophe s ( ‘s ) to singular and plural nouns which do not end in s.

Examples :

boy’s children’s Jenny’s monkey’s

The boy’s watch is expensive.

These are the children’s shoes.

This is Jenny’s ring.

It is the monkey’s tail.

I shall meet her in an hour’s time.

Next week’s appointment has been cancelled.

b. Adding an apostrophe ( ‘ ) to plural nouns which end in s.

Examples :

tigers’ girls’

Tigers’ teeth are very sharp.

The girls’ dresses are soiled.

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 c. Using ‘ of the ‘ with things that are non – living.

Examples :

The tyres of the car are punctured.

A leg of the table is broken.

Collective Nouns

i They are nouns which refer to collections or groups of persons, things or animals.

Examples :

Animals : Objects :

a pride of lions a string of pearls

a pack of wolves a collection of pictures

a shoal of fish a group of islands

People : Plants :

a troupe of dancers a clump of trees

a field of runners a tuft of grass

a bevy of ladies a cluster of coconuts

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 Abstract Nouns

i Abstract nouns are names of things we cannot see or touch ( quantities, conditions,
actions and

ideas. )

Examples :

angry laughter hunger bravery punishment

love kindness joy knowledge fear

I got really angry with her.

As we approached the hall we could hear laughter.

They were awarded medals for their remarkable bravery.

The owner claims the car was being used without his knowledge.

Compound words

i Two words of different meaning when combine together to form a new word with
new meaning.

Examples :

sun + flower = sunflower

neck + tie = necktie

class + room = classroom

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teapot sunlight grandfather blackboard

1. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

hunger illness freedom kindness

kingdom sickness advice marriage

In the castle, there lived a king and a queen. They were happy to have a beautiful princess.

Their happiness did not last long. The princess felt sick. Her ____________ could not be

cured. His Prime Minister advised him to bring the princess to a jungle. The king followed his

____________.

In the jungle they met with a hungry wolf. It was weak with ____________. The princess

gave the wolf some food and kiss it on its head. The wolf was actually a prince. Immediately

he was free from his spell. He gained his ____________ and repaired the princess

____________ by curing her of her ____________. They then got married and live happily

ever after. The bad witch was very angry with their ____________ and ran away to another

____________.

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Exercise 1 – Circle the correct answer

1- Mother arranged the flowers in the _____________ and put it on the table.
A basin
C sink
B vase
D pail

2- The gardener is cutting the long grass along the fence with a ____________.
A pliers
B spade
C rake
D sickle

3- A ____________ is used to tighten up nuts and screws.

A spanner
B stapler
C spike
D string

4- I use a ____________ when I go out in the dark at night.

A lighthouse
B torchlight
C radio
D knapsack

5- The scouts put their food and clothes in their ______________ and carry them on their
backs.
A luggage
B tents

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 C knapsacks

6- Before he goes jogging, Fahim puts on a pair of _________________.

A spectacles
B gloves
C sneakers
D earrings

7- Please switch on the _____________. It is warm inside the room.

A fan
B radio
C light
D phone

8- Assyifa’ pounded the chillies with _____________ before frying them.

A stones
B pestle and mortar
C blender
D needles

9- The firemen joined the hose to the ___________ to get water to put out the fire.
A tap
B hydrant
C kettle
D sink

10- The ____________ is the hard part of the foot of certain animals like cows.
A heel
B hoof
C claw

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2. Look at the map carefully. Describe your camping trip to your friends. Underline the correct
nouns to complete your description. Rewrite the story.

On the 25th of March, I went on a camping ( journey / trip / walks ) with my

( team / classmates / cat ). We left our ( house / schools / school ) at 8 a.m. and walk through a
( parks / jungles / jungle ).

At 10.15 a.m., we reached ( Pak Tam’s Orchard / Mek Long’s Nursery / the orchards ).
We met ( Pak Long / Pak Long’s / Pak Longs’ ) we ate some ( fruit / fruits / foods ) and rested.

Then, we continued our journey. We reached a ( waterfalls / cave / waterfall ) at

11.30 a.m. we swam for about an hour. We camped there and cooked ( sardines / woods / fruits )
for lunch.

After lunch, we rested and played some ( game / games / firewood ). The next day, we
packed our ( house / thing / things ) and started our journey back at 9 a.m. We walked through a

( oil palm estates / paddy fields / rubber estate ) and reached ( home / house / homes ) about 11.40
a.m.

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A Picnic Trip

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PREPOSITION

DEFINITION:

They are usually used before nouns or pronouns. They show position, direction and time.

after, in, under, into, of, on, to, up, upon, with, between, by, down, above, over, from, for,
during, before, across, against, behind, since, until, about, at, through, till

EXAMPLE:
1. I went to her house on Friday.
2. My brother has come home from school.
3. Your uncle walks to the post office.
4. Kamal and Taufiq share their money among themselves.
5. The monkeys are climbing up the tree.

Exercise 1 – Circle the correct answer

1- The horse is eating __________ its stable.

A in
B on
C under
D along

2- The boys decided to go fishing _________ the river.

A over
B on
C beside
D around

3- The group of athletes marched _____________ the stadium.

A onto
B into
C over
D away

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4- Lily’s house is ______________ Jamal’s house.
A in front of
B along
C among
D across

5- Marianti could not find the umbrella because it was _____________ the door.
A under
B behind
C between
D across

6- The dog jumps ____________ the fence.

A over
B into
C on
D behind

7- Daniel received a present ____________ his parents.

A by
B with
C from
D at

8- The teachers are meeting ____________ the staff room.

A at
B in
C above
D against

9- Alias is travelling _________ plane from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bharu.

A on
B in

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 C by
D with
10- Wan Azli goes jogging __________ the morning.
A in
B at
C on
D during

Exercise 2 – Fill in the blanks with suitable answers.

on since for over under

in with through along between

1. Fazleen bought the pen ___________ RM 2.50.

2. There is a bird flying ____________ the shady tree.

3. We saw a light ____________ a distance.

4. I went to the carnival ____________ my cousins.

5. The train travels ______________ the tunnel.

6. Stick the stamp _____________ the envelop.

7. If you walk ____________ this road, you will reach the market.

8. The labourer has been working ____________ 8 o’clock in the morning.

9. The little boy is playing hide and seek. He is lying __________ the bed.

10. Azeem sits ___________ Syarif and Yusmizan.

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Exercise 3 – Construct sentences.

Examples :

 Simple sentences : Siti was sitting on the chair.

 Compound sentences : Siti was sitting on a chair near the wall.
 Complex sentences : Siti was sitting on a wooden chair near the brick wall.

1- Syafiq and I – sit – bench (on)

2- Roslina – stopped – florist – buy – flowers (by)

3- theif – climbed – window ( through)

4- keep – books – cupboard (in)

5- Hazlin – put - ladder – wall (against)

6- Mustaqeem – jumped – river (across)

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7- My grandfather – walks – park – evening (around)

8- Lily – puts – blue dress – went – wedding (to)

9- bus – arrived – terminal – 6 o’clock (at)

10- boy – fell – tree – broke – arm (from)

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PRONOUNS

Table of Pronouns

Personal Personal Possessive Possessive Reflexive Demonstrative

Pronouns Pronouns Adjectives Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns

(Subject) (Object)

I Me My Mine Myself This (singular)

You You Your Yours Yourself These (plural)

Yourselves

He Him His His Himself That (singular)

She Her Her Hers Herself Those (plural)

It It Its - Itself

We Us Our Ours Ourselves

They Them Their Theirs Themselves

Definition:

Personal Pronouns

- A Personal Pronoun is used to replace the names of people, animals, plants or objects.
- They are used as subjects or objects.
- Personal Pronouns (Subject) are normally located at the beginning of the sentences while
Personal Pronouns (Object) are normally located after verbs and prepositions.

Examples : We (subject) invited him (object) to the party.

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 They (subject) asked them (object) to practice hard.

Possessive Pronouns

- Possessive Pronouns show ‘belonging’. They replace possessive noun phrases. They are
normally located at the beginning or at the end of the sentences.

Examples: This book belongs to me. It is mine.

Those shoes are theirs.

Hers is dirtier than mine.

Possessive Adjectives.

- Possessive Adjectives are used to show possession. They must be followed by nouns.

Examples: That is her doll.

This is his pen.

Reflexive Pronouns

- Reflexive Pronouns are used to show that action is done by the doer (subject) on himself /
herself.

Examples: I fell down and hurt myself.

We did the work by ourselves.

Demonstrative Pronouns

- Demonstrative Pronouns are used to “point out” things.

Examples: This is a beaver.

Those are my spectacles.

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 1. Fill in the blanks with words given.

They She We It I you

1. Mrs Leong is going to the market. _______ wants to buy some vegetables.

2. The children are not at home. _______ went to the playground.

3. Jamil and I are classmates. _______ walk to school together.

4. " ________ am going camping next week," Mina tells her friend, Azrina.

5. The dog is in the kennel. _______ is sleeping.

6. " I dropped by your house yesterday. _______ were not in," said Leela.

2. Circle the correct answer.

1. My brother and I share a bicycle. It is ________

A. ours B. his C. theirs

2. The book was _______. He promised to lend it to me.

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 A. her B. his C. their

3. Look at the toy horse. It belongs to Sandy. It is ______.

A. hers B. mine C. your

4. That bag is ______. I bought it in Hong Kong.

A. hers B. mine C. your

5. My sister did not take the dress. It was not ________.

A. us B. hers C. me

6. My grandmother told me to wash the shoes. They were _______.

A. his B. mine C. her

7. I made __________________ a kite.

A. herself B myself C himself

8. The skirt ____________ looked nice but it was too loose for her.

A it B itself C Its D her

9. My parents are going to Lembah Bujang next week. ________ are visiting my aunt there.

A They B I C We D Them

10. Athirah reminded Faris to bring the dictionary but _______ still forgot to do so.

A her B he C she D they

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 3. Rewrite the sentences.

1- Uncle Lim is a lawyer. ( He )

2- My mother cooks curry in the kitchen. ( She )

3- My family and I are going for a picnic next week. ( We )

4- Tan and Peter play congkak under the big shady tree. ( They )

5- The cat sleeps in the basket in front of the cupboard. ( It )

6- The girls dance gracefully on the stage. ( They )

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7- The children are playing football at the playground. ( They )

8- An old man is crossing the road with his grandson. ( He )

9- My aunty is sleeping in the room near the window. ( She )

10- My friend and I are swimming in the river behind our house. ( We )

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SYNONYMS

Definition:

A synonym is a word which has the same meaning as another.

Examples :

Catch Capture

Animal Beast

Big Large

Correct Right

Close Shut

Conversation Talk

Bright Shining

Blank empty

Old Ancient

Thief Burglar

Exercise 1 – Choose the word that has the same meaning as the word in bold.

1- The country was ruled by powerful king.

A cruel
B strong
C stubborn

2- The soldiers fought bravely in the war.

A match
B battle
C tournament

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3- There is a boat under the bridge.
A beside
B between
C below

4- The old beggar is very weak.

A strong
B feeble
C tired

5- The boy is always lazy.

A impolite
B idle
C super

6- It is a rather dull day.

A gloomy
B cloudy
C hot

7- We must study hard for the examination.

A memorized
B learn
C remember

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8- The scouts camped at the foot of the hill.
A below
B bottom
C side

9- My brother is lean and tall.

A high
B thin
C skinny

10- Faris seldom comes here.

A always
B rarely
C never

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Exercise 2 – Replace the word in the bracket with the same meaning.

1- Faris is a ______________________ boy. ( intelligent )

2- The elephant is ___________________. ( huge )

3- The road is _________________ . ( broad )

4- The room is ___________________. ( empty )

5- Suzana _____________________ to the music. ( listen )

6- The soldier ____________________ the country. ( guard )

7- The _________________ lives in the castle. ( emperor )

8- The ____________________crept into the room quietly. ( burglar )

9- The questions were _________________ for the students. ( difficult )

10. My sister is ______________________. ( pretty )

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WH Questions

Definition: Question words are words that begin questions. They are what, when, how,
whose, whom, who, where, why and which.

1- What is used to ask about things, people and ideas.

Example : - What did you buy at the stall? I bought some sweets.

- What is your father? He is a policeman.

- What do you think about the game? It is interesting.

2- When is used to ask about time.

Example : - When you were born? I was born in 1989.

3- How is used to ask about people, event, amount, number and the way things are done.

Examples : - How do you build the hut? I built it by myself.

- How much is this cake? It is RM10 a piece.

4- Whose is used to ask about possession of things.

Example : - Whose pencil is this? It is mine.

5- Whom is used to ask about people ( as object of verbs).

Example : - Whom did you talk to just now? I talked to my wife just now.

6- Who is used to ask about people (as subjects

Examples : - Who took my bag? Fitri took it.

7- Where is used to ask about places.

Example : - Where are you now? I’m at the office.

8- Why is used to ask about reason or purpose.

Example : - Why is the dog barking? It is barking at the burglar.

9- Which is used to ask about people, animals and things but of a limited choice.
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 Examples : - Which one is your son? The boy with a red cap.

Exercise 1 – Circle the correct answer

1- ____________ is that man? He is my headmaster.

A Who
C What
B Where
D Whom

2- _______________ did you put the book? I put it in my bag.

A Who
C What
B Where
D Whom

3- _______________ told you the news?

A Who
C What
B Where
D Whom

4- _______________ of these books do you want to buy?

A Who
C When
B Which
D Whom

5- ______________ colour is your bag?

A Who
C What
B Where
D Whom

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6- _______________ computer is this?
A Who
C Whose
B Which
D Whom

7- _______________ did you meet yesterday? I met my former teacher.

A Why
C What
B Where
D Whom

8- ___________ does she usually go to school? She goes there at 7 a.m.

A Why
C What
B When
D Whom

9- _______________ is your father? He is fine now.

A How
C Why
B Where
D Whom

10- _______________ is the lady crying?

A Why
C How
B Which
D Whom

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Exercise 2 – Fill in the blanks with suitable answers.

What Who When Why How

Which Whom Where Whose Whom

1- _____________________ old is your father?

2- _____________________ will the train leave?

3- _____________________ are you so angry?

4- _____________________ have you been?

5- _____________________ shoes are these?

6- _____________________ shall I give the paper to?

7- _____________________ is your pet’s name?

8- _____________________ motorcycle did you ride just now?

9- _____________________ is that girl running towards Ahmad .

10- _____________________ were you sing the lovely song to? .

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 DePic

Describing Pictures

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DePic – Describing pictures

DePic - Sample answer

Simple and direct sentences

1. A girl is riding a bicycle.

2. Some pupils are walking.

3. A woman is talking.

4. Two men are jogging.

5. A woman is holding a flower pot.

Compound and complex sentences

1. Siti who has a pony tail is riding her bicycle with her younger sister, Sarah.

2. Some pupils who are wearing their school uniforms are walking back from school.

3. Puan Maznah who is wearing a headscarf is talking to Mrs.Raja near the car.

4. Peter who has a small towel around his neck is jogging with his friend, Sam around the

neighbourhood.

5. Mrs.Tan who is holding a flower pot is gardening in front of her house.

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DePic - Exercise 1

birthday table friends clap happy

beautiful cake blow sing sweets

1.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

4.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

5.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

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DePic - Exercise 2

having beach riding mother horse

wonderful lunch sister sandcastle mat

1.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

4.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

5.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

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DePic - Exercise 3

cleaned wheel burrow shears collected rubbish

helped cooperation rake boots truck

1.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

4.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

5.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

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DePic - Exercise 4

family busy preparing kitchen bake

apron sew grandmother wearing curtain

1.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

4.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

5.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

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DePic - Exercise 5

queuing holding floor prefect recess

food dropped noodles canteen operator buy

1.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

4.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

5.____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

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 ISi

Ideas Supporting Ideas

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Isi – Ideas and Supporting Ideas

Genius Children Wonder Robot Join In

Price RM 16.00 RM 10.00 RM 5.00

Type Story book Comic Magazine

Suitable Primary and secondary Primary and secondary

Primary school pupils
for school students school students

Author Phelp Collins Ahmad Adib C.T. Lim

Available Mardani Store Suria Bookshop all bookstores

at

Price Type Suitable for Author Available at

Idea
RM 16.00 Storybook Primary and Phelp Collins Mardani
secondary Store

school
students

Supporting Reasonable I like/ Can share Favourite Near my

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Ideas and interesting with my house
affordable siblings

(a) You want to buy a book. Based on the information given, which book would you
buy ?

Give reasons for your choice.

SIMPLE AND DIRECT

I would buy Genius Children because it is RM 16.00. It is a storybook. It is suitable

for secondary and primary school students. The author is Phelp Collins. It is available at Mardani
Store.

( 2 – 3 marks )

COMPOUND AND COMPLEX

I would buy Genius Children because it is RM 16.00. It is reasonable and

affordable. It is a storybook. I like it because it is interesting. It is suitable for secondary and

primary school students. I can share it with my siblings. The author is Phelp Collins. He is my
favourite. It is available at Mardani Store. It is near my house and I can go there to buy it.

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 [4 - 5 marks]

Isi – Exercise 1

Type Taxi Train Bus

Fare RM 100 RM 25 RM 20

toilet, television
Facilities radio toilet, café, television

Duration 2 hours 4 hours 3½ hours

Stops Anywhere at three stations three stops

Space limited ample limited

Idea

Supporting
Ideas

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a) You would like to visit your grandparents in Ipoh. Which form of transport would you
choose to go to Ipoh? Give reasons for your choice.

I would go by _________________________ because ______________________

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Isi – Exercise 2

Hockey Basketball Badminton

Type of game Outdoor games Outdoor games indoor

in the field at the court in the school hall

Place

a hockey stick and a racquet and

Things need a basketball
a ball shuttlecocks

Number of
22 players 10 players 2 or 4 players
players

Time to play
5.00 p.m.-7.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.-6.30 p.m. 4.30 p.m.-5.30 p.m.

Idea

Supporting
Ideas

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2.(b) You want to join for a game. Based on the information given, which game would you
choose ? Give reasons for your choice.

I would choose ________________________________ because ______________________

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Isi – exercise 3

Elephant Sanctuary Deer Farm Crocodile Farm

Monday – Friday Daily Tuesday – Thursday

Time and day 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

RM 3 entrance fee Free admission RM 5 entrance fee

Fee

Campsite provided,
Picnic huts available, No accommodation,
chalets and restaurant
Facilities No accommodation KFC outlet available
available

Ride the elephant, Watch a crocodile

Feed and pat the deer,
feed them, show,
trek in open
Activities bath and scrub them ride a trishaw around
woodland,
in the river the farm,

Respect elephants, learn about reptiles and

Learn about deer
learn how to handle their goodness to the
Benefits feeding
them environment

Idea

Supporting
Ideas

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(a) Your family planned to go for a family outing. Based on the information given,
which place would you suggest to them?Give reasons for your choice.

I would suggest the _____________________ because__________________

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ISi – Exercise 4

Beef Burger Fried Chicken Fish and Chips

Type of
beef chicken tuna fish
Meat

a packet of fries potato wedges vegetable salad

Side Dish

soft drink carbonated drink

Free Drink hot drink

Price RM4.00 RM4.50 RM5.50

Time 10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. – 09.00 a.m. –

Available 10.00 p.m.
10.00 p.m. 10.00 p.m.

Idea

Supporting
Ideas

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(b) You and your family are going for lunch. Which meal would you choose ?
Give reasons for your choice.

I would choose the _______________________ because ________________

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 StraW

Strategic Writing

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 PRESENT TENSE

DEFINITION - to show regular actions and state facts or universal truths

Examples:

1. I am Anisah. I am a Year Six student.

2. Alia has a new pet cat.
3. Mrs Lee teaches English in my school.
4. The boy plays football at the field every Thursday.
5. Suhana does her homework in the evening.

Sub-table:

I am have do walk
You are have do walk
Ali
Siti
He is has does walks
She
The boy
Ali and Siti
They
are have do walk
We
The boys
It is have does walks

Exercises 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS.

Circle the correct answer.

1. Puan Nor ___________ her jacket on a cold day.

A. wear
B. wore
C. wears
D. wearing

2. All birds____________ wings and feathers.

A. has
B. have
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 C. do
D. does
3. The train_____________ the station at 10 o’clock every day.
A. leave
B. leaves
C. left
D. leaving

4. Rozy and her sister_____________ their homework at night.

A. has
B. have
C. do
D. does

5. The doctor___________ a stethoscope. He __________ it to examine the patient’s

heartbeat.
A. has, uses
B. have, use
C. does, uses
D. do, use

6. The firemen______________ to the scene of the fire.

A. rushing
B. rushed
C. rushes
D. rush

7. Dannisa’s father____________ to the radio before he goes to work.

A. listen
B. listens
C. listened
D. listening

8. The leaves of that tree____________ once a year.

A. fell
B. fall
C. falls
D. falling

9. Our football practice ____________ usually at 5.00 p.m. every Thursday.

A. do
B. does
C. is
D. are

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 10. My sister___________ in Australia. She ______________ law in a university there.
A. are, study
B. is, studies
C. are, studies
D. is, study

EXERCISE 2. CONSTRUCT SENTENCES

e.g
Farah – dishes – kitchen

Simple : Farah washes the dishes in the kitchen.

Compound : Farah washes the dirty dishes in the kitchen.
Complex : Farah who is wearing an apron washes the dirty dishes in the
kitchen.

1- Baharom – Tajul – around – tree

_____________________________________________________________________

2- waitress – food – guest

____________________________________________________________________

3- Raju – ice-cream – vendor

___________________________________________________________________

4- pupils – brooms – mops – to clean – classroom

___________________________________________________________________

5- cats – basket – television

___________________________________________________________________

6- father – work – new car

___________________________________________________________________

7- athletes – stadium
___________________________________________________________________

8- girl – doll – friends

___________________________________________________________________

9- gardener – hedges – shears

___________________________________________________________________
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 10- doctor – works – hospital
___________________________________________________________________

WRITING SENTENCES

SAMPLE ANSWER

Ameer – twelve years old – mother – holds - invites - friends – relatives -

– party – celebrate – birthday - neighbours – presents –

- food – table – living room - cake – twelve

– candles – blows – sing - games –
enjoyable - party

SAMPLE 1 (using simple sentences)

Ameer is twelve years old. His mother holds a party for him. She wants to
celebrate her son’s birthday.

Ameer invites his friends and relatives to his party. His neighbours also come
to the party. They bring presents for him.

There are also many kinds of food on the table in the living room. Ameer’s
mother bakes a cake. There are twelve candles on it. Ameer blows the candles. His

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friends sing a birthday song for him. Then, they play games. Ameer enjoys his
birthday party very much. It is an enjoyable party.

SAMPLE 2 (using compound and complex sentences)

Today, Ameer is twelve years old. His mother, Puan Zurina holds a
surprise birthday party for him. She wants to celebrate her beloved son’s twelfth
birthday. She decorates the living room with colourful ribbons and balloons.
Ameer’s brother and sister help her to clean the house.

Ameer invites his friends from his school and relatives to come to his
birthday party. His neighbours also come to the party. Some of them walk to his
house. Some cycle while the others are sent by their parents by cars and
motorcycles. Ameer is very happy to see his guests. The guests bring many
presents for him. They are wrapped in colourful wrapping papers. His eyes are
glowing when he sees the presents. Ameer welcomes his guests and invites
them into his house.

Puan Zurina prepares many kinds of food and they are put on a big dining
table in the living room. There are sweet cakes, fried noodles, puddings and
carbonated drinks. His mother also orders a few buckets of fried chickens.
Ameer’s mother bakes a big, round chocolate cake for him too. There are twelve
colourful candles on it. Ameer blows the candles excitedly. His friends sing a
birthday song for him. Then, they play games happily. Ameer enjoys his
birthday party very much. It is an enjoyable party and a memorable one.

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Exsecise 3 : Write a short story about the pictures.

early – morning – air – fresh – exercise - friends – jog – run – brother – cycles -

sit – tree – rest – drink – water – stands -

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Exercise 4 : Write a short story about the pictures.

- forest – camping – river – scouts –twigs – fire - sparks – leaves – spreads – bushes –
cook fetch – river -

leader – angry – dangerous – promise - repeat – mistakes -

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Definition.

To describe actions that are going on at the time of speaking or writing.

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 Example : - The wind is blowing strongly now.

- I am wearing a beautiful red dress.

- My grandparents are living in Kampung Pandan

I am
You are
Ali
Siti
He is
She
swimming in the river.
The boy
Ali and Siti
They
are
We
The boys
It is

Exercise 1 – Circle the correct answer

1- I ____________ in SK Taman Ria.

A is studying
B am studying
C are studying
D studies
2- My parents________________my uncle in London.
A are visiting
B visiting
C am visiting
D is visiting
3- The goats___________________in the field.
A is grazing
B am grazing
C are grazing
D was grazing

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4- They _____________a lot of durians at the stall.
A am buying
B are buying
C is buying
D buys

5- He ___________me with my homework.

A helping
B are helping
C am helping
D is helping

6- Lili’s mother ________________the dishes for dinner.

A are preparing
B preparing
C am preparing
D is preparing

7- Ai Leng and her family ______________Chinese New Year.

A are celebrating
B am celebrating
C is celebrating
D celebrates

8- The ladies___________ at the mall.

A is shopping
B am shopping
C are shopping
D shopping

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 9- The children ______________at the bus stop.
A are waiting
B is waiting
C am waiting
D waiting

10- Maizatul ______________ a letter to her friend.

A am writing
B are writing
C is writing
D writing

Exercise 2 – Fill in the blanks with suitable answers. (Present Continuous Tense)

build bake feed weave deliver

chase jog drive sleep help

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 1- The kittens _____________________in the box.

2- Encik Mail _____________________ his new car.

3- He_________________in the park.

4- It ________________the mouse.

5- Ramly ____________his mother to clean the room.

6- The postmen ______________the letters.

7- I ___________the ketupat leaves.

8- Siti and Liza ___________ their cats with some food.

9- She ___________the cake in the oven.

10- The girls _____________ a big sandcastle.

Exercise 3 – Construct –Present Continuous sentences.

Examples : -cat- rat –table-

- Simple sentence : The cat is chasing the rat.

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 - Compound sentence : The cat is chasing and trying to catch the rat.
- Complex sentence : The cat which has a long tail, is chasing the rat.

1- boys - hockey - field

2- mother – flowers - garden

3- Siti – sofa - television

4- monkeys – bananas - tree

5- teacher – pupils - classroom

6- I - picnic - beach

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7- tourists – photographs - A Famosa

______________________________________________________________________________

8- sister – new – dress - party

9- Ali – breakfast - school

10- teacher – pupils – classroom

______________________________________________________________________________

a. decorating –lights –wiping – floor – flowers

b. house – cleaning – beautiful – happy – enjoy

c. shopping- clothes - presents

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Suggested answer – simple story

Jerry and his family are preparing for Christmas. His sister is decorating the tree
with lights. Jerry is wiping the windows. His father is mopping the floor while his mother is
arranging the flowers. The house is clean and beautiful. They are enjoying themselves.
Jerry go shopping to buy clothes and presents.

Suggested answer - intermediate story.

Christmas is just around the corner. Jerry and his family are busy preparing for the
celebration. Jerry’s sister is decorating the Christmas tree with lights. Jerry’s is wiping the
windows. His father is mopping the floor while his mother is arranging the flowers in the
vase.

At the end of the day, the house is clean and beautiful. Everyone is happy and
looking forward to Christmas Day.

Jerry and his family go to the shopping centre. They want to buy new clothes and
presents.

Exercise 4 – writing – construct good sentences to form a story (simple sentences)

a) Tahir - camping - waterfall - pitching - tents

b) collecting - firewood - catching- fish
c) night - campfire - songs - happily - stories
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Exercise 5 – writing – construct good sentences to form a story (simple sentences)

a) Razak – riding –field- football – friends

b) -sees –boys – river – playing –swimming

c) -boy –shouts –help –pointing –drowning

d) -takes off- dives –towards-drags- riverbank –praise-brave action

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THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Definition :

a ) To show a completed action that happened at a certain time in the past.

Examples : I baked a cake yesterday.

He visited his grandfather in Penang last week.
b ) Most verbs can be changed to the past tense by adding ‘-ed’ or ‘-d’.

Examples : kick – kicked

walk - walked
c ) Some verbs in the past tense do not end in ‘-ed’ or ‘-d’. These verbs are known as irregular
verbs.

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Examples : sit – sat
tell - told
The following table shows how to use the simple past tense.

I cycled walked tried saw put

You cycled walked tried saw put

Ali cycled walked tried saw put

Siti
He
She
The boy

Ali and Siti cycled walked tried saw put

They
We
The boys

It cycled walked tried saw put

Exercise 1 – Circle the correct answer (Simple Past Tense)

1- The man ____________ a cat in the drain yesterday.

A saw
C see
B sees
D seeing

2- Fahim and Assyifa’ ______________ to school just now.

A walks
B walking

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 C walked
D walk

3- They ___________ the tree to make a small hut on the hill.

A cutted
B cut
C cuts
D cutting

4- Faris ______________ his car to work with his friend a few minutes ago.
A driven
B driving
C drove
D drive

5- He ______________ the doorbell but no one was home.

A rang
B ringed
C ringing

6- We ____________ supper at the D’ Aman Makmur Restaurant last night.

A ate
B eat
C eating
D eats

7- I ____________ the police when I saw a man breaking into a house.

A called
B calls
C call

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 D calling

8- Athirah _____________ her mother in the kitchen this morning.

A help
B helps
C helped
D helping

9- The baby _____________ soundly on the bed last night.

A slept
B sleeps
C sleep
D sleeping

10- Syafiq and Zamri _____________ the gate last week.

A paints
B paint
C painted

Exercise 2 – Fill in the blanks with suitable answers. (past tense)

drank studied invited climbed parked

swam opened rushed snatched bought

1- The cat _____________________ the tree when it saw the bird.

2- Mahmud and his friend _________________in the river last weekend.

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 3- Fahim _______________ two glasses of water just now.

4- As soon as he reached home, he ________________ to the bathroom.

5- The three women _________________ the vegetables from the supermarket.

6- She ________________ at University Malaysia Pahang five years ago.

7- A man came and _______________ her necklace.

8- When Assyifa’ _____________the windows she saw dark clouds and strong wind
blowing.

9- Faris ____________ the boy into her house to wait for her parents.

10- The two buses ____________ outside waiting to take them to the campsite.

Exercise 3 – Construct sentences. ( Past Tense )

Examples : Siti - sat - sofa

- Simple sentences : Yesterday, Siti sat on the sofa.

- Compound sentences : Siti sat on the sofa and watched the television.
- Complex sentences : Siti who wore a blouse watched the television on
the sofa.

1- I - ate - fried rice

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2- Faris – searched - keys

3- They – sat - porch

4- Doctor – cleaned - wounds

5- Syiffa – parked - bicycle

6- Fahim – washed - car

7- plumber – repaired - pipe

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8- Mary – wrote - letter

9- We – went - movie

10- The deer – jumped – water

Writing – construct good sentences to form a story

a) b) c)

a) friends – football – field – kicked – bushes

b) ran – get – shocked – landed – python

c) villagers – firemen – thanked

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 1. Suggested answer – Simple story.

Fahim and his friends played football in the field near their village. While they were playing
one of his friends kicked the ball hard and it fell into the bushes. They ran to get the ball. They
looked everywhere but could not find it. They were shocked when they saw the ball landed on the
python. The python was very big.

Fahim ran back quickly to the village. He told a few villagers about the incident. One of the
villagers called the firemen to help them to catch the python. The firemen came and caught the
python easily with their equipments because its stomach was full. The villagers praised and
thanked the boys for their quick action.

2. Suggested answer - intermediate story.

Fahim, Syafiq and Eddy are bosom friends. Last Sunday, they went to practise for the Inter-
school football match in the village field. They believed that practice makes perfect.

While they were playing, one of the boys kicked the ball hard and it flew high up in the air
and fell into the bushes. Syafiq ran as fast as lightning to get the ball. He looked high and low for
the ball in the bushes but could not find it. So he called his friends to join in the search.

When the boys reached a hedge of the bushes, they were shocked when they saw that the ball
had landed on a large python. The python did not move an inch. The boys were just a few inches
away from it. In the twinkling of an eye, Fahim ran back to the village. He told Encik Ramlee the
headman about the incident. Encik Ramlee called the firemen to catch the python.

A few minutes later, a team of firemen came with their equipments to catch the python. They
managed to catch it easily as its stomach was full. The python had just eaten a goat which had
missing from Pak Maun’s farm. Now they knew who the thief was. The villagers praised and
thanked the boys for their quick action. The boys were very happy because they had done a good
deed.

Exercise 4 – writing – construct good sentences to form a story.

a) b) c)

a) swim – hour – stopped – cafe - good

b) cries – pool – gathered – struggling - dived
c) sent – hospital – informed – parents - thanked

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PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Definition.

10- To describe an action which was happening at a certain time in the past.
Example : - She was sleeping in the bed yesterday.

- It was grazing in the field just now.

- They were running in the park ten minutes ago.

11- To describe a past action which was going on when something happened.
Example : - The boy was eating when he heard the sound.
- While I was walking, the dogs chased me.
- My father called me as I was helping my mother .

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 12- To show two actions performed at the same time in the past.

Examples : - I was singing while my brother was drawing yesterday.

- The pupils were reading when the teacher entered the classroom.

- While we were working, Samli was sleeping.

I was
You were
Ali
Siti
He was
She
walking in the park.
The boy
Ani and Siti
They
were
We
The boys
It was
Exercise 1 – Circle the correct answer

1- The man ____________ the cat which was drowning in the drain yesterday.
A were
C is saving
B are saving
D was saving

2- While Steven _______________ the picture, his mother called him for dinner.
A were painting
B was painting
C painted
D paints

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3- The doctors _______________ the patients yesterday.
A were treating
B was treating
C are treating
D is treating

4- A tiger _______________ when I went to the zoo last month.

A was roaring
B is roaring
C roared
D roars

5- You ______________ your homework when I came to your house last night.
A were doing
B was doing
C is doing
D do

6- The moon _______________ brightly last night.

A is shining
B are shining
C was shining
D were shining

7- We _______________ a lot of fun in the resort last weekend.

A were having
B was having
C are having
D is having

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 8- Raziah and Kumar ___________ in the reading competition yesterday.
A is competing
B are competing
C was competing
D were competing

9- The sheep _______________ and jumping on the road when I shouted at them.
A were running
B are running
C is running
D ran

10- The woman with a red gown _______________ to me just now.

A were talking
B was talking
C are talking
D is talking

Exercise 2 – Fill in the blanks with suitable answers. (past continuous tense)

cry drive queue rain go

jump climb cook fly flutter

1- The cat _____________________ the tree when it saw the bird.

2- Mahmud and his friend _____________________ the kites on last weekend.

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 3- Laili and Laila _____________________ in the kitchen with their mother

4- He took a picture of the butterfly while it _____________________ in the garden.

5- I _____________________ in fear when I saw the big snake.

6- You _____________________ to Kuantan when I arrived at your house just now.

7- The little girl _____________________ when she lost her mother.

8- Everybody _____________________ patiently to buy the food at the canteen just now.

9- My father _____________________ his car to his office with his friend yesterday.

10- It _____________________ when we played football.

Exercise 3 – Construct past continuous sentences.

Examples :

- Simple sentences : Siti was sitting on the chair just now.

- Compound sentences : Siti and Salmah were sitting on the chairs just now.
- Complex sentences : Siti and Salmah who were sitting on the chairs just now went into
the class.

1- I - eating - friends - yesterday

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2- You - reading - books - just now

3- He - searching - information - internet - last night

4- They - having - breakfast - together - last morning

5- The gardeners - shearing - hedges - last week

6- Ramli - drinking - eating - canteen - yesterday

7- Suraya - Latifah - making - coffee - themselves

8- I - shouting - dogs - which - barking - me

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9- birds - which - flying - tree - pigeons

10- man - who - walking - alone - father

example – simple story

A) Saufi – playing – badminton – house

B) accidentally – head – crying

C) mother - treat – sorry -

I have a friend. His name is Saufi. He is twelve years. He lives in Kampung Sentosa. He is
an active boy.

Yesterday, he was playing badminton with his friends near his house. His friends were
Chua, Gopal and Zaki. They were playing happily near Saufi’s house.

While they were playing, Saufi accidentally smashed his racquet onto his friend’s head.
His friend, Gopal was crying in pain.

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 While Gopal was crying, Saufi’s mother came to treat his injury. Saufi felt sorry for
Gopal. It was an unforgettable memory in Saufi’s life.

example - compound and complex sentences.

I have a friend. His name is Saufi. He is twelve years. He lives in Kampung Sentosa. He is
an active boy.

Yesterday, he was playing badminton with his friends near his house. His friends were
Chua, Gopal and Zaki. They were playing happily at their homemade badminton court which.

While they were playing, Saufi accidentally smashed his racquet onto his friend’s head.
His friend, Gopal was crying in pain. Saufi tried to help him but he was afraid of the blood
coming out from Gopal’s head.

While Gopal was crying, Saufi’s mother who was seating on a nearby bench came to treat
his injury. His mother advised them to play safely and carefully in the future. Saufi felt sorry for
Gopal and asked him for his forgiveness. It was the most unforgettable memory in their life.

Exercise 4 – writing – construct good sentences to form a story (simple sentences)

a) b) c)

d) Naili - playing - basketball - friends - yesterday

e) throwing - ball - suddenly - tripped - fell - hurt
f) sister - cleaned - wound - bandaged

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Exercise 5 – writing – construct good sentences to form a story. (compound and complex
sentences)

a) b) c)

d) Sofia - walking - drain - saw - kitten - meowing

e) took - home - cleaning - soap
f) drinking - stroking - happy

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