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CERTIFICATE IN PLANTATION MANAGEMENT (CPM)

CPM66

ASSIGNMENT

SUBJECT ENGLISH & COMMUNICATION SKILL

NAME ABU MUSA BIN AHMED BASHIR
INDEX NUMBER CPM66/001
LECTURER SIR NADARAJ RAMASAMY
NAME
MARKS
Grammar
Question:

A. Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST:

1. She baked a cake an hour ago.

2. She bought a hat last week.
3. The boy wrote a letter yesterday.
4. They swam in the sea for an hour.
5. They drank a lot of coke last night.
6. She broke her arm last week.
7. He spent all his money last week.
8. She took a bath two minutes ago.
9. He lost his wallet last night.
10. She sat on the old chair a minute ago.
11. She bought the clothes yesterday.

B. Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets.

Last Saturday my father took (take) my friends and me to the circus. We saw (see) lots of
things. My father bought (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We ate (eat) the
popcorn and drank (drink) the orange juice. We laughed (laugh) at the funny clowns.
There are a lion – tamer. The lions did (do) tricks; they jumped (jump) through hoops. A
girl ridden (ride) an elephant around the ring. We all had (have) a wonderful time.

C. Fill in the blanks with the PAST form the verbs.

Benjamin Franklin was born (be born) in Boston in 1706. He was (be) break swim have
make sit write spend buy drink lose wash the fifteenth of the seventeen children of a poor
candlemaker. He goes (go) to school only one year. He began (begin) to work when he
was twelve. At the age of fourteen he decided (decide) to be a writer. He copied (copy)
the great stories of famous writers and later he became (become) the best known writer in

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his time. When she was (be) seventeen, he left (leave) Boston and arrived (arrive) in
Philadelphia with only a few pennis in his pocket. He got (get) a job as a publisher of a
newspaper and retired (retire) from business as a very rich man at forty – two. Then he
spent (spend) the next forty years for his government. He played (play) an important role
in the following in the founding of the USA. Franklin was (be) also an important scientist
and inventor. He drew (draw) electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He invented
(invent) a simple lightning rod and many other practical tools. He made (make) a study of
water and discovered (discover) many principle of hydrodynamics. He even invented
(invent) bifocal glasses when he was seventy – eight and needed (need) them himself.
Franklin does (do) all these things and many more because he believed (believe) he could
(can).

D. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOS

1. He talking (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.

2. They studied (study) two hours last night.
3. Jane sleeping (sleep) when the telephone rang.
4. As I walking (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
5. We watched (watch) TV last night.
6. The customer paying (Pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.
7. The barber cut (cut) my hair yesterday.
8. She danced (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It raining (rain) hard when I got up
10. It rained (rain) hard last night.

E. Fill in the blanks using MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OURS, THEIRS:
1. A. Is this John’s tie? B. Yes, it is his
2. My umbrella isn’t black. Yours is grey
3. There is a car near your house. It is yours?
4. That green shirt isn’t Ayse’s hers is blue.
5. Pass this ball to us. It is ours.

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6. They don’t like sandwiches. These sandwiches are not theirs
7. Don’t take these keys. They are not yours.
8. A. There is a pair of brown gloves. Are they your gloves or my gloves? B: I haven’t
got brown gloves. They aren’t mine, they are yours.
9. A. is their house old? B: No, mine is very old.
10. Can I take your pen? Mine is at home.