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Unit 3: Tenses GRAMMAR

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(\; Exercise 3A )
Fill in the blanks with the correct tenses.

1. Ginger always _____ (go) to the market on Sunday to buy

fresh food and vegetables.

2. My parents _____ (take) me to the zoo last week.

3. The pupils have _____ (finish) their examinations and can

now enjoy their holidays.

4. She _ _ _ _ _ (play) the piano at this restaurant every night.

5. Mr Wang _____ (go) to the police station yesterday to file

a report of the robbery.

6. We _ _ _ _ _ (register) our marriage yesterday.

7. She has _ _ _ _ _ (perform) very well at school.

8. Kim always _____ (leave) the lights on in the kitchen.

9. He said that he had _____ (play) this game before.

10. Mr Chan will _ _ _ _ _ (drive) his three children to their aunt's

place tomorrow.

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($ Exercise 3B )
Fill in the blanks with the correct tenses.

1. Shirley was _____ (fill) in a survey when her pen ran out of
ink.

2. What were you _____ (do) when the professor was talking?

3. It is strange that you (call) because I

- - - - - (is) just thinking about you.

4. The firemen _____ (rescue) the old man who

_ ____ (is) trapped on the fourth storey of the burning
building.

5. I _____ (meet) Mr Tan and his wife at Orchard Road

yesterday. They were _____ (shop).

6. Mother told me she had _____ (prepare) dinner.

7. Are you _____ (come) with us to the party tonight?

8. She was _____ (listen) to the radio when the couple stepped
into her shop.

9. Jimmy has _____ (go) to see the doctor and will not be
joining us later.

10. Are you _____ (cook) tonight?

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(S Exercise SA )
Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives.

1. Andy is a very - - - - - (knowledge) child because he reads

a lot.

2. Kok Meng is a - - - - - (sly, confident, quiet) thief.

3. I was - - - - - - (surprise) to receive an invitation to her

wedding.

4. She bought a ______ (maroon, beautiful) jacket from the

Christmas sale.

5. My grandmother showed off her (steel, expensive, new)

______ knife today.

6. We watched an _ _ _ _ _ (interest) movie about pirates last

week.

7. Does your chicken in the game lay - - - - - (gold) eggs?

Mine does.

8. What an ______ (amaze) performance! I feel almost like

part of it as well.

9. Who is that _ _ _ _ _ (mystery) man who keeps coming to

see her?

10. This kind of work is not _ _ _ _ _ (accept) to me. Please do

it again.

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{ \ Exercise SB )
Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives.

1. This bunch of flowers is ______ (beautiful) than that one.

2. To me, a holiday in an isolated resort i s - - - - - - (good)

than a holiday in a crowded city.

3. Ahmad is the ______ (smart) pupil in his class.

4. Sally is _ _ _ _ _ (short) than her elder sister.

5. She is the _ _ _ _ _ (pretty) girl in the competition. She

should win.

6. This is the ______ (expensive) watch out of all the watches

they have for sale.

7. He is the ______ (bad) boss I have ever met in my life.

8. I think Jones is _ _ _ _ _ (worthy) of this prize than James.

9. This shirt is the _ _ _ _ _ (cheap) of the two.

10. Som is _ _ _ _ _ (hardworking) than Jimmy.

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Unit 18: Singapore

{\ Exercise 18A)
Write the correct answers in the brackets.

1. Singapore is a democratic country and home to a range of

_ _ _ __, with a large population of Chinese, followed by
Malays, Indians and others.
(1) dialects (2) religions
(3) languages (4) ethnic groups (

2. English is the most widely used - - - - - in Singapore but

the majority of its people are bilingual.
(1) race (2) language
(3) dialect (4) population (

3. The _____ in Singapore include Buddhism/faoism, Islam,

Hinduism and Christianity.
(1) races (2) religions
(3) ethnic groups (4) population (

4. Early Singapore was the site of a small Malay fishing-- - ~

at the mouth of the Singapore River.
(1) village (2) port
(3) island (4) dialect (

5. Modern Singapore was _____ by an Englishman,

Sir Stamford Raffles, in 1819 and developed into a trading centre
in Southeast Asia.
(1) located (2) disclosed
(3) founded (4) reclaimed (

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6. Singapore's - - - - - is characterised by temperatures

ranging from 22 degrees Celsius to 34 degrees Celsius the whole
year round.
{1} humidity (2) island
{3} temperature (4) climate { }

7. T h e - - - - - level in Singapore often reaches a very high

percentage during prolonged heavy rain in November and
December.
{1) climate (2) humidity
(3) natural resources (4) temperature { }

8. Today, Singapore has grown into a _____ port and business

hub.
{1} hot {2} humid
(3) bustling (4) democratic ( }

9. Singapore has no oil and gas production or other _ _ _ __,

but its attractive foreign investment system has established it as
one of the world's top financial centres.
(1) ethnic groups (2) races
(3) natural resources (4) population ( }

10. Most Singaporean Chinese are descended from immigrants who

came from the regions of China where regional _ _ _ __
such as Hokkien, Teochew and Cantonese are spoken .
(1) dialects (2) races
(3) languages (4) religions ( )

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(\\ Exercise 188 )

Fill in each blank with the correct word from the box.

island reclaimed area population dialects

Have you ever been to Singapore? Singapore 1s a tiny

(1) _ _ _ _ _ located near the equator, with a (2) _ _ _ __

of close to S million people, made up of mostly Chinese, Malays,

Indians and Eurasians. They speak different languages and among the

Chinese, there are also different (3) _ _ _ _ _ _ spoken, including

Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka and Cantonese.

Partially built on (4) _ _ _ __ land with a land

(S) _ _ _ _ _ of 704 square kilometres, Singapore is a well-known

garden city. This is because there are beautifully landscaped flowers,

trees and plants all over the island.

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Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical enor.

Write the correct word in each of the boxes.

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11. abandoned
A fire broke out at an abendoned warehouse in the early hours of Tuesday

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morning. Huge flames burst off the sky. A resident estate next to it was also affekted.

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There was confeusion everywhere as people ran out of their houses in a frantic rush.

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Little children were by their parents and pets were dragged out of the homes.

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Alan is a misor. He spends very little money and keeps most of them in the bank.

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No one had ever been able to borrow even one dollar from him. Alan's brother is the

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oposite. He spends a lot of money buy things that he does not need. He is a spandthrift.

The two brothers are very different.

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 Challenge Yourself!

The text below contains THREE spelling or grammatical errors. Spot the errors
and write the correct words above them. Note that the first and last lines are
correct.

"Help!" screamed the old lady as a man ran

as fast as he could in the direction of the forrest.

He was the notorous robber. Everyone recognised

him because on the mole on his cheek, his blonde

hair and tattoos on his arms.

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Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error.

Write the correct word in each of the boxes.

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Rotary Primary School buried a time capsul a few days ago. All the students
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contrebuted something to it. The items were mostly things that was used in their daily
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lives. They puts in the school uniform, the school yearbook and even a smart card.

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Every centuary, Earth selects a man to reprezent it at the Galaxy Sports Meet.

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It is an event that everyone talked about as competitors come from the different
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plenets. The interesting part about the event that even aliens compete

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alongside humans. All participants receive the same treating regardless of where

they come from.

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 Challenge Yourself••

The text below contains THREE spelling or grammatical errors. Spot the enars
and write the correct words above them. Note that the first and last rtnes are
correct.

"What a beautiful place!" said Mark. He

was thrilling to be at the peak of the mountain.

From where he stood, he could see the whole

countrysite and it was the more beautiful place he

had ever seen. He was glad that he had decided

to go on the trip.

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NAME: .............................................. . DATE: ............................................... ,:

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Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error•
Write the correct word in each of the boxes.

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My sister was very upset because her favourite doll was break. I felt very sorry

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with her because it was my fault. I was playing to her doll the day before when she

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was not home. I accidentally dropped the doll on the floor and steps on it. One of its

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arms was deslodged from its body. My sister was feuming as I related the incident to

her.

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My parents are very strictly with me. I am hardly alloud to go out with my friends.

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I have to get their permision for everything. If I forget, they become very angry with

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me. My parents have explains that they do not want me to be led atray. They feel that

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I am still very young and I can be easily influeced by the people around me.
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l§ Practice 1 )
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

My parents bought five red cherry shrimps for me

last month as a reward for performing well in my
examinations. I kept them in a small tank by my bedside
and admired them regularly.

My shrimps were very small, with some of them less

than five centimetres long. I fed them every day with
fish flakes or tiny food pellets, especially those with a lot
of plant materials in them. They also ate small pieces of
raw vegetables that I salvaged from my mother's kitchen.

I tried to keep the temperature in the tank low,

below 26 degrees Celsius because they adjusted better
to cooler conditions. I did not have the chance to breed
them yet but such temperatures were also said to be
more conducive for breeding the shrimps. According to
information I found on the Internet, cherry shrimps are
one of the most hardy shrimp species around.

I was very excited when I saw that two of my shrimps

were pregnant a week later. Through their transparent,
reddish bodies, I could see them each carrying ten to
twenty small, white eggs in their bellies. I watched over
them carefully but did not see them lay eggs. However,
after three weeks, I was delighted to see tiny, microscopic
shrimps floating around in my tank.

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. What did the writer's parents buy her?

1

. For Q2 (a) - (e), read each statement and tick 'True' or 'False'.
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Refer to paragraphs 2 to 4.

Statement True False

All of the shrimps were less than five

(a)
centimetres long.

(b) The shrimps were fed raw vegetables.

The writer made sure the temperature in the

(c)
tank was low.

The writer got more information about the

(d)
shrimps from her parents.

The writer saw her shrimps lay eggs in her

(e)
tank.

3. Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which

the events occurred in the passage.
The writer saw microscopic shrimps in her tank.
The writer kept her shrimps in a small tank.
The writer fed her shrimps fish flakes.

4. Why was the writer 'very excited' (paragraph 4.)?

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2. Why did the seven powerful states build the Great Wall of China?

3. Which word in paragraph 3 has the same meaning as 'power'?

4. For Q4 (a) - (e), read each statement and tick 'True' or 'False'.
Refer to paragraphs 4 to 6.

Statement True false

(a) The Great Wall is still in very good condition.

The Great Wall is one of the Seven Wonders

(b)
of the World.

The Temple of Heaven is where thirteen

(c)
emperors of the Ming Dynasty were buried.

The writer visited the Summer Palace in

(d)
Beijing.

The writer did not enjoy her stay in Beijing,

(e)
China.

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{S Practice 3 )
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

I was at home with my eldest sister and my neighbour

one fine afternoon, an afternoon which I will remember
for the rest of my life. My sister was about 8 years old
and I was only about 6 years old then. The three of us
were playing in our garden that was surrounded by a
fence that had three fence boards missing from it.

While we were playing, I heard something move

among the leaves of the tre.es that grew along the fence.
I ~as not really prepared for what I was about to see
next. It was a fleshy, green, alien-like creature, with
tentacles for hair. It had dark, goldfish-like eyes and long
hands and feet. The most horrifying part of it was its
mouth because it had razor sharp teeth, and there was
saliva running down its bloated cheeks. It was looking
fiercely at me.

It then jumped through the missing boards in the

fence and with its long nails, dug its hands into the
bark of the tree. All the while, it was glaring at me. I
screamed loudly and ran as fast as I could. I cried as my

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heart raced with fear, trying to make sense of what I

had just seen.

My sister and neighbour, who did not see the creature,

were surprised at my sudden reaction. From the fear in
my eyes, they were scared too. My father came back at
this moment and was surprised to see me in such a state.
He comforted me. From that day onwards, I never dared
to step into the garden alone again.

Some 20 years later, when I was in university, I read

in a magazine about the sighting of a legendary creature
in 1983 in the place where we hod lived. It was the some
year that I encountered the alien creature.

1. What were the writer, his sister and his neighbour doing in the
garden when he was 6 years old?

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COMPREHENSION

2. For Q2 (a) - (e), read each statement and tick 'True' or 'False'.
Refer to paragraphs 2 to 4.

Statement True False

(a) The alien-like creature was looking at the

writer's sister.

(b) The writer thought that the alien-like

creature looked friendly.

(c) The writer was chased by the alien-like

creature.

The writer's sister and neighbour were scared

(d)
when they saw him.

The writer stopped going into his garden by

(e)
himself after seeing the alien-like creature.

3. Which word in paragraph 5 has the same meaning as 'discovery'?

4. Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which

the events occurred in the passage.
The writer read a magazine article about a legendary
creature.
The alien-like creature dug its hands into the bark of
a tree.
The writer was comforted by his father.

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