GRAMMAR RATIONAL CLOZE

What you must know about rational cloze;

a. It asks about GRAMMAR

b. It asks about VOCABULARY

By now you should already know;

Legend:

Singular subject = one subject only, 1 person, 1 animal, 1 fruit, 1 place, 1

pronoun

(1 subjek sahaja , I orang, 1 binatang, 1 buah, 1 tempat, 1 kata ganti

nama)

Plural subjects = two subjects , 2 people, 2 animals, 2 fruits, 2 places, 2

pronouns

(2 subjek, 2 orang, 2 binatang, 2 buah, 2 tempat, 2 kata ganti nama)

1. The SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

SINGULAR SUBJECTS Is was

He

She
Has had verb + s
It

Aminah
 The lion
Does did
The book

PLURAL SUBJECTS
Are were
I

You
Have had verb - s
We

They

The students
Do did
Gina and Rita

Jing Ying and her boyfriend

1. The types of TENSES AND WHEN TO USE THEM

PERFECT
TYPES SIMPLE CONTINUOUS PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

She has
eaten the She has been
I eat
PRESENT I am eating now. cake 2 running for 2
everyday.
minutes hours now.
ago.

He had
He had been
He ate the He was eating eaten this
running to the
PAST cake when I called type of
store when I saw
yesterday. him. cake
him.
before.

Aminah Amin will be

will go to sleeping at his
FUTURE - -
Australia mother's house
tomorrow. tomorrow.

1.
The prepositions and the meanings
 2.
Using AT

3.

4.

For small places : at the store, at the hospital, at the school, at Taman Molek, at Desa Harmoni, at
Pandan

For time : at 10 o'clock, at 5 in the morning, at night, at noon

Using IN

For big places : in Johor Bahru, in Pasir Gudang, in Johor, in Pahang, in Singapore, in Malaysia

To state that the person / object is 'INSIDE' the building /place : in the hospital, in the school, in the
area, in the box

For time : in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening (YOU CANNOT SAY ' at the morning, at the
afternoon, at the evening = TAK BOLEH BUAT AYAT INI)

1.
The non-action verbs & types of non-action verbs & when to use them

2.
NON-ACTION VERBS WITH VERBS

3.

4.

Is (singular, present) was

(singular, I, past)

Verbs to Be Are (plural, present) were (plural, See notes

past)

Am (I, present)

Verbs to Has See notes

Have
 Have

Had

Do (Plural, Present)

Verbs to Do Does (singular, present) See notes

Did (past, singular and plural)

Basic verbs only

Can eat

Can (boleh) could (mungkin Will sleep

boleh)
+ must take
May (boleh tak) might (mungkin
akan) Have to keep

Will (akan) would (akan) Need to rest

Must (mesti) Able to work

Modal Shall (akan) should (sepatutnya) Ought to stand

Verbs

Have to (mesti) CANNOT USE

Need to (perlu) Can ate can eaten
Able to (boleh) Will sleeping will slept
Ought to (sepatutnya) Must taken must took

May rented may rents

5. ADJECTIVES - BASIC, COMPARATIVE, SUPERLATIVE

Using Basic Adjectives

 Slow

The bus is slow.

The slow bus is taking a long time to get there.

She has a slow sister.

Using Comparative adjective

Slower

The bus is slower than a snail.

Using Superlative Adjective

Slowest

The Kancil is the slowest car among all types of cars.

The little girl runs the slowest among her friends. the girl is the slowest runner if compared to her
other

friends.

1.
PRONOUNS personal pronouns and possessive pronouns

2.

3.

Personal Personal pronouns Possessive Possessive

pronouns as as object pronouns as Pronouns as
subject subject Object

(pronoun + noun) (is /are/was/were

+ pronoun)
1.Preposition +
(pronoun + verb pronoun
/ predicate)
 2.Action verb +
pronoun

1. The book
belongs to me.
My book is on the The book is
I have a book.
table. mine.
2. My brother
hit me.

1. The girl ran

towards you.
Your cat is over
You have a cat. The cat is yours.
there.
2. The cat likes
you.

1.The dog is with

us.

2. The dog licked Our dog is

We have a dog. The dog was ours.
us. running.

3.Rita bathed us
yesterday.

1.Your mother is
beside them.
They want to Those lions were
2.His mother is Their car is huge.
eat. theirs.
petting them.

3.Rosa loved her.

1.My brother
brought him the
He sleeps after book. His father is a
The cars were his.
eating. soldier.
2.Dave walked
after him.

Jonas marks are

She walked by beneath hers. My sister and her
Our pens are now
the haunted sister are best
hers.
house. Tan always makes friends.
him cry.

It is a cute lion. Li Ling pushed it Its tail is long. The milk is it's.
into the lake.
 Indra pushed the
bowl at it.

1. Adverbs - when to use them = after a verb use to add detail to the verb in use.

Sometimes, often, usually, every day, every year, every time, (every + month, week, fortnight,
Sunday, Mother's Day, birthday..), rarely, all the time, many times, once a week, yesterday,
tomorrow, two weeks from now, last year, most of the time..etc

Carefully, slowly, beautifully, hurriedly, gently, quickly, ( ADJECTIVE + LY)

1.
Articles a, an, the

2.
Remember;

3.
You CANNOT USE - 'the' or 'a' or 'an' IN FRONT OF A PROPER NOUN (KATA NAMA KHAS)

4.

5.
The Hospital Sultanah Aminah = WRONG

6.
The Clinic Rambutan = WRONG

7.

8.
The Pn. Najihah = WRONG
 9.
The En. Mohd Rafy = WRONG

10.

11.
The Restaurant Adibah = WRONG

12.
The Kedai Runcit Syafiq = WRONG

13.

14.
The SMK Sultan Ereen Shah = WRONG

15.
The University Joseph Ng = WRONG

16.

17.
The Taman Sultan Kamaruzzaman = WRONG

18.
The Jalan Hao Jie = WRONG

19.

20.
YOU MUST USE THE ARTICLE 'THE' in front of

21.
 22.
OBJECTS (objek / benda the pencil, the book, the car.)

23.
OBJECTS / PLACES / PEOPLE YOU HAVE REFERRED TO BEFORE (benda / tempat / orang anda telah rujuk
sebelum itu)

24.