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- Test on the usage of Grammar – in Paper 1 under Section B
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- Given a passage with 8 blanks (Questions 11 – 18) ► November (4)
- Require to fill each blank with one suitable grammar item. ▼ September (20)
- Given 3 or 4 options (A, B and C or A, B, C and D) for each
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- Next, look at the context of the blank, that is, the words that / TALK
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- Check the tenses, subject-verb agreement, parts of speech
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- Finally, read through the whole text again to make sure that SECTION B (RATIONAL
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3) ‘before’, ‘while’, ‘when’ or ‘after’ – normally followed by
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present participles (verb + -ing)
4) a) ‘a’ for singular countable nouns that begin with consonant
sounds
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c) ‘the’ is used for unique words or words that have already been
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5) a) Plural forms – they, we, them, us, theirs, etc
b) Singular forms – he, she, it, his, hers, its, etc
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6) Subject-verb agreement
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a) singular subject takes singular verb
(i) add ‘s’, ‘es’, ‘ies’ to verbs
(ii) use of ‘has’, ‘is’, ‘does’
b) plural subject takes plural verb (including I and You)
(i) takes plural verb – no ‘s’ to verbs
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(ii) use of ‘have’, ‘do’, ‘are’, etc .
(iii) but for ‘I’ – use ‘am’, ‘was’
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