EXERCISE 1

Fill in the blanks with a , an or the.

A Bag in a Bag

This is a true story. Last year I went into 1 big sports shop because I wanted
2 sports bag. 3 assistant came up to me, and I told him what I

wanted. 4 assistant brought me three different bags. I chose 5

smallest one and paid for it. 6 assistant put 7 bag in 8

large plastic bag. I told him one bag was enough, and asked him to take 9 bag out
of 10 other bag. He did so, but he looked very unhappy as I walked out of

EXERCISE 2
Underline the nouns in these sentences.
1. The careless boy lost his pen.
2. I went to the market with my mother.
3. The girl fell down the stairs.
4. My grandfather has an old car.
5. The typist works in the post office.
6. The fishermen are drying their nets in the sun.
7. The scout jumped into the pond to save the child.
8. The robbers broke into the shop and took all the money.

EXERCISE 3

Underline the correct answer.

1. The ( boys , boy ) are playing badminton.

2. Can I have a plate of ( rice , milk ).
3. The ( horse , horse’s) tail is bushy.
4. Please put (a little , many ) salt into the soup.
5. ( A herd , A staff ) of cows are grazing in the field.
6. The ( twins , cousins ) looks like each other.
7. ( Buffaloes, Donkeys ) are very useful farm animals.
8. You can put your pencils in this ( case, purse ).
 EXERCISE 4
Fill in each blank with a suitable personal pronoun below.

them they he her us

she you we they him
1. Robert went out to play after had taken his lunch.

2. Nomads are wanderers and do not have any fixed homes.

3. Have you seen Susan? I have not seen since last week.

4. The gardener told not to play near the road but we did not listen.

5. The old man wanted to cross the road, so I helped

6. My friend and I joined the army. wanted to be soldiers.

7. Although whales are mammals, live in the sea.

8. My sister dreamt that was flying like a bird.

9. I came to your house because I wanted to talk to urgently.

10. My friends made me join for a drink.

EXERCISE 5
Underline the correct answer.
1. My mother sends to school every morning ( me, mine )
2. Janet played with just now. ( her, hers )
3. I polished bicycle this morning. ( my, he )
4. class is the cleanest. ( Our, Yours )
5. I found this umbrella. I think it belongs to . ( you, their )
6. is helping his father in the workshop. ( He, She )
7. Muthu is not at home. He had gone to father’s house. ( her, his )
8. My sister and like to watch the show. ( me, I )
9. Did you tell to bring some food? ( they, them )
10. visited relatives in Batu Pahat on Sunday. ( We, Us )
11. Please give some dog food. ( it, its )
12. are wild animals. ( This, These )
13. Do not go near . ( they, them )
14. is an architect. ( He, Him )
15. I saw at the market last week. ( her, him )
EXERCISE 6
Fill in the blanks with ‘am’, ‘is’ and ‘are’.
1.Neither she nor I going to the concert.
2.Either she or they _to take the things to your house afterwards.
3.Too much salt bad for you for it will give you high blood pressure.
4.The town council proposing a law to make every house owner pay extra tax.
I think everyone will object.
5.The children going to get the best opportunities in life.
6.He can never give up politics because politics in his blood.
7.The policemen setting up road blocks everywhere to catch the robbers.
8.There a number of chairs in the canteen. You can take one of them.
9.The owner of the three houses not here today.

EXERCISE 7
Fill in the blanks with ‘was’ or ‘were’.
1. The prices of the things he bought very high.

2. Every boy and every girl in the school asked to help in the concert last month.

3. Neither he nor I wrong in this matter. So, do not blame either of us.

4. Not only his friends but also his enemies praising him for his honesty at a
ceremony two years ago.

5. There very little variety in the food they served in the canteen.

6. The crew and passengers treated to dinner when they landed on the
island.

7. His family always eating durians when they visited their grandparents in
the village.

8. The class quietly doing their work when the teacher went to the office.

9. “The Beautiful Garden” written by a Malaysian author three years ago.

 EXERCISE 8
Underline the correct forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
1. The earth [ moves / move ] round the sun.
2. Lions and tigers [ hunt / hunts] for food in the jungle.
3. Anna and Ben [ practises / practise ] playing the piano an hour everyday.
4. Mosquitoes [ is / are] harmful insects.
5. Latif often [ watch / watches] television at night.
6. Cocks [ crow / crows] ; a hen [ cackle / cackles].
7. Mona usually [ exercises / exercise ] in the morning.
8. Sometimes the children [ walk / walks ] to school but usually their father [ drive /drives] them.
9. Sheila and her cousins often [ participate / participates] in essay writing competitions.
10. My friend [ speak / speaks ] Chinese fluently but he [ do not know / does not know how
to write it.

EXERCISE 9
Complete these sentences by underlining the correct verb form.
Sarah ( 1) ( is / are ) a policewoman. Her day (2) ( begin / begins ) early. She

(3) (leave / leaves ) for work at 6 a.m. each day. She ( arrives / arrive ) at the police station

at 7.45 a.m. At 8 a.m. she and the other officers (5) (attend / attends) a meeting. Their

police chief Captain Costa (6) ( talk / talks) to them about their duties for the day.Sarah and

her partner Bill usually (7) (patrols / patrol ) a certain part of the city each day. They ( 8

) (make / makes ) sure that the streets and back alley ( 9 ) (is / are) safe for the public.

They visit shopping and video arcades to look for students who (10) (play / plays)

truant. Sarah’s day often ( 11 ) ( end / ends ) at 6.30 p.m.

EXERCISE 10
1. Ali (wash) his car every Saturday.

2. Aminah (iron) her clothes every morning.

3. Every day, Ali (read) books, (do) his homework and

(play) football.

4. Every Sunday morning, Aminah (go) to the market, (buy)

newspaper and (do) house chores.
 EXERCISE 11
Past Tense – Regular Verbs
Write the past tense for the verbs below.
1. walk
2. play
3. boil
4. wash
5. kick
6. lock
7. watch
8. clean
9. sew
10. dust
11. paint
12. fry
13. study
14. pray
15. try
16. cry
17. dry
18. live
19. wipe
20. smile

EXERCISE 12
Fill in the blanks by changing the verb in the brackets into past tense form.

1. The result was so unexpected that it shocked everyone. (shock)

2. My mother chicken curry for dinner last night. (cook)
3. Sam us to lock the doors. (remind)
4. My sister my hand so tightly that it hurt. (grip)
5. Who my new shoes? (borrow)
6. My mother her clothes while watching television. (iron)
7. We had to stop the game yesterday because it heavily. (rain)
8. His sister cakes for him yesterday. (bake)
9. The headmaster his teachers about the new programme. (inform)
EXERCISE 13
Use the words in the brackets to fill in the blanks.
1. Kamal his grandfather in the village . (visit, visited)
2. They fruits at the orchard.( plucking, plucked)
3. Siti after he sisters when her mother was away. (look, looked)
4. My mother chicken rice last night. (cooking, cooked)
5. Sarimah and Karina the clothes and dried them outside. (washing,
washed)
6. Kamal to school yesterday because his bicycle broke down. (walked,
walk)
7. David was bored, so he a movie last night. (watch, watched)
8. Lim and Shini the desks and chairs just now. (arrange,
arranged)
9. Jokun a few books from the library just now. (borrowing,
borrowed)
10. She with the headmaster an hour ago. (talk, talked)
11. The boys in the river yesterday evening.( playing, played)
12. When they the zoo, they bought the tickets at the counter.
( reach, reached)
13. My grandmother some chilli seeds in the garden. (plants, planted)
14. My father and my uncle the house last Sunday.( paint,
painted)
15. Puan Minah a hammer to hit the nail into the wall. (using, used)

EXERCISE 14
Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense (irregular verbs).
1 The man (drive) his car to work yesterday.
2 The boys (swim) _in the swimming pool the whole morning.
3 Siti Nurhaliza (sing) a melodious song at the concert.
4 Mariah (write) on the exercise book.
5 The boy (run) _towards his father.
6 The Mathematics teacher (teach) the students algebra last week.
7 My mother (go) _to the market this morning.
8 Cik Zarina Bi (pay) _the shopkeeper for the goods.
9 The Prime Minister (shake) hands with the teachers at the parade.
 EXERCISE 15
Past Tense- Irregular Verbs
Write the Simple Past Tense for the following verbs.
1. go
2. eat -
3. sit
4. see
5. run
6. give
7. find
8. dig
9. sell
10. send
11. sink
12. lose
13. take
14. blow
15. sell

EXERCISE 16
Underline the correct preposition in the bracket.
1. Alan is very tall (for, in ) his age.
2. He went to work (on, at) half past seven.
3. Alia sat (beside, between) Rosnah and Lim.
4. I have replied (to, from ) her letter.
5. He is (on, in ) duty today.
6. The cat is lying (on, inside) the sofa.
7. He has been reading (since, for ) ten o’clock.
8. My mother is not (in, at ) home.
9. The boy fell (of, off ) his horse and broke his leg.
10. Have you heard (from, at) Aini lately?
EXERCISE 17
Underline the correct answer.
1. The boy is walking (to, from, across) the canteen.
2. Mary ran (into, toward, across) the road.
3. The kitten fell (from, into, past) the well.
4. The seal leapt (from, into, through) the hoop.
5. He is cycling (from, to, along) the school to the market.
6. The deer is running (to, from, past) the tiger.
7. Please be at the cinema (before, by, on) 6.00 p.m. because the movie is starting at
6.15 p.m.

EXERCISE 18
Underline the correct conjunction in the sentences below.
1. (Both / Either) Hamidah and Zarin are friends of mine.
2. I was fast asleep (because / when) the telephone rang.
3. I will ask (either / neither) Samy or Muthu to give me a lift home today.
4. The children were extremely rude, (and / so) they were punished.
5. (Unless / Although) we stayed back late, we could not complete our project.
6. We will have to postpone the football game (because / if) it rains heavily today.
7. (Beside / Besides) sewing, my grandmother spends her time reading.
8. Soo Ching took a part time job (in order / so) to supplement her family’s income.
9. (Because / Although) Encik Nordin is already eighty years old, he is still very active.
10. Sharon is absent today (so / because) she is not feeling well.
11. They had to leave early ( because, until ) they had another meeting to attend.
12. You will not be able to solve it ( unless, since ) you understand this question.
13. My brother slept early( so that, because ) he could get up early the next morning.
14. Linda was in Australia ( while, since ) her husband was in Singapore.
15. I like reading story books ( but, and ) I don’t like drawing.
16. She had finished cleaning the house (and, although) the cooking before noon.
17. My father speaks Japanese ( as well as, as soon as ) English.
18. Give me back my book ( after, until ) you have finished reading it.
19. Wash your hands ( before, both ) you touch the baby.
20. My brother has not come back ( although, since ) this morning.