1. ARTICLES
A Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’.
1
house.
2
umbrella.
3
honest boy.
4
glass.
5
engineer.
6
pineapple.
7
hibiscus.
8
owl.
9
university.
10
laptop.
Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.
1 The chef cut
chicken with
knife.
2 I would like
cup of coffee and
slice of bread.
3 Muthu has
uncle who is
optician.
4
beggar at the doorstep looks hungry.
5 Can you sew with
needle?
6 The Eskimo lives in
igloo.
7 It will take
8
hour to reach the beach.
sun rises in
9 My mother bought
10
east.
leather handbag.
sky is very dark. It is going to rain.
11 There is a telephone booth down
12
men are repairing the road.
13
ostrich is
14
restaurant across
15 I saw
street.
deer.
bird which cannot fly.
road is famous for its fried noodles.
deer can run fast.

2. COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
A Group the words given in the box under the correct headings.
hoop
shop
bus
milk
sand
glass
butter
noodles
Countable Nouns
dust
pencil
van
sugar
honey
cup
spoon
soup
Uncountable Nouns
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
10
10
B Fill in the blanks with ‘much’ or ‘many’ .
1 There are
2 There isn’t
3 How
4 Do not drink too
squirrels on the tree.
salt in the jar.
times have you come late to school?
water before you go to bed.
5 The teacher told us not to make too
6 How
7 There isn’t
noise in the classroom.
goats are grazing in the field?
flour in the sack.
8 There was so
rubbish left after the concert.
9 Sharon has
dresses.
10
people are lining up in front of the counter.
pepper
woman
chilli sauce
brush

3. SIMPLE PAST TENSE
A. Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense of the verbs in brackets.
1I
2 The fisherman
3 The mechanic
(see) Amirul at the shopping mall last Sunday.
(catch) a lot of fish yesterday.
(repair) the car a moment ago.
4 The farmer
(feed) the chickens this morning
5 My father
(drive) to town just now.
6 The pupils
(queue) up to buy food at the canteen.
7 My mother
(buy) some vegetables this morning.
8 Puan Rosnah
(teach) us Bahasa Malaysia last year.
9 She
10 Last year, he
11 We
12 Mr Jason
13 The little girl
14 The zookeeper
(sweep) the floor this morning.
(go) to Japan.
(hear) a loud sound coming from the kitchen.
(meet) his friend at the airport.
(break) the vase.
(carry) the cub back to its cage.
15 Balan
(sing) very loudly in the bathroom.
16 The girl
(send) a postcard to her friend yesterday.
17 The thief
(steal) some money from my neighbour’s house.
18 Mother
(fry) some chicken for dinner.
19 She
(do) her work neatly.
20 My bother
(eat) a plate of fried rice just now.
21 He
(stand) at the door just now.
22 It
(rain) heavily last night.
23 The baby
(sleep) soundly.
24 Siew Kin
(sew) a dress for her doll yesterday.
25 My sister
(study) at University Malaya.

4. A COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
POSITIVE
1 sweet
2 poor
3 clean
4 beautiful
5 generous
6 polite
7 many
8 little
9 bad
10 good
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
B Give the correct form of the words given.
1 clever
A Rani is as
as Geetha.
B Jane is
than Geetha.
C Hasni is the
girl in class.
2 many
A Yogan has as
marbles as Kumar.
B Tony has
marbles than Ragu.
C Levan has the
marbles among the children.
3 sweet
1 The rambutan is
2 The honeydew is
than the rambutan.
3 The watermelon is the
4 wealthy
A Encik Abun is a
B Mr James is
C Mr Goerge Lee is the
man.
than Encik Abun.
man.

5. QUESTION WORDS
A Fill in the blanks with the correct WH-question words.
What
Which
Where
Whom
When
Whose
Who
How
1
do you make a kite?
2
shoes are under the bed?
3
were you talking to?
4
is the longest river in Malaysia?
5
is your ambition?
6
are you leaving for Penang?
7
did you come to my house?
8
is the stranger standing near the gate?
9
is the baby crying?
10
animal is tame? A cat or a tiger?
11
is the farmer doing on his farm?
12
did you play tennis with?
13
didn’t you come for my birthday party?
14
books are on the table?
15
much does the ring cost?
16
are you going for your holidays?
17
is your favourite food?
18
bicycle is punctured?
19
restaurant sells the best seafood?
20
did your mother prepare for lunch?
21
told you the news?
22
is the plan arriving?
23
did the teacher scold you?
Why

6. PREPOSITIONS
A. Underline the correct words in the brackets.
1 The clothes are ( on, in ) the cupboard.
2 The bank opens ( at, in ) 9 o’clock in the morning.
3 The dog jumped ( above, over ) the fence.
4 My father parked his car ( beside, between) a bus.
5 There is someone hiding ( beside, among ) the bushes.
6 Siva is waiting for the bus ( by, at) the bus- stop.
7 The beggar has not eaten ( since, for ) two days.
8 The boy is leaning ( at, against) the wall.
9 I will try to finish my homework ( by, in ) two o’clock.
10 Don’t sit ( in, on) the bench. It is wet.
B. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.
1 Can you put the thread
2 He put the rubbish
the needle?
the dustbin.
3 The coconuts dropped
the ground.
4 The horse leaped
the stream.
5 The butterfly flew
the flowers.
6 Don’t step
the grass.
7 The trekkers walked carefully
the jungle path.
8 Take off your shoes
you enter the house.
9 It usually rains
December.
10 Please be careful when you walk
11 The pupil apologized
12
13 I shall return
14 The aeroplane flew
the road.
the teacher for being late.
recess, there will be a meeting for all prefects.
an hour.
the clouds.

7. ANSWERS – ARTICLES
A
1a
2 an
3 an
4a
5 an
6a
7a
8 an
9a
10 a
B
1 the ,a
2 a, a
3 an, an
4 The
5a
6 an
7 an
8 The, the
9a
10 The
11 the
12 The
13 An, a
14 The, the
15 a, the

8. ANSWERS- COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
A Countable nouns
Uncountable nouns
1 hoop
1 sand
2 bus
2 butter
3 shop
3 milk
4 glass
4 noodles
5 pencil
5 dust
6 van
6 sugar
7 cup
7 honey
8 spoon
8 soup
9 brush
9 pepper
10woman
10 chilli sauce
B
1 many
2 much
3 many
4 much
5 much
6 many
7 much
8 much
9 many
10 many

9. ANSWERS –SIMPLE PAST TENSE
1 saw
2 caught
3 repaired
4 fed
5 drove
6 queued
7 bought
8 taught
9 swept
10 went
11 heard
12 met
13 broke
14 carried
15 sang
16 sent
17 stole
18 fried
19 did
20 ate
21 stood
22 rained
23 slept
24 sewed
25 studied

10. ANSWERS-COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
A
Comparative
Superlative
1 sweeter
sweetest
2 poorer
poorest
3 cleaner
cleanest
4 more beautiful
most beautiful
5 more generous
most generous
6 more polite
most polite
7 more
most
8 less
least
9 worse
worst
10better
best
B
1A clever
B cleverer
C cleverer
2 A many
B more
C most
3 A sweet
B sweeter
C sweetest
4 A wealthy
B wealthier
C wealthiest

11. ANSWERS-QUESTION WORDS
1 How
2 Whose
3 Whom
4 Which
5 What
6 When
7 How
8 Who
9 Why
10Which
11What
12Whom
13Why
14Whose
15How
16Where
17What
18Whose
19Which
20What
21Who
22When
23Why

12. ANSWERS-PREPOSITIONS
A
1 in
2 at
3 over
4 beside
5 among
6 at
7 for
8 against
9 by
10 on
B
1 through
2 into
3 onto
4 across
5 among
6 on
7 along
8 before
9 in
10 across
11 to
12 After
13 in
14 above