A Strong
Foundation for Grammar Accuracy
Building Language Skills
Grammar Practice
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Grammar Practice is a series of four books developed to help primary learners build a strong foundation for grammar accuracy. This series can be used by teachers in the classroom or by tutors teaching a small group of students.
Grammar Practice
Each unit addresses an aspect of grammar and consists of the following: • clear explanation of grammar points; • meaningful examples of the grammar points used in sentences; • grammar practice and review questions; and • a speaking activity that allows students to apply what they learned;
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• an exercise on constructing sentences; and • a checklist for vocabulary and grammar.
A Strong Foundation for Grammar Accuracy
ISBN
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Grammar Practice A Strong
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Building Language Skills
Grammar Practice
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A Strong
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UNIT 01 Personal Pronouns
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UNIT 02 There is / There are
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UNIT 03 Plural Nouns and Possessive Nouns
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UNIT 04 How Many / How Much
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UNIT 05 Quantitative Adjectives
29
UNIT 06 Adverbs (Too / Either, Always / Never)
35
UNIT 07 The Present Progressive
41
UNIT 08 Simple Past 1: Simple Past Tense
47
of the Verb ‘To Be’
UNIT 09 Simple Past 2: Simple Past Tense of Verbs 53
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Review Test 1
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UNIT 10 Modal Verbs
61
UNIT 11 Interrogatives 1: Where / When / What Time 67 UNIT 12 Impersonal Subject: It
73
UNIT 13 Interrogatives 2: Who / Whose / Which 79 UNIT 14 Conjunctions
85
UNIT 15 Prepositions
91
UNIT 16 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
97
UNIT 17 Imperatives and Exclamations
103
UNIT 18 Present, Past and Continuous Tense
109
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Review Test 2
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Personal Pronouns I – my – mine he – his – his
you – your – yours she – her – hers
we – our – ours they – their – theirs
Personal pronouns are pronouns in the possessive form. The possessive form of ‘my’ is ‘mine’. ‘Mine’ is called a possessive pronoun. • • • •
This is my ruler. It is mine. (= my ruler) Your bread is small. Hers is big. (= Her bread) Those tools are his. (= his tools) The house is theirs, not ours.
Check!
Rewrite the underlined words as possessive pronouns. 1. My books are all interesting. 2. How about your sister’s? 3. His shirt is red and blue.
I – myself he – himself
you – yourself she – herself
we – ourselves they – themselves
Another form of personal pronouns is reflexive pronouns. Reflexive pronouns in sentences can be used for different expressions and meanings. • I myself bake bread. • Help yourself.
Check!
• We look at ourselves in the mirror. • He cleans his room by himself.
Fill in each blank with a suitable reflexive pronoun. 1. Do your homework 2. She stays home by 3. Please come to my party and help
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. at noon. . UNIT 01 • Personal Pronouns 5
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A Match each personal pronoun to its correct possessive pronoun and reflexive pronoun.
1. he
•
•
his
•
•
heself
•
him
•
•
himself
2. we •
•
our
•
•
ourself
•
ours
•
•
ourselves
3. they •
•
them •
•
theirselves
•
theirs •
•
themselves
4. she •
•
her
•
•
herself
•
hers
•
•
herselves
B Circle the correct word in the brackets. 1. (My / Mine) tool is on the chair. 2. This money is (her / hers). 3. (They / Their) father is a baker. 4. (Your / Yours) beetles are pretty. 5. His uniform is blue. (My / Mine) is red. 6. Do you know (our / ours) friend Mark?
C Look at the example in the box. Put a tick in the brackets if the underlined word is used in the same way as the example. He goes to the hospital himself. 1. I say to myself, “You are wrong.”
(
)
2. She bakes the cake herself.
(
)
3. They ask themselves the question.
(
)
4. He climbs the mountain by himself.
(
)
5. My brother puts on his clothes himself.
(
)
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D Fill in each blank with the correct word from the box.
mine
my
yourself
My Birthday is ...
your
3 March/2009 Sun
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Tom: Hey, Daisy. Can you come to party this Tuesday? Daisy: What is the party for?
Mon
Tue
Wed
2
3
8
9
10
15
16
17
25
22
23
24
29
30
31
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Thu
Fri
Sat
5
6
11
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19
20
21
26
27
28
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Tom: This Tuesday is my birthday. Daisy: Really? I think birthday is in May. Tom: That’s Sally’s.
is on the 31st of March, this
Tuesday. Daisy: Oh, I’m sorry. I promise I will be there. Tom: Thanks. We will have lots of food. You can help
.
Daisy: All right! See you on Tuesday.
Replace the underlined words with a suitable pronoun and complete each sentence. • A: Is Sally’s birthday in June? B: Yes, hers is in June . Tip!
1. A: Is Peter’s cat nice?
B: Yes,
.
2. A: Does Tara’s plants grow well?
B: Yes,
.
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Sally is the name of a girl, so we use ‘hers’ for Sally’s things. Peter is the name of a boy and Tara is the name of a girl.
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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Hello, Lalaina. Thanks for your e-mail. You asked me about Norway.
I’ll start with the weather. Ours is different from yours. Now, it is winter. Winter here is very cold. It is –27˚C! It snows from November to April. We wear thick sweaters. How about your country? What kind of food do you eat? We eat lots of fish from the sea. Bye!
Your friend, Inger Hi, Inger. I love your sweater. Your winter is so cold. I didn’t know
that! Today it’s too hot again. It’s sunny and hot from November to April. It is now 31˚C. We wear light clothes. The clothes cover our legs and shoulders. Many tourists come here. They wear short pants and T-shirts. Our clothes are different from (
). Oh! We also eat fish. But I
like sweet fruits like mango and papaya.
Love, Lalaina 1. Circle all the possessive forms in the passage. 2. What does yours refer to? 3. Choose the correct word that can be placed in the brackets.
a. they
b. their
c. theirs
Personal pronouns me my I you your you
ouns Possessive pronouns Reflexive pron myself mine yourself yours
he
his
him
his
himself
she
her
her
hers
herself
they
their
them
theirs
we
our
us
ours
themselves ourselves
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Exercises Word Check Fill in the missing letters with letters from the box. One has been done for you. 1. I have a long r u l e r . It’s 50 cm. s : hammer, nail, etc.
cookies and cakes at home?
4. You can see yourself in the m i r r 5. We should c l
a
e
o
e
3. Do you b a k
l
e
2. There are different t
e
o
r .
e
o
e
o o
e
n our house on Saturday.
6. How well does your b
t
l
grow?
7. The girls are wearing u n i f 8. Our teacher asks us q u
s
r m s . t
i
n
s .
Word Check Complete the puzzle using the given words in the correct form. 1
2
3 4 5
1.
friends are very kind. (they)
2. He gets up early
.
(he)
3. Let me introduce
.
(I)
.
4. Don’t touch
.
5. We can do it
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(we)
(we)
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Exercises Grammar Check A Circle the possessive pronouns in each sentence. 1. This ruler is mine. 2. The white car is theirs. 3. Those coins are hers. 4. I can’t find his. 5. We use ours every day.
B Change each highlighted word into a suitable reflexive pronoun and rewrite the sentence. 1. I say the word to I.
2. She bakes the cake she.
3. They ask they the question.
4. He climbs the mountain by he.
5. I take pictures of I.
Let’s Make Sentences Rearrange each set of words and write the sentence. 1. job / is / his / a / baker
.
2. take / of / pictures / I / myself
.
3. birthday / your / May / in / is
.
4. really / his / is / good / computer
.
5. pretty / beetles / your / are
.
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