Grammar Practice 3 Unit 1

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

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Building Language Skills

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Building Language Skills

Grammar Practice

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A Strong

Foundation for Grammar Accuracy

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First published 2013 Second impression 2014 ISBN 978-981-4370-53-0 Publisher: Sim Wee Chee Printed in Singapore

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UNIT 1

Parts of Speech

UNIT 2

Quantitative Adjectives 1

10

UNIT 3

Quantitative Adjectives 2

15

UNIT 4

Comparatives and Superlatives

20

UNIT 5

Position of Adjectives

25

UNIT 6

Verbs and Objects

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UNIT 7

Verbs and Adjectives

35

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UNIT 8 Idioms

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UNIT 9 Prepositions

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UNIT 10 The To-infinitive

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UNIT 11 The To-infinitive as an Object and as a Subject 57 UNIT 12 Negative Sentences

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UNIT 13 Imperative Sentences

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UNIT 14 Interrogative Sentences 72 UNIT 15 Conjunctions

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UNIT 16 Interrogatives

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UNIT 17 Tenses 1: Present and Past 87 UNIT 18 Tenses 2: Future

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Review Test 2

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Parts of Speech Grammar Recognition Read the passage and answer the questions.

Have you seen the movie ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’? Audrey Hepburn was

the main actress in that movie. She was (

) but she also had a

beautiful heart. She helped poor children in Africa.

She joined UNICEF in 1988 and travelled all over Africa. She met many poor children and gave them love and hope.

A photographer went to Africa with her. He took

pictures of her with poor African children. Many people saw these pictures and wanted to help the children. Audrey started a fund and raised more than one million dollars.

1. Circle all the verbs in the passage.

2. Choose the most suitable word that can be put into the brackets. a. pretty b. danced c. very well 3. Who does He refer to?

• Personal pronouns are pronouns about people. There are the subjective form, objective form and possessive form.

Example: They -- their -- them

• Mark the personal pronouns that do not match the given form with an 'X'.

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He -- subjective

My -- possessive

Him -- objective

Our -- subjective

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Every word belongs to a part of speech depending on its meaning and role. We will study six types of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions.

Nouns

Refer to names of animals, things and places. They are usually used as subjects and objects in a sentence. Some nouns are: cat, dog, bird, cup, book, lake, mountain. Example: Dogs like people.

Pronouns

Usually used in place of nouns. Some pronouns are: I, you, she, he, they, we, this, that, it. Example: That is my father’s car.

Verbs

Refer to the action or state of the subject (noun/pronoun) in a sentence.

Some verbs are: have, make, go, eat, sleep, read, climb. Example: Tommy climbed the mountain.

Adjectives

Describe or modify the form or state of nouns. Some adjectives are: fast, slow, pretty, small, round, tall, fat. Example: The cats are small.

Adverbs

Show the time, add meaning to verbs and modifies adjectives. Some adverbs are: well, really, today, tomorrow, easily, hard. Example: She speaks English well.

Prepositions

Come in front of nouns and show position, place and time. Some prepositions are: on, in, at, to, from, with, for.

Example: I visit my grandma on Sunday.

Tryout A Write the part of speech of each highlighted word.

1. Did you see the movie?

2. She helped poor children.

3. People gathered money and sent it to her.

4. Audrey was very beautiful.

Tryout B Write the part of speech of each word in order.

1. People loved her.

2. I went to his house yesterday.

3. My father reads books on weekends.

• Apart from the six word classes listed, there are also conjunctions (and, but, etc) and exclamations (oh, well).

• Note that some words can belong to different word classes. Example: He has a fast car. / His car runs fast.

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A Place each word according to its part of speech. A few have been done for you.

movie

beautiful

poor

children

many

there

her

picture

with

want

gather

very

hungry

they

on

sick

really

at

in

parent

it

buy

us

live

1. Noun :

2. Pronoun :

3. Verb :

4. Adjective :

5. Adverb :

6. Preposition:

movie they buy hungry really on

B Circle each underlined word that has a different part of speech from the other two words in the sentence. The first one has been done for you.

1. Many children need help.

2. Today, UNICEF still helps many children.

3. They lost their homes and their parents.

4. They were sick and hungry.

5. Some children collected many cards.

6. UNICEF gave them food and drugs.

7. They don’t have money and cannot buy food.

8. She built hospitals and schools for them.

9. On Christmas, some people do not sleep at night.

10. Audrey had a pretty face and a beautiful heart.

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C Fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box.

hope

saw

poor

1. She met many

today

in

children in Africa.

2. People 3.

she

the pictures and wanted to help them. raised more than one million dollars.

4. Audrey was the main actress

that movie.

5. They gave the children love and 6.

.

, people don’t know her name.

D If the underlined words in both the sentences are the same part of speech, put a tick in the brackets. Otherwise, put an ‘X’.

1. They water the flower twice a week.

(

)

(

)

(

)

They will give us love and hope.

5. He watches movies on his computer.

)

Can I ask for help?

4. We love our children and take care of them.

(

I use many paints when I do finger painting.

3. The poor children need our help.

)

There is no water in the desert.

2. She paints the house pink.

(

Why don’t we watch the DVD at home?

Let’s Speak

Answer each question.

1. What can we see in Africa? We can see 2. What was his job? He was a 3. When will you go to America? I will 4. How do you help poor children? I

in Africa. . . .

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Exercises

Word Rearrange the letters to form words to fill in the blanks. actress in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. (a m n i)

1. Audrey was the

waiting for him.

2. Ted didn’t come yet. We are

and sick.

3. Many African children are

to?

5. What countries did you 6. You

(o o r p) us?

4. We are a great baseball team. Will you

(i l l t s) (j i n o) (a l t v r e)

things easily. You should be more careful. (o l e s)

Grammar A Circle the letter in front of the word that does not belong to the group.

1. a. poor

b. beautiful

c. love

d. many

2. a. help

b. meet

c. gather

d. children

3. a. she

b. them

c. our

d. there

4. a. in

b. to

c. of

d. his

5. a. good

b. well

c. really

d. slowly

B Fill in each blank with a word from the part of speech in the brackets.

1. They are

best friends. children.

2. She helped

in the morning.

4. He gets up

houses and live there.

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(Adjective ) .

3. I love that movie and the 5. People

(Pronoun) (Noun) (Adverb) (Verb)

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