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
Empowering Minds Improving Lives
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Building Language Skills
Grammar Practice
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A Strong
Foundation for Grammar Accuracy
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Building Language Skills
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A Strong
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Published by Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd 745 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh, #03-07, Singapore 319455 enquiry@alstonpublishinghouse.com www.alstonpublishinghouse.com Š 2013 Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. 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
30
UNIT 7
Verbs and Adjectives
35
5
UNIT 8 Idioms
40
UNIT 9 Prepositions
45
50
Review Test 1
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UNIT 10 The To-infinitive
52
UNIT 11 The To-infinitive as an Object and as a Subject 57 UNIT 12 Negative Sentences
62
UNIT 13 Imperative Sentences
67
UNIT 14 Interrogative Sentences 72 UNIT 15 Conjunctions
77
UNIT 16 Interrogatives
82
UNIT 17 Tenses 1: Present and Past 87 UNIT 18 Tenses 2: Future
92
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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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