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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UNIT 01 Personal Pronouns
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UNIT 02 Nouns and Pronouns
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UNIT 03 Quantitative Adjectives
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UNIT 04 Adverbs of Time and Frequency
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UNIT 05 Modal Verbs
29
UNIT 06 The To-infinitive
35
UNIT 07 To-infinitives and Gerunds
41
UNIT 08 Indefinite Pronouns
47
UNIT 09 Verbs and Objects
53
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UNIT 10 Words and Phrases 61 UNIT 11 Clauses and Sentences
67
UNIT 12 Types of Sentences
73
UNIT 13 Sentence Elements
79
UNIT 14 Subject and Predicate 85 UNIT 15 Subject-Verb Agreement
91
UNIT 16 Tense Agreement
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UNIT 17 Conjunctions 103 UNIT 18 Sentence Completion
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Personal Pronouns Situation Grammar Read the passage and answer the questions. Ted: Ellen, could you turn off the music? It’s a little loud. Ellen: Why? (a) I like it! It’s a great song, Ted. (b) You should listen to this. Ted: I’m studying now. Your music is bothering me. Ellen: You can study and listen to the music at the same time. Ted: You can do that. But for me, it’s just loud noise! Ellen: Then we have different points of view. Ted: Hmm … different points of view? Ellen: Yes. You think the music is bad. And I think the music is great. Ted: Anyway, Ellen, I should study now. Can you just turn down the volume for (
)?
Ellen: OK, but try to listen to it. It’s really great.
1. Circle all the pronouns that refer to people in the passage above. 2. Who do ‘I’ and ‘You’ refer to?
(a) I:
(b) You:
3. Choose the most suitable word that can be put into the brackets. a. I b. my c. me
• Pronouns are words that replace nouns that referr to names of people or things. • Put a tick in the box next to the words that are not pronouns.
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that
my
they
this
cup
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Personal pronouns are pronouns that refer to people. Some examples are ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘we’, ‘they’ and ‘it’.
Personal pronouns are used in different forms in sentences. I
you
he
she
we
they
it
my
your
his
her
our
their
its
mine
yours
his
hers
ours
theirs
—
me
him
her
us
them
it
Subject Possessive
Object
Reflexive myself
you
yourself
himself
herself
ourselves themselves
• He loved a fish.
• He sat beside his tree.
• The tree is his.
• The fish came to him.
itself
Reflexive pronouns refer to the person and they can be used as the object of verbs or nouns, or to emphasise expressions.
• He looked at himself in the pond.
• Alice told it to herself.
• He grabbed the fish (himself).
• She waited by herself for 2 hours.
(= alone)
Tryout A Change each personal pronoun in the brackets to a suitable form. 1. (They) tickets will sell quickly. 2. I should buy (I) early. 3. Alice meets (she) friend. 4. I only wanted to help (he). Tryout B Join each personal pronoun to its objective and reflexive pronouns. 1. You
•
•
them
•
•
ourselves
2. We
•
•
you
•
•
themselves
3. They
•
•
it
•
•
yourself
4. It
•
•
us
•
•
itself
• We use 'case' to refer to the different forms of personal pronouns: subjective case, objective case and possessive case. • There are two reflexive forms for 'you': the singular form is 'yourself' and the plural form is 'yourselves'.
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A Circle each personal pronoun and state its case. 1. They are a famous band. 2. The band is coming to her city. 3. She wants to buy a concert ticket. 4. Ted saw him in the morning. 5. Alice waited for her boyfriend. 6. The monkey will help her. 7. The monkey pulled her out of the water. 8. Put the fish back in my pond.
B Fill in each blank with a suitable word. 1. The monkey learned a lesson from a. she b. her c. he 2. He put the fish under a. him b. she
tree. c. his
3. I bought the concert ticket. The ticket is a. I b. my c. me 4. She meets a. her
d. its d. himself . d. mine
friend in front of the box office. b. they c. him d. herself
5. All tickets were sold out. How did you get a. I b. it c. its 6. When the fish came near a. we b. he
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.
? d. itself
, he grabbed it. c. him d. my
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C Complete the personal pronouns chart.
I
You
He
my
me
1.
you
3.
She
5.
We
They
It
our 8. its
4.
mine 2.
his
her
6.
7.
9 .
10.
11.
ours
★
D Fill in each blank with a suitable reflexive pronoun. 1. She went to the concert by
.
2. Eric bought the ticket 3. I looked at
. in the window.
4. We can go fishing and cook the fish
.
5. They need some help. They cannot do it 6. My cat is so smart. She opens a tin
. .
Let’s Speak
Answer the each question using personal pronouns. 1. I’m looking for Ted. Did you see him? Yes,
in the music room.
2. Did you go to see a movie with John? No,
.
3. What a cute puppy! Whose puppy is this? This puppy is . 4. Why do we help our friends? We help because we 5. Can I help you with your homework? No, I can
. .
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Exercises
Word List Look at the word list below. 1. loud
2. study
3. bother
4. noise
5. volume
6. helpful
7. try
8. grab
9. stand
10. beside
11. quickly
12. ticket
13. pull
14. tin can
15. lesson
16. box office
17. sold out
18. turn off
19. turn down
20. point of view
Catch the words Complete each sentence by filling in the blank with a suitable word or suitable words from the word list. 1. Could you
the TV? It’s not interesting at all.
2. My dog is
me. He is barking all morning. harder. Your marks are bad.
3. You have to
it.
4. The fish is trying to get out of your hands. You should 5. He is a fast reader. He reads the newspaper
. .
6. Fables are animal stories. They give us important 7. The guests like the fruit pies. They are already
.
8. You have to go to the ticketing counter to buy
.
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Exercises
Grammar A Rewrite each sentence using the given person. 1. He sat beside his tree.
She
.
2. Alice says it to herself.
I
.
3. Alice meets her friend.
I
.
4. We are a famous band.
They
.
5. Alive waited for her boy friend. She
.
6. She opens a tin herself.
.
We
B Write in the brackets the pronoun that can replace the underlined words.
their
it
his
they
her
we
1. Eric bought Eric’s ticket.
(
)
2. When the fish came near him, he grabbed the fish.
(
)
3. Ellen and I went fishing. Ellen and I cooked fish.
(
)
4. What a cute puppy! Whose puppy is the puppy?
(
)
5. Can I help you with the students’ homework?
(
)
6. The monkey learned a lesson from the old lady.
(
)
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