Section A Language Usage and Grammar Unit Title Page No. · 2. Countable and Uncountable Nouns 4 3. Singular and Plural Nouns 10 4. Collective Nouns 15 5. Possessive Pronouns 18 6

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Section A Language Usage and Grammar

Unit Title Page No.

1. Nouns 1

2. Countable and Uncountable Nouns 4

3. Singular and Plural Nouns 10

4. Collective Nouns 15

5. Possessive Pronouns 18

6. Possessive Determiners 21

7. Personal Pronouns 26

8. Relative Pronouns 32

9. Refl exive Pronouns 35

10. Verb (To Have) 38

11. Verb (To Be) 44

12. Verb (To Do) 49

13. Subject Verb Agreement 52

14. Simple Present Tense 55

15. Simple Past Tense 59

16. Present Continuous Tense 65

17. Past Continuous Tense 69

18. Present Perfect Tense 73

19. Simple Future Tense 76

20. Adjectives 79

21. Comparative Adjectives 83

22. Adverbs 88

23. Comparison of Adverbs 92

24. Conjunctions 95

25. Connectives 99

26. Preposition of Place 104

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27. Preposition of Time 109

28. Question Words 112

29. Punctuations 115

30. Phrasal Verbs 121

Section B Grammar Tests

Test 1 124

Test 2 126

Test 3 127

Test 4 128

Test 5 129

Test 6 130

Test 7 131

Test 8 132

Test 9 133

Test 10 134

Test 11 135

Test 12 136

Test 13 137

Test 14 138

Test 15 139

Test 16 140

Test 17 141

Test 18 142

Test 19 143

Test 20 144

Test 21 145

Test 22 146

Test 23 147

Test 24 148

Test 25 149

Test 26 150

Test 27 151

Test 28 152

Test 29 153

Test 30 154

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Test 31 155

Test 32 156

Test 33 157

Test 34 158

Test 35 159

Test 36 160

Test 37 161

Test 38 162

Test 39 163

Test 40 164

Test 41 165

Test 42 166

Test 43 167

Test 44 168

Test 45 169

Test 46 170

Test 47 171

Test 48 172

Test 49 173

Test 50 174

Section C Vocabulary Tests

Test 1 175

Test 2 177

Test 3 178

Test 4 179

Test 5 180

Test 6 181

Test 7 182

Test 8 183

Test 9 184

Test 10 185

Test 11 186

Test 12 187

Test 13 188

Test 14 189

Test 15 190

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Test 16 191

Test 17 192

Test 18 193

Test 19 194

Test 20 195

Section D Cloze Passages

Test 1 196

Test 2 197

Test 3 198

Test 4 199

Test 5 200

Test 6 201

Test 7 202

Test 8 203

Test 9 204

Test 10 205

Section E Comprehension

(i) Multiple Choice Questions

Test 1 206

Test 2 208

Test 3 210

Test 4 212

Test 5 214

Test 6 216

Test 7 218

Test 8 220

Test 9 222

Test 10 224

(ii) Structured Questions

Test 1 226

Test 2 228

Test 3 230

Test 4 232

Test 5 234

Test 6 236

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Test 7 238

Test 8 240

Test 9 242

Test 10 244

(iii) Comprehension and Vocabulary

Test 1 246

Test 2 249

Test 3 252

Test 4 255

Test 5 258

Test 6 261

Test 7 264

Test 8 267

Test 9 270

Test 10 273

Section F Compositions

Practice 1 A PICNIC 276

Practice 2 A BURGLAR 277

Practice 3 AN ACCIDENT 278

Practice 4 A DROWNING INCIDENT 279

Practice 5 A CARELESS ACCIDENT 280

Practice 6 WRITING TO A PEN PAL 281

Practice 7 A NIGHTMARE 282

Practice 8 IN DISTRESS 283

Practice 9 A VISIT TO THE DENTIST 284

Practice 10 SPORTS DAY 285

Model Compositions 286

Glossary 288

Answers 301

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English EE22Primary Unit 1 Nouns • 1

Section A Language Usageand Grammar

Unit 1 NounsA noun is a naming word. It is a type of word that gives a name to a person, place or thing.

Examples:Examples:bird, man, shoes and keys

There are two types of nouns:Common Nouns

It names any member of a group of persons, places or things.

Proper Nouns

It names a particular member of a common noun group.

COMMON NOUNS PROPER NOUNS

Sea Red Sea

Father Mr Tan

Month September

Watch Guess watch

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English EE22Primary 2 • Language Usage and Grammar

Exercise 1: From these pictures, list all the proper and common nouns which you can find in the box below.

ST.ANNE HOSPITAL SIGNAGE TOYIO CHU KANG MRT

MEI HUA PRIMARY SCHOOL

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY

CELEBRATION SIGNAGE

BOY GIRL PEDESTRAIN CROSSING CAR

SCHOOL BAG SHOES BIRD SUN

COMMON NOUNS PROPER NOUNS


English EE22Primary Unit 1 Nouns • 3

Exercise 2: Underline all the noun(s) in the following sentences.

1. I drank tomato juice.

2. We met Thomas and his brother at the cinema.

3. The monkey is eating a banana.

4. We went to Australia last month.

5. My school is located at Woodlands Ring Road.

6. My father bought me a bicycle for my birthday.

7. I left my house keys at Joanne’s house.

8. That old wizard was very kind and helpful.

9. The children like to eat fish.

10. We are going to the museum.



Unit 2 Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable Nouns are nouns that can be counted.

Uncountable Nouns are nouns that cannot be counted.

Countable Nouns are usually used together with the following words:

A, an, few, many, several, plenty, some, a lot of and a large number of

Uncountable Nouns are usually used together with the following words:

A little, much, some, any, plenty of, a lot of, a great deal of and a large amount of


English EE22Primary Unit 2 Countable and Uncountable Nouns • 5

Exercise 1

soil elephant rice bag ink

eraser house jam sugar plate

milk chair air water oil

money spoon pen bicycle boat

ointment car onion potato sand

List all the countable nouns:

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List all the uncountable nouns:

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Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with ‘much’ or ‘many’.

1. How ___________________ coffee is left?

2. ___________________ of them were late this morning.

3. She keeps ___________________ cats in her house.

4. How ___________________ times have you read this book?

5. This soup is salty. You have added too ___________________ salt.

6. We have been to Causeway Point ___________________ times.

7. Susan hit the tray accidentally and broke ____________________ glasses.

8. There are ___________________ crayons in the box.

9. There is not ___________________ rice left in the cooker.

10. How ___________________ marbles are there in the box?



Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks with ‘a little’ or ‘a few’.

1. Can you add ___________________ sugar to my coffee?

2. There are ___________________ ducks in the pond.

3. I have ___________________ dollars left.

4. ___________________ policemen were at the scene of the accident.

5. Can you spread ___________________ jam on my bread?

6. It will only take ___________________ minutes to complete this form.

7. ___________________ of the swimmers will be participating in the national competition.

8. Please add ___________________ flour into the bowl.

9. Put ___________________ ointment on the wound.

10. You need to add ___________________ bit of pepper into the soup to make it spicy.



‘Some’ and ‘any’ can be used for either countable or uncountable nouns.

We use ‘some’ in positive sentences.

Examples:Examples:I have some friends.

We bought some coffee.

We use ‘some’ in questions when offering or requesting something that is there.

Examples:Examples:Would you like some bread? (offer)

Could I have some water?

We use ‘any’ in negative sentences and questions.

Examples:Examples:He does not have any friends in Malaysia.

Do you have any cheese?



Exercise 4: Fill in the blanks with ‘some’ or ‘any’.

1. I like ___________________ of the Pokemon cards in your album.

2. There isn’t ___________________ milk left in the cup.

3. He did not get ___________________ pocket money from his mother.

4. Radiha does not have ___________________ money in her purse.

5. Are there ___________________ taxis around here?

6. We bought ___________________ books from the bookshop.

7. Is there ___________________ tea left in the teapot?

8. Can you buy ___________________ markers from the bookshop?

9. There are ___________________ pens in the drawer.

10. Would you like ___________________ sandwiches?



Unit 3 Singular and Plural Nouns

Look at the picture on the left. There is only one book.

The picture on the right shows that there are many books.

To show that there is only one book, “book” is used.

To show that there is more than one book, “books” is used.

“Book” is a singular noun. A singular noun is used when there is only one object.

“Books” is a plural noun. A plural noun is used where there is more than one object.


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There are many different ways to change nouns into plural nouns.

(a) By adding -s.

Ant – ants

Cat – cats

(b) By adding -es to nouns ending in -s, -sh, -ch, -x.

Box – boxes

Fish – fishes

(c) By adding -es to nouns ending in -o.

Mosquito – mosquitoes

Tomato – tomatoes

(d) By adding -s to some nouns ending in -o, -y and -f.

Kangaroo – kangaroos

Toy – toys

Cuff – cuffs

(e) By changing -y into -ies.

Baby – babies

Fly – flies

(f) By changing -f or -fe into -ves.

Elf – elves

Knife – knives

(g) Some nouns change their forms.

Man – men

Child – children



Exercise 1: Change each noun to its plural form.

1. By adding -s

(a) car - ___________________ (b) sister - ___________________ (c) shirt - ___________________ (d) giraffe - ___________________ (e) bowl - ___________________

2. By adding -es

(a) watch - ___________________ (b) brush - ___________________ (c) peach - ___________________ (d) potato - ___________________ (e) radish - ___________________

3. By changing -y into -ies

(a) cherry - ___________________ (b) butterfly - ___________________ (c) story - ___________________ (d) lorry - ___________________

4. By changing -f and -fe into -ves

(a) life - ___________________ (b) leaf - ___________________ (c) wolf - ___________________ (d) loaf - ___________________

5. By changing the form

(a) tooth - ___________________ (b) goose - ___________________ (c) ox - ___________________ (d) woman - ___________________


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Section A Language Usage and Grammar Unit Title Page No. · 2. Countable and Uncountable Nouns 4 3. Singular and Plural Nouns 10 4. Collective Nouns 15 5. Possessive Pronouns 18 6