Practise Forming Simple Past Tense

Posted by Ong Chin Lin , Thursday, 8 December 2011 10:42 am
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Use the given word to form Simple Past Tense.

Example:
(be)

I was Audrey's form teacher in the last three years.

1.
(visit)

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2.
(enjoy)

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3.
(organise)

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4.
(go)

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5.
(eat)

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Answers:                                                                                                                                                  

1. We visited Wei Chai's home town during the public holiday.

2. The little boy enjoyed his birthday party very much.

3. They organised a trip to Sekinjang last month.

4. Uncle Johnson went to the barber shop this morning.

5. Father ate fried crabs with his friends last night.

Practise Forming Simple Present Tense

Posted by Ong Chin Lin , Tuesday, 6 December 2011 2:31 pm
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Use the given word to form Simple Present Tense.

Example:
(be)

Alex is my brother.

1.
(draw)

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2. 
(cook)

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3. 
(take photo)

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4. 
(listen)

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5.
(like )

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Answers:                                                                                                                                      

1. My nephew draws himself every afternoon.

2. Mother always cooks 'nasi lemak'.

3. Shei Ling and I often take photo.

4. Yu Zhe listens to music every day.

5. Rebecca does not like to play such exciting game.

Practise Forming Present Continuous Tense

Posted by Ong Chin Lin , Sunday, 4 December 2011 3:21 pm
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Use the given word to form Present Continuous Tense.


Example:
(visit)

I am visiting the bird park.

 1.
(drink)

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2.
(play)

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 3. 
(celebrate)

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 4.
(cycle)

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5. 
(eat)

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Answers:                                                                                                

1. Stephen and Katherine are drinking watermelon juices.

2. The little boy is playing swing.

3. Gwendolyn is celebrating my sister's birthday.

4. Edwin Mah and Grace Yeo are cycling at Bukit Cahaya.

5. They are eating porridges now.

Forming Simple Past Tense

Posted by Ong Chin Lin , Thursday, 1 December 2011 4:37 pm
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We use the Simple Past Tense to talk about an action or a situation - an event - in the past. To form Simple Past Tense, we use past form only or auxiliary did + base form.

I really enjoyed the Christmas scene last weekend.


Did you watch this Korean drama yesterday?


We went to the Songkak Island last year.


Mother bought a lot of mangoes last night.

My nephew played his toy car just now.


Forming Simple Present Tense

Posted by Ong Chin Lin , Wednesday, 30 November 2011 11:42 pm
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To form the Simple Present Tense, we use the verb's base form (go, work, speak, study). In third person singular (he/she/ it), the base form of the verb takes -s/es. (Auxiliary verb "be", "do", "have", which can also be used as main verbs, are exceptions).

I always drink honey lemon juice.


The pupils make the face masks by themselves.

Yu Zhe learns to read newspaper.


A big tortoise crawls on the ground.

She has garlic bread and mushroom soup for breakfast.




Forming Present Continuous Tense

Posted by Ong Chin Lin , 9:47 pm
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We make the Present Continuous Tense with the correct form of the verb to be (am/is/are) and the ing form of the main verb.

I am having my dinner now.


We are celebrating for our vacation.


The children are playing scorpions.


My nephew is laughing happily.


Three dophins are performing a nice show.




Simple Past Tense Grammar Practise

Posted by Ong Chin Lin , Friday, 28 October 2011 10:43 pm
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A. Write the simple past tense for the words.



No
Present Tense
Simple Past Tense
1
ask

2
visit

3
wash

4
hear

5
see

6
drink

7
break

8
come

9
go

10
run

11
write

12
buy

13
teach

14
catch

15
think




Answers:                                                                                                                                                      

1. asked
2. visited
3. washed
4. heard
5. saw
6. drank
7. broke
8. came
9. went
10. ran
11. wrote
12. bought
13. taught
14. caught
15. thought




B. Circle the correct answer.                                                         

1. The monkey __________ up the tree quickly.
   A. climb
   B. climbed
   C. climbing
   D. are climbing

2. I __________ very late last night.
   A. slept
   B. sleep
   C. sleeping
   D. is sleeping

3. The thief __________ brother's bicycle this morning.
   A. stole
   B. steal
   C. stolen
   D. was stealing

4. Father and I __________ grandfather last week.
   A. visit
   B. visited
   C. visits
   D. are visiting

5. The children __________ at the playground last evening.
   A. is
   B. am
   C. was
   D. were

6. My mother __________ a birthday cake for me last year.
   A. bake
   B. bakes
   C. baked
   D. baking

7. Mrs Tan __________ to the market half an hour ago.
   A. go
   B. goes
   C. is going
   D. went

8. The plumber __________ the leaking tap yesterday.
   A. repair
   B. repairs
   C. repaired
   D. repairing

9. Ramu __________ his car yesterday.
   A. washing
   B. washed
   C. washes
   D. wash

10. Alex __________ the fish just now.
   A. fed
   B. feed
   C. feeds
   D. feeding


Answers:                                                                                                                                                     

1. B
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. B
10.A

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