Canossa Primary School (San Po Kong)

Primary 4 1st Term English Intervention Exercise

Name: ___________________ ( ) Date: __________________

Class: 4 ( )

Simple Present Tense

- Use the simple present tense for habits or things that often or always
happen.
- We usually use the present tense when we see these words:
every morning , each Friday , every day , on Mondays , every year,
always
- Add ‘s’ or ‘es’ to the verb when the subject is ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’.

A. Complete the table with the correct form of the verbs.

I/we/you/they he/she/it I/we/you/they he/she/it

1. have 2. catch

3. swim 4. ride

5. go 6. carry

7. brush 8. watch

9. wash 10. walk

11. cry 12. eat

13. drink 14. study

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct tenses.

1. On Sundays, Kevin (go) to church.
2. The children like (play) in the park.
3. Leo and Sue (be) good students. They
(study) hard every day.
4. Every Friday we (visit) Grandma and Grandpa.
5. Bees (give) us honey.
6. It (be) hot today.
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7. Tom can (get) a present if he gets good result in the

exam.

8. Sandy (wash) her face at six thirty in the morning.

9. I (not like) eating mangoes.

10.Thomas (not like) drinking milk.

C. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

always often sometimes seldom never

February

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28

1. I read the newspaper on Sundays.

2. I go cycling on Mondays.
3. I play the piano on Tuesdays.
4. I go jogging on Thursdays.
5. I go ice-skating on Saturdays.
6. I go swimming on Fridays.
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Simple Past Tense
- Use the past tense to talk about things that happened in the past
- We use the past tense when we see these words:
yesterday, a month ago, in 1995, this morning, last night/year

D. Complete the table with the correct form of the verbs.

Present Tense Past Tense Present Tense Past Tense
1. have 2. catch
3. swim 4. ride
5. go 6. carry
7. brush 8. watch
9. put 10. drop
11. cry 12. eat
13. drink 14. study

E. Fill in the blanks with the correct tenses.

1. Last night Ben (drop) his wallet.

2. Tony and Sally (be) absent yesterday.

3. I (drink) a cup of coffee this morning.

4. The baby (cry) loudly an hour ago.

5. Amy (be) sick last Sunday.

6. She (go) to the supermarket to buy some drinks

yesterday.

7. I (see) him two hours ago.

8. Yesterday Ricky (study) hard.

9. My dog (play) with my socks last night.

10. I (not go) to the park last Sunday.

11. There (be) not any cable cars on Lantau Island fifty

years ago.
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F. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions. Words can be used more
than once.

after, of, from, at, away, in, with, on, out, to, for

1. What do you usually do your spare time?

2. I always play chess Mondays.

3. Susan goes back home school.

4. I always chat my friend Tom.

5. I usually go swimming weekends.

6. Sam lives Wong Tai Sin.

7. Betty likes listening music.

8. I was so excited the first day of school.

9. Franklin’s friends come different countries.

10. Tony gets up eight o’clock in the morning.

11. I get a present my best friend.

12. I often go jogging the beach.

13. Susan and May are the supermarket.

14. I put some biscuits, noodles and vegetables the trolley.

15. the end, everyone was happy!

16. We are going to have a party Christmas.

17. Please tidy up the place and throw all the rubbish.

18. I bought three bars chocolate yesterday.

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G. Complete the table.
small smaller than
old
young
strong
big
fat
thin
sad
brave the bravest
wide
tidy
heavy
pretty
easy

H. Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives.

1. Jane’s bag is (light) than Eva’s.

2. May is (thin) than Tom.

3. The elephant is (heavy) than the monkey.

4. The dog is (big) than the cat.

5. January was the (cold) month last year.

6. Susan is the (young) girl in the choir.

7. This is (high) mountain in Canada.

8. Timmy is (lazy) boy in class 3A.

9. Tony is (fat) boy in our class.

10. Tim is (thin) boy in Class 4D.

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I. Answer the following questions.

1 2
$8.50 $13.40

3 4

$10.20 $21.80

1. A: How much is a of ?

B: It’s eight dollars fifty.

2. A: How much is a ?

B: It’s thirteen dollars forty.

3. A: How much is a ?

B: It’s ten dollars twenty.

4. A: How much is a ?

B: It’s twenty-one dollars eighty.

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J. Complete the table.
interesting more interesting than

popular

exciting

beautiful the most beautiful

expensive

delicious

polite

helpful

tired

K. Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives.

1. Queen Chocolate is (delicious) than Prince
Chocolate.

2. Every Day Milk is (expensive) than Dairy

Milk.

3. Healthy Milk is (expensive) milk in this shop.

4. Shopping will be (interesting) than staying

at home!

5. This sofa is (comfortable) one in this

furniture shop.

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L. Look at the table and fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives.
Paul Tony Simon

Chinese 80 90 70

English 85 72 50

Maths 92 60 83

1. Paul is (good) than Simon in Chinese.

2. Tony is (good) in Chinese.

3. Simon is (bad) in English.

4. Tony is (bad) than Paul in English.

5. Paul is (good) in Maths.

6. Tony is (bad) in Maths.

M. Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives.

1. Alan is (popular) singer in the USA.

2. Ricky’s dog is (small) than Danny’s dog.

3. Tom is (lazy) boy in the class.

4. Mr Chan is (fat) than Mr Wong.

5. I am (thin) in my family.

6.This cartoon is (exciting) than that film.

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N. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs.

1. Kelly (drink) a glass of milk every morning.

2. Clara (move) to Hong Kong last year.

3. Amy (ride) the bicycle yesterday.

4. The children (play) volleyball on Wednesdays.

5. Look! The bus (come)!

6. Mrs Chiu (go) to the market every day.

7. Jenny (not go) to Japan every year.

8. Sarah (run) on the grass last week.

Oct 14 (Saturday) Cloudy

This morning, I (go) to Sunny Plaza to join the Fast

Cola Drinker Competition. Many people (be) there. I

(drink) fifteen bottles of cola in ten minutes. I was happy

because I (win) the game. When I

(get) home, I had a stomachache so my mum (take)

me to see the doctor. I will never drink so much cola next time.

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O. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

How Where Which What Who When Why

1. would you like for dinner?

I’d like spaghetti with meat sauce.

2. would you like, tuna salad or prawn salad?

I’d like prawn salad.

3. do you do exercise?

Because I want to be healthy.

4. is the bus coming?

At 5:30 p.m.

5. do you go to school?

By school bus.

6. do you go for the school picnic?

Sai Kung Country Park.

7. is Mr Chan?

He is Tony’s father.

8. do you help at home?

I wash the dishes.

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