My Grammar Booklet
My Grammar Booklet
My Grammar Booklet
My GRAMMAR
BOOKLET
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A common noun is a noun which is common to all
people or things.
• children • sister • neighbour
• baby • nurse • hawker
PEOPLE •
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father
mother
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teacher
carpenter
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boy
girl
• brother • pupil • lady
• Tompok • Pumpkin
• Sammy • Teddy
ANIMALS • Candy • Bubbles
• Comel • Snowball
• Thunder • Bambi
• America • Italy
COUNTRIES •
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Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
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•
Thailand
Kedah
& CITIES •
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Malacca
Jerantut
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Bangkok
New Delhi
• Monday • Friday
MONTHS •
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Tuesday
Wednesday
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Thursday
February
& DAYS •
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Saturday
July
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March
November
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A collective noun is the name of a number of things,
animals or people taken together as one thing.
A • a pride of lions • a team of horse; oxen
N • a herd of cattle • a gaggle of geese
I • a swarm of bees • a pack of wolves
M • a litter of kittens; • a flight of swallows
A puppies • a troop of monkey
L • a school of whales • a brood of chickens
S • a flock of sheep; birds • a nest of mice
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• any • several Can be used
• some for countable
• plenty of and uncountable
• a lot of nouns
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Phrasal Quantifiers are phrases that show quantity.
Phrasal Nouns
Quantifiers
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Phrasal Nouns
Quantifiers
A cylinder of gas
A tray of eggs
A clove of garlic
A drop of ink
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Rules of changing from singular to plural nouns
No 7
Changing ‘f’, ‘fe’ to ‘ves’
No 8
Adding ‘s’ to nouns ending with ‘f’ and ‘fe’
Singular Plural
gulf gulfs
roof roofs
chief chiefs
beef beefs
café cafés
dwarf dwarfs
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as the subject of the verb as the object of the verb
I : I have taken my lunch Me : My mother bought me a
Subject : I pair of jeans.
Y
O You have a dictionary.
U
R It is yours.
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Possessive pronouns are used to show owning
or having something of your own.
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Type Usage
1. THIS Singular ( near )
Example :
This is my bag.
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Age /
Opinion / Value Shape
Temperature
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To form the comparative and superlative of some adjectives,
No 3
the last letter must be doubled.
If the positive ends in ‘y’ there is a vowel before it, the ‘y’
No 4 is not changed. Add ‘er’ to the comparative and ‘est’ to the
superlative.
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
gay gayer gayest
grey greyer greyest
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More examples:
carefully, carelessly,
silently, loudly, gracefully,
sweetly, soundly, happily,
sadly, neatly, softly
More examples:
every day, every
afternoon, just now, last
night, last week,
tomorrow, next week,
soon, later
More examples:
hourly, daily, weekly, fortnightly,
monthly, yearly, never, seldom,
sometimes, often, usually,
always, twice
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An adverb is a descriptive word that adds more
information to a verb.
More examples:
Here, away, near, nowhere,
above, there, inside,
everywhere, somewhere,
below, outside
An adverb can be
placed:
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USAGE EXAMPLES
1.When the action happens 1. Rizal wakes up early every morning.
habitually.
2. The children usually cycle to the library.
Words usually used are: 3. We always jog in the park.
every….., usually,
sometimes, always, 4. Darren visits his grandparents in the
seldom, often. weekends.
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USAGE EXAMPLES
a) To show an Ali watered the plants at 8a.m. today.
action that They watered in the school hall this morning.
happened in The girls watered the school compound just
the past. now.
b) Words usually Yesterday, last ( night, week, month…), just
used are: now, an hour ago, a few minutes ago, this
morning
c) The simple 1)By adding ‘d’ to the words ending in ‘e’.
past tense is Examples : bake – baked , dance – danced,
formed: like - liked
2)By adding ‘ed’ to the verb
Examples : clean – cleaned , climb –
climbed , jump - jumped
3) By adding ‘ied’ to words ending with ‘y’
except when the ‘y’
follows a vowel.
Examples: burry – buried , carry – carried,
hurry - hurried
4) By adding consonant + ‘ed’
Examples: chop – chopped , drop –
dropped, stop - stopped
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USAGE EXAMPLES
a) To show an action Ali watered the plants at 8a.m. today.
that happened in They watered in the school hall this morning.
the past. The girls watered the school compound just now.
b) Words usually Yesterday, last ( night, week, month…), just now, an hour
used are: ago, a few minutes ago, this morning
c) The simple past 1)By adding ‘d’ to the words ending in ‘e’.
tense is formed: Examples : bake – baked , dance – danced, like - liked
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USAGE EXAMPLES
a) Formula :
Subject + verb to be ( am,is,are ) + verb + ing
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USAGE EXAMPLES
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USAGE EXAMPLES
Formula :
Subject + will / shall + root verb
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NEGATIVE STATEMENTS POSITIVE QUESTION TAGS
1. Amin isn’t a naughty boy, is he?
2. Amin and Ahmad aren’t are they?
naughty boy,
3. Amin wasn’t a naughty boy, was he?
4. Amin and Ahmad weren’t were they?
naughty boys,
5. Aminah hasn’t a cat, has she?
6. You haven’t a cat, have you?
7. They won’t go to school will they?
tomorrow,
8. Aida can’t help us, can she?
9. We shouldn’t keep ourselves should we?
clear,
10. The boy doesn’t plays does he?
football,
11. The boys don’t play football, do they?
12. The boys didn’t play football, did they?
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We use conjunctions to join words, phrases or sentences.
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PRESENT PAST
PRESENT PAST
SINGULAR PLURAL CONTINOUS CONTINUOUS
TENSE TENSE
TENSE TENSE
am + verb +
was + verb +
am was ing
ing
do did
I Example:
have had Example :
I was eating
play played I am eating
just now.
now.
are + verb +were + verb
are were ing + ing
do did Example:
You You
have had Example : You were
play played You are eating just
eating now. now.
were + verb
He is + verb +
+ ing
She is was ing
It does did
Example:
Ahmad has had Example :
You were
The boy plays played He is eating
eating just
The cat now.
now.
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SUBJECT VERBS
PRESENT PAST
PRESENT PAST
SINGULAR PLURAL CONTINOUS CONTINUOUS
TENSE TENSE
TENSE TENSE
We are + verb + were + verb +
They ing ing
are were
Ali and
do did
Abu Example:
have had
The Example : We were
play played
boys We are eating just
The cats eating now. now.
Note:
Someone , each one , everyone, anyone, no one, somebody, everybody,
anybody, nobody ( Singular / one )
Use root word after:
Will , would, can, could, may, might, does, do, did, shall, should, to, must
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Indefinite Articles
A An
‘A’ is used with words ‘An’ is used with words
beginning with a consonant beginning with a vowel sound
sound ( b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,o, of ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘I’, ‘o’, ‘u’.
p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,yz)
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Definite Articles
The
1. CLASS 2. COUNTRIES
To refer to a whole class. To refer to certain countries
Example : Example :
The cow is a useful animal The Philippines, The United States
of America
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Definite Articles
The
7. PLACES 8. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Before names of certain To refer to a musical instrument
seas, mountains, rivers, being played by someone.
etc. Example :
Example: Alisa plays the piano beautifully.
The South China Sea Aryan plays the guitar everyday.
The London Bridge
The Pahang River
We do not use
articles before:
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Means or
Accompaniment
Description
Place
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Place
Time
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To show place and
positions
• He hid my bag
under
under the table.
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To show place and
positions
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To show place and
positions
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‘ Apostrophe , Comma
• Used to show • Used to separate
ownership or items in a list, or a
possessions series of nouns.
Examples: Examples:
• The girl’s doll. • I bought a pencil, a
(singular ) ruler, an eraser, and a
• The girls’ doll. book at the shop.
( plural) • I love English, Maths,
• The children’s toys Science and
( plural ). Geography.
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There are various
punctuation such as:
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There are various
punctuation such as:
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There are various
punctuation such as:
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“The more that you read, the more
things you will know. The more that
you learn, the more places you'll go.”
Regards,
Idayu