FUN WITH ENGLISH GRAMMAR 4 英文语法轻松学4

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UNIT 1 Nouns ........................................................................... 1
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UNIT 2 Articles ........................................................................8





UNIT 3 Pronouns ....................................................................14






UNIT 4 Conjunctions (and, or, but, so) .............................21





UNIT 5 Prepositions ............................................................. 28





UNIT 6 Adjectives and Comparison of Adjectives ....... 34






UNIT 7 Adverbs .................................................................... 40





UNIT 8 Modals ....................................................................... 46





PROGRESS TEST 1 .......................................................................... 52



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UNIT 9 Subject-Verb Agreement ..................................... 61





UNIT 10 The Simple Present Tense ....................................68





UNIT 11 The Simple Past Tense ..........................................74





UNIT 12 The Simple Future Tense ......................................80





UNIT 13 Positive and Negative ............................................85

Statements




14 Questions and Responses ......................................92
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UNIT 15 Sentence Types .......................................................96





UNIT 16 Punctuation ............................................................. 101





PROGRESS TEST 2 .......................................................................107




YEAR-END EVALUATION ............................................................. 115




ANSWERS .........................................................................................125





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4 Conjunctions (and, or, but, so)










We use conjunctions − and, or, but, so – to join words and groups of words.
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and – used to join two ideas that are the same
• Eliza bought a few pencils. Eliza bought a few exercise books.
• Eliza bought a few pencils and exercise books.

or – used to show choices
• Do you want coffee? Do you want tea?
• Do you want coffee or tea?

but – used to join two different ideas

• Mr. Nick is rich. Mr. Nick is stingy.
• Mr. Nick is rich but stingy.

‘so’ – used to show result
• Neeta was late for work. Neeta took a taxi.
• Neeta was late for work so she took a taxi.










I have a book. I have a pen. Ali is fat. His brother is thin.
I have a book and a pen. Ali is fat but his brother is thin.











Do you want to wear jeans or shorts? Mary is late, so she is running to school.




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Unit 4 Conjunctions (and, or, but, so)


A

Use ‘or’, ‘but’ or ‘and’ to join each pair of sentences.

1 Is that a coin?

Is that a note?



Is that a coin a note?
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2 Summer is hot.
Winter is cold.



Summer is hot winter is cold.






3 Would you like tea?
Would you like coffee?



Would you like tea coffee?





4 This is a story about a farmer.

This is also a story about a hunter.



This is a story about a farmer a hunter.





5 I play the piano.
I do not play the drum.



I play the piano I do not play the drum.




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Unit 4 Conjunctions (and, or, but, so)


B

Look at the pictures. Choose the correct answers.


1


(a) Kate loves dancing but singing.


(b) Kate loves dancing and singing.








2

(a) You can choose to go home or stay here.


(b) You can choose to go home but stay here.
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3


(a) Amin is polite but his brother is rude.


(b) Amin is polite so his brother is rude.








4


(a) My mother bought eggs, f our or sugar.


(b) My mother bought eggs, f our and sugar.








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Unit 4 Conjunctions (and, or, but, so)


5


(a) I am tired, so I will go to bed early.


(b) I am tired, but I will go to bed early.










6


(a) Do you like fruit cake but banana cake?

(b) Do you like fruit cake or banana cake?











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(a) It is raining, so I will stay at home.


(b) It is raining, or I will stay at home.










8


(a) I called his name and he did not hear me.


(b) I called his name but he did not hear me.









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Unit 4 Conjunctions (and, or, but, so)


C

Match the sentence parts in Column A to the sentence parts in Column B.
Then, write the sentences in the spaces provided.





Column A Column B
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1 Do you want the black bag (a) and dirty.
2 I studied very hard (b) but I still failed the test.

3 The boy’s shirt is torn (c) so you are overweight.

4 My sister went to the shop (d) but weak in handicraft.
5 My brother is good at drawing (e) so Lucy switched on the fan.

6 The food is cheap (f) or the white bag?

7 You eat too much, (g) and tasty.
8 It was very hot, (h) and the post off ce.






1


2


3



4


5


6



7


8




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Unit 4 Conjunctions (and, or, but, so)


D

Fill in the blanks with ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘or’ or ‘so’.

1 I like dancing my friend does not.


2 James his mother went to the food fair.

3 We talked to Lina she did not listen to us.
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4 They can go there today tomorrow.

5 My brother is polite, everyone likes him.


6 My maid bought f sh she did not
buy meat.

7 Is this your bag her bag?


8 The boy was hungry, he ate one
whole plate of rice.



E

Underline the suitable conjunctions to complete the news report below.


Kingston, Sunday: – The water levels in many areas in Kingston (1) and but

the surrounding villages rose to three metres high after ten hours of
continuous rain.
As most roads to (2) or and out of the town were under water,

traff c came to a standstill. Motorists tried their best to get out of the

f ood (3) so but had to park their cars at the roadside. Many people
left the f ooded areas in boats (4) or but many could not. The rescue
team could not get to these areas, (5) so or the men had to brave the

fast-rising water to rescue the old folks (6) and or the children. The

evacuees will stay at community halls (7) and but schools until it is safe
for them to return to their homes (8) but or shops.




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Unit 4 Conjunctions (and, or, but, so)


F

Circle the correct answer.

1 Is this your school bag her school bag?
A or C but
B so D and


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2 My cousins made a lot of noise, my uncle scolded them.
A if C so
B or D and



3 The drain needs cleaning. It is dirty smelly.
A or C for
B and D so



4 Are you going to watch television sleep?
A if C so
B or D and



5 Is this your mobile phone her mobile phone? ABC MENU
A or C so C R M
B and D but 1 abc 2 abc 3 def
6 mno
4 ghi
5 jkl
7 pqrs
8 tuv
9 wxyz
* + 0 #
6 Danny is kind, everyone asks him for help.
A if C so
B or D and


7 We waited for Luke and Sam they did not turn up.
A but C or
B so D and



8 The apple is fresh juicy.
A so C or
B but D and




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11 The Simple Past Tense










The Simple Past Tense is used for an action which took place in the past. The time of
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the action can be shown by the following expressions:

yesterday last night this morning last week

just now a few minutes ago an hour ago last year



(a) The verb ‘to be’ in the past tense is used as follows:

Verb to be Verb to be
Pronoun
(Present tense) (Past tense)
I am was

You
We are were
They

He
She is was
It

• I was surprised to see him just now.
• We were in the house yesterday.
• She was all alone this afternoon.

(b) Regular verbs in the past tense end in ‘d’ or ‘ed’.
• He jogged around the lake before dinner.
• Nina cycled to school when she stayed in Kedah.

(c) Irregular verbs form their past tense forms differently.
• blow – blew • leave – left
• grow – grew • sing – sang

(d) Some verbs do not change in spelling.
• put – put • hit – hit • let – let




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Unit 11 The Simple Past Tense


A

Circle all the irregular verbs.







hurt injure drink trust


cycle vomit make cook


write give enter lose



tighten loosen press push


die pull read put



dress dance wait mix


kick
match
go
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feed juggle tap trick


weigh comb bath seat



play shop win stretch


stress scratch dream sing


drive water run f ll
















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Unit 11 The Simple Past Tense


B

Underline the past tense verbs in the passage below.









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We started our journey from the school gate early in the morning.
There were f fteen of us. The journey by bus took an hour. When we got to
the camping site, we f rst pitched our tents. After that, we decided to have

a swim in the nearby waterfall. The water was cool and refreshing. Some of
us played in the water.

That night, we made a campf re with f rewood. We brought along a lot
of canned food. So, we were able to prepare a delicious dinner. As we were
very hungry, we ate the food greedily.

We stayed at the campsite for two nights. On the last day, we prepared

to go home. We felt reluctant to leave the place.



C

Fill in the blanks with the past tense forms of the verbs in brackets.


1 Ben (try) to help the poor people in his neighbourhood.


2 My teacher (tell) me to go home.



3 They (hear) a loud bang outside the house.



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Unit 11 The Simple Past Tense

4 My father (sell) our house
last week.




5 My sister (celebrate) her
birthday two days ago.



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6 We (miss) the bus this
morning.




7 I (meet) my teacher at the shop.




8 The doorbell (ring) twice a short while ago.





9 The boy (throw) the stone at me.




10 Siti (walk) to the shop an hour ago.




11 Lucas (paint) the fence this morning.




12 He (break) his arm in a fall.




13 The old bridge (collapse) last month.




14 The technician (repair) the machine just now.




15 The cat (catch) a mouse early in the morning.




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Unit 11 The Simple Past Tense


D

Complete the story with past tense verbs. Write your answers in the spaces
provided.







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On their way home, Paul and John  (see) a brown

bag on the grass. Paul  (want) to pick it up. John
 (agree) to do so. They  (pick) up the bag

and  (open) it. To their surprise, the bag 
(contain) a thick stack of one hundred ringgit notes inside.

“What shall we do?” asked John.

Paul replied, “Let’s go to your house and decide.”

When they  (reach) John’s house, his father
 (be) at home. He  (ask) them to

hand the bag over to the police. He then  (phone) the
police. Two policemen  (come) to collect the bag. They
 (praise) the boys’ honesty in handing the bag over to

the police. They  (promise) to let them know if anyone
 (claim) the money. Next morning, John’s phone 

(ring). A lady thanked John and Paul for returning the
money to her.




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Unit 11 The Simple Past Tense


E

Each of the sentences below has an error. Rewrite the sentence using the
correct simple past tense of the verb in bold.


1 They have a van a year ago.



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2 Jonathan keeps a parrot as a pet last year.




3 Faridah reads a short story during her lunch hour today.





4 Raj lives in London from 1999 to 2007.





5 The businessman grows up in a small village.





6 Yuki celebrates her birthday two days ago.





7 Jane is a top student in her former school.





8 The careless driver meets with an accident.





9 The coffee tastes too sweet, so I did not drink it.




10 The circus ends at 11.00 p.m. yesterday.






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9. an 10. an
UNIT 1 Nouns 11. a 12. an

A 1. boxes 2. toothbrushes B 1. an, f 2. a, b
3. leaves 4. plates 3. the, e 4. The, a
5. elephant 6. ladies 5. The, h 6. The, g
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7. shirts 8. mice 7. an, d 8. The, c
a
B Common nouns Proper nouns C bowl an
egg
1. boy Gary
2. house London ball owl
f le axe
3. teacher Mrs. Larry lollipop eel
4. friend Richard kite ant
5. mosque Fridays teabag oven
6. cat Julie basket insect
7. sister Molly f ower envelope
8. neighbour Sabah jacket ostrich
9. bag China racquet orange
10. father National Bank book umbrella
paper iron
C (Accept any suitable answer.) stamp hour
papaya ice cream
D 1. computer 2. river hamster apron
3. cupboard 4. woman
5. horse 6. basket D 1. a 2. a
7. garden 8. uniform 3. the 4. a
5. a 6. a
E Masculine Feminine 7. a 8. the
1. uncle aunt 9. an 10. the
2. tiger tigress
3. husband wife UNIT 3 Pronouns
4. prince princess
5. steward stewardess A 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. A
6. brother sister 6. C 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. A
7. gander goose
8. wizard witch B 1. me 2. it
3. They 4. I
5. they 6. you
UNIT 2 Articles 7. we 8. it
9. it 10. us
A 1. an 2. the
3. a 4. an C 1. This 2. That
5. an 6. a 3. Those 4. This
7. the 8. a 5. these 6. Those


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Answer

C 1. Positive: Yes, you can. UNIT 16 Punctuation
Negative: No, you can’t.
2. Positive: Yes, it is. A 2. Wow! That is such a beautiful painting. ✓
Negative: No, it isn’t. 5. I like to play football.
3. Positive: Yes, I am. 7. What are the interesting places in ✓
Negative: No, I am not. Christchurch? ✓
4. Positive: Yes, she is. 8. Help! Help! I’m drowning. ✓
Negative: No, she isn’t. 9. That is the man’s hat. ✓
5. Positive: Yes, they are. 10. How many days are there in a week? ✓
Negative: No, they aren’t.
6. Positive: Yes, it is. B 1. Where are your friends, cousins and neighbours
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Negative: No, it isn’t. going?
7. Positive: Yes, he can. 2. Charles, Tom and Adam are my classmates.
Negative: No, he can’t. 3. We live near the school.
8. Positive: Yes, I do. 4. The plates, cups and glasses are on the table.
Negative: No, I don’t. 5. I want to buy pens, pencils and books.
9. Positive: Yes, they do. 6. Stop f ghting!
Negative: No, they don’t. 7. Mother can bake cookies, tarts and cakes.
10. Positive: Yes, they are. 8. Albert Landers is my uncle.
9. Wendy is my best friend.
Negative: No, they aren’t.
10. Look out! The car is coming.
C 1. I was born in London.
UNIT 15 Sentence Types 2. Nick, Alvin and Kamil went to picnic near the
waterfall.
A 1. It is a theme park. 3. Congratulations! You have won the f rst prize.
4. Where did you go last holidays?
2. Lily is playing the piano.
5. Kangaroo Island is in Australia.
3. Eric is jogging. 6. She always helps her mother.
4. The dog often wags its tail. 7. This is my mother’s handbag.
5. The lion is a f erce animal. 8. Can you help me carry the boxes?
9. Mother bought apples, oranges and bananas
from the new fruit stall.
B 1. S 2. S 3. C 4. C 5. C 10. Well done! You have done a good job.
6. C 7. S 8. C 9. C 10. C
D 1. B 2. B 3. C 4. D
C 1. Sally and her mother are in the kitchen. 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. C
2. They are having a picnic. E Sam is a farmer. He wakes up very early.
3. The kitten is sleeping in the basket. After breakfast, he walks to his farm. He loads his
4. The sun is shining brightly. lorry with vegetables, fruits and eggs from his farm.
5. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs live in the He delivers all these to the hawkers’ stalls at the
forest. market. Then, he goes back to his farm. He feeds the
chickens and ducks. At four o’clock he walks home
6. Would you like an apple or an orange? and has a late lunch. Then, he watches his favourite
television programmes for a few hours. He makes it a
D 1. Lina likes to draw and paint. habit to go to bed early.
2. The crow tried very hard but it could not F Asia is the biggest continent in the world. It
drink the water. also has the most people. The tallest mountain
3. Would you like to order a chicken chop or a is located in Asia. It is called Mount Everest.
beef steak? The longest river in the world is also found in
4. You can use a torch or a candle to see in a Asia. It is called the Yangtze River. There are
dark room. many countries in Asia. They include China, Korea,
Mongolia, Russia, Japan, India, Nepal, Brunei,
5. My mother fried f sh and chicken. Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore.


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Answer
PROGRESS TEST 2
C 1. Ronna likes chocolates and candies.
A 1. A 2. A 3. A 2. He has a lot of photos of animals.
4. B 5. A 6. B 3. The girls often visit their grandparents.
4. Charles works very hard to score high marks
B 1. receive 2. are in every test.
3. Do 4. is 5. We jog in the park every morning.
5. wash 6. Hank keeps his hamster inside a big cage.
7. Mr. Donovan donates to the orphanage
C 1. swam 2. ran regularly.
3. wrote 4. went 8. The ladies use the washroom at the back.
5. played 6. won 9. My teacher lives with his family.
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7. tricked 8. gave 10. The children always play in the garden.
9. danced 10. used
D 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. B
D 1. cried 2. collected
3. went 4. baked
5. played 6. repaired E 1. C 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B
7. threw 8. cooked 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. A
9. wrote 10. sewed
F 1. slowly 2. happily
E 2. James likes to play badmonton. 3. Suddenly 4. quickly
James does not like to play football. 5. quickly 6. angrily
3. The bag is on the bed. 7. sweetly 8. politely
The bag is not on the f oor.
4. The cat sleeps under the chair. 1. C 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. A
The cat does not sleep in the basket. G
5. Bobby is eating an orange. 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. A
Bobby is not eating a papaya.
H 1. D 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. A
F 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. A 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. B
5. C 6. A 7. A 8. D
G Leesa and her sister went to the gift shop I 1. next to — to
last Saturday. They wanted to buy a present for
their mother on her birthday. 2. through — on
“What shall we buy?” Leesa asked.
“I am not sure. Why don’t we look around 3. or — and
f rst,” replied her sister. 4. under — over
After walking around the gift shop and looking
at all the things on sale, they f nally bought a 5. along — from
beautiful red scarf. On the way back home, they 6. or — but
also bought a birthday cake.
7. over — in
H 1. A 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. C
8. among — between
YEAR-END EVALUATION J 1. He couldn’t open the door.

2. They aren’t joining the club.
A 1. Yes, it is. 2. No, it isn’t.
3. Yes, they are. 4. No, it isn’t. 3. We shan’t go to the town centre.
5. No, they aren’t. 6. Yes, it is. 4. My niece can’t cook very well.
7. No, it isn’t. 5. The apples weren’t fresh.
6. The child wasn’t sitting on the swing.
B 1. Clean 2. Use 7. They mustn’t go with you.
3. Switch 4. Do 8. The guard won’t lock all the doors.
5. Install


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TAC014220
The
Books1-6 series is a package of

comprehensive grammar books
suitable for students as well as adult learners.

The introductory notes and extensive exercises will
help you improve your mastery of
the English language.



Key Features :

Clear and concise grammar notes

Varied and fun-to-do exercises
Complete answers English



















Book
Sarah M.
4
Book
Book
www.PelangiBooks.com 4 Maureen Lee
• Online Bookstore • Online Library •




Published by:




WM:RM7.60 / EM:RM7.90
NETT PRICE
In collaboration with: TAC014220
Dickens Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-967-489-269-2
Suite G7-G8, Davina House, 137-149 Goswell Road,
London, EC1V 7ET, United Kingdom. ,!7IJ6H4-ijcgjc! In collaboration with
E-mail: [email protected] Dickens Publishing Ltd. (UK)