FULL THROTTLE

FULL THROTTLE

A SIN MIN ENGLISH BULLETIN PROJECT - Consist Grammar, Adjectives and prepositions + more

Created By:
Yian Yong Xuan
Tan Yee Zhen

WELCOME AND FULL THROTTLE!

A fun and interactive reading
can be a helpful hand towards
children. The benefits of fun and
enjoyable reading can let them
increase general
knowledge, a bunch of
incredible achievement,
enhancing their reading
ability and vocabulary growth.

It’s Grammar Time!!

A.Complete with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

1. A: Why are you in such a hurry? What time the train to Brighton _____ (leave)?
B: At 9 p.m. But I ______ (want) to be at the train station at six o’clock because I _____ (meet) my friend
Sally.

2. A: Whose suitcase is this?
B: It’s Timothy’s. He _____ (stay) with us for a few days.
A: Really? Where is he now?
B: He’s outside with Larry. They _____ (wash) the car. Larry ___________ (always / wash)
the car on Sundays.

3. A: Hey, Mary. Can you explain this text to me? I __________________ (not understand) it.
B: Not now, Kevin. I _______ (work).
A: Oh Mary. You ____________ (never / help) me!

4. A: Why the children ________ (cry)?
B: Because they can’t find their cat. They _________ (think) someone took it.
A: Their cat is outside. It ____________ (sleep) next to the garage.

It’s Grammar Time!! Too

B. Complete the text below with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Young people have many ways to communicate with each other. Nowadays, it’s much (1)
_____ (easy) to chat and keep in touch with friends than in the past. Of course, young
people hardly ever send letters. And even emails aren’t as (2) _________ (popular) as the
message services provided by social networking sites. However, the (3) _________
(common) way for young people to communicate is by text messaging which is becoming
(4) _______ and _______ (cheap). Over the last few years, smartphones have become
(5) _______ (popular) because people can use them to instantly send videos and pictures
to their friends or even share them on social media. All this communication has its
disadvantages, though. The (6) _______ (much) young people use these ways to
communicate with their friends, the (7) ______ (little) time they spend seeing them
face-to-face.

ADJECTIVES AND WHAT IS-
PREPOSITIONS! ➔ Adjective?

In linguistics, an adjective is a word that
generally modifies a noun or noun phrase or
describes its referent. Its semantic role is to
change information given by the noun.

➔ Preposition and postposition

Prepositions and postpositions, together called
adpositions, are a class of words used to
express spatial or temporal relations or mark
various semantic roles. A preposition or
postposition typically combines with a noun
phrase, this being called its complement, or
sometimes object.

Adjectives and Prepositions

nice / kind / good / stupid / silly / intelligent / clever / sensible / (im)polite / rude / unreasonable OF someone (to do
something)
Thank you it was very nice / kind of you to help me. It's stupid of her to go out without a coat.
nice / kind / good / (im)polite / rude / (un)pleasant / (un)friendly / cruel TO someone
She has always been very nice / kind to me. Why are you so rude / unfriendly to Ann?
angry / furious ABOUT something / WITH someone / FOR something
Why are you so angry about it? They were furious with me for not inviting them to my party.
pleased / disappointed / satisfied WITH something
I was pleased with the present you gave me. Were you disappointed with your examination results?
bored / fed up WITH something
You get bored / fed up with doing the same thing every day.
surprised / shocked / amazed / astonished AT / BY something
Everyone was surprised by /at the news.
excited / worried / upset ABOUT something
Are you excited about going on holiday next week?

Adjectives and Prepositions Pt. 2

afraid / scared / frightened / terrified OF someone / something
Are you afraid of dogs?
proud / ashamed OF someone / something
I'm not ashamed of what I did.
good / bad / excellent / brilliant / hopeless AT (doing) something
I'm not very good at repairing things.
married TO someone (Linda is married to an American.)
sorry ABOUT something (I'm sorry about the noise last night.)
sorry FOR doing something (I'm sorry for shouting at you yesterday.)
be / feel sorry FOR someone (I feel sorry for George.)
famous FOR something (Florence is famous for its art treasures.)
responsible FOR something (Who was responsible for this noise last night?)
interested IN something (Are you interested in art?)
fond OF something / someone (Amitabh is fond of cars.)

EXERCISE TIME

A.Fill in the correct prepositions.

1. She is very terrified __ spiders.
2. We enjoyed our holidays, but we were disappointed __ our hotel.
3. I was surprised __ the way he behaved.
4. He is very fond __ animals.
5. She doesn't often go out in the night because she's afraid __ the dark.
6. I study Spanish but I'm not very satisfied ___ my progress.
7. I’ve never seen so many people before. I'm astonished __ the crowds.
8. She is nice, but I don't want to get married __ her.
9. I don't feel sorry ___ her because her problems are her own fault.
10. He is responsible ___ what appears in his newspaper.
11. He wasn't very keen ___ going to the cinema.
12. She is brilliant ___ repairing things.
13. They are interested ___ sports.
14. I felt sorry ____ the children because it rained every day.
15. He said it had been very kind ____ her to help his mother.

READING SECTION

The Castle on the Hill by Elizabeth Goudge

Complete the ghost story with the words below.

Melissa afraid came heard much noise open opened said shouted was
went were

Maggie, Martin and Melissa _____ on holiday with their parents. They were
staying at an old house in the country. Near the house _____ a castle. One day
Maggie and Martin _____ to the castle. They _____ the door and went in. After
a while they _____ to a staircase and went down. Suddenly they heard a ______.
But it was only a mouse or rat and so they went on. They came to an old door.
Maggie was _____ and didn't want to open it, but Martin said, "I'm not afraid

of ghosts," and wanted to open it. Suddenly they _____ a funny noise. "Let's
run!" Martin ______. "But Martin you said you weren't afraid of ghosts. Open
the door!" Maggie said. But Martin was too scared to ______ it and then there
was the same noise again - but ______ louder. Maggie went to the door. "Don't
open it!" Martin _____, but it was too late. Maggie opened it and behind it

was _____.

Last but not least …… IDIOMS And Its Meaning

1 Get your act together Get organized and do things effectively
2 Hit the sack
3 Good things come to those who wait Go to sleep
4 Back against the wall
To have patience
5 Up in arms
6 Burn your boats/bridges Stuck in a difficult circumstance with no
escape
7 Sell like hot cakes
8 Run around in circles Being grumpy or angry about something

9 On cloud nine Doing something that makes it impossible to
10 Left out in the cold go back to the original state.
11 Boil the ocean
Quick sellout

Putting efforts into something that is not a
worthwhile result

Being very happy

Being ignored

Taking up an almost impossible or overly
ambitious project

KEEP UP. NEVER GIVE UP. FULL THROTTLE!

COMPILED BY : TEACHER NIRMALA FROM SMJK SIN MIN 2022