ENGLISH FORM 1

EXERCISES
PRONOUNS.
Fill in the blanks with suitable pronouns.
1.
Is this your badminton racket, Nik? Yes, it is ____________.
2.
The teacher scolded ____________ because I was late for class.
3.
The woman and _____________ children went to the cinema.
4.
Father gave my twin sisters jewellery kits for __________ birthday.
5.
With all that money, ____________ can buy herself a new car.
6.
The boys did not do ___________ homework so the teacher punished _______.
7.
As __________ was the one who found the money, ___________ is his.
8.
Amin was given a new bicycle on ___________ birthday.
9.
Have you seen _____book? I left _____ on the coffee table but _____ is missing now.
10. The prefects told the students to cut _________ nails.
Answers:
1. Mine, 2. Me, 3. Her, 4. Their/theirs, 5. She, 6. Their/them, 7. He/it, 8. His, 9. My/it/it, 10.
Their

NOUNS.
Underline the common nouns and circle all the proper nouns in these sentences.
1.
The young man was allowed to leave camp because he had measles.
2.
Mother teresa was a famous nun who lived in India.
3.
Would you like to go to Pulau Pangkor with the Nature Society?
4.
That neighbour bougt two bottles of honey at the supermarket in Gurney Hall.
5.
I told the customer that there is a new computer shop close to Universiti Utara Malaysia.
6.
The Daily Paper ia a very popular newspaper in Malaysia.
7.
Alice Wong works as a salesgirl in Kuantan.
8.
The Cancer Welfare Association is a non-governmantel organisation.
9.
The snatch thief tried o run away with a Nokim cellphone.
10. Super Books Sdn. Bhd. Is a company that is located in the Klang Valley.
Answers:
1.

The young man was allowed to leave camp because he had

measles.

2.

Mother teresa was a famous nun who lived in India.

3.

Would you like to go to Pulau Pangkor with the Nature Society?

4.

That neighbour bougt two bottles of honey at

thesupermarket in Gurney Mall.

5.

I told the customer that there is a new computer shopclose

to Universiti Utara Malaysia.

6.
7.
8.

The Daily Paper ia a very popular newspaper in Malaysia.

Alice Wong works as a salesgirl in Kuantan.
The Cancer Welfare Association is a nongovernmantelorganisation.

9.

The snatch thief tried o run away with a

Nokim cellphone.
10. Super Books Sdn. Bhd. Is a company that is located in the Klang Valley.

PRESENT TENSE.
Exercise:
Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense form of the verbs in brackets.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Nurul ___________(promise) to clean her room every day.

Pedigree pets ___________(be) very expensive abd difficult to care for.
The food in the canteen __________(taste) quite good.
Jay Zee often _________(participate) in swimming competition.
__________ (teachers, have) a lot of work to do after school?
Change the verbs in the brackets to the present continuous tense.
The teacher ___________(read) a poem to the students.
The children ___________(swim) in the smaller pool.
The lion is hungary. It ___________(roar) loudly.
They __________(cycle) in the park at this moment.
Derek __________ (walk) his dogs around the neighbourhood.

Answers: Simple present tense 1. Promises, 2. Are, 3. Tastes, 4. Participates, 5. Do teachers

have
Present continuous tense 1. Is reading, 2. Are swimming, 3. Is roaring, 4. Are cycling, 5.
Is walking

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.

PAST TENSE
Exercise.
Fill in the blanks with simple past tense of the verbs in brackets.
Last night, we __________ (watch) the live telecast of the olympics.
Our school team _________ (take, not) part in the last choral speaking competition.
A team from 1 Yakin __________ (win) a consolation prize in the dance competition.
A python _________ (swallow) a whole goat in our village on Friday.
There ___________ (be) thousands of people at Dataran Merdeka last night.
Change the verbs in the brackets to the future time (use will+verb)
My father ___________ (buy) a lunchbox for me.
Halim does no like to travel by bus, so he ___________ (take) a flight to bangkok.
My sister does not have enough money. She __________ ( borrow) some from my mother.
She wants to watch the film. She _________ (book) the tickets by telephone.
Answers :
Simple past tense 1. Watched, 2. Did not take, 3. Won, 4. Swallowed, 5. were
Future time 1. Will buy, 2. Will take, 3. Will borrow, 4. Will book
ADJECTIVES.
Exercise.
Underline the adjectives in the sentences below.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

The tall, handsome prince saved the beautiful princess from the evil witch.
The kind girl offered her seat to the woman with the big bag.
The sunflower swayed in the gentle wind.
John likes to drive his cheap, red Japanese car around the tiny island.
Aini geve her petite aunt two little kittens to keep as pet.
We saw tall coconut trees full of big, ripe fruits on the white, sandy shore.
Malaysia is a peaceful, multi-racial country with many interesting places to visit.
Amy has a pair of big eyes and a cute, pretty nose.

Reflexive Pronouns
Introduction
A reflexive pronoun is a special kind of pronoun. It is usually used when the object of
a sentence is the same as the subject, as you will see below. Each personal pronoun
(such asI, you, and she) has its own reflexive form. This introduction will explain
what the different forms of reflexive pronouns are, and when they are used.

The forms of reflexive pronouns

Personal Pronoun

Reflexive Pronoun

myself

you (singular)

yourself

you (plural)

yourselves

he

himself

she

herself

it

itself

we

ourselves

they

themselves

When to use a reflexive pronoun

Reflexive pronouns are used in three main situations.
1. Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and object are the same.
I hurt myself.
The band call themselves Dire Straits.
He shot himself.

2. They are used as the object of a preposition, when the subject and the object
are the same.
I bought a present for myself.
She did it by herself. (She did it alone.)
That man is talking to himself.

3. They are used when you want to emphasize the subject.

I'll do it myself. (No one else will help me.)
They ate all the food themselves. (No one else had any.)

1.

I'll have to help Young Hee fill in her form, but Ja Young can do it
________, because her English is excellent.

herself
2. Can I ask you a question, Sami? Did you go to classes to learn German, or
did you teach ________?

yourself
3. At 12.30, Junko and I went to the cafeteria to buy ________ some lunch.

ourselves
4. Welcome to the party, everyone! Just help ________ to sandwiches and
snacks.

yourselves
5. John hurt ________ while he was fixing his car.

himself
6. Jody and her husband own their own company, so they can give ________ a
holiday any time they like.

themselves
7. When I saw ________ in the mirror, I was horrified -- there was red paint on
my nose!

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8. Look! There's a little bird washing ________ in the river.

itself