PUSAT TUISYEN MURNI MINDA COMPILATIONS OF GRAMMAR QUESTIONS FROM UPSR 2005 TO 2012 (QUESTION 16 21 PAPER 1) 1.

. We (sleep / sleeps / slept / sleeping) late every Saturday. 2. Zaimy (do / did / does / done) ask for permission before he went to the library. 3. The tigress gives ( its / his / their) cub the meat. 4. The train is going ( to / in / through / between) the tunnel. 5. (Besides / Although / Therefore / Furthermore) Farah was tired, she still helped her mother. 6. Yoong got the (less / least / little) marks in Mathematics. 7. He stood ( in / by /under / across) the post box and waited for the postman. 8. Salmah bought a book, pen and pencil case because ( it / we / she / they) were cheap. 9. Yasmin understood the message because Chan spoke ( softly /clearly / quickly / hurriedly). 10. It had been raining heavily ( so / but / because / although) the village was flooded. 11. The boy ( sadly / politely / happily / quickly ) took some money from his mother and ran out ( carefully / lightly / quickly / tiredly) to buy an ice-cream. 12. The durian is a fruit with ( soft / sharp / short / broken) thorns and (long / hard / smooth / rough) skin. 13. Father : Do you have ( any / many / a few / a little) homework today Ravi : Yes, I do. 14. The weather today is (hot / hotter / hotting / hottest) than yesterday but last week was the ( hotter / hottest / hot / hotting) . 15. Mother : How did you break the vase, Husna? Husna : I ( break / broke / breaks / breaking) it while I was wiping the table. 16. Kevin did his English test ( badly / quickly / carefully / angrily) and he promised to do it better the next time. 17. Arif collected the ( most / more / many / much) number of old newspapers for the recycling campaign in his school. 18. You must finish your work ( of / or / but) you cannot watch television. 19. Mpther : ( Has / Had / Do / Have) you taken your bath, Bala? Bala : Yes, I ( has / had / do / have). 20. Adam, please pay attention. You must (listen / listens / listened / listening) to me when Im teaching, said the teacher. 21. They live in (a / an / the) beautiful house on ( the / a / an) island. 22. They worked very hard for the examination, (do / did / dont / didnt) they? 23. He ( is / are / was / were) running to the canteen he fell. 24. The spectators were leaning ( along / against / around / above) the fence while watching the football match. 25. I would like to buy that watch ( if / so / because / although) it is expensive. 26. The ladies are busy hanging ( a / an / the) curtains for ( an / the / a) wedding. 27. Tina and Farid will ( take / takes / taking / took) taxi to the airport. 28. Wani and her sister ( liking / likes / liked / like) eating vegetables. 29. The children continued to play ( whether / because / although / therefore) it was raining heavily. 30. (That / This / Those / These) pencils which I am using belong to my sister. 31. (Where / Whose / Whom / Which) did you give the umbrella to? 32. The zookeepers ( is / are / was / were) feeding the elephants just now. 33. There isnt ( some / any / a little / plenty of) sugar left in the jar. 34. How (much / many / little / some) time do you need to paint the wall? 35. Rafie fell and (break / broke / breaks / broken) his spectacles.. 36. En. Muzaffar walks ( over / among / towards / across) his new car. 37. Please put the boxes of crockery (heavily / lightly / kindly / gently) on the floor. 38. Look at (this / that / these / those) ducks swimming in the pond over there. 39. Mei Lings handwriting is (clear / sharp / neat / fast) and tidy. 40. Teacher : Ramlan, you ( should / could / will / do) not be late for school. Ramlan : Yes, I know teacher. Im sorry. GRAMMAR TOPICS TESTED IN THE EXAM : 1. TENSES 2. PRONOUN 3. CONJUNCTIONS 4. PREPOSTIONS (DIRECTION/LOCATIONS) 5. ADJECTIVE 6. ADVERB 7. COUNTABLE NOUN 8. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES 9. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 10. ARTICLE 11. VERB 12. QUESTION TAG 13. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS 14. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS 15. QUANTIFIER 16. DETERMINER