GRAMMAR : PRESENT TENSE &

GRAPHIC TEXTS

STUDENTS MODULE

NAME : ____________________
CLASS : ____________________

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 APPENDIX 1

GRAMMY BOX
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE VERBS

SINGULAR SUBJECT SINGULAR VERB PLURAL SUBJEC

He swings They
She dances You
It bites We
The girl drinks The girls
The boy knocks The boys
The man jogs The men
The woman collects The women
My uncle points I

APPENDIX 2
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 SUBSTITUTION TABLE

You
Examples:
He play / plays
She Mathematics
It eat / eats
football every day
They go / goes
ice-cream
The read / reads
boys swimming
learn /
Ali and learns comics
Raju

First students construct simple sentences using the table.

Next students construct sentences filling in the 3 rd column

with suitable words.

APPENDIX 3

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A. Choose the correct tense and fill in the blanks.

1. He .............. ( drink/drinks) coffee everyday.

2. Cows................ ( eats/eat) grass.

3. She ............... ( likes/like) to eat sweets.

4. A nurse................. (look/ looks) after the sick.

5. The bus always ...................( stop/stops) at this place.

6. I usually .................. ( play/plays) football in the evening.

7. Kuala Lumpur .............( was/is) the capital of Malaysia.

8. Chee Wei ................. ( reads/read) a book every night.

9. My father .................... ( go/goes) to work everyday.

10. We ........................ (sleeps/sleep) at 9 oclock every night.

APPENDIX 4

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B.Write out these sentences putting in the Simple Present Tense of the verb in
bracket.

1. Monkeys .................. ( swing) from tree to tree.

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2. You must ..................... (shake) the bottle before opening it.

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3. She usually ......................( laugh) to herself.

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4. My uncle........................ ( collect) stamps.

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5. We sometimes ............... (catch) butterflies in the garden.

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6.Students must ................. ( knock) the door before entering the class..

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7. Every day Ali.................... (skip) his breakfast.

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8. Dogs ................ ( bite)

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9. They ................. ( dance) gracefully in the school concert.

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10. The teacher .................. ( point) at the white board.

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 APPENDIX 5

GRAMMY BOX
SIMPLE PAST TENSE VERBS

SINGULAR SUBJECT SINGULAR VERB PLURAL SUBJECT

He swung They
She danced You
It bit We
The girl drank The girls
The boy knocked The boys
The man jogged The men
The woman collected The women
My uncle pointed I

APPENDIX 6

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Worksheet
A. Write the correct simple past tense of the verb
given in the bracket

1. My father __________________(drive) his new car carefully.

2. She _____________________(collect) the papers on the floor.

3. Yesterday, my dog _____________________(bite) the thief.

4. My grandparents ____________________(look) after me from

small.

5. I __________________________(play) football just now.

6. The postman ______________________(knock) on the door to

give a parcel.

7. Azmis sister ______________________(dance) for the concert.

8. All the children ________________________(laugh) when they

saw the clowns.

9. Saffa _______________________(dance) gracefully in the

concert last night.

10. The taxi _________________________(stop) near my house

yesterday.

11. His mother ________________________(go) to work by bus

last Monday.

12. The boys________________________(wash) the car a while

ago.

13. He ____________________(shake) the bottle hard.

14. My old car____________________(stop) in front of a shop.

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15. The monkeys ______________________(swing) from tree to
tree.

APPENDIX 7
HOMEWORK
(40 marks)
PRACTICE 1
Fill in the blanks with the correct simple past tense using the verbs given below (8
marks)

make prepare goes love

take listen know work

Irwan was a hardworking boy. Every morning, before he _____1_____ to school, he

_____2_____ breakfast for his parents and two younger brothers. His mother was often sick

and she was unable to do much for her children. So, it was Irwan who _____3_____ over

the responsibility of doing the house chores and taking care of his siblings. His father was a

contractor and he _____4_____ long hours. Therefore, Irwan took over his fathers

responsibility too. He ______5_____ sure his siblings do their homework and go to school

on time.

Irwans parents were lucky to have him as a son. They _____6_____him very much.

They_____7_____ they can depend on him. His siblings, Aisyah and Farid had high respect

for him too. They _____8_____ to his advice. Farid saw Irwan as his role model.

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PRACTICE 2
Underline the correct answer (8 marks)
Mother: Rozi, why is your room so messy?
Rozi : I am sorry, Mother. I will clean it up later. I 1 ( wants, want ) to finish my
homework first.
Mother: Where is your brother? He 2 ( needs, need ) to take his medicine now.
Rozi : He is hiding under my bed. He 3 ( likes, like ) to be there. Faizal, come out
now!

Faizal : The medicine 4 ( taste, tastes ) bitter.

Mother: Rozi will give you some sweets after this. You 5 (likes, like ) strawberry
sweets, dont you?

Rozi : Heres five sweets for you.

Faizal : Thank you, Kak Rozi. OhI hear Daddys car. I hope he 6 ( buys, buy )
my favourite Hershey chocolate.

Rozi : Your cough will never get well if you eat too much chocolates. I hope daddy
7 ( forget, forgets ) to buy it for you.
Faizal : Kak Rozi is bad! My friend, Shahmi and Rizab 8 (share, shares) their
chocolate with me and I want to share mine with them too.

PRACTICE 3
Underline the correct answer. (6 marks)
1. Yesterday, my father (buy, bought) some durians for his friends.

2. Every morning, the gardener (waters, water) the plants.

3. Puan Hamimah (teach, teaches) in that school.

4. I (laughed, laugh) at the clown when he fell from the horse.

5. My grandparents (visit, visits) us on weekends.

6. The small boy (collects, collected) the books a while ago.

PRACTICE 4
Circle the correct answer (8 marks)
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 Gardening is an excellent hobby for everyone, particularly for the elderly. It does
not require great effort. All a person ___1___ is lots of passion and patience.
My grandmother decided to take up gardening after she fell while jogging. Since
she is an active person, she turned to gardening. Today, our garden ___2___ colourful
because of the numerous varieties of flower plants which my grandmother planted three
years ago. It attractsevery passer-by. Sometimes, a few passers-by ___3___ pictures of our
blossoming garden. Grandmother is so proud of her garden that she even ___4___ them
some of the plants that they like.
My father ___5___ a name for grandmothers garden. He ___6___ it Grandmas
Garden of Eden. Grandmothers green fingers and her passion in her hobby are well known
in our neighbourhood. Our next door neighbour, who is a columnist, has written about
grandmothers garden. After the article was published in the magazine, more garden freaks
___7___ by to get grandmothers advice. She is now quite popular. Every now and then,
she gets phone calls from people who ___8___ to take pictures of her Garden of Eden.
They pay her for the pictures and now, grandmother thinks she should start a nursery
business!
1 A need B needs
C needed D needing

2 A looking B looked
C look D looks

3 A took B take
C taking D takes

4 A given B giving
C gives D give

5 A has B have
C had D having

6 A called B calling
C calls D call

7 A dropping B drop
C drops D dropped

8 A wanting B wanted
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 C want D wants

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