P6 Ultimate Revision

Grammar
1. Bob’s train of thought was Bottles of milk are…

interrupted when the doorbell rang.

2. My back has been bad since I hurt Present Perfect Tense

it three years ago.

3. She brought her umbrella because Past Perfect Tense

her mother had reminded her that

morning.

4. Neither the teacher nor the pupils *neither/either … nor/or 


were caught in the traffic jam. (Rule of “nor” and “or”)

5. Either of the eggs is ready to be *neither/either… of

eaten.

6. That old lady whom the police who/whom/whose

assisted was looking for her gold whom —> person follows the blank

ring.


The old lady who was looking for…
 who —> action/verb follows the blank

There are many pupils in the hall, Fill in with he, they, she —> who

many of whom are from my class. Fill in with him, them, her —> whom

7. Grandpa rarely watches movies in question tag

the cinema, does he? (Take note of negative words: rarely,

seldom, hardly, nothing, no one etc.)

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8. If you had listened to me, you If (remember to match)

would have known the way to the

mall.

9. If I were you, I would give him a If… (impossible situation)

piece of my mind.

10. Thankfully, Mother allowed my I/ me

siblings and me to join the rest.
 I - Doer/ Described

My siblings and I have decided to me- Receiver of action

make a meal for our parents.

11. James, as well as his friends, is *extra information

planning to sign up for the run.
 as well as, but one, along with, except

All the children but Sam are here. him, together with etc.

12. We knew what happened because VNV

Hans witnessed (V) the car (N)

crash(V) into the tree.

These can appear for grammar MCQ, Editing & Cloze Passage.

* Take note for Synthesis

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 P6 Ultimate Revision
Regular Synthesis Structures
Always check Tenses, Agreement, Punctuation, Spelling.
Unless
Form a NONSENSE
• Peter will not take his medicine. The nurse
sentence:
has to give him a sweet.

Condition+: The nurse


has to give Peter a sweet.
Unless the nurse gives Peter a sweet, he will
Result: He will not take
not take his medicine.
his medicine. (Does not

make sense!)

Note:

- Condition is usually
positive.

- Omit words like “has

to”, “must” in the

condition.

- No double negatives
X Unless it does not rain, 


I will not go out.

> Unless it rains, I will go

out.

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Active (Doer) <—> Passive Tenses remain the

same!
(Receiver)
Only change in form
• Susan feeds a dog. <—> A dog is fed by
Susan.
*Take note of Agreement
• Susan fed a dog. <—> A dog was fed by
(Singular/ Plural)
Susan.

• They had fed a dog. <—> A dog had been

fed by them.

• Henry is feeding the monkeys. <—> The

monkeys are being fed by Henry.

• Jessica will bake a cake. <—> A cake will

be baked by Jessica.

neither/either … nor/or 


Rule of “nor” and “or”:

• The girls do not like beans. Peter does not
Follow the noun closer to
like beans.
the verb.
Neither the girls nor Peter likes beans.

• The girls did not like beans. Peter did not

like beans. (Past tense)

Neither the girls nor Peter liked beans.

neither/either… of
*Take note of Tenses and
• Both answers are acceptable.
Agreement (Singular/
Either of the answers is acceptable.
Plural)

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Direct <—> Indirect Speech
• Liam said, “I saw you just now.” Change in tenses

Liam said that he had seen me just then. (backshift) if 


“said” verb is in past

• Mr Lim asked if Jenny had handed in her tense.

project the previous day. e.g. Liam said, “I saw you

Mr Lim asked, “Did Jenny hand in her project just now.”

yesterday?” No change in tenses if

*May use present perfect (has handed) if there • “said” verb is present

is no past tense phrases (yesterday, last week tense

etc.) in the answer. e.g. Liam says, “I saw you

just now.”

Tenses • a fact/ universal truth is

Pronouns stated

Time e.g. Liam says, “The Earth

Place is round.”

All —> None/ Each/ Every *Take note of Tenses and

Agreement (Singular/
• All the cats have a collar.
Plural)
Every cat has a collar.

• All the balloons do not have air.

None of the balloons has air.

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All… except one… “except…” is extra

information. Verb should

• All the boys like sushi. Philip does not like
agree with “All”.
sushi.

All the boys except Philip like sushi. (present

*Take note of Tenses and
tense)
Agreement (Singular/

Plural)

Despite/ In spite of… 
 Despite/ In spite of… 


the fact that the fact that…
It started to rain. The match was not cancelled.

Despite the fact that it started to rain, the

match was not cancelled

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