Topic 1 - 2

Keys To Grammar         Gear One

Rules To Know

Topic 1

                                         Personal Pronouns (P1)

                     Singular                                Plural

First person          I                                      We    

Second person      You                                  You

Third person         He

                           She                                  They

                           It

Peter and I  ----------------------------->             We

You and Peter   ------------------------>               You

John and Mary

The children   (child)

The pupils

The dogs ------------------------------>                They

My parents

The clocks

The babies

Try and see:

1.  [Peter and I] are good friends.  _______ go to the library every day.

2.  You are Mary.  _______ are an obedient girl.

3.  [You and Ali ] are classmates.  _________ talk to each other every day.

4.  [ John and Mary] are cousins.  __________ live near each other.                   

5.  The children are happy.  _________ are excited, too in the playground.

6. The pupils are running now. _________are also shouting loudly.                                                                                                    

7.  The dog is barking.  __________ is running about wildly.          

8.  _______ am Qingyee.                                                                    

9.  John is a polite boy.  _________ always speaks politely to others.

10.  Maria is an obedient girl.  ________always listens to her parents.

Note:

P1 is used as subject of the sentence and followed by verb.  Let call it Subject Personal Pronouns for easy reference.  Personal pronouns are words we use to replace nouns.                                                                       

1.  I ----------->                replace my name

2.  You --------->               second person singular è alone

                                Second person plural    è more than one

3.  He  --------->               a boy / a man           

4.  She --------->               a girl / a woman

5.  It ------------>        an animal / a thing/an event/a place/time

6.  We --------->      anybody and I

                                Peter, Tom, Alice, Samy, the dog and I 

 

7.  You --------->               You and anybody                              

                                You, Peter, Alice, Ali, Samy and the cat

8.  They ---------->      all the plural nouns not involving I nor You   

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Topic 1

Exercise    1

Fill in the blanks with ‘ I, You, He , She, It, We, You, or They’.

1.  Ali                                                ___________________

2.  Mary                                           ___________________

3.  The bat                                         ___________________

4.  The clocks                                     ___________________

5.  Ali and I                                        ___________________

6.  You and Mary                               ___________________

7.  The cat and the dog                       ___________________

8.  The picture and the clock                ___________________

9.  The flower                                     ____________________

10. My name is Wensi.                        ___________ am a girl.

Exercise    2

Fill in the blanks with “I, You, He, She, It, We, You, or They.”

1.  Hassan and I                                  __________________

2.  Joseph                                          __________________

3.  Mary                                             __________________

4.  Mary and Henry                            __________________

5.  You and James                                      __________________

6.  The gloves                                            __________________

7.  The cats                                               __________________

8.  The bear                                               __________________

9.  The houses                                           __________________

10. An apple                                              __________________

Exercise    3

Fill in the blanks with “I, You, He, She, It, We, You or They”.

1.  Alina                                               ___________________

2.  Sansan and I                                   ___________________

3.  Mary and Ali                                    ___________________

4.  You and Tom                                  ___________________

5.  The cat                                                 ___________________

6.  The cats                                               ___________________

7.  A cap                                                    ___________________

8.  Lucy                                                     ___________________

9.  A fork and a spoon                                 ___________________

10. My parents                                           __________________

                                                             

(3)                

Topic 2

Simple Present Tense

(i)  Verb-to-be

          Am

          is

          are

     I        am                                    We

     You    are                                    You          are

     He

     She     is                                      They

     It

‘Am / is / are’ can be followed by a noun phrase, an adjective or an adverb of place /time /a prepositional phrase indicating place / time

I am a pupil.

I am busy every day.

I am in the library now.

John is a boy.

He is tall.

He is here every day.

Maria is a nurse.

She is kind and good.

She is at home now.

It is Monday today.

Try and See:

Fill in the blanks with ‘am / is / are’.

1.  Jean ___________ a kind girl.

2.  I _________ quite obedient sometimes.

3.  The children ___________ quiet.

4.  You __________ smart.

5.  Tina and I ___________ hardworking.

6.  They ___________ very noisy.

7.  Tom ____________ nosey sometimes.                                                                                                                                              (4)

Topic 2

Simple Present Tense   -----> Verb-to-be    am, is, are

Exercise 4

Fill in the blanks with “am / is /are”.

1.  You ____________ Joseph.

2.  I __________ at home now.

3.  Siew Ling ___________ a pupil.

4.  Peter and Joseph ___________ classmates.

5.  Lina and I ___________ hungry.

6.  Ahmad ___________ in the classroom.

7.  The cat __________ in the kitchen.

8.  We ____________ happy today.

9.  I __________ ready to go now.

10. Susan _________ angry with me.

Exercise 5

Fill in the blanks with “am / is / are”.

1.  Mei Mei and Sui Lang __________ running in the park.

2.  I __________ eating now.

3.  Joseph __________ walking to school now.

4.  Leelan _________ skipping now.

5.  Joseph, Peter and Leela ___________ reading now.

6.  Lily and I __________ jumping happily now.

7.  You ___________ dancing.

8.  She __________ singing.

9.  They __________ writing.

10. The bird __________ flying.

Exercise 6

Fill in the blanks with “am / is / are”.

1.  I ________ six years old.

2.  My sister __________ three years old.

3.  Joseph __________ angry now.

4.  Ali and his brother ___________ at home now.

5.  You and Joseph ___________ hungry now.

6.  An elephant ___________ a big animal.

7.  Joseph and I ___________ good friends.

8.  The cat __________ meowing.

9.  The children ____________ laughing together.

10. The picture __________ on the wall.

11.  Jack and his brother ___________ gentle.

12.  I ___________ poor at drawing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (5)