Form 1 English Language Practice 2

A Fill in the blanks with suitable articles (a, an,

the, -).
1 My brother works as _______ engineer.
2 Lina lent me ________ pen.
3 We can see _____ moon at night.
4 Nepalese live in ____ Alps.
5 Kuantan faces _____ South China Sea.
6 ______ time is precious.
7 The gangster goes to ______ prison every now
and then.
8 Susan baked her cake in ______ oven.
9 ________ tiger is a fierce animal.
10 She won ________ first prize in the contest.
B Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
1 My mother helped me _______ my homework.
2 Dont throw ________ rubbish anywhere you
like.
3 The mouse ran ________ the small hole.
4 A plane flew ______ my house this morning.
5 I intend to visit Australia _______ December.
6 His birthday falls ________ 6th July.
7 Taking too much sugar is bad _____ health.
8 The man sold his old car ____ two thousand
ringgit.
9 Nazri always quarrels __________ his brother.
10 Prizes of things will go ________?
C
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Fill in the blanks with verbs of correct tenses.

She _______ (go) to the beach last Sunday.
I __________ (buy) a dictionary tomorrow.
The Bangladeshi _______________ (cut) the
grass now.
4 They ____________ (live) her for five years.
5 It _________________ (rain) when I reached
home yesterday.
6 He _______________ (take) his breakfast
before he __________ (go) out this morning.
7 The sun __________ (rise) in the east.
8 We _______________ (do) our homework
already.
9 I ___________ (speak) to my neighbor this
morning.
10 She seldom ___________ (eat) meat.
D Complete the following sentences with suitable
question tags.
1 He likes to eat bread, ________________?
2 He bought a photo album just now,
__________?
3 You will help me now, ________________?

John did not do well in the last test,

__________?
5 It is very delicious, _____________?
6 They wont help us at all, ________________?
7 Ali and Abu like playing football,
___________?
8 You were not there, _______________?
9 They work in this factory, ______________?
10 It was a fierce dog then, ________________?
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Underline the correct answer

One of boys over there (is / are) my cousin.
Neither of the girls (know / knows) my name.
The cattle (is / are) grazing in the field.
Either of them (speak / speaks) Vietnamese.
A number of boys (jog / jogs) here every
Saturday.
6 The number of students in this class (is / are) 30.
7 The teacher, together with his students, (come /
comes) here very often.
8 The staff of the new supermarket (is / are) very
friendly.
9 Bad news often (make / makes) us sad.
10 The lens of her spectacles (has / have) broken.
F

Underline the error in each sentence and make

the appropriate correction in the space provided.
1 There are a lot of water in the tank.
___________
2 She did came here yesterday. ____________
3 Do you mind help me for a while?
____________
4 The thief ran to the direction of the forest.
_______
5 I like to sing everyday. _____________
6 The depressed lady hung herself in the hotel
room yesterday. ____________
7 I will telephone to you afterwards. ___________
8 It were they who had helped me before this.
____
9 We should dispose off rubbish properly. _____
10 Krishnan threw a stone to the dog to drive it
away. _______
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Give the past tense of the following verbs.

dig ________
do ________
go ________
eat ________
cut ________
fly ________
throw ________
take ________

tell ________

10 draw ________