UNIT
Unit 1
Articles
Unit 2
Nouns
Unit 3
Proper Nouns
10
Unit 4
11
Unit 5
Collective Nouns
12
Unit 6
Pronouns
15
Unit 7
Reflexive Pronouns
20
Unit 8
Demonstrative Pronouns
22
10
Unit 9
Verbs
23
11
Unit 10
25
12
Unit 11
29
13
Unit 12
Verb To Be
33
14
Unit 13
36
15
Unit 14
39
16
Unit 15
48
17
Unit 16
51
18
Unit 17
53
19
Unit 18
Present Progressive
55
20
Unit 19
Prepositions
57
21
Unit 20
Adverbs
63
22
Unit 21
Adjectives
67
23
Unit 22
Questions Tag
74
24
Unit 23
Wh-Questions
77
25
Unit 24
Conjunctions
80
26
Unit 25
Punctuation
86
27
BONUS
95
CONTENTS
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Contents
UNIT 1 :
ARTICLES
These are the words a, an and the which usually comes before the nouns or adjectives.
1. Definite article the
This refers to something specific or definite. The usually means You know which ones(s)
Im talking about.
E.g.: i. Anne received the award for bravery. (a specific award)
ii. Wait for me at the Kerinchi LRT station. (a specific place)
iii. Can I use the phone? (the hearer knows that this means your phone)
2. Indefinite article a / an
This is non-specific or indefinite. A / an shows that we are talking about one person or
thing. We often use a / an:
in descriptions
Shes an interesting person.
Hes got a loud voice.
when we say what something is, or what somebodys job is.
This is a return ticket.
Im an engineer.
3. Zero article (-)
(-) No article is used before the names of countries, cities, streets, continents, lakes,
mountains, villages, etc.
He lives in (-) Toronto, a large city in (-) Canada on the shores of () Lake Ohio.
(-) No article is also common before uncountable, plural and often abstract nouns when
we are talking about things in general.
Have we got any (-) milk?
(-) Oranges are nicer than (-) apples.
In general, an is used when the word following it begins with a vowel (a, e, i, o,
u): an umbrella, an elephant, an octopus, an idea, an apple.
BUT
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If the first letter of the word is a vowel, but sounds like a consonant, then use a: a used
car, a useful gadget.
If the first letter of the word is a consonant, but sounds like a vowel, then use an: an
hour, an honest man, an MG sports car.
EXERCISE 1
Fill in the blanks with a or an
1. __________egg
3. ________ dog
2. _________ house
4. ________ university
EXERCISE 2
Fill in the blanks with (-), the or a
1. I speak _____ French.
2. I often listen to _________ radio.
3. _________ phone is downstairs in ___________ kitchen.
4. _________ Canada is a big country.
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___________ Indian girl in the blue dress was crying just now.
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NOTES
We often use a / an to talk about a person or thing for the first time; and the when
we talk about the person or thing again.
A man walked up to a policeman. The man took out a map and asked the policeman ...
Remember: We dont use a / an with plurals. We can use the with plurals.
e.g. She bought the shoes last week.
EXERCISE 4
Fill in the blanks with a , an or the.
A Bag in a Bag
This is a true story. Last year I went into 1_________ big sports shop because I wanted
2_________ sports bag. 3___________ assistant came up to me, and I told him what I
wanted. 4___________ assistant brought me three different bags. I chose 5__________
smallest one and paid for it. 6___________ assistant put 7__________ bag in 8_________
large plastic bag. I told him one bag was enough, and asked him to take 9________ bag out
of 10________ other bag. He did so, but he looked very unhappy as I walked out of
11__________ shop.
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