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Grammar: present and past tenses

41 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. The sections follow the UASA Paper 1 item types: short texts with A, B or C (Part 1), error correction (Part 2), information transfer (Part 3), a timetable (Part 4) and a gapped text (Part 5).

Section A: multiple choice (Paper 1 Part 1 style)

11 marks
Read each sentence or short text. Choose the best answer A, B or C.
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Question 1

Which sentence is correct?
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B
My brother = he, so the present simple verb takes -es: goes. "Going" needs is in front of it.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 2.1 Present simple (he/she/it + s)
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Question 2

Ravi ______ some kuih to the class party yesterday.
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C
Bring is irregular: bring, brought, brought. "Bringed" and "brang" are not English words.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 2.3 Past simple (irregular verbs)
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Question 3

Message
Hi Wei Jie, I'm at the bus stop now. The bus is late again! It usually comes at 7.10. Please tell Cikgu Salmah I might be late for the first class.
Ken
From the message, we know that Ken
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A
"I'm at the bus stop now. The bus is late" means he is waiting. "Usually comes at 7.10" is about the bus, not about Ken always being late.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 2.2 Present continuous vs present simple
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Question 4

Shh! The baby ______. Please don't make any noise.
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B
"Shh!" tells us the action is happening now, so use the present continuous: is sleeping.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 2.2 Present continuous (now)
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Question 5

Aishah: Plastic bags are bad for sea turtles.
Ben: I ______ with you. Let's bring our own bags.
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A
Agree is a state verb and already a verb, so it needs no am and no -ing: I agree.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 2.2 State verbs
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Question 6

Hakim: Where's Aunty Lin? I need to give her this parcel.
Mother: She has ______ left. Look, you can still see her car at the end of the road!
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C
Her car is still in sight, so she left a very short time ago: has just left. Yet is for negatives and questions; ever is for questions.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 2.5 Present perfect: just
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Question 7

Notice
To all Robotics Club members: We are meeting in the Computer Lab this week because workers are painting the Robotics Room. We usually meet in the Robotics Room on Wednesdays at 3 p.m.
Mr Tan
The Robotics Club
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B
"We are meeting in the Computer Lab this week" is a temporary change. They usually meet in the Robotics Room, and the painting is still going on (are painting).
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard 2.2 Present continuous for temporary actions
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Question 8

While Nurul ______ her bicycle to the shop, a dog ran after her.
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B
While + the long action in progress: was riding. The short action (a dog ran) is in the past simple.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 2.4 Past continuous with while
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Question 9

Email
Dear Nenek,
We arrived in Kota Kinabalu last night. This morning we visited the fish market and ate grilled squid. We have already bought you a seashell lamp! We have not seen Mount Kinabalu yet because it is very cloudy.
Love,
Farah
From the email, we know that the family
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C
"We have not seen Mount Kinabalu yet" means not up to now. They arrived last night, and they have already bought the present (the lamp).
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard 2.5 Present perfect: already and yet
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Question 10

Which sentence is not correct?
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A
"Last year" is a finished past time, so it needs the past simple (visited). The present perfect cannot be used with last year.
For the teacher: Analysing, high difficulty, standard 2.5 Present perfect vs past simple
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Question 11

Mei wrote: "Ask me, Cikgu! I am knowing the answer." Which is the best correction?
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A
Know is a state verb, so it is not used with -ing even for "now". Use the present simple: I know the answer.
For the teacher: Evaluating, high difficulty, standard 2.2 State verbs

Section B: structured questions (Paper 1 Parts 2 to 5 style)

30 marks
Answer all questions. Write your answer in the space, or choose the answer.
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Question 12

Read the blog post. Each underlined word is wrong. Write the correct word for each.
My first Ramadan bazaar
Last Friday, my family and I (0) go to the Ramadan bazaar near our house in Shah Alam. It was my first visit, so I (1) feel very excited. When we (2) arrive, hundreds of people were already there. My little brother, Irfan, (3) hold my hand tightly because he was afraid of getting lost. While we (4) was walking past the food stalls, we smelled grilled chicken and murtabak. My father (5) buyed some kuih and two bottles of air bandung. Irfan (6) choosed a colourful jelly. I have never (7) saw so much food in one place! Now Irfan (8) ask me every day, "When are we going to the bazaar again?"
Example: (0) went
A family walking through a Ramadan bazaar at dusk
A Ramadan bazaar
[1 mark] (1)feel
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The visit was last Friday, so past simple; feel is irregular.
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[1 mark] (2)arrive
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[1 mark] (3)hold
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[1 mark] (4)was
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[1 mark] (5)buyed
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[1 mark] (6)choosed
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[1 mark] (7)saw
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[1 mark] (8)ask
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For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Paper 1 Part 2: error correction (tenses)
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Question 13

Read the school newsletter report. Then complete the table with no more than three words and/or a number from the text.
Recycling Week at SMK Bukit Indah
Last month, our school held its first Recycling Week. Many people thought the Scouts were in charge, but the week was organised by the Environment Club. On Monday, Encik Hairul from the town council gave a talk on waste. The talk was planned for the school hall, but it was held in the library because workers were painting the hall. During the week, every class collected old newspapers, plastic bottles and drink cans. Altogether, the pupils collected 820 kilograms of waste during the week, and most of it was old newspapers. Form 1 Cempaka collected the most and won a trip to a recycling centre in Kajang. The club is now planning a Recycling Month for next year.
Recycling Week
Organiser(a)
Place of the talk(b)
Total waste collected(c)
Winning class(d)
[1 mark] (a)Organiser
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[1 mark] (b)Place of the talk
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[1 mark] (c)Total waste collected
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[1 mark] (d)Winning class
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For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard Paper 1 Part 3: information transfer (past simple report)
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Question 14

Look at the timetable of a camp. The camp took place last Saturday.
Form 1 Orientation Camp, Taman Rimba Ampang, Saturday
TimeActivity
7.00 a.m. – 8.00 a.m.Breakfast
8.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.Jungle trekking with the park rangers
10.00 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.Rest
10.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.First aid workshop (Puan Lee, school nurse)
12.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.Lunch and prayers
2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.Raft building at the lake
4.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.Closing ceremony and prizes
For (a) and (b), choose True or False. For (c) and (d), write a short answer.
[1 mark] (a)At 9.30 a.m., the students were having breakfast.
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False
At 9.30 a.m. they were jungle trekking. Breakfast ended at 8.00 a.m.
[1 mark] (b)The students had lunch before they built rafts.
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True
Lunch was at 12.30 p.m.; raft building started at 2.00 p.m.
[1 mark] (c)What were the students doing at 11.00 a.m.?
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[1 mark] (d)Where did the raft building take place?
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Paper 1 Part 4: non-linear text (past simple and past continuous)
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Question 15

Read Zara's email. Choose the best sentence or phrase for each gap. There are two extra options that you do not need.
Hi Mira,
How are you? I'm writing from my grandparents' house in Kuala Pilah. (1) ______. Every morning, Atuk wakes up at 5.30 and feeds the chickens. Yesterday I helped him. (2) ______! In the afternoon, we went to the river. While we were fishing, (3) ______. We all laughed, and so did he! Today it is raining, so (4) ______. I will tell you more later.
Love,
Zara
Options
A. I have been here for four days
B. One of the hens chased me around the yard
C. my cousin fell into the water
D. I am helping Nenek to make kuih in the kitchen
E. my cousin was falling into the water every day
F. tomorrow we visited the waterfall
[1 mark] (1)Gap (1)
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A
Zara has been there up to now: the present perfect fits after "I'm writing from my grandparents' house".
[1 mark] (2)Gap (2)
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B
She helped Atuk with the chickens yesterday, so the funny hen story (past simple) follows.
[1 mark] (3)Gap (3)
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C
While + past continuous (were fishing), then the short action in the past simple: fell. E is wrong because "every day" does not fit one funny moment.
[1 mark] (4)Gap (4)
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D
"Today it is raining" is now, so the present continuous fits: I am helping Nenek. F mixes tomorrow with a past verb.
For the teacher: Analysing, high difficulty, standard Paper 1 Part 5: gapped text (tense and meaning)
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Question 16

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets.
[1 mark] (a)Look! The children ______ (fly) kites in the field.
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[1 mark] (b)My cousin Ain ______ (study) for two hours every evening.
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[1 mark] (c)We ______ (travel) to Kuching by plane during the last school holidays.
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[1 mark] (d)Encik Wong ______ (never / eat) tempoyak in his life.
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[1 mark] (e)The lights went out while we ______ (watch) a film.
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 2.1–2.5 Verb forms
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Question 17

Choose the correct word or words.
[1 mark] (a)Have you ______ been to Cameron Highlands?
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ever
Ever is used in questions about experiences in your life.
[1 mark] (b)Don't worry about the dishes, Ibu. I have ______ washed them.
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already
Already = done sooner than expected, placed between have and the participle.
[1 mark] (c)I ______ my History homework last night.
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finished
"Last night" is a finished past time, so past simple.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 2.5–2.6 Time expressions
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Question 18

Last night the electricity went off at your house. Write two sentences: the first says what you were doing when it happened (use when or while); the second says what you did next.
[2 marks] (a)Your two sentences
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I was doing my Maths homework when the lights went out. I found a torch in the kitchen drawer and switched it on.
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For the teacher: Creating, high difficulty, standard 2.4 Past continuous with when / while (writing)