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Grammar: nouns, articles, pronouns and quantifiers

40 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. The question types are the same as in UASA Paper 1 (Parts 1 to 5) and Paper 2.

Section A: short texts (Part 1 style)

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

Aiman always tells the truth. He is ______ honest boy.
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A
The h in honest is silent, so the word starts with a vowel sound: an honest boy. Some is not used with a singular countable noun.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard Articles: a / an
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Question 2

Mum,
I have gone to the library with Priya. ______ will come back by 5 p.m.
Siti
Which word fits the gap?
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B
Siti and Priya are the doers of "will come back", so we need the subject pronoun We. Us is an object pronoun and Our needs a noun after it.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard Subject pronouns
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Question 3

SCHOOL CANTEEN
Only a few curry puffs are left today. Come early!
The notice tells us that
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C
A few means a small number, but more than none. So there are some curry puffs, but not many.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Part 1: notices; a few
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Question 4

Kak Long,
There isn't much rice in the kitchen, but there are a lot of eggs. Can you buy a packet of rice on your way home?
Adik
From the message, we know that
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B
"There isn't much rice" means only a little rice is left, so Adik asks Kak Long to buy more. There are a lot of eggs, so A is wrong.
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard Part 1: messages; much / a lot of
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Question 5

There ______ some milk in the fridge. You can have a glass.
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A
Milk is uncountable, so we use there is. "There have" is never correct.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard There is / there are
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Question 6

Thank you for helping Daniel and ______ with the poster, Cikgu Farid.
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C
The word comes after the verb helping (helping Daniel and me), so we need the object pronoun me. Test it alone: "helping me", not "helping I".
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Object pronouns
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Question 7

How ______ students are there in your class?
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C
Students is a plural countable noun, so we ask How many. How much is for uncountable nouns such as money or time.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Quantifiers: many / much
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Question 8

Which sentence is correct?
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A
Information is uncountable: it has no plural and cannot take an. "Some information" is correct.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Uncountable nouns
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Question 9

LOST
A blue water bottle with my name on its lid. If you find it, please return it to Kavitha, 1 Bestari.
In the notice, "its lid" means the lid of
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B
Its is a possessive for a thing. The lid belongs to the water bottle; for Kavitha the notice would say her.
For the teacher: Analysing, high difficulty, standard Part 1: notices; possessive its
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Question 10

Amir wrote: "My sister bought three new furnitures for her room." What is the best way to correct his sentence?
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A
Furniture is uncountable, so we count it with pieces of. B still puts a number before an uncountable noun, and C wrongly keeps the -s on furniture.
For the teacher: Evaluating, high difficulty, standard Uncountable nouns: a piece of
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Question 11

Mum only put ______ sugar in my teh tarik, so it is not too sweet.
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C
Sugar is uncountable, so we use a little (a small amount). A few and many go with plural countable nouns.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Quantifiers: a few / a little
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Question 12

Hi Nurul, my brother and I are at the bus stop. Our bus is late. Please tell Cikgu Azman that we will be late for the first lesson.
Farah
Who will be late?
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B
"We" and "our" stand for "my brother and I", so Farah and her brother will be late.
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard Part 1: messages; possessive adjectives

Section B: error correction (Part 2 style)

8 marks
Read the text and correct the underlined errors. Write one correct word for each.
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Question 13

A Friday night at the pasar malam
Every Friday night, my family and I go to the pasar malam in Taman Melati. (0) Us always walk there because it is near our house. My mother buys a lot of fresh (a) vegetable for the week. My father goes straight to the satay stall because (b) she loves satay more than anything. My little brother, Danial, holds (c) mine hand all the time because there are so (d) much people. Last Friday, we met (e) a old friend of my father's there. The (f) childrens were excited at the toy stall. Mak Cik Rohani, who sells kuih, always gives (g) we an extra kuih. There (h) is two new stalls this month, and I cannot wait to try them!
Example: (0) Us → We
[1 mark] (a)vegetable
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A lot of + a countable noun takes the plural.
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[1 mark] (b)she
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The father is a man, so use he.
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[1 mark] (c)mine
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A noun (hand) follows, so use the possessive adjective my.
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[1 mark] (d)much
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People is plural and countable, so use many.
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[1 mark] (e)a
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Old begins with a vowel sound, so use an.
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[1 mark] (f)childrens
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Children is already plural; do not add -s.
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[1 mark] (g)we
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After the verb gives, use the object pronoun us.
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[1 mark] (h)is
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Two new stalls is plural, so there are.
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For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Part 2: nouns, articles, pronouns, quantifiers

Section C: information transfer (Part 3 style)

4 marks
Read the text and complete the table. Use no more than three words and/or a number from the text for each answer.
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Question 14

Our class picnic
Next Saturday, 1 Cempaka will have a picnic at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa. Everyone must bring something. Mei Ling will bring a big bottle of orange juice. Arjun's mother has offered to cook for us, so Arjun will bring two containers of fried rice. Hakim will bring a few packets of tissue paper and some plastic bags for our rubbish. We do not need to buy any plates because Puan Salmah, our class teacher, has a lot of paper plates at home. She will bring them. Aina will bring a basket of rambutans from her grandfather's orchard. Please do not bring much sweet food. Fruit is better!
NameFood or itemHow much
Mei Lingorange juice(a) ______
Arjun(b) ______two containers
Hakimtissue paper(c) ______
Puan Salmah(d) ______a lot
Ainarambutansa basket
[1 mark] (a)How much orange juice will Mei Ling bring?
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[1 mark] (b)What will Arjun bring?
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[1 mark] (c)How much tissue paper will Hakim bring?
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[1 mark] (d)What will Puan Salmah bring?
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For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard Part 3: quantities and unit words

Section D: a price list (Part 4 style)

5 marks
Read the price list. For (a) to (c), choose True or False. For (d) and (e), write no more than five words and/or a number.
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Question 15

SMK Seri Indah canteen: food left at 10.15 a.m.
Food or drinkPriceLeft
Nasi lemakRM2.50 a packet40 packets
Mee gorengRM3.00 a platesold out
Roti canaiRM1.50 a piece6 pieces
Curry puffsRM0.80 each3
Orange juiceRM1.20 a cupa lot
[1 mark] (a)There are a lot of nasi lemak packets left.
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True
Forty packets are left: that is a lot.
[1 mark] (b)There is some mee goreng left.
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False
The mee goreng is sold out, so there isn't any mee goreng.
[1 mark] (c)There are only a few curry puffs left.
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True
Only three are left: a few.
[1 mark] (d)Zul has RM2.00. He wants two pieces of roti canai. How much more money does he need?
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[1 mark] (e)Which food can nobody buy now?
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Part 4: non-linear text; there is / are, quantifiers

Section E: gapped text (Part 5 style)

4 marks
Four sentences have been removed from the email. Choose from the sentences A to E to fit each gap. There is one extra sentence you do not need.
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Question 16

Dear Kak Nita,
I started at my new school, SMK Bandar Baru, last week. (a) ______ It is big and it has a beautiful garden. My class teacher is Puan Lee. (b) ______ My classmates are friendly too. There are thirty-two students in my class. (c) ______ We sit together at the front. The canteen food is cheap, but there isn't much space there at recess time. (d) ______ Write soon!
Love,
Siti
[1 mark] (a)Gap (a)
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D The school is near my house, so I walk there every day.
The next sentence starts with It, which needs a singular thing before it: the school.
[1 mark] (b)Gap (b)
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A Her lessons are always fun.
Her refers back to Puan Lee. E uses His, which cannot refer to Puan Lee.
[1 mark] (c)Gap (c)
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B Two of them, Mei and Ain, are my new best friends.
Them refers to the thirty-two students, and the next sentence (We sit together) needs two friends.
[1 mark] (d)Gap (d)
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C So, my friends and I eat our lunch under the trees.
So shows the result: there isn't much space in the canteen, so they eat under the trees.
For the teacher: Evaluating, high difficulty, standard Part 5: pronoun and article links between sentences

Section F: short answers and writing

7 marks
Answer all questions.
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Question 17

[1 mark] (a)Rewrite the sentence. Replace the underlined words with pronouns.
Ravi and Aishah are cleaning the whiteboard.
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[1 mark] (b)Complete the reply with one word in each gap.
"Is this your water bottle?"
"No, it isn't ______. ______ is the green one."
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[1 mark] (c)Write the plural of each noun: knife, family, sheep.
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Pronouns, possessive pronouns, plurals
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Question 18

[4 marks] (a)Your e-pal Yuki from Japan wants to know about your classroom. Write four or five sentences (about 40 words) to describe it. Use there is, there are, one quantifier (some, a lot of, a few, many …) and our or my.
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Model answer: Our classroom is on the second floor. There is a big whiteboard in front, and there are thirty-five desks. There are a few plants near the window. We have a lot of books on a shelf at the back. There isn't an air conditioner, but there are four fans.
Any 4 points
Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Creating, high difficulty, standard Paper 2: using there is / are, quantifiers and articles in writing