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Grammar: nouns, articles, quantifiers and relative clauses

44 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. Section A is multiple choice. Section B is like UASA Paper 1 Part 2 (error correction), and Section F is like Paper 2 (writing). Sections C to E practise the grammar behind them. Ask a parent or teacher to help you mark the written answers.

Section A: multiple choice

12 marks
Choose the best answer A, B or C.
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Question 1

Which noun is uncountable?
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A
Research has no plural and cannot take a or an. Tradition and generation are countable: a tradition, two generations.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard Uncountable nouns (1.6)
Textbook p. 13
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Question 2

Can you give me ______ advice about my exams?
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B
Advice is uncountable, so a / an and many are wrong. Some is used with uncountable nouns in requests.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Quantifiers: some (1.7)
Textbook p. 162
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Question 3

There ______ a lot of traffic on the highway this morning, so Dad was late.
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C
Traffic is uncountable, so the verb is singular. The sentence is in the past (was late), so was. Were is for plural nouns (there were cars) and have does not agree with there plus a singular noun.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Uncountable nouns and verbs (1.6)
Textbook p. 162
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Question 4

The news about the school trip ______ not good. It has been cancelled.
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B
News ends in -s but is uncountable and singular, so it takes is. The textbook gives The news is very good as its example.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Uncountable nouns that end in -s (1.6)
Textbook p. 13
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Question 5

In which sentence is the word hair countable?
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C
Two hairs means single strands that can be counted. In A and B, hair means all the hair on a head and is uncountable.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Nouns that are countable and uncountable (1.5, 1.6)
Textbook p. 13
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Question 6

Faizal plays ______ piano in the school band.
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A
Musical instruments take the: the piano, the violin. A and an would be used for one piano that is mentioned for the first time.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard The definite article: musical instruments (3.8)
Textbook p. 165
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Question 7

An elephant was born at the zoo last week. ______ baby elephant is very popular with visitors.
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C
The baby elephant is the elephant we have already mentioned, so we use the definite article.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Articles: first and second mention (3.7, 3.8)
Textbook p. 165
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Question 8

Which sentence is correct?
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A
School subjects and names of sports take no article, so B and C add words that should not be there.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard No article: subjects, sports (3.8)
Textbook p. 165
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Question 9

That is the girl ______ computer is broken.
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B
Whose shows possession: the computer belongs to the girl. Who would need a verb next (the girl who is...).
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard Relative pronouns: whose (4.1)
Textbook p. 47
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Question 10

Summer is the time of year ______ everybody likes to relax by the sea.
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C
The clause gives more information about a time, so we use when. Where is for places and who is for people.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Relative pronouns: when (4.1)
Textbook p. 47
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Question 11

Which sentence has a non-defining relative clause?
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A
The clause in A is extra information, separated by commas. In B and C the clause tells us which man and which films, so they are defining and have no commas.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Non-defining relative clauses (4.3)
Textbook p. 47
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Question 12

Aina wrote: "My brother, that works in Penang, is a pilot." What is the mistake?
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B
This is a non-defining clause about a person, so we need who. The textbook note says that cannot replace who or which in a non-defining clause. Which is for things.
For the teacher: Evaluating, high difficulty, standard that in relative clauses (4.2, 4.3)
Textbook p. 47

Section B: error correction (Part 2 style)

8 marks
Read the text. Each underlined word is wrong. Write one correct word for each.
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Question 13

My grandfather's kampung
My grandfather, (a) that is eighty years old, often tells us about the kampung (b) who he grew up. There was not (c) many electricity, so the villagers used oil lamps. The only (d) informations they had came from the radio, and the news (e) were usually about the weather. He still remembers the day (f) where the first car arrived in the village. It was (g) a old red car that belonged to the headmaster. Both of his (h) brother still live in the village.
[1 mark] (a)that
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A non-defining clause between commas cannot use that, and it is about a person.
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[1 mark] (b)who
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The kampung is a place.
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[1 mark] (c)many
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Electricity is uncountable, so much (negative sentence). Many is for countable nouns.
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[1 mark] (d)informations
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Information is uncountable and has no plural.
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[1 mark] (e)were
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News is uncountable and singular; the story is in the past.
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[1 mark] (f)where
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The day is a time, so when.
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[1 mark] (g)a
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Old begins with a vowel sound.
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[1 mark] (h)brother
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Both of his needs a plural noun.
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For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Part 2: nouns, quantifiers, relative clauses, articles
Textbook p. 13

Section C: articles

6 marks
Choose a, an, the or - (no article) for each gap.
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Question 14

Mount Kinabalu
Mount Kinabalu is (1) ____ highest mountain in Malaysia. It is in Sabah, and every year thousands of people climb it. All climbers must hire (2) ____ guide. (3) ____ guide, who knows the trail well, wakes them up at about 2 a.m. They have (4) ____ breakfast and start climbing in the dark. They reach the summit in (5) ____ early morning and stay there for about (6) ____ hour.
[1 mark] (1)Gap (1)
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the
Superlative: the highest.
[1 mark] (2)Gap (2)
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a
First mention of a singular countable noun beginning with a consonant sound.
[1 mark] (3)Gap (3)
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the
Second mention of the guide.
[1 mark] (4)Gap (4)
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-
Meals take no article.
[1 mark] (5)Gap (5)
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the
morning, afternoon and evening take the (the early morning).
[1 mark] (6)Gap (6)
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an
Hour begins with a vowel sound (silent h).
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Articles (3.7, 3.8)
Textbook p. 39

Section D: relative clauses

5 marks
Answer all questions.
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Question 15

Join each pair of sentences into one sentence with a relative clause. Use who, which, whose, when or where.
[1 mark] (a)This is the boy. His bicycle was stolen.
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[2 marks] (b)My cousin lives in Kuching. He is a vet. (Use commas.)
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Also accepted: My cousin, who is a vet, lives in Kuching.
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[1 mark] (c)Hari Raya is a time. Families meet then.
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[1 mark] (d)That is the library. I borrowed this book there.
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Combining sentences with relative clauses (4.1 to 4.3)
Textbook p. 47

Section E: nouns and quantifiers

7 marks
Answer all questions.
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Question 16

Complete each sentence with one of the phrases: loaves of, pieces of, glasses of.
[1 mark] (a)Mum bought two ______ bread at the bakery.
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[1 mark] (b)Aiman gave me three ______ advice.
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[1 mark] (c)We drank four ______ orange juice.
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Phrases of quantity with uncountable nouns (1.6)
Textbook p. 162
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Question 17

Each sentence has one mistake. Rewrite the sentence correctly.
[1 mark] (a)She has many homeworks to finish.
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[1 mark] (b)The childrens are playing in the garden.
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[1 mark] (c)Maths are my favourite subject.
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[1 mark] (d)There are only a little cars in the car park.
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For the teacher: Evaluating, medium difficulty, standard Part 2: correcting noun and quantifier errors (1.5 to 1.7)
Textbook p. 162

Section F: writing

6 marks
Answer the question.
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Question 18

[6 marks] (a)Write a short paragraph (about 50 words) about a person you admire. Use who in one defining clause, one non-defining clause with commas (who or which), and whose or where once. Use a / an / the and one quantifier correctly.
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Model answer: My aunt, who is a nurse, is the person I admire most. She works in a hospital where she looks after a lot of children. She is a woman who never gives up, and she has taught me to be kind. Her patients, whose families are often worried, always feel safe with her.
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For the teacher: Creating, high difficulty, standard Paper 2: using relative clauses, articles and quantifiers in writing (3.7, 4.1 to 4.3)
Textbook p. 47