β: Grammar Drill (1)

Form 4 and 5

Shalom and hi!

This week, we'll be doing Grammar drills. You'll be tested mainly on tenses.

1. Open your book to the Grammar section, and write today's day and date, as well as the title Grammar Drill (1): Tenses.

2. Copy the essay below and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Think carefully!

Answers will be provided later in the week. Happy writing!

1.       Till this day, James __________________ (be) the naughtiest boy I _____________________ (know).  His mother ___________________ (tell) me that last year, he ______________________ (lock) a friend in a storeroom in school. Then, he _____________________ (go) for recess with everyone else. After recess, when the teacher ______________________ (ask) where his friend was, he _________________________ (say) he ___________________ (do) not know. When he finally _______________________ (go) to open the door, his friend was crying loudly. The discipline teacher __________________ (be) so angry! James _________________ (be) caned three times.

2.       When I grow up, I ___________________________ (want) to be a fireman. I _______________________ (make) this decision after I ____________________ (see) two fireman rescuing my neighbour’s children from their burning house. Everyone ___________________________ (think) it ___________________ (be) too late for the children, but not the brave firemen. They ______________ (run) into the burning house and _________________________ (rescue) Dolah and Khadijah. I will always remember how they ________________________ (come) out of the fire carrying one child each. It ___________________ (be) so heroic! I _________________________ (want) to help people, too, so I will do my best to _________________________ (become) a fireman!

3.       It _________________ (be) important to take care of the environment. One of the things we can ______________________ (do) to reduce pollution is to carpool. My father ______________________ (do) this with two friends last year. When I ________________________ (ask) him, he ___________________ (tell) me that doing this will save money and help save the environment. Father _______________________ (say) he ________________________ (spend) less money on petrol because he ___________________________ (share) the cost with his friends. He ________________ (be) happy that he ________________________ (help) to protect our environment. He will carpool again this year after he discusses this with his friends.

4.       I ________________________ (love) flowers very much. I __________________ (like) looking at them, and I _____________________ (like) planting them. I ________________ (be) sad because now I ______________________ (live) in an apartment and cannot plant anything. Two years ago, I __________________ (stay) in a single-storey house. I _______________________ (plant) many types of flowers! In my garden I ________________________ (have) hibiscus, bougainvillea, daisies and lilies. There ______________________ (be) many different colours, and everything __________________ (be) so beautiful! I ____________________ (spend) a lot of time and effort to take care of my garden. Now, all I can do __________________ (be) to hang up pictures of my favourite flowers. 

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