Saturday, 8 December 2012

NOUNS

Exercise  1

Give the singular and plural forms of the words.

        Singular         
        Plural         
umbrella  
                          
kangaroo  
handkerchief           
                             
                    mangoes 
sheep
mosquito                    
scissors                  
                  mice       
             puppies
                    brushes
                      children, 
                      potatoes  
               pianos


ARTICLES.

The words a, an are articles.
We use articles  for things that we can count (countable nouns)

a - used before consonants.



a cake 


an -  used before vowels
     

                                                                            an umbrella




Exercise 2

Write a or an 

1. _________ egg.

2. _________ banana

3. _________ sandwich

4. _________ elephant

5. __________ ice-cream

6. __________ oven

Sunday, 11 November 2012

Worksheet on Guided Writing

Process Writing Worksheet

Grammar Games for Verbs in Simple Past


This is one of the activities taken from the book “Games for Grammar Practice: A Resource Book of Grammar Games and Interactive Activities”. It’s a good activity for students to practise wide range of verbs in the simple past and habitual past with used to. It also helps to enhance student’s speaking and listening skills since conversations are needed to play the game.

This lesson is free to be downloaded and photocopied as long as it is not used for commercial purposes. Of course, feel free to generate more activities from this lesson idea.

DOWNLOAD HERE


Saturday, 10 November 2012

Learn 'A to Z'

IDIOMS AND SAYINGS




  • Bring home the bacon = To earn a living for the family
    • example: Ahmad felt that it was his responsibility to bring home the bacon as his father had died a month before. 
  • To sell like hot cakes = To sell quickly or rapidly
    • example: Datuk Siti Nurhaliza's latest albums were sold like hot cakes
  • Cry over spilt milk = To cry or complain about something that has already happened. 
    • example: It's no good crying over spilt milk, what's done is done. 
  • To be fired = To be dismissed from your job. 
    • example: Mike was always coming late to work, so eventually he was fired.  
  • To put all your eggs in one basket = To risk everything on one person or thing
    • example: You shouldn't invest all your money in just one business, it would be like putting all your eggs in one basket. 


Tuesday, 6 November 2012

LETS LEARN NOUNS



Today, we are going to cover singular and plural nouns. A person, animal, place or thing is called singular noun. A word that represents more than one person,animal,place or thing is called a plural noun.
Hari ini kita akan belajar singular dan plural nouns(kata benda tunggal dan jamak). Seseorang, binatang,tempat atau benda di panggil singular noun(tunggal). Sebuah perkataan yang mewakili lebih dari satu orang,binatang,tempat atau benda di kenali sebagai plural noun(jamak).

Example /contoh : pencil-pencils, cat-cats, toilet-toilets, boy-boys

Most nouns are singular or plural. Plural nouns are easily recognised by the ending -s.However, many plurals do not follow this.Kebanyakkan noun adalah singular atau plural. Plural nouns senang di kesan dengan penghujung -s. Tetapi, banyak juga plurals yang tidak mengikut hujung dengan s.

Example/contoh : police, people, sheep, fish, glasses

The following nouns are always plural and take a plural verb. Noun(kata benda) berikut selalunya adalah (plural)jamak dan menggunakan (verb) kata kerja jamak.

Picadilly,UK
The police are holding the man responsible for the burglary at Picadilly.
Those pair of shoes are mine.

Nouns which are plural but uses a singular verb when they are treated as singular. Nouns (kata benda) yang plural(jamak) tetapi mengunakan singular verb (kata kerja tunggal) akan dikenali sebagai singular (tunggal).

One hundred years is a century.
Three dollars is not enough for a decent meal.




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Sunday, 7 October 2012