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English Form 5 Unit 1
Grammar (Language Awareness) Textbook page: P.8 – 11
Module DSKP Practice
Present Simple, Present Continuous, stative verbs, relative clauses
A Choose a correct word from each sentence and complete the sentences with it.
1. Mr. Wong is having a meeting with his partners on potential issues for an upcoming
contract in the company. (colleagues / partners).
2. Hilmi always grumbles when he returns home to look at the awful condition of the untidy
house. (praises / grumbles)
3. The little girl was very careful when talking to the two strangers who came to the door
and asked her to open the gate. (strangers / enemies)
4. Li Li had planned something secretly and was determined to get back at them for what
they did to her family. (get up / get back)
5. I’ve not been to the beach for years as it is very filthy with plastics, polystyrenes, and
empty containers all over the place. (smelly / filthy)
B Circle the correct words.
Some parents (think / are thinking) they do not need to give GRAMMAR NOTES
their children pocket money at all. There are also some parents Present Simple
• The simple present tense is
(who / whose) believe little pocket money is enough for their used to talk about things
that we do all the time. For
children as they have paid for the school fees and prepared the example, we use this tense to
talk about our jobs, hobbies,
food for them. However, things (become / are becoming) more habits etc.
and more expensive, and children (grow / are growing)up from Present Continuous
• The present continuous tense
day to day. The food (that / which) we prepare and the money is used to talk about things
that are happening at the
we give them might not be enough. moment of speaking.
Stative Verbs
Giving pocket money to children helps them start learning • The static verbs are used
to describe states such as
about the value of money and money management. For example, feelings, emotions, senses,
state of mind, and possession.
when children (get / are getting) pocket money, they have
Relative Clauses
to make choices about spending or saving. And if they (save / • Relative clauses are used to
give more information about
are saving), they’ll learn about waiting for things they want. If the subject or the object of a
sentence through the use of
they (plan/ are planning) to buy something special in the future, words such as who, whose,
whom, which, where, when,
they can save this money until they have got enough. why, that.
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