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Possessive Form of Nouns                               Relative Pronouns


               The	possessive form	is	used	with	nouns	to
               show	possession	or	relationship.	We	form	the	     A	relative pronoun	refers	to	the	noun	before	it.
               possessive	by	adding	(’s)	or	(		’)	to	nouns.

                                                                         Relative
            	i)	Singular	nouns	+	(’s)                          Noun      Pronoun         Example
            		e.g.	the	boy’s	bicycle
            	 		  the	man’s	wife                                        	who       The	boy	who	wears	a
            	 		  the	child’s	toy                                       	(subject)  blue	shirt	is	my	brother.

                            	ii)	Plural	nouns	+	(	 ’)                   	whom      The	girl	whom	you	saw
                            		e.g.	the	boys’	shoes             People   	(object)  just	now	is	Minah.
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                            	 		  the	babies’	parents
                            	 		  the	authors’	articles	                	whose     The	children	whose
                                                                                   parents	are	poor	can
                                                                                   take	the	food	for	free.
             	 iii)		Plural	nouns	+	(’s)
             	 		e.g.	the	men’s	trucks
             	 		  	the	women’s	nephews                                            The	kitten	which	is	in
             	 		  	the	children’s	books                                           the	cage	is	Amanda’s
                                                              Animals	  	which     birthday	gift.
                                                              /	Things
                              iv)	Proper	nouns	+	(’s)                              The	storybook	which
                              				e.g.	Louis’s	sister                              you	bought	is	very
                              	  			James’s	house                                  interesting.
                              	  			Amy’s	pen
                              	  			Sabah’s	landmark

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                   The Past Continuous Tense                            The Simple Past Tense

             The past continuous tense is used:                  The simple past tense is used to show an action
              i) to show an action or two simultaneous actions   that began and ended in the past.
              going on in the past.                              e.g. I washed and dried the dishes just now.
                e.g. We were	walking home in the sun.
                   Susan was	swimming in the sea while her
                  brothers were playing on the sand.         	  Subject       Verb         Example
               ii) to show an ongoing past action interrupted by a   	  I
              shorter action.                                             Regular	    •	They	moved	to
                e.g. I was	watching TV when the lights suddenly    	  You  i)	+	-d/-ed  Kedah	3	years	ago.
                  went off.                                  	    We      Irregular	  •	Xiu	Lin	called	me
                                                             	   They     	 ii)	change	  this	morning.
             Subject       Verb         Example              	    He        letters	  •	She	felt	sleepy	so
                                                             	   She        partly	or	  she	went	to	bed
          	                        •	The	baby	was	           	    It        completely  early	last	night.
          	    We                   sleeping	soundly         	 Singular	/  i	ii)	remain	the	  •	I	read	the	news
          	   They      were       	 all	night.              	 Plural	nouns  same	form  just	now.
          	 Plural	nouns           •	Mrs	Liu	was	cooking
                                    while	her	children	            Time	expressions:	last	night/month...,	ago,
          	    I        	    +	-ing  were	playing	chess.           yesterday,	just	now,	this	morning,	etc.
                              form
          	    He
                                   •	They	were	making	            Regular Verb         Irregular Verb
          	   She       was         a	lot	of	noise	when
          	    It                   the	teacher	entered	     	  change	 –	 changed	     fall	 –	 fell
          	Singular	nouns           the	classroom.           	  save	  –	 saved	        take	 –	 took
                                                             	  fold	  –	 folded	       go	 –	 went
                                                             	  pass	  –	 passed	       shut	 –	 shut
                   Time	expressions:	when,	while,	etc.
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