Saturday 19 November 2011

Verb Quiz

Read the sentence and write down which word you think is the verb.


1. I think about it a lot.  ________________________
2. Run fast!  _________________________________
3. I eat 3 meals a day.  ________________________
4. Let's sing a song.  _________________________
5. Jump over the fence.  _______________________
6. I often laugh.  _____________________________
7. Climb to the top.  __________________________
8. Listen carefully.  ___________________________
9. Look out the window.  _______________________
10. I walk every day.  _________________________



Verb Quiz Answers 
1. Think
2. Run
3. Eat
4. Sing
5. Jump
6. Laugh
7. Climb
8. Listen
9. Look
10. Walk

Friday 18 November 2011

Fun game!!

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/coconut/index.htm

Let's learn A-Z animals

camp notes

In the past 8 to October 10, Associations Uniformed Bodies Chabang Tiga Central School held a camp uniform units at the Royal Malay Regiment Rejemen 18, Kem Sri Pantai.Seramai 95 participants comprising members of the Scout Association, Girl movement Islam, the Girl Guides and Cadets Junior School participated in the camp.
    
         The purpose of this camp were to expose students to a variety of nurid-camp activities and students to become independent and the spirit of camaraderie.
         The camp was inaugurated by Mr. HJ Yusof Abd Karim, headmaster tersebut.Dalam his speech, he advised the students to gain as much experience to the campaign of three days, and do not make this campaign such as the sake of.
         Various activities were held during the camp ini.Antaranya including sports, marching competitions, games owls, assemble gadgets and run malam.Semua participants have pointed to the high spirit of cooperation and are excited by each activity.
         The prizes were presented by officials during the closing ceremony ramd 18 diadakan.Beliau directs students to be active in extra-curricular programs organized by various groups for this program are many advantages and benefits to students.
         Camping units are uniform and are expected to AMT great camp to help students build a winning personality
dilaporka by October 15, 2010
(B. Ahmad Nazim Ahmad Suhaimi)
Secretary,
Scouts,
Sekolah Kebangsaan Pusat Chabang Tiga.

Tuesday 8 November 2011

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

Q1 - He ____ it.
don't like
doesn't like
doesn't likes
don't likes

Q2 - They _____ here very often.
don't come
doesn't comes
doesn't come

Q3 - John and Mary ______ twice a week.
come
comes
coming

Q4 - I _____ mind at all.
not
isn't
don't
doesn't

Q5 - It _____ sense.
don't make
doesn't makes
doesn't make

Q6 - They ____ happy.
seem
seems
seeming

Q7 - You _____ to do it.
don't have
doesn't has
doesn't have

Q8 - She ____ a brother.
doesn't has
don't has
don't have
doesn't have

Q9 - The journey _____ an hour.
take
takes

Q10 - I _____ it now.
want
wanting
Q11 - Peggy ____ by bus.
come
comes

Q12 - She ____ .
don't know
doesn't knows
doesn't know
don't knows

Q13 - She ____ hard.
try
trys
tryes
tries

Q14 - They _____ football every weekend.
play
plays
plaes

Q15 - The exam _____ two hours.
last
lastes
lasts

Q16 - She can ____ it.
do
does

LET'S TRY THE QUIZ!!

He hasn't done it yet, ___?
a. has he
b. hasn't he
c. had he

He's been to Italy twice, ___?
a. has he
b. hasn't he
c. had he

He's got a camera, ___?
a. has he
b. hasn't he
c. had he

He's got a nice house, but he hasn't got a car, ___?
a. has he
b. hasn't he
c. had he

He hadn't got his time to talk, ___?
a. has he
b. hasn't he
c. had he

He hasn't got any children, ___?
a. has he
b. hasn't he
c. had he

Robert hasn't got any money left, ___?
a. has he
b. hasn't he
c. had he

He has a beautiful wife, ___?
a. has he
b. hasn't he
c. had he

He's got my newspaper again, ___?
a. has he
b. hasn't he
c. had he

Andrew hadn't grown much, ___?
a. has he
b. hasn't he
c. had he

Basic Principle: Singular subjects need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs.

My brother is a nutritionist. My sisters are mathematicians.

See the section on Plurals for additional help with subject-verb agreement.
1The indefinite pronouns anyone, everyone, someone, no one, nobody are always singular and, therefore, require singular verbs.
  • Everyone has done his or her homework.
  • Somebody has left her purse.
Some indefinite pronouns — such as all, some — are singular or plural depending on what they're referring to. (Is the thing referred to countable or not?) Be careful choosing a verb to accompany such pronouns.
  • Some of the beads are missing.
  • Some of the water is gone.
On the other hand, there is one indefinite pronoun, none, that can be either singular or plural; it often doesn't matter whether you use a singular or a plural verb — unless something else in the sentence determines its number. (Writers generally think of none as meaning not any and will choose a plural verb, as in "None of the engines are working," but when something else makes us regard none as meaning not one, we want a singular verb, as in "None of the food is fresh.")
  • None of you claims responsibility for this incident?
  • None of you claim responsibility for this incident?
  • None of the students have done their homework. (In this last example, the word their precludes the use of the singular verb.

2
Some indefinite pronouns are particularly troublesome Everyone and everybody (listed above, also) certainly feel like more than one person and, therefore, students are sometimes tempted to use a plural verb with them. They are always singular, though. Each is often followed by a prepositional phrase ending in a plural word (Each of the cars), thus confusing the verb choice. Each, too, is always singular and requires a singular verb.
Everyone has finished his or her homework.
You would always say, "Everybody is here." This means that the word is singular and nothing will change that.
Each of the students is responsible for doing his or her work in the library.
Don't let the word "students" confuse you; the subject is each and each is always singular — Each is responsible.
3Phrases such as together with, as well as, and along with are not the same as and. The phrase introduced by as well as or along with will modify the earlier word (mayor in this case), but it does not compound the subjects (as the word and would do).
  • The mayor as well as his brothers is going to prison.
  • The mayor and his brothers are going to jail.
4The pronouns neither and either are singular and require singular verbs even though they seem to be referring, in a sense, to two things.
  • Neither of the two traffic lights is working.
  • Which shirt do you want for Christmas?
    Either is fine with me.
In informal writing, neither and either sometimes take a plural verb when these pronouns are followed by a prepositional phrase beginning with of. This is particularly true of interrogative constructions: "Have either of you two clowns read the assignment?" "Are either of you taking this seriously?" Burchfield calls this "a clash between notional and actual agreement."*
5The conjunction or does not conjoin (as and does): when nor or or is used the subject closer to the verb determines the number of the verb. Whether the subject comes before or after the verb doesn't matter; the proximity determines the number.
  • Either my father or my brothers are going to sell the house.
  • Neither my brothers nor my father is going to sell the house.
  • Are either my brothers or my father responsible?
  • Is either my father or my brothers responsible?
Because a sentence like "Neither my brothers nor my father is going to sell the house" sounds peculiar, it is probably a good idea to put the plural subject closer to the verb whenever that is possible.
6The words there and here are never subjects.
  • There are two reasons [plural subject] for this.
  • There is no reason for this.
  • Here are two apples.
With these constructions (called expletive constructions), the subject follows the verb but still determines the number of the verb.
7Verbs in the present tense for third-person, singular subjects (he, she, it and anything those words can stand for) have s-endings. Other verbs do not add s-endings.
He loves and she loves and they love_ and . . . .
8Sometimes modifiers will get betwen a subject and its verb, but these modifiers must not confuse the agreement between the subject and its verb.
The mayor, who has been convicted along with his four brothers on four counts of various crimes but who also seems, like a cat, to have several political lives, is finally going to jail.
9Sometimes nouns take weird forms and can fool us into thinking they're plural when they're really singular and vice-versa. Consult the section on the Plural Forms of Nouns and the section on Collective Nouns for additional help. Words such as glasses, pants, pliers, and scissors are regarded as plural (and require plural verbs) unless they're preceded the phrase pair of (in which case the word pair becomes the subject).
  • My glasses were on the bed.
  • My pants were torn.
  • A pair of plaid trousers is in the closet.
10Some words end in -s and appear to be plural but are really singular and require singular verbs.
  • The news from the front is bad.
  • Measles is a dangerous disease for pregnant women.
On the other hand, some words ending in -s refer to a single thing but are nonetheless plural and require a plural verb.
  • My assets were wiped out in the depression.
  • The average worker's earnings have gone up dramatically.
  • Our thanks go to the workers who supported the union.
The names of sports teams that do not end in "s" will take a plural verb: the Miami Heat have been looking … , The Connecticut Sun are hoping that new talent … . See the section on plurals for help with this problem.
11Fractional expressions such as half of, a part of, a percentage of, a majority of are sometimes singular and sometimes plural, depending on the meaning. (The same is true, of course, when all, any, more, most and some act as subjects.) Sums and products of mathematical processes are expressed as singular and require singular verbs. The expression "more than one" (oddly enough) takes a singular verb: "More than one student has tried this."
  • Some of the voters are still angry.
  • A large percentage of the older population is voting against her.
  • Two-fifths of the troops were lost in the battle.
  • Two-fifths of the vineyard was destroyed by fire.
  • Forty percent of the students are in favor of changing the policy.
  • Forty percent of the student body is in favor of changing the policy.
  • Two and two is four.
  • Four times four divided by two is eight.
12If your sentence compounds a positive and a negative subject and one is plural, the other singular, the verb should agree with the positive subject.
  • The department members but not the chair have decided not to teach on Valentine's Day.
  • It is not the faculty members but the president who decides this issue.
  • It was the speaker, not his ideas, that has provoked the students to riot.