NOUN

PRACTICE 1

Instruction: Identify the nouns.

1) Fifteen brave men rowed from the shore, leaving the remainder to live
with their cowardice.
2)You ought to feel highly embarrassed, yet you seem to be full of joy.
My heart is filled with sadness.
3) He would give you his last penny, but do not take his loyalty
for granted.
Answers:
1)Men
2)You
3)He

PRACTICE 2

Instruction: Underline the nouns.

Francis Macomber had, half an hour before, been carried to his tent from
the edge of the camp in triumph on the arms and shoulders of the cook, the
personal boys, the skinner and the porters. The gun-bearers had taken no part in
the demonstration. When the native boys put him down at the door of his tent, he
had shaken all their hands, received their congratulations, and then gone into
the tent and sat on the bed until his wife came in. She did not speak to him when
she came in and he left the tent at once to wash his face and hands in the portable
wash basin outside and go over to the dining tent to sit in a comfortable
canvas chair in the breeze and the shade.
PRACTICE 3

In the picture above (Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus [c.
1558; Oil on canvas, mounted on wood, 73.5 x 112 cm; Musées Royaux des Beaux-
Arts de Belgique, Brussels]),

Instruction A: Name eight things that you can see or could touch if you could
physically enter the painting — concrete nouns. For the purposes of this exercise,
name only singular items in this first text-area (for example, you can't use "cloud"
because there is more than one cloud).

1)Horse

2)Harness

3)Rope

4)Stick

5)Tail
6)Water

7)Shoes

8)Wheel

Instruction B: Now name eight concrete nouns that exist in the plural form in
this painting.
1)Water

2)People

3)Mountains

4)Ships

5)Plants

6)Sails

7)Rocks

8)Clouds

Instruction C: Now, stretching your imagination a bit, name four things that you
cannot really see or touch but that are in the painting. These will be non-count
nouns and some of them will probably be abstract nouns.

1)Sunlight

2)Wind

3)Force

4)Warmth

DETERMINER & ARTICLE

Practice 4

Instruction: Fill in the following blanks with the suitable determiner or

article. Place an X if no answer is required.

1 Mr Kiran is ___the_______source of inspiration to his students.

2 I am eating ______a________plate of noodles because I am hungry.
3 The students conducted _____an______ experiment in the
laboratory.
4 It takes only _____an______ hour to get to Shah Alam from Kuala
Lumpur.
5 Recent studies have shown that ____x______chocolates do not make
you fat.
6 Alin saw ___a_____ shooting star yesterday.
7 Don't look directly at_______the_______ sun.
8 Is there any milk left in _____the_____ fridge?
9 I need to pack _____an_____ apple for my lunch.
10 The dogs were____x_____ given a bone.
11 The police spoke separately to _____the____ suspect.
12 She was wearing a bracelet on_____her______ wrist.
13 She got her license without_____any______ problem.
14 I don't think ____he/she_______ is coming to the party, except Judy
and Stan.
15 I always keep_____some_____ money in my wallet for emergencies.
 SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT

Practice 5

Instruction:

Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The word you
choose should fit the blank in the sentence.

1. Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator ____

going to have to make a decision.
is
are

2. ______ my boss or my sisters in the union going to win this grievance?

Is
Are

3. Some of the votes __________ to have been miscounted.

seem
seems

4. The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring _____ more than just a
nuisance.
are
is

5. Everyone selected to serve on this jury _____ to be willing to give up a lot of

time.
have
has
7. He seems to forget that there ____are______ things to be done before he can
graduate.
are
is

8. There ___has____ to be some people left in that town after

yesterday's flood.
have
has

9. Some of the grain ____appears______ to be contaminated.

appear
appears

10. Three-quarters of the students _____are_____ against the tuition hike.

is
are

11. Three-quarters of the student body _____are_____ against the tuition hike.
is
are

12. A high percentage of the population ___are______ voting for the new school.
is
are

13. A high percentage of the people ____were_____ voting for the new school.
was
were
 PRONOUN
PRACTICE 6

Instructions: Choose the correct pronoun.

Q1 - Give that to _me___.
I
me
Q2 - Did she see _us__?
us
we

Q3 - Did you phone _her___?

she
her
herself
Q4 - I took it from _them___.
they
them
Q5 - It's not up to __us__.
we
us

Q6 - My sister and _I___ went there.

I
me
Q7 - Between you and __me__, I think it's a stupid idea
I
me
Q8 - __Mine__ is the white one.
Mine
My

Q9 - What did _they___ say about it?

them
they
Q10 - They said _we___ had to pay for it.
us
we
Q11 - I told _him___ to be here at three o'clock.
he
him
Q12 - What did __she__ want?
her
she
Q13 - Tell _me___ what happened.
I
me

Q14 - If __we__ have time, it should be OK.

us
we

Q15 - It's got nothing to do with _you and me___.

you and me
you and I
Q16 - I took __them__ both.
it
they
its
them
PRACTICE 7
Instruction: Read this interview with Keith, a foreign student at local
university. Complete the interview with the correct pronouns.

Interviewer: What do you like best about your studies here?

Keith : Oh, (1) _____I______ like all the classes here. I think the lecturers are very

dedicated. (2) ____They________ prepare their teaching material well. I learn a lot
from

(3) ______them_______. The lecturers help us learn by (4)_____them_______.

Interviewer : Do you face any problems?

Keith: I have good friends in (5)______my_______study group.

(6)_____They_______help me

when I’m unsure about(7)________something__________.

Interviewer: What subject do (8)____you________like best?

Keith: I like the English language best. The language (9)______is____________very

interesting.

Interviewer: Well, I do hope you will also take time to enjoy (10)_______yourself__________in
this

country. You know, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Keith: Yes, I surely will. I will visit Langkawi this weekend. I hear
(11)_______it________is

a beautiful resort island.

Interviewer: Tourists (12)_____that________have visited Langkawi have no complaints.

Where else will (13) you be visiting?

Keith: I’m thinking of Fraser’s Hill (14)_______it________has a cooler climate.

Interviewer: That’s great. Thank you for your time.