This week, we'll be doing Grammar drills.

You'll be tested mainly on

tenses.

1. Open your book to the Grammar section, and write today's day and
date, as well as the title Grammar Drill (1): Tenses.

2. Copy the essay below and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets. Think carefully!

Answers will be provided later in the week. Happy writing!

1. Till this day, James __________________ (be) the naughtiest boy I _____________________
(know). His mother ___________________ (tell) me that last year, he ______________________
(lock) a friend in a storeroom in school. Then, he _____________________ (go) for recess with
everyone else. After recess, when the teacher ______________________ (ask) where his friend was,
he _________________________ (say) he ___________________ (do) not know. When he finally
_______________________ (go) to open the door, his friend was crying loudly. The discipline
teacher __________________ (be) so angry! James _________________ (be) caned three times.

2. When I grow up, I ___________________________ (want) to be a fireman. I

_______________________ (make) this decision after I ____________________ (see) two fireman
rescuing my neighbour’s children from their burning house. Everyone
___________________________ (think) it ___________________ (be) too late for the children, but
not the brave firemen. They ______________ (run) into the burning house and
_________________________ (rescue) Dolah and Khadijah. I will always remember how they
________________________ (come) out of the fire carrying one child each. It
___________________ (be) so heroic! I _________________________ (want) to help people, too, so
I will do my best to _________________________ (become) a fireman!

3. It _________________ (be) important to take care of the environment. One of the things we can
______________________ (do) to reduce pollution is to carpool. My father
______________________ (do) this with two friends last year. When I ________________________
(ask) him, he ___________________ (tell) me that doing this will save money and help save the
environment. Father _______________________ (say) he ________________________ (spend)
less money on petrol because he ___________________________ (share) the cost with his friends.
He ________________ (be) happy that he ________________________ (help) to protect our
environment. He will carpool again this year after he discusses this with his friends.

4. I ________________________ (love) flowers very much. I __________________ (like) looking at

them, and I _____________________ (like) planting them. I ________________ (be) sad because
now I ______________________ (live) in an apartment and cannot plant anything. Two years ago, I
__________________ (stay) in a single-storey house. I _______________________ (plant) many
types of flowers! In my garden I ________________________ (have) hibiscus, bougainvillea, daisies
and lilies. There ______________________ (be) many different colours, and everything
__________________ (be) so beautiful! I ____________________ (spend) a lot of time and effort to
take care of my garden. Now, all I can do __________________ (be) to hang up pictures of my
favourite flowers.