MUET 2016

REMEDIAL GRAMMAR
Name:

Class: ____________

Grammar: Articles
A. Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.
1.

There is _____ owl on my roof. My cat is watching _____ owl with great interest.

2.

There are dark clouds in _____ sky. We cannot see _____ sun.

3.

Do not stand at _____ door, Marie. You are blocking _____ way.

4.

I gave my brother _____ xylophone for his birthday. He is now playing _____ xylophone.

5.

Mr Ho is looking for _____ architect to design his house. _____ architect must be good.

B. Rewrite the sentences. Put a, an or the where necessary.

1.

There is life-jacket under every seat of an aeroplane.

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2.

Mum bought me new computer game.

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3.

Badminton tournament at my school starts tomorrow.

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4.

Sally won enormous teddy bear at the fair.

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5.

James is going on a one-month tour.

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C. Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives.

1.

He is such an _______________ child. (good/obedient)

2.

My neighbour has a _______________ temper. (explosive/nasty)

3.

I need an _______________ container for the biscuits. (airtight/large)

4.

To some people, 13 is an _______________ number. (small/unlucky)

5.

Ken had a _______________ time when he lost his way. (awful/horrible)

6.

Sue gave an _______________ performance in the play Black Mountain.

(impressive/wonderful)

7.

She prepared an _______________ dinner for her relatives. (elaborate/scrumptious)

8.

He gave a _______________ account of his travels in Europe. (detailed/informative)

9.

I cant see Jennys face because she is wearing a _______________ hat. (huge/oversized)

10. The soldiers led a _______________ man into the army headquarters.
(frightened/unharmed)
Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement
A. Some of the sentences do not have verbs. Mark with

wherever a verb is missing.

0.

Snakes dangerous animals.

6.

Mum made a tuna sandwich for me

1.

I go to the gym twice a week.

7.

Dad works for a telephone company.

2.

Tokyo a large city.

8.

Paul at the station on time.

3.

We celebrate Christmas in December.

9.

Ling Ling here just now.

4.

I from Pusan, South Korea.

10. Carrie dived into the swimming pool.

5.

You pretty in that dress.

B. Rewrite the sentences correctly using suitable words in the box.

careers

breeds
mattress

manager

increase
have

porridge

are
lovely

you

pulled
was

0.

The Aedes mosquito in clear water.

The Aedes mosquito breeds in clear water.______________________________________

1.

Chris is a good.
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2.

Some camels two humps.

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3.

Can phone your mother now.

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4.

The weather fine yesterday.

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5.

Mum makes for breakfast.

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6.

The pool looks in the moonlight

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7.

We discussed the whole morning.

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8.

The Williams very hospitable.

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9.

His profits every year.

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10. The horses the carts.

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C. The mistakes in punctuation have been underlined. Rewrite the words using correct
punctuation marks.
The children havent come down, John. Why is it so quiet upstairs. I wonder what theyre
doing? Im going to check on them Oh my goodness. Children, what are you doing? Youve got
paint on your faces! No, you cant play Red Indians in the bedroom. please wash your faces right
now, I want you downstairs in five minutes. Dinners almost ready and Dad doesnt like to be
kept waiting.
1. _______________

6. _______________

2. _______________

7. _______________

3. _______________

8. _______________

4. _______________

9. _______________

5. _______________

10. _______________

Grammar: Tenses
A. Fill in the blanks with the present tense or past tense form of the verbs in the brackets.
1.

I wash my clothes and _______________ them in the morning. (dry)

2.

The hungry baby _______________ up at 4 am this morning. (wake)

3.

Last Saturday a thief _______________ Lilis handbag from her car. (steal)

4.

Asha ________________ cakes for her family every week. (bake)

5.

I _______________ the racquets and Jinnie has the shuttlecocks. (have)

6.

We _______________ Scrabble last weekend. (play)

7.

They _______________ in Europe two weeks ago. (be)

8.

The pupils _______________ at the factory an hour ago. (arrive)

9.

She _______________ her hand just now. (hurt)

10. He _______________ his work for two hours every night. (revise)
B. Complete the sentences about Sarah by crossing out the wrong verb forms.
Sarah (0) is / are a policewoman. Her day (1) begin / begins early. She (2) is leaving /
leaves for work at 6 am each day. She (3) arrives / is arriving at the police station at 7.45 am. At
8 am, she and the other officers (4) attend / attends a meeting. Their police chief Captain Costa
(5) talk / talks to them about their duties for the day.
Sarah and her partner Bill usually (6) patrol / patrols a certain part of the city each day.
They (7) are making / make sure that the streets and back alleys (8) is / are safe for the public.
They visit shopping malls and video arcades to look for students who (9) play / plays truant.
Sarahs day often (10) end / ends at 6.30 pm.
C. In each sentence, a mistake in verb form has been underlined. Write the correct form of the
verb in the box.
1.

Wendy bathed the baby now so she cant answer the phone.

2.

We find our front door unlocked when we came home last Saturday.

3.

The shoes costs too much so I cant afford them.

4.

Our neighbours bring us a bag of mangoes yesterday.

5.

Eric do his work neatly and accurately.

6.

Kevin think that we were not at home because nobody answered the doorbell.

7.

Dad letted us stay up late yesterday because it is a holiday today.

8.

Diana burn her hand when she tried to light the stove.

9.

Aunt Celine scold me for spilling tea on her carpet.

10.

We usually went out for dinner on Saturdays to give Mum a rest.

D. Fill in the blanks with the simple present or simple past tense form of the words in the
brackets.
Judy (0) _____goes_____ (go) for a walk in the park at about 6 a.m. every morning. Her
husband Ted always (1) _______________ (accompany) her but today he (2) _______________
(remain) at home. He (3) _______________ (have) a bad cold and need to rest.
Judy (5) _______________ (set) off by herself. Minutes later, she (6) _______________
(realise) that someone was following her. She (7) _______________ (feel) extremely frightened.
She quickly (8) _______________ (head) for the main road where there are more people. Judy
(8) _______________ (run) all the way home. She (9) _______________ (fling) open the door
and shouted for Ted. He (10) _______________ (come) running down the stairs to find out what
was wrong.
E. Use the story about Steve to complete the story about James by changing the verbs in bold to
the future tense.
Last year, Steve (0) went to the school for the first time. The school bus (0) picked him
up in the morning and his father (1) fetched him home in his car in the afternoon. In school, he
(2) listened to his teacher carefully and (3) did all his work in class. He (4) asked his teacher
some questions. At home, his elder brother (5) helped him with his homework.
Steve (6) played games in school with his friends. They (7) did many other things
together. They (8) were good. They (9) helped one another. They (10) passed all their tests in
class.
Begin your answer like this:
Next year, James will go to school for the first time. The school bus will pick him up in
the morning and ________________________________________________________________
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