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Difference between Indefinite and Definite Articles

Indefinite or DefiniteArticles

Example Explanation

The indefinite article a oran is used when we arenot referring to a specific

noun.

The maid is ironing adress.

The listener or readerdoes not know which dressthe maid is ironing. It is

not any special or specificdress.

The definite article the isused when we arereferring to a particular orspecific noun.

The maid is ironing thedress I bought yesterday.

The reference to the dressis more specific. Thelistener or the readerknows exactly which dressthe maid is ironing. It isthe dress that was boughtyesterday.

Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.

1. The young couple has been looking for _____________ house to rent. _____________house must have at least three bedrooms.

2. ___________ public toilets at this hillside resort are in deplorable condition. Noneof ___________ toilets are in working order. _____________ authorities should dosomething about them.

3. ___________ famous Hollywood celebrity is coming to Kuala Lumpur soon. It isrumoured that ___________ celebrity might be Denzel Washington.

4. It is not easy to find ___________ job these days. You should be thankful for

____________ one that you have.

5. The manager is shocked that one of his staff could have made such ___________enormous mistake. ____________ mistake caused the company to suffer a loss often thousand ringgit.

6. I do not have ___________ plastic bag to put these wet clothes in. Can you let mehave __________ one that you are holding in your hand?

7. Isabelle has been invited to ____________ wedding dinner. ___________ dinner isgoing to be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel.

8. ___________ fire damaged ___________ newly renovated shop along Jalan SultanIsmail last night. ___________ investigation is being carried out to determine thecause of __________ fire. ___________ shopkeeper suspects arson and believes that

___________ shop was deliberately set on fire by his business rivals.

9. Do you know that it is _________ male seahorse and not ___________ femaleseahorse that takes care of its newborn? In fact, it is ___________ male seahorsethat becomes pregnant.

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10. Jack is planning to buy _________ ring for his girlfriend. He wants to give her___________ ring when he proposes to her. He also plans to buy ___________bouquet of roses. __________ roses must be red as he has read that red rosessymbolise love.

Affirmative Form of Present Perfect Tense

The affirmative form of the present perfect tense is written in the following manner.

have/has + past paritciple

Examples:

Base Form

Present Perfect

Tense Examplesclean has + cleaned

have + cleaned

Nurul has cleaned her room.

Nurul and her sisters have cleaned their

rooms.

I have mailed the letter.be has + been

have + been

Farisya has been to Hong Kong several

times.

They have been to Hong Kong several times.

You have asked that question twice.

Give the past participle form of the verbs below.

1. answer - ______________________

2. aggravate - ____________________

3. blow - ________________________

4. bring - ________________________

5. choose - ______________________

6. cut - _________________________

7. drive - ________________________

8. doze off - _____________________

9. elect - ________________________

10. establish - ____________________

11. fly - _________________________

12. furnish - ______________________

13. garnish - ______________________

14. gargle - _______________________

15. hoist - ________________________

16. ignore - _______________________

17. irk - __________________________

18. jerk - ________________________

19. kick - ________________________

20. knock - ______________________

21. love - ________________________

22. lie - __________________________

23. proceed - _____________________

24. overcome - ____________________

25. pray - ________________________

26. undergone - ___________________

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27. wear - ________________________

28. wring - _______________________

29. yawn - _______________________

30. win - _________________________

31. weave - _______________________

32. sing - _________________________

33. tear - _________________________

34. rise - __________________________

Fill in the blanks with thepresent perfect tense form of the verbs in brackets.

1. The tenants of that house _________________ (pay) Indah Water Consortium fortheir services.

2. He ____________________ (commit) a crime only once in his life but he hasregretted it since.

3. The Red Crescent Society _________________________ (aid) millions of peoplearound the world since its formation.

4. The trader at the night market ______________________ (mark) up the prices ofher goods twice.

5. The police _____________________ (interrogate) many suspects but they still donot have a lead in the murder case.

6. The General ______________________ (overlook) the fact that many of his menwere injured in the battle.

7. The students _____________________ (make) their lecturer very proud by winningthe Young Scientist Award.

8. According to scientists, the ozone layer ___________________ (deplete) greatlyover the last ten years.

9. Passengers ___________________ (disembark) from the ship at Port Klang.

10. Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad ___________________ (officially, open) the KualaLumpur City Air Terminal (KL CAT) and __________________ (launch) KLIA ekspres.

11. There __________________ (be) a number of robberies in my neighbourhood lately.Therefore, the residents have set up a neighbourhood watch.

12. Misya __________________ (withdraw) some money from the bank to pay heroverdue rent.

13. The company ________________ (sell) twenty per cent of the shares to settle itsdebt.

14. Despite the time constraints, the staff of the Foreign Language Department__________________ (successfully, hold) a three-day international languageconference.

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15. In his hurry to leave the office, Muhammad ___________________ (forget) to switchoff the air- conditioner.

Difference between Simple Past Tense and Present Perfect Tense

Study the table below.

Simple Past Tense Present Perfect TenseShe checked out of the hotel

yesterday afternoon.She hasjust checked out of the hotel.

They bought a lot of souvenirs when

they were in Canada.

They have bought a lot of souvenirs.

A thiefstole her purse last night. A thief has stolen her purse.She had a medical checkup last week. She has already had a medical

checkup.

Note: The simple past tense and the present perfect tense refer to actions that tookplace in the past. The differences are:We usually use the simple past tense with a specific time, and use the

present perfect tense when a specific time is NOT mentioned.

Underline the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Rahimah (was, has been) an aerobics instructress for five years, and she lovesthe job.

2. The Montessori Method of teaching young children was conceived by Dr. MariaMontessori, who (opened, has opened) her first school in 1907.

3. At the age of twenty, he (has gone, went) to New Zealand to study medicine buthe ended up operating several roti canai outlets there.

4. The innovative student (designed, has designed) seven types of creative yet

functional kitchenware.

5. Azman has extensive vocabulary but he (never heard, has never heard) the wordoncologist before.

6. Paleontologists (discovered, have discovered) a new dinosaur fossil recently inNorth China.

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