PUSAT TUISYEN MURNI MINDACOMPILATIONS OF GRAMMAR QUESTIONS FROM UPSR 2005 TO 2012 (QUESTION 16 – 21 –PAPER 1)

1. We (sleep / sleeps / slept / sleeping) late every Saturday.2. Zaimy (do / did / does / done) ask for permission before he went to the library.3. The tigress gives ( its / his / their) cub the meat.4. The train is going ( to / in / through / between) the tunnel.5. (Besides / Although / Therefore / Furthermore) Farah was tired, she still helped her mother.6. Yoong got the (less / least / little) marks in Mathematics.7. He stood ( in / by /under / across) the post box and waited for the postman.8. Salmah bought a book, pen and pencil case because ( it / we / she / they) were cheap.9. Yasmin understood the message because Chan spoke ( softly /clearly / quickly / hurriedly).10. It had been raining heavily ( so / but / because / although) the village was flooded.11. The boy ( sadly / politely / happily / quickly ) took some money from his mother and ran out ( carefully /

lightly / quickly / tiredly) to buy an ice-cream.12. The durian is a fruit with ( soft / sharp / short / broken) thorns and (long / hard / smooth / rough) skin.13. Father : Do you have ( any / many / a few / a little) homework today

Ravi : Yes, I do.14. The weather today is (hot / hotter / hotting / hottest) than yesterday but last week was the ( hotter / hottest /

hot / hotting) .15. Mother : How did you break the vase, Husna?

Husna : I ( break / broke / breaks / breaking) it while I was wiping the table.16. Kevin did his English test ( badly / quickly / carefully / angrily) and he promised to do it better the next time.17. Arif collected the ( most / more / many / much) number of old newspapers for the recycling campaign in his

school.18. You must finish your work ( of / or / but) you cannot watch television.19. Mpther : ( Has / Had / Do / Have) you taken your bath, Bala?

Bala : Yes, I ( has / had / do / have).20. “Adam, please pay attention. You must (listen / listens / listened / listening) to me when I’m teaching,” said

the teacher.21. They live in (a / an / the) beautiful house on ( the / a / an) island.22. They worked very hard for the examination, (do / did / don’t / didn’t) they?23. He ( is / are / was / were) running to the canteen he fell.24. The spectators were leaning ( along / against / around / above) the fence while watching the football match.25. I would like to buy that watch ( if / so / because / although) it is expensive.26. The ladies are busy hanging ( a / an / the) curtains for ( an / the / a) wedding.27. Tina and Farid will ( take / takes / taking / took) taxi to the airport.28. Wani and her sister ( liking / likes / liked / like) eating vegetables.29. The children continued to play ( whether / because / although / therefore) it was raining heavily.30. (That / This / Those / These) pencils which I am using belong to my sister.31. (Where / Whose / Whom / Which) did you give the umbrella to?32. The zookeepers ( is / are / was / were) feeding the elephants just now.33. There isn’t ( some / any / a little / plenty of) sugar left in the jar.34. How (much / many / little / some) time do you need to paint the wall?35. Rafie fell and (break / broke / breaks / broken) his spectacles..36. En. Muzaffar walks ( over / among / towards / across) his new car.37. Please put the boxes of crockery (heavily / lightly / kindly / gently) on the floor.38. Look at (this / that / these / those) ducks swimming in the pond over there.39. Mei Ling’s handwriting is (clear / sharp / neat / fast) and tidy.40. Teacher : Ramlan, you ( should / could / will / do) not be late for school.

Ramlan : Yes, I know teacher. I’m sorry.

GRAMMAR TOPICS TESTED IN THE EXAM :1. TENSES 10. ARTICLE2. PRONOUN 11. VERB3. CONJUNCTIONS 12. QUESTION TAG4. PREPOSTIONS (DIRECTION/LOCATIONS) 13. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS5. ADJECTIVE 14. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS6. ADVERB 15. QUANTIFIER7. COUNTABLE NOUN 16. DETERMINER8. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES9. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT