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CPC Yao Dao Primary School

P.4 Grammar Notes

2019-20

Name: _______________

Class: _______________

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Content

1. Language Focus (1) : Simple Present Tense p.3

2. Language Focus (2) : Present Continuous Tense p.4

3. Language Focus (3) : Simple Past Tense p.5

4. Language Focus (4) : Future Tense p.6

5. Language Focus (5) : Simple Present Tense,

Present Continuous Tense, Simple Past Tense and Future Tense p.7

6. Language Focus (6) : Comparatives and Superlatives p.8-10

7. Language Focus (7) : Subject Pronouns p.11

8. Language Focus (8) : Object Pronouns p.12

9. Language Focus (9) : Subject Pronouns and Object Pronouns p.13

10. Language Focus (10) : Possessive Adjectives p.14

11. Language Focus (11) : Reflexive Pronouns p.15

12. Language Focus (12) : Subject Pronouns, Object Pronouns

and Reflexive Pronouns p.16

13. Language Focus (13) : Question Words p.17

14. Language Focus (14) : Countable and Uncountable nouns p.18-19

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Language Focus (1) : Simple Present Tense

Date : __________________ Marks :________/11

Complete the conversation using the simple present tense.

Meet the famous twin sisters --- Honey and Lucy Tong!

Nancy: Are you twins?

Honey: Yes, I (1) ____________ (be) the big sister. Lucy (2) ___________(be)

three minutes younger than me.

Lucy: You (3) ______________ (be) only three minutes older than me!

Nancy: Do you have the same hobbies?

Honey: I love acting. Lucy (4) _____________ (like) singing.

Nancy: What do you like doing in your spare time?

Lucy: I (5) ____________ (love) shopping. I always (6) ___________ (need)

new clothes!

Honey: I (7) ________________ (like) playing the piano.

Nancy: Do you like being twins?

Lucy: Yes, we (8) ____________ (do). We can (9)___________ (talk) with

each other. We (10) ____________ (have) different hobbies but we

(11)_____________ (love) being together.

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Language Focus (2) : Present Continuous Tense

Date : __________________ Marks :________/7

Complete the passage using the present continuous tense.

Katie : What are they doing in the park?

Linda : They (1) _________________ (play) happily there.

Katie : Can you see Tom?

Linda : Yes, he (2) _______________ (run) with John.

Katie : Where is David?

Linda : He (3) __________________ (jog) slowly on the field.

Katie : How about Jane?

Linda : She (4) _________________ (read) a comic under the tree.

Katie : Where are Betty and Sam?

Linda : They (5) ________________ (ride) bicycles together.

Katie : I (6) ________________ (go) to join them now. Do you want to go with

me?

Linda : I cannot join you now. Mum and I (7) ____________________ (go) to

the market.

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Language Focus (3) : Simple Past Tense

Date : __________________ Marks : ________/11

Complete the passage using the simple past tense.

Once upon a time, a poor Greek soldier (1) ____________ (be) with a horse

which (2) ____________ (have) a load of gold on its back. The gold

(3) ________________ (belong) to the king, Alexander the Great. The king

(4) ______________ (happen) to be riding behind the soldier, but the soldier did

not know that. After some time the horse (5) ____________ (be) tired. It

(6) _________________ (can) not carry the gold any further. Seeing this, the

soldier (7) _________________ (take) the load off the horse’s back and

(8) _________________ (carry) it himself. The king (9) ________________ (be)

pleased to see how kind the soldier was. But the gold was so heavy that the

soldier (10) ___________ (go) to throw it onto the ground. Seeing this, the king

(11) ______________ (shout) at him, “Don’t throw it down. Try to carry it as far

as you can, because it is all yours.”

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Language Focus (4) : Future Tense

Date : __________________ Marks : ________/8

Complete the postcard using the future tense.

Dear Sam,

How are you? I (1) _______________ (go) to the Hong

Kong Book Fair next month with my mother. I

(2) ________________ (see) my favourite writer in the

morning. I (3) ______________ (buy) storybooks in the fair

because I like reading stories. My brother’s birthday

(4) ______________ (be) in the next month so we

(5)_______________ (buy) a toy for him. At night, my brother

and I (6) _________________ (have) dinner with Mum. What

(7) __________ you __________ (do) this summer?

(8)_________ you ____________ (travel) to other places?

Love,

William

Sam Lee

Flat 25E,

Tai Fu Building,

Sha Tin,

Hong Kong

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Language Focus (5) : Simple Present Tense, Present Continuous Tense,

Simple Past Tense and Future Tense

Date : __________________ Marks :________/13

Complete the conversation using the simple present tense, present continuous

tense, simple past tense and future tense.

Miss Lee: Hello, Thomas! What are you doing? May I ask you a few questions?

Thomas: Sure! I (1) ________________________ (listen) to music. Please go ahead.

Miss Lee: How often (2) ______________ you ______________ (do) revision before

examinations?

Thomas: I (3) ________________ (do) it once a day.

Miss Lee: That sounds good. Why (4) ___________ you _____________ (fail) your

examination last week?

Thomas: I (5) _______________(go) to (6) ________________(visit)

my grandma last Sunday because she (7)_____________(be) sick.

Therefore, I (8) _________________________(not do) revision

before the examination.

Miss Lee: You (9) __________________ (look) tired every day. Why?

Thomas: I (10) ________________ (play) basketball three hours a day after school.

Miss Lee: Oh dear! You should (11) __________________ (spend) more time on

sleeping.

Thomas: I (12) _____________________ (join) a basketball competition next

Sunday. So, I (13) _______________________ (practice) with my friends

soon.

Miss Lee: I see. Good luck!

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Language Focus (6) : Comparatives and Superlatives

Date : __________________ Marks : ________/6

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given words.

(You can use the words more than once.)

big funny fat young healthy

My friends

I have a lot of good friends in my class. They are very different.

May is 11 years old. Mabel is 10 years old. Mabel is (1) __________

_______________May. I am nine. I am (2) ___________________.

Sam is a fat boy. However, Benson is (3) ____________________ him

because Benson does not do any exercise.

We like Joyce very much because she is friendly. Leo likes telling jokes

to make us laugh. Leo is (4) _________________________in our class.

We like animals very much. Mary has a big cat. Susan gives a lot of food

to her cat, so her cat is (5) ______________________ Mary’s. Sam takes

good care of his cat. Sam’s cat is (6) _________________________.

the than

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Date : __________________ Marks : ________/4

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given words.

(You can use the word more than once.)

Sam: Mum’s birthday is coming. I’d like to buy her a cake.

Kitty: How about the fruit cake? It’s $160. The chocolate cake is very

nice too. It’s $200.

Sam: The chocolate cake is (1) ____________________ the fruit

cake.

Kitty: The cheesecake looks very nice and colourful. It’s $300.

Sam: The cheesecake is (2) ____________________. I think it is too

expensive!

Kitty: Mum likes eating chocolate very much. The chocolate cake

should be (3) ____________________.

Sam: But father doesn’t like chocolate! I think the fruit cake is

(4) ___________________ because there are many different

kinds of fruits on top of it and it is so colourful.

Kitty: Ok, let’s buy the fruit cake.

most

more

beautiful expensive delicious the than

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Date : __________________ Marks : ________/6

C. Complete the letter with the correct form of adjectives.

Dear Uncle Ray,

How are you? I miss you so much.

I had a school visit last week. We had our lunch in the canteen. The food

there was yummy. The tomato salad tasted good, but the tuna salad was

(1) ____________________ the tomato salad. The cheese and ham pizza was

(2) _________________________. It was $200. I didn’t have enough money.

However, the drinks there were bad. The green tea was too bitter, but it

was still ok. I think the lemon tea was (3) ______________________the green

tea because there was too much sugar in the lemon tea. The hot chocolate was

(4) ________________________. It was spicy. Yuck!

Dad had bought me a new mobile phone. It was (5) _________________

the old one. I think it was (6) ______________________ phone in the world.

Love,

Chris

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the

good better worse

bad best worst

than delicious

expensive

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Language Focus (7) : Subject Pronouns

Date : __________________ Marks : ________/8

Notes:

Fill in the blanks with the correct subject pronouns.

I He She It They We You

Subject pronoun + verb

I / They / We / You go / play / cry

He / She / It goes / plays / cries

Dear Sam,

Hi! My name is Mary. (1) ___________am nine years old. My

mother’s name is Ada. (2)___________is a nurse. (3) ___________works

in a clinic. My father is a postman. (4)___________works in Shatin.

(5) ____________have two brothers, Peter and John.

(6)___________________are twins. (7)_______________all love them.

Do (8) ________________mind telling me more about your family?

Your pen pal,

Mary

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Language Focus (8) : Object Pronouns

Date : __________________ Marks : ________/7

Notes:

Verb + Object pronoun

like(s) / eat(s) / see(s) / catch(es) me/ him / her / it/ them / us / you

Fill in the correct object pronouns.

me him her it them us you

Yesterday was Mary’s birthday so her mum baked (1) _________________

a birthday cake. It was delicious.

She invited a lot of friends to her house. She played with

(2)_______________loudly. And her mum said, “Mary’s little brother is sleeping.

Please try to lower the voice and don’t disturb (3) ________________.”

The cat walked past the living room and all of them played with

(4)________________.

They enjoyed the time very much. Mary thanked (5) ________________and

said, “Thanks for celebrating my birthday with (6) ____________________. I

love (7) ____________________ all.”

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Language Focus (9) : Subject Pronouns and Object Pronouns

Date : __________________ Marks : ________/8

Notes: S. + V. + O. (subject pronoun+ verb + object pronoun) Example: She plays with him.

Subject pronoun + Verb + Object pronoun

I / They / We / You like / eat / catch me/ him / her / it/ them / us / you He / She / It likes / eats / catches

Fill in the correct subject and object pronouns.

I He She It We You They

me him her it us you them

(1) _____________ am Tom. My father likes telling stories. He always

tells (2) ______________ some funny stories. I love (3) _______________

very much. One of the stories is about a lion and a pig. (4) _____________

is very interesting. (5) _______________ love this story very much.

My mother also loves listening to funny stories. (6) _____________

thinks funny stories are good. Every night, (7) ________________ sit

together and listen to my father’s stories. His stories always make

(8) _______________ laugh.

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Language Focus (10) : Possessive Adjectives

Date : __________________ Marks :________/7

Notes:

Possessive Adjective + noun

my / our / your / their / his / her / its car / book / mother / shoes / money

Fill in the correct possessive adjectives.

my our your their his her its

Jason was very unlucky today. When he got up in the morning, he

found that (1) ________________ alarm didn’t work. On his way to

school, he saw a dog but he accidentally stepped on (2) ______________

tail. When he arrived at school, it was already 9 o’clock. His teacher

asked him angrily, ‘Why are you so late? Where is (3) _______________

homework?’ Jason said, ‘Sorry, I forgot to bring (4) ________________

homework.’

During recess, he spilt some water on his classmate, Mary.

(5) _______________ dress was wet. After school, Jason and his friend,

Timmy wanted to buy some books but they lost (6) ______________

wallets. They said, ‘Oh! (7) ______________ money is gone.’

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Language Focus (11) : Reflexive Pronouns

Date : __________________ Marks :________/6

Fill in the correct reflexive pronouns.

himself yourself itself myself

herself yourselves themselves ourselves

Mandy: Hi, Grandma! This is Mandy. How are you?

Grandma: Hi, Mandy! I am fine, thank you. How about you?

Mandy: I’m tired. We had a party at Jackie’s house. I woke up early to get

ready for the party.

Grandma: Did you wake up by (1) __________________?

Mandy: Yes, of course! I made some sandwiches for breakfast by

(2)__________________. Each of us made some food for the party.

Ann made some salad by (3) __________________. Tommy and

Gigi baked a cake by (4) _____________________.

Grandma: How did you go there? Did your mum drive you there?

Mandy: No, I went there with Ann. Tommy lives close to Jackie, so he went

there by (5) _________________. She went there with her mum.

Grandma: It sounds fun. Did you enjoy the party?

Mandy : Yes, I did. We also cleaned up the place by (6)________________

after the party.

Grandma: Such a good girl! You need to take some rest then.

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Language Focus (12) : Subject pronouns, object pronouns

and reflexive pronouns

Date : __________________ Marks : ________/8

Fill in the blanks with the correct subject pronouns, object pronouns and

reflexive pronouns.

I You(singular) He She It We You(plural) They

me you him her it us you them

(by)

myself

(by)

yourself

(by)

himself

(by)

herself

(by)

itself

(by)

ourselves

(by)

yourselves

(by)

themselves

My wife and I will spend the vacation in China next week.

(1)__________________ won’t be home for a week. Our children should take care of (2) _____________________. I am quite worried about them. Here is a

notice to remind them.

Susan cut (3) _______________________by knife once when she cooked

last week. (4) __________________________should be more careful.

Alan always forgets to turn off the lights by (5) ______________________.

It wastes a lot of energy.

Our twins. Ann and Sam will have their birthday next week. We can buy

(6) __________________some cakes.

The naughty dog hurt (7) _____________________with a stick yesterday.

Our children should bring (8) ______________________to a vet.

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Language Focus (13) : Question Words

Date : __________________ Marks : ________/14

Fill in the blanks with the correct question words.

Who What Where When Which Why How

How many How much How old How tall

How high How heavy How often

1. _________________ is your hobby? Dancing.

2. _________________ did you live last year? London.

3. _________________ do you go swimming? Once a week.

4. _________________ is that girl in red t-shirt? She’s my sister.

5. _________________ do you get up? At 7 o’clock.

6. _________________ is the dress? 150 dollars.

7. _________________ is the stone? 5 kilograms.

8. _________________ one do you think is better? The blue one.

9. _________________ is the mountain? 5000 metres.

10. _________________ is your mother? 165 cm.

11. _________________ were you late? Because I missed the bus.

12. _________________ flowers are there? Twelve.

13. _________________ is your brother? 11 years old.

14. _________________ do you get here? By bus.

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Language Focus (14) : Countable and uncountable nouns

Date : __________________ Marks : ________/10

A. Fill in the blanks with ‘many’ or ‘much’.

Countable noun Uncountable noun

many much

e.g. There isn’t much water left in the bottle.

There are many trees near my house.

1. Don’t put too ___________ sugar in the lemon tea.

2. __________students go to the library.

3. There is not __________ money in my pocket.

4. There are ___________ books on the shelf.

5. Katy saw ___________ ants on the bench.

B. Fill in the blanks with ‘a few’, ‘a little’ or ‘a lot of’.

Countable noun Uncountable noun Countable / uncountable noun

a few a little a lot of

e.g. There are a few vegetables in the basket.

There is a little pepper in the bottle.

He is too fat. He eats a lot of meat.

1. I need to cook French fries. I need _______________ oil to fry them.

2. I only have _____________dollars in my pocket, so I can’t buy this book.

3. I need to put ____________ more salt in the soup.

4. They stayed at the holiday house for _____________ days.

5. She put _________________ sugar in the tea. It’s too sweet.

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Date : __________________ Marks : ________/10

C. Fill in the blanks with the given words. (You can use the word more than

once.)

Peter: I want to be a strong boy. What should I do?

Kate: You should not eat (1) __________ meat.

You need to eat (2) __________fruit. Vitamin C is good for you.

David: I want to be strong too.

Kate: But you only eat (3) _____________food. I noticed that you only eat

(4) _______________ noodles, (5) __________________ meat and

(6) __________________vegetables for your lunch.

Kate: Both of you eat (7) _______________sweets and (8) _______________

chocolate. Too (9) _________________sugary food is not good for us. We

should eat (10) __________________only.

too many too much a few a little a lot of more