Practice Book The Subject of Basic English My Name is…………………………………. Surname is………….……………………. Paliname is……………………………..(Monk Only) Faculty of …………………………….. Semester of 1 / 2556 For Phramaha Dr. Nimit Panthitasewee The lecturer of Basic English Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Nongkhai Campus Capital Letters Remember : Use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, with names of people, pets, cities, states, lakes, countries, days, months, and titles of books. Write I with a capital letter when it refers to you. Put a period at the end of every sentence. Write the names of your five best friends. ……………………………………. …………………………………….. ……………………………………. …………………………………….. ……………………………………. Write the names of two pets. ……………………………………. …………………………………….. Write the names of your city. ……………………………….………………………. Write the names of your teacher. ………………………………………………………. Write a sentence with I . ………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………… Days of the Week Write the days of the week. Write the months of the year. The days of the week, months of the year and holidays begin with a capital letter. Write the days of the week. 1…………………….. 2………………………. 3…………………….. 4………………………. 5…………………….. 6………………………. 7…………………….. Write the months of the year. 1…………………….. 2………………………. 3…………………….. 4………………………. 5…………………….. 6………………………. 7…………………….. 8………………………. 9…………………….. 10……………………… 11……………………. 12……………………… Rewrite each holiday using capital letters. new year’s day ………………….………….. valentine’s day ………………….………….. mother’s day ………………….………….. father’s day ………………….………….. children’s day ………………….………….. teacher’s day ………………….………….. loy krathong festival ………………….………….. asanha puja day ………………….………….. buddhist lent ………………….………….. visakha puja day ………………….………….. magha puja day ………………….………….. Nouns – Naming Words Nouns name people, places or things. There are common nouns and proper nouns. Proper nouns name specific people, places or things. You write them with a capital letter : Acapulco, Mr.Smith, Susan, American School, Friday, November, General Hospital, Common nouns name general things like girl, tree, pencil. You don’t write them with a capital letter : school, desk, ball, paper, blackboard, calendar, month, teacher, day, pen. Circle all the common nouns. The nurse is in the hospital. The children play baseball. The boy has a blue lunch box. The principal is in her office. The dag is in the garden. Circle all the proper nouns. Her name is Mary. Today is Monday. I want to visit Japan. Mr.Smith is our teacher. We celebrate Valentine’s day in February. Write a sentence using a common noun. …………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………… Write a sentence using a proper noun. …………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………… Plurals Singular means one. Plural means more than one. To make most nouns plural, we add an -s. such as bed - beds, flag - flags With nouns ending in -ch or -sh, add -es to form the plural. Write the plural of each noun. church …………….. watch ……………… bush ………………. wish ………………. Also with nouns ending in -s, -x, or -z, add -es. Write the plural of each noun. dress ……………… buzz ……………….. fox ……………….. miss ……………….. With nouns ending in -f, or -fe, change -f to -v and add -es. Write the plural of each noun. half - halves knife - knives themself …………. brief ……………… With nouns ending in consonant and -y, change the -y to -i and add -es. Write the plural of each noun. candy - candies …………………….. baby - babies …………………….. pony - ponies …………………….. Some nouns do not change to form their plural. Write the plural of each noun. sheep - sheep ……………………. deer - deer ……………………. fish - fish ……………………. Some nouns have different words for their plurals. Write the plural of each noun. man - men …………………… woman - women …………………… mouse - mice …………………… child - children …………………… person - people …………………… tooth - teeth …………………… foot - feet …………………… goose - geese …………………… Write the plural of the following nouns. 1. baby …………….. 7. mouse ……………… 2. man …………….. 8. tooth .……………... 3. church ………….. 9. fish ……………… 4. foot ……………. 10. half ……………… 5. child ……………. 11. dress ……………… 6. person …………. 12. fox ……………… Remember that indefinite articles (a, an) are not used before plural nouns. He has a flower. He has some flowers. Rewrite each sentence in the plural form. Example : He bought a match. He bought some matches. 1. The old woman gave me a flower. .…………………………………………….. 2. The policeman bought a watch. ……………………………………………… 3. She has a fish. ……………………………………………… 4. My teacher has a new dress. ……………………………………………… 5. She wants a knife. ……………………………………………… 6. The baby plays with a box. ……………………………………………… Pronouns A pronoun takes the place of a noun. It stands for a singular noun (I, you, he, she, it) or a plural noun (we, you, they). I = it = you = we = he = you = she = they = Circle the pronoun(s) in each sentence. Example : (He) is my brother. 1. They are playing in the garden. 2. I am watching T.V. 3. She walks to school every morning. 4. It is a big present. 5. I don’t like it. Decide which pronoun can be used instead of the underlined parts. Then rewrite each sentence using this pronoun. Example : The teacher was angry. She was angry. 1. The girl is sleeping. ……………………………………. 2. Susy and Maria are sisters. ……………………………………. 3. My friend and I like to draw. ……………………………………. 4. Micheal is a very handsome boy. ……………………………………. 5. The toy was behind the ball. ……………………………………. Complete each sentence with the best pronoun. 1. ……………………… is my father. 2. ……………………… are in the classroom. 3. ……………………… is a big blackboard. 4. ……………………… is my favorite teacher. 5. ……………………… are going to play football. Verb “to be” Use am with I. Use is when you talk about one. Use are when you talk about more than one and with you. Rewrite each sentence using a pronoun. 1. I ……. a student. 2. You ……. very tall. 3. He ……. my best friend. 4. She ……. my sister. 5. It ……. a small insect. 6. We ……. cousins. 7. You ……. good players. 8. They ……. going to university. 9. I ……. a big brother. 10. It ……. an white elephant. is / are Complete each sentence with is or are 1. My brother ……….. in his bedroom. 2. The dogs ……….. in the garden. 3. Susie ……….. our secretary. 4. She ……….. my sister. 5. My cousins ……….. very small. 6. That apple ……….. very good. 7. The desk ……….. in front of the chair. 8. He ……….. my English teacher. 9. The children ……….. at school. 10. The doctors ……….. in the hospital. Write sentences with each of the given pronouns and the verb “to be”. 1. (he) ……………………………………………… 2. (she) ……………………………………………… 3. (they) …………………………………………….. 4. (we) ……………………………………………… 5. (you) ……………………………………………… 6. (it) ……………………………………………… 7. (i) ……………………………………………… to be - Questions When changing is - are sentences to questions, use the cross rule where the verb in the sentence goes to the beginning of the question. She is the baby of the family. Is she the baby of the family ? Remember to use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, a period at the end of a sentence and a question mark at the end of a question. Change each sentence to a question. Example : He is an excellent policeman. Is he an excellent policeman ? 1. She is in the kitchen. ……………………………. 2. My teachers are in the office. ……………………………. 3. Her uncle is handsome. ……………………………. 4. She is thin. ……………………………. 5. The dogs are in the garden. ……………………………. to be - Negatives Use not after is or are to form the negative. Example : He is my uncle. He is not my uncle. Make negative sentences. Example : She is an excellent nurse. She is not an excellent nurse. 1. My father is in the living room. …………………………………………………. 2. My sisters are thin. …………………………………………………. 3. The dentist is in his office building. …………………………………………………. 4. The markers are in the pencil case. …………………………………………………. 5. My cousins are in the elevator. …………………………………………………. 6. You are an English teacher. …………………………………………………. Change each sentence first to a question and then to the negative form. Example : This is my new sweater. Is this my new sweater ? This is not my new sweater. 1. The dentist is in front of the hospital. ………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………….. 2. The children are in the cafeteria eating lunch. ………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………….. 3. His relatives are watching T.V. in the living room. ………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………….. 4. Her nieces are very pretty. ………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………….. 5. The teacher is helping Mary in the classroom. ………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………….. 6. Jenny is going to the market. ………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………….. Review A. Write the days of the week. 1…………………….. 2………………………. 3…………………….. 4………………………. 5…………………….. 6………………………. 7…………………….. B. Write the months of the year. 1…………………….. 2………………………. 3…………………….. 4………………………. 5…………………….. 6………………………. 7…………………….. 8………………………. 9…………………….. 10……………………… 11……………………. 12……………………… C. Complete the sentences. 1. My birthday is in ……………………………. 2. School begins in ……………………………. 3. Today is …………………………….. D. Match each noun with the correct pronoun. 1. The children He 2. My uncle It 3. The girl We 4. Mario and I She 5. The umbrella They E. Write sentences with the given pronouns. 1. (It) ……………………………………………………. 2. (She) ……………………………………………………. 3. (They)…………………………………………………… 4. (We) ……………………………………………………. 5. (He) ……………………………………………………. F. G. Complete the sentences using is, are, or am. 1. That orange ……… big and clean. 2. Those boys ……… playing football. 3. The puppy ……… looking for its mother. 4. The secretary ……… tall and pretty. 5. My friends ……… in the library. 6. I ……… happy at school. H. Write sentences. 1. (is)…………………………………………………. 2. (am)………………………………………………… 3. (are)………………………………………………… I. Change each sentence to a question and then to the negative form. 1. The teacher is in the office with the nurse. ………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………… 2. The girls are in the shopping mall. ………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………… J. Write the plurals of the following nouns. 1. church …………….. 6. knife ……………. 2. fox …………….. 7. baby ……………. 3. dress …………….. 8. sheep ……………. 4. half …………….. 9. man ……………. 5. wish …………….. 10. person ……………. K. Rewrite each sentence with the plural form. Example : He has a bad tooth. He has bad teeth. 1. My sister has a big foot. …………………………………………………. 2. The mouse ran fast. …………………………………………………. 3. The child liked the ice - cream. …………………………………………………. 4. The goose ate corn. …………………………………………………. Contractions Contractions are made by connecting two words. An apostrophe is used in place of the missing letter. I am = I’m Negatives : He is = he’s is not = isn’t She is = she’s are not = aren’t It is = it’s can not = can’t You are = you’re We are = we’re They are= they’re We cannot contract “am not”. Negative contractions can be put in different places. They aren’t my cousins. They’re not my cousins. Match each word with the correct contraction. 1. it is we’re 2. cannot he’s 3. we are it’s 4. are not can’t 5. he is aren’t Rewrite each sentence using a contraction. Example : He is at school. He’s at school. 1. She is not my friend. …………………………... 2. We are going to school. …………………………... 3. They are not playing football. ……………………… 4. You cannot eat hot dogs. ………………………….. 5. She is playing with her dolls. ……………………… Write sentences using each of the following contractions. 1. (he’s)…………………………………………………... 2. (can’t)…………………………………………………. 3. (I’m)…………………………………………………… 4. (it’s)…………………………………………………… 5. (you’re)………………………………………………… Negatives is not = isn’t are not = aren’t Answer each question using the cue picture. Examples : Is this a bulletin board ? No, it isn’t. It’s an eraser. Are those school bags ? No, they aren’t. They’re knives. 1. Are those pencils ? 2. Are those pens ? 3. Is that a workbook ? 4. Are these chairs ? 5. Is this a blackboard ? Answer each question using a contraction. Examples : Is this a workbook ? No, it isn’t. It’s a pen. Are these pencils ? No, they aren’t. They’re pens. 1. Is this a flag ? 2. Are these markers ? 3. Is this a lunch box ? 4. Are these scissors ? 5. Is this a bulletin board ? Number Review Rewrite the number words. 1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10 ten Write each number as a word. 3 ……………. 6 …………….. 8 ……………. 2 …………….. 4 ……………. 9 …………….. 5 ……………. 1 …………….. 7 ……………. 10 …………….. Number Review Tens 10 ten 24 twenty – four 11 eleven 25 twenty – five 12 twelve 26 twenty – six 13 thirteen 27 twenty – seven 14 fourteen 28 twenty – eight 15 fifteen 29 twenty – nine 16 sixteen 30 thirty 17 seventeen 40 forty 18 eighteen 50 fifty 19 nineteen 60 sixty 20 twenty 70 seventy 21 twenty – one 80 eighty 22 twenty – two 90 ninety 23 twenty – three Write each number as a word. 26 ……………… 91 ………………. 72 ……………… 16 ………………. 84 ……………… 33 ………………. 55 ……………… 68 ………………. 47 ……………… 79 ………………. Number Review Hundreds 100 one hundred 200 two hundred 300 three hundred 400 four hundred 500 five hundred 600 six hundred 700 seven hundred 800 eight hundred 900 nine hundred Write each number in words. Example : 143 = one hundred forty – three 652 = …………………………………..….. 497 = ………………………………..…….. 613 = ……………………………..……….. 712 = ………………………..…………….. 859 = …………………………..………….. Thousands = 1000 1000 one thousand 2000 two thousand 3000 three thousand 4000 four thousand 5000 five thousand 6000 six thousand 7000 seven thousand 8000 eight thousand 9000 nine thousand Write each number in words. 6,874 = six thousand, eight hundred seventy – four 9,741 = ……………………………………………… 7,293 = ……………………………………………… 5,432 = …………………………………………….... Write each number in words. 2,876 = ……………………………………………..……. 8934 = ……………………………………………..……. 4,717 = ……………………………………………..……. 3,955 = ……………………………………………..…….
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