UPSR - English (Quick Review) - Mostly on grammar - Would be helpful for Paper 013 (comprehension)

1. Noun - name given to a person, place, object, animal etc.
- Common - boy, book, fish,
- Proper - always start with a capital letter; Adam, Japan, Monday, Honda
- Countable - things that can be counted in numbers
- Singular: book, dollar
- Plural: many books, a few dollars
- Uncountable - things that cannot be counted in numbers
- Eg.: much time, a little money
Verb - verbs are doing/action words.
Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronouns
Adjectives - words that describe nouns.
- Descriptive adjectives - explain the size, shape, condition or color of the noun
- Eg.: large, square, beautiful, green
- Comparative & Superlative
pretty, prettier, prettiest | good, better, best | difficult, more difficult, the most difficult
comparing 2 things
Adverbs - words that describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
- She is waiting patiently. - Susan smiles happily.
Preposition
Articles
- a - singular nouns, starts with a consonant
a + consonant
a + lamp
door
book
- the - specific things or only one that exists
the sun, the earth, the west, the IOI Mall
The lions in Zoo Negara are fed twice a day.
Proverbs / Idioms
- Raining cats and dogs. - cry over spilled milk. - birds of a feather flock together
- Haste makes waste. - once in a blue moon. - better late than never.
Past Tense
am - was has / have - had eat - ate
is - was do / does - did drink - drank
are - were can - could go - went
Puntuation
- capital letters, comma, full stop, exclamation mark, dialogue
- Subject Pronoun - it performs the action of the verb
- I, you, he, she, it, we, they
- Object Pronoun - it receives the action of the verb
- me, you, him, her, it, us, them
- Adjective Pronoun - it comes before a noun and lets us know to whom
the noun belongs
- my, your, his, her, its, our, their
- Posessive Pronoun - it doesn't come before a noun
- mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs
Subject Verb to be Subject Other Verb
I am I like
She
is
She
likesHe He
It It
They
are
They
likeWe We
You You
Singular subject —> singular verb (verb + s)
she eats, he plays, it sits
Plural subject —> plural verb (original verb)
they eat, we play, you sit
- an - singular nouns start with a vowel
(or vowel sound)
an + vowel (or vowel sound)
an + apple
umbrella
hour
Conjunction
- Pizza and burgers are my favourite snacks.
- I would go for a walk, but it’s raining outside.
- I will help you if you lend me your car.
- Although he is rich, he is very nice.
- I trust my friend because he always speaks
truth.
- I haven't eaten since breakfast.
- You'll be fat unless you stop eating junk food.
- There are no more chairs available, so you'll
have to stand.
Modal - the verb after a modal is always in the original form.
can, must, should, will, may, might
- He can join me for dinner. - He can joins me for dinner.
AT
IN
ON
Who: is reserved for the subject of the sentence.
The subject is the one in the sentence doing the action.
Who emptied the trash yesterday?
Whom: is reserved for the object of the sentence.
The object is the one receiving the action.
Whom did you call last night?
Question Tag
- Snow is white, isn't it?
- You don't like me, do you?
is → isn’t
am→ aren’t
are→ aren’t
will→ won't
do →don't
does →doesn’t
did → didn’t