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CONTENT

WEEK 1 NOUNS

WEEK 2 TENSE: PRESENT TENSE

WEEK 3 ADJECTIVE

WEEK 4 TENSE: PAST TENSE

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WEEK 1: NOUNS

1.0 Noun

A noun is a word that gives name to a person, a place, a thing or an animal. There
are few types of nouns:

1.1 Proper Noun

1.2 Common Noun

1.3 Singular and Plural Nouns

1.4 Countable and Uncountable Nouns

1.5 Possessive Noun

1.1 Proper Noun

A proper noun is specific name of a person, a thing, a place or an animal. This

noun is identified by the use of capital letters.

For e.g.: Aizat (person), Kuala Lumpur (place), Panasonic (thing), Comel (animal)

1.2 Common Noun

A common noun is a word used generally for a person, a place, a thing or an

animal. Usually these words are not capitalised unless they are used in the
beginning of a sentence or in a title.

For e.g.: boy (person), city (place), television (thing), cat (animal)

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1.3 Singular and Plural Nouns

Singular noun is a noun that is only one (single) whereas plural nouns are nouns
more than one. Plural nouns can be formed by adding –es or –s to singular nouns
and they require plural verbs to function correctly in a sentence.

For e.g.: boy – boys, tiger – tigers, watch – watches

The boy is playing football at the field.

The boys are playing football at the field.

1.4 Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable nouns are nouns which can be counted. They can be used with a/an, the,
some, any, a few, and many. Uncountable nouns are nouns that come in a state or
quantity which is impossible to count. They are always considered to be singular,
and can be used with some, any, a little, and much.

For e.g.: a boy – some boys – many boys

water – some water – much water

1.5 Possessive Noun

Possessive noun is a noun to show ownership or to possess something. This can be

formed by using an apostrophe continued by an ‘s’ at the end of singular noun. For
plural, they can be formed by adding only an apostrophe at the end of the noun.

For e.g.: boy’s book, cat’s tail

boys’ books, cats’ tails

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WEEK 2: PRESENT TENSE

1.0 PRESENT TENSE

For tenses, there are three different time lines. Present tense is basically actions
that are happening now, at the current time. It can be divided into three different
types:
1.1 Simple Present
1.2 Present Continuous
1.3 Present Perfect

1.1 Simple Present

verb+(s)
-if the subject is singular

The simple present is a verb tense with two main uses. We use the simple present
tense when an action is happening right now, or when it happens regularly
For e.g.: Zack has his own car now.
Zack plays football with his friends every day.

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Simple Present can be formed by using base word of verb. For singular subject, the
verb should be added with ‘s’ or ‘-es’.
For e.g.: Julia and Jazz go to school by bus.
Julia goes to school by bus.
For questions, we can use ‘does’ for singular subject and ‘do’ for plural subject.
For e.g.: Does Julia go to school by bus?
Do Julia and Jazz go to school by bus?

1.2 Present Continuous

is/are/am + verb + ing

Present continuous is a verb tense that is used to indicate actions that are
happening now, frequently or might continue in the future.
For e.g.: Sheila is cooking her favorite dish for dinner.
They are swimming in the lake to cool off.
I am watching movie at the theatre.

1.3 Present Perfect

has/have + verb + past participle

The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that either occurred at an
indefinite time in the past or began in the past and continued to the present time.
For e.g.: Raaj has finished his homework.
The students have visited the mall before.
Mum has seen the photo album in the room.

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WEEK 3: ADJECTIVES

1.0 ADJECTIVES

Adjectives are words used to describe quality or state of nouns. They can be used
by adding words before a noun or at the end of the sentence by referring to the
noun.

For e.g.: The spicy chicken is my favourite dish in the restaurant.

The beautiful scenery is captured by his camera.

The child is angry because he did not get his candy.

Adjectives can be divided into three parts:

1.1 Positive

1.2 Comparative

1.3 Superlative

1.1 Positive adjectives

They are words that can be used to describe a quality or state such as number,
opinion, size, shape, age, colour, origin, material and purpose.

For e.g.: The big building belongs to my father.

The black cat looks scary.

The dining table was a gift from my late grandfather.

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1.2 Comparative adjectives

This can be used to compare nouns that act as subjects in sentences. Comparative
adjectives can be formed by adding suffix ‘–er’ followed by ‘than’ to most of the
adjectives. Some adjectives even change in spelling when they are used in
comparative form. For adjectives that cannot be changed, the word ‘more’ is used
before the adjective to form comparative adjective.

For e.g.: Johnny is taller than Amin. (tall)

His handwriting is better than her handwriting. (good)

The chocolate cake is more delicious than the red velvet cake. (delicious)

1.3 Superlative adjectives

Superlative adjectives indicate that something has the highest degree of the quality
or state. This adjective is formed by adding the article ‘the’ before the adjective
and suffixes such as ‘-est’, ‘-iest’ to the adjectives. For words that cannot be
changed, the word ‘most’ is added after the article ‘the’.

For e.g.: The KLCC used to be the tallest building in the world. (tall)

Harith Iskandar is the funniest man I have ever met. (funny)

Coconut cookie is the most delicious delicacy for my sister. (delicious)

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WEEK 4: PAST TENSE

1.0 PAST TENSE

The past tense is a verb tense used for a past activity or a past state of being. The
tense of a verb is determined by when the action took place. The three main tenses
are:

1.1 Simple Past

1.2 Past Continuous
1.3 Past Perfect

1.1 Simple Past

Verb + ed
The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or
existed before now.
For e.g.: Chong walked to school because he missed the bus this morning.
Damia slept off as she was tired.

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1.2 Past Continuous

was/were + verb + ing

The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a
continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. 
For e.g.: The sun was shining bright today morning.
Everyone was dancing happily till the music stopped.

1.3 Past Perfect

had + verb + past participle

The past perfect is a verb tense used to talk about actions that were completed
before some point in the past. In other words, it is about something that happened
before something else.
For e.g.: They had completed their project before the holidays started.
I had finished my homework before mum reached home.
If I had seen her earlier, I would have made her my life companion.

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