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Adjectives

THINGS TO KNOW
• Adjectives:
– describe a noun
For example: colour, size, shape, size, quality, feeling, how much, how many.
– c an also be used to point out which noun is being referred to.
For example: this that those these.
– are often placed before a noun. However, this is not always the case.

HINT
* Adjectives may show degree. Degrees tell us how much more or less. The word “than”
is often used when making comparisons (not the word “then”). When comparing:
– two things/people, many adjectives have an er ending.
– three or more people/things, adjectives may often have an est ending
For example: brave braver bravest; soft softer softest; loud louder loudest;
hard harder hardest; pink pinker pinkest; thin thinner thinnest; quiet
quieter quietest; healthy healthier healthiest.

TRAP
* Other comparative adjectives take different and/or irregular forms.
For example: bad worse worst; old elder eldest; many more most; good
better best; little less least.

HAVE A GO! – Adjectives

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

1. That was the all-time      night of baddest worse worst

my life!   
2. I have      points than you do. many more most
  
3. You are the      player in the doubles good better best
tennis pair.   
4. I put heaps of sugar in my tea so that sweet sweeter sweetest
it was      .   

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 TEST 12: PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

Which of the following sentences is correct?

1.  Whose would you like to help you?

 Who would you like to help you?
 Whom would you like to help you?

2.  To who will I throw it?

 To whose will I throw it?
 To whom will I throw it?

3.  Whom bag is that?

 Who bag is that?
 Whose bag is that?

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

4. Either Jeff      Jim will go with me. nor or each

  
5.      Chris nor Dave is tall enough Neither Nor Either
to reach it.   
6. You may have      cheese or butter either each neither
on your biscuit.   
7. Can you pick up      chair beside me? this these those
  
8. I don’t like      boys over there. this these those
  
9. You can use      knife to cut the this these those
sandwich.   

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 TEST 12: PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES (continued)

10. My great-grandma is getting quite old older oldest

     now.   

11. He is the      in the class. old elder eldest

  

12. She is a      player than I am. bad badder

 
worse worser
 

13. I have read      books than you. most more many
  

14. Frank has the      voice in the class! loud louder loudest
  

15. I have      money than my brother. little less least

  

16. I am the      swimmer in the class! baddest worse worst

  

17. The sun today is very      . brightest bright brighter

  

18. She is the      of the three girls. tallest taller tall
  

19. The ring tone was very      . loudest louder loud
  

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Adverbs

THINGS TO KNOW
• Adverbs:
– are words used to add further meaning to a verb
– tell how, when and where actions happen
– have different jobs to do:
 Adverbs of manner – tell how something is done
For example: angrily carefully easily gently hard loudly roughly softly well.
 
Adverbs of time – tell when things happen
For example: afterwards always early instantly lately never next recently
soon today.
 Adverbs of place – tell where things are happening
For example: above anywhere down everywhere inside near off over there.

HINT
* Adverbs may show degree. Degrees tell us how much more or less. The word “than” is
often used when making comparisons (not the word “then”).
– When comparing two things/people, many adverbs have an er ending.
– When comparing three or more people/things, adverbs may often have an est ending:
 
hard harder hardest  high higher highest
For example: He hit the ball hard.    For example: I threw the ball high.
John hit harder.          Andrew threw the ball higher.
Jill threw the ball highest.          Anne hit hardest.
*M any adverbs end in ly. Adverbs may be easily confused with adjectives.
Remember that adjectives describe nouns; adverbs describe verbs.

TRAP
*N
 ot all ly words are adverbs. Many are adjectives when they describe a noun.
For example: The early sunshine (noun) woke me.
Remember to ask yourself which part of speech the word is describing.

HAVE A GO! – Adverbs

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

1. You cut out that circle      . neat neater neatly

  
2. He yelled      at me. anger angry angrily
  
3. He swam      in his race. quick quickly
 

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Articles

THINGS TO KNOW
• Articles are a special kind of adjective. They describe nouns.
• There are only three articles: the a an.

HINT
Which article should you use?
* The article “the” refers to a specific thing or things.
* The articles “an” and “a” do not refer to a particular thing.
* “an” is used in front of words beginning with a vowel or vowel sound.
* “a” is used in front of words beginning with a consonant or consonant sound.

HAVE A GO! – Conjunctions

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

1. I was late for school      my bike got a flat tyre. although because
 
2. I am much faster      you. than like
 
3. You can have either honey      jam or nor
on your toast.  
4. I could drop you off      I’m in a hurry and but
to leave.  
5. The three I’ve invited to go sailing are Jill, Pete and or
     Ross.  
HAVE A GO! – Articles
Which word completes each sentence correctly?

1. This morning I went shopping at      a an the

corner store.   
2. Mum had asked me to buy      a an
newspaper.  
3. Dad had wanted      ice-cream. a an the
  
4.      girl behind the counter served me. A An
 
5. She said that      total cost was ten a an the
dollars.   
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 TEST 16: CONJUNCTIONS AND ARTICLES

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

1. I had      great time at the beach with a an the

you.   
2. I rode      elephant through the jungle a an
last year.  
3. I know you will have      exciting time a an the
at Dreamworld today.   
4. Have you found      interesting book a an the
to read yet?   
5. I ate      chocolate chip cookie for an the
morning tea.  
6. My Mum bought      new car for our a an
family yesterday.  
7. That was definitely      unusual a an the
situation!   

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

8. It was windy and rainy      we still wanted and but

to go outside.  
9. We won’t go swimming      it is cold. if for
 
10. It will be dinner time      . soon finally
 
11. We were starving      we got home. when although
 
12. I don’t know      to buy my brother a toy whether since
car or bike.  

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 TEST 16: CONJUNCTIONS AND ARTICLES (continued)

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

13. Neither Bill      Ben were allowed to go or nor

to the show.  

14. I was hungry      I had not eaten because although

breakfast.  

15. You can’t go to the movies      you unless until

have an adult with you.  

16. Do you want to go now      later? or and

 

17. I am hot even      I have had a swim. while though

 

18. You can take      Chan or Sue with you. neither either
 

19. Please finish your meal      you go outside. unless before
 

20. I would like some juice      Kalim doesn’t. but either
 

21. He has not been here      he was five years old. since except
 

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Conjunctions

THINGS TO KNOW
• Conjunctions:
– are joining words.
– form links between words and parts of sentences to show how text is
developing and what might come next.

Some examples of conjunctions are:

after before neither still until while
also but nevertheless than whatever whilst
although either nor that when whoever
and for or though whenever whichever
as however since through where why
because if so unless whether yet.

HINT:
* Some conjunctions work together in pairs:
– both . . . and For example: Both you and your sister can do the dishes today.
– either . . . or For example: I’m happy if either Tim or John will help me.
– not . . . but For example: I can not go with you but Mum can.
– whether . . . or For example: I don’t know whether it will be hot or cold.
– as . . . as For example: I’ll do that as soon as possible.
– neither . . . nor For example: Neither Bob nor Bill is going tonight.

* Conjunctions may have different jobs to do. The following connectives:

– show time
For example: after as before once since till until when whenever while.
– show a result
For example: as because for if in case now (that) provided (that) since
so (that) unless whether.
– list information
For example: and also –
– add information
For example: and as like.
– explain information
For example: also and as because even that too why.
– explain opposing information
For example: as although but either unlike neither nevertheless nor or
though whereas while whilst yet.

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Nouns
HINT
* In all grammar exercises, always ask yourself what job a particular word is doing in
the sentence. One word can be different parts of speech!

THINGS TO KNOW
• Nouns:
– are words used to name a person, place, thing, feeling or idea.
– can be singular or plural. For example: girl children sheep foot feet.
– are often introduced by the words “a”, “an” and “the”. This means these
words come before the noun.

HINT
* There are four types of nouns:
– Common nouns – name the everyday things around us.
For example: boy painter school city pool paper shirt.
– Proper nouns – name special people, places or things. These nouns always start with a
capital letter.
For example: I Sally King Henry (people); Darwin Kingsly Park Canada
Suncorp Stadium (places); March Easter (things).
– Collective nouns – names given to a group of people or things.
For example: class team band bunch litter school.
– Abstract nouns – name things that exist in your mind, even though you can’t see or
touch them. These nouns are usually a feeling, idea, condition or quality.
For example: hope faith love anger truth.

TRAP
* Be careful! Don’t forget to use capitals to begin names of special people, places or things.

HAVE A GO! – Nouns

Show where the missing capital letter should go.

1. Kate and dan are packing their bags quickly as they have to catch a train.
  
2. Last week my family went to Suncorp stadium to watch the rugby league match.
   
3. My aunty Lil visits our house every year at Christmas time.
  

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Prepositions

THINGS TO KNOW
• Prepositions:
– are words that are used to tell you where somebody or something is in
relation to something else in the sentence
– a re usually used with nouns or pronouns to show their relationship to other
words in the sentence
– are usually found in front of nouns and pronouns.
For example: in the room, over the sea.

Examples of prepositions are:

about below like through

above between near to
across beside of towards
after by off under
against down on until
along during onto up
among except out upon
around for outside with
as from over without
at in past
before inside round
behind into since

HINT
* Some words are followed by particular prepositions. You can often choose the correct
preposition because you have heard it being used before and it “sounds” right.
For example: It is under control. I rely on you. I am happy with things. I walked
onto the field.
* It is more grammatically correct not to place a preposition at the end of a sentence, as
in this example: I want that but.

TRAP
Common errors when using prepositions include:
* the incorrect use of “different to” and “different than”. “Different from . . .” is correct.
* the incorrect use of “between” and “among”. “Between” is used for two things;
“among” is used for three or more things.

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 HAVE A GO! – Prepositions
Which word completes each sentence correctly?

1. This problem is      Jake and Simon. between against

 
2. My cousin’s school is different      from to than
mine.   
3. Could I please have a piece      cake? of off
 
4. I am going      a swim tomorrow. for to
 
5. The toad turned      a handsome in to into
Prince.   
6. I am pleased      your results this at with
year!  
7. It rains every month here      March. since except
 
8. I want to go there      myself. by with
 
9. They will leave for Tasmania      in for
October this year.  

10. The chair is      the back of the in at
room.  
11. I like to go to the beach      myself by with
to watch the sunset.  
12. We have to play      the champions against between
in the Grand Final.  

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 TEST 15: ADVERBS AND PREPOSITIONS

Each sentence has one word that is incorrect.

Write the correct word in the box.

1
1. I can climb over that wall easy.
2
2. Everything went really good.
3
3. We had a real close football game.
4
4. You handled that situation beautiful.
5
5. I did badder than you on the test.
6
6. She is the eldest of the twins.

7. You need to walk over the rocks careful so 7

you don’t slip!
8
8. You played that game wonderful.
9
9. The circus was the bestest!
10
10. The water drained very slow down the sink.
11
11. “Don’t play so rough!” the Principal ordered.

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

12. You can share that      the three of you. between among
 
13. If you cross      the bridge, you won’t over along
have to get your feet dirty.  
14. I am counting      you to get your work on with
finished today.  
15. People      Australia are very friendly. in at
 
16. I am going      bed now because it’s late. to in
 
17. I am going to the movies      my sister. to with
 

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Pronouns

THINGS TO KNOW
•  ronouns are: words used instead of nouns, often taking the place of a person
P
or thing. They are:
– used to connect ideas and refer back to nouns already mentioned in the text.
– consistent or agree with the correlating noun. They may be singular or plural,
masculine or feminine.
– used to give fluency and cohesion in text.

HINT
* Many pronouns have three forms:
– First person pronouns – when the writer or speaker is “talking”.
– Second person pronouns – when the writer or speaker is being “spoken” to.
– Third person pronoun – when a writer or speaker refers to other people or things.
* There are many types of pronouns. The most common include:
– Personal pronouns – refer to you, me, other people and things.
– Possessive pronouns – show ownership. No apostrophes are needed!

Personal Pronouns Possessive Pronouns

1st person the person speaking I, me (singular) my, mine (singular)
2nd person the person spoken to we, us (plural) our, ours (plural)
you (singular) yours (singular)
you (plural) yours (plural)
3rd person the person/things she, her (feminine her (feminine singular)
singular)
being spoken about he, him (masculine his (masculine
singular) singular)
it (neutral singular) its (neutral singular)
they, them (plural) theirs (plural)

HINT
* Some pronouns are used to ask the questions: Who? Whose? Which? That? Whom?
–W ho and whom are used for people.
For example: Who one the race?
To whom did you give your homework?
–W hich and that are used for things and animals.
For example: Which pen would you like?
Is that the one you want?
–W hose is used to show ownership.
For example: Whose bag is this?

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Pronouns (continued)
HINT
* Some pronouns stand for or refer to a noun that may or may not be mentioned. These
pronouns are: that this those these. They relate to:
– number (how many people or objects)
• singular (one) – that or this
For example: I need the ruler.
• plural (more than one) – these or those
For example: I need these rulers.
– position
• whether it is near by or close – this or these
For example: Please put the box in this car.
* whether it is not near or not close – that or those
For example: Can you see that car over there?

THINGS TO KNOW
• I t is important that the pronoun refers back and is consistent with the noun
in terms of number (singular or plural) and gender (masculine, feminine or
neutral.) This is called pronoun–noun agreement.
For example: They were . . . (both subject and verb are plural so it is correct).
They was . . . (the subject is plural; the verb is singular so it is incorrect).

HAVE A GO! – Pronouns

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

1. Have you found      bag yet? yours your you

  
2. That book is      . myself my mine
  
3. I can’t find      anywhere! him he himself
  
4.      carried our own bags the Our We You
whole way.   

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 HAVE A GO! – Pronouns
Which word completes each sentence correctly?

5. She left      hand luggage on the she her herself

aeroplane.   

6. I forgot to bring      swimming bag my me mine

to school.   

7. You should make      lunch now. your mine you

  

8. The pelican flapped      wings loudly. him their its

  

9. Can you pick Frank and      up from I me my

work please?   

10.      bike is that? Whom Who Whose

  

11.      gave you that present? Who Whose Whom

  

12. Anna and      are going to the park me I myself

next week.   

13. Sally has a new puppy.      takes It Her She

it to the park every day.   

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 TEST 11: NOUNS AND PRONOUNS

Show which proper noun should begin with a capital letter?

1. I always go surfing in january

  
2. Penny lane is a place in England.
  
3. jill and Samantha are in the same class in school
  

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

4. Have you packed      bags yet? your yours you

  
5. Jane knew she had to water      it’s herself her
garden this morning.   
6. The pelican flapped      wings its it’s her
strongly as it glided over the water.   
7. John forgot to bring      goggles his he him
to the pool today.   
8. We have to scrub      clean after themselves us ourselves
playing in the mud.   
9.      all helped to build the house. They Ourselves Their
  
10. I’m not talking to      or her. he himself him
  
11. Is this      ? your yours yourself
  

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Verb Tense

THINGS TO KNOW
• Verbs show tense! They tell us when an action or process is taking place.
• Verbs can be in three tenses: the present (now), past (has already happened), or
future (will take place sometime in the future.)

HINT
* Most verbs show their tense in a regular or consistent way.
– past tense
 regular verbs often end in ed.

For example: (Yesterday I . . . ) walked, stopped, hopped, wished, thanked.

 
helper verbs are often:
• was/were + verb ending in ing.
For example: was stamping (singular) were clicking (plural).
• have/had/has + (verb ending in ed).
For example: have wiped (plural or singular) had jumped (singular or plural)
has moved (singular).
– present tense
 
regular verbs often end in s or es.
For example: (Today he . . . ) eats, smiles, whinges, types, plays, reads, writes, sees,
catches.
 
helper verbs are often am/is/are + (verb ending in ing).
For example: I am yelling/picking/sailing (singular).
She is doing/drinking/watching (singular).
They are holidaying/driving/flying (plural).
– future tense
 
regular verbs are often will + (verb).
For example: (Tomorrow I . . . ) will eat, shine, pick, scratch, kick, believe, stretch.

* Helper verbs are often:

– a m/is/are + going to + (verb).
For example: I am going to swim (singular).
She is going to dive (singular).
We/They are going to bend (plural).
– will have + (verb ending in ed).
For example: I/We will have pushed (singular or plural).
You/They will be laughing (singular or plural).
–w  ill be + (verb ending in ing).
For example: (I/You/He) will be climbing (singular).
(We/You/They) will be watching (plural).

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 TRAP
* Some verbs don’t change when the tense changes.
For example: cut hit hurt let.
* Verbs may be contracted.
For example: it’s (it is), they’re (they are), can’t (cannot).
* Some verbs are irregular because they change their spelling in the past tense – with or
without a helper verb. For example:
Present Tense Past Tense – Past Tense – Present Tense Past Tense – Past Tense –
Without With Helper Without With Helper
Helper Verb Verb (has/ Helper Verb Verb (has/
had/have; had/have;
was/were) + was/were) +
be was, were been grow grew grown
become became become hide hid hidden
begin began begun know knew known
blow blew blown lay laid laid
break broke broken lie lay lain
bring brought brought ride rode ridden
buy bought bought ring rang rung
catch caught caught rise rose risen
choose chose chosen run ran run
come came come say said said
do did done see saw seen
drink drank drunk shake shook shaken
drive drove driven sing sang sung
eat ate eaten swim swam swum
fight fought fought take took taken
fly flew flown throw threw thrown
get got gotten wake woke woken
give gave given wear wore worn
go went gone write wrote written

HAVE A GO! – Verb Tense

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

1. Last night we      roast for dinner. ate eat

 
2. I      you knew the answer. think thought
 
3. I      you up soon. has picked will pick
 
4. I will      a present to the party. bring brought
 
5. We’ll      it up. break broke
 
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 TEST 14: VERB TENSE

The spelling mistakes in these sentences have been underlined.

Write the correct spelling for each underlined word in the box.

1
1. She could of come with us to the skating rink.

2
2. I was laughing and screamed on the scary ride.

3. I will have walking ten kilometres by the end 3

of the day.

4
4. I buy a new shirt from the surf shop yesterday.

5. You should have shooked your drink before 5

you tasted it.

6. I come over to your house to see your new 6

kitten.

7. She has aten her lunch too quickly so now 7

she has a stomach ache.

8. I tooked the washing out of the washing 8

machine.

9. I will chose some new shoes when we go 9

shopping tonight.

10. My sister catched a cold when she was in 10

the cold night air.

11
11. The puppies fighted for the ball.

12. I was so tired that I lied in bed until nine 12

o’clock.

13. Our teacher sayed that we could have free 13

time this afternoon.

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 TEST 14: VERB TENSE (continued)

14. Mum gived me a beautiful present for my 14

birthday.

15. I seen dolphins playing in the waves this 15

morning.

16. They have writ a wonderful play they would 16

like to perform.

17
17. Those planes have flew in the war.

18. I have hiccups because I dranked my soft 18

drink too quickly.

19
19. “Look what I done!” shouted the little boy.

20
20. He is sailed to Green Island with his crew.

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Verbs

THINGS TO KNOW
• Verbs are doing, being or having words.
– “Doing” verbs:
• are actions of people and things
For example: cry yell party drink cover play stop say.
• are sensing, thinking and feeling words
For example: want, love, imagine, dream, doubt.
– “Being” and “having” verbs are words used to show that people and things
exist.
For example: am is are be will be been being was were had has
have having. These verbs link pieces of information.
• “Helping” (or compound) verbs are often used with other verbs. These verbs
often tell us the tense and/or whether the noun is in its singular or plural form.
Examples of helping verbs are: be been being am is are was were have has
had should could would may might must will shall can do does did.
For example: The lady was looking at her son. My brother has been
swimming in the pool for a long time.

HINT
* The verb must always agree or be consistent with number (singular or plural) and
tense. (Refer to the section “Verb Tense”.)
* Singular verbs are used for one person, animal or thing. “Is” and “was” are singular
verbs.
For example: He is/was going . . . The cat likes . . .
* Plural verbs are used with two or more people, animals or things. “Are and “were” are
plural verbs.
For example: They are/were going . . .
* A verb may be contracted.
For example: it’s (it is) he’ll (he will) they’ve (they have) they would’ve (they would
have).

TRAP
* Note that a common error is to use “could of/should of/would of . . .” The verb is
“could have/should have/would have . . .”
For example: “I could have told you that!” is correct.
“I could of told you that!” is not correct.
* Watch out for agreement with collective nouns, which are nouns used for a group of
something and are considered singular.
For example: The group was singing.

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 HAVE A GO! – Verbs
Which word completes each sentence correctly?

1. We      told the news. was were

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2. Jan      not eating her lunch. are is
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3. The cat      seen the mouse. has have
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4. They      gone out to lunch. have has
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5. He      he is always right. think thinks
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Which sentence shows the correct use of the verb?

6.  The children sings together.

 The children sing together.
 The children singing together.

7.  Those people are yelling.

 Those people is yelling.
 Those people was yelling.

8.  The crowd were clapping.

 The crowd was clapping.
 The crowd are clapping.

9.  He punching hard!
 He punch hard!
 He punches hard!

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 TEST 13: VERBS

Which word completes each sentence correctly?

1. That car      going to crash if it is are

doesn’t slow down.  
2. Pat Rafter always      the ball well on hit hits
the court.  
3. All of the horses are able to      over the fence. jump jumps
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4. You      not going to believe what I’ve just seen! is are
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5. It looked like it      going to rain this morning. was were
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6. They      to get up early to catch the bus have has
tomorrow.  
7. When I      , my hand gets tired and cramped. write writes
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8. The children      screaming and shouting was were
loudly in the park.  
9. The waves      against the rocky shoreline. pound pounds
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10. Mike and I      close to the beach. live lives
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11. My son      to wear glasses to help him see. has have
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12. The builders      going to find it difficult to is are
work in this heat.  

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