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Mr Robert has his own garden. He always does gardening in the evening. He is pushing a

________ which is filled with earth. Mr Robert is wearing a ________ of gardening gloves because

________ can protect his hands. He is going to ________ a sapling. It is in a big black polythene bag

________ the gardening tools.

0001 A trolley

B carriage

C wheelchair

D wheel barrow

0002 A pair

B pear

C pare

D piece

0003 A it

B them

C their

D they

0004 A dig

B trim

C plant

D throw

0005 A beside

B above

C behind

D between

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During the ________ month, a special festival called the Wau Bulan will be held in Kelantan.

The festival is the only way for the paddy farmers to relax ________. Competitions are held ________

the villagers to see which persons wau can fly the highest as well as which is the most beautiful wau.

Apart from that, the wau is also ________ based on the sound it makes and the skill in which the wau

is flown. The festival is a special festival ________ by all the Kelantanese.

0001 A harvest

B harvests

C harvested

D harvesting

0002 A himself

B herself

C ourselves

D themselves

0003 A for

B with

C among

D between

0004 A tested

B judged

C decided

D considered

0005 A enjoy

B enjoys

C enjoyed

D enjoying

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Kim Meng is lost in the jungle. He feels very tired and thirsty. He is squatting ________ a

shallow stream. He wants to drink ________ water. Kim Meng uses ________ hand to scoop the water.

The streams water is clear________ very cool. There ________ also many small fishes swimming in

the stream.

0001 A at

B onC in

D beside

0002 A some

B an

C a

0003 A he

B his

C her

D him

0004 A so

B but

C and

D therefore

0005 A is

B are

C was

D were

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An accident happened at Jalan Mewah yesterday. A speeding car ________ into a bus. Both

________ vehicles were dented. The car driver escaped with minor injuries ________ his new car was

terribly damaged. The bus driver ________ badly injured. Luckily, the passengers in the bus were not

hurt. They only suffered from shock ________ the impact of collision was great.

0001 A crash

B crashed

C crashes

D crashing

0002 A a

B an

C the

D

0003 A so

B but

C and

D since

0004 A is

B are

C was

D were

0005 A as

B if

C when

D although

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Last Saturday, Raghbir celebrated his twelfth birthday. Raghbir ________ his classmates, Alan,

Jessy and Affendi to his small party. All of them ________ a present for Raghbir. Raghbirs father, Mr

Sanjit ________ very glad to see Raghbirs classmates. Raghbirss mother ________ all the glasses

with carbonated drinks. Even his little sister ________ to serve cookies to all the guests. Everyone

enjoyed themselves at Raghbirs birthday party.

0001 A inviteB invites

C invited

D inviting

0002 A bring

B brings

C brought

D bringing

0003 A is

B are

C was

D were

0004 A fill

B fills

C filled

D filling

0005 A help

B helped

C helping

D will help

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Chinese New Year is celebrated by the Chinese in Malaysia. During this ________, red is the

favourite colour for the Chinese. The Chinese decorate ________ houses with red lanterns, banners

and flowers. They even ________ new red clothes on the first day of Chinese New Year. Red

________ the symbol for good luck and prosperity. The married adults give red packets of money

called ang pow ________ children during this joyful festival.

0001 A day

B year

C week

D festival

0002 A hisB her

C our

D their

0003 A wear

B wore

C worn

D wears

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Khairul is ________ in a story-telling competition which is organised by the English Language

Society in the school hall. He is telling ________ story with the title A Tortoise and a Rabbit. He

________ very confident. He hopes to win this competition ________ he wants to show the trophy to

________ mother. His mother has given him a lot of motivation to join this competition.

0001 A participateB participates

C participated

D participating

0002 A a

B an

C the

D

0003 A isB has

C was

D will be

0004 A if

B so

C while

D because

0005 A its

B his

C her

D your

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A poor woman is in the kitchen. She is ________ the floor. She is dressed in tattered and

________ clothes. Her shoes ________ also worn out. She is wearing an a old scarf ________ her neat

hair. The kitchen is neat and tidy ________ she cleans it everyday. She spends a lot of time in the

kitchen.

0001 A wipingB dusting

C brushing

D sweeping

0002 A new

B torn

C clean

D beautiful

0003 A is

B are

C was

D were

0004 A on

B over

C above

D across

0005 A so

B but

C because

D although

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Liza celebrated her eleventh birthday last weekend. She invited ________ of her friends and

classmates. The boys came smartly dressed ________ the girls were dressed in pretty frocks. There

________ many kinds of foods and drinks on the table. Liza stood ________ the front door because

she had to welcome her ________ into the house.

0001 A moreBmany

Cmuch

Da little

0002 A as

Bbut

Cwhen

Dwhile

0003 A are

Bhad

Cwas

Dwere

0004 A in

B at

Cnear

Dbeside

0005 A hosts

Bguests

Cadults

Dstudents

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Taj Mahal, a famous monument located in Agra, India stands on the ________ of River Yamuna.

It has a big onion-shaped ________ with two smaller domes on each side. It also has four pillars

________ the main building. A long ________ pool leads to the entrance of the monument. There are

two rows of cypress trees ________ the pool. This building is very important for Indias tourism.

0001 A top

B bankC edge

D entrance

0002 A stone

B dome

C plastic

D ceiling

0003 A besideB around

C behind

D between

0004 A oval

B square

C triangular

D rectangular

0005 A at

B above

C along

D between

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Yoke Meng saw an interesting incident this morning. There ________ two men outside a

grocery shop. Both of them were working as labourers for one of ________ shopkeepers at his

housing area. One of the men was fat ________ the other man was thin. Both of them were loading

some boxes of things into the lorry. Yoke Meng was surprised to ________ that the fat man just took a

small light box. Instead, the thinner man was carrying a heavy box up to the lorry all by ________.

Yoke Meng thought that the fat man must have felt ashamed of himself.

0001 A had

B are

C was

D were

0002 A a

B an

C the

D

0003 A so

B but

C when

D while

0004 A see

B saw

C sees

D seen

0005 A itself

B herself

C himself

D yourselves

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Ponggal is a festival which is celebrated ________ the Hindus every year. The Hindus will

usually cook sweet rice before sunrise. The sweet rice ________ made from milk and newly harvested

rice. The sweet rice is ________ in an earthen pot. The Hindus use ________ plants to decorate their

houses. Ponggal is celebrated ________ four days.

0001 A from

B for

C by

D to

0002 A is

B are

C was

D were

0003 A cooking

B cooked

C cooks

D cook

0004 A papaya

B banana

C bamboo

D sugar cane

0005

Asince

B from

C until

D for

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The tourists are at the National Museum. They are looking ________ the exhibition in the main

hall. ________ are standing in front of a glass case which has ________ very old pots. There is

________ description about the pots. The tourists ________ the description. They are enjoying

themselves in the museum.

0001 A at

B in

C on

D by

0002 A He

B She

C Our

D They

0003 A a

B a lot

C some

D a little

0004 A a

B an

C many

D much

0005 A reading

B is reading

C are reading

D were reading

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Last week, Raymond went on an outing with his family. They went ________ a hill. It was

covered with bushes ________ trees. Each of ________ carried a walking stick. They walked in a row.

Raymonds brother walked ________ his parents. Raymond took the lead. They enjoyed ________

but they were very tired afterwards.

0001 A at

B on

C up

D down

0002 A or

B but

C and

D along

0003 A her

B our

C him

D them

0004 A beside

B among

C between

D opposite

0005 A himself

B yourself

C ourselves

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Last holiday, I ________ to Philippines with my parents. We went there to ________ the

opening ceremony of the Manila Sea Games. The ________ began with a series of cultural

performances from the host country. It was then followed by a march-past by the participants

________ various countries. I think that our Malaysian team was the ________ team in the parade.

0001 A goB goes

C went

D going

0002 A watch

B watches

C watched

D watching

0003 A games

B parade

C concert

D ceremony

0004 A of

B by

C for

Dfrom

0005 A best

B good

C better

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The water buffalo is also known as the living tractor of Asia. This is ________ it has been used

in many countries in Asia for ________ paddy fields. Many farmers cannot afford to buy tractors.

Tractors are ________ expensive and hard to maintain compared to water buffalos. Tractors cannot be

________ in swampy fields but buffalos can. ________, a buffalo does not need to be repaired and

hence are cheaper to upkeep.

0001 A thus

B because

C although

D in conclusion

0002 A sowing

B digging

C harvesting

D ploughing

0003 A less

B sum

C more

D equally

0004 A use

B uses

C used

D using

0005 A However

B Generally

C Furthermore

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