Exercise 13 - 18

Topic 4            Overview of the 9 tenses                                7

Exercise 13

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb given.

          Nina’s cousin, Anina has put on a lot of weight.  She ____________ (1. put) on at least 7 kilogrammes.  She ___________(2.  think) of reducing some weight.  Vivian, her friend ___________ (3.  suggest) her to get professional help so that she can slim down faster.  However, Rowena, her another friend __________ (4.  advise) her to control her diet.  She thinks Anina ___________ (5.  eat) too much lately.  She _______________ (6.  be) under the pressure of the public examination. 

          Anina _____________ (7. be) a top student since kindergarten.  She ________ never ____________ (8. disappoint) her parents, relatives, teachers and so on for her good performance since small.  But this time she _______ (9. be) not sure whether she can ___________ (10. live) up to the expectation of others.  She _________ (11. think) that the Form 5 public examination may not be so easy as other public examinations she ____________ (12. undergo) through.

          Nina always looks up to Anina as her model.  Nina’s mother, Puan Ashiah always __________ (13. tell) her how important it ________ (14. be) to be diligent and smart.  She always says Anina has high intelligent quotient (IQ) but she __________ (15. work) hard and smart, too.  She is a very well-disciplined and self-willed person.  She ___________  (16. manage) her life well.  She ___________ (17. have) time-management skill.  She ____________ (18. allocate) her time for sleeping, playing, studying and other activities properly. 

          When Nina __________ (19. tell) her mother that Anina is quite upset with her weight, Puan Ashiah does not think so.  She said Anina ________ (20. be) underweight last time.  But now she is in her ideal weight.  She thinks Anina ___________ (21. look) healthier and more beautiful than ever before.  It ________ (22. be) true that she should maintain her weight. 

Exercise 14     Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb.

          Anina ________almost_________ (1. resort) to low carbohydrate intake to reduce her weight but her mother, Puan Fatimah told her the harm of not having enough carbohydrates in the diet as she has read an article titled “Low Carbohydrate diet can hurt your memory”.  She _________ (2. tell) Anina how important it ________ (3. be) to take enough carbohydrates so that her brain can __________ (4. function) properly.

          With this knowledge, Anina ___________ (5. decide) to plan her meals properly.  Puan Fatimah likes to make different kinds of cake to pamper her children.  Anina __________ (6. like) the cheese cake and the jelly cake most.  Puan Fatimah finally ____________ (7. know) how to make these 2 kinds of cake.  Once she almost _____________(8. make) them every day.  Anina ___________ (9. enjoy) the cakes so much so that she ate the cake in place of the proper meals.  She ___________ (10. become) quite indulgent as far as taking cheese cakes and jelly cakes were concerned. 

          She ______________ (11. work) out an eating plan.  She knows that to keep up the optimal function of the brain, she __________ (12. need) a minimum of 125g of carbohydrates each day.  She ____________ (13. calculate) the amount of cheese cake or jelly cake she can _________(14. take) each day and what foods and fruits to consume in order to keep in good health.  She _________(15. realise) how important it _______ (16. be) to have a balanced diet, enough exercise and rest every day. 

          She always ______ (17 remind) herself that “Health is more important than good results.”  She has learnt to relax and takes life easy and just _______(18. try) her best.

Exercise 15

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb.                                          8

          Aunt Onono, one of Anina’s aunts also faced the problem of putting on weight easily when she __________ (1. be) at her teenage.  She _________ (2. try) all means to slim down.  At one time, she even _____________(3. go) on for several days almost eating nothing.  She __________ (4. endure) pangs of hunger.  Yes, she __________ (5. slim) down but she __________ (6. start) binge eating again after starving for a few days.  She ___________ (7. put) on weight again.  This yo-yo way of losing weight and putting on weight _____________ (8. affect) her overall rate of metabolism.  She ___________ (9. try) this method for years  until she __________ (10. realise) the hard fact that she ________ (11. need) a balanced diet to slim down and keep fit.

        One day when she ____________ (12. walk) home from school, she almost ____________ (13. faint) on the way.  She _________ (14. suffer) from weakness that she __________ (15. guess) for not having enough food for the system.

       She ________ (16. feel) frustrated over her weight until one day she ____________ (17. consult) a great uncle who __________ (18. be) a nutritionist.  Encik Jamah __________ (19. tell) her to take a right amount of carbohydrates.  He ___________  (20. recommend) her to take about 125-150 grams of carbohydrates.  He ____________ (21. list) out the foods to take daily so that she _________         (22. can get) all kinds of food she __________ (23. require) for the proper growth.

        He __________ (24. tell) her to follow the eating plan.  She ________          (25. need) to practise self-discipline.  She _________ (26. have) to exercise and ________ (27. need) enough rest every day.  She also __________ (28. need) to take up some hobbies so that she ________ (29. can get) her mind off the foods.  She ________ (30. be) assured that she __________ (31. can slim) down in the course of time if she ___________ (32. follow) this diet regimen he __________ (33. prescribe).

Exercise 16

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb.

     Aunt Onono __________ (1. know) her weakness.  It ______ (2. be) true that she __________ (3. eat) too much junk food and _________ (4. exercise) too little.  She _________ (5. not cultivate) any hobby to get herself occupied.  When she ________ (6. feel) bored, she ________ (7. indulge) herself in food.  When she _________ (8. find) that she _____________ (9. become) too fat,  in a panic, she __________ (10. resort) to starving herself to slim down.  This __________ (11. cause) many problems to both her physical and emotional health.  Luckily, she ________     (12. get) some advice from her great uncle, Encik Jamah.

          Since every cell in the system needs right kind of food in order to grow well, she _________ (13. decide) to eat different kinds of food at the right amount.  Encik Jamah _______ (14. tell) Aunt Onono if the cell ________ (15. not get) the right nutrients, the cells might go haywire.  He said it _________ (16. be) not surprising that the cells failing to get the right nutrients __________ (17. become) cancerous. 

          Anina has heard a lot of stories about Aunt Onono.  She is the most adventurous aunt.  She _________(18. dare) to try and experience to find out the truth.  Anina ____________ (19. chance) to meet her at Arara’s wedding when she _____________ (20. attend) the wedding banquet last Sunday.  She _________(21. happen) to sit beside her.  She __________ (22. hear) a lot of chit-chat of her adventures.  Anina ____________ (23. take) the opportunity to ask her many questions about weight control, diet and health.  She _______ (24. give) Anina good advice.   But now she __________ (25. look) fit and healthy.  She is not fat at all.                

Exercise 17                                                                                                   9

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb.

          Anina was excited when her mother ___________(1. tell) her that they are going to attend a birthday party next Saturday afternoon.  It is her paternal grandparents’ birthday.  Anina ______________ (2. look) forward to meeting her cousins, uncles and aunts and paternal grandparents.  Her grandparents live with Uncle Georamah’s family   in a mansion with a big farm in a village.  Anina and her siblings Bifivi and Omar __________ (3. like) to go their house so much.  Uncle Georamah __________         (4. keep) many animals on his farm for sales, own consumption and hobbies.  It is fun to look at the different kinds of animals like cats, dogs, monkey, pangolins, turkeys, peacocks, chickens, ducks, geese, horses, goats, cows, bees and so on.

          Anina always _________ (5. feel) relaxed and good being near to nature.  On the occasion of her grandparents’ birthday, she can ___________ (6. meet) so many cousins, uncles, aunts and others.  Her grandparents ___________ (7. be) born on the different days in the same month and they always _____________ (8. celebrate) the birthday together.

          This _________ (9. be) the occasion when everybody __________ (10. make) an effort to come back to celebrate.  Each family __________ (11. bring) a dish or two to celebrate the occasion.  It is a pot-luck party.  Anina’s mother, Puan Fatimah, always _____________ (12. make) several big birthday cakes of different flavours.  This year she ____________ (13. make) a big cheese cake and a big jelly cake.  She also ______________ (14. steam) some spring rolls.  Nina’s mother Puan Ashiah ____________ (15. cook) mixed vegetables, green bean soup with pine leave juice and make yogurt.            There _______ (16. be) so many kinds of food to eat. 

Exercise 18

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb.

          Anina has scored well in her public examination again.  Puan Fatimah, Anina’s mother is very happy with her results.  She ____________ (1. go) to hold a party to celebrate Anina’s birthday and her success.  Anina __________ (2. start) writing the invitation cards.  She ____________ (3. write) 20 cards. She ______________          (4. discuss) with her family whom they will invite since her mother _________           (5. decide) to hold a party.  Everybody _____________ (6. be) excited and looking forwards to the occasion.

          As usual, Puan Fatimah _____________ (7. make) a big cheese cake and a jelly cake.  She _____________ (8. make) the cake the night before her birthday.  She ___________ (9. prepare) a ten-course meal for sure.  This time she might prepare more.

      Bifivi, Anina’s sister ________ (10. give) her a Barbie Doll last year.  She ___________ (11. find) out that Anina does not really like Barbie Doll as she __________ (12. do).  She only likes books.  This year, she might __________ (13. buy) her a book.  She ______________ (14. try) hard to find out what kind of books she _____________   (15. like).  Bifivi ___________ (16. browse) her bookshelves now.  She _________           (17. have) most of the books that Bifivi has listed.  Finally, Bifivi ___________         (18. decide) to buy her a thumb-drive as Anina needs to copy her compositions of poem, prose  in it for safekeeping or back up. 

          Omar ________ (19. think) that he can___________ (20. give) her a hamster.  Lately, Ruri, his hamster ___________ (21. give) birth to 5 little hamsters.  There __________ (22. be) just too many for him to keep them at ease.  It should be a good decision to give her one to please her.  She __________ (23. buy) him a digital watch on his birthday last month.  He thinks he must give her something in return.