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EmSAT Grammar Study Guide 2017/2018 
 
Table of Contents 
 
The following table is a list of the 16 grammar categories and sub categories that G12 students need to know to be 
ready for the EmSAT. The column on the right gives the page numbers in this booklet that review each objective. 
 
 Categories & Sub-categories   Sample Items  Pages in this Booklet 
 
          
  a) subject / verb (e.g. He      
 
   are is Emirati. My uncle  
My cousin ______ playing football. 
  
 
   
he is Emirati. I am 
   
 
    
a) enjoy 
   
 
1 Agreement 
 
Emirati.) 
    
   
b) enjoying 
 
Pages 8-10 
 
  
b) noun / ‘number word’ 
  
 
   
c) enjoys 
   
   
(e.g. Several new 
    
    
d) is enjoy 
   
   
students are from 
   
 
         
   Salalah.)      
 
        
 
  
a / the / an; this / that / 
 We need to use ______ books, not   
 
   
the ones over there. 
  
 
 
2 Articles and these / those (+ one / ones); 
    
  
a) this 
  
 
 
determiners other / another / others; 
  
Pages 11-14 
 
  
b) that 
  
  
possessive adjectives (e.g. 
    
   
c) these 
   
  
my, her, his) 
   
 
   
d) them 
   
       
 
         
 
  a) many/much/more/      
 
   most/few/fewer/      
 
   fewest/little/less/least  
Can I have a ______ minutes to speak 
  
 
  
b) 
     
    
with you? 
    
  
c) some / any 
     
 
3 Quantifiers 
 
a) less 
   
 
d) both...and... / neither... 
  
Pages 15-19 
 
   
b) few 
 
 
   
nor / either...or 
    
    
c) little 
   
  
e) every / each / all / none 
    
   
d) several 
  
 
  
f) too much/many/few/ 
   
 
        
   little      
 
   not enough      
 
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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EmSAT Grammar Study Guide 2017/2018 
 
Table of Contents 
 
The following table is a list of the 16 grammar categories and sub categories that G12 students need to know to be 
ready for the EmSAT. The column on the right gives the page numbers in this booklet that review each objective. 
 
 Categories & Sub-categories   Sample Items  Pages in this Booklet 
 
          
  a) subject / verb (e.g. He      
 
   are is Emirati. My uncle  
My cousin ______ playing football. 
  
 
   
he is Emirati. I am 
   
 
    
a) enjoy 
   
 
1 Agreement 
 
Emirati.) 
    
   
b) enjoying 
 
Pages 8-10 
 
  
b) noun / ‘number word’ 
  
 
   
c) enjoys 
   
   
(e.g. Several new 
    
    
d) is enjoy 
   
   
students are from 
   
 
         
   Salalah.)      
 
        
 
  
a / the / an; this / that / 
 We need to use ______ books, not   
 
   
the ones over there. 
  
 
 
2 Articles and these / those (+ one / ones); 
    
  
a) this 
  
 
 
determiners other / another / others; 
  
Pages 11-14 
 
  
b) that 
  
  
possessive adjectives (e.g. 
    
   
c) these 
   
  
my, her, his) 
   
 
   
d) them 
   
       
 
         
 
  a) many/much/more/      
 
   most/few/fewer/      
 
   fewest/little/less/least  
Can I have a ______ minutes to speak 
  
 
  
b) 
     
    
with you? 
    
  
c) some / any 
     
 
3 Quantifiers 
 
a) less 
   
 
d) both...and... / neither... 
  
Pages 15-19 
 
   
b) few 
 
 
   
nor / either...or 
    
    
c) little 
   
  
e) every / each / all / none 
    
   
d) several 
  
 
  
f) too much/many/few/ 
   
 
        
   little      
 
   not enough      
 
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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EmSAT Grammar Study Guide 2017/2018 
 
Categories & Sub-categories  Sample Items Pages in this Booklet 
    
    I usually have lots of energy but I  
 
    am _________ tired right now.  
 
    a) even  
 
    b) much  
 
  very, quite, awfully, really, c) not so  
 
 
4 Intensifiers 
pretty, too, fairly, more, d) really  
 
 
rather, most, still, even, 
  
Page 20 
 
    
 
  much, somewhat, not so, It is ______ common for Emirati  
 
  and ever so students to study at university.  
 
    a) only  
 
    b) ever  
 
    c) fairly  
 
    d) anything  
 
       
 
  a) personal pronouns    
 
   (subject/object e.g.    
 
   they/them; I/me) 
Ali and his brother are driving to Al 
 
 
  
b) possessive pronouns 
 
 
  
Ain tomorrow, so you can ride 
  
   (e.g. mine, yours, hers,  
 
 
5 Pronouns 1 
 its) with _________ if you like.  
 
 
c) reflexive pronouns (e.g. a) it Pages 21-23 
 
  
 
   myself, herself) b) they  
 
  d) indefinite pronoun (e.g. c) you  
 
   someone, everyone, 
d) them 
 
 
   
everything) 
  
      
 
  e) existential pronouns    
 
   (e.g. There is, There are)    
 
      
 
  a) person (that, who, Did you read about the woman  
 
 6 Pronouns 2  whom, whose) __________ has 30 children?  
 
 (Relative b) thing (that, which, a) who 
Pages 24-26 
 
 
pronouns) 
 
whose) b) what 
 
    
  c) place (where) and time c) whom  
 
   (when) d) whose  
 
  d) relative clauses    
 
        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
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EmSAT Grammar Study Guide 2017/2018 
 
Table of Contents 
 
The following table is a list of the 16 grammar categories and sub categories that G12 students need to know to be 
ready for the EmSAT. The column on the right gives the page numbers in this booklet that review each objective. 
 
 Categories & Sub-categories   Sample Items  Pages in this Booklet 
 
          
  a) subject / verb (e.g. He      
 
   are is Emirati. My uncle  
My cousin ______ playing football. 
  
 
   
he is Emirati. I am 
   
 
    
a) enjoy 
   
 
1 Agreement 
 
Emirati.) 
    
   
b) enjoying 
 
Pages 8-10 
 
  
b) noun / ‘number word’ 
  
 
   
c) enjoys 
   
   
(e.g. Several new 
    
    
d) is enjoy 
   
   
students are from 
   
 
         
   Salalah.)      
 
        
 
  
a / the / an; this / that / 
 We need to use ______ books, not   
 
   
the ones over there. 
  
 
 
2 Articles and these / those (+ one / ones); 
    
  
a) this 
  
 
 
determiners other / another / others; 
  
Pages 11-14 
 
  
b) that 
  
  
possessive adjectives (e.g. 
    
   
c) these 
   
  
my, her, his) 
   
 
   
d) them 
   
       
 
         
 
  a) many/much/more/      
 
   most/few/fewer/      
 
   fewest/little/less/least  
Can I have a ______ minutes to speak 
  
 
  
b) 
     
    
with you? 
    
  
c) some / any 
     
 
3 Quantifiers 
 
a) less 
   
 
d) both...and... / neither... 
  
Pages 15-19 
 
   
b) few 
 
 
   
nor / either...or 
    
    
c) little 
   
  
e) every / each / all / none 
    
   
d) several 
  
 
  
f) too much/many/few/ 
   
 
        
   little      
 
   not enough      
 
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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EmSAT Grammar Study Guide 2017/2018 
 
Categories & Sub-categories  Sample Items Pages in this Booklet 
    
    I usually have lots of energy but I  
 
    am _________ tired right now.  
 
    a) even  
 
    b) much  
 
  very, quite, awfully, really, c) not so  
 
 
4 Intensifiers 
pretty, too, fairly, more, d) really  
 
 
rather, most, still, even, 
  
Page 20 
 
    
 
  much, somewhat, not so, It is ______ common for Emirati  
 
  and ever so students to study at university.  
 
    a) only  
 
    b) ever  
 
    c) fairly  
 
    d) anything  
 
       
 
  a) personal pronouns    
 
   (subject/object e.g.    
 
   they/them; I/me) 
Ali and his brother are driving to Al 
 
 
  
b) possessive pronouns 
 
 
  
Ain tomorrow, so you can ride 
  
   (e.g. mine, yours, hers,  
 
 
5 Pronouns 1 
 its) with _________ if you like.  
 
 
c) reflexive pronouns (e.g. a) it Pages 21-23 
 
  
 
   myself, herself) b) they  
 
  d) indefinite pronoun (e.g. c) you  
 
   someone, everyone, 
d) them 
 
 
   
everything) 
  
      
 
  e) existential pronouns    
 
   (e.g. There is, There are)    
 
      
 
  a) person (that, who, Did you read about the woman  
 
 6 Pronouns 2  whom, whose) __________ has 30 children?  
 
 (Relative b) thing (that, which, a) who 
Pages 24-26 
 
 
pronouns) 
 
whose) b) what 
 
    
  c) place (where) and time c) whom  
 
   (when) d) whose  
 
  d) relative clauses    
 
        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
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EmSAT Grammar Study Guide 2017/2018 
 
 Categories & Sub-categories   Sample Items  Pages in this Booklet 
 
          
  a) place, time, motion,      
 
   agent / instrument      
 
  b) verb + preposition +  There is no food in the house. I need   
 
   object (e.g. succeed in)  to go ______ the supermarket.   
 
 
7 Prepositions 
c) noun + preposition  a) from  
Pages 27-31 
 
  
(e.g., rise in, problem 
 
b) to 
  
       
   with)  c) between   
 
  d) adjective + preposition  d) of   
 
   (+ ing) (e.g. proud of,      
 
   interested in)      
 
         
 
  a) present simple /      
 
   continuous  Susan is ____________ the bus to   
 
  b) past simple /  work.    
 
   continuous  a) take   
 
  c) present perfect simple  b) taken   
 
  d) past perfect simple  
c) takes 
  
 
 
8 Verb forms 1 e) present perfect 
    
  
d) taking 
  
 
 
(tense / aspect 
 
continuous 
    
      
Pages 32-36 
 
 
/ voice) f) ‘futures’ (will / going to 
    
 
  
I _______ on my homework when 
   
   
/ present continuous) 
   
 
    
she called. 
    
  
g) passive voice simple 
    
 
   
a) am worked 
   
   tenses only (e.g., The    
 
   car was destroyed in  b) was worked   
 
   the crash.)  c) am working   
 
  h) imperatives  d) was working   
 
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                  
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EmSAT Grammar Study Guide 2017/2018 
 
Table of Contents 
 
The following table is a list of the 16 grammar categories and sub categories that G12 students need to know to be 
ready for the EmSAT. The column on the right gives the page numbers in this booklet that review each objective. 
 
 Categories & Sub-categories   Sample Items  Pages in this Booklet 
 
          
  a) subject / verb (e.g. He      
 
   are is Emirati. My uncle  
My cousin ______ playing football. 
  
 
   
he is Emirati. I am 
   
 
    
a) enjoy 
   
 
1 Agreement 
 
Emirati.) 
    
   
b) enjoying 
 
Pages 8-10 
 
  
b) noun / ‘number word’ 
  
 
   
c) enjoys 
   
   
(e.g. Several new 
    
    
d) is enjoy 
   
   
students are from 
   
 
         
   Salalah.)      
 
        
 
  
a / the / an; this / that / 
 We need to use ______ books, not   
 
   
the ones over there. 
  
 
 
2 Articles and these / those (+ one / ones); 
    
  
a) this 
  
 
 
determiners other / another / others; 
  
Pages 11-14 
 
  
b) that 
  
  
possessive adjectives (e.g. 
    
   
c) these 
   
  
my, her, his) 
   
 
   
d) them 
   
       
 
         
 
  a) many/much/more/      
 
   most/few/fewer/      
 
   fewest/little/less/least  
Can I have a ______ minutes to speak 
  
 
  
b) 
     
    
with you? 
    
  
c) some / any 
     
 
3 Quantifiers 
 
a) less 
   
 
d) both...and... / neither... 
  
Pages 15-19 
 
   
b) few 
 
 
   
nor / either...or 
    
    
c) little 
   
  
e) every / each / all / none 
    
   
d) several 
  
 
  
f) too much/many/few/ 
   
 
        
   little      
 
   not enough      
 
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
3 
 
 
EmSAT Grammar Study Guide 2017/2018 
 
Categories & Sub-categories  Sample Items Pages in this Booklet 
    
    I usually have lots of energy but I  
 
    am _________ tired right now.  
 
    a) even  
 
    b) much  
 
  very, quite, awfully, really, c) not so  
 
 
4 Intensifiers 
pretty, too, fairly, more, d) really  
 
 
rather, most, still, even, 
  
Page 20 
 
    
 
  much, somewhat, not so, It is ______ common for Emirati  
 
  and ever so students to study at university.  
 
    a) only  
 
    b) ever  
 
    c) fairly  
 
    d) anything  
 
       
 
  a) personal pronouns    
 
   (subject/object e.g.    
 
   they/them; I/me) 
Ali and his brother are driving to Al 
 
 
  
b) possessive pronouns 
 
 
  
Ain tomorrow, so you can ride 
  
   (e.g. mine, yours, hers,  
 
 
5 Pronouns 1 
 its) with _________ if you like.  
 
 
c) reflexive pronouns (e.g. a) it Pages 21-23 
 
  
 
   myself, herself) b) they  
 
  d) indefinite pronoun (e.g. c) you  
 
   someone, everyone, 
d) them 
 
 
   
everything) 
  
      
 
  e) existential pronouns    
 
   (e.g. There is, There are)    
 
      
 
  a) person (that, who, Did you read about the woman  
 
 6 Pronouns 2  whom, whose) __________ has 30 children?  
 
 (Relative b) thing (that, which, a) who 
Pages 24-26 
 
 
pronouns) 
 
whose) b) what 
 
    
  c) place (where) and time c) whom  
 
   (when) d) whose  
 
  d) relative clauses    
 
        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
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EmSAT Grammar Study Guide 2017/2018 
 
 Categories & Sub-categories   Sample Items  Pages in this Booklet 
 
          
  a) place, time, motion,      
 
   agent / instrument      
 
  b) verb + preposition +  There is no food in the house. I need   
 
   object (e.g. succeed in)  to go ______ the supermarket.   
 
 
7 Prepositions 
c) noun + preposition  a) from  
Pages 27-31 
 
  
(e.g., rise in, problem 
 
b) to 
  
       
   with)  c) between   
 
  d) adjective + preposition  d) of   
 
   (+ ing) (e.g. proud of,      
 
   interested in)      
 
         
 
  a) present simple /      
 
   continuous  Susan is ____________ the bus to   
 
  b) past simple /  work.    
 
   continuous  a) take   
 
  c) present perfect simple  b) taken   
 
  d) past perfect simple  
c) takes 
  
 
 
8 Verb forms 1 e) present perfect 
    
  
d) taking 
  
 
 
(tense / aspect 
 
continuous 
    
      
Pages 32-36 
 
 
/ voice) f) ‘futures’ (will / going to 
    
 
  
I _______ on my homework when 
   
   
/ present continuous) 
   
 
    
she called. 
    
  
g) passive voice simple 
    
 
   
a) am worked 
   
   tenses only (e.g., The    
 
   car was destroyed in  b) was worked   
 
   the crash.)  c) am working   
 
  h) imperatives  d) was working   
 
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                  
 
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EmSAT Grammar Study Guide 2017/2018 
 
 Categories & Sub-categories   Sample Items  Pages in this Booklet 
 
          
  a) verb + infinitive (e.g.      
 
   want to)      
 
  b) adjective + infinitive      
 
   (e.g. afraid to do)      
 
  c) gerund as subject (e.g.      
 
   Swimming is… )      
 
  d) gerund as object (e.g., I      
 
   like swimming.)  
Fatima loves ________ books on 
  
 
 
9 Verb forms 2 e) gerund as object of 
    
  
the weekend. 
   
 
(infinitives / 
 
preposition (e.g., The 
  
Pages 37-38 
 
   
a) read 
  
 
gerunds, etc) 
 
mayor thanked him for 
  
 
   
b) reads 
   
   giving the speech.).    
 
  f) phrasal verb + gerund  c) to read   
 
  g) adjective + preposition  d) will read   
 
   + gerund (e.g.      
 
   interested in buying,      
 
   good at driving)      
 
  h) causative have/make      
 
   (e.g. He’s had his hair      
 
   cut.)      
 
        
 
     ___________ are you going to the   
 
  
a) question words (who, 
 ball game?    
 
   
a) Who 
  
 
 
10 Questions 
 
which, what, how etc.) 
  
Pages 39-41 
 
   
b) How 
 
 
  
b) auxiliary word choice 
    
   
c) When 
   
       
 
     d) Which   
 
         
 
  a) ability (can, could, be      
 
   able to)      
 
  b) obligation / absence of      
 
   obligation (must,      
 
   mustn’t, have to,  I didn’t speak English two years ago,   
 
   needn’t, ought)  but now I ______ speak very well.   
 
 11 Modals c) possibility / probability  a) could  
Pages 42-48 
 
   
(may / might / could) 
 
b) ought 
 
 
       
  d) prediction / speculation  c) can   
 
   (will)  d) mustn’t   
 
  e) permission (can, may,      
 
   could)      
 
  f) advice (should)      
 
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
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