📖 Revision Guide — Grade 10 English
Key rules and traps before the questions.
- a / an: by SOUND: an hour (silent h) · a university (yoo sound).
- much / many: much + uncountable · many + countable. less / fewer the same logic.
- its = possessive · it's = it is/it has. Its' never exists.
- ago → past simple · since + point · for + period (present perfect).
- a few = some · few = almost none. Same for a little / little.
- lie = rest yourself · lay = put something.
- affect = verb · effect = noun.
- used to + infinitive = past habit that stopped.
- Indefinite pronouns are singular: everyone is.
🕰️ Tense timeline
⚖️ much × many · its × it's
| Use | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | much | much water |
| Countable | many | many books |
| Possessive | its | its paw |
| it is | it's | it's raining |
an hourvowel sound
for 3 yearsperiod
since 2020starting point