[guided]Let us prove the two requirements in the definition of uniform integrability for the family $a\mathcal F+b\mathcal G$.
First set $\alpha:=|a|$ and $\beta:=|b|$. For $f\in\mathcal F$ and $g\in\mathcal G$, the pointwise triangle inequality gives
\begin{align*}
|af+bg|\le |af|+|bg|=\alpha |f|+\beta |g|
\end{align*}
$\mu$-a.e. Since $f,g\in L^1(E,\mathcal E,\mu)$, the right-hand side is integrable, so $af+bg\in L^1(E,\mathcal E,\mu)$. Integrating the inequality over all of $E$ gives
\begin{align*}
\int_E |af+bg|\,d\mu(x)\le \alpha\int_E |f|\,d\mu(x)+\beta\int_E |g|\,d\mu(x).
\end{align*}
Now take the supremum over all choices of $f$ and $g$. The uniform $L^1$ bounds for $\mathcal F$ and $\mathcal G$ yield
\begin{align*}
\sup_{u\in a\mathcal F+b\mathcal G}\int_E |u|\,d\mu(x)\le \alpha M_{\mathcal F}+\beta M_{\mathcal G}<\infty.
\end{align*}
The second requirement is the absolute continuity of these integrals uniformly over the whole family. Fix $\varepsilon>0$. The only small issue is that $a$ or $b$ may be zero, so we split the error only among the nonzero coefficients. If $\alpha>0$, choose
\begin{align*}
\eta_{\mathcal F}:=\frac{\varepsilon}{2\alpha}.
\end{align*}
Then uniform integrability of $\mathcal F$ gives a number $\delta_{\mathcal F}(\eta_{\mathcal F})>0$ such that
\begin{align*}
\mu(A)<\delta_{\mathcal F}(\eta_{\mathcal F})\implies \sup_{f\in\mathcal F}\int_A |f|\,d\mu(x)<\eta_{\mathcal F}.
\end{align*}
If $\alpha=0$, the term involving $\mathcal F$ is multiplied by zero, so any positive value of $\eta_{\mathcal F}$ is harmless. We treat $\mathcal G$ in the same way: if $\beta>0$, set
\begin{align*}
\eta_{\mathcal G}:=\frac{\varepsilon}{2\beta}.
\end{align*}
If $\beta=0$, choose any positive value.
Define
\begin{align*}
\delta:=\min\{\delta_{\mathcal F}(\eta_{\mathcal F}),\delta_{\mathcal G}(\eta_{\mathcal G})\}.
\end{align*}
Now let $A\in\mathcal E$ satisfy $\mu(A)<\delta$. For every $f\in\mathcal F$ and $g\in\mathcal G$,
\begin{align*}
\int_A |af+bg|\,d\mu(x)\le \alpha\int_A |f|\,d\mu(x)+\beta\int_A |g|\,d\mu(x).
\end{align*}
When both coefficients are nonzero, the two small-set estimates give
\begin{align*}
\int_A |af+bg|\,d\mu(x)<\alpha\frac{\varepsilon}{2\alpha}+\beta\frac{\varepsilon}{2\beta}=\varepsilon.
\end{align*}
When exactly one coefficient is zero, the vanished term contributes $0$ and the remaining estimate gives a bound strictly below $\varepsilon$. When both coefficients are zero, every element of $a\mathcal F+b\mathcal G$ is the zero $L^1$ class, so the integral over $A$ is $0$. Thus the small-set estimate holds uniformly over $a\mathcal F+b\mathcal G$, and this family is uniformly integrable.[/guided]