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Singapore • Hong Kong grammar concepts
C. Lee (M.A.), Dorothy Thorpe (B.Litt., B.A, Grad.Dip.Ed.) answer key with essential
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Unit Topic Page
1 ‘like I enjoy’ + gerunds 2
2 Adverbs of frequency (1) 6
3 Adverbs of frequency (2) 11
4 ‘the same’ and ‘different’ 14
5 Verbs + prepositions 16
6 Comparative and superlative adjectives (1) 19
7 Comparative and superlative adjectives (2) 23
8 Phrases of quantity and prices 28
9 ‘would... like’ 31
10 Modal verbs: ‘could / couldn’t’ 34
11 Reflexive pronouns 37
12 ‘used to’ 40
13 Punctuation 43
14 ‘There was / were’ 46
15 Indefinite pronouns 49
16 Adverbs and conjunctions: ‘too I either / or / both ... and’ 52
17 Adjectives describing people 56
18 Prepositions of time 59
19 Question words (1): ‘how tall I high / long / heavy / fast’ 61
20 Question words (2): ‘how far / long’ 64
21 Question words (3): revision 66
22 Order of adjectives 69
23 Revision of tenses 72
24 Simple future tense 78
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Unit Topic Page

25 Prepositions of place and direction 83

26 Quantifiers (1): ‘a lot of / plenty of / a few / a little’ 87

27 Quantifiers (2): ‘more / less / fewer’ 92

28 Quantifiers (3): ‘too much / too many / enough’ 96

29 Subject-verb agreement 100

30 Imperatives 104

31 Adverbs of manner 106

32 Making suggestions 109

33 Connectives (1): ‘so’ 111

34 ‘be going to’ 114

35 Modal verbs and verbs 117

36 Connectives (2): ‘before / after’ 120

37 Connectives (3): ‘since’ 123

38 Past continuous tense (1) 126

39 Past continuous tense (2): ‘when / while’ 128

40 Infinitives and gerunds 130

41 Introduction to present perfect tense 132

42 Comparison of adverbs 136

43 Conditional sentences: type 0 and type 1 138

44 Relative pronouns 140

45 Parts of speech 142
Answers 147
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 like / enjoy* +

Grammar Concepts

We use ‘like I enjoy' and gerunds (the ‘-ing’ form of verbs) to talk about activities we like
or dislike.
do you I they in your/their
What like / enjoy do free / spare time?
does he / she in his / her
J
Do you / they in your/ their
like/enjoy watch TV free / spare time?
Does he/she in his / her
\__________
I/we/they like/enjoy | Ben, what do you like
Yes, watch TV. I doing at weekends?
he/she likes/enjoys
V
I/we/they do not like/ enjoy
No, watch TV.
he/she does not like/enjoy I like doing
nothing, Susan!
Tips: forming gerunds
most verbs add ‘-ing’ singsing
most one-syllable verbs ending in 1 double the last letter and run -> runn
vowel + 1 consonant add ‘-ing’
verbs ending in ‘-e’ delete ‘-e’ and add ‘-ing’ drive -£-driv
verbsending in 1 vowel + ‘-wZ-xZ-y1 do not double the last letter play -► play
verbs with two vowels and the last do not double the last letter ppen-t>open
syllable is not stressed

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A.
Practise Your Grammar

Fill in the blanks using the gerund form of the verbs given.

1. My mother (like) (read) magazines.

2. My brother, Chris, (enjoy) (stay) at home at
weekends.
3. My grandparents (like) ________ (take) long walks.
4. My sister (not like) (cycle) but she
(enjoy) (rollerblade).
5. I (not like) (shop).
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6. All of us (like) (have) ice cream for dessert.
7. your father ______ (like)_______________ (drink) tea?
8. Sam and Jack (enjoy)__________ (bowl)?
9. Some people (not enjoy) (live) in the city.
10. Why_______ your mother (like)__________ (jog)?
She_____ (like) _________ (jog) because she
_______ (keep) fit.
(enjoy)

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B. Write the questions and answers. Use ‘like / enjoy’ and the gerund form.

1a. What your father (like)

(do) in spare time?
1b. He

2a. What your twin brothers (enjoy)

(do) in spare time?
2b.

3a. What _you . (enjoy)

spare time?
(do) in
3b.

4a. your mother (enjoy)

(collect) in spare time?
4b. Yes,

5a. you and your sister (like)

(do) in spare time?
Rl ?.
5b. Yes,

6a. Why you and your friends (like) PE?

6b.

Word Corner ;---------------------------------------------------------------

folk dancing, karate, Chinese chess, Chinese checkers, basketball, volleyball, sticker,
stamp, badge, violin, erhu, recorder, flute, guitar, pipa, newspaper, magazine
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C. Peter and Ivy are talking. Use the gerund form of the verbs from the box to
complete their conversation. Give answers in full sentences.

play go do fiy surf

Peter John

1a. P: you (like) folk , Ivy?

1b. I: Yes,
2a. P: What John (enjoy) (do) in
free time?
2b. I:
3a. I: What you (enjoy) (do) in
free time, Peter?
3b. P: I
I also
4a. I: you (like) ?
4b. P:
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D. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
Our teacher (like)
(quiz) the class. She asks us questio
we have to answer them in English. ‘What do you and your family
(|||(enjoy)(do) in your

spare time? (©)anyone

anyone(enjoy)

cooking?’ she asks.

Tina answers first, ‘Yes! I (^)(like)(prepare)

meals with my mother and (jj)(help) her with her hobbies. Mum

(jD(enjoy)(knit) a lot, so I often help her. I also

have a scrapbook. I (F)(love)

(cut) out pictures for my scrapbook

not very good at (decorate) it.
Mum helps me.’
Sammy says, ‘I (J|), (enjoy) (compete) with
my brother in online games but he o (not enjoy)
(lose) to me! Ha ha! I also (like)
(blog) about food and my hobbies.’
Alex says, ‘My family and I (^)(not like)

(spend) time at home. We

(love)(sunbathe) and
© (lie) on the sand.’
‘What about you, Billy?’ asks our teacher.
‘I (||)(like)
(ski) with my father in winter
but my mother d|) (not enjoy)(be) active
in the cold weather. She 1^)
(enjoy)(sip) hot
coffee indoors,’ replies Billy.
‘What a lot of things to enjoy!’ our teacher says.
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Adverbs of frequency (1)

Grammar Concepts

We use adverbs of indefinite frequency to talk about how often an action happens
without saying exactly how many times.
We can ask a person about their usual activities in their free time.

do you/they in your I their I his I her spare time?

What usually do
does he / she I on Sundays?
doesX

I / We / They usually = most often / most of the time

go
cycling.
He/She nes goes
^2
We can ask a person about a particular activity.
©i
do you/they
How often play football? How often do you
does he/she practise the piano?

I / We / They play
football.
He/She plays
s________ I-I-I seldom practise
?! the piano, Miss Lee.

zz
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun adverbs of frequency
always (all the time / 7 out of 7 days)
often (many times / 5-6 out of 7 days)
sometimes (not often, 2-4 out of 7 days)
seldom (almost never, 1 out of 7 days)
never (not once, 0 out of 7 days)

Tips Tips
Put the adverb of frequency before the verb. He always get up at six o’clock. X
e.g. I get up always at six o’clock. X He always gets up at six o’clock.
e.g. I get up at six o’clock always. X Do he always gets up at six o’clock? X
e.g. I always get up at six o’clock. Does he always get up at six o’clock?

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A. Fill in the blanks with ‘always I often I sometimes I seldom / never1 and the correct
form of the verbs in the brackets.
1. I (play) computer games.

2. Tim (disobey) his teachers.

3. My parents (visit) our relatives

in Macau.
4. Mr Wong (meet)
his friends on Saturday afternoon.
5. The hard-working shopkeepers
(take) a holiday.
6. Grandma (go) outside in the rain.

7. you (brush) your teeth

twice a day?’ asks the dentist.

8. Mrs Ng (eat) cake. She is dieting.

9. Ivy (watch) the six o’clock news.

10. Mandy (help) her mother with the

housework.
11. My classmates (arrive) at school
late.
12. Kelly’s uncle (do) magic
tricks at their family parties.
13. ‘Somebody (forget) to
close the fridge door! Who is it?’ complains Mum.
14. My baby brother, Sam, _______ (cry).
15. Uncle James (exercise)
with weights.
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B. The table shows how three children look after their dogs every week. Complete
the questions and answers. Use an adverb of frequency for each answer
(do NOT use ‘usually’).

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Mimi

©
Josie e ■ts> ■&

©
Eric <&
'Ey

Key: bathe the dog © play with the dog 0=3 give the dog treats
^,®walk the dog teach the dog new tricks wash the dog’s bed

1. How often Josie walk her dog?

She
2. How often Mimi and Josie bathe their dogs?
They
3. How often Mimi teach her dog new tricks?
She
4. How often Eric give his dog treats?

5. What Mimi do for her dog on Sundays?

6. the children play with their dogs?

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C. The table shows what Ella does every month. Complete the conversation. Use an
adverb of frequency for each of Ella’s answers (do NOT use ‘usually’).

July Tue Wed Thu Sat

play board
play table tennis go cycling with
Week 1 games with my
with friends Dad
family
play board
go cycling with
Week 2 games with my
Dad
family
play volleyball go cycling with
Week 3
with friends Dad

play board
go cycling with
Week 4 games with my go jogging
Dad
family

Remarks: Jf
- Daily: practise the ukulele ®
- Fridays and Sundays (6 p.m.): go rollerblading with my sister

1. Tim: What you and your family usually on Tuesdays?

Ella: We

2. Tim: What your dad usually with you on Saturdays?

Ella:

3. Tim: Do you go jogging daily?

Ella: No,

4. Tim: Do you usually play table tennis on Tuesdays?

Ella:

5. Tim: How often you ukulele?

Ella:

6. Tim: What your sister usually with you in the evening?

Ella:

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D. Write about Joe and his family. Complete the sentences using ‘always / often /
sometimes / seldom / never5. Use each adverb of frequency ONCE.

i&
Joe Bob Joe & family Tina Joe and Bob
2 Sundays / month every Saturday 1 /year Monday to Friday 0/year
and Sunday afternoons

1. Joe on Sundays.
2. Bob at weekends.
3. Joe and his family camping.
4. in the afternoons.
5. climbing.

E. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the brackets.

1. Alice loves egg tarts. She(often / seldom / never) eats them.

2. We usually sit downstairs on the bus but we
(often I sometimes / seldom) go upstairs.
3. The teachers are pleased with Kate because she
(seldom I often / always) does her homework carefully. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
31°C 33°C 32°C 34°C|30°C
4. It is hot in Hong Kong in summer, but the temperature
(often / always / never) rises above 40 degrees Celsius.
5. Jake is very good at chess. He(sometimes I never / always)
loses a game.
6. My grandparents (often / sometimes / seldom) fall ill because
they are very fit.
7. Tony does not like sauce. He (never / always / seldom)
orders a hamburger without sauce.
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We use adverbs of definite frequency to say exactly how many times an action happens
in a period of time.
Mum, may I play
do you / they computer games
How often go running? every day?
does he / she
'1

I / We / They go running
once
twice
three times
a day.
a week.
o No, that's too
often, James.
a month.
four times
He/She goes running a year.
five times
How about j
once a day?!
Tips once = one time
twice = two times
He has art lessons twice times a month. X
&
He has art lessons twice a month.
That's also
every day!
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A. Look at Laura’s activities every week. Complete the sentences using adverbs of
definite frequency.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

a.m. © ©
p.m. ©
1. Laura goes swimming a

2. She goes skateboarding

3. She goes cycling

4. She goes rollerblading

5. She plays volleyball

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B. May is telling Sandy about her and her siblings’ habits. Complete May’s answers
using adverbs of definite frequency and the correct form of the words from the box.

4 :IlP
I 1

May 3/week 2/month 3/day 2/month 4/week 1/day 1/month

Julie 2/week 1/week 2/day 1/month 3/week 2/day 1/month
John 1/week 2/week 3/day 5-6/week 2/week 1/day 1/month

brush/teeth cut I fingernails have / shower do / sports

wash / hair help ... with / housework change/socks

1. S: How often you your socks?

M:

2. S: How often you hair?

M:

3. S: How often your sister fingernails?

M: Julie

4. S: What does she do twice a day?

M:

5. S: How often you and your brother sports?

M: John or

and I

6. S: How often you and your siblings your

mother housework?

M:
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C. Kate is talking to her neighbour, Chris. Circle the adverbs of indefinite frequency
and fill in the blanks using adverbs of definite frequency.

visit the
watch TV eat sweets hiking swimming jogging
dentist

© 1/day 1-2/month 1/year

Sundays/
summer
Sundays/
2-3/year 6/week

3/day 2/day O/year Mon to Fri 0/year

summer

Chris: Ouch! I have a toothache again.

Kate: How often do you go to the dentist?
Chris: I ( seldom / never) go to the dentist. I’m afraid.
Kate: There’s nothing to be afraid of. We should see a dentist at least
/I
________ to check our teeth.
Chris: Here, have my lollipop. I (3) ( always / sometimes ) eat this lollipop.

It’s my favourite. I eat it .

Kate: No, thank you. I (iv ( seldom I never) eat sweets. They are bad for our teeth.
I only eat sweets when I visit my grandparents (|D

or. They always give me some.

Chris: Are you free today? Do you want to watch TV with me? I watch cartoons on
TvQ.
Kate: Oh! I don’t like staying indoors. Let’s go to the park to jog.
Chris: I don’t like jogging. I (||) ( seldom / never) go jogging. What about you?
Kate: I go jogging (©). I enjoy it!

Chris: I enjoy water sports so I o ( often / sometimes ) go swimming.

I® ( always I sometimes ) go swimming in the evening on weekdays.
Do you like swimming?
Kate: No, and I (seldom I never) go swimming because I’m not good at it.
I go hiking once in summer.
Chris: Me too! Let’s do that today!
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 ‘the same’ and ‘different’

Grammar Concepts

We use ‘the same’ and ‘different’ to compare two people, animals or things.

We are the same

©^
IX:
height. weight, Roy.
We are
i)
heights. '< •SI

doll. Er ... we are

We like May I I ; different
< weights.
dolls.
I play? i

Tips
• Use a singular noun after ‘the same’,
e.g. We have same school bags. X We have the same school bag.
• Use a plural noun after ‘different’,
e.g. We have different school bag. X We have different school bags.

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A. Fill in the blanks with ‘the same’ or ‘different’ and the correct form of the nouns
from the box.

sport colour job date subject pet

Danny and Diana are twins. They were bom on

o
(
J

Both of them like keeping rabbits. They like

© . Danny likes

playing basketball but Diana does not. She enjoys playing badminton. They like

© . Danny and Diana are good at

0 . Danny is good at English but Diana is

good at Maths. Both of them like . Their

favourite colour is blue. When they grow up, Danny wants to be a fireman and Diana
wants to be a teacher. They want to do @.

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B. Look at the table. Write sentences using ‘the same’ or ‘different’ to compare Ava
and Noah.
Ava Noah
1. height 135 cm 135 cm
2. weight 26 kg 32 kg______
3. district Shatin Shatin
4. favourite fruit oranges mangoes
5. school Ace Primary School Excel Primary School

1. Ava and Noah are

2. They
3. They live
4. They like
5.

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C. Write the sentences using ‘the same’ or ‘different’.

1. Alan is taller than Grace but they both weigh 32 kg.

They but they
2. Charlie’s hobby is reading. Freddie’s hobby is collecting cards.
They
3. Both Jack and Camila like winter.
They
4. Sofia wanted to play chess. William wanted to play Chinese checkers.

5. Mandy likes Japanese food. James likes Chinese food.

k of
6. Julia is ten years old. I am eleven years old.
not
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W. 5
Grammar Concepts

We put a preposition after some verbs to join the verb to the object.

with to at after on of for

play talk look chase play tricks make fun wait
fight listen stare look take care look
argue / pay shout I
quarrel attention yell Tips: adjectives + prepositions

share say sorry I We can also put prepositions after adjectives.

laugh
(something) apologise with at to
help be angry be mad
(someone) be nice
of for
be kind
get on I along When two people are be envious be happy
chat having a conversation, Mum, you said that if I
we can use “talk to’ or
look at the tomato plant,
agree ■talk with’,
s_________ _______________ it will grow well.

Tips: ‘each other’ or ‘one another’

•when there are two people / groups

A
e.g. Sam and Joe shouted at each other.
•when there are more than two people I groups
e.g. Sam, Joe and Bob shouted at one another.
No, I said look after':
it, not look at it! J

0
A.
Practise Your Grammar

Fill in the blanks with ‘at’, ‘on’, ‘to’, ‘of, ‘for5, ‘after’ or ‘with’.

Matt’s teammates were rowdy, so he quickly looked his coach.

The coach was mad his players when he came into the gym.

Jake was quarrelling Bill over who was better. Finn was yelling

Ron. Two older boysa were

new playin

player. The coach shouted them to stop. ‘Jake, Bill, apologise

each other. Finn, say sorry (^)Ron

We must be nice our teammates. Look the new

players and don’t laugh ® them when they make mistakes. Don’t be

envious ® anyone in the team. Help one another,’ he said.

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B. Write about what the two brothers should or should not do. Use ‘should /
should not’, ‘each other5, the words from the box and the correct prepositions.

talk take care argue make fun

1. They

2.

3.

4.

C. Miss Yuen is telling another teacher about some of her students. Complete what
she says using ‘each other / one another5, the correct form of the words from the
box and the correct prepositions.

share stare help be angry fight chase

Diana Jamie
Diana Jamie

L Gigi
I Lisa
Tom 0
Tom Brad Jim

Tom, Diana and Jamie are good friends. Last week, they

their homework. They also

their sweets . This morning, Lisa and Gigi

© in the classroom. I scolded

them. At recess today, Brad and Jim

.They at for a

long time and then using their fists!

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D. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets and the
correct prepositions.
The girl guides went camping last weekend. They caught the school
bus and 'Q(help) one another their

bags and tents. At the campsite, the girls (pay) attention

their leader as she explained the rules. ‘Please put down your things and
Q..(listen)me,’ she said. ‘You need to get into teams of

five for all the activities. Respect your team members. You must
(get) along one another. When someone (disagree)
you, please do her.
not
When another team wins, do not (feel) envious
them. (be) happy them. Now choose a partner.
The two of you need to .(share) a tent each other.
You must also (look)each other during this camping
trip. That’s all. I hope we can all enjoy spending time and (play)
games one another this weekend.

E. Rewrite the sentences using ‘each other5 or ‘one another5.

1. John is kind to Macy. Macy is kind to John.
John and Macy
2. Sam is not upset with Vincent or Calvin. Vincent is not upset with Sam or
Calvin. Calvin is not upset with Sam or Vincent.
Sam,__________________________________________ __________
3. Sophie often chats with Molly on the phone.

4. Alex sometimes does not agree with his friends, Ben and Chris. Ben sometimes
does not agree with his friends, Alex and Chris. Chris sometimes does not agree
with his friends, Alex and Ben.
Alex and his
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Grammar Concepts j

We use comparative adjectives to compare two people, animals or things.

We use superlative adjectives to compare more than two people, animals or things.
My balloon is bigger J fyour balloon is
than Tom. than Susan's. Yay! ( now the smallest!
I am
Mine is the biggest!
the in the class.

We use ‘-er’ to make the

comparative form and ‘-est’
to make the superlative form for
adjectives with one or two syllables. j exception:
shy-> shyer shier X
adjective comparative superlative
shy -> shyest shiest X
most adjectives tall taller tails? /
~T
ending in ‘-e’ large larg larg j Tips

ending in ‘-y’ happy happi happi ending in 1 vowel + ‘-w’:

ending in 1 vowel do not double ‘-w’:

thin thinn thinn
+ 1 consonant low -► lower lowwer X
X/

Tips: Comparative adjectives tiff'll <t. SEJ

5*______
bit vT
Tom is taller than Sam. We often use ‘than’ after the comparative form.
Which of them / Who is taller, Tom or Sam?
rr
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n
Between Tom and Sam, Tom is taller. We use ‘between’t0 compare two things.
Between Tom and Sam, Tom is the taller brother.We add the article ‘the’ when there is
The plant is getting taller and taller. A 2?.1111 aftg.rt_he comparative.---------- ,
The taller the plant, the healthier it is. [to show that something is changing

We always use
Tips: Superlative adjectives ‘the’ before
Tom is tall. Ben is taller than Tom. Chris is the tallest. ------superlative
the muj
form.
Who is the tallest boy in the class?
Among Tom, Ben and Chris, Chris is the tallest. We use amon9 t0 I
Tom Ben Chris
than two things.

Tips: no change We use ‘as... as’ to

say that two things
Tom is very tall. Tom is very taller. X
are the same. x
Tom is a tall boy. Tom is a taller boy. X
Tom is as tall as his sister. Tom is as taller as his sister. X

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A. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.

Adjective Comparative Superlative
e.g. smart smarter smartest
1. light
2. hot
3. weak
4. large
5. easy
6.thin
7. new
8. clever

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B. Look at the table comparing Tina and Chloe. Complete what Mrs Wong says
about her daughters using suitable comparative and superlative adjectives.

Tina Chloe
Age 10 12
Height 135 cm 148 cm
Weight 30 kg 38 kg
Feet 23 cm 26 cm
Diet does not like fruit eats fruit every day

I have two daughters. Tina is 10 years old. She is

than Chloe. She is 135 cm tall. She than

Chloe. She is 8 ka Chloe too. Her feet

o____ Z than too. Between the

two girls, Chloe has diet.

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C. Compare the cats using suitable comparative and superlative adjectives.

Mimi Otto Marble

Age___________ 6 months 1 year old 5 years old

Length of the tail 9 cm 25 cm 30 cm
Weight 2.5 kg 4 kg 5 kg
Marble is 5 years old. He is (jF)
of the three cats.
He is ($y among them too. He weighs 5 kg. Otto’s tail

is 25 cm long. His tail is shorter than (3)but longer than

® . Among the three cats, Marble has (B)

ears. Otto’s ears are a lot (B)than his.

D. Write the sentences using the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives
in the brackets.

Tim
Mary
Sue

John

1. . (old)

2. hair ■ (long)

3. The among the three animals, (slow)

4. The . (heavy)

5. John in his class, (tall)

6. Dog B dog C and dog C is

of all the dogs, (fat / thin)

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6 Date

OE.
Ace Your Grammar
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in the brackets. Add ‘the’
when necessary.
1. My uncle’s dog is __ (friendly) than his cat.
2. Of these five dresses, which is ____________ (pretty)?
3. I had two difficult tests today. Maths was the (hard) one.
4. Alice is not as I
(gentle) as her sister.
5. The tiger is much __ (strong) than its prey.
6. The seven dwarfs in ‘Snow White’ are not very'(tall).
Among Joe, Tim and Ian, Ian’s marks are (low).
8. Is the green tie or the blue tie (nice)?
9. The sun is getting(bright)
(bright) and(bright).
and
'0. Between the two films, this one is(scary).
11. The(fit) the athlete, the(fast) he is.
12. Ken’s father is(angry) with him than his mother is.
F. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in the brackets. Add ‘the’
when necessary.
Aunt Kate has three nieces and she thinks they are
(lovely) children in the
world. The girls are all different from one another.
Tanya is (old) and
(shy) of

than Maria or Susie. Tanya is (clever) than Susie but not

as (clever) as Maria who is
(smart) in her class. Maria is much (friendly) than Tanya
but not as (friendly) as Susie. Susie is
© (funny) and _______ (naughty)
of the three girls. She is very (brave) and likes having
adventures. Among the sisters, Susie’s bedroom is
(messy). Both Tanya and Maria are © (neat) than her.
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‘ Grammar Concepts ] --------------

For longer adjectives (three or more syllables), we put ‘more’ in front of the adjective to
make the comparative form and ‘most’ to make the superlative form. <But those are not
My dog is the most lY°^TKPperSl
more than English.
I think Maths is intelligent dog in 'o* .e
the most subject, the world!

r adjective comparative superlative

with three or more syllables difficult difficult difficult
with suffixes (e.g. ‘-ful’, ‘-less’, joyful joyful >st joyful
‘-ous’, *-ing’ and ‘-ive’) interesting interesting interesting

Some adjectives have irregular forms. Tips

superlative Some adjectives with one or two

adjective comparative
syllables are usually used with ‘more’
good better best and ‘most’,
bad worse worst fun -> more fun funner X
many / much more most sour -> more sour sourer X
little less least bitter -> more bitter bitterer X
special -► more special specialerX
more good X more better X better
polite -► more polite politer X
most good X most best X best
selfish -► more selfish seifisher X

c
A.
’ Practise Your Grammar

Fill in the blanks with the comparative or superlative form

of the adjectives in the brackets.

1. Kim thinks action films are

(exciting) than fantasy films.

2. I am good at squash but I am (skilful) at tennis.

3. Tim is (good) at playing the piano than he is at

playing the violin.

4. Among all the Chinese emperors, our class thinks Emperor Taizong of Tang is

the (famous).

5. Vivian scored (many) marks on this English test

than on the last one.

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6. Nick is the (generous) person I know.

7. Between the two concerts, which was the
(enjoyable) one?
8. Which is the (dangerous) shark, the bull shark,
the tiger shark or the great white shark?
9. Can you guess which piggy bank has the
(little) money?
10. Today’s storm was the(bad) storm ever.
11. I prefer fairy tales to detective stories because I think they are
(imaginative).
12. ‘Attack’is the (entertaining) film of the year.

Brush Up Your Grammar

B. Vera is talking about some tourist attractions. Complete what she says using the
comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in the table.
Hong Kong Stanley Main Ladies’ Market Inspiration Lake
Wetland Park Beach
educational
relaxing
popular
peaceful

1. Hong Kong Wetland Park is place

among all the attractions.
2. Hong Kong Wetland Park is than
all the other attractions.
3. place of all is Inspiration Lake.
4. Inspiration Lake is as _____ as Stanley Main Beach.
5. Inspiration Lake is ___________ and relaxing than
Hong Kong Wetland Park.
6. Among the four attractions, Ladies’ Market and Stanley Main Beach are

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c. Vera is talking about the books she borrowed last week. Complete what she says
using the correct form of the adjectives from the box. Use ALL the adjectives.
|/Z t h e
I
loms
Adveniwe
7 I HAUNTED
/ HUT 1®® Mu
BeST
Friend
LOST IN
THE DESERT

— ■ ■■■■'
So 4 O

touching frightening exciting boring disappointing amusing

A lot of eerie things happen in ‘The Haunted Hut’. o

part of the story
days! ‘My Best Friend’ is (J|)than any of the other

books I borrowed last week. It made me cry. ‘Tom’s Adventure’ is

among all th

book down. ‘100 Jokes’ really tickled me. I think it is

joke book in

asleep while reading it. The cover looks interesting but the story is

than I expected. I was upset because it is

® adventure story of all.

D. Vera is telling her friends about some cafes. Complete what she says using the
adjectives ‘good’ or ‘bad’ or their comparative / superlative forms.

Yummy Cafe Latte Cafe Mocha Cafe

Boo Cafe Easy Cafe Big Cafe

©@@
The food at Yummy Cafe is , but Mocha Cafe’s food

is Yummy Cafe’s. The food at Latte Cafe is

! I don’t like Boo Cafe. It is

of all the cafes I have tri

as Boo Cafe but it

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 Vera is getting to know her classmate Jessie. Fill in the blanks with the correct
form of the adjectives in the brackets.

V: I enjoy Maths. I’m (good) at Maths and it is my

0 (good) subject.

J: Maths is mv (bad) subject because I am

(bad) with numbers. I am (B)

(good) at Chinese than Maths.

V: My marks in Chinese are (bad) because I often

don’t do my homework, but they are (Ql
(bad) in English
because I seldom read English books. Let’s try harder together!

J: Yes! I’m sure we can do (good) next term.

F. A furniture shop sells four different sofas. Complete the sentences using the
comparative or superlative form of the adjectives from the box. Use each
adjective ONCE.

V V
r£Bi .j ?-/

Sofa A Sofa B Sofa C Sofa D

Price__________ $8,000 $5,800 $4,900 $6,500
Size___________ 1.8 m x 1 m 2mx1 m 1.2 m x 1 m 2 m x 1 m
Comfort_______
Design________
Ease of cleaning

cheap large easy difficult attractive comfortable expensive

1. Sofa A costs $8,000. It the other three

sofas. It is also among the four.
2. Sofa C costs $4,900. It in the shop.
3. Sofa D is and sofa A.
4. Sofa C is to clean and sofa B is

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Wil L"
Fl Date

G
G.
Ace Your Grammar
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in the brackets. Add ‘the’
when necessary.
1. I think ‘table tennis’ is a (good) name than ‘ping pong’.
2. The oranges are much (juicy) than the mandarins but
they are also _____________ (sour).
3. May is (intelligent) girl in her class. She is also
(polite) than all
4. The three-toed sloth is (slow) of all mammals.
5. Saturday is (busy) day of the week at the market.
6. There are (many) people than usual in the park today.
7. Grandpa is usually (grumpy) in the morning than at night,
8. I am (frightened) of mosquitoes than spiders.
9. He is (rude) and(selfish) boy I know.
10. (large) of the three ~
buckets has (much) sand. tZJ
H. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in the brackets. Add ‘the’
when necessary.
Out of the few hiking trails, Amy chose (steep) and
(t^)(challenging) one. Brad and Jake were not as

(adventurous) as Amy, but they followed her. Soon the

children saw a cave. The opening was not very (4?)(wide)

but Amy could squeeze through it easily because she was

(slim) in the group. She thought the cave was (dark) than
her bedroom at night. When Amy turned on her torch, she saw a huge spider web above
her and a (large) and (©)(scary) one

not far away. ‘Arrgh!’ she screamed (loud) scream in

her life. Brad and Jake rushed into the cave and fell over a wooden chest. The boys were
excited but Amy was (thrilled) than them. She lifted the
lid up immediately. She exclaimed, ‘Wow! This is ®
(valuable) treasure in the world! Wait! How do we get it out of the cave?’
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 Phrases of quantity and prices

Grammar Concepts

a of a packet of a of
cereal — raisins lemon tea
Tips
nuggets seaweed
wafers We usually use
‘can’ for drinks and
a of a of a of
‘tin’ for food.
peanut butter cola— nuts
honey--------- beer Bi tuna — Tips 1
sardines
a / of a of a of
a box of chocolates
cheese bread chocolate
bread
pizza
a bar / two bars
a of a of a of of chocolate
< 7
tea milk water
5 j' For lunch, I had two
I slices of pizza, a packet
of French fries and a
a of a of a of '^glass of juice. Burp!

rice noodles bananas

Tips: one whole or one part / a few parts of a whole

a cake (= one whole) a fried chicken (= one whole)
a slice of cake (= one part) a bucket of fried chicken /
fried chicken wings (= a few parts)

is a bottle of juice? It is twenty-one thirty (

■ )•

wen
are two bottles of juice? They are forty-two sixty (
------------------------ ------ - ------
Tips $1.10 one dollar ten $6.60 six dollars sixty
$10.50 = $2.20 two dollars twenty $7.70 seven dollars seventy
ten dollars and fifty X
$3.30 three dollars thirty $8.80 eight dollars eighty
$4.40 four dollars forty $9.90 nine dollars ninety
ten dollars and fifty cents
$5.50 five dollars fifty
ten dollars fifty cents
ten dollars fifty
X_____________________------------------------------------------

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* Practise Your Grammar

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct phrases of quantity,

o 1. a of n 0 4=
2. a of b J.
0 3. a of s
o
P.
4. a of c
5. two of h
6. two of b ©
7.

a
B.
r Brush Up Your Grammar
Tracy and her mother are looking at an advertisement outside a supermarket.
Complete their conversation using phrases of quantity.

$15.40 $21.90

$12.10 $13.70

$11.20 $8.40

1. T: How much is ?
M: It’s twelve
2. T:
M: It’s twenty-one
3. T: a wafers?
M:
4. T: two sardines?
M:
5. T: May I have

M: It’s
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8 Date 3
G Ace Your Grammar

c. Look at Mrs Lee’s receipt and complete the answers in full sentences.
1. How much is a box of cereal? Rosy Supermarket
It_______________________________ Cereal (box) 1 $48.90
2. What costs twenty-two dollars eighty? Soya milk (carton) 2 $22.80
Noodles 1 $32.70
(pack of 6)
Cola (can) 3 $27.60
3. How much did Mrs Lee spend on drinks?
Total $132.00
Cash $150.00
Change I ? 1
4. What was the total amount?

5. How much was the change?

D. Fill in the blanks using phrases of quantity and words from Word Corner. You may
need to change the form of the words.

The Wong family packed two of for the

picnic on Sunday. The food included two s
two © of Qpa, a few
of

0 , two 0 of
M of
©
Mum made sandwiches for everyone using ten ____ of
Q and a © ____ of . The children ate one
© ____ of each and shared two ©
of. They also shared a © of
. Dad ate a of and drank two
dTp of fruit§ .

/ Word Corner
cola, juice, bread, food, tuna, chocolate, cake, pizza, noodle, grape, banana, cereal,
\
wafer, biscuit, seaweed,■—
raisin, sour plum, blackcurrant
1
juice
........................ ................... ' y
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 ‘would ... like’

i Grammar Concepts I >

We use ‘would ... like’ to ask people about what they want.
uncountable
some cake* I soup / noodles, and countable
What would you like' h ~'
I’d like a cake*.
| countable
I’d = I would
an apple pie. r
Which you , carrot soup or corn soup?
I corn soup.
you carrot soup or corn soup?
I'm very hungry?
part of — I’d like
Tips a whole Which would you , spaghetti with
like, spaghetti I ro
‘Countable •Uncountable meat sauce and

a
with meat sauce prawns!
a cake some cake or spaghetti s
with prawns? I
a puddingcCb> some pudding C—<
s___

Tips: one whole or part(s) of a whole

i a chicken &/ some chicken / chicken nuggets
two chickens t/ some chickens X Uss

Q,.- r Practise Your Grammar

A. Write the answers using ‘I’d like’ and ‘a / an / some’.

Mum: What would you like?

1. Ann: I’d like

2. Joy:

3. Ben:

4. Tim:

5. Dad:

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Brush Up Your Grammar

B. Aunt Jess is asking her nephews and nieces what they want to eat Complete
the conversations using ‘would ... like’ and ‘I’d like’.

dim sum prawn salad spring rolls beef curry cheesecake

stuffed mushrooms chicken salad congee spaghetti
apple pie sushi macaroni with ham

1. Aunt: Which would you like, ?

Ian: I’d like because I like seafood.

2. Aunt: Which

Kim: because I like spicy food.

3. Aunt: Which

Rose: because I like fruit.

4. Aunt: Would you like or ?

Lily: because I like crispy food.

5. Aunt: Would ?

Jon: because I like Chinese food.

6. Aunt:

Fred: because I like Italian food.

7. Aunt: Would you like sushi or steak?

You: because

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Date

Ace Your Grammar

c. Uncle John and Aunt Annie are in a restaurant. Complete their conversation
with the waiter using ‘would ... like’ and ‘I’d like’.
Menu
Appetisers Soup Desserts
Spring rolls Chicken soup Pudding (mango I chocolate)
Pork dumplings Mushroom soup______________ Pancake (apple / durian)
Salad Main courses Drinks
Green salad Spaghetti (meat sauce I salmon) Juice (apple / orange)
Tuna salad Soup noodles (beef / pork chops) Tea (milk / peach / lemon)

Hi, sir, db__ ______ Set Lunch Promotion

W: you like?

t=
Set A ($100) Set B ($150)
J: Set B, please. Appetiser or salad Soup or salad
Soup noodles Spaghetti
W: you like
Pudding Pancake
or___________ ? Tea Juice

8 A
J: because I want something hot and creamy.
W: chicken so up ?
J: I like soup with vegetables. I’d
W: For your main course, © like
7

J: ® because I like seafood.

W: (g) to try the durian ? It’s our new dessert.
durians. @
J: INo, thanks. I not
the , please.
W: , apple 7
__________
J: @) . I like sour drinks.
W: Hi, madam. , Set A or Set B?
A: I’m not very hungry, so I don’t want a set lunch.
W: Sure. ® you like?
A: ®
W:@ like soup noodles or
soup noodles Q

A: I’d like @)

W: © to try any of our ?

A: Yes. I’d like . I’d like the mango pudding.

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 Modal verbs: ‘could / couldn't’
3*

o Grammar Concepts

We use ‘could’ and ‘couldn’t’ to talk about the things that a person was or was not
able to do in the past.

I I eat with a spoon when I was one (year old).

When I was one (year old) I / eat with a spoon.

Tips - • - -- -----
Simple present -► Simple past
Do not change the form of the verb after ‘could I couldn’t’, can -J> could
e.g. He could skips / skipped when he was six. X cannot -► could not
e.g. He could skip when he was six. can’t -> couldn’t

When I was
five, I could Now I can't
o
walk Rocky do that. Rocky
by myself. walks me!

’ Practise Your Grammar

A. Fill in the blanks with ‘can’, ‘cannot’, ‘could’ or ‘could not’.

1. I ski when I was six but now I ski well.
2. Ted’s father run a marathon ten years ago. Now he still
because he is very fit.
3. My sister brush her hair by herself when
she was four years old. We did not have to help her.
4. ‘Can you help me? I do today’s crossword
but I do yesterday’s easily,’ said Grandma.
5. Last year, I count to fifty. This year, I
6. How Ian reach the box on the top shelf? He used a ladder.
7. When I was six, I tie my shoelaces. Mum had to help me.
8. Maggie write neatly now, but last year I
read her writing.
9. My uncle swim very fast when he was young and athletic
but now he
10. ‘ you run 100 metres under fifteen seconds last year?
I I’ Robert boasted.
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B. Emily is telling her Aunt Zoe about what her family members and relatives could
do when they were young. Complete what she says using ‘when’, ‘could’ and the
words from the box. — T

©
©
©
o

5 years old
7 years old 9 years old

®
48 years old
10 years old 8 years old

play/tops cycle / school climb/trees

use / sewing machine play / Chinese billiards carry / baby brother

1. Emily: My grandmother

when she was

2. Emily: My grandfather

3. Emily: My father

4. Emily: My mother

5. Emily: My uncles

6. Emily: Aunt Zoe, you

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1 Date )

Ace Your Grammar

C. Fill in the blanks with ‘can I can’t I could I couldn’t’ and the verbs from the box.
Use each verb ONCE.

r talk
chat
send
listen
order
write
remember
receive
see
do
contact
afford

Grandpa: Life in the past was not always easy, was it?
Grandma: No, it wasn’t. We many things because
we were poor.
Grandpa: Life was not convenient either. Do you remember when there were
no mobile phones?
Grandma: Yes, I do. We anyone quickly.
Today we __ to anyone whenever we like
We Q also to music wherever we are.
We messages to anyone and we
replies from them quickly.
Grandpa: When I was a teenager, my best friend moved to England. I was sad
because I ( 'with him face to face.

We only letters to each other.

With mobile phones, we now each
other through video calls. It’s amazing!
Grandma: What I love most about having a mobile phone is that I

© meals and groceries and have

them delivered to us. Fifteen years ago,
we that!
Grandpa: Look at the time! It’s one o’clock. You forgot to order
our lunch! You d
many things before, but not anymore. Ha ha!
Grandma: I was about to order lunch online when you sat down
and talked to me!

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 Reflexive pronouns
______ •

» Grammar Concepts J

We can use reflexive pronouns to talk about things that people and animals can do
without any help from others.
I myself, Roy! When are you going
to feed Chatty? You know
He himself,
that Chatty cannot get
She can herself, the food by herself.
You (singular) can’t bake a cake yourself.
by is growling.
You (plural) could yourselves,
We couldn’t ourselves,
They themselves.
Jt_______ play .
For pets with names, we use
Tips ‘himself or ‘herself.
The dog (= It) can play by itself.
The dogs (= They) can play by itselves. X one person -► ‘-self’
more than one person -► ‘-selves’
The dogs (= They) can play by themselves.

Practise Your Grammar

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct reflexive pronouns.

1. My baby cousin, David, can now walk by

2. What could you do by when you were three years old?

3. A mother cat looks after its kittens by

4. Can a farmer’s sheep find their way back to the pen by ?

5. Mum says she can let me go to school by when I am older.

6. My sister and I can do some housework by

7. ‘You can walk to the school field by ,’ the teacher said to

the class.

8. Jessie and Jill are going to paint the bedroom by

9. Tina can meet Tom at the playground by

10. The students can do difficult Maths sums by

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B. Terry and Mary are talking. Complete their conversation using reflexive
pronouns, ‘could I couldn’t’ and ‘when’. Use the correct form of the verbs and
nouns from the box. Answer for yourself for questions 7-8.

0
B
X

John (5) John (4) Eve(6) Eve(4)

-O'
0
Terry (3) Terry (6) Mary (1) Mary (6)
tie/shoelace do up / button pack/school bag
comb / hair put on/shoe climb/stair

Terry: I @
the by
when I three.
Mary: John
when five.
Terry: You and I

six.
Mary: John and Eve

four.
Terry: Eve
six.
Terry: You

7. What couldn’t you do by yourself when you were four?

8. What can’t you do by yourself now?

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. |T Date

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0. Fill in the blanks with the correct reflexive pronouns.

When Mr and Mrs Wong’s children were nine, they were still not independent.
They did not want to learn to do things by (^). ‘Tidy up your
rooms bv^^,’ Mrs Wong often nagged at her children,

but they always wanted her to help. When it was time for their shower, Sharon and
Brad whined, ‘We can’t take a shower bv .’ Sharon could
not wash her hair by and Brad could not turn on the hot
water by . One weekend, Mrs Wong pretended to be ill.
Mr Wong could not look after his wife and children by (©),

so he asked his mother for help. ‘Sharon, your pet fish can’t get food by
(ff?;I Feed them now. Brad, that toy on the floor cannot walk

back into the box by I You know what

to do!’ Grandma barked at the children. Sharon and Brad were
afraid of Grandma. ‘Yes, I can wash my hair by (©) Sharon

lied to Grandma. ‘Yes, we can get dressed by ® lied Brad.

Sharon and Brad learnt how to do a lot of things by @
that

weekend. Mrs Wong winked at Grandma. ‘Yayl’ they both thought.

D. There is one mistake in each line. Underline the mistake and write the correct
word in the blank.

The first little pig and the second little pig can build 1.
their houses by themself. Their houses were made of bricks. 2.
The third little pig tried to build his house by hisself but he 3.
could not. His house of straw fell down by myself. 4.
‘Did you build your houses by myself?’ he asked his older 5.
brothers. ‘You couldn’t build a house with straw. 6.
We can show you how to do it by yourselves,’ they said. 7.

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 . \
‘used to’
12
o Grammar Concepts

We use ‘used to’ and a verb to talk about things that happened in the past but which
do not happen now.

regular activities e.g. My father play football but he

in the past does not anymore.
Do you remember
situations in e.g. My grandparents live on Cheung how we used to
the past Chau but now they live in Wan Chai. play board games
habits in e.g. 1 wear my hair in a ponytail but when we were in
Primary 1?
the past now my hair is short.

Tips
Do not change the form of the verb after ‘used to’.
e.g. He used to plays tennis when he was in primary school. X
e.g. He used to played tennis when he was in primary school. X
e.g. He used to play tennis when he was in primary school. Yes! You used to
cry every time
you lost to me!
The phrases ‘used to’, ‘used ... to’ and ‘be used to’ have
different meanings.
e.g. We used to type letters with a typewriter. (= past habit)
e.g. We used a typewriter to type letters. (= past action)
e.g. We were used to typing letters with a typewriter.
(= be familiar with an action that has been done many times)

c
A.
Practise Your Grammar

Fill in the blanks with ‘used to’ and the correct form of the verbs given.

e.g. My mother used to drink (drink) tea in the morning.

Now she drinks (drink) coffee.

1. My father (sleep) until 8 a.m. when he was

young. Now he (wake) up at 6 a.m. daily.

2. Carl ________________ (walk) to school but now he

(catch) the bus.

3. Kelly (hate) swimming but now she

____________________ (go) swimming ev
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(have) none.

5. Now Tommy (like) pizza

but he _____ (dislike) it. O

6. Maria (enjoy) egg tarts but

now she (not like) them,

(be) afraid of spiders but

now I (find) them quite interesting.

8. Now the airport (be) on Chek Lap Kok Island. The

planes (fly) from Kai Tak Airport many years ago.

9. My grandmother (look) after her own children

and now she (take) care of her grandchildren.

10. We (know) a French family in Hong Kong but

they (move) back to France a few years ago.

r. ,
lit. Brush Up Your Grammar J

B. Complete the sentences using ‘used to’ and the words in the brackets.

1a. My grandmother used to

with
1b. Now she with
(wash clothes / washboard I
washing machine)

2a. My grandfather used to

2b. Now
(cook / kerosene stove /
electric stove)

3a. My mother

iii 3b.
(call others I rotary dial
phone / mobile phone)

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I 4a. My father

4b.
(listen to music / cassette
player / computer)

5a. My aunt and uncle

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5b.
(do calculations / abacus I
calculator)

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C. Correct the sentences using ‘used to’.

e.g. My father drove to work ten years ago. Now he works from home.

My father used to drive to work ten years aao.

1. My cousin lived in Canada. Now he lives in Hong Kong.

2. I don’t dance anymore but I went to ballet lessons when I was four.

3. The soldiers rode horses in the olden days. Now they have trucks.

4. Before electricity, people lit candles. Now they turn on the switch.

5. Nowadays children have many toys. Long ago, they had fewer toys.

6. There was an old hotel behind my school many years ago. Now it is gone.

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* Grammar Concepts ] Tips
Do not put a full stop
Punctuation Usage_______________ Examples after a.m. / p.m. at the
at the end of a sentence I like swimming end of a sentence.
full stop ( ) It is 6 p.m. X
for time 6pm / 6:30 a m
I like swimming It is 6 p.m.
to list a few things
dancing and reading.
to show a pause in a
comma () Yes I like swimming.
sentence
‘I am sick ’ Tom said.
in direct speech
Tom said ‘I am sick.’___________
in ‘Yes / No’ questions Do you like swimming
question mark ( ) in 'WH’-questions What do you like doing ?_________
in question tags You like swimming, don’t you
Bang
after onomatopoeias
Quack._______________________
exclamation mark () after interjections or to Wow What a nice song
show strong feelings Hi I am Susan.
(e.q. excitement or anger) I like swimming very much______
Tom s favourite subject is English.
to show possession
apostrophe () James / James s uniform is dirty.
in contractions I:m sick.______________________
I am sick, Tom said.
in direct speech
quotation marks ( ) Tom said, I am sick.____________
in quotations I like the book The Scary Castle .

Tips Tips
Tom brother s cap X When two or more people (compound nouns)
Toms brother cap X own the same thing together, put an apostrophe
Tom s brother s cap only after the second noun.
This is Ben s and Joe s home. X
This is Ben and Joe s home.

Tom
Tom’s
brother
Tom’s brother’s
cap o I like English,
Maths, Chinese
and General
Tips: comma in direct speech I only like PE.
\Studies. y
He says ‘my sister enjoys reading ’ X

w
He says ' y sister enjoys reading ’
‘My sister enjoys reading ’ he says. X
'My sister enjoys reading’ he says. X
4 'My sister enjoys reading ’ he says. J [Wowl I ▼ I

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A. Put the punctuation marks in the correct places. Underline the incorrect small
letters and write the correct capital letters.

D E
e.g. does Susan enjoy english lessons he asked

1. Mrs Chan bought pork broccoli carrots and bak choy to cook for dinner
2. ouch cried the little boy

3. Anthony asked me do you enjoy skating playing football or canoeing

4. Maries books are on the desk and Chris are on the shelf
5. Joes parents took him to see Superman 4 at the cinema
6. look at the mices long tails the woman screamed

do the dogs owners live close to one another

8. Jonas Amy and Jonas cousin visited the museum yesterday

9. come in please Mr Tam said to the student

10. wow that was a great goal cheered Ken

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B.
Brush Up Your Grammar

Rewrite the sentences using the correct punctuation marks. Use capital letters
when necessary.

1. leslie did you do your homework asked mr ho

2. neil plays football basketball table tennis and badminton

3. yes I know that my general studies class starts at 11 am tom said

4. stop dont go near the snake its lifting its body because its going to attack

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5. sams friends think that babe is the funniest film in his collection

6. hey yelled the policeman boys stop fighting now

7. the sales assistant said the womens handbag section is on your left

8. quinn cant spell february

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C. Put the punctuation marks in the correct place.

Andys sisters birthdays are three days apart The family celebrates Sarahs and

Emmas birthdays together every year

Can we have the party at Grandma and Grandpas house this year We can have a

barbecue in the garden suggested Andy

What a wonderful idea exclaimed Mum

What presents can we buy for Sarah and Emma asked Dad

He pointed to two small old grey bicycles on the balcony

Those are our daughters bicycles arent they he asked

Yes they are Lets buy them new bicycles There are many attractive childrens

bicycles in Little Sports World replied Mum

I have some ideas for the food and drinks games goody bags and prizes said Andy

Dont get any food with chocolate You know that Grandma always bakes a chocolate

birthday cake chocolate cupcakes and chocolate cookies for our birthdays said Mum.

Ha ha Shes a chocolate lover laughed Andy loudly

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14r
G Grammar Concepts

We use ‘Was there / There was’ for singular or uncountable nouns and
‘Were there / There were’ for plural nouns.
a theme park (countable singular)
as in the past?
there an airport (countable singular) in Hong Kong
... years ago?
any schools (countable plural)

Yes, s / were. wasn’t = was not Were there any

there &
No, vasn’t / weren’t.
weren’t = were not schools 40 years ago?

a theme park...
there 2(l—
Yes, an airport... (Yes, there were.
there schools... in the past. Was there any
a theme park... ... years ago. homework at that time?
there isr
No, an airport...
there any schools...

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[ Yes, there was.

Practise Your Grammar i

A. Complete the questions and answers using ‘was’, ‘wasn’t’, ‘were’ or ‘weren’t’.

1. there a wetland park in Hong Kong 100 years ago?

No, there
2. there any satellites in space 100 years ago?
No,
3. there an airport at Chek Lap Kok in 1980?
No,
4. there a TV station in Hong Kong 100 years ago?
, there wasn’t. [—
5. there any printed books 200 years ago?
Yes, rt
6. there any shopping centres 80 years ago?
, there weren't.
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Yes,
8. there any trams in Hong Kong 200 years ago?

No,

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B. Study the table and complete the questions and answers using ‘Was / Were there’,
‘there was / wasn’t / were / weren’t’ and ‘a / an / any’.

in Hong Kong 1954 1979 2005 2006

1912 1925
since
@ j 'A

'VI
places I

sA.
Jilim - .
things

1. there university in Hong Kong 100 years ago?

in Hong Kong 100 years ago.

2. in Hong Kong 200 years ago?

in Hong Kong 200 years ago.

3. housing in Hong Kong 100 years ago?

in Hong Kong 100 years ago.

4. in Hong Kong 20 years ago?

in Hong Kong 20 years ago.

5. on Lantau Island 50 years ago?

on Lantau Island 50 years ago.

6. on Lantau Island 50 years ago?

on Lantau Island 50 years ago.

Word Corner
theme / amusement park, wetland park, university, TV station, airport, housing estate,
public swimming pool, shopping centre, tram, MTR train, cable car
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Ace Your Grammar

C. Tony and Mark are talking about changes in Hong Kong. Complete their conversation
using ‘Was / Were there’, ‘there was / wasn’t / were / weren’t’ and ‘a / an / the / any’.

Were these things in Hong Kong 50 years ago?

Yes No
rickshaws trams electric vehicles science museum
ferries art museum the Big Buddha history museum

Tony: Hong Kong is very different from how it was long ago.
Today, we have many things that we didn’t have before.
Mark: Big Buddha fifty years ago?
Tony: . My dad said he
first saw it in 1993.
Mark: ©— museums fifty years ago?

Tony:
o history museum or
art museum but
science museum?

history museum or science

museum. @------------------- other museums at that time.
We only had the art museum.
Mark: I would like Hong Kong to have a transport museum.
Tony: What would you like to see in it?
Mark: Fifty years ago, rickshaws and sampans?
Tony: ,_
old trams too. @also the Star Ferry.

Mark: How about buses and cars? ® buses fifty years

ago? air traffic at that time or were airplanes
created later? How about electric vehicles?
electric vehicles at that time?
Tony: I’m not sure. You are right! A transport museum would be great. We could
learn a lot about our transport from the past till now.

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1
We use indefinite pronouns to talk about people or things without saying exactly who
or what we are referring to.
people: body/ body / body / body /
-body/ -one one one______ ____ one one
things: thing thing thing thing

use the simple present tense in questions using ‘Did’

_____ o ) Nobody is home! I can
practise my song.
Did anybody use fans ... years ago?
‘y
Everybody
used fans ... years ago.
Nobody
Happy Birthday, Roy!
use the simple past tense for time expressions such as
‘when I was...’ and ‘... years ago’

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[ w Practise Your Grammar j
1 -------------------------------------- ---------------- 1 Oh no! Everybody F*
A. Fill in the blanks with ‘nobody’, ‘somebody’ or ‘everybody’, i heard me.)

1. I hear knocking.is at the door.

2. We can’t play the CD. knows how to use the CD player.

3. The children sang loudly. knew the song.

4. Sally is lonely because will play with her.

5. Before there were buses, used to walk to school.

6. We are lost. Let’s ask for directions.

7. We don’t like spaghetti. in our family eats it.

8. Our teacher was upset because finished their homework.

B. Fill in the blanks with ‘nothing’, ‘something’ or ‘everything’.

1. The teacher was pleased with my homework. was correct.

2. is wrong with Dad’s car. The engine won’t start.

3. The computer is working fine. is wrong with it.

4. Brandon saw that the thief had red in his hands.

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5. Long ago, films were in black and white. was in colour.
6. The Chan family finished on their table at the buffet.
There was left on their plates.
I have no money. There is in my purse.
8. I am sure there is in the box. It is not very light.

c
C.
Brush Up Your Grammar

Jamie is asking her grandmother about life in Hong Kong in the past. Study the
table and complete the questions and answers.
Life in Hong Kong in the past

0 0 all all 0
1 0 0

1. J: ago?
G: Nobody had a microwave oven 50 years ago.
2. J: Did anybody in your class use a washing machine when you were a child?
G:
3. J:
G: Everybody cooked food on a kerosene stove when I was young.
4. J: Did anybody have a colour television 70 years ago?
G:
5. J: Did anybody in your class skip with a rubber band rope when you were young?
G:
6. J: Did anybody in your class write emails when you were a child?
G:
7. J: there any mobile phones when you were 10 years old?
G: No _________________________________
8. G: What about now? ________________________________ ?
J: Everybody in my class has a mobile phone, Grandma!
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D. Fill in the blanks with ‘nobody’, ‘nothing’, ‘somebody’, ‘something’, ‘everybody’,

‘everything’, ‘anybody’ or ‘anything’.
At the start of the lesson, (J) started making a
loud clanking noise in the street, (jf)rushed to

the window to have a look. The students stared at the huge machine.
‘Does (|D know what that is?’ asked Sam. ‘Is it an excavator?’

shouted. ‘Yes, it is, John,’ said the teacher, ‘I’ll ask

to get it to stop.’ The teacher told (©)
to get back to their desks but (ffi could pay attention during the
lesson. ‘Mrs Ho, we can’t hear(^)you’re saying,’ John shouted.

Mrs Ho frowned. It was clear that her students would learn

from that lesson. Tips
Use a singular verb with
E. Answer the questions using ‘yes / no’ and the indefinite pronouns,
words in the brackets. e.g. Does anyone like this film?
1. Does anybody know this music band? (everybody) le-9- Everyone likes this film.
Yes,
2. Did anybody see what happened? (nobody)

3. Was there anything in the cave? (something)

4. Does anyone have an electric guitar? (no one)

5. Did anybody have a mobile phone? (somebody)

6. Was anyone at home? (everyone)

7. Is there anything in those suitcases? (nothing)

8. Did anyone send out the invitations? (someone)

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Grammar Concepts X
We can use the adverb ‘too’ or the conjunction ‘both ... and’ to link similar ideas in
positive sentences. ;
r at the end of the second sentence

I like cartoons. I like dramas + too / and = also

I want to watch
<____________ a cartoon a drama. + ‘both ... and’ is stronger than ‘and’ alone

We can use the adverb ‘either’ or the conjunction ‘or’ to link similar ideas in
negative sentences. at the end of the second sentence

I don’t like cartoons. I don’t like dramas X+X

either/or = also not
I don’t want to watch a cartoon a drama. X+X
Tips: linking negative ideas
e.g. I can’t swim well. I can’t cycle well too. X
e.g. I can’t swim well. I can’t cycle well either.
e.g. He does not like both English and Maths. X
e.g. He does not like English or Maths.

Tips
We also use ’or’ to talk about choices, I don't want tuna. I don't
want chicken either.
e.g. We can go skating or cycling.

O Practise Your Grammar

A. Fill in the blanks with ‘too’, ‘either5, ‘both’, ‘and’ or ‘or5.

1. My older sister is both clever athletic. I admire her a lot.
2. There are two types of set lunches in this restaurant: Set A Set B.
Which do you want, Set A Set B?
3. Andy couldn’t solve the sum. His classmates couldn’t solve it
4. My father is a lawyer. I want to be a lawyer.
5. Patty did not do her homework study for her test.
6. A crocodile is a reptile. A lizard is one
7. A spider is not an insect. A scorpion is not an insect
8. I’m going to get myself some pudding. Would you like some
9. Jenny never wears dresses. She does not like skirts
10. Tammy is good at playing the guitar
the violin but she cannot play the piano the flute.

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B. Answer the questions using the words from the box and in the brackets.
Use each word from the box ONCE. Answer for yourself for question 6.
what the children
Scott Josie Laura Mark Tony
watch every day
a cartoon •• ••

a documentary ••
the news and
weather report
a sports programme
a drama
a game show

boring interesting silly touching informative

1. What types of programmes do Scott and Laura like? Why? (both ... and)

They _________________________________________
They think they
2. What types of programmes does Mark like? Why? (too)

He
He thinks_____
3. What types of programmes doesn’t Josie like? Why not? (or)

She
S h e t h i n ks
4. Who likes dramas? Why? (both ... and)

They
5. What types of programmes doesn’t Tony like? Why not? (either)

6. What types of programmes do you like? Why? (too)

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C. What did or didn’t the children do in the theme park? Answer the questions in
complete sentences using the given words. Use the simple past tense.
__________Activities_________ Names of Children
taking photos with the mascots Sarah and Jimmy
going on the bouncy castle Alan and Sarah_____
going on the Ferris wheel Alan and Jimmy
buying candy floss__________ Noah and Sarah
buying popcorn Noah

1. What did both Sarah and Jimmy do? (use ‘both ... and’)

2. What didn’t Noah go on? (use ‘or’)

3. What did Noah buy? (use ‘too’)

4. What didn’t Sarah do? (use ‘either’)

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D. Combine the sentences using ‘both ... and’ or ‘or1.

1. James is good at English. He is good at Putonghua.

2. I do not know that girl. I do not know that girl’s father.

3. My little cousin cannot read his name. He cannot write his name.

4. Lisa is my friend. Sam is my friend.

5. Mrs Chan did not take her umbrella. She did not wear her raincoat.

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Date

Rewrite the sentences using too or either.

This activity is not interesting or educational.
This activity . It
2. Both Ben and Jerry are hard-working students.

3. Both Peter and Lucy like their classmates.

4. Simon and Mary do not laugh at each other.

5. Mandy and her brother are not active children.

F. Joyce is writing a diary entry. Fill in the blanks with ‘too’, ‘either5, ‘or5, ‘and’ or ‘but’.

Today was a busy day. It was Mum’s surprise birthday party. Katie and I went out in the
afternoon to buy Mum a present. We saw beautiful scarves purses

in a shop. We did not know if Mum would prefer a purse a scarf,

so we decided to buy both a purse (J)a scarf for her. After that, we

went to Mum’s favourite cake shop. Unluckily, there weren’t any strawberry cakes left.
There weren’t any mango cakes left

Katie was disappointed. I was upset . We went to

a few cake shops (($)we could not find a strawberry

(T...a mango cake. I suggested baking a cake for Mum

I did not know how to bake a cake. Katie did not (©)

We searched the Internet for recipes and bought the ingredients. When Mum came
home, she was both surprised ® happy to see the cake. Our cake was
not pretty @tasty, ® Mum ate it happily. She said it
was good. She praised us for being wonderful children
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Adjectives describing people

Grammar Concepts

We can use adjectives to describe people’s character or appearance.

-ous -ive -ent -ful -le others

humorous talkative patient helpful gentle considerate
mischievous creative obedient beautiful humble easy-going
courageous intelligent cheerful outgoing
generous independent careful disciplined
forgetful proud
He has a sense of humour. thoughtful childish
He is humorous.
friendly
sporty
Your parrot, Chatty, is beautiful. healthy
She is intelligent too. She can talk.J
messy
shy
quiet
She's too talkative timid
and proud. selfish

Tips: opposite adjectives (antonyms) Tips: similar adjectives (synonym^)

courageous timid courageous brave
generous selfish intelligent smart / clever
talkative quiet thoughtful considerate
humble proud easy-going calm / relaxed
outgoing shy outgoing friendly
\ messy

c=
neat/ tidy childish silly

Practise Your Grammar

A. Write the adjective form of the words in the table.

noun adjective verb adjective

(to be full of this) (to always do this)

1. beauty 5. talk

2. mischief 6. consider

3. patience 7. forget

4. humour 8. create

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B. Fill in the blanks with the adjective form of the words from the box. Use each
word ONCE.

obey help create care cheer intelligence child friend mischief

1. The old man thanked the boys for carrying his heavy bags,
2. The teacher scolded the student for playing tricks on others.
3. Peter is the most boy I know. He knows a lot of things,
4. Uncle Bob is a person. He is always humming to himself.
5. We enjoyed our trip to Japan. The people there were warm and
6. Jill is very with her things. She never loses or breaks them.
My older brother is still. Like a baby, he gets angry when he
does not get what he wants.
8. My puppy always obeys my commands.
9. My cousin likes writing poems and painting portraits.

Ace Your Grammar

C. Fill in the blanks with antonyms (opposites). Use each adjective ONCE.

neat humble outgoing courageous quiet generous

timid shy talkative selfish messy proud

1. David is the smartest student in class but he is not a boy.

He never boasts and is always about his good results.
2. Aunt Dora is not a person. She is very
She loves chatting on the phone for hours.
3. Unlike her twin sister, Sarah is . She has
a lot of friends and is not afraid of meeting new people.
4. Students should look and clean, not and dirty.
5. people share their things with others
while people care only about themselves.
6. The villagers ran away from the giant but
the knight fought with him.
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D. Kelly is talking about the people she knows. Fill in the blanks with the adjectives
from the box and the verbs in the correct form. Use each word ONCE.

humorous independent easy-going considerate

disciplined forgetful patient
prepare exercise complete give make break leave

1. Glenda is the most of all my

classmates. Once when I was ill, she

me all her study notes to help me revise for the exams.

2. My mother is the most member of

my family. Once she a 5,000-piece

jigsaw puzzle without taking a break.

3. My cousin Jessie is the most of all

my cousins. She could her own

breakfast when she was seven years old.

4. I think my brother is the most

person in my family. He always

people laugh with his jokes.

5. My grandparents are the most

members of my family. Once they

their keys at home when they went out.

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6. My friend Eddie is the most person

I know. Once I his badminton racket.

He was calm and told me not to worry about it.

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7. Uncle Sam is the most person

among my relatives. He eats healthy food and A

every day.

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i Grammar Concepts

We can use prepositions to talk about time.

in on other prepositions
the morning weekdays weekends 1 p.m. 2 p.m.
the afternoon Monday (day) night I was sick a week.
the evening the first May/ midnight I fell asleep
July (month) 1st May (date) dawn / sunrise the lesson.
spring (season) my birthday dusk/sunset 1. from the start to the
2023 (year) Christmas Day noon end of a period of time
my free / spare time Christmas Eve 1 o’clock /1 p.m. (e.g. I ran fast during
half past one the race.)
the daytime
2. at some point in a
the nighttime Christmas (festival) period of time
*a week / a week’s time (e.g. He fell down during
the race.)
Tips: ‘in a week’ or ‘for a week’ ran fast
X i
I will go to Japan in a week. (= go on the 7th day from now)
I will go to Japan for a week. (= go for a period of 7 days)
L fell down

V______________________________ ________ '___________________ / I play tennis in my free

time. I'm free from 1 p.m.
to 7 p.m. tomorrow! Let's
play tennis.

A. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions from the box.

c in on at to of for from during J For 6 hours?

1. I arrived two ten the afternoon.

2. Jill felt sleepy the film because it was boring.
3. Do you watch the fireworks midnight 1st January?
4. Grandma’s birthday, we took her to a Chinese restaurant.
5. Chinese New Year is five days and it lasts fifteen days.
6. Many families have a reunion dinner Chinese New Year’s Eve.
7. The Chan family enjoy looking at the Christmas lights Christmas.
8. Ann: Is your birthday May or June?
Jill: It’s the sixth May. I will turn ten a week.
9. Summer in Hong Kong is late May September.
10. The farmer gets up dawn daily to feed the animals.
11. Strange noises the nighttime frighten me. ■

12. I enjoy going out Saturdays and Sundays but

my brother prefers staying at home weekends. '______ j

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The Sports Day is on thirtieth June. X
2
B. Amy is looking at her calendar. Write
the dates of her school’s events in words. Sports Day is on the thirtieth of June.

©9/1 ©12/2 ©20/3 ©28/10-31/10 |(>21/11 -25/11

Open Day school picnic swimming carnival drama festival Reading Week

1. Open Day January.

2.
3.
4. to

5. ends

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Ace Your Grammar

C. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions of time.

Barry has football practice Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
4 p.m. His practice usually
an hour, lasts
but
this week it is thirty minutes longer. There is also extra practice
Saturday half past ten the morning
C'T noon. The inter-school football match is one
week’s time and Barry’s coach wants the players to have more practice. The team
won silver Q the past two years and they are hoping

to get gold this year. ® football practice yesterday, it

started to rain. Barry and his team stopped playing and waited under a shelter
® an hour. It is not safe to play ® rainy days
because the field gets too slippery. They were disappointed when the rain did not
stop and they had to go home. Barry reached home ® a quarter
past six the evening. He was tired after dinner and slept soundly
half past nine night
the next morning.
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long / heavy / fast’
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Ct= i’ Grammar Concepts 1

We use 'How' and an adjective to ask questions about height, length, weight and speed.
tall is the man? He is 1.7 metres (tall). ~,ri
high is the mountain? It is 869 metres (high).
How long istheriver? It is 4,350 kilometres (long), , length
is an/the elephant? It is/weighs about 5,000 kilograms, weight
fast can horses gallop? They can gallop at about 45 kilometres an hour.
J
Tips
Tips: height
Do not use opposite adjectives
We use ‘tall’ for people, statues, towers, when asking questions using ‘How’.
buildings, trees and some animals. How tall / long
We use ‘high’ for mountains, waterfalls and walls. How short X
_ __ . ____ ___ ___ _______ .

1
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Tips: height How high is the mountain?
-
When we use ‘tali' or ‘high’ to talk about people,
It’s 2,580 metres high.
they mean different things.

f tall J high
5V
How tall are you? How high can you jump?
4 J------- 1- V L-IWJ------------- x
(distance from the ground) (distance above the ground)
It’s only 12 centimetres
_ high in the picture!
g = gram(s) Unit conversion
Weight
kg = kilogram(s) 1 kg = 1,000 g For large numbers, use a comma
1 km = 1,000 m every third digit from the right.
mm = millimetre(s)
cm = centimetre(s) 1m = 100 cm
Height / Length 1 cm = 10 mm
m = metre(s)
km = kilometre(s)

r Practise Your Grammar

A. Write the units of measurement in words.

© 10 mm = 10 ©) 4 cm = 4

© 1 kg = 1 100 m = 100
Kowloon t j ShaTin '
© 8 km = 8 ©350 g = 350

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‘how tali’, ‘how high’, ‘how long’, ‘how heavy’ or ‘how fast’.

1. is the ICC in Hong Kong?

It is 484 metres. This famous building has 108 storeys. b
2. is the Niagara Falls?
It is about 57 metres.
j
3. are baby hippos?
They are about 40 kilograms.
4. can kangaroos hop?
They can hop at about 60 kilometres an hour.
5. is the Great Wall of China?
It is more than 20,000 kilometres. It would take 18 months to walk its full length!

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C. Sally is searching for information on the Internet. Write the questions using ‘how’.
Spell out the units of measurement (e.g. metres) in the answers.

1. the Eiffel Tower 330 m (height)----- ' 1

2. the Yellow River 5,464 km (length) gBh
3. Mount Fuji 3,776 m (height) —
4. the Statue of Liberty (a) about 200,000 kg (weight), (b) 93 m (height)

1. is the Eiffel Tower?

It is tall.
2.

3.

4a.

4b.

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D. Use the table to help you answer some of the questions. Write the questions
using ‘how’. Spell out the units of measurement (e.g. metres) in the answers.

Run / Walk Flap their wings Fly

1. Spotted hyenas 60 km / hour
2. Eagles________ 120 km / hour
3. Hummingbirds 80 beats / second
4. Tortoises 300 m/hour

1. can spotted ?
They can at about an hour.
2a.
about
2b.
They can fly at a height of about 3,000 metres.
3.

4a. tortoises?
They are about 300 kilograms.
4b.
They are slow!

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Write the questions using ‘how’.

1.
The tallest tree in the world is 116.07 metres.
2.
The heaviest apple in the world was 1.849 kilograms.
3.
Female giraffes are about 4 metres in height.
4.
The shortest river in the world is 61 metres.
5.
The three hills in Tai O are 322 metres, 449 metres and 465 metres in height.
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I uestion words (2): ‘how far / long’
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We use ‘How far’ to ask about the distance between two places.
X

We use ‘How long’ to ask how much time we need to travel from one place to another.

(It’s not far.) It is (about) 300 metres.

is it from here to the park?
(It’s a long way.) It is (about) 3 kilometres.

does it to get to the park?

It takes (about) 10 minutes on foot / by bus.
take to go from here to the park? How fap is it from1___
here to our room? >_
Tips
How long is it take ... X It is one hour ten minutes. X
How long does it take ... It takes one hour and ten minutes.
V>

min = minute(s) m = metre(s) It is about 300 metres.

Time Distance
hr = hour(s) km = kilometre(s) Let's hurry back and get
sunscreen. Don't be lazy!
It takes only a few minutes

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to get a sunburn!
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A. Julie (J) is at the information centre on Merry Island. Complete her conversation
with the receptionist (R) using ‘how long’. Spell out the units of time.

Transport to Merry Island’s attractions

seal statue from our train terminal: Merry Waterfall from our bus terminal:
15 min 1 hr 5 min
Merry Aquarium from our pier: Merry Strawberry walk from Information
31 min Farm Centre: 22 min

1. J: take to go from the train terminal to the seal statue?

R: by.
2. J: from the bus terminal to Merry Waterfall?
R: by.
3. J: the pier to Merry Aquarium?
R: by.
4. J: here to Merry Strawberry Farm?

R:

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B. Julie (J) and her mother (M) are at Yuen Long MTR station. They are looking at
a train schedule on a mobile app. Complete their conversation using ‘how far* or
‘how long’. Spell out the units of time and measurement (e.g. metres).
_____________ _______________ Yuen Long Station_____________________________
Kam Sheung Tsuen Wan East Tsim Sha Chai Wan
Destination
Road Station West Station Tsui Station Station
Time needed 4 min 14 min 30 min 1 hr 15 min
Distance 5 km 600 m 20 km 37 km 56 km
1. J: How far is it from here to Kam Sheung Road Station?
M: It’s not . It is about 5 and 600
2. J:
M: It about half
3. J:
M: It’s a way. It about 56
4. J:
M: It about 1 and 15

A’ce Your Grammar

C. Julie (J) and her mother (M) are at Central Pier. They are looking at a ferry schedule
on a mobile app. Complete the conversation using ‘how far5 or ‘how long’.

Central to Sok Kwu Wan (9 km) 7:20-8:00 a.m. (ferry time)

Central to Yung Shue Wan (8 km) 7:40-8:10 a.m. (ferry time)
Sok Kwu Wan Pier to Yung Shue Wan Pier (5 km) 65 min (hiking)

1. J: from here
M: It is about 8
2. J: __________ from here Sok Kwu Wan?
M: It about minutes.
3. J: Yung Shue Wan?
M: It about hour.
4. J: from Sok Kwu Wan Pier to Yung Shue Wan Pier?
M: It about 5
5. J: to hike from
Yung Shue Wan Pier?
M: It about 1 and

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actions do you do at Christmas? I sing Christmas carols.

time is Mid-Autumn Festival? It is in September or October.
people hides the Easter eggs? My parents hide the Easter eggs.
places did you go on Christmas Day? I went to church.
choices festival do you like most? I like Easter most.
I like Easter most because I like eating
reasons do you like Easter most?
chocolate eggs.___________________
ways of I wear a scary costume and
do you celebrate Halloween?
doing things co trick-or-treatino.________________
quantity presents did you get? I cot ten presents.
frequency do you eat mooncakes? I eat mooncakes once a year.
height I is the girl/ is the wall? She is 1 m (tall) / It is 1 m (high).
length I is the bridge? It is 3.5 km (long).
weight/ are you? I am 31 kg.
speed can cheetahs run? They can run at about 100 km an hour.

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Tips: asking about a period of time i Susan, when is Halloween?
What do people do at
e.g. How long does the festival last? p — Halloween?

It lasts for three davs. ft-sB?

e.g. How long is your holiday?
It is one week.

Practise Your Grammar It is today!

People scare others!
A. Fill in the blanks with the correct question words.
1. did the teacher scold the boy? Naughty.
2. did your parents punish you? Took away my games.
3. sports activity did she choose? Rock climbing.
4. does he like going to the museum? Interesting.
5. does she like doing at the beach? Surfing.
6. did you visit the theme park? Last year.
7. do you go on a holiday? Twice a year.
8. do people eat at Easter? Chocolate eggs.

9. do people celebrate Songkran? Splash water on one another.

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B. Daisy is asking tourists in Hong Kong some questions for her survey. Fill in the
blanks with the correct question words.
1. do you come from?
2. did you arrive in Hong Kong?
3. will you be in Hong Kong?
4. is travelling with you?
5. festival in Hong Kong do you like most?
6. do you like it?
7. is the biggest festival in your country?
8. is this festival?
9. days does this festival last?
10. do you celebrate it? Give two examples.
11. do you like most about this festival?

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C. Julie is interviewing her school’s new PE teacher, Mr Leung, for the school magazine.
Use the underlined hints to help you complete the interview.
1. J:you keep fit, Mr Leung?
L: I go running and cycling every day. I swim a lot too.
2. J:_
L: I go running in the morning and I go cycling in the evening.
3. J: ___________________________________________
L: I go swimming about three times a week.
4. J: I heard that you play racket sports.
L: I am good at badminton and table tennis.
5. J:
L: Yes. I take part in sports competitions such as running and cycling races.
6. J:
L: I took part in a marathon last year.
7. J:
L: I usually take about two and a half hours to complete a marathon.
8. J: Wow! You could be a professional athlete!
L: I became a PE teacher because I like children and I like teaching them sports.
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D. Mandy is asking her grandfather about his life in the past. Fill in the blanks with
the correct question words, ‘do I does I did’ or ‘is / are / was I were’.
1. M: Grandpa, did you come to Hong Kong?
G: I came here about 50 years ago.
2. M:you a little boy then?
G: No, I wasn’t. I was a teenager. I was about sixteen years old.
3. M:anybody come here with you?
G: Yes, my brother, who is your great-uncle Paul, came here with me.
4. M:did you live before then?
G: We lived in a small village in mainland China.
5. M:were your parents’ jobs?
G: They were chicken farmers. They had a small chicken farm. Great-uncle Paul
and I helped them to sell chickens at the market every day.
6. M: the market near your home? >
G: Yes, it wasn’t far away.
7. M:did you take the chickens to the market?
G: We put them in a large cage and went there on foot.
8. M:the chickens heavy?
G: Yes! Each chicken weighed about 3 kilograms. One day, the cage broke and the
chickens escaped. Great-uncle Paul and I had to chase after them and catch them.
9. M:did you run?
G: We ran like the wind!
10. M:did your parents choose to stay in mainland China?
G: They chose to stay there because they were used to the life there.
11. M:your parents still live in the same village?
G: Yes, they still live there.
12. M:they busy with farm work?
G: No, they do not work anymore. They are in their nineties.
13. M:do you visit them?
G: I visit them once a year.
14. M: great-uncle Paul go with you to visit them?
G: Yes, he comes with me to visit them.
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’ Grammar Concepts]

When we use two or more adjectives before a noun, we need to put them in the correct
order. For example, adjectives which describe opinions come first, followed by factual
adjectives in this order: size, physical quality, shape, colour and purpose.
3.
1. 2. 4. 5. 6. noun
quality
beautiful soft pink shopping
bag
big black rubbish
__ ( no comma between
delicious crunchy round final adjective and noun j--»apple
huge smooth rectangular* no comma \ -serving
: tray
before purpose _
adjective J
expensive long chopping axe
cute star-shaped silver sticker

Tips Mum, can you bake a beautiful,

"e.g. I have a big, red, beautiful bag. X (size, colour, opinionjk^c, star-s^^
e.g. I have a beautiful, big, red bag. (opinion, size, colour)v—i /------- ———7
ve.g. I have a beautiful, big, red and blue bag. (opinion, size, colours)jKTy

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T'PS
• Do not use a comma between the final adjective and the noun.
ex

e.g. a cute, small, round eraser X a cute, small, round eraser

• Do not use a comma between another type of adjective and a purpose adjective.
e.g. a lovely, long wedding dress X a lovely, long wedding dress

c
I purpose '

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A. Put the adjectives in the brackets in the correct order.

1. This is a balloon.
(heart-shaped I pink)
2. Let’s buy this purse for Amy.
(little / nice)
3. The farmer fed his horses.
(farm / big / brown)
4. That stall sells octopus balls.
(large / round / tasty)
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5. Sam owns a bike.
(mountain / modern / silver)
6. I did not like the clown costume.
(strange / colourful I oversized)
7. The flag was on a pole.
(grey/thin I long)
8. Tim is looking for two pieces of Lego.
(triangular I small I green)
9. Put all the litter in a bag.
(rubbish I large / black)
10. My dog sleeps on a blanket.
(fluffy I huge I red I orange)

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B.
Brush Up Your Grammar

Sally is telling her cousin about some things that she and her family bought on
their holiday. Look at the pictures. Write about each one using THREE suitable
adjectives. You may use the words from Word Corner to help you.

$10
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1. I bought
2. My brother bought badge.
3. My mother bought
4. I also bought a

5. My sister bought

Word Corner
k______________
big, enormous, small, tiny, long, short, expensive, cheap, star-shaped, round, oval, lovely,
I cute, tasty, delicious, crispy, crunchy
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c. Rearrange the words to form sentences.

1. dark brown / rabbits / she / two / cute / small / has

2. held / curved / long / sword / dangerous / a / he

3. uses / straw / grandmother / shopping / my / old / basket / an / round

4. scary / Sally / animal / is / huge / spotted / pointing to / that

D. Circle the correct answers.

Tips: additional adjectives
1. My mother bought melons.
• material before purpose
A. big, round some e.g. I have a red cloth shopping bag.
(colour, material, purpose)
B. some big, round • age between size and shape
C. some round, big e.g. I have a small, old, square bag.
(size, age, shape)
2. She was wearing a scarf. • quantity / determiner before opinion
A. soft, beautiful, silk e.g. I have two I some stylish hiking poles,
(quantity, opinion, purpose)
B. silk, beautiful, soft
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C. beautiful, soft, silk

3. The scariest character in the story is the ogre.
A. ugly, enormous, green B. enormous, green, ugly
C. enormous, ugly, green
4. We sat on chairs.
A. tiny, uncomfortable camping B. uncomfortable, tiny camping
C. camping, uncomfortable, tiny
5. We enjoyed eating the egg tarts.
A. small, yellow, delicious B. delicious, yellow, small
C. delicious, small, yellow

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Simple present Present continuous Simple past

daily, yesterday, ago, then,
Look!,
every day / Friday, last night/week,
Listen!,
on Fridays/weekdays, this morning / afternoon,
Signal Be careful!,
at night/weekends, in 2XXX,
words now,
always, usually, often, long ago,
at present,
sometimes, seldom, once upon a time,
at the moment
rarely, never when ... was / were
My sister always My sister sandals
Positive sandals to go out. My sister this morning.
sentences My sister always sandals now. My sister punctual
punctual. this morning.
My sister My sister
slippers. Look! My sister slippers last Sunday.
Negative
sentences My sister always My sister .c/ kind to
slippers.
kind to me. me last Sunday.
your sister often your sister
sandals? your sister sandals yesterday?
Questions sandals at
your sister often the moment? your sister cheerful
cheerful? yesterday?

There are rules for forming regular verbs in the simple past tense.

most verbs add ‘-ed’ push -> pushed

end in ‘-e’ add ‘-d’ chang -* chang d
change ‘-y’ to ‘-i’
end in 1 consonant + *-y’ carr carr ed
and add ‘-ed’
Regular end in 1 vowel + double the
cha -> cha ed
verbs 1 consonant consonant
Except: and add ‘-ed’
bo -> bo ed bo ed X
- vowel + ‘-w / x / y’
fix -» fi ed fi ed X
- verbs of 2 or more
pla -> pla ed pla ed X
syllables (the first I woke up late iron -> ironed iro ed X
syllable is stressed) because my alarm
clock did not ring. Yesterday your
| dog hid your shoes.
I Are you making up
&>, excuses again?

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There are no specific rules for forming the simple past tense of irregular verbs, but
there are some common patterns.
Present Past Present Past Present Past
begin began lend lent learn learnt GR0UP 9;
--------------add/change
drink drank send 3- sent smell smelt to-t
_______ -end-»-ent/
give gave spend spent find /g r o u p io?]found
-ind-»-ound
ring rang keep kept grind ground
GROUP 4:
sing /g r o u p 1; tsang sleep l-ee?->-e?t I slept have had
/GROUP 11:
--------- change only-----------
Sit l^one vowel Jsat sweep swept do did change the
whole form
swim swam feel felt go went
drive drove break broke eat ate
ride rode speak spoke see saw
win won steal /g r o u p 5m stole stand stood
-ea?->-o?e
write wrote tear tore shake shook

dig dug wear wore take took

sting stung hear (exception) heard make made
stick stuck feed GROUP 6: fed build built
delete a
draw drew meet vowel
met lose lost
fall fell bite bit fly flew
run ran hide hid leave left
blow blew choose chose light lit / lighted
grow grew pay paid cut cut GROUP 12:
GROUP 7:
jio change.
know knew lay -ay-»-aid laid put put
throw threw say said let let
—
hold held bring brought set set
~ GROUP 8:
come came buy -ought / bought wet wet
-aught
become became fight fought hurt hurt
wake woke think thought beat beat
get got seek sought burst burst
sell GROUP 2: ]SOld catch caught read read
-ell-> -old 7 77
tell '———/told teach taught broadcast broadcast

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Tips
The verbs lie’ and 'lay' have different meanings and tense forms.
Simple present Present continuous Simple past
He never lies to me. He is lying to me. He lied to me.
lie
He lies on the sofa. He is lying on the sofa. He lay on the sofa.
She lays the mat on She is laying the mat on She laid the mat on
lay the sand. the sand. the sand.
A hen lays eggs. The hen is laying an egg. The hen laid an egg. o

Tips 10:00 ten o’clock 10:30 half past ten

We can use the simple present 10:05 five past ten 10:35 twenty-five to eleven
tense to talk about schedules, 10:10 ten past ten 10:40 twenty to eleven
e.g. The train arrives at ten
10:15 a quarter past ten 10:45 a quarter to eleven
o’clock in the morning.
10:20 twenty past ten 10:50 ten to eleven
10:25 twenty-five past ten 10:55 five to eleven

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A.
Practise Your Grammar

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
1a. Tom and Jack (feed) their fish this morning?
1b. the farmer (feed) the chickens now?
1c. Chris (feed) his dog twice a day?
2a. My cat often(catch) mice.
2b. The police(catch) the burglar last week.
2c. Stop the boy! He(catch) the butterflies.
3a. Shh! Don’t disturb the duck. It(lay) an egg.
3b. I (lay) the table a while ago. Let’s serve the food now.
3c. geese ____________ (lay) eggs daily?
4a. My honest brother never (lie).
4b. ‘I don’t believe you! You (lie). Tell me the truth,’ I said.
4c. M i ke (lie) to his teacher, so he was punished.
5a. Everyone (clap) their hands at the moment.
5b. Mrs Ho (clap) happily when her toddler said a word.

5c. Jim (not clap) his hands when he sings.

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6b. My cousin, Jack, usually (hold) his
mother’s hand to cross the road.
6c. Ouch! You (hold) my hand too tightly.
7a. Mr and Mrs Tam (leave) for work at half
past seven every morning?
7b. Don’t run! The train (not leave) now. We still have
ten more minutes.
7c. Myfather (leave) the office late yesterday evening.

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B. Complete the sentences using the simple present tense of the words from
the box. Use each word ONCE. Write the time in words.

Joyful Park Schedule Time

Shuttle Bus to Joyful Park Shuttle Bus to Joyful Hotel
Magic Show Time
arrive depart
11:05 a.m. -12 noon 9:35 a.m. 3:45 p.m.
3:15 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. 10:10 a.m. 5:45 p.m.
5:55 p.m. - 6:50 p.m. 10:45 a.m. 7:45 p.m.
Restaurants: 12 noon - 9:15 p.m. Souvenir Shop: 10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.

arrive close leave end begin open

1. The first magic show at five

2. The last magic show at seven.

3. The restaurants at nine.

4. The souvenir shop at ten.

5. The first shuttle bus at Joyful Park at

ten.

6. The last shuttle bus for Joyful Hotel

eight.

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C. Scott is in Sydney, Australia. He is talking about what he and his friends did
yesterday. Complete what he says using ‘first / next / then / after that/finally’.

10:15 a.m. take the ferry to Manly and meet my friends there
11 a.m. lay our mats on the sand and lie in the sun
12 noon have lunch at a cafe and buy some beach spades from a toy shop
1:30 p.m. dig holes in the sand and build a sandcastle
4:45 p.m. pack up and go home

First, I

D. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in the brackets.
1. Andy is busy now. He (tie) up the piles of newspapers.
2. Ella always (choose) things that are pink. She loves pink,
3. Kelly (feel) cold so she put on her jacket.
4. James usually(practise) the guitar at weekends?
5. Sally (tidy) her room and(mop) the
floor last weekend.
6. The sun (set) half an hour ago.
It always ___ (set) earlier in winter.
7. The ushers (close) the doors
because the concert (start) now.
8. The children (not know) the man they saw yesterday.
9. Jill’s cousin, Julie, often(not read) comics.
10. We (stay) on a farm during our holiday last summer.
11. The king was generous to his servants and (pay) them well.
12. In the 1970s, everybody (wear) bell-bottom trousers, but
now people (not think) they are fashionable.
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There is one mistake in each line. Underline the mistake and write the correct
word in the blank.

Uncle John lives in Canada. Last week, he send Terry and Ted 1.
a toy plane for their birthdays. The twins fighted over the toy. 2.
Their mother hurry into their room and shouted, 3.
‘Why did you fighting?’ Terry and Ted were shocked. 4.
They both letted go of the plane and it dropped onto the floor. 5.
One of the wings breaks. Terry picked it up and got a tube of 6.
glue. ‘Are you fixed it? I want to help you,’ Ted said. 7.
The boys worked together and stick the wing back. 8.

Ace Your Grammar

F. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.

‘The weather '(J)(be) great today! (||)anyone

(want) to play hide-and-seek?’ asked Tony. ‘Great idea! It (IT (be) rainy
yesterday, so we^ (cannot play), but look at the sun now! It
(||j(shine) brightly’ said Shane. Tony (||)

(count) while the other children dashed into the bushes to hide. Tony
(can find) everyone but not Paul. (©) he
(climb) up a tree? ‘Hmm, I (J)) (not notice) where he went, but
he O usually (not go) far to hide,’ said Shane.
Suddenly, a voice shouted, ‘Look! I (find)
this bag of jewellery! Who (lose) it?’ It was Paul.
‘Oh! you (hear) the news on TV last
night? Two men @
(break) into a jewellery shop yesterday and
(steal) some jewellery. I think they @

(hide) it here!’ said Emma. Then the children (hear)

footsteps. ‘Oh no! ® the burglars(come)?’ they
wondered. Everyone (shake) in fear as the footsteps
(become) faster and louder.
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Grammar Concepts

We use the simple future tense to talk about things that have not happened yet
(e.g. future plans and actions). To form the simple future tense, we use ‘will’ with a
verb in the simple present tense.
Contractions:
later? I will I’ll
tomorrow? You will You’ll
you/we/they I
Where go this Sunday? We will We’ll
he/she
next week?
goes/’ going/ , They will They’ll
»">«>/ in a wppk’c timp?
(use the base form of the verb)J_________________ LJ I He will He’ll
____________ I ______
> She will She’ll
I /We /They /
go to Sai Kung. It will It’ll
He /She
I'll do my homework
later, Mum.
What you/we/they/he/she do there?

I /We /They I
eat seafood.
He /She bo it now, or we won't go
______________ > I to the cinema tonight.

you I we I they I Yes, | / we / they / (go hiking).

go hiking?
he/she No, he/she (go hiking).

won’t = will not

Tips ■■M
verb: to be
Use the simple future tense when you see these signal words: simple am I
are
tomorrow, this Sunday, next week I month / year, in a week, present is
simple
. in a week’s / two years’ time, soon, later, in the future was were
past
We can use the simple future tense to talk about things we simple
will be
future
hope or think will happen in the future or to make promises.

I hope / think / guess / promise / suppose / expect we go camping next Sunday.

Tips: parallel verbs in a sentence Tips: contractions

When a subject does two or more things, I will take a taxi tomorrow.
we do not usually repeat ’will’ before the I’ll take a taxi tomorrow.
later verb(s). Yes, I'll I he’ll. X (short answers)
e.g. I will sing and dance, (common) Yes, I will I he will.
e.g. I will sing and will dance, (not common) No, 11 he will n’t. X (short answers)
-------- -------------- —.. —-------------------------------- '
No, I / he won’t / will not.
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A. Complete the conversation using ‘will / won’t’ and the phrases given.

have a barbecue go on a holiday travel to bake a chocolate cake

plan the games be free visit us from stay in Hong Kong

Jon: The Christmas holidays are coming. Where will you go this year?
Eve: I Japan with my family. I’m excited!
Jon: That sounds fun! My family (1|)
this year because my cousin, Leo.^fr

Canada. He
for ten days. We are looking forward to showing him around Hong Kong.
Eve: That sounds fun too. We will go to the country park on the thirtieth of
December to celebrate my brother’s birthday. We
there. Would you like to join us?
Jon: Thanks for inviting me, but I can’t join you. 1
. I have to show Leo around.

Eve: I see. 1 with the new oven!

Jon: Oh, what a pity! I like your chocolate cakes. Will your sister help you?
Eve: No. She doesn’t enjoy baking. I think she

for the party. Don’t w

B. Rewrite the sentences using the simple future tense. Use ‘will’ and the words in
the brackets.
1. My aunt brought some cupcakes yesterday, (tomorrow)

2. He did not eat the porridge for lunch this afternoon, (later)

3. The principal gave a speech five minutes ago. (in five minutes)

4. My grandparents had afternoon tea at five o’clock, (soon)

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C. Jon is planning to show some places in Hong Kong to his cousin, Leo, from Canada.
Complete the conversation. Use contractions for Jon’s answers when possible.
______________________ 5-day itinerary _________________
Mon Watch the birds in Hong Kong Wetland Park
Tue Go on the rides in Hong Kong Disneyland
Wed Go hiking on the Peak
Thu See the animals in Ocean Park
Fri Take the cable car to the Big Buddha

Leo: o
Jon: We’ll go to Hong Kong Wetland Park.
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Leo: there?
Jon: We’ll watch the birds.
Leo: ?

Jon: Yes, we will. We’ll go there on Thursday.

Leo: What will we do there?
Jon: o
Leo: Will we go to Lantau Island?
Jon: on and Friday.
Leo: Will we visit Hong Kong Disneyland?
Jon: ©
Leo: Will we go by bus on Friday?
Jon: . by cable car.
Leo: © ?
Jon: We’ll go hiking on the Peak.

9. Jon is asking you to join him and Leo on one of the days. Which day will you
join them? Why?

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D. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.

1. Yesterday, the children (feed) the geese in the pond.

2. I promise you that we (go) to the cinema next week.

3. At the moment, Terese and Jill (listen) to music.

4. My shy brother (not make) friends easily.

5. The bus driver (speed) around that corner daily.

6. Last year, we (plant) three pine trees in the school

yard. They (be) much taller now.

The rose plants ____ (not be) tall at the

moment but they (be) taller in a month.

8. anyone (notice) a blue eraser on the floor an

hour ago?

9. students please (collect) their lost

belongings from the office tomorrow?

10. The wedding dinner (begin) in an hour’s time.

11. When Sarah (come) home from school, her brothers

were watching TV.

12. My mother busy (stir) the dough in the bowl now.

13. We don’t think we (reach) there on time because of

the heavy traffic.

14. Look! The athletes (race) to the finishing line,

Let’s guess who (win).

15. Why yo u (not come) to the beach with

us tomorrow? Don’t you like going there?

16. John was shaking like a leaf. Why

he(not put) on his jacket?

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E. Tony, a new student, is introducing himself to his classmates. Fill in the blanks
with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
I z(come) here with my family two months ago from Canada.
At present, we (enjoy) everything about Hong Kong.
I© (tell) you about our fun. We
(visit) Ocean Park two weeks ago and (think) the animals
were great. Last weekend, my sister and I (ride) on the
cable car on Lantau Island and ' (catch) the beautiful views
of the sunset. Next weekend, I (spend) the day at Stanley
beach with my family. I (think) it®
(be) a relaxing time at the beach. My sister (J ______ (hope) my
parents (J ______ (take) her to Sai Kung soon because she enjoys
(eat) seafood. I (J (hope)
(have) more fun

F. James is doing an interview with a scientist. Complete the interview,

J:
S:
o
Yes, it will. I believe the Earth will be a very modern place in the future.
?

J: kind homes live in?

S: People will live in homes that are automated. We will turn on and off
our TV, lights and air-con and even feed our pets from anywhere in
the world using our computers and mobile phones.
J: That will make life very convenient! Who will do the housework?
S: ©
Great! (j^
J:
S: People will travel around in electric cars.
J: Will there be any shopping centres? (Give a short answer.)
S: 0 _-----------
Really? @ How
J:
S: Everybody will buy things online.
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We can use prepositions to talk about where buildings and other places are.

hotel [ S ] clinic hotel [ ]clinic hotel clinic hotel clinic hotel

The clinic is on your The clinic is The clinic is The clinic is

right. The hotel is >pposite the hotel. the hotel. the hotels.
your left.

Happy Road

, ] library park cafe

s L
tr ' Walk straight ahead.
Turn right into Wise Road.
o The library is ...
bank

_____________ ________________ ______________

There is a bank The library is at he The cafe is
Joy Road. Joy Road nd Happy Road,
and Happy Road.

We can use prepositions to give directions. No, Ben! Walk past

jthe bakery, not into it!
Fun Road I
Pink Road
4
4

•P sports

ot
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cs centre
o
cc
CD
O
library m
1. Gooi the library. 1. Blue Road.
2. Go / Walk straight ahead. 2. Blue Road.
3. furri iefi. ink Fun Road. 3. the sports centre.
4. Fun Road. 4. the sports centre.

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A. Eric and Lily are talking. Look at the map and complete their conversation.

Ocean Road

O
0)
GO
G3
Q
CO

HOURS

Sand Road

I. Lily: Where is the ?

Eric: It’s on our .It’s the b

2. Lily: Where is the s centre?

Eric: It’s on our . It’s the c

3. Lily: Where is the s shop?

Eric: It’s us. It’s the

and the b

4. Lily: Oh no! I’m not feeling well. How do we get to the c ?

Eric: Walk Sand Road. Turn and walk

ahead. WalkThen walk

Sea Street.

Road.
SandSand It’s at
Road.

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B. The Lam family are talking on their mobile phones to one another. Read the
conversations. Then label all the places on the map.

o ]
_____ [

Moon Road a>

a> ©
cafe
© [
co
co
co
i -L [ ]

Sun Road
r ~r
I®1 LZ
j

bakery school

Mum: I’m coming to meet you now. How do I get from

the bakery to the shopping centre?

Dad: Go out of the bakery. Turn right. Walk along Sun

Road and walk past the hospital. Walk across the

road. The shopping centre is opposite the

museum.

Amy: Hi, Leo. I’m in the church. How do I get to the

fast food shop?

Leo: Hi, Amy. Go out of the church. Turn left.

Walk along Moon Road and walk past the

fire station. Walk across Star Street. The fast food

shop is next to the shopping centre. See you

there in ten minutes!

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C. Complete Peter's directions to his friends.

Health and Peter’s MTR Fire Station

Beauty Store home Station
o
i i i i Q
Hospital
CO
Beautiful Road
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T-------- ~~T ------ ------- 1 News- Church
Police Station Learning Centre stand

Lucky Road
—, .. J f i---
1—
Department Store Hotel Cinema

Sam: Hi, Peter. I’m in the cinema. How do I get to your home?
Peter: Go the cinema.
Lucky Road. Turn . Then turn ©

Jade Street.! ‘ the hospital and

Jade Street. Turn

Turn into Beautiful Road. My home is
Beautiful Road. It is on your
MTR station and the @.
®
____ . It is © the

Sam: Let’s read some Science magazines together. Where can I buy them?
Peter: There is a news-stand © ___________ Lucky Road
and Jade Street. It’ ©
s the church.

Belle: Hi, Peter. I’m in the hospital.

the department store?
Peter: . Turn
into . Turn
. Turn
is .The

(go out / along / across / straight I the end)

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We can use the quantifiers ‘a lot of’, ‘plenty of, ‘a few’ and ‘a little’ to talk about
quantities of food.

Countable (plural) Uncountable

plenty of I a lot of
some
many much
a few a little
fruit lychees, longans, cherries, grapes fruit
broccoli, spinach corn
vegetables,
vegetables
peas, beans
meat, ,
meat pork chops
pork, beef, bacon
noodles, bread, rice, pasta, s
grain products spaghetti, macaroni ®
grain products
dairy products dairy products cheese, milk, yoghurt
fish balls, burgers, marshmallows,
onion rings, chicken nuggets,
party food salad, ham, sushi
pies, sausages, cupcakes,
sandwiches

Tips: some nouns are both countable and uncountable Tips

countable (whole) uncountable (part of a whole) a few porks X
chickens chicken a little pork
a few pork chops
steaks steak
Tips
cabbages I cabbage I
a fish^S^—
lettuces / lettuce I
cauliflower a little fish CS'/C
cauliflowers
cucumbers / cucumber/ I ate barbecue pork rice
carrots / carrot / with a few cucumbers.
potatoes @0 potato 4^
chocolates chocolate

pizzas pizza
cakes / cake I
I think he meant
puddings pudding *— a little cucumber.-*

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A.
Practise Your Grammar

Look at the pictures. Fill in the blanks with ‘a lot of, ‘a few’ or ‘a little’.
1. I only need sugar for my coffee. I don’t like it too sweet.
2. Please give me only spaghetti. I am not hungry.
3. Lucy dislikes vegetables so she ate only vegetables during
lunch. She had cucumber and beans.
4. There is pizza left! Everyone, please
help yourselves to more pizza.
5. The chef added salt to the dish.
It is not very salty.
6. My grandparents usually have cake at teatime.
Grandma cuts small slices of cake to share with Grandpa.

£
7. Mother bought cabbages this morning but
she used only cabbage to make soup.
8. Eating snacks is bad for our health. I 1 r
9. We don’t have fruit left. Let’s buy some more.
10. I wanted my drink to be a bit cold so I put ice in it. ft

B. Look at the pictures. Fill in the blanks with ‘a few’ or ‘a little’ and circle the
correct answers.

Mum: I can prepare (sandwich I sandwiches ) for our picnic.

Tom: Can we also have (fish ball I fish balls)?
Mum: Sure. I can cook the fish balls with (curry sauce / curry sauces ]
Tia: Can we buy (Q (thing / things) from the supermarket?l’d like
to take (^(chicken nugget/chicken nuggets ) and

(salad I salads) to the picnic.

Dad: I think o small (cake/cakes) and
(chocolate I chocola
Tia: Let’s get ( marshmallow I marshmallows ). I want
to dip them in ® melted (chocolate / chocolates ). j
Mum: Oh no! That sounds like a lot to prepare for a picnic!
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C. Write about what Claire ate for dinner on Monday and Tuesday.

1. Mon
2. Tue
= afew/a little = a lot of

1. Claire ate
for dinner on Monday.
2. She

D. Fill in the blanks with ‘plenty of, ‘a few’ or ‘a little’.

Mr Wu: What do we need to buy for the party?
Mrs Wu: Let’s buy juice. There will be ten children and
everyone likes juice.
Mr Wu: OK. Shall we also buy some cola and mango puddings?
Mrs Wu: Let’s buy only cola and |)
mango
puddings because they’re not good for health. I want to
get pizzas and d o°
roast chickens, maybe two of each.
Mr Wu: But that sounds like food! We also have
large steaks to share. We
Mrs Wu: Yes, but I want to add roast chicken to the salad I
to give it a bit more flavour. We can also keep
pizza and steak for our dinner.
Mr Wu: OK. I’ll get lettuces for the salad. Will two be enough?
Mrs Wu: Yes. Please get me broccoli too. Don’t worry. I will add only ®
broccoli to the salad. Most children don’t like it.
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E. Refer to the pictures and the legend to complete the recipe. Fill in the blanks with
‘a lot of, ‘a few’ or ‘a little’.
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How to make fried rice in 5 quick steps = a few / a little = a lot of

1. First, fry(@) small onions, (fe)

garlic anci (S bacon (chopped into pieces)

in a wok with {'xj.
oil.

2. Next, add different types of diced vegetables

to make the meal healthy and colourful. You can use

grated carrot, (©)
green
beans, (||h mushrooms (cut into slices),

pieces of broccoli and

peas. You can also add meat, such as

chicken or pork, if you want to.

3. Then, add 1^)

© soy sauce and mix well.

4. After that, move everything to the side and crack

eggs and mix in with the vegetables.

5. Then, add green onion (chopped) and

mix it all together. Add salt and pepper

if needed. Finally, serve immediately!

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Look at the pictures. Fill in the blanks with ‘a lot of, ‘a few’ or ‘a little’.
Date
J

1. The workman’s gloves are stained /7J Tips

countable uncountable
with paint.
hours / minutes time
2. We only have time
dollars/cents money
left before the train leaves. Let’s hurry! meals food / meat
sofas furniture
3. Our plane will land in hours. projects homework
There is time to finish the film. Jubes/cans of paint paint

4. Mike has dollars and

cents left.
5. The poor man had only coins. With only
money, he could not buy food.
6. I am quite free today because my teacher gave us only homework.
7. You need to add just more flour and more
seeds to the dough to make the bread just right.
8. Mrs Yuen bought only kilograms of meat because her family
eats only meals with meat every month.

G. Look at the picture. Fill in the blanks with ‘some’, ‘many’ or ‘much’.

1. I don’t have work left to finish. I can leave the office soon.
2. We can buy all kinds of home appliances from this shop. It sells

home appliances but not furniture.

3. food was left after the party but it wasn’t.
4. sheep drowned in the huge flood. Only a few escaped.
5. We need to buy vegetables. We have left in the fridge but
not cucumber or lettuce.
6. Kim does not eat meat or fruit in each meal.
7. I did not pack clothes or shampoo for the trip,
8. Do women wear high heels? Everyone here is wearing them!
9. Are there usually so people in the park at this time of the day?
10. How coins are in the piggy bank?
It doesn’t look like money is in there.
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Grammar Concepts

We can use the quantifiers ‘more’, ‘less’ and ‘fewer’ to compare quantities of food.

Countable (plural) Uncountable

more
fewer
fruit lychees, longans, cherries, grapes fruit
vegetables vegetables, peas, beans salad, broccoli, spinach, corn
fish, meat,
meat and fish pork chops, steaks
pork, beef, bacon
bread, rice, pasta,
grain products grain products, noodles
spaghetti, macaroni
dairy products dairy products butter, cheese, milk, yoghurt
snacks, soft drinks, sweets sugary food, cola
party food sausages, potato chips salty food, ham
chicken nuggets, French fries fried food, fried chicken

Tips Tips
Some food can be both countable and countable uncountable
uncountable. They are uncountable when
hour / minute time
they are not eaten as a whole.
glass of milk milk
ingredient salt, sugar
instruction flavour/taste
trouble
t success

o
fewer chickens less chicken
I need to eat less fried
chicken and fewer snacks.

fewer cabbages less cabbage

0 Two months later ...

fewer puddings .less pudding

.3
countable: whole uncountable: meat ________
chickens, cabbages of a chicken, leaves You need to do more
and puddings of a cabbage and part exercise too!
of a pudding
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A. Look at the pictures. Fill in the blanks with ‘more’, ‘less’ or ‘fewer5.

- 2 bottles of cola
-1 bottle of cola
- 2 bunches of flowers
-1 bunch of flowers
- 5 packets of instant noodles
- 3 packets of instant noodles
- 1 packet of spaghetti and 1 box
-1 box of macaroni
of macaroni
-1 pineapple and 4 oranges
- 1 pineapple and 2 oranges

- 4 cartons of lemon tea

Z--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
-1 bunch of spinach,
- 2 cartons of lemon tea
1 cabbage, 5 carrots, broccoli
-1 bunch of spinach and 2 cabbages
and 1 cucumber
- a small tray of chicken wings
- a bio tray of chicken wings

1. Maria has shopping bags than Tom.

2. Maria bought cola than Tom.
3. Tom bought flowers than Maria.
4. Tom’s family will have vegetables to eat than Maria’s family,
but Maria’s family will have cabbage than Tom’s family.
5. Maria carried home lemon tea than Tom did.
6. Tom bought cartons of lemon tea than Maria.
7. There is chicken for Tom’s dinner than Maria’s dinner.
8. Tom bought fruit than Maria and he has
oranges than Maria.
9. Maria bought instant noodles and pasta
than Tom.
10. There are items in Maria’s bags than Tom’s.

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B. The doctor is giving some children advice on their eating habits. Complete the
doctor’s advice using ‘need to... more I less / fewer...’.
1. John: I eat a lot of rice at every meal.

Doctor: You eat rice.

2. Paul: I eat a lot of chocolate and sweets.

Doctor:

3. Sally: I eat plenty of meat and only a little fruit.

Doctor:

4. Tom: I drink only a little water and plenty of soft drinks.

Doctor:

5. Lisa: I eat a lot of desserts. I eat ice cream and mango puddings every day.
Doctor:

C. Mrs Ng is making a list of good habits for her children. Complete her list using
‘should ... more / less / fewer...’ and ALL the words from the box.

grain products fried food sugary food snacks

computer games exercise dairy products

1. You eat

2.

3.

4.

5.
6.
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D. James and Sarah have two recipes for lemon tea. Complete their conversation.
Fill in the blanks with ‘more’, ‘less’ or ‘fewer5.
Recipe 1 Recipe 2
- 2 cups of water - 6 cups of water
- 2 teaspoons of black tea - 2 black tea bags
-1 tablespoon of lemon juice -1 slice of lemon
- 4 teaspoons of sugar - 2 cinnamon sticks
-16 teaspoons of sugar
1. Boil the water in a pan. Turn down - a few lemon slices to serve
the heat once the water boils.
2. Add the tea and let it steep for 1. Boil the water.
a minute. 2. Place the tea bags, lemon, cinnamon
3. Strain the tea into serving cups. sticks and sugar in a large teapot.
4. Add the lemon juice and sugar and 3. Pour the boiling water into the teapot
stir well. and let it steep for 5 minutes.
5. Serve the tea immediately. 4. Strain the tea and pour into cups.
5. Add the lemon slices.
6. Serve the tea hot or iced.

James: We have two recipes. Which one should we use?

Sarah: Recipe 1 is simpler. Recipe 2 has instructions.

James: Yes, and Recipe 1 will take (j[; time because there are
(j|)ingredients.

Sarah: Recipe 1 is healthier too because it uses sugar, but I

think Recipe 2 will havef#)flavour because it uses
6||)lemon and sugar than Recipe 1.

James: It is difficult to decide. Recipe 1 has cups of water

than Recipe 2. It will not be enough for the whole family.

Sarah: That’s true, but we could add ,j|f)water than the recipe

gives, and sugar, lemon juice and tea.

James: Oh, but then it won’t be ® trouble than Recipe 2 anymore.

Hmm, I think Recipe 1 will have taste, so I vote for

Recipe 2.1 think we will have success with it!

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a Grammar Concepts

We use ‘too much’ and ‘too many’ to talk about having more than we need.
We use ‘enough’ to talk about having as much / many as we need.
meaning example
You eat too much sugary
more than we need
(uncountable) food.

more than we need You eat too many sweets.

(countable)
just the right amount You eat enough fruit /
(countable / uncountable) we need vegetables.
You do not eat enough fruit /
less / fewer than we need
(countable / uncountable) vegetables.

Tips The children in the Dear Santa, I have too many !

children's home do not toys. Don't give me any more I
too many snack X have enough toys. : this year. Please give them to !
too many snacks (jieedy children. )
too much meats X
too much meat
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OolJATE.

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A. Put the words in the correct columns. Use the plural form for countable nouns.
fried food French fry cola soft drink dessert sugary food nut
meat pork chop potato chip junk food dairy product yoghurt
peanut butter pasta udon noodle seafood prawn seaweed
1. too many 2. too much

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B. Look at the pictures. Write using ‘too much’, ‘too many’ or ‘enough’.

I®

1. We should eat
2. is bad for us.
3. We should
4. We need
5. are bad for us.
6. We ought

C. Complete the school nutritionist’s notes for some students. Fill in the blanks
with ‘too much’, ‘too many’ or ‘enough’.
Charlie Chan

It is good that Charlie eats fruit and vegetables, but he

eats (§)beef and
pork chops.
Eating meat is not good for health. He also eats
(|[)junk food. He eats (©)
fried
chicken nuggets and wings, ) fried chicken is bad for him.

Emily Mak

Emily eats cheese and yoghurt. She needs to eat less of

them because Q dairy products in our diet can make us fat.

She also eats @ice cream and (D

cupcakes. sugary food is bad for us. She is also often very
tired because she does not eat grain products.

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D. Fill in the blanks with ‘too much’, ‘too many’ or‘enough’.

1. There is time to take the bus. We don’t need to take a taxi,
2. There was food at the party, so all of us
took home some leftovers.
3. John does not have money to buy the
computer game.
4. ‘You made careless mistakes on your Maths test.
That’s why your mark is so low,’ said the teacher.
5. We should not use wrapping paper to wrap presents.
It is wasteful.
6. I spend time on computer games. I should study more,
7. We should not eat doughnuts as they are full of sugar,
8. Did you know that fruit juice is not good for us?
9. You bought cartons of milk. We cannot finish all the milk!
10. A balanced diet gives us nutrients that our bodies need.
E. The doctor is giving Mrs Wong advice about her daughter’s diet. There is one
mistake in each line. Underline the mistake and write the correct word in the blank.
Betty is unhealthy. She eats only a few bread for 1.
breakfast. For lunch yesterday, she had a few pasta 2.
and too much prawns. For dinner, she ate a lot of fish, 3.
a little beans and fewer noodles than her little sister. 4.
She should eat more grain product to give her energy. 5.
Betty does not have enough vegetable or 6.
diary products in her diet. Give her more spinach and 7.
cabbage. She should also eat a few slice of cheese with 8.
her bread. Betty needs to eat fewer seafood. She also needs 9.
to eat fewer snacks. She eats too many chocolate cookie 10.
and sweets. Too few sugar in her diet is bad for her. 11.
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F. Ella and her mother are preparing food for their family’s picnic. Complete their
conversation with ‘too much’, ‘too many’ or ‘enough’.

Ella: We need food and drinks for seven people.

Mum: I made thirty ham sandwiches. Is that ? If it isn’t,
I can make a few more.
Ella: No, I think that’s (S) sandwiches! How can
we finish them all? I made twenty-five sushi rolls. Oh no!
I think we have' food!
Mum: It’s OK. It’s always better to have (©)_ than
not .
Ella: I think we have (V) sushi rolls. Let’s take fifteen
of them and leave the rest in the fridge.
Mum: Look! I baked this chocolate cake in the morning.
Ella: What a huge cake! Hmm, it’s (©) for seven of us.
Let’s take half to the picnic and leave the rest for tomorrow.
Mum: I also bought two dozen egg tarts. Is that (®) ?
Do you think seven people can eat all these?
Ella: I’m afraid there’s _____ sugar from the cake and the tarts!
Mum: I hope I have @fruit. How many pieces of fruit shall we

take for each person? Two or three?

Ella: Two pieces each is . Three pieces each is

®
Mum: What about the drinks? There are ten cartons of jasmine tea and ten cartons of
green tea. It seems like@drinks. Maybe I should take fewer.

Ella: No, I think we will finish them in this hot weather, but I think that’s
tea. Let’s take five cartons of ea
as well.
Mum: Good idea. Now let’s pack everything in these baskets.
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We use a singular verb when the subject is singular and a plural verb when the
subject is plural.
singular verb (e.g. is) plural verb (e.g. are)
uncountable countable nouns countable nouns
nouns (singular) (plural)
jam boy child soft drinks boys children
water vowel + *-y’ man chicken wings men
coffee woman pork chops babies women
chicken consonant + ‘-y1 person noodles people
pork bus mouse snacks buses mice
spaghetti dress louse dairy products dresses lice
macaroni brush goose grain products brushes geese
junk food watch foot watches feet
sugary food box tooth boxes teeth
salty food mango only some mangoes
ox oxen
piano nouns ending pianos
fried food deer
leaf in ‘-o’ leaves deer
smoke fish
knife knives fish
rubbish some plurals
scarf sheep can end in ‘-fs’ scarfs/ves sheep
or ‘-ves’
Tips
■MH Grain products such as
cereal are good for us.
They give us energy.
singular verb plural verb
The packet of cookies The cookies are ten dollars.
■

is ten dollars.
The gaggle of geese is The geese are white.
white.
The cup of cola is cold. The cups of cola are cold.

There is some food. There are some vegetables.

__ J OK. I will eat these
Sugary food such as I like sweets Grain products such as / like rice breakfast cereals.
and cakes is bad for health. and bread are good for health.
One of the boys is tall. Both of the boys are tall.

Every person is clapping. All the people are clapping. _

countable
All the bread is fresh. But too much food \)z
uncountable is bad for us!

Tips: countable and uncountable I 1

a bowl of cereal kinds of cereals
(uncountable) (countable) J----------- ------
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A. Look at the pictures. Fill in the blanks with ‘is’ or ‘are’.

1. There fewer buses on the road early in the morning.

2. The jars of jam in the fridge and the honey in the jar on
the table.
3. The box of chocolates not enough for ten children
to share but the bars of chocolate enough.
4. There lots of lettuce in my hamburger.
5. the farmer’s oxen ploughing the field?
6. How many sheep there in the barn?
7. The mice in the kitchen. One of the mice behind you!
8. The cola in the two bottles not cold.
9. Soft drinks bad for our teeth because there plenty of
sugar in them.
10. Junk food like fried chicken wings full of fat and salt.
11. Look at how much sauce in all the burgers!
12. Grandpa’s reading glasses in his room.
The pair of glasses on the table not his.
13. The witch’s feet large and one of her teeth black.
14. There too much rubbish in the sea. Dirty water harmful
to sea animals.
15. More women than men in the stadium.
16. One of the children always late for the school bus.
17. The photos in this album of my grandparents’ wedding.
18. All the players in the team young but each of them very
skilful.
19. The snacks on my shopping list for tomorrow’s party.
20. The spaghetti in both restaurants tasty but their fried noodles
quite bland.

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B. Complete the doctor’s advice using ‘such as’.

1. Doctor: You should eat more cheese and yoghurt.
D products such as cheese and
(is I are) good for health.
2. Doctor: You should eat less fried chicken and fewer French fries.
F food
bad
3. Doctor: You should eat fewer potato chips and sour plums.
S f

4. Doctor: You should eat more cereal and rice.

G P.
Doctor: You should eat fewer doughnuts and less chocolate.
5. S f

C. There is one mistake in each line. Underline the mistake and write the correct
word in the blank.
Some types of food is not good for our bodies. Fried food 1.
such as fried chicken and nuggets have a lot of salt and 2.
fat. Our bodies needs a little fat and salt to work well, but 3.
too much are bad for us. Our favourite snacks such as 4.
ice cream and chocolate has plenty of sugar. 5.
Sugary food give us energy, but too much sugar 6.
make us fat. To stay healthy, we should have a balanced 7.
diet and eat fewer salt, fat and sugar. 8.

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D. Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense of the verbs in the brackets.
Mrs Tang shops every morning for fresh food for dinner.
Today, the market (seem) to be more
crowded than usual. There (be) people
gathered around her favourite stalls. Meat (be)
on her shopping list and so (^)(be) vegetables. The chicken legs
(B)(look) nice, so she gets some. ‘The chicken
(not be) enough for all of us,’ she thinks. ‘Fish (V)(have) a lot of

protein. I will get some too.’

Next, she looks at the vegetables. A few stalls in the market (|T)
(sell) broccoli but all the broccoli Q (not look) very fresh. A person

at a stall ® (tell) her, ‘Madam, our cabbages @(be)

fresh and cheap. How about buying some spinach too? Two bunches of spinach
(be) only fifteen dollars.’ Mrs Tang decides not to buy any spinach to
cook on Saturday. ‘Spinach @)(go) bad quite fast,’ she thinks.

Mrs Tang passes a fruit stall. The men at the stall (hold) out
a tray to her cheerfully. Some pieces of watermelon (be) on the tray.
‘Our watermelons @)(be) very sweet and juicy. Try a piece!’ says one of

them. ‘Watermelon (be) great for this hot weather,’ Mrs Tang thinks.
She buys half of a watermelon.
Mrs Tang suddenly remembers that there © (not be)
enough noodles at home, so she goes to the supermarket. ‘A balanced diet
(need) enough grain products. One packet of noodles
O'(make) enough fried noodles for one dinner,’ she thinks.
On her way home, a bouquet of pink roses Q(catch) her eye.

‘Flowers (brighten) up the house!’ she thinks. 'There

@(be) room on the dining table for them.’ Mrs Tang buys the flowers

and goes home happily.

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We use imperatives to give instructions.

Tips gm
off the fan.
Imperative verbs are always in the simple present tense,
e.g. Tied I Tying the newspapers together. X
your own shopping bags.
e.g. Tie the newspapers together.
We can use sequence words such as ‘first’, ‘next’, ‘then’, ‘after that’ and ‘finally’
before imperatives to show the order of steps.
a toilet roll and some pieces of old I want to make this mobile
First, phone holder! First, get a
wrapping paper.
toilet roll ... After that,
your mobile phone upright on the tape wrapping paper all
toilet roll and use a pen to trace \around it. Finally ...
Next, / around the bottom of the phone.
Then,/ a rectangular hole in the toilet roll
After that, according to your tracing marks.

wrapping paper all around the roll.

Finally, two push pins at each end of the roll.

Oman ---------
permission to buy a phone!

Practise Your Grammar

A. Alan is reading some tips on how to be environmentally friendly. Fill in the blanks
with the verbs from the box. Use each verb ONCE.

take put donate separate use reduce reuse recycle

J
1. things as many times as possible before throwing them away,

2. gifts you do not want and old toys and clothes to charity.

3. the amount of waste you produce.

4. less wrapping paper to wrap presents.

5. your own shopping bag and drink bottle when you go out.

6. bottles, cans and paper.

7. materials such as plastics, metals and paper from >

your rubbish. them into the correct recycling bins.
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B. Complete the instructions. Use each verb from the box ONCE.
use decorate hang stick give start take paste cut make

How to make a Christmas tree from paper straws

1. two straws(10cmlongeach)and
them together with glue to make the tree trunk. '

2. eight straws each into different lengths: 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm,

4 cm, 5 cm, 6 cm, 7 cm and 8 cm.
3. glue to stick them onto the trunk.a triangle.
from the shortest straw at the top of the trunk and end with

the longest straw in the middle of the trunk.

4. youron the top.
a star-shaped sticker

branches with more stickers.

5. your tree to a friend or it on the Christmas tree.

Ace Your Grammar

C. Mother is making pancakes. Look at the pictures. Complete the steps using
‘first / next / then / after that / finally’ and the words given.

© © 2
©
___ *
pour... into/ add ... to / stir/ mixture/ heat I a little oil I cook/turn ...
flour / bowl water/eggs spoon frying pan once / spatula

1. the a large
2. the flour.
3. a
4. a
5. pancakes. each
a
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Grammar Concepts

We use adverbs of manner to describe verbs. They tell us how actions happen.
To form regular adverbs, we usually add ‘-ly’ to adjectives.
adjective adverb adjective adverb
most adjectives soft soft hard hard
ending in ‘-e’ brave brave late
irregular
ending in ‘-le’ terrible terrib early early
adverbs
ending in a vowel + '-I' careful careful fast
ending in ‘-y’ angry angri good well

I
Birds sing sweetly. —
Tips I
exception: shy
shyly*/ shilyX
x.______________________ y
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Not my parrot.
Tips: common positions of adverbs of manner He sings terribly.
Regular adverbs Irregular adverbs
after the verb He drove quickly. I study hard.
after the object He drove the car quickly. I hit the ball hard.
He drove to the hospital quickly. I arrive at school early.
before the He drove quickly to the hospital. I study hard for the exam, [istudv for
preposition I arrived early at school. La_r5L^

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A. Write the adverb form of the adjectives.

adjective adverb adjective adverb

1. polite 5. good

2. careful 6. fast

3. easy 7. hard

4. early 8.late

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B. Write about the pictures. Use the correct form of the verbs given and change the
adjectives to adverbs.
Kliieni

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1. ‘Stop talking! You

said the librarian, (chat I noisy)

I! 2. Thomas his

this morning, (rub / eyes / sleepy)

'T’3. Look! The firemen

. (fight/fire / brave)
4. The choir

yesterday, (sang I beautiful)

5. My class monitor_______
& yesterday, (drop I books I careless)
6. The boy should not___________________________
•bl

. (talk/teacher / rude)
7. My sister

last week, (do / good / test)

C. Rewrite the sentences. Put the adverbs in the correct place.

e.g. Dan shut the door, (quick)
Dan shut the door quickly.
1. The teacher shouted at the student, (angry)

2. You can pet the lambs, (gentle)

3. I practised for the competition, (hard)

4. Lisa never hands in her homework, (late)

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Fill in the blanks with the adverb form of the words from the box. Use each
word ONCE.
fast graceful happy shy loud heavy polite tight sound skilful

1. My grandmother was delighted to see me. She hugged me

2. Ann is a cheerful girl. She always laughs.

3. Lynn is walking because she does not want to be late.

4. We should not talk in the cinema. We will disturb others.

5. It rained this morning. The ground is still wet.

6. My little sister smiles when she meets new people,

Joanne danced during her performance.

8. The baby slept last night. It did not wake us up.

9. The butcher cut the meat with his knife.

10. Everyone likes John because he always speaks to them.

E. Fill in the blanks with the adverb form of the words from the box. Use each
word ONCE.

tired peaceful early hard tidy soft quiet loud quick slow

My grandparents have a small chicken farm. My grandpa works

on the farm daily. Every morning, he wakes up when the roosters

crow . The hungry chickens run to

my grandpa when he comes into the barn to feed them. My grandma works in the house.

She cooks, cleans and arranges the things at home . In the

afternoon, my grandma knits in the living room. My grandpa

plays music and rests beside her

My grandparents are getting old. They move around quite

, but they love their life in the countryside.

They say they enjoy living here ©

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We use ‘Let’s’, ‘Shall’, ‘How about’ and ‘What about’ to make suggestions.

{= Let us perform The pies are too big.

Shall we share one, Roy?

Shall we /1 perform a play use a

question
/ mark
performing
What about

Tips Yes. Let's take home

the other one.
Use the base form of the verb after ‘let’s’ and ‘shall’,
e.g. Shall we playing badminton on Sunday? X
e.g. Shall we play badminton on Sunday?
o How about
giving it to me?

Use a gerund (verb + ‘-ing’) after ‘how I what about’, Yo1

e.g. How about play badminton on Sunday? X 8? ■'
e.g. How about playing badminton on Sunday?

f Practise Your Grammar

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs from the box. Use each
verb ONCE.

wash plan have tie sing donate collect participate go solve

1. Let’s unwanted toys and give them to needy children.

2. Shall I the dishes? You can dry them.

3. How about all of our old clothes to charity?

4. What about swimming tomorrow afternoon?

5. Are you hungry? Shall we lunch now?

6. Let’s this riddle together.

7. What about in the contest together?

8. Andy asked, ‘Shall I a song for Dad on his birthday?’

9. How about a ribbon around the gift?

10. What about a surprise party for Mum?

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B. Vera and Joe are at the museum with their parents. Fill in the blanks with let’s’,
‘shall we’ or ‘how about’.

Vera: look at the dinosaur displays first?

Joe: OK!^taking the lift to the exhibition hall?

Mum: No. There are lots of people waiting for the lift.
use the escalator instead.
Joe: Wow! Which dinosaurs are these? _ ask Dad!
Vera: Look at the information boards. (W. reading them?
Joe: Sure. Did you know that there’s a theatre here? (||)
going there after this to watch some documentaries on dinosaurs?
Dad: Good idea! After that, look at the exhibition on
environmental protection? It has an interactive zone that you will enjoy.
Vera: OK. go to the souvenir shop before we leave?
Joe: Yes! I’d like to get a few keychains.

Ace Your Grammar

C. Give suggestions using the words in the brackets.

1. Our house is dirty. (‘How about’)

2. There is not enough food at home. (‘Shall we’)

3. It is breezy today. (‘Let’s’)

4. I think the soup is quite tasteless. (‘What about’)

5. The baby is crying. (‘Shall I’)

6. The old man cannot carry all those bags by himself. (‘How about’)

7. The floor is greasy and slippery. (‘Let’s’)

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We use ‘so’ to give the result of an action or a reason. It tells us what happened or
what is going to happen. We put ‘so’ immediately before the result.
action / reason result
He broke the vase(,) i action his mother scolded him.
so
We have no rice(,) ■ reason I am going to buy some tomorrow.
■
t . . -
—t —
You can add a comma before ‘so’ Tips
but it is not necessary.
We use ‘be going to’ to talk about things that will
----- . happen in the future, usually quite soon.
I'm overweight, so I am h--------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
going to eat less food. | ___________________________________

\\ Oh no! I am overweight
too, so are you going to
feed me less food?

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Match to form sentences. Fill in the blanks with the correct letters.

a. so her teacher is going to be angry

b. so we are going to cancel the charity walk
c. so he is going to buy some presents
d. so she is not going to watch television tonight
e. so he is going to eat soup for dinner
f. so he is going to spend it at a fast food shop
g- so people are going to stay indoors
h. so her tutor is going to ask her to practise more sums

1. Jack has a sore throat

2. Julie did badly on her Maths test
3. Alice did not practise the piano
4. Grandma gave Jeff eighty dollars
5. A typhoon is coming
6. The teacher gave Ann’s class a lot of homework
7. Christmas is coming ’.
8. There are not enough participants
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B. Ryan is talking. Complete what he says using ‘so... be going to’. Use his mother’s
words in the speech bubbles and the words in the brackets to help you.

[You often oversleepj You spend too much

pocket money.

Jr? <21

to____
£ (go) 0 A 4=3 J

(save)
I I
[y o u watch too
Your bookshelves
I much TV.
are messy.
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(watch) O <=3 J

(tidy)
| You are not ^Your English isjjoor)
I strong enough.
(Think of a
way to improve
rgr? I your English)

(do) ©
1. I often , so I am going to

2. My sister

so

3. My brother

4. Our

5. My brother

6. My

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We can use ‘so’ to talk about past or
C. Join the sentences using ‘so’. future results of an action / a reason.
1. Jane wants to improve her Chinese. Jane is going to keep a diary in Chinese.

2. David was sick. David’s mother took David to see a doctor.

3. Terry is going to eat less junk food. Terry is overweight.

4. Vincent ate his lunch quickly. Vincent was in a hurry.

5. Danny’s birthday is coming. Danny’s parents are going to buy Danny a present.

6. The little girl was afraid of the traffic. The little girl held her mother’s hand.

7. Brian’s parents did not let Brian go to the cinema. Brian did not complete

his homework.

8. Ivy’s father is going to sign Ivy up for swimming lessons. Ivy cannot swim.

9. You must not go near the snake in the garden. The snake is dangerous.

10. Don’t take the umbrella in the cupboard. The umbrella is broken.

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We use ‘be’ + ‘going to’ to talk about things we have Contractions:

decided to do or things that will happen in the future. I am going to I’m going to
You are going to You’re going to
I We are going to We’re going to
What IS he/she going to do? They are going to They’re going to

you / we / they
A He is going to He’s going to
She is going to She’s going to
I It is going to It’s going to

He I She going study harder. Have you done

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You / We / They your homework
------ do not change the yet?
form of the verb
after‘be going to’
Tips
‘Be going to’ and ‘will’ have similar meanings.
We can use ‘be going to’ to talk about what we
plan to do in the future and ‘will’ to talk about Yay! The cartoon I-I-I am going
■/
what we think will happen in the future. is going to start to do my
soon. homework now.

Practise Your Grammar

A. Tony is talking. Look at his and his family’s schedule. Complete the sentences
using ‘be going to’.

1. Mon 2. Tue 3. Wed 4. Thu

visiting my
Tony having a haircut
grandparents
Tony’s sister, practising watching a film visiting my
Tina the violin with Mum grandparents
watching a film
Tony’s mother
with Tina

1. on Monday.

2. My sister on Tuesday.

3.

4.

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B. Janice is talking about her and her family members’ New Year’s resolutions.

w
Complete the sentences using ‘so’, ‘be going to’ and the words given.

4 .3$.

alarm clock a healthy diet basketball skills more revision

1. I want to be punctual for school so I
2. My brother wants to be healthy

3. My cousins want to join the school basketball team

4. My brother and I want to improve our school results

A. Ace Your Grammar

C. Fill in the blanks with ‘be going to’ or ‘be not going to’ and the verbs from the box.
Use each verb ONCE.
take stay be have go decorate feel travel visit do prepare give J
Eric: I love Chinese New Year. I (|) a great time
this year! My family and 1 to Guangzhou
to be with all our family. We the high speed train.
Alex: Lucky you! I __________ anywhere this year.
WeQ, in Hong Kong, but we’ll have a good
time. We 0 the house and my mother

8=
What you
a great feast. The street parade
exciting with an enormous dragon!
at Chinese New Year, Brad?
Brad: This year, my relatives from Canada ® us.
We will have our reunion dinner at a famous restaurant. My aunts
f| __________ me lots of red packets. I’m excited!
Eric: Wow! You two f|bored this holiday!
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D. Some children are reading notes from their mothers. Complete what the
children say using ‘be going to’ and “will / won’t’.
N N
John, Macy, Jason,

You often fail your You always oversleep. You are overweight and
exams. This makes You should not stay unfit. You ought not to eat
me upset. up late. so much junk food. You
ought to do more exercise.

Mum Mum Mum

Toby,
N N
Amy, Ian,

Your bedroom is Please think of a way You are so weak. Please

very messy. Please to learn more new choose a sport to do.
tidy it regularly. vocabulary,

exhausted^

Mum Mum Mum

1. John: I am

Then I will

2. Macy:

3. Jason:

4. Toby:

5. Amy:

6. Ian:

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Grammar Concepts

We use some modal verbs and verbs to talk about the right things to do (duties and
obligations), necessary things to do (requirements), or to give suggestions and advice.
modal verb examples
ought to I study harder because my results are poor._______________
we have a library in every town? * ■The question form is formal
ought not to Children play with knives. and is seldom used in everyday
- speech. We usually use
should He brush his teeth every day. \ ‘should’ instead.
we exercise more often?
x ‘Ought not’ + verb (without ‘to’)
should not We open the door to strangers. _ is used in American English.

verb examples
need to
needs to He is unfit. He do more exercise.
he buy snacks for the party?
do not need to He take the medicine anymore.
does not need to _______ [ = must I__________________________
have to /
has to Students be punctual for school.
He finish the project by Monday.
do not have to You return my storybook today.
does not have to _________.
--------------- 1= must not X
■
------------- -—, _ £j0 not neecj t0

Tips Tips
• have to = must (stronger than ‘should’) ‘Ought to’ is stronger than
= need to (= required) ‘should’. It is also more formal.
• do not have to = must not X
= do not need to (= not required) Sorry. Rocky chewed
on your comic book.

Tips
• Do not change the form of 'ought to’.
e.g. He oughts to obey his parents. X
e.g. He ought to obey his parents.
• Use the base form of the verb after modal verbs or
verbs + ‘to’:
e.g. He ought to / should studies for his test now. X
He ought to I should study for his test now.
e.g. He need to finishes his homework today. X
He needs to finish his homework today. Fa a-<~£)

Ben, you ought to tell

Roy the truth. We should
not lie.

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A. Fill in the blanks with ‘ought to / ought not to’ and the verbs from the box.

be go eat turn visit keep catch practise apologise stop

1. ‘Sandy and Andy, you your grandmother more

often. She misses you,’ says Mum.
2. ‘You so much junk food,’ the doctor told me.
3. My uncle smoking. It is bad for his health.
4. Cyclists cycling without helmets. It is not safe.
5. We off the lights when we leave a room.
6. Pedestrians off the road.
7. Sally the piano at night because it disturbs
the neighbours.
8. The boy ______ for being rude.
9. We rude when speaking to our elders,
10. I the earlier bus because I am often late.

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B.
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The teacher is talking to some students’ parents. Complete her advice using
‘ought to’ and adverbs of frequency (e.g. ‘once a day’).

1. John’s uniform is dirty.

He once a day.
2. Jenny often has a toothache.

3. Ken’s are long and dirty.

4. May’s is greasy and messy.

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they say using ‘has / have to’ or ‘does I do not have to’.
1. Teacher: All students must wear their PE uniforms to the school outing.
All
2. Teacher: It is not necessary for the class monitor to line up the students.
The
3. Teacher: Everyone must be punctual tomorrow morning.

4. Teacher: There is no need to bring your school bags or stationery.

You
5. Student: Must we take our cameras?

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D. Write the advice using the words in the brackets. You may
need to change the form of the verbs.
1. Tom is underweight, (need to I food pyramid)
He ___________________
2. There is a lot of rubbish on the floor, (should not / floor)
___________ _________________
3. Paul often talks during lessons, (ought to / pay attention)

4. Mr Jones’s injury is not serious, (do not need to / hospital)

5. Sandra often falls asleep in class, (ought not to / late)

6. The boy’s membership card will expire soon, (have to / renew)

7. My sister’s eyesight is good, (do not have to / wear)

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p Grammar Concepts

We use ‘before’ and ‘after’ to join two events in one sentence. They describe the
order of the events.

Habits: I say good night. Then, I go to bed.

I say good night 1** event I before I go to bed. ~i 2n<l event I

I go to bed 2nd event after I say good night. T' event

Instructions: Wash your hands. Then, peel the carrots.

Wash your hands -n 151 event; yOU pee| carrots.H 2n<leve”t I

Peel the carrots 2nd event you wash your hands. [ 1st event

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Wash your hands So Mum j shou|d'7

before you eat. ' •
also wash my hands
Practise Your Grammar | after I eat.

A. Fill in the blanks with ‘before’ or ‘after’.

1. I always make my bed I get up.
2. You may go out with your friend you finish your revision.
3. My mother packs my lunch I leave for school.
4. you wash the dishes, you can p
5. We should not eat a big meal we go for a run.
6. you leave the house, remem
7. My mother cooks dinner she comes home from work.
8. Ask your classmates for permission you use their things.
9. We need to prepare the ingredients we start cooking.
10. Wash your hands you sneeze or cough.
11. Grandma hangs up her handkerchief she handwashes it.
12. Always be ready your school bus arrives.
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B. Look at the pictures. Write the sentences in the simple present tense. Use ‘before’
or ‘after5 and the words given. You may need to change the form of the verbs.

Lisa

tie up / old newspapers / recycle

Dennis

wash / food containers / reuse

Mrs Lam

reuse / plastic bags I

bring home / groceries

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4. Sam
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Places

put... into I rubbish I at home.

correct bins / separate

5. My mother
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empty and rinse / drink cans I

put... into / recycling bin

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Fill in the blanks with ‘before’ or ‘after1.
Joshua is an environmentally friendly boy. He usually uses the back page of the
paper he uses the front page. (j|)he washes

vegetables, he usually uses the water for his potted plants. he

throws plastic bottles in the recycling bin, he empties the bottles first. He throws the
plastic bags in the recycling bin using them for shopping.
© Joshua buys his lunch, he thinks about
how much he can eat so that he will not waste food.

D. Join or rewrite the sentences using the words in the brackets.

1. My father drives me to school. Then, my father goes to work, (after)

2. Go into the pool after you change into your swimming costume, (before)
you
3. Feed the meat to your dog. Cut the meat into small pieces, (before)

4. The children get off the bus. Then, the children walk home, (after)

5. Don’t turn off the computer. Submit your online homework first, (after)

6. Wash the rice. Then, cook the rice in the rice cooker, (after)

7. Raise your hand. Do this when you answer the question, (before)

8. Brush your teeth. Do this before you go to bed. (Before)

Before

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Grammar Concepts Tips X

We use ‘since’ to focus more on the result and ‘because’ (
We use ‘since’ to give reasons.
to focus more on the reason.
It is another word for ‘because’.
put ‘since’ immediately
result before the reason reason
I did not take the bus I could walk to the post office,
since
You should leave now you want to get there early.

reason result
I could walk to the post office I did not take the bus.
Since
you want to get there early you should leave now.
add a comma if ‘since’ is at the start of the sentence

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I went to see the doctor since I was sick. X
I ate all the
cookies since you
weren't hungry.
I went to see the doctor since I was sick.
Since I was sick I went to see the doctor.

Do not use ‘since’ and ‘so’ in the same sentence.

e.g. Since he was hungry, so he ate dinner quickly. X
e.g. Since he was hungry, he ate dinner quickly.
\l e.g. He was hungryG) so he ate dinner quickly.

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A.
f Practise Your Grammar

Fill in the blanks with ‘since’ or ‘so’.

1. Our neighbour was not busy he agreed to help us.

2. Finn hopes to get good marks the test was easy.
3. it is 11 p.m, all the lights are out in our h
4. Mum’s pot plant died she bought another one.
5. My parents bought a new fridge ours broke down.
6. Jessie felt sleepy the film was boring.
7. We saw lightning and heard thunder we ran for shelter.
8. Sam borrowed my pencil he forgot to bring his pencil case.
9. Amos was tired he went to bed late last night.
10. It is very dark Gary uses his torch to find the way.
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B. What does the doctor say to these children? Write his advice for them using
should / shouldn’t’. Begin each sentence with ‘since’.

Wear a mask. Fried food is not

good for you.

Don’t eat sweets.

Getting more rest

is good for you

1. Since you have a , you

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

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C. Combine the sentences using ‘since’. Use the simple present tense.
1. Ben’s leg is hurt. Ben cannot take part in the race.
Since__________________________
2. My mother should apply some ointment. My mother has a rash.
Since_____________________________________________
3. My sister’s knee is bleeding. My sister is using a plaster.
since

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4. My brother should wear thicker clothes. My brother often feels cold.

since
5. Aunt Sandy has a backache. Uncle Paul is carrying the heavy bags.
since
D. Combine the sentences using ‘so’.

1. The child cannot carry the boxes. The boxes are heavy.

2. Amy is going to keep a diary in Chinese. Amy wants to improve her Chinese.

3. Terry eats too much junk food. Terry is going to eat less junk food.

4. Alan was very ill. The doctor gave Alan four days of medical leave.

5. Mum did not return Aunt Greta’s call. I forgot to pass Aunt Greta’s message
to Mum.

E. Fill in the blanks with ‘since’ or ‘so’.

The three ducklings are going to celebrate their birthday
(J) they are very excited. Mrs Duck is going
to have a party for them on Saturday (^)

there is no school that day. ‘Let’s invite the chickens and the
geese. We can also invite the mice (J) they live in our barn. Mr Cat
does not attack the mice (J)he can come too. (3)

we are inviting the cat, we need to invite the dog too. Do you think we should ask the
field animals they don’t get jealous? The donkeys, sheep and
goats all get along well with one another they can also come.
I am happy to invite the rabbits they are well-behaved. Mr Fox is
always nasty to us he won’t be invited, and ®
owls eat mice, Mr Owl can’t come either.’
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Grammar Concepts
I didn't hear the phone

o,
We use the past continuous tense to talk about an action ring. I was having a nap
that was going on at a certain time in the past. The action _crt 2 o'clock.
started before that time and continued after that.
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at 8:30 yesterday morning,
I / He/She / It was at nine o’clock last night,
sleep the whole day yesterday.
You I We / They al1 morning yesterday, -------- 11 tried again —,
at the time. l^at 4 o'clock. J

at 8:30 yesterday morning?

Was he/she/it at nine o’clock last night? — --- ... ---- ,
sleep the whole day yesterday? I was still sleeping at that
all morning yesterday? i time. It was a long nap!
you / they
at the time?
>........... -........... wasn’t = was not
I / he / she / it I/he/she/it weren’t = were not
Yes, No,
you / we / they you / we/they
J

Tips
started ) (8:30 p.m. finished
Simple past Past continuous watching watching

I watched TV last night. I was watching TV at 8:30 last night.

i
1 played with Jill yesterday morning. I was playing with Jill all morning yesterday.

QA.
’ Practise Your Grammar

Fill in the blanks with the past continuous tense of the verbs in the brackets.

1. What Eric (watch) on TV at 11 p.m. last night?

2. Alice and Amy (cycle) at six o’clock this evening.

3. (not have) lunch at the cafe at 2 p.m. yesterday.

4. Henry and I (tidy) our home all day on Sunday.

5. Jack and his brother (run)

to the bus stop at half past seven this morning?

6. The children (quarrel) all afternoon today.

7. Who (listen) to loud music at 10 o’clock last night?

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B. Look at Danny’s camp schedule latrtSaturday and answer the questions.

8:30 a.m - 2:40 p.m. -
learn about plants and insects paint in the forest
10:25 a.m. 4:45 p.m.
10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. - have a campfire dinner^
hike in the forest
1:00 p.m. 8:50 p.m.
1:10 p.m. -
2:30 p.m. have a picnic lunch 9:30 p.m. sleep

1. What was Danny doing at a quarter to eleven last Saturday morning?

2. Were Danny and his campmates painting at 1:30 p.m. last Saturday?

3. What were Danny and his campmates doing at five to nine last Saturday morning?

4. Was Danny eating at a quarter to ten last Saturday night?

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Do not use the past continuous tense
C. Fill in the blanks with the correct form
of the verbs in the brackets. for verbs that are not actions:
• feelings: like, love, want, know
Jill: I (if)(see) you (e.g. He was knowing the man. X)
• senses: see, hear, smell
in the park at around four fifteen this (e.g. I was hearing a sound. X)
afternoon. (||)
you
(look) for something there?
Ben: Yes, I (search) for my puppy, Fido.
I (JT)(lose) him this afternoon.

Jill: Oh dear! How (S)he(go) missing?

Ben: I C®)(leave) the gate open accidentally when I came

home from school. At four o’clock, I noticed it was open. Fido usually
Qj(have) a nap in the afternoon but he

___________________ (not sleep) in his bed at the time. I’m so worried!

Jill: Don’t cry. I am sure you (^)(find) him soon.
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We can use ‘while’ and ‘when’ to link two actions in the past. We use 'while' when
two continuous / longer actions were going on at the same time. We use ‘when’
when a shorter action happened during a longer action.
longer action
while my sister was playing. (past continuous tense)
I was reading a book
when the doorbell rang. - shorter action
(simple past tense) —
longer action
Sorry. I was watching them |
(past continuous tense)

Tips
We can begin a sentence with ‘while’ and ‘when’.
Put a comma after the first action.
e.g. While my sister was playing I was reading,
e.g. When the doorbell rang I was reading.
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they were burning.

Practise Your Grammar

A. Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense or the past continuous tense.

1. I (study) when I
(hear) the phone ring.
2. My sister and I (chat) while we
(wash) the dishes.
3. the children (play)
with matches when the fire (begin)?
4. When Bob (enter) the room,
he______________ (whistle) a happy tune.
5. While the students (listen) to music,
they ___ (tap) their feet.
6. John and Simon (quarrel) when their teacher
(step) into the classroom.

7. the boys (not listen) while the

principal (address) the students at assembly?

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B. Complete the sentences using ‘when I while’ and the simple past tense or the
past continuous tense of the words given.

I
r

l.take a tram ride I 2. build a sandcastle/ 3. cable car stop suddenly I

a bird fly in lie on the sand ride on
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4. rain heavily I 5. watch TV I 6. fire engine speed past I
slip and hurt himself paint pictures wait at the bus stop

1.
2. Tina her friends

3. The my parents and I

4. It Peter
5. Grandma the children
6. A people

Q
c.
Ace Your Grammar

Write sentences using the words given. Use ‘when’ or ‘while’ and the simple past
tense or the past continuous tense.
1. my father / have a haircut / fall asleep

2. the thief / run out of the shop / the security guard / catch him

3. Mandy / receive the trophy / smile

4. the crowd / cheer / the winners / wave

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Infinitives and gerunds
3

Grammar Concepts

We use to-infinitives, bare infinitives or gerunds after verbs, modal verbs, adjectives
and prepositions.
To-infinitives
want, try, hope, decide, agree, I want to take a rest now.
verbs:
need, have, ask ..., would like My mother asks me to co to bed.
adjectives: good,bad, happy__________ It is bad to eat a lot of fried food.
question words: what, who, where, how I know what to do.
Bare infinitives
verbs / let’s, can / could, would, may, We must not shout at others.
modal verbs: must, should, ought to You ought to study hard.
Gerunds
like, love, enjoy, hate, dislike,
verbs: I love singing.
qo, stop________________
prepositions: good / bad at, weak in I am good at singing.

o
Tips I ought to practise
harder.
We can also use ’like’, ‘love’ and ‘hate’
with the to-infinitive.
i I like to sing. I like singing.

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I am good at running. J

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in the brackets.

1. Kate ought to (work) harder at Maths. She is

weak in (count).
2. Sam would like (sail) on a big yacht one day.
He enjoys _ (be) out at sea.
3. Felix could not (find) the way but he
did not know who (ask) for help.
4. Julie is not very good at(ski), but she hopes
(improve) her skills by taking mo
5. It is not good (go) to bed late at night. Our bodies need
(get) enough rest.
6. ‘Both of you should stop(chat) in class! You must
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B. Write about the pictures using the words given.

J 3%
r 1. Fred rock

love / listen / dislike / but Amy it.

listen

2. Monkeys
trees.
clever/swing______
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3. It here.

dangerous / swim
4. ‘ Mum said.

let’s / go /
not enjoy / go Dad thought.

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C. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in the brackets.

After breakfast Mrs Grey asked her three children (put) on

their raincoats and boots. ‘Children, you know where (j (get)
them. We must J)(hurry). It’s going to rain soon,’ she said. Her

children did not want (wear) their raincoats or boots. ‘I hate

(wear) a raincoat and my classmates will laugh at my bright
yellow boots,’ said Jane. ‘It’s not comfortable (ffi(sit) on the bus in

a raincoat,’ said Tom. ‘It’s drizzling now. You oughtn’t to; (leave)
home like this. Don’t go (run) to the bus stop in your uniforms!’
said Mrs Grey sternly. ‘Mum, I’d like you (drive) us to school
today,’ said Ben. ‘You used to qTO(take) us to school on rainy days,’
said Jane. Mrs Grey decided (ffi (give) in to her children. ‘All right.

Go to the garage. We really have ® (rush) now,’ she sighed.

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We use the present perfect tense to talk about:

1. something that happened at a recent time in the past (but the time is not stated)
©•Q-I already the dog. The action is completed but we do not know exactly when. ]

2. something that started in the past and continues to the present time
e.g. He here for six years. The action / state is still going on (= he still lives here).

We use ‘have / has’ + past participle of a verb to form the present perfect tense.
The past participle of regular verbs is the same as the simple past form (i.e. ‘-d / ed / ied’).
“Z ; past participle I
Examples — Signal words
---------------------- £-----------------------------------------
1. recent actions / states he the dishes yet? yet
(the time is not stated) No, he the dishes yet.
Yes, he just the dishes. just
Yes, he already the dishes. already
2. actions / states that He a fireman since 2000. since starting from
started in the past and He a fireman for 22 years. for when
are still continuing A________
for how long

I have already bought

Different ways to form the past participle of irregular verbs: the birthday present.

present past past participle What are you

looking for, Mum?
1. change the vowel sing sang s ng
see saw see
2. present form
do did do
+ ‘-n / ne / en’
eat ate eat
3. oast form + ‘-n’ break broke broke
write wrote wri en
4. double ‘-t’ or ‘-d’ Where is your dad's
ride rode ri en
birthday present? Let’s
5. same as the feed surprise him together.
past form buy
4. same as the came come
j \ay )
present form ran run
6. no change cut cut cut
7. change the W" flew flown I i fr
whole form wear wore worn Oh no! I have just
( given it to him!

Tips: simple past tense or present perfect tense

I have just fed the dog. I fed the dog last night. I have fed the dog last night. X
(no time given: present perfect) (time given: simple past)

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A. Write the past tense verbs and the past participles. The past participles are
given in the box.
done drawn drunk got gone given put flown fed come slept
fought thrown ridden sent driven won worn taken

present past past participle present past past participle

e.g. sing sang sung 10. draw
1. drink 11. give
2. ride 12. sleep
3. do 13. put
4. wear 14. feed

5. go 15. fly
6. get 16. fight
7. come 17. win
8. throw 18. send
9. take 19. drive

B. Mandy is talking. Look at the pictures and complete what she says using the
present perfect tense of the words given.

My mother has not your

just (set) (feed) parents
the table. my dog yet. (come) home yet?

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Kate My father
Mr Wong
________________ (be) already
________________ (teach)
my best friend since I was (sweep) the floor. He is
us English for three years.
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C. Fill in the blanks with ‘has’ or ‘have’ and the words from the box. Use each
word ONCE.

seen sung hidden lived studied finished opened

flown bought been eaten run written bitten played

1. Mike already his homework.

2. Jessie and her brother ill since Friday.

3. The villagers are frightened because they just

a tiger in the bushes.

4. The Chan family’s dog just

the burglar!

5. Chris not the poem yet.

6. James for his Maths test yet?

7. already the treasure. You can look for it.

8. Please stop! You already too many sweets.

9. Tom and Terry football for two seasons.

10. Mr and Mrs Bill in Hong Kong since 2020.

11. The athlete just his fastest race.

12. Ian and Ivy Grandma’s birthday present yet?

13. The children already their Christmas presents.

14. Oh no! My parrot just away!

15. ‘It’s your turn now. I already three songs,’

said Amy.

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D. Fill in the blanks with ‘already’, ‘yet’, ‘for5 or ‘since’.

e.g. I have already finished my dinner. I am full.
e.g. Have you eaten your dinner vet? No, I have not eaten my dinner yet.
e.g. I have not eaten anything for eight hours.
e.g. I have not eaten anything since this afternoon.
1. I have not seen our cat this morning. Where is it hiding?
2. yesterday, Tanya has read two books.
3. You are so quick! You have completed your painting!
4. Emily has been absent from school last week.
She has not recovered from the flu.
5. Marcus has played tennis many years.
6. It is still bright. The sun has not set
7. It is dark. The sun has set.
8. Diana has belonged to the Chess Club 2019. She has been

a member of the club some years.

9. how long have you known Mrs Tam?
10. It is quiet now. We haven’t heard any loud music two hours.

11. Eric has not been at home two o’clock.

12. Has Ben had breakfast ,or has he left home?

E. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the brackets.

1. It is ten o’clock but Ivy has not(wake I woke I woken) up yet.

2. The children(blow I blew I blown) up the balloons last week.
3. The children have already(has I have / had) their lunch.
4. Have John and his sister(do I did I done) the dishes yet?
5. Tina has (know I knew I known) Macy since last year.
6. Jason (break I broke I broken) the expensive vase last year.
7. Emma has just(take I took I taken) the bus to school.
8. Did Justin(forget I forgot I forgotten) his keys again?
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Grammar Concepts

We use comparative and superlative adverbs to compare two or more actions.

adverb comparative superlative
- I wake up later
most adverbs quick more quick most quick than you, but I
ending in ‘-ly’ careful more careful most careful get ready more
- quickly than you.
adverbs(adv) fast I ran fast (adv), fast fast st . ------------------------------- ■

with the same late I was fast (adj)- late late:

forms as early earl earl -s:
adjectives (adj) hard hard hard
irregular well better best
adverbs badly worse worst
much I many more most
far furth / farth furth / farth

Tips Tips
Do not add ‘more / most’ to adverbs ending in ‘-er I -est'. Add ‘the’ to the superlative.
I ran more faster than you. X I ran faster than you. I arrived latest. X
I ran the most fastest. X I ran the fastest. I arrived the latest. c/

Practise Your Grammar

A. Write the adverbs, comparative adverbs and superlative adverbs.

adverb comparative superlative

1. softly
2. quietly
3. better
4. much
5. hardest
6. sooner
7. furthest/farthest
8. worse
9.late
10.fast
11. shyly______
12. comfortably

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Fill in the blanks with the comparative or superlative forms of the adverbs in the
brackets. Add ‘the’ when necessary.
1. Ivy danced (gracefully) than Jill in the concert.
2. Who behaves (well), Kate or Sue?
3. Among all the boys, Tim plays table tennis (well).
4. Which animal runs (fast), the tiger or the lion?
5. Which of all the plants is blooming (beautifully)?
6. Sue arrived at school____________________ (early) than her friends.
7. Of all my friends, Kim came (late) to my party.
8. Who helps(much)
with housework among your classmates?
9. James does not play the piano well but Jenny plays
(badly).
10. The PE teacher said to the students of Class 4B, ‘Let’s see who can throw
(far) and jump(high).’

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C. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adverbs in the brackets. Add ‘the’
when necessary.
What a horrible day! I got wet in the heavy rain yesterday morning but this morning
it rained (heavily). I arrived at school
(late) than everyone in my class. Our Maths test results came back
(early) than I thought they would. I studied (hard) for the te
at the weekend but I still did (badly). Mr Chan told me that I did
(||)(badly) in class! I promised to work

(hard) for the next test. Of all the bad things that happened today, what upset me
Q3 (much) was losing the football match. My team did not play
(well). The ball rolled (far) than the
goal post each time we tried to score. I think I played ^j)(terrible)

among my teammates. Our coach shouted at us (angrily)

than he usually does. I hope tomorrow will be a better day.
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We can use conditional sentences with ‘if’ to talk about things that are always true or
things that may happen.

‘if-clause main clause

Conditionals
(condition) (result)
Type 0 water freezes, it becomes ice.
(something which is ____ ._____
simple present simple present
always true) if = When
Type 1 it rains tomorrow, I will stay at home.
(something which is likely
simple present simple future
to happen)

Tips
If it rains I will stay at home. If he shares the cake
with me, I will behave
I will stay at home if it rains.
well today. If he doesn’t,
I will stay at home if it rains. X I will hide his shoes.

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A.
- Practise Your Grammar

Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense or the simple future tense of the
words in the brackets.

1. If you heat butter, it (melt), (type 0)

2. If we are late for school, our teacher (scold) us. (type 1)

3. If you mix red and yellow, you (get) orange, (type 0)

4. If a torch does not work, usually the battery (be) flat, (type 0)

5. If Max climbs on that branch, he (fall), (type 1)

6. If I do better in my exams, my parents

(give) me a reward, (type 1)

7. If you microwave aluminium foil, it (catch) fire, (type 0)

8. If the fire alarm rings, everyone (leave) the building

immediately, (type 1)

9. If someone rings my doorbell, my dogs (bark), (type 1)

10. If we cry, our eyes (become) red and puffy, (type 0)

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B. Complete the type 1 conditional sentences. Fill in the blanks with the correct
form of the verbs in the brackets.
e.g. If it rains (rain), I will stay (stay) at home.
1. I f AI
If i c e______________
Alice(be) sick, she will see a doctor.
2. If my teacher scolds me, II(be) unhappy.
3. My father will pick me up if my mother
mother(not be) free.
4. he(finish) the race first.
Andy will win a gold medal if he
5. If Amos
Amos (look) out of the window now, he will see
the accident.
6. If Mrs Lau is late tomorrow,she (take) a taxi?
7. They will go to the beach if the weather (be) fine later.
8. Brad i(not catch) the train if he does not hurry up.
9. If Sophie (practise) the violin daily, she will improve.
10. It will be cold in the house if II(not close) the windows.

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C. Write the sentences using the correct conditionals. Use the words given.
1. (plants/not get water/die)
If,
2. (James I leave now I not miss the bus)
If
3. (not go to the party I be busy)
He________________________ if
4. (coach / cancel the practice I rain)
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5. (restaurant / be closed I have dinner at home)
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Relative pronouns

Grammar Concepts

We use the relative pronouns ‘who’, ‘which’ and ‘whose’ to join two facts. They tell us
more about nouns.

refers to: replaces: example: who = she]

people or This is my classmate. This is my classmate
I, you, we,
pets with She always shares her always shares her
they, he, she
names snacks with me. snacks with me.
I like the puppies. I like the puppies
They are brown. are brown.
animals, '"J which = they |
which plants or it, they which = it
things
I bought a purse. I bought a purse
It is blue. is blue.
my, your, our, That is the girl. Her That is the girl
belongings their, his, her, father is an actor. father is an actor.
its Listen! There's someone^ whose her
who is whistling.
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2. Ted is the boy is wearing a bright blue cap.

3. The dog growls at me belongs to my neighbour.

4. Sandra is my cousin is the same age as you.

5. My cousin only enjoys films have happy endings.

6. The person guesses correctly will win a prize.

7. Students live nearby can walk to school.

8. Tommy is the one always arrives first at school.

9. Aunt Judy is wearing a scarf is made of silk.

10. Is this the shop sells expensive toys?

11. Did the robber robbed the bank wear a ski mask?

12. Mr Lee bought a computer cost ten thousand dollars.

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1. Did you find the suitcase was missing?

2. Is that the man suitcase was lost at the airport?
3. I bought you something is lovely.
4. Sam did not know the stranger rang the doorbell.
5. Michael Jackson was a singer was very famous.
6. I returned the wallet belonged to the man.
7. The painting won the top prize was Helen’s.
8. My best friend is someone enjoys outdoor sports.
9. At the party I met someone parents are zookeepers.
10. Do you know anyone loves skydiving?
11. Meet my new classmate, Charlie, parents own a cafe.
12. That’s the man from my building car is old and rusty.

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C. Join the sentences using ‘who’, ‘whose’ or ‘which’.

1. This is my English teacher. His lessons are really interesting.
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2. I saw an actress. She is in the drama ‘Happy Days’.
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4. We are having dinner at a restaurant. It serves spicy food.
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5. The woman was my grandmother. She answered the phone.
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6. There are two kittens in the park. They could be your missing pets.
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Every English sentence is made up of different types of words (parts of speech).

parts of speech definitions examples

noun (n) names a person, a thing, child, trousers, library, dog,
a place, an animal, etc Joe, Tov.'ioc ] official names
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pronoun (pron) replaces a noun (person I thing / subject pronouns:'-----------------
place / animal, etc) I, you, we, they, he, she, it
object pronouns:
me, you, us, them, him, her, it

verb (v) •describes an action or a state The boys . / He cries.| action-]

• comes after a noun / pronoun Joe is sick.l state I
• comes at the start of a sentence your book, "instruction']
in instructions (i.e. imperative)

adjective (adj) •describes a noun or a pronoun The girl is . / We are

•comes after the verb 'to be’ or There are si:; pens. / I like the
before the noun shoes.
adverb(adv) describes a verb, an adjective or adverbs of manner: (Tow
another adverb I walk slowly.

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up many times at night.
You snore very loudly!
adverbs of degree: { how muctT|
lam slow.
I walk too I so slowly.
adverbs of frequency: how often I
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seldom / never eat fish.
I swim ce/ ic a week.
You are always tired
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preposition (prep) • shows the place, time or movement the house, Sunday,
•comes before a noun / pronoun before the concert, opposite her
conjunction (conj) joins parts of a sentence ‘because / since’ + reason,
‘s ’ + result, ‘so ’ + purpose
determiner (det) •comes before a noun articles: ,
•shows which thing we are demonstratives:
talking about or gives the oossessives:
quantity of a thing quantifiers: , ,
a few, a little
interjection (interj) expresses a strong feeling Ouch!, Hey!

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♦Relative pronoun (pron): introduces a relative clause
This is the boy can run fast, (the boy does the action: who = he)
The boy bag is blue is Tom. (the object belongs to the boy: whose = his)
Tom has a bag is blue, (the object is blue: which = it)
•Reflexive pronoun (pron): refers back to a noun I pronoun mentioned in a sentence
e.g. I knitted the scarf (by) . (= I made it alone without anyone’s help)
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A. Identify the parts of speech for the underlined words. Write the short forms
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1. The trousers are too large for him. M
2. Oops! I made a mistake. Z&
3. She wore an expensive, silver dress to the party.
4. My dog is looking for its favourite toy.
5. He missed the bus because he slept in.
6. The soup is too hot to eat now.
7. Mr Chan bought his wife a bunch of flowers.
8. My family and I went hiking last July.
9. Let me have a look at your drawing, rrn
10. To enter, press the button once.
11. The villagers don’t have much food to eat.
12. The boys can tie their shoelaces bv themselves.
13. The horse jumped over the fence.
14. Nancy finished the housework quickly.
15. The child walked with short, quick steps.
16. James had good ideas for the party games.
17. Sugary food is tasty but unhealthy. _

18. Tom is often late for school.

19. We will visit our grandparents after breakfast.
20. I could not do many things when I was little.
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Identify the parts of speech for the underlined words. Write the short forms
(e.g. n, v, adj) in the brackets.

1. Cheetahs are fast ( ) animals.

The athlete ran fast ( ) in the 200-metre race.
2. Jerry plays baseball ( ) every weekend.
He wears a baseball ( ) cap.
3. Mary arrived at school late ( ).
I had a late ( ) breakfast so I am not hungry now.
4. Did the thieves jump ( ) over the wall to escape?
My favourite sports event is the long jump ( ).
5. I’ll sweep the kitchen floor first ( ), then the balcony.
Last month, my little sister travelled overseas for the first ( ) time.
6. Let’s cross ( ) the road here.
The pirate marked the location on the map with a cross ( ).
I exercise daily so ( ) I am very fit.
The wind was so ( ) strong that the tree fell over.
8. William is going to be the hero in the school play ( ).
We play ( ) hopscotch every day in the playground.
9. Benson brings sandwiches for his lunch ( ).
His lunch ( ) box includes fruit and vegetables too.
10. At the beach we jumped over the little waves ( ).
Sally waves ( ) goodbye to her mother from the window.
11. Mrs Mak needs to wear glasses because she cannot see well (
Grandma was ill last week but now she is well ( ).
12. The Maths test was very hard ( ).
■ loanne is studying hard for the exams ( ).
13. Too much fried ( ) food is unhealthy for us.
Grandma fried ( ) a big fish for dinner.

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(e.g. n, v, adj) in the blanks.
Bill the quokka left his mother’s pouch a few days ago.
Now he is old enough to look after himself
and find his (J)own food. Quokkas

eat flowers and leaves and they do not need to drink much
water Qi). They live near water but they seldom IT)

drink since their bodies get most of the water they need from the plants they eat.
Quokkas are one of Australia’s well-known marsupials. They look cute
and (®friendly. Many i jF)tourists come to Bill’s
island because they want to take (||)

photographs of quokkas. The tourists are always kind to quokkas

so ® Bill is not afraid of them.
One hot day, the bush caught fire. The koalas, kangaroos and lizards on Bill’s
island ran away from the fire. Where was Bill? The smoke

made him sick so he could not run. At first, he lay down

on the ground. Then he crawled to a hollow log and hid in

it . .
The next day, rangers came and searched through the burnt bush.
They rescued a few injured animals. A 16
ranger called Tanya found Bill inside the log. ‘Look at
this young quokka!’ she called to the other rangers. ‘I think we
can save it.’ Tanya took Bill to a vet who gave him some oxygen.
‘He’ll be fine in a week,’ said the vet. Tanya took Bill home and cared for him
for@___ a week. Then she took Bill back to the park and let him go.
Hooray ! Bill was happy to be home again.

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3. packet... sour plums 4. bar... chocolate sauce or (the) spaghetti with salmon
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4b. Now he listens to music with a computer ‘I have some ideas for the food and drinks, i
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3. The soldiers used to ride horses in the olden days. cupcakes and chocolate cookies for our i
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5. Long ago, children used to have fewer toys. ‘Ha ha! She’s a chocolate lover!’ laughed i
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A. 1. Mrs Chan bought pork, broccoli, carrots 3. Was, there wasn't 4. Was, No i
and bak choy to cook for dinner. 5. Were, there were 6. Were, No i
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3. Anthony asked me, ‘Do you enjoy B. 1. Was ... a, Yes, there was a university ■
skating, playing football or canoeing?’ i
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4. Marie’s books are on the desk and 3. Were there any ... estates, i
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8. Jonas, Amy and Jonas’ I Jonas’s cousin C. 1. Was there the 2. No, there wasn’t i
visited the museum yesterday. 3. Were there any 4. Was there a ... a i
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10. ‘Wow! That was a great goal? cheered Ken. 7. There weren’t any 8. were there any i
1. ‘Leslie, did you do your homework?’ t
B. 9. Yes, there were 10. There were i
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3. Everybody
5. everybody 6. somebody
3. He bought candy floss. He bought
popcorn too.
4. She did not go on the Ferris wheel. She
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I 5. Nothing 6. everything, nothing 2.1 do not know that girl or her father.
I 7. nothing 8. something 3. My little cousin cannot read orwrite his name/
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I 3. Did anybody cook food on a kerosene her raincoat.
I stove when you were young? E. 1. is not interesting, is not educational either
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I 5. Everybody in my class skipped with a hard-working student too. (do not miss out
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I 6. Nobody in my class wrote emails wnen I 3. Peter likes his classmates. Lucy likes her
I was a child. classmates too.
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I when I was 10 years old. not laugh at Simon either.
I 8. Does anybody in your class have a 5. Mandy is not an active child. Her brother
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I tense for ‘now’) out 'an' and 'child')
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I 3. anybody 4. somebody 5. too 6. but 7. or 8. but
I 5. somebody 6. everybody 9. either 10. and 11. or 12. but
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I E. 1. everybody knows this music band.
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I A. 1. beautiful 2. mischievous 3. patient
(answer with ‘there was')
I 4. humorous (no '-u' before '-r') 5. talkative
I 4. No, no one has an electric guitar.
6. considerate 7. forgetful 8. creative
I 5. Yes, somebody had a mobile phone.
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I 4. cheerful 5. friendly 6. careful
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7. childish 8. obedient 9. creative
I 7. No, there is nothing in those suitcases,
1 C. 1. proud, humble 2. quiet, talkative
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3. shy, outgoing 4. neat, messy
I 8. Yes, someone sent out the invitations.
I 5. Generous, selfish 6. timid, courageous
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I they are silly. 5. in,for 6. on 7. at
I 4. Both Josie and Tony like dramas., think 8. in, on, of, in 9. from, to
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I 5. He doesn’t like documentaries. He doesn’t B. 1. is on the ninth of
I like sports programmes either., He thinks 2. The school picnic is on the twelfth of February.
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1 6. (suggested answer) I like sports programmes. of March.
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I C. 1. Both Sarah and Jimmy took photos with (of October)... the thirty-first of October.
1 the mascots. 5. Reading Week on the twenty-fifth of November
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C. 1.on 2. at 3. for 4. on 4. How long does it take to go from here to /

5. from 6. in 7.to 8. in to get to Chai Wan Station?, takes ... hour
9. in 10. During 11. for 12. on ... minutes I
13. at 14. in 15. from 16. at c. 1. How far is it... to Yung Shue Wan?, I
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2. How long does it take to go ... I
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3. How long does it take to go from here / I
A. 1. millimetres 2. centimetres Central to I How long does it take to get to, I
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3. kilogram (without ‘-s’ for 1 kg) takes... half an I
4. metres 5. kilometres 6. grams 4. How far is it, is ... kilometres I
B. 1. How tall 2. How high 3. How heavy 5. How long does it take ... Sok Kwu Wan I
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4. How fast 5. How long Pier to, takes ... hour... 5 minutes I
C. 1. How tall, 330 metres I
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metres high.
5. What 6. When 7. How often 8. What I
4a. How heavy is the Statue of Liberty?, It is I 9. How I
weighs about 200,000 kilograms, (do not B. 1. Where 2. When 3. How long 4. Who
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4b. How tall is the Statue of Liberty?, It is 9. How many 10. How 11. What
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D. 1. How fast... hyenas run, run ... 60 kilometres 2. When do you go running and cycling? I
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... 120 kilometres an hour. 4. Which racket sports / ones are you good at? I
2b. How high can eagles fly? 5. Do you take part in sports competitions? I
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3. How fast can hummingbirds flap their wings?,
(use ‘do’ for ‘yes I no’ questions) I
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part in last year? (use ‘did’ for ‘last year') I
4a. How heavy are
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4b. How fast can tortoises walk? (do not use a marathon?
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■How slow’),They can walk at about 300 8. Why did you become a PE teacher? I
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2. How heavy was the heaviest apple in the 5. What 6. Was 7. How 8. Were I
world? (use the simple past tense) 9. How fast 10. Why 11. Do
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Tiger Hill: 465 metres) 3. big, brown farm (no comma between ‘brown’ I
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A. 1. How long does it, It takes 15 minutes ...train
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2. How long does it take to go, It takes 1 6. strange, oversized, colourful I
hour ano 5 minutes ... bus 7. long, thin, grey
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31 minutes ... ferry / boat I
9. large, black rubbish (no comma between
4. How long does it take to go from, It takes I
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22 minutes on foot (not ‘by foot') I
10. huge, fluffy, red and orange / orange
B. 1. far, kilometres ... metres
and red
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3. How far is it from here to Chai Wan Station?,
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=31 3. an expensive, long, purple dress A. 1. will travel to
4. tin of delicious / tasty, crunchy, round cookies 2. won't go on a holiday
5. a lovely, enormous, pink teddy bear 3. will visit us from
(no comma between ‘pink’ and ‘teddy’ because 4. will stay in Hong Kong
‘teddy’ is not an adjective) 5. will have a barbecue
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I rabbits, (no comma between ‘dark’ and 'brown') 7. will bake a chocolate cake
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Straw shopping basket, (no comma between 2. He will not eat the porridge for lunch later.
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I C. 1. Where will we go on Monday
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I A. 1a. Did ... feed 1b. Is... feeding 5. Yes, we’ll go there... Tuesday
I 1c. Does... feed 6. Yes, we will (not ‘Yes, we'll.')
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I 3a. is laying 3b. laid 8. What will we do on Wednesday
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I 4a. lies 4b. are lying 4c. lied Thursday because I want to see the pandas
I 5a. is clapping 5b. clapped 5c. does not clap in Ocean Park.
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6a. held 6b. holds 6c. are holding D. 1. fed 2. will go 3. are listening
I 7a. Do... leave 7b. is not leaving 4. does not I doesn’t make 5. speeds
I 7c. left 6. planted, are 7. are not, will be
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I 3. close ... a quarter past 4. opens... half past 10. will begin 11. came
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I 6. leaves ... at a quarter to 14. are racing, will win
I C. First, I took the ferry to Manly and met my 15. won't... come / will... not come
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friends there. Next I Then I After that, we laid 16. didn’t... put I did ... not put
1 our mats on the sand and lay in the sun. E. l.came 2. are enjoying 3. will tell
I Next / Then I After that, we nad lunch at a 4. visited 5. thought 6. rode
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I a toy shop. Next I Then I After that, we dug 10. will be 11. hopes 12. will take
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Finally, we packed up and went home.
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I 1. is tying 2. chooses 1. Will the Earth be a very modern place in
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I 4. Does ... practise 5. tidied, mopped
I 6. set, sets 7. are closing, is starting 2. What... of... will people
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8. did not know 9. does not... read
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1 10. stayed 11. paid
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12. wore, do not think (people: plural) 5. No, there won’t.
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4. could not play 5. is shining A. 1. toy shop, right, next to... bank
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2. sports, left, opposite... convenience
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‘am finding’) 12. lost 13. Did ... hear 4. clinic, across, left, straight, across, along,
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C. 1. out of 2. Walk across 3. left A. 1. fewer
4. fewer, less
2. less
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10. right 11. between 10. more I
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13. at the corner of 14. next to 2. You need to eat less chocolate and I
fewer sweets. I
15. How do I get to I
16. Go out of the hospital. Turn left. 3. You need to eat less meat and more fruit. I
Walk along Jade Street. Turn left into 4. You need to drink more water and fewer I
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Lucky Road. Turn right. Go / Walk 5. You need to eat fewer desserts. You need to I
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2. You should eat less sugary food. I
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A. 1. a little 2. a little 5. You should eat fewer grain products. I
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3. a few, a little, a few (a little cucumber: a small 6. You should do more exercise and play I
part I a few slices of a whole cucumber) fewer computer games. I
4. a lot of, a little 5. a little D. 1. more 2. less 3. fewer I
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7. a few, a little (cabbages: countable when whole, 7. fewer 8. more 9. more I
10. less 11. less 12. more I
cabbage: uncountable when in parts) I
8. a lot of 9. a lot of I
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B. 1. a few sandwiches 2. a few fish balls 1. French fries, soft drinks, desserts, nuts,
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3. a little curry sauce 4. a few things pork chops, potato chips, dairy products, I
5. a few chicken nuggets 6. a little salad noodles, prawns I
7. a few ... cakes (refers to whole cakes) I
2. fried food, cola, sugary food, meat junk food, I
8. a few chocolates (refers to pieces of chocolate) yoghurt, peanut butter, pasta, udon, I
9. a few marshmallows 10. a little ...chocolate I
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C. 1. a little beef, a little fish, a lot of peas and B. 1. enough fruit I
and a few noodles 2. Too much fried / junk food I
2. ate a few pork chops, a lot of cauliflower I
3. not eat too much sugary food I
and a little macaroni for dinner on Tuesday, 4. to eat enough vegetables I
(do not add ‘-s’ to ‘cauliflower’ unless referring to I
5. Too many snacks (do not use ‘Too much junk I
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D. 1. plenty of 2. a little 3. a few 6. to eat enough grain products I
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7. a few 8. a little 9. a little 4. too much 5. too much 6. too many I
10. a few 11. a little I
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E. 1. (a) a few (b) a little (c) a little
8. too much (cheese and yoghurt are uncountable) I
(d) a little 9. too many 10. too much 11. too many I
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(e) a few (broccoli is uncountable but pieces of 7. too many 8. too much I
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(f) a lot of (g) a little E. I. few -> little 2. few -> little I
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F. 1. a little 2. a little 3. a few, a lot of 7. diary -» dairy 8. slice -> slices I
4. a few, a few 5. a few, a little, a lot of I
9. fewer -» less 10. cookie cookies I
6. a little 7. a little, a few II. few -> much I
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Unit 31
A. 1. politely 2. carefully 3. easily 4. early
14. too many 15. too muon 5. well 6. fast 7. hard 8. late
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2. rubbed ... eyes sleepily
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10. is (junk food: uncountable) 11. is 7. did well on her / the test (put the irregular
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I 15. are 16. is 17. are C. 1. The teacher shouted at the student angrily. I
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I 19. are (snacks: plural) 20. is, are (spaghetti: uncountable) (with preposition: put the irregular adverb after
I B. 1. Dairy ... yoghurt are (products: plural)
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I 2. Frieo ... such as fried chicken and 4. Lisa never hands in her homework late,
I French fries is ... for health (food: uncountable) (no preposition: put the irregular adverb after the
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I 8. soundly 9. skilfully 107politely’
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l.hard ' " ~2. early '/ 3. loudly 4. quickly
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8. fewer -» less (‘less’ for uncountable nouns) A. 1. collect 2. wash 3. donating
D. 1. seems 2. are 3. is 4. are 4. going 5. have 6. solve
5. look 6. is not 7. has 8. sell 7. participating 8. sing
9. does not look 10. tells 11. are 9. tying 10. planning
12. are ('two bunches’) 13. goes 14. hold B. 1. Shall we 2. How about
15. are ('some pieces’) 16. are 3. Let’s 4. Let’s 5. How about
17. is (watermelon is uncountable when not referred 6. How about 7. shall we
to as a whole) 8. Shall we
18. are not 19. needs 20. makes C. (suggested answers)
21. catches 22. brighten 23. is (‘room' 1. How about cleaning it now?
here is uncountable, referring to space for a thing) 2. Shall we go to the supermarket to get
some (food)?
3. Let’s (go) fly a kite. I Let’s fly (our) kites.
Unit 30 4. What about adding some salt to it?
5. Shall I carry/feed it?
A. 1. Reuse 2. Donate 3. Reduce 4. Use 6. How about helping him to carry them /
5. Take 6. Recycle 7. Separate, Put some bags?
B. 1. Take, stick / paste 2. Cut 7. Let’s walk carefully. / Let's clean it.
3. Use, Make, Start 4. Paste / Stick, Decorate
5. Give, hang
C. 1. First, pour... flour into ... bowl Unit 33
2. Next / Then I After that, add the water A. 1.e 2. h 3. a 4. f
and eggs to 5. g 6.d 7.c 8. b
3. Next / Then I After that, stir the mixture B. (suggested answers)
with... spoon. 1. oversleep... go to bed early
4. Next / Then / After that, heat a little oil in
... frying pan. 2. spends too much pocket money... she
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A. I. drank, drunk 2. rode, ridden c. 1. If plants do not get water, they die.
3. did, done 4. wore, worn 2. If James leaves now, he will not miss the bus.
5. went, gone 6. got, got 3. He will not go to the party if he is busy.
7. came, come 8. threw, thrown 4. The coach will cancel the practice if it rains.
9. took, taken 10. drew, drawn 5. If the restaurant is closed, we will have
II. gave, given 12. slept, slept dinner at home.
13. put, put 14. fed, fed 6. If she lets go of any object in space, it floats.
15. flew, flown 16. fought, fought ——----------------------------------------------------------
17. won, won 18. sent, sent
19. drove, driven
B. 1. set 2. have... fed A. I. which 2. who 3. which 4. who
3. Have... come 4. has taught 5. which 6. who (person = he / she = who)
5. has been 6. has... swept 7. who 8. who 9. which 10. which
C. I. has... finished 2. have been II. who 12. which
3. have... seen 4. has... bitten B. 1. which 2. whose 3. which (something = it)
5. has... written 6. Has... studied 4. who 5. who 6. which 7. which
7. have... hidden 8. have... eaten 8. who (someone = he / she)
9. have played 10. have lived 9. whose (someone's parents = his / her)
II. has... run 12. Have... bought 10. who (anyone = he / she)
13. have ... opened 14. has ... flown 11. whose 12. whose
15. have... sung C. 1. This is my English teacher whose
D. 1. since 2. Since 3. already lessons are really interesting.
4. since, yet 5. for 6. yet 2.1 saw an actress who is in the drama
7. already 8. since, for 9. For ‘Happy Days’.
10. for 11. since 12. yet, already 3. The student whose name was called went
E. 1. woken 2. blew 3. had to the principal’s office.
4. done 5. known 6. broke 4. We are having dinner at a restaurant
7. taken 8. forget which serves spicy food.
5. The woman who answered the phone
was my grandmother.
6. There are two kittens in the park which
A. 1. more softly, most softly could be your missing pets. (Which’ refers
2. more quietly, most quietly to the kittens, not the park) / There are two
3. well, best 4. more, most kittens which could be your missing pets
5. hard, harder 6. soon, soonest in the park.
7. far, further / farther 8. badly, worst
9. later, latest 10. faster, fastest
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12. more comfortably, most comfortably A. 1. pron 2. interj 3. adj
B. 1. more gracefully 2. better 4. det 5. conj 6. adv
3. the best (among: more than two) 7. n 8. n 9.v
4. faster 5. the most beautifully 10. adv 11. det 12. pron
6. earlier ('her friends’ is considered one group) 13. prep 14.adv 15. adj
7. the latest 8. the most 9. worse 16. v 17. conj 18. adv
10. the furthest I farthest, the highest 19. prep 20. adj
C. 1. more heavily 2. later 3. earlier B. 1. adj, adv 2. n, adj
4. hard 5. badly 6. the worst 3. adv, adj 4. v, n
7. harder 8. the most 9. well 5. adv (adv after v: sweep ... first), adj
10. further / farther 11. the most terribly 6. v, n 7. conj, adv
12. more angrily 8. n, v 9. n, adj
10. n, v 11. adv, adj
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C. 1. pron (reflexive pronoun) 2. det
A. 1. melts 2. will scold 3. get 4. is 3.v 4. n 5. adv
5. will fall 6. will give 7. catches 6. conj 7. det 8. conj
8. will leave 9. will bark 10. become 9. v 10. conj 11.adv
B. 1. is 2. will be 3. is not 12. conj 13. prep 14. pron
4. finishes 5. looks 6. will... take 15. pron 16. det 17. prep
7. is 8. will not catch 18. det 19. pron (relative pronoun)
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