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All about you

Online blog entry

Vocabulary of appearance

Listening for numbers Simple present tense Personal pronouns

Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns

Writing an online blog entry Introducing yourself

Idioms using parts of the body 2

School life

Drama script

Vocabulary about school Listening for times and dates

Articles: a, an, the Yes/No questions Wh-questions

Writing a drama script Using incomplete sentences

Crossword puzzle about school facilities

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Neighbourhood

Flyer

Vocabulary about facilities in a neighbourhood

Listening for keywords Countable and uncountable nouns

Demonstrative pronouns Modal verbs: can, should,

may

Starting and ending a presentation

Word scramble game about facilities in a neighbourhood

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Hong Kong

Fact sheet

Vocabulary about local food

Listening for sequence Simple past tense

Adverbs of frequency and sequence

Prepositions of time

Writing a fact sheet Using a heading and

subheadings

Word search puzzle about local public transport

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Food and drink

Poem

Vocabulary about cooking utensils

Listening to instructions Present continuous tense Adjectives, comparative and

superlative adjectives Many, much, a few, a little

Writing a poem

Using rhyme and rhythm

Collocations about food and drink

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Hobbies

Vocabulary about different film and book genres

Listening for responses:

positive, negative or neutral

Present perfect tense Gerunds

To-infinitives

Giving an explanation with elaboration

Riddle game about hobbies 62

Appendices

• Popular Culture •

• Popular Culture •

• Drama •

• Drama •

• Poems and Songs •

• Poems and Songs •

• Short Stories •

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Unit Reading strategy Vocabulary Listening strategy Grammar Writing/Speaking

strategy Fun break Page

All about you

Online blog entry

Vocabulary of appearance

Listening for numbers Simple present tense Personal pronouns

Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns

Writing an online blog entry Introducing yourself

Idioms using parts of the body 2

School life

Drama script

Vocabulary about school Listening for times and dates

Articles: a, an, the Yes/No questions Wh-questions

Writing a drama script Using incomplete sentences

Crossword puzzle about school facilities

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Neighbourhood

Flyer

Vocabulary about facilities in a neighbourhood

Listening for keywords Countable and uncountable nouns

Demonstrative pronouns Modal verbs: can, should,

may

Starting and ending a presentation

Word scramble game about facilities in a neighbourhood

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Hong Kong

Fact sheet

Vocabulary about local food

Listening for sequence Simple past tense

Adverbs of frequency and sequence

Prepositions of time

Writing a fact sheet Using a heading and

subheadings

Word search puzzle about local public transport

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Food and drink

Poem

Vocabulary about cooking utensils

Listening to instructions Present continuous tense Adjectives, comparative and

superlative adjectives Many, much, a few, a little

Writing a poem

Using rhyme and rhythm

Collocations about food and drink

50

Hobbies

Vocabulary about different film and book genres

Listening for responses:

positive, negative or neutral

Present perfect tense Gerunds

To-infinitives

Giving an explanation with elaboration

Riddle game about hobbies 62

Appendices

• Popular Culture •

• Popular Culture •

• Drama •

• Drama •

• Poems and Songs •

• Poems and Songs •

• Short Stories •

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School Life

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O D id you know? id you know?

The length of summer holidays in the world

The longest break in a school year is the summer holiday. The length of summer holidays varies in different places.

*Both Japan and Korea have 2-week winter and spring holidays respectively.

Skimming

Skimming enables you to get the general idea of the text quickly. The following steps will help you to do this:

Read the title, the subtitle and subheadings of the text.

Read the first and last paragraphs, and the first and last sentences of the other paragraphs to get a general idea of each paragraph.

Focus only on the words which carry meaning.

Your turn Your turn

Read the information sheet and fill in the blank below.

Special rooms in my school 1. Laboratory

Students conduct different kinds of experiments during the Science lessons.

2. Multimedia Learning Centre There are 25 computers and students can learn independently.

3. English Language Centre

There are many English storybooks, reference books and board games for students.

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0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 No. of weeks

Countries

Bulgaria Italy Finland Taiwan Hong Kong England Japan & Korea*

16 12

11 9 7 6 5

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Unit 2 • School life •

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Read the following drama script.

O R eading comprehension eading comprehension

Answer the following questions.

1. There is one mistake in each of the following statements. Underline the mistakes and write the correct words above. The first one has been done for you.

e.g. Mr Wong is Daisy’s class teacher.

(i) Raymond is Daisy’s brother.

(ii) The students are noisy in the school tour.

(iii) The assembly is in the afternoon.

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A school tour

Characters: Miss Wong, Daisy, Raymond, Alvin and other classmates Scene 1

Setting: This is the first day Daisy goes to school. Her class teacher, Miss Wong, is conducting a school tour for Daisy and her classmates.

Miss Wong: Welcome to our school. We’ll visit some special rooms today.

(Daisy and her classmates are following Miss Wong quietly and walking up to the 5/F.) Miss Wong: (looking at the students) This is the Multimedia Learning Centre, MMLC. You

may do your computer homework here.

Raymond: (looking puzzled) Can I watch movies in the MMLC after school?

Miss Wong: (feeling angry) No, you can’t. Homework Only!

(Miss Wong and the students are walking one floor down.)

Miss Wong: (spreading her arms) This is our School Hall. We have an assembly here every morning. The hall has room for a lot of people.

Alvin: What is the assembly about?

Miss Wong: Our principal will announce some important things before our class begins.

(Recess bell rings.)

Miss Wong: Enjoy your recess and I’ll see you in our classroom after recess.

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2. Daisy needs to find information on the Internet for her English project? Where should she go?

A. Staff Room B. MMLC

C. Library A B C D

D. School Hall

3. Why does Miss Wong spread her arms when she introduces the School Hall?

4. Who hold(s) the assembly?

A. the principal B. teachers

C. students A B C D

D. parents

5. What does the underlined word mean?

room /ruːm/

noun

1. a part of a building separated by walls from other parts

Eric spent the whole day playing the computer game in his room.

2. a space that can be used for a particular purpose That sofa takes up too much room in the house.

3. possibility or opportunity for doing something

The boss said, ‘There’s some room for improvement in your work.’

verb

4. to rent a room, or share a rented room with someone My brother rooms with his classmate at university.

A. 1 B. 2

C. 3 A B C D

D. 4

6. Locate the Multimedia Learning Centre and the School Hall in Daisy’s school by writing ‘MMLC’ and ‘SH’ in the correct spaces.

3/F 4/F 5/F 6/F

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Unit 3 • Neighbourhood •

Your turn Your turn

Fill in the blanks using the vocabulary above.

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Dear Aunt Elaine,

My family and I walked around our new neighbourhood today. I am happy that there is a big (1) . I can go there to play hide-and-seek with my brother at weekends. After playing hide-and-seek, we can have lunch in any one of the food stalls in the (2) . While Mum went to the (3) to buy food for dinner, Dad took us to the (4) to play chess. He told us that there are many activities organised for teenagers. Our new (5) is just nearby. Most of our classmates live in the same neighbourhood. Our PE class usually takes place at the (6) because there are nice running tracks and a big football field.

Tell me about your life with Uncle Sam in Canada. Please write soon.

Best regards, Carol

A Park B Shopping Mall C Museum

D Market E Public Library F School

G Hospital H Community Centre I Sports Ground

Sample

Date: (1) Time: (2) Subject: (3)

Date: (6) Time: (7) Subject: (8) Date: (4)

Time: (5)

Subject:

Mathematics

Bridging Programme for S1 students 20XX

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The date 15th January 1992 is written in the British style. The American style January 15th 1992 is also correct.

PL SECONDARY SCHOOL

Listening for times and dates

Apart from numbers, you often hear times and dates in daily conversation, especially when you are listening to a schedule or an itinerary. There are different ways to tell the time. People usually use a 12-hour clock and add ‘am’ or ‘pm’ to indicate morning or afternoon. The 24-hour clock is usually used when referring to flight schedules. Here are some examples.

4:00 pm It’s four pm. It’s four o’clock in the afternoon.

6:15 am It’s six fifteen am. It’s a quarter past six in the morning.

7:30 am It’s seven thirty am. It’s half past seven in the morning.

9:35 pm It’s nine thirty-five pm. It’s twenty-five minutes to ten at night.

12:00 It’s twelve (o’clock). It’s noon/midnight.

1845 It’s eighteen forty-five. It’s a quarter to seven in the evening.

When you listen to dates, you should listen for the date, month and sometimes the year as well. Here are some examples.

15th January 1992 It’s on the fifteenth of January nineteen ninety-two.

21st April 2001 It’s on the twenty-first of April two thousand and one.

3rd July 2012 It’s on the third of July two thousand and twelve / twenty twelve.

Your turn Your turn

Listen to the conversation and complete the information sheet.

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Unit 2 • School life •

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Situation

You are Monica Chan, a reporter for your school magazine. You are interviewing Kenneth Wong, the chairperson of the Drama Club. Listen to the interview. As you listen you can make notes on the note-taking sheet.

Listening note-taking sheet

Data File

Study the Data File for relevant information to be included in the writing task.

1. Email from the principal to Kenneth 2. Drama Club’s flyer

O I ntegrated skills ntegrated skills

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Event highlights: 1. Drama course

2. Christmas performance 3. Performance for graduates 4. Annual performance

Your turn Your turn

Complete the magazine article using information from the Data File and your notes.

Become a super star

If you want to ,

you should join the . There are only places and the

membership fee is only . You will have

. The drama class is .

There are 3 performances this year. On , there will be

. On , they will perform a

show . The last show is .

If you are interested and want to know more information, please contact Kenneth Wong, the chairperson of the Drama Club.

Drama Club invites you ——

to act under the spotlight

Membership fee: $50 (including 15 drama classes)

30 places ONLY!

Find out more about us on our website:

www.rainbowcollege.hk/dramaclub

Dear Kenneth,

When you promote the club, you may also tell your fellow schoolmates that they could improve their English speaking skills and become a

confident speaker.

Principal

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Simple past tense

It is used when an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

Past action A specific time in the past I went to Disneyland with my friends a few days ago.

Jason did not go to the museum yesterday.

What did you buy in the Ladies’ Market last night?

The verb to be has two forms in the simple past tense.

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Past action A specific time in the past Tuen Mun was one of the new towns in the 1970s.

There were not many cinemas in Hong Kong fifty years ago.

Were your grandparents fishermen when they were young?

Your turn Your turn

A. Read the diary entry and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verbs.

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The simple past tense is formed by adding -ed to the verb, e.g. talk talked. This is called a regular verb.

Irregular verbs do not end in -ed, e.g. eat ate.

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11 November 20XX Sunny

It (1) (be) a busy but great day yesterday! I

(2) (get) up at 8 am and I (3) (go) to

meet my friend Alex from Canada. He (4) (come) to Hong Kong for sightseeing. After talking to him, we (5) (decide) to go to Ocean Park.

We (6) (arrive) there at about 10:30 am. Luckily there

(7) (not be) many people. We (8) (take)

different exciting rides and we also

(9) (watch) a few shows.

We (10) (not have) lunch

until 3 pm! Hope I can go there with Alex again next time.

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Unit 4 • Hong Kong •

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Adverbs of frequency and sequence

Adverbs can be used with verbs, adjectives and other adverbs to tell you more about them.

There are different kinds of adverbs.

Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency tell you how often something happens. They are put before the main verb or after the verb to be. Here are some common adverbs of frequency.

100% 0%

frequent frequent

always usually/generally often/frequently sometimes rarely/seldom never e.g. Tourists always go to the Peak to view the night scene of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong people are usually busy and they seldom have time to enjoy their lunch.

Adverbs of sequence

Adverbs of sequence tell you the order of a series of events. They are usually put at the beginning of a sentence. Here are some common adverbs of sequence.

first/firstly secondly thirdly then next after that / afterwards at last / finally / lastly

e.g. First we took the MTR to Choi Hung. Then we took a minibus to Sai Kung. After that we got on a boat from the pier and finally we arrived at our campsite.

Your turn Your turn

B. Read the text and underline the correct adverbs.

Adverbs of frequency are often used with verbs in the simple present tense to describe regular activities.

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Tourists can know Hong Kong better by taking different means of public transport here.

(1) ( Firstly / Next / Lastly ), let me introduce the MTR to you. There are many stations along the MTR lines. It is so convenient that it is (2) ( sometimes / always / never ) busy. (3) ( Secondly / Thirdly / Lastly ), there are a lot of buses in Hong Kong. Most of them are double-deckers. You can enjoy seeing the view of Hong Kong while taking a bus. You will (4) ( usually / sometimes / never ) get bored. (5) ( Frequently / Sometimes / Rarely ) when you are in a hurry, you may take a taxi. There are three different taxis in Hong Kong: blue, green and red. Blue taxis only appear

on the islands; green in the New Territories and red all over Hong Kong. (6) ( Secondly / Then / Lastly ), one of the most popular means of transport for tourists is the ferry. Tourists like taking a ferry to cross Victoria Harbour where they can take beautiful pictures.

Sample

Drama script: Using incomplete sentences contains dialogue.

often uses informal language, for example, incomplete sentences, to make the dialogue sound more natural.

What should be included in a drama script?

A drama script should include the following:

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Your turn Your turn

You are the chairperson of the Drama Club. You are going to write a 120-word drama script for the annual performance. The theme of this year is school life.

Step 1: Planning — mind map Title

Tell readers the theme of your play.

List of characters

Write the number of characters in the play and their names.

Scene number

Tell readers the order of the play.

Opening stage directions

Describe the setting of that scene, e.g. A few students are reading quietly in the library.

Characters and dialogue

Write what each of the characters says that tells the story of the play.

Characters’ stage directions

Describe the feeling, facial expression or body language of the characters.

Where does the story happen?

What happens at the end? Who are the main characters?

What happens next?

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Step 2: Writing

Title:

Characters:

Scene Setting:

Characters Dialogue

Useful vocabulary

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puzzled, suspicious, annoyed, surprised, disappointed, indifferent, relieved, burst out laughing, burst into tears

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Starting and ending a presentation

In an oral exam, you may be asked to give a presentation on a particular topic.

You can give your teachers or examiners a good impression if you start and end your presentation sharply.

How should you start a presentation?

You can take the following steps to kick off a presentation:

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How should you end a presentation?

You can take the following steps to end a presentation:

Greeting

e.g. Hello, everyone. / Good morning/afternoon, everyone.

Introducing the presentation topic

e.g. Today I am going to talk about… / I want to share with you…

Previewing the content of your presentation

e.g. I will divide my presentation into…parts. / I will tell you…and…

Putting forward your first idea e.g. First, I will talk about…

Signalling the end of the presentation e.g. To summarise/conclude,…

Ending the presentation

e.g. That’s all I want to say. / That’s the end of my presentation.

Thanking everyone for their attention

e.g. Thank you. / Thank you for listening. / Thank you for your attention.

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Your turn Your turn

You are going to give a presentation on one of your favourite places in your

neighbourhood. Write a 100-word script based on the following ideas on the notecard.

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• Favourite place in your neighbourhood: sports centre

• Introducing the place:

- not far from home

- walk to the sports centre in 10 ^minutes

- using the latest advanced technology - facilities are in good condition

• What you do there:

- go to gym and play badminton with family and friends - have a lot of fun there

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Play a riddle game below about some hobbies. Write the answers in the spaces provided.

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Below is a list of items you have learnt in this unit. How well do you understand each of them? Put a tick (✔) in the appropriate box.

O S elf-evaluation elf-evaluation

Fully understand Don’t understand

^{at all}

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An unusual hobby — Tree shaping Reading strategy — Predicting

Vocabulary about different film and book genres Listening strategy — Listening for responses:

positive, negative or neutral Present perfect tense Gerunds

To-infinitives

Speaking strategy — Giving an explanation with elaboration

1 Don’t play this indoors or you will break things.

This is a team sport.

This is a ball game and the ball is black and white with many hexagons.

This hobby is:

2 You may do this with your family or friends.

You need at least two racquets.

Each player should use a racquet to hit a shuttlecock.

This hobby is:

3 You usually don’t do this alone.

You can do this at home or outside.

You usually have popcorn while doing this.

This hobby is:

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