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LISTENING
Listening Skills 1. Listening for numbers
2. Listening for letters and sounds 3. Arithmetic skill
4. Understanding the same meaning in different words
5. Paying attention to signpost words 6. Using short form or drawings to take
notes
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BASIC Listening 1 (M.C.) Voice messages 8
Listening 2 (form) Conversation + Invitation card 9
Listening 3 (M.C.) Talk 10
Listening 4 (M.C.) Conversation 11
Listening 5 (form) Conversation + Booking form 12
ADVANCED Listening 6 (M.C.) Announcements 13
Listening 7 (M.C.) Presentation 14
Listening 8 (form) Conversation + Application form 15
CHALLENGE Listening 9 (M.C.) Conversation 16
Listening 10 (form) Conversation + Survey form 17
READING
Reading Skills 1. Making a reference 2. Arithmetic skill
3. Understanding the same meaning in different words
4. Gap-filling skill 5. Matching skill
6. Finding out the correct order
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Skill / Text type Page
BASIC Reading 1 Advertisements 22
Reading 2 Online posts 24
Reading 3 Notices 26
Reading 4 Newsletter article 28
Reading 5 Article 30
ADVANCED Reading 6 E-mail 32
Reading 7 Magazine article 34
Reading 8 Article 36
CHALLENGE Reading 9 E-mail 38
Reading 10 Diary 40
Reading 11 News report 42
WRITING
Writing Skills Gathering all the useful information
How to elaborate your ideas
How to write direct speech
How to write a good ending
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BASIC Writing 1 Story 48
Writing 2 Story 49
ADVANCED Writing 3 Story 50
CHALLENGE
Writing 4 Story 51
Writing Checklist 52
Writing Worksheet 1 Writing Worksheet 2 Writing Worksheet 3 Writing Worksheet 4 Vocabulary Handbook Mock Paper
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Listening Skills Skill 1: Listening for numbers
Example
Question
Survey FormName: Karen Tsang Age: (1)
Phone no.: (2)
Script
Karen: I’m fifteen years old. My phone number is four-five-six-eight-nine-oh-double eight.When you listen for numbers, pay attention to:
1. numbers that sound similar
five and nine six and eight seven and eleven
twelve and twenty thirteen, fourteen and fifteen thirty, forty and fifty
2. how people say phone numbers oh / zero = 0
double = repeat the same number, e.g. double eight 88
Skill 2: Listening for letters and sounds
Example Question
Student Helper Application Form Name: Sandy Mo
E-mail: (1) @pmail.com
Script
Sandy: My e-mail address is big-moon-at-p-mail-dot- com. B-I-G big, M-O-O-N moon. There’s no space between ‘big’ and ‘moon’.(CD: Track LS02) (CD: Track LS01)
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Date:
(CD: Track 01)
Harris returned home from school and found three voice messages on his home phone.
Listen carefully and choose the best answers for Questions 1-5.
1. Harris’s mum cannot cook dinner because . A. she caught a cold this morning
B. she did not buy any food C. she is meeting a friend
D. she needs to look after Harris’s grandpa
2. When did Gilbert’s football team begin preparing for the match?
A. five days ago B. one week ago C. one month ago D. five months ago
3. How did Gilbert feel when he called Harris?
A. sad
B. surprised C. excited D. angry
4. How long is the match?
A. 1 hour B. 2 hours C. 3 hours D. 4 hours
5. What should Harris tell his parents?
A. He only needs to practise the piano on Sunday.
B. He will have a show on Sunday.
C. He will have piano lessons on Sunday.
D. He will not have piano lessons on Sunday.
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Take notice of the relationship between days, weeks and months.
Write down the starting time and the finishing time. Then count the hours.
Explanation
Explanation
Listening 1 BASIC
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Reading Skills Skill 1: Making a reference
Example
The 3D food printer can print food with flour and sugar.
Then you can bake it in the oven.
A B
D
C
Question
What does ‘it’ refer to?
A. the 3D food printer B. the food C. the sugar D. the oven
To make the reference, you can:
1. look for the nouns before the pronoun
3 A. the 3D food printer 3 B. the food 3 C. the sugar
2. replace the pronoun with the choices Then you can bake
A. the 3D food printer B. the food
C. the sugar
in the oven.
The choice that fits into the sentence is:
Skill 2: Arithmetic skill
Example
By: Amy Posted at 4:50 p.m., 8 October
A week ago, I applied to be a helper at a centre. Today, I got an e-mail from the centre. I can be a helper in the summer holidays.
Question
When did Amy apply to be a helper?
A. 1 October B. 7 October C. 8 October D. 9 October
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Reading 1 BASIC
Jennifer is reading some advertisements outside a shop. Read them carefully. Choose the best answers for Questions 1-5 and complete Question 6.
Best-sellers at Yannie’s Shop
Music Maker Do you want to make your own music?
• 60 music cards with different music notes.
• Choose the music cards you like and put them together.
• Put the cards in the machine and listen to your own music.
• You can also print the score and play the music on the piano.
Speedy Racing Cars
• Each kit comes with four cars.
• You can control the cars using a smartphone.
• When a car overturns, it still can move.
• With seven colours to choose from.
• Best toys for children over five years old.
Food Printer
Ever tried ‘printing’ your own food?
• You can use the food printer to make bread, cakes, pizzas and cookies. Try it yourself!
• Design the shape of your food on the computer. Send the file to the food printer.
• The food printer can print the food with flour and sugar. Then you can bake it in the oven.
Robot Robert
• The robot can listen and talk to you, just like a friend!
• When you talk more with him, he can learn more about you.
• He can wake you up for school!
He sings to you until you get up.
• He can even help you with your homework.
• With three sizes to choose from.
Come to visit us at Room 102, Bliss Building, Yau Tong, Hong Kong
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Mini Dictionary
note — a sign that stands for the sound score — a printed copy of a piece of music control — make something do what you want
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Date:
1. What does ‘Best-sellers’ refer to?
A. the new goods B. the goods on sale
C. the most popular goods D. all the goods in Yannie’s Shop
2. Which is NOT true about Music Maker?
A. You can listen to your music on the machine.
B. You can hear sounds from the music cards.
C. You can play your music on the piano.
D. You can put your favourite music cards together.
3. What does ‘overturns’ mean in Speedy Racing Cars?
A. turns upside down B. turns away
C. hits something D. has no power
4. In line 35, what does ‘it’ refer to?
A. the food printer B. the food
C. the flour D. the sugar
5. What does Robot Robert do in the morning?
A. He listens to you.
B. He talks to you.
C. He sleeps.
D. He sings.
6. Jennifer is writing an e-mail. Read the information on P.22 and help her complete it. Use only ONE word for each blank.
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Hello Daisy,
I want to buy Robot Robert at Yannie’s Shop. The robot can listen and talk to me. He can be my (i) ! When I do my (ii) , he can help me. …
Explanation
What should you bake in the oven?
(i) Who can listen and talk to you?
(ii) What can the robot help you with?
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Writing Skills
Skill 1: Gathering all the useful information
1. Study the instructions
e.g. You are Paul. You went to Stanley with your friend by bus yesterday.
Based on the pictures below, write a story about what happened. Write at least 80 words.
From the instructions My notes Who Paul = You Write in the first person ‘I’.
With your friend Write in the third person ‘he’.
What Went to Stanley
When Yesterday Write in the past tense.
Where On the bus To Stanley
2. Study the pictures
From Picture (a) My notes Who There was a boy. That was me.
There was another boy. That was Tony.
What were you doing?
We were waiting for a bus to Stanley.
From Picture (b) My notes Who The same two boys as
Picture (a)
That was me and Tony.
A lady She was sleeping.
What were you doing?
I was eating potato chips.
My friend Tony was singing.
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Skill 2: How to elaborate your ideas
Look at this example.
Yesterday, Tony and I went to Stanley by bus. We waited for the bus in Central early in the morning. The queue was very long.
We finally got on the bus but there was a traffic jam. We started to feel bored and hungry. Tony started singing songs. I took out a packet of potato chips and shared with Tony.
While we were eating and singing, the bus stopped suddenly. My potato chips fell on the lady in front of us.
The lady was angry. She pointed to a sign and said, ‘No eating here!
And stop singing! I can’t sleep!’ We were scared and said sorry to her. It was wrong to eat and sing loudly on the bus.
1. Write more details like ‘when’, ‘where’ and ‘how’
e.g. Tony and I went to Stanley.
When?
Yesterday, Tony and I went to Stanley.
How?
Yesterday, Tony and I went to Stanley by bus.
From Picture (c) My notes Who The same two boys as
Picture (b)
That was me and Tony.
The same lady as Picture (b)
She woke up.
What
happened?
The bus stopped. The potato chips fell on the lady.
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Read the instructions again. Find information to answer the questions.
1. Where were you last Friday? At .
2. Why were you there? Because .
3. Which tense should you use?
The present tense / past tense / future tense
Study the pictures and write down words that you can use in the story.
You are Jason. You went to the school fair last Friday. Based on the pictures below, write a story about what happened. Write at least 80 words.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Picture (a) 1. Who was there?
2. What did you see there?
Picture (b)
1. What did you get?
2. Who gave it to you?
Picture (c)
1. Who was with you?
2. What did he want?
3. How did you feel?
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Picture (a) Paragraph 1 1. Who was there?
Many of my .
2. What did you see there?
There was a .
Picture (b) Paragraph 2 1. What did you get?
2. Who gave it to you?
Picture (c) Paragraph 3 1. Who was with you?
2. What did he want?
3. How did you feel?
Ending Paragraph 4 1. Identify the problem.
2. Solve the problem.
Expand your ideas
Write a good ending
Use the words you have written down and expand your ideas with more details. Answer the questions with complete sentences.
Which type of game was it?
How did you get it?
Try to come up with an interesting development.
Give your classmate a name.
Use direct speech to make the writing more interesting.
What did you say to him?
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Section A Listening
Part 1 (CD: Track 11) (10 marks @2 marks) Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the below.
Jerry is listening to a talk about working as a flight attendant. Listen carefully and answer Questions 1–5. You have 30 seconds to study the questions. You may start now.
1. Which language can Crystal speak?
A. French B. Spanish
C. Italian D. German
2. How long was the flight attendant training?
A. 6 hours B. 6 weeks C. 6 months D. 6 years
3. Before Crystal started the training, she had to . A. finish university
B. learn some languages C. learn swimming
D. go for an interview
4. Crystal thought that the training was hard because she had to . A. swim in the safety training
B. do make-up herself C. fly for a long time
D. work in a dry environment
5. Which of the following is CORRECT about Crystal?
A. She does not like her job.
B. She can speak French.
C. She does not like long flight hours.
D. She does not like travelling.
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Johnny and Danny
Johnny and Danny were best friends when they were young. When they grow up, Johnny works as a policeman and Danny becomes a thief. The police want to catch Danny but they can’t fi nd him. On one dark night, Johnny meets Danny. Will he catch him or let him go?
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Section B Reading
(B-1) (12 marks)
Jerry is reading the introductions of some books. Read them carefully and choose the best answers for Questions 17-22.
Two Different Farmers
Both Smith and Mark are farmers. Smith works hard every day. He can grow a lot of vegetables. Mark works from Monday to Wednesday only. He always plays with his friends. He cannot grow any vegetables. When winter comes … 35
Veggie Hater
Ray hates vegetables. One day, he wakes up and fi nds himself in a vegetable world. He decides not to eat anything.
After a few days, he feels very hungry.
So he takes a bite on a carrot. He likes its taste. Will Ray fall in love with vegetables in that world?
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The Monsters in the City
Max likes drawing monsters. One night, he draws some monsters on a paper.
The monsters came to life. They leave Max’s home and catch the children in town. The parents are worried. How can they save their children?
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A Deaf Pianist
Rachel is a pianist. She loses her hearing in an accident. She gives up on herself until she meets Tim, a blind painter. He encourages her to keep playing the piano. A year later, Rachel shines on the stage again.
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Section C Writing (30 marks)
36. You are Jerry. You went to a book shop yesterday. Based on the pictures below, write an e-mail to your friend Noah about what happened. Write at least 75 words.
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
shelf
gate / alarm / security guard
mobile phone / ring
(What happened next?)
