4A Contents

Grammar Review 1: Phrases of quantity 2

Grammar Review 2: Question words 3

Unit 1 · Simple present tense

· Simple present tense vs Present continuous tense

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Unit 2 · Adjectives

· Comparisons: short adjectives 8

Revision 1 (Units 1-2) 12

Unit 3 · Comparisons: long adjectives

· Phrases of quantity 14

Unit 4

· Comparisons: irregular adjectives

· Question words: Who/What/Where/

Why/When/Which

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Revision 2 (Units 3-4) 22

Unit 5 · There was/were

· Simple past tense 24

Unit 6 · Could/could not

· Reflexive pronouns (with ‘by’) 28

Unit 7 · Adverbs: too/either

· Connectives: and/or/but 32

Revision 3 (Units 5-7) 36

Booster Practice (Prepositions + Tenses) 38

Useful Tables 39

Glossary 40

Contents 4A

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1 Phrases of

quantity

What do they have? Complete the following sentences with the correct phrases of quantity and nouns .

Time to practise

I have a box of chicken wings.

I have two slices of pizza.

1. They have a of cola.

2. They have three of orange juice.

3. They have seven of pizza.

4. They have five .

5. They have four .

6. They have two .

Keep in mind

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Tricks to remember!

Time to practise

A. Fill in the blanks with the -s/-es form.

Simple present tense;

Simple present tense vs Present continuous tense

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I always go to school on foot.

Mary sometimes goes to school by minibus.

I / We / You / They always often sometimes

seldom never

go

to school by minibus.

He / She / It goes

e.g. go goes 1. draw

2. read 3. play

4. study 5. see

6. wash 7. do

We add ‘s/es’ to the

verb after ‘he/she/it’ in the simple present tense.

Keep in mind

Key to learn

always often sometimes seldom never

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B. This is Mike’s calendar for the week. Fill in the blanks with always , often , sometimes , seldom or never .

Date:

1. Mike plays basketball.

2. Mike watches TV.

3. Mike eats apples.

4. Mike plays computer games.

5. Mike brushes his teeth.

We use the simple present tense with always, often, never, etc.

C. Write the sentences by adding the correct adverbs . e.g. I / eat / breakfast / in the morning always

I always eat breakfast in the morning.

1. He / drink / cola / in winter never

He .

2. Susan / do / homework / in the evening often

3. David and Mary / play / tennis / on Thursdays sometimes

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

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1. It (rain) now.

2. Sandy (like) collecting stickers.

3. Mr Lee likes (read) magazines.

4. They (ride) bicycles in the park now.

5. He (like) making cakes.

What do you like doing?

I like playing sports.

What are you doing?

I am playing basketball.

Time to practise

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

What do you like doing?

I like playing sports.

What are you doing?

Tricks to remember!

Simple present tense - I + like doing

Present continuous tense - I + am doing

verb

verb

Distinguish between the simple present tense and present continuous tense.

Keep in mind

Key to learn

I am playing basketball.

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I ^e.g. am reading (read) the newspaper in the library. I like

e.g. reading (read) the newspaper.

Becky 1 (run) in the playground. She seldom

2 (walk) home after school because she is tired after running.

Andrew 3 (like) playing the piano. He sometimes

4 (practise) in the music room.

Penny and Rachel 5 (draw) in the art room. They always 6 (go) to the art room after school.

Kenny 7 (play) Chinese checkers with Gary. They E. Tim’s friends have different hobbies. Look at the pictures and fill in

the blanks with the correct form of the given words.

Tim

Rachel Kenny Gary

Becky Andrew

Penny

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A. Look at the schedule of Tim and Sue. Fill in the blanks with adverbs of frequency and the correct form of the verbs.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

Units 1-2

B. Tim is in the country park with his family. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.

Units 1-2

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Tim: I like going to school. I 1 (play) football after school. My sister Sue 2 (play) football.

She likes reading. She 3 (read) the newspaper in the library after school. I 4 (read) the

newspaper at school. We both like skipping very much. We

5 (skip) together after school.

Tim and his family 1 to the country park every Sunday.

Tim likes 2 around the park. He 3 after the butterflies now. His parents like 4 under the tree. They

5 sandwiches. Tim sometimes 6 a kite with his sister Sue too.

chase eat fly go run sit

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C. Look at the picture and complete the sentences with comparatives (-er) or superlatives (-est) .

Date:

Joe Karen

Miss Chan

Michael

1. tall Joe is Amy.

Miss Chan is .

2. short Lisa is Karen.

She .

3. long Amy’s hair Miss Chan’s.

Karen’s hair .

4. fat Ronald Michael.

He .

5. small Michael’s eyes Lisa’s.

Amy Ronald

Lisa

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Date:

Prepositions

A. Fill in the blanks with by , in or of .

1. They travel to work minibus.

2. Samantha lives England.

3. Could you buy me a packet potato chips?

4. He could comb his hair himself when he was two.

5. Have you seen my pair jeans?

6. It was a hot day so they swam the sea happily.

7. Jane buys several cans soup for the party tomorrow.

Tenses

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.

Mum: How tall 1 (be) you, Anna?

Anna: I 2 (be) 110 cm tall.

Mum: Last year you 3 (be) 105 cm.

Anna: Yes. Some of my clothes 4 (be) too small now.

Mum: We 5 (can) go shopping now.

Anna: Great!

Mum: I remember you 6 (have) many clothes when you 7 (be) a little girl.

Anna: Yes, I loved beautiful clothes. I 8 (can) get dressed by myself when I 9 (be) two years old.

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Irregular Verbs − Past Tense

Present Past Present Past

be

(is / am / are) was / were meet met

bring brought pay paid

buy bought put put

choose chose read read

cost cost ride rode

do did run ran

eat ate say said

feel felt see saw

find found send sent

forget forgot sing sang

get got spend spent

give gave swim swam

go went take took

have had teach taught

hit hit tell told

know knew think thought

leave left throw threw

make made win won

mean meant write wrote

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A

air conditioner (n.) 空調機 U5

B

board games (n.) 棋類遊戲 U1

bunch (n.) 一束 ／一串 U3

C

Cantonese (n.) 廣東話 U7

carton (n.) 硬紙盒 U3

channel (n.) 頻道 U7

chat (v.) 聊天 U5

Chinese checkers (n.) 中國跳棋 ／

波子棋 U1

clown (n.) 小丑 U2

cookery (n.) 烹飪 U7

country park (n.) 郊野公園 R1

curry (n.) 咖喱 U4

D

dangerous (adj.) 危險的 U6

delicious (adj.) 美味的 U3

dessert (n.) 甜品 U3

digital camera (n.) 數碼相機 U5 disappointedly (adv.) 失望地 U7

documentary (n.) 紀錄片 U7

drama (n.) 戲劇 U7

E

elder (adj.) 年長的 U6

electronic games (n.) 電子遊戲 U5

exciting (adj.) 令人興奮的 U7

expensive (adj.) 昂貴的 U3

F

ferry pier (n.) 渡輪碼頭 U5

H

helpful (adj.) 樂於助人的 U2

huge (adj.) 巨大的 U2

I

informative (adj.) 資訊性強的 U7

M

macaroni (n.) 通心粉 U4

magazine (n.) 雜誌 U1

medal (n.) 獎牌 U2

messy (adj.) 凌亂的 U2

Mexican (adj.) 來自墨西哥的 R2

mushroom (n.) 蘑菇 U4

N

nut (n.) 果仁 U3

P

pasta (n.) 意大利麫食 U4

peanut butter (n.) 花生醬 U3

polite (adj.) 有禮貌的 U3

popular (adj.) 受歡迎的 U3

potato chips (n.) 薯片 U3

prawn (n.) 蝦 U4

programme (n.) 節目 U2

pumpkin (n.) 南瓜 U4

R

report (n.) 報告 R2

S

salad (n.) 沙律 ／沙拉 U4

sauce (n.) 醬 U4

sausage (n.) 香腸 U3

several (determiner) 幾個 R2

slice (n.) 片 GR1

skip (v.) 跳繩 R1

smartphone (n.) 智能手機 R3

snack (n.) 小吃 U3

spaghetti (n.) 意大利麫條 U4

sticker (n.) 貼紙 U1

switch (v.) 轉換 U7

T

theme park (n.) 主題公園 U5

touching (adj.) 感人的 U7

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