English Practice
Contents 5A
Unit Topic Language Focus Vocabulary Page 1 Good and bad
manners
• Adverbs of manner
• Modals: should / shouldn’t
• Describing
manners 2
2 You can be nice too!
• Adjectives / Verbs + Prepositions
• each other / one another
• Things that we should or shouldn’t do
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3 Staging a play • Prepositions: in / with
• Relative pronouns: who
• Body parts
• Accessories
• Objects
• Clothing items
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4 Whose things are these?
• Possessive pronouns
• Question words: Whose
• Accessories
• Objects 14
5 I have already done it!
• Present perfect tense 1: already
/ just / yet • Past participles 18
6 Exploring Hong Kong
• Present perfect tense 2: ever / never
• Present perfect tense 3: How many times …? / once / twice / three times
• Present perfect tense vs Simple past tense
• Places in Hong Kong
• Activities in Hong Kong
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7 The people we admire
• Present perfect tense 4: How long …? / since / for
• Simple past tense: ago / in
• Jobs 26
Final Revision 30
Quick Notes 35
Sample
Sample
A. Daisy is making the boards in the classroom with her classmates. They show pictures of good and bad manners. Help them label the pictures.
Vocabulary Workout
1 Good and bad manners
1. speak 2. eat
3. wait 4. talk
5. arrive 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.
B. Complete the sentence.
Can I have the menu, please?
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Give me the
menu! 2
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Board A
Board B
Date:
Sample
B. How should a good student behave? Help Daisy complete the blanks with the correct form of the given words.
Good Students
1. Speak to teachers.
2. Don’t eat your food in the canteen.
3. Read in the library.
4. Don’t arrive for school.
5. Wait to borrow your book in the library.
Grammar Workout
Usually, we add ‘-ly’
to an adjective to form an adverb.
wait eat arrive
patiently late noisily
at traffic lights for school on public transport in the restaurant
1. We speak politely to people.
2. We talk loudly .
3. We .
4. We .
5.
Don’t change the verb form after ‘should’
and ‘shouldn’t’.
C. Daisy is telling her brother about good and bad manners. Complete the sentences with ‘should’ or ‘shouldn’t’ and the given words.
1 2 3 4 5
quiet patient
polite late noisy
Thank you.
Sample
D. Daisy is writing in her diary. Circle the answers and complete her writing with the correct form of the given words. Use each word once only.
Text type: Diaries Topic: Environment
Did you know?
The Italians expect people to greet and smile graciously when they enter the lift. If they do not do that, the Italians will think that they are rude.
17th May Sunny
Today I joined the ‘Clean the Beach’ activity in Sham Wan. We cleaned the beach for endangered green turtles. They lay eggs there every year.
All other participants arrived on time. I felt sorry because I arrived
1 . There was a lot of rubbish on the beach. Rubbish belongs in the rubbish bin. We 2 should act / shouldn’t act selfishly.
All of us waited 3 for the instructions from the officer.
‘Listen 4 ! Put all the rubbish in the black rubbish bags,’
said the officer 5 .
We worked together 6 . I had a great time.
The green turtles will come back in June. Nobody 7 should enter / shouldn’t enter the beach between June and October 8 . We 9 should protect / shouldn’t protect these rare visitors.
secret patient careful
happy late loud
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E. Daisy wrote a poem. Read her poem and answer the questions.
1. In line 7, what does ‘crawled’ mean?
A. ran B. moved slowly
C. swam slowly D. looked
2. The turtles were born .
A. in the air B. in the sea
C. in the mountains D. on the seashore 3. ‘Softly, slowly and secretly’ (line 3) is an example of alliteration.
Which of the following lines from the poem is another example?
A. Under the mysterious magical moon B. And crawled towards the sea
C. Hundreds of baby turtles hatched D. And return to the beach to nest
4. What does ‘the hatchlings’ (line 6) refer to?
Under the Moon
Under the mysterious magical moon, Softly, slowly and secretly,
Hundreds of baby turtles hatched.
On the silvery beach,
The hatchlings followed the moon And crawled towards the sea.
One by one they made it to the sea quietly.
One day some will become mothers And return to the beach to nest.
If by chance you see one of them, Gently you should walk out of her way
And watch silently — how amazing nature is!
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Language Arts
Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a pair or string of words.
Date: Marks: /100
Sample
Final Revision
A. Daisy and Elise want to solve some riddles. Help them write the answers on the lines. (8%@1%)
B. Daisy went to see the doctor with Mum. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given words. (12%@2%)
1. Mum and I arrived (early) at the clinic.
2. The doctor arrived (late).
3. The patients waited (patient).
4. A man asked the nurse (polite).
5. The nurse called my name (soft).
6. The doctor spoke to me (gentle).
It has two hands to tell the time but it is not a clock.
What is it?
Where can you watch the sky on the ceiling?
He works with colours and brushes. What is his job?
What keeps your hands warm and rhymes with
‘kittens’?
When you look at it, you can see yourself. What is it?
It is home to the pandas and the dolphins. Where is it?
The actors listen to her advice. What is she?
It is made of silver. You can put it on your finger.
What is it?
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Sample
C. Daisy is a prefect at school. Complete what she says to the students with the given words. (9%@3%)
D. Daisy is talking to Grandma. Complete the conversation. (12%@3%) should
shouldn’t fight with listen to laugh at
1. (each other)
You .
2. (one another)
3. (each other)
Daisy : Have you ever been to the Cultural Centre?
Grandma : No, 1 .
Daisy : 2 Hong Kong Wetland Park?
Grandma : Yes, I have.
Daisy : 3 there?
Grandma : I’ve been there twice.
Daisy : 4 do there?
Grandma : I looked at the birds there.
