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My Lessons at School
Types of Weather
eyebrows arms
cheeks hands
eyes
wrists fingers
ears
thighs hips
chin
legs feet
lips
ankles toes
tongue
Occupations
Acrobat Accountant Artist
Stationery
pen crayon rubber ruler pencil sharpener paintbrush
4 Colours Numbers
red orange yellow zero one two
three four five
green blue purple six seven eight
nine ten eleven
twelve thirteen fourteen
black white pink
fifteen sixteen seventeen
eighteen nineteen twenty
brown silver gold thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy,
eighty, ninety, one hundred.
one thousand, one million.
grey
Ordinal Numbers
Shapes first second third
rectangle oval line fifth sixth seventh
eighth ninth tenth
eleventh twelfth thirteenth
fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth
seventieth eighteenth nineteenth
twentieth twenty-first
Time
one o’clock 1:00
two o’clock 2:00
half-past three 3:30
a quarter past four 4:15 It is half-
Place Prepositions a quarter to six 5:45 past seven.
HK Festivals
Directions Easter Christmas
Buddha’s Birthday
up down left right forwards Chung Yeung Festival
Tomb Sweeping Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
backwards through around between
Mother’s / Father’s Day
National / HK SAR Day
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Emotions
amused annoyed angry
Transport
aeroplane bicycle bus
Sports
archery athletics baseball
8 Fruit
Meat
Vegetables
Drinks 9
Dairy
Other Food
10 Pets
Other Animals
Clothing 11
belt blouse boots
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Useful Songs
Days of the Week. Time for Another Year.
[tinyurl.com/daysoftheweek] [tinyurl.com/monthssong]
With some verbs like “be”, “become”, “feel”, “get”, “look” and
“seem” you must use an adjective instead of an adverb.
e.g. She looked very happy... They felt really tired… She got very
angry when she found out what had happened during her absence.
Time Adverbs
*Used to talk about a period: *During + noun is used to say when something
Four hours / a month / Two happens (not how long)
weeks/ three days / Two years e.g. I saw Paul during the concert / She went to the
/ a long time / six minutes museum during the summer / Alan learnt to drive during
*We can leave out for, but not his holidays / It’s been snowing during the whole week.
usually in negatives.
*We don´t use for + all…
(all day / night / my life etc.)
Ago is used to talk the past
measured from the present. we put it
after the expression of time. (‘Two
Before (not ago) is used with the past perfect. months ago’ means two months before
e.g. I had finished the exam before the bell rang / now.)
Mum had made breakfast before I got up / They e.g. I met sue three years ago / How
had bought the tickets before i arrived at the long ago did you go to the dentist? / I
cinema. went a month ago.
16 Verb table To make the past tense, we should:
*Add ‘ed’…
Simple
Simple Past Past Participle *…just add ‘d’…
Present
*…or change the word.
awake awoke awoken
am / is / are was, were been
We ‘change the word’ if they are
beat beat beaten irregular verbs, as listed here.
become became become
Simple
begin began begun Simple Past
Present Past Participle
Tense
bend bent bent Tense
bite bit bitten get got gotten, got
blow blew blown give gave given
break broke broken go went gone
bring brought brought grow grew grown
burn burned, burnt burned, burnt have had had
buy bought bought hear heard heard
cast cast cast hide hid hidden
catch caught caught hold held held
choose chose chosen hurt hurt hurt
come came come keep kept kept
cost cost cost know knew known
cut cut cut lead led led
dig dug dug learn learnt, learned learnt, learned
dive dived, dove dived leave left left
do did done lend lent lent
drag dragged dragged let let let
draw drew drawn lie (down) lay lain
dreamed, light lighted, lit lighted, lit
dream dreamed, dreamt
dreamt
lose lost lost
drink drank drunk
make made made
drive drove driven
mean meant meant
drown drowned drowned
meet met met
eat ate eaten
pay paid paid
fall fell fallen
put put put
feed fed fed
read read read
feel felt felt
ride rode ridden
fight fought fought
rise rose risen
find found found
run ran run
fit fit fit
saw sawed sawn
fly flew flown
say said said
forget forgot forgotten, forgot
see saw seen
freeze froze frozen
Verb table Antonyms (opposites) 17
Simple Simple Past
Past Participle
accept & refuse
Present Tense
seek sought sought alive & dead
sell sold sold always & never
send sent sent
shake shook shaken
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shine shone shone &
shoot shot shot
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show showed shown
shut shut shut &
sing sang sung &
sink sank sunk
sit sat sat
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sleep slept slept &
slide slid slid
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speak spoke spoken
spend spent spent &
spin spun spun
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stand stood stood
steal stole stolen &
stick stuck stuck &
sweep swept swept
swim swam swum
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swing swung swung &
take took taken
teach taught taught
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tear tore torn &
tell told told
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think thought thought
throw threw thrown &
wake woke woken
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wear wore worn
understand understood understood &
win won won &
wind wound wound
write wrote written
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18 Antonyms Common Prefixes
& Words can be built up or have
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adding a prefix at the beginning
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Common Suffixes Synonyms 19
Common Errors: We can say 'there is' (singular) or 'there are' (plural) but 'there have' has no meaning.
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Common Errors: 'Fun' means 'to have a good time', but 'funny' means something makes you laugh (like a joke).
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Common Errors: 'I am bored' means you have nothing to do, but 'I am boring' means you are not interesting.
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Common Errors: Some simple past tense words end with an extra 'id' syllable. e.g. wanted / shouted / decided.
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Common Errors: We can ask 'how do I/you spell _____?', but we cannot ask 'How to spell _____?'
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Common Errors: We turn on/off the light / air-con / computer, not 'open/close' them.
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Common Errors: Your 'outlook' (展望) is how you feel about the future (not your outward appearance).
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Common Errors: We cannot say "I win you in the race!", instead we say "I beat you in the race!"
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Did you know?: Did you know that over 700 million people speak English as a foreign language?
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Did you know?: Did you know that the English language has the most number of words - about half a million?
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Did you know?: Did you know that the main language used on the internet is English?
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Did you know?: Did you know that the most used letter in the English alphabet is ‘E’? ‘Q’ is the least used.
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Did you know?: Did you know that shortest complete sentence in the English language is “I am.”?
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Did you know?: Did you know that English is an official language of Hong Kong?
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Did you know?: Did you know that most of the information on the world's computers is in English?
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Did you know?: Did you know that over 400 million people are native English speakers?
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Did you know?: Did you know that the longest one-syllable word in the English language is ‘screeched’?
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Did you know?: Did you know that the longest English word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
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Did you know?: Did you know that no words in the English language rhyme with orange, silver or purple?
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Did you know?: Did you know that “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses every English letter?
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Did you know?: Did you know that ‘Rhythm’ is the longest English word without a vowel?
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Did you know?: Did you know that English has borrowed words from almost 150 other languages?
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Did you know?: Did you know that the first English dictionary appeared in 1604?
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English Tip: Watch TVB Pearl or ATV World at home to improve your English.
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English Tip: Try watching movies and DVDs with the English subtitles, instead of the Chinese subtitiles.
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English Tip: Speak English with your mom, dad or helper for one day each week.
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English Tip: Read the South China Morning Post’s ‘Young Post’ at yp.scmp.com
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English Tip: Make and write your own English story book at storybird.com!
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English Tip: You can find lots of great games and free activities at www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org
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English Tip: If you're not sure about how to say a word, go to www.howjsay.com
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English Tip: Go to www.starfall.com for some great English games and stories.
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English Tip: Don’t worry about small mistakes or grammar errors – speak with confidence!
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English Tip: Say ‘hello’ in another way. For example: ‘hi’, ‘howdy’, ‘greetings’, ‘good morning/afternoon’.
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English Idioms: ‘A piece of cake’ means something is/was easy. “That test was a piece of cake!”
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English Idioms: A ‘shot in the dark’ means you guessed an answer. ‘I don’t know, so I took a shot in the dark’
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English Idioms: ‘As blind as a bat’ means you can’t see anything’. “It’s so dark, I’m blind as a bat!”.
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English Idioms: ‘In the doghouse’ means someone has been naughty. “The bad girl was in the doghouse!”
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English Idioms: ‘Out of the blue’ means something happened suddenly. “My party was totally out of the blue.”
If you do not have an English name, you
Common English Names can ask your family to help you choose one!