O Contents Unit Reading strategy Vocabulary Listening strategy All about you Scanning Online blog entry Vocabulary of appearance Listening for numbers School life Skimming Drama script Vocabulary about school Listening for times and dates Neighbourhood Working out the meaning of unfamiliar words Flyer Vocabulary about facilities in a neighbourhood Listening for keywords Hong Kong Identifying facts and opinions Fact sheet Vocabulary about local food Listening for sequence Food and drink Understanding simile and metaphor Poem Vocabulary about cooking utensils Listening to instructions Hobbies Predicting Story Vocabulary about different film and book genres Listening for responses: positive, negative or neutral Appendices • Popular Culture • • Drama • • Poems and Songs • • Short Stories • 1 5 4 3 2 6 Sample
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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 turnYour turn
Listen to the conversation and complete the information sheet.
Listening strategyistening strategy
Track 4
Sample
Unit 2 • School life • O19
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
OIntegrated skillsntegrated skillsTrack 5
Event highlights: 1. Drama course 2. Christmas performance 3. Performance for graduates 4. Annual performance
Your turnYour 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
Sample
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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.
OO was/were
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 turnYour turn
A. Read the diary entry and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verbs.
OG rammarrammar
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.
O OUseful tip
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.
Sample
Unit 4 • Hong Kong • O45
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 turnYour 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.
O OUseful tip
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
Unit 2 • School life • O23
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:
Writing strategyriting strategy
Your turnYour 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? What happens at the beginning?
• Drama •
Sample
O Discovering English in Summer • Book 1 •24
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
Sample
Unit 3 • Neighbourhood • O35
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:
Speaking strategypeaking strategy
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.
Sample
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Your turnYour 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.
Track 8
• 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
Sample
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Play a riddle game below about some hobbies. Write the answers in the spaces provided.
OFun breakun break
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.
OSelf-evaluationelf-evaluation
Fully understand Don’t understand at all
3 2 1 0An 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
Riddle game about hobbies
Unit 6 • Hobbies •
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.