Tom and Lily

One day, Tom and Lily's dad came home from work. He had a big surprise because he saw two tasty pizzas and four bowls of delicious soup on the table. When he went into the sitting room, he saw a clean and tidy sofa.

Then he saw two dirty clothes hanging around in the bedroom. Tom and Lily wanted to clean them. Dad was happy to see Tom and Lily working at home. He said, "You are my good children. I love you very much."

My Diary - 13 December, 2008

It's Saturday. I got up at nine o'clock. I brushed my teeth and washed my face. I then had my breakfast.

I practised playing piano for nearly an hour. I did my homework at 11 o'clock. After I had my lunch, I went to my English tutorial class.

I had a very busy day.

Friends - Elizabeth Jennings

"I fear it's very wrong of me
And yet I must admit
When someone offers friendship
I want the whole of it.
I don't want everybody else
To share my friends with me.
At least I want one special one
Who indisputably,
Likes me much more than all the rest
Who's always on my side,
Who never cares what others say
Who lets me come and hide
Within his shadow, in his house -
It doesn't matter where -
Who lets me simply be myself,
Who's always, always, there."

Tenses

Mr Cheng drives his car everyday.
He drove his car yesterday.
He has driven for more than ten years.

Mary eats an apple a day.
She ate two apples yesterday.
She has eaten her apple just now.

Tommy finds a book to read in the public library every day.
He found a story book yesterday.
He has found many good story books to read since last year.

David flies to China every week.
He flew to United States of America last year.
He has flown to China twenty times already.

Ben gets his pocket money everyday.
Ben did not get his pocket last year.
Ben has got his pocket money for six months.

Mary gives a bag rice to the poor every year.
She gave two bags of rice last year.
She has given thirty bags of rice to the poor since three months ago.

John holds his birthday party at MacDonald every year.
John held his birthday party at home five years ago.
John has held his birthday party at MacDonald for four years.

May keeps the home keys in her school bag.
May kept her home keys in her pocket yesterday.
May has kept the home keys for three months.

I leave my home every morning at 7 o'clock.
I left home at 8 o'clock yesterday.
I have left home at 7 o'clock for three years.

My mother makes a cake for me every year.
She made two cake for me last year.
She has made many cakes for me since I was five years.

I meet my friends at school every day.
I met them at the cinema last Friday.
I have met my friends at school for three years.

I ride my bike once every month.
I rode my bike twice last month.
I have rode my bike for three years.

Macy runs to school every day.
She ran to the bus stop last year.
She has run to school for three months.

I see my friends in the classroom every day.
I saw them in the playground yesterday.
I have seen them for three years.

David sells his pencils to his friends every year.
He sold his rulers to his friends last year.
He has sold many things to his friends since last year.

Anson sends a Christmas Card to her best classmate every year.
She sent her two Christmas cards last year.
She has sent her friend Christmas cards for three years.

I set a rule at home.
My mother set three rules last year.
We have set four rules since last year.

I sit on my chair everyday.
I sat on my chair last year.
I have sat on my chair for three years.

I speak Cantonese everyday.
I spoke English yesterday.
I have spoken English for three years.

I steal a book from my father shelf.
I stole two books from my father shelf yesterday.
I have stolen three books from my father shelf since last month.

I swim in the swimming pool every summer.
I swam on the beach last summer.
I have swum in the swimming pool for three years.

Miss Terri teaches English.
She taught English yesterday.
She has taught English for twenty years.

I think in Chinese.
I thought in English yesterday.
I have thought in Chinese since I was born.

I understand English.
I understood English last year.
I have understood English for three years.

I wear school uniforms everyday.
I wore a dress yesterday.
I have worn uniforms for ten years.

I win a prize every year.
I won two prizes last year.
I have won three prize since last year.

I write a letter to my friend.
I wrote two letters.
I have written more than ten letters to my friends.

Tenses Exercise

Fill in the correct verbs.

Every Sunday, Jason ______ (like) going to church with his family. He usually ______ (sing) in the church.

Last Sunday the weather ________ (be) hot and stormy. Jason and Carman ___________ (stay) at home. Jason _____________ (make) a kite. Carman __________ (watch) TV.

Today is Saturday. The weather _______ (be) warm and sunny. Now Jason _______________ (play) computer games in his bedroom. Carman _____________ (swim) in the swimming pool. They _____ (be) very happy.

Tomorrow _____________ (be) a holiday. They __________ (visit) the Disneyland.

Test

Unit 1-2
grammar

• same/different
• comparative adjectives
• simple present tense
• superlative adjectives
• letter (tense exercise)
• picture comparatives

Task Book

adjectives

thin thinner thinnest

short shorter shortest

young younger youngest

heavy heavier heaviest

smart

brave

healthy

kind

lazy

old

poor

smart

Worksheets

Suppl

Benjamin and Fung Fung

Benjamin and Fung Fung are boys. They are different ages. Benjamin is older than Fung Fung. They have different weights and heights. Benjamin is heavier and taller than Fung Fung. They go to different schools. They both like English. They were born in Hong Kong.

Writing Tasks

The giant pandas - Le Le and Ying Ying

Le Le and Ying Ying are different sexes. They are the same age. They are different weights. Le Le is heavier thanYing Ying. They are different heights. Le Le is taller than Ying Ying. They have the same colours. They are black and white. They eat the same kind of food. They come from the same country.

Write a similar task for Anson and Christy
Anson and Christy are girls. They are the same age. They have different weights. Christy is heavier than Anson. They have different heights. Christy is taller than Anson. They go to different schools. They like different subjects. Anson likes English. Christy likes Chinese. They were born in Hong Kong.

Dictation

1. Liu Xiang is a Chinese hurdling athlete.
2. He is an Olympic gold medal winner.
3. He is the fastest hurdler in the world.
4. Linda is the cleverest.
5. Michael is the healthiest.
6. Paul is the best singer.
7. Jessie is the bravest girl.
8. Mr Gordon is the kindest.

Dictation

1. Mr Pang is tall and thin.
   
2. He and dad are the same height.
   
3. She's shorter than Mr Pang but she looks stronger than him.
4. Mr Lo is short and fat.
   
5. He's fatter than dad.
6. Mrs Lo and Mum are both policewomen, but they work in different places.
7. Mum is younger than Mrs Lo.
   

Friends by Elizabeth Jennings

I fear it's very wrong of me
And yet I must admit
When someone offers friendship
I want the whole of it.

I don't want everybody else
To share my friends with me.
At least, I want one special one,
Who, indisputably
Likes me much more than all the rest,
Who's always on my side.

Who never cares what others say,
Who lets me come and hide
Within his shadow, in his house -
It doesn't matter where -
who lets me simply be myself,
Who's always, always there.

Lesson

The good teacher has lessons for us; listening, speaking, reading, writing, tapes to listen and speak, books to read and write, and short clear lesson.

Peter's Piano

Peter played piano with Po Po.
Did Peter play piano with PoPo?
If Peter played piano with Po Po,
Where's the piano Peter and Po Po played?

Peter

Peter is a good boy. He goes to the park. He is playing football with his friends.

Suddenly, he hurts his leg with the football. The wound on his leg starts bleeding. Peter cries for help. His friends put bandages on his wound. It stops bleeding.

Peter stops crying and is happy again.

Verbs

1. go went
2. see saw
3. watch watched
4. play played
5. fly flew
6. meet met
7. ride rode
8. buy bought
9. eat ate
10. swim swam
11. read read
12. drink drank

Last week, John and his mother ______ (1. go) to the Hong Kong Airport to pick up John's father from the USA. They ______ (2. see) a lot of airplanes. They _________ (3. watch) them on the podium of the airport. They also ______ (4. meet) some friends there.

After they _______ (5. picked) up their father, they ______ (6. ride) a bike in the nearby park. John's mother ________ (7. buy) a lot of snacks for them. They ______ (8. eat ) the snacks near a pond. There ______ (9. be) a lot of fish in the pond. The fish ________ (10. swim) happily when they fed them. John's father __________ (11. read) newspapers when they ______ (12. play) with the fish. At last, they ______ (13. drink ) some juice and _______ (14. leave) the park at five o'clock in the afternoon.

Compound Words

1. blackboard
2. classroom
3. bedroom
4. homework
5. starfish
6. pancake
7. into
8. toothbrush
9. newspaper
10. football
11. tabletennis
12. bedtime
13. handbag
14. schoolbag
15. schoolbus
16. basketball
17. sunglasses
18. watermelon
19. teddybear
20. housework
21. housewife
22. hotdog
23. tablecloth
24. whiteboard
25. hamburger
26. mooncake
27. bathroom
28. sunflower

Hong Kong Festivals

On 1st of January, we have the New Year Day. We send New Year cards to our friends.

On 1st of January in the Chinese calendar, we celebrate Chinese New Year. Children get red packets from their parents.

On 14th of February, it is the Valentine's Day. People give their loves flowers and gifts.

On 4th of April, it is the Children's Day. Children get toys.

On the second Sunday of May, it is the Mother's Day. We give our mothers flowers.

On the third Sunday of June, it is Father's Day. We give our dads presents.

On the fifth of May in Chinese calendar, it is the Dragon Boat Festival. We eat rice dumplings.

On the fifteenth of August in Chinese calendar, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, we eat moon cakes.

On the twenty-fifth of December, it is the Christmas Day. We send Christmas cards to our friends.

My Diary

Date: 7th June, 2008 (Saturday)
Weather: Black Storm
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Where did you go?
Who went with you?
When did you go?
What did you do?
Whom did you meet?
Was it a good day?

It was a rainy day today. There was a blackstorm warning in the morning. The blackstorm warning was cancelled at about 11 o'clock. Then I went to Hung Hom with my dad and mom. I joined the English lesson. I met three friends there. It was a good day to me.
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Mr Whisper

Mr Whisper broke his blue cup. He went to the cup shop. "Do you have a blue cup?" he said in whispery voice.

"Louder! I can't hear you," said the woman. Mr Whisper said, "Do you have a cup?" "Louder! I still can't hear you! said the woman. Mr Whisper said, "Do you have a cup?" "Louder! I still can't hear you!" the woman said.

Mr Whisper shouted in his whispery voice,"I want a blue cup!" " I still can't hear you," said the cup woman, "Your voice is too whispery. What you need is one big noise.

The cup woman went to the back of her shop. She came out with a bowl of noise porridge. "Have some of this," she said. The porridge was so good. Mr Whisper ate the lot. Gulp, gulp, gulp.

"Now what do you want?" said the cup woman. Mr Whisper said, "Please, do you have a blue cup?" His voice was so loud, shelves shook and cups fell down crash!
"Too loud! Too loud!" said the the cup woman. " You ate too much big noise porridge. What you need now, is some whispery soup"

The cup woman went to the back of her shop and got some whispery soup in a blue. "Have some of this," she said. The soup was so good. Mr Whisper drank the lot. Gulp, gulp, gulp.

Mr Whisper looked at the cup that the soup had been in. It was big. It was blue. "Just what I want!" he said in his whispery voice. "A blue cup." "I can't hear you!" said the cup woman. "You drank too much whispery soup. Your voice is small again." "I'll have this blue cup," said Mr Whisper, putting some money on the counter. "Louder!" said the cup woman.

Mr Whisper smiled. He went out of the shop and went down the road, singing, "I've got my blue cup. I've got my blue cup. I've got my blue cup."

1. Where did Mr Whisper go to buy a cup?

___________________________________________

2. The cup woman gave Mr Whisper something to eat. What was it?
___________________________________________

3. Why did the shelves shake and the cups fall down?
___________________________________________

I Looked Through My Window

I looked through my window. Guess what I saw?
A big fluffy bear. She waved a paw.
"Hello, hello, hello," she said.
"Any room for me in your nice warm bed.
She is cuddly!"

I looked through my window.
Guess what I saw?
A mischievous monkey. He waved a paw.
"Hello, hello, hello," he said.
"Any room for me in your nice warm bed.
He is funny!"

I looked through my window. Guess what I saw?
A big long snake. She waved her head.
"Hello, hello, hello," she said.
"Any room for me in your nice warm bed.
She is wavy!"

I looked through my window. Guess what I saw?
A big strong crocodile. She waved a paw.
"Hello, hello, hello," she said.
"Any room for me in your nice warm bed.
She is slippery!"

I looked through my window. Guess what I saw?
A big heavy elephant. He waved his nose.
"Hello, hello, hello," he said.
"Any room for me in your nice warm bed.
He is bulky!"

1. How was the bear like?
____________________________________
2. How was the monkey like?
____________________________________
3. How was the snake like?
____________________________________
4. How was the crocodile like?
___________________________________
5. How was the elephant like?
___________________________________

One day, a greedy rabbit was eating hungrily in a green meadow on a hill. He felt too hungry and weak even to get himself more carrots. "I'll make that tortoise get me some carrots," he thought.

He put off the tortoise's shell and wouldn't give it back."Please give me back my shell," said the tortoise."Only if you get me some carrots," said the rabbit.

So the tortoise went to the storekeeper. "Please give some carrots to the rabbit," he said. "Then the rabbit will give me back my shell."

"Only if you get me some money," said the storekeeper.

So the tortoise went to the banker. "Please give some money to the storekeeper," he said. "Then the storekeeper will give some carrots to the rabbit and the rabbit will give me back my shell."
"Only if you get me a house," said the banker.

So the tortoise went to the developer. "Please give a house to the banker," he said. Then the banker will give some money to the storekeeper, the storekeeper will give some carrots to the rabbit and the rabbit will give me back my shell."

"Only if you get me some house buyers," said the developer.

Now the developer used the tortoise picture to attract house buyers. The house buyers give money to the developer, and the developer gives the house to banker, the banker gives some money to the storekeeper, then the storekeeper gave the rabbit some carrots, then the rabbit gave the tortoise back his shell. Tortoise clawed for joy all the way home.

As for the rabbit, he had his carrots at last, but he was still not content. "Now, how doesn't that green meadow grow carrots?" asked the rabbit as he looked down the meadow. So the rabbit went down the hill, tired and unhappy, because there was no longer any carrots for him.

M-o-t-h-e-r Poem

Mum, it is the Mother's Day today.

Oh, Mother's Day is a festival for you.

The festival reminds me to love you.

How many Mother's Days we have spent together?

Every Mother's Day I wish I will bring you some surprise.

Really I hope everyday is a Mother's Day!

Peter and Pinky

Peter and Pinky lived with their mother and stepfather in a little hut near a forest. Their stepfather was a hunter , and they were very poor. They were all very thin.

One day Peter and Pinky’s stepfather said, “We have no food left. There is no more food for us to eat.”

"Then Peter and Pinky cannot live here,” said their stepfather. “We must leave them in the middle of the forest,”

"No,” said their mother. But their stepfather said, “We must.”Peter and Pinky were listening on their bed. “I have a plan,” said Peter, and he went out to get some little rocks.

The next week they all went into the forest. Peter dropped little rocks on the path. “Wait here,” said their mother. “We are going to hunt some animals.”

Peter and Pinky waited the whole afternoon. Then they followed the rocks back home.

Their mother was glad to see Peter and Pinky, but their stepfather was very unhappy. “There is not enough food for us all,” he said. “We must take Peter and Pinky deeper into the forest.”

"No!” said their mother. “We can’t do that.” “We must,” said their stepfather. “This time they must not find their way home.”

Peter’s stepfather tied Peter and Pinky on the poles, so they couldn’t get out. Peter couldn’t collect rocks. The next day they all went deep into the forest. This time Peter dropped water on the path. “Wait here,” said their mother. “We are going to hunt for animals.”

Peter and Pinky waited all day long. Then they looked for the water on the path. But the water had dried out.

Peter and Pinky went deeper into the forest. They walked for a long time. In the middle of the forest, they found a house made of chocolates and candies. In the house lived a wizard. The wizard planned to kill Peter and Pinky to worship his god.

The wizard locked Pinky in a hole and gave her lots of water."Soon he will be killed,” said the wizard. “Then I will burn her in my fire.”

"Where is the fire?” said Peter.“Here,” said the wizard. And he opened the door of the fireplace.

"I can’t see the fire,” said Peter.The wizard opened the door of the fireplace a little wider. “I still can’t see it,” said Peter.

The wizard opened the door as wide as he could. Peter pushed him into the fireplace and locked the door.

Peter let Pinky out of the hole.“Look at all these gold coins,” said Peter. “We can take them home and buy food with it.”

After a long walk Peter and Pinky found their way home.

Their mother was glad to see them. “Your stepfather has gone,” she said.

So Peter and Pinky and their mother all lived happily ever after in their little hut near the forest.

Who + What + Where + When

Who + What + Where + When

1. A duck yucked in the blue pond in the afternoon.
2. A bee wheed in the feild in the morning.
3. A cow wowed in the farm at night.
4. A buck clucked in the bush at dawn.
5. An owl howled in the meadow in the evening.

Easter

I like Easter.
I like celebrating Easter.

Easter is in spring.
Easter is a special time.

Some people paint eggs.
Some people wear new clothes.
Some people plant Easter lillies.
Christians celbrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

It's great.
I will have happy holidays.
I will celebrate Easter by eating chocolate eggs.

Kellar Lost Her Voice

Kellar is a lovely cow. She always likes to sing, moo moo moo. She has many friends: sheep, hen, horse, rabbit, and owl.

One day, when Kellar wants to sing in front of all friends, she lost her voice. She is sad and all her friends try to help. They get a big bowl and fill in the bowl with chocolate milk. One by one her friends add something into the bowl.

After Kellar has the stew from the bowl, she gets her voice back. She sings and says thank you to all her friends.

Write T for true and F for false

1. Kellar doesn't like to sing.
2. Kellar has many friends.
3. Kellar does not lose her voice.
4. Kellar's friends get a big bow and fill in the bowl with orange juice.
5. Kellar gets her voice back at the end.

Happy Lunar New Year

I wish you a year of happiness and joy.

Valentine's Day

I like Valentine's Day.
I like celebrating Valentine's Day.

It is on the fourteenth of February.

It is a day to show the special people my love.

I give my mom a hug.
I give my dad a kiss.
I give my teacher a thank-you card.

It's great!
My valentines would know I care about them.
Most importantly, they know I love them all.

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Terri's birthday is in January.
Can you tell me the month of your birthday?

Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers

1. one first
2. two second
3. three third
4. four fourth
5. five fifth
6. six sixth
7. seven seventh
8. eight eighth
9. nine ninth
10. ten tenth

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I am Terri. I am the third child in my family.

Reading Comprehension I

Read the following passage and write the answer in your comment box.
Dear Mary

Hi, Chinse New Year is coming. It is a big day to Chinese.

We have many things to do in the holidays.We clean our home. We also eat delicious food. In the evening before the new year day, we have a big feast with our relatives.

In the new year holidays, we get red packets from our parents. We did a dragon dance and played with fire-crackers.

What do you do in your new year holidays?

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I'm Anson.