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 Contents

1 Adjectives: the same, different 1

Comparative adjectives

2 Simple present tense 5

Superlative adjectives

3 Simple past tense 9

Comparative adjectives: more … than
Superlative adjectives: the most …

Revision 1 13

4 Modals: can/cannot, must/must not 17

Formulaic expressions: Let’s ..., Shall we ...?

5 ‘-ing’ nouns and noun phrases 21

Adverbs of frequency: always, usually,
often, sometimes,
never

6 Adverbs of manner 25
Connectives: first, next, then,
after that, finally

Revision 2 29
1
Read and learn

Peter Mike
Peter is taller than Mike.
Peter and Mike have the same hobby.
Peter and Mike are the same weight.
Peter and Mike wear different glasses.
the same weight.
Peter and Mike are
different weights.

the same hobby.

Peter and Mike have
different hobbies.

★ We use ‘the same’ to talk about people or things that are exactly like
each other.
★ We use ‘different’ to talk about people or things that are not like
each other.

taller
Peter is than Mike.
shorter

tall ➔ taller short ➔ shorter

★ We use ‘er + than’ to compare two people or things.

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the same, different

A Kim is showing you a picture of her and her best friend.
Complete what she says. Circle the correct words.

Sue is my best friend.

We’re nine years old. We’re 1 (the same age / different ages).
We go to 2 (the same school / different schools).
We’re 3 (the same height / different heights).
I’m 4 (taller / shorter) than Sue.
We live in 5 (the same place / different places).
I live in Sha Tin. Sue lives in Mong Kok.

Kim Sue

B Kim is looking at pictures of her friends’ pets. Help Kim complete

some notes about her friends’ pets with ‘the same’ and ‘different’.
Circle the correct words.

Bobo
Snowball Age: 2 years old Coco
Age: 1 month Weight: 10 kg Age: 1 month
Weight: 1 kg Favourite food: meat Weight: 5 kg
Favourite food: carrots Favourite food: dog biscuits

Snowball and Bobo are 1 _________________ (animal / animals).

Snowball and Bobo like 2 _________________ (kind / kinds) of food.
Bobo and Coco are 3 _________________ (kind / kinds) of animal.
Bobo and Coco are 4 _________________ (weight / weights).
Snowball and Coco are 5 _________________ (age / ages).


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Comparative adjectives
A Help Kim complete the table with the correct form of the adjectives.

small ➔ smaller old ➔ 6 _______________

tall ➔ 1 _______________ heavy ➔ 7 _______________
thin ➔ 2 _______________ weak ➔ 8 _______________
big ➔ 3 _______________ light ➔ 9 _______________
dirty ➔ 4 _______________ strong ➔ 10 _______________
short ➔ 5 _______________ fat ➔ 11 _______________

B Kim is writing about her friends. Help her complete the sentences.

bad good happy healthy

short small tidy young

than
1 James is 125 cm. David is 120 cm. David is __________________
James.
2 Peter got 96 marks in his test. David got 95 marks in his test.
Peter’s result is ___________________________ David’s result.
3 Jane is 10 years old. Judy is 9 years old. Judy is _____________
__________________ Jane.
4 James exercises every day. Joe does not exercise. James is
___________________________ Joe.
5 Karen has a big dog. Janet has a hamster. Janet’s pet is
___________________________ Karen’s pet.
6 Sue puts her books back on the bookshelf all the time.
Lily leaves her books everywhere in her room. Sue is
___________________________ Lily.
7 Jimmy always laughs. Peter always cries. Jimmy is
___________________________ Peter.
8 Sam scored 10 points and Nancy scored 8 points in a game.
Nancy’s result is ___________________________ Sam’s result.

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C Kim is showing you a picture. Write about the picture with

‘different’, ‘the same’ and the correct form of the adjectives.

Sue Jimmy Ken

Mary
Kim
Joyce
Jenny

Helen Jack Wendy Nick

Peter Eric
John Sam

dirty fast heavy light short

slow strong tall tidy weak

1 Kim’s classmates are in the playground. Peter, John and Sam are
talking to each other. They are ____________________ heights.
than Peter, but he is ____________________
Sam is ____________________
John.
2 Joyce, Mary and Kim are having a race. Joyce is
____________________ Kim, but she is ____________________ Mary.
3 Ken, Jimmy and Sue are helping their teacher. Ken is
____________________ Jimmy, but he is ____________________ Sue.
4 Helen, Jenny and Eric are lifting bags. Their bags are
____________________ weights. Jenny’s bag ____________________
Eric’s bag, but her bag ___________________________ Helen’s bag.
5 Jack, Wendy and Nick like ____________________ kind of food.
They are eating ice cream. Wendy is __________________________,
but _________________________________________________________.

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Read and learn

What does your father do?

My father is a fireman. He’s
the bravest in our family.
What does your mother do?
My mother is a nurse. She’s
the kindest in our family.

do you I write stories.

What do?
does he He teaches English.

★ We use the simple present tense to talk about permanent situations or

things that happen all the time.

I am
slowest.
He/She/It is the bravest.
happiest.
You/We/They are

★ We use ‘the + -est’ to compare three or more people or things.

★ For words ending with ‘e’, we add ‘st’. We do not double the ‘e’, e.g.,
brave ➔ bravest.
★ For words ending with ‘y’, we change the ‘y’ to ‘i’, then add ‘est’, e.g.,
dirty ➔ dirtiest.


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Simple present tense

A Gary is making his own web page. Help him complete the
sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

bark be cook go like live play sleep take teach wake

[Link]

1
This is me. I ______________ with my
family in Hong Kong. I ______________
badminton every week. I ______________
a member of the Badminton Club.

2 This is my mother. She ______________

me up every morning. She
_____________ to the market every
day. She ______________ good care of
us. She ______________ delicious food.

3 This is my father. He ______________

a teacher. He ______________ Chinese.
He ______________ to work very early
in the morning.

4
This is my sister. She ______________
playing the piano. She ______________
the piano in many concerts.

5 This is my dog. It ______________ a

lazy dog. It _____________ on the
sofa. It _____________ a lot.


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Superlative adjectives
A Help Gary complete the table with the correct forms of the adjectives.
healthy 1 _____________________
healthier than the
2 ________________________

naughty 3 _____________________ 4 ________________________

lazy 5 _____________________ 6 ________________________

smart 7 _____________________ 8 ________________________

kind 9 _____________________ 10 _______________________

B Gary is writing a comic strip about some monsters. Help him

complete his comic strip with the correct form of the adjectives.

bad big brave clever fast happy poor tidy

1 The little monsters are at Happyland. 2 The little monsters get lost. Miki knows
the fastest
Andy is on _________________ roller the way to the hotel. She is ________
coaster in their world. He is ______________________.
_____________________
among them.

3 On the second day, the weather is 4 Miki’s room and Andy’s room are
_____________________ of their trip. messy. Bobby’s room is clean. Bobby
They have to stay in the is _____________________.
hotel.

5 It is the last day of their trip. 6 Miki has no money left.

They are in _______________ She is ________________
_______________________ _______________ at the
shopping centre at end of the trip.
Happyland. Miki gets her
favourite trainers. She is
_____________________.


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Comparative and superlative adjectives

A Gary is writing about the little monsters. Look at the table. Help him
complete the sentences.

Record of conduct at school

Andy Miki Nani
Keep quiet D C- C
Do homework C C+ C-
Help others A B+ A-

1 Miki is _________________ the

than Nani. Andy is _________________. (noisy)
2 Andy is _________________ Miki. Nani is _________________. (lazy)
3 Nani is _________________ Miki. Andy is _________________. (kind)

B Gary is comparing three restaurants. Help him complete his report.

Spring Restaurant Park Restaurant Palace Restaurant

soup
chicken
place
service

Spring Restaurant, Park Restaurant and Palace Restaurant are in

the same area.
than
1 Their soup is bad. The soup in Park Restaurant is _______________
the soup in Spring Restaurant. The soup in Palace Restaurant is
the
_________________.
2 Their chicken is good. The chicken in Spring Restaurant is
_________________ the chicken in Palace Restaurant. The chicken
in Park Restaurant is _________________.
3 The restaurants are tidy. Palace Restaurant is __________________
Park Restaurant. Spring Restaurant is _________________________.
4 Their service is poor. The service at Park Restaurant is
_________________ the service at Palace Restaurant. The service
at Spring Restaurant is _________________________.

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Read and learn

What did you do I went shopping, watched a film and had

yesterday? dinner in a Chinese restaurant with my
family yesterday. Watching a film was
more interesting than shopping.
We ate lots of food. The Peking duck was
the most delicious.

I watched a dophin show yesterday.

★ We use the simple past tense to talk about past states or events.

Swimming was more tiring than watching a film.

Watching films was the most interesting activity.

★ We use ‘more … than’ and ‘the most …’ with some two-syllable adjectives
and long adjectives of three or more syllables.
★ We use ‘more … than’ to compare two things.
★ We use ‘the most …’ to compare three or more things.

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Simple past tense

A Nancy was on a TV show. She is telling her friend Alice about it.
Help her complete her e-mail with the correct form of the verbs.

To: Alice@[Link] From: Nancy@[Link] Subject: I was on TV

Hi Alice,
Last week, I 1 ______________ (go) to the TV station. I
2 ______________ (take) part in a quiz show. 3 ______________

you ______________ (see) me on TV? I 4 ______________ (answer)

questions for points. Our team 5 _________________ (not win) at
the end, but it 6 ______________ (be) a wonderful experience.
We 7 ______________ (be) a bit frightened at first. But the people
there 8 ______________ (be) very nice. They 9 ______________
(make) us laugh and we 10 ______________ (feel) more
relaxed. The games 11 ______________ (be) very exciting. We
12 ______________ (be) very tired at the end.

Let me tell you more about it next time. Bye for now.
From,
Nancy

B Nancy went cycling last Sunday. Read what she wrote. Underline
the mistakes. Write the correct words on the right.

I go on an outing with my classmates last Sunday. went

1 _______________
We meet at the train station in the morning and 2 _______________
had breakfast together. Then we ride our bicycles 3 _______________
from Sha Tin to Tai Po. The view was beautiful.
We take many photos. We arrived at Tai Po in 4 _______________
the afternoon. We took a rest and have our lunch 5 _______________
there. Then we cycle back to Sha Tin. It was very 6 _______________
tiring, but we enjoy the day very much. 7 _______________
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more … than
A Nancy and Jane are talking about different activities. Complete
their conversation with the correct forms of the adjectives.

boring exciting frightening interesting relaxing

Jane: Nancy, let’s think of something to do for

our long weekend.

Nancy: Watching birds is 1 interesting

_____________________.

Jane: Yes, but I think watching dolphin shows is

more interesting than
2 _____________________________ watching
birds. What about a boat trip? We can
swim in the sea.
Nancy: I’m scared of swimming in the sea. It’s
3 _____________________________.

Jane: I don’t think so. Riding on the cable car is

4 _____________________________ swimming
in the sea.

Nancy: I like riding on the roller coaster. It’s

5 _______________________. It’s 6 __________
__________________ riding on the cable car.

Jane: Are these activities too exciting? I like

fishing. Fishing is 7 _______________________.
It’s 8 ___________________________ shopping.
We can talk and listen to music, too.

Nancy: No, not fishing. It’s 9 _____________________________. It’s

10 _____________________________ staying at home. What
about watching a film? Then we can have afternoon tea.

Jane: That’s a good idea.

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the most …
A Read what Nancy’s friends did. Complete the sentences with
‘the most’ and the adjectives from the box.

comfortable delicious expensive frightening tiring

1 Nancy ate a pizza, a sandwich and

a hamburger last week. ★★
★
The hamburger was _______________ ★★

★
__________________________________.

2 Kathy wore jeans, a skirt and a

dress on different days last week.
★★
Wearing jeans was ________________ ★★★
__________________________________. ★

3 Paul went swimming, hiking and ★★

shopping last week.
__________________________________
★
__________________________________
★★★

4 David bought a dictionary, a

storybook and a magazine
yesterday.
__________________________________
__________________________________

5 Mandy watched a ghost film, heard

★★
a ghost story and visited a haunted
house last Halloween. ★

__________________________________
★★★
__________________________________

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Revision 1 Date: ________________________

A Jack is writing a letter to his penfriend Mike. Help him complete

his letter with the correct forms of the verbs.

21 August
Dear Mike,
Hi! Nice to meet you. I 1 _________________ (be) from Hong Kong.
I 2 _________________ (live) in Kowloon. Let me tell you something
about myself. I 3 _________________ (like) playing badminton. I
4 _________________ (practise) badminton with my best friend every

week. My best friend and I 5 _________________ (study) at the same

school. He also 6 _________________ (like) playing badminton. He
7 _______________ (be) the best badminton player in our school.

Last month, we 8 _________________ (play) doubles in a

badminton competition. It 9 _________________ (be) a hard game.
All the competitors 10 _________________ (be) very good. We
11 ________________ (win) at the end. We 12 ________________ (be)

very happy. We 13 _________________ (go) to Ocean Park together

to celebrate our victory last Saturday. We 14 _________________
(ride) on the cable car and the roller coaster.
It 15 _________________ (be) very exciting.

Ocean Park 16 _________________ (be) a popular amusement park

in Hong Kong. Many people 17 _________________ (visit) it every
year. There 18 _________________ (be) four lovely pandas from
China. If you come to Hong Kong, I can take you there. Can you tell me
something about your country? Write back soon.

From,
Jack

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B Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences.

country insect kind of animal kind of food place weight

1 2 3

4 5 6

the same country

1 These elephants and tigers live in _____________________________.
taller than
The elephants are _______________________ (tall) the tigers.
2 These flies and bees are ______________________________________.
The flies are _______________________ (dirty) the bees.
3 These pigs and chickens are __________________________________.
The pigs are _______________________ (heavy) the chickens.
The chickens are _______________________ (noisy) the pigs.
4 These dogs and cats eat ______________________________________.
The cats are _______________________ (tidy) the dogs.
The dogs are _______________________ (brave) the cats.
5 These dolphins and sharks live in ____________________________.
The sharks are _______________________________________ (fierce).
The dolphins _________________________________________ (clever).
6 These pandas are ____________________________________________.
The big panda _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ (lazy).
_____________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________ (naughty)
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C Look at the pictures. Help Jack complete the sentences.

boring brave delicious exciting frightening

happy healthy interesting lazy tiring

1 I like spaghetti. Spaghetti is even _______

than hamburgers.
___________________________
than
It is ___________________________________
hamburgers, too. Hamburgers are fat.

2 I am _____________________________ my
brother. He likes running. I do not like
running. I think running is ___________
__________________________ walking in
the park.

3 I am _____________________________ my
sister. I think riding on the roller coaster
is _____________________________ watching
films. She thinks riding on the cable car is
_____________________________ watching
ghost films.

4 I stayed at home every Saturday last year.

It was ___________________________________
watching black-and-white Cantonese films.
Now I play the piano every week. It is _____
__________________________________________
watching TV. I am ________________________
____________ before.
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D Jack is the school reporter. He is writing about the school sports

day. Look at the pictures. Help him complete the sentences.

1 happy

Judy won a bronze medal. She was happy.

Karen won a silver medal. She was
than Judy. Mary was
____________________
the
____________________. She won a gold medal.

2 weak kind

Kent did not feel well yesterday. He was

____________________ the other athletes.
He lost the race, but he still felt happy for
the winners. He was ____________________
athlete.

3 exciting tiring

There were different events. The 100-metre

race was _________________________________
the 800-metre race. In the 800-metre race, all
the athletes looked tired. It was ___________
_____________________ event.

4 good bad

James won the hurdle race. His result was

____________________ last year. It was
____________________ result he ever had.
He did not do well in the long jump. He did
____________________ last year.
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4
Read and learn

Let’s visit the museum together.

Closed on
Wednesdays

That’s a good idea. We

can’t visit the museum
on Wednesday. Shall we
go on Sunday?

Sure. We can go on Sunday. Remember! We

mustn’t touch the things in the museum.

can
You take photos in this area.
cannot

★ We use ‘can’ to talk about things we may do.

★ We use ‘cannot’ to talk about things we may not do.

must wait in this area.

You
must not enter here.

★ We use ‘must’ and ‘must not’ to talk about rules and orders.

Let’s go shopping.
Shall we take the bus?
★ We say ‘Let’s ...’ and ‘Shall we …?’ with the base form of verbs to make
suggestions.
★ We use a full stop at the end of ‘Let’s …’.
★ We use a question mark at the end of ‘Shall we …?’.
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can/cannot, must/must not

A Jenny wants to write about things we can and cannot do in
different places. Look at the pictures. Help her complete her notes
with ‘can/cannot’ and ‘must/must not’.

1 sports centre 2 cinema 3 library

TICKETS Borrow
books
turn off our mobile
litter/play phones/buy film keep quiet/borrow
basketball tickets books
4 museum 5 train station 6 shopping centre

TAXI Train
ONLY SALE
tickets

touch the exhibits/ smoke/buy flight ride bicycles/buy

take a bus tickets cheap things

1 We must not litter in the sports centre. We can play basketball there.
______________________________________________________
2 ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
more interesting than
3 ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
4 ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
5 ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
6 ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

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Let’s …, Shall we …?
A Jenny and Jane want to hold a birthday party for their friend
David. Complete their conversation with ‘Let’s’ and ‘Shall we’.

It’s David’s birthday tomorrow.

1 _______________ hold a party for him? Sure. 2 _______________
make a chocolate cake.

Good idea! 3 _______________

Yes. 4 _______________
heat up the oven first?
turn it on now.

B Jenny and Jane want to buy some snacks for the party. Complete
their conversation with ‘Let’s’, ‘Shall we’ and verbs from the box.

ask buy eat go take

Jenny: I think we need some snacks for the party.

Jane: Shall we buy
 ________________________
1 them from the supermarket?
Jenny: Yes. 2 ________________________ to the supermarket
after lunch.
Jane: 3 ________________________ a bus?
Jenny: There isn’t a bus stop near the supermarket.
4 ________________________ a minibus.
Jane: 
5 ________________________ some cakes in the cafe nearby?
Jenny: Yes. 6 ________________________ Linda to join us.
Jane: Good! 7 ________________________ shopping afterwards?
Jenny: Yes. That’s a good idea.
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C Jenny wants to invite David to watch a show together. She is

writing an e-mail to him. Help her proofread her e-mail. Write the
correct words on the right.
ENTRANCE
Snack bar

To: David@[Link] Subject: This Saturday

Hi David,
Are you free this Saturday? Let’s 1 going to 1 ___________
watch a show together. 2 Let we meet at the train 2 ___________
station in the afternoon?
There are a few things we must remember. We 3 ___________
3 can bring our tickets or we 4 must not get into 4 ___________
the theatre. We 5 can switch off our mobile phones 5 ___________
in the theatre and we 6 may not take photos. 6 ___________
There’s a souvenir shop. We 7 must buy some 7 ___________
souvenirs after the show. There’s no restaurant in
the theatre. We 8 must not have our meal inside, 8 ___________
but we 9 must buy some snacks. 9 ___________
We 10 must not enter the theatre through the back 10 ___________
door. We can only enter through the front door.
11 Shall take a train. It’s fast and easy. Hope you 11 ___________
can come.
From,
Jenny

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Read and learn
You’re really good
Thanks! I like roller skating.
at roller skating.

I enjoy watching people

roller skate. How often
do you go roller skating?
I always go roller skating.

like
I/We/They
enjoy hiking.
likes reading comics.
He/She
enjoys
I am swimming.
good at
We/They are playing computer games.
weak in
He/She is doing jigsaw puzzles.

★ We use ‘-ing’ words to talk about activities.

★ We use ‘-ing’ words after ‘good at’, ‘weak in’, ‘like’ and ‘enjoy’.

do you go
How often I usually go swimming.
swimming?
Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat.
always ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
usually ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
often ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
sometimes ✓ ✓
never
★ We use ‘always’, ‘usually’, ‘often’, ‘sometimes’ and ‘never’ to talk about
how often people do activities.
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‘-ing’ nouns and noun phrases

A Roy wants to write about his friends. Look at the pictures. Help
him complete his notes.

1 2 3

Amy Tom and Jack Peter

4 5 6

Mandy and Kate David Helen

playing
1 Amy likes _______________ (play) the piano. She practises it
every day.
2 Tom and Jack enjoy ____________________ (hike). They go
hiking every week.
3 Peter likes ____________________ (swim). He swims every
morning.
4 Mandy and Kate enjoy ____________________ (watch) films.
They go to the cinema together every Sunday.
5 David likes ____________________ (surf) the Internet. He
looks for information on the Internet.
6 Helen enjoys ____________________ (read) magazines. She
likes fashion magazines most.
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B Roy is making a web page about his friends. Help him complete
the captions.

[Link]

is good at playing computer games __

1 Jack ___________________________
____________________________ (play
computer games). He _____________
_________________________________
good at/weak in
(do jigsaw puzzles).

2 Susan ___________________________
(swim). She ______________________
_____________________ (do karate).
like/not like

3 Tom _____________________________
________________ (play basketball).
He ______________________________
_________________________________
good at/weak in
(play the violin).

4 Janet ____________________________
________ (ice skate). She __________
___________________________ (hike).
enjoy/not enjoy

5 Peter ____________________________
___________ (play chess). He ______
________________________ (dance).
good at/weak in

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always, usually, often, sometimes, never

A Roy is writing an e-mail to Ken. Look at his timetable. Help him
complete his e-mail.

Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun.

morning

afternoon

evening

To: Ken@[Link] Subject: Hello!

Hi Ken,
How are you? I’m very busy this year. I do different things every
day. I 1 ______________ walk my dog. I take it to the park every
morning. I 2 ______________ play football after school. I play it on
Saturday, too. My piano examination is coming. I
3 ______________ practise the piano. I 4 ______________ go

swimming with my brother. It’s quite fun. I like reading. I

5 ______________ read comic books. I 6 ______________ go hiking.

I really hope I can do it with my friends next year. What about you?
Tell me about your timetable next time. Bye for now.
From,
Roy

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Read and learn

➞ ➞

Happy birthday!

First, we ask Dad to go to his bedroom.

Next, we light the candle on the birthday cake quietly.
Then, we turn off the lights.
After that, we take the cake out from the kitchen carefully.
Finally, we say ‘Happy birthday’ to Dad.
★ We use ‘first’, ‘next’, ‘then’, ‘after that’ and ‘finally’ to talk about sequence.

He/She is reading a book quietly.

Adjective ➔ Adverb
We/They are playing a game happily.
★ We use adverbs to describe actions. careful ➔ carefully
careless ➔ carelessly
★ We usually add ‘ly’ to an adjective to form an
adverb.
quick ➔ quickly
★ For adjectives ending with ‘y’, we change the ‘y’
easy ➔ easily
to ‘i’ and then add ‘ly’,
e.g., busy ➔ busily.

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Adverbs of manner
A Terry is having a party at home. Look at the picture. Complete
the sentences.
Wendy

Mum Billy
Jane Nancy Danny Karen
1 Jane and Nancy are talking ______noisily
_________ (noisy/quiet).
2 Mum is preparing food in the kitchen _______________ (sad/busy).
3 Billy dropped his glasses _______________ (careful/careless).
4 Wendy is decorating the room _______________ (beautiful/ugly).
5 Karen and Danny are singing _______________ (angry/happy).

B Terry met a boy on his way home after the party. Help him complete
his online diary entry with the correct form of the adjectives.

clear happy polite quick quiet sad

10 June, Friday
quietly
Today, I saw a little boy on my way home. He stood 1 _____________
by the side of the road. He looked worried. I asked him what happened.
He started to cry 2 ______________. He said he was with his
parents in a cake shop. He saw an interesting car and ran out of the
shop 3 ______________. He ran too far and couldn’t get back to the
shop. I 4 ______________ looked around, but there was no cake shop
nearby. I asked a lady 5 ______________. She 6 ______________
showed me the way. I took the little boy back to the shop and found
his parents.

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first, next, then, after that, finally

A Terry went to Cheung Chau with his family last Sunday. Look at
the pictures in his online diary. Help him complete the captions with
‘first’, ‘next’, ‘then’, ‘after that’, ‘finally’ and words from the box.

bought some souvenirs took a ferry back home

took a ferry to Cheung Chau visited a temple
had a great meal on the island

➔ ➔

First, we took a ferry to

___________________ ___________________ ___________________
Cheung Chau.
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B There was a class play last week. Terry is writing about it. Look at
the pictures and captions. Help Terry complete his notes with ‘first’,
‘next’, ‘then’, ‘after that’, ‘finally’, the correct adverbs and the correct
form of the verbs.

celebrate our success dress up

have our rehearsal perform our play
take photos and wait for our show

We had a quick Everyone was We were so excited!

rehearsal. beautiful.

Our performance was We were very happy.

successful.

1 First, we had our rehearsal quickly.

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Revision 2 Date: ________________________

A Jane and Kim are at the cinema. Look at the pictures. Complete
their conversation with ‘Let’s’ and ‘Shall we’.
The Handsome Frog
Jane: 1 ________________________ (watch) The
Handsome Frog?
Kim: OK. 3 ________________________ (watch)
The Handsome Frog. 4 _______________
__________________ (buy) some popcorn?
Jane: Yes. 5 ________________________ (buy)
the regular size.
Kim: 6 ________________________ (go) shopping afterwards?
Jane: Great! 7 ________________________ (go) to the new shopping
centre nearby.

B Jane and Kim are in the new shopping centre. They see different
signs. Look at the signs and write about them.

bring animals make phone calls here

smoke use the toilets

1 2

We must not smoke.

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3 4

Closed Closed

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C Jane is a member of the Swimming Club. She is talking to her

friends. Complete their conversation.

Jane: There’ll be a swimming competition. Everyone is welcome!

Kim: I’m weak in 1 _______________ (swim), but I enjoy

2 _______________ (watch) swimming competitions. Lily
likes 3 _______________ (swim). She always participates in
swimming competitions. Let’s 4 _______________ (tell) her
about it.

David: How can we join the competition?

Jane: You need to fill in a form. You can 5 _______________

(get) the form at the Swimming Club. Remember! You
must 6 _______________ (hand in) your form by the end of
tomorrow.

David: When does the competition start?

Jane: It starts at 10 o’clock. You can’t 7 _______________ (do)

warm-up exercises by the pool after that. You need to
get there early if you want to do some warm-up exercises
before the competition.

Kim: Gary is good at 8 _______________ (draw). Shall we

9 _______________ (ask) him to help in making the poster?

Jane: That would be great!

30.01_a/w (2 girls, 1 boy talking, a thought bubble above one of the girls’ head:
a swimming competition)

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D Jane is telling Kim what she does in her free time. Look at the
bar chart and complete their conversation with ‘always’, ‘usually’,
‘often’, ‘sometimes’ and ‘never’.
Activities

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of times per week

go play surf

How often
Km: 1 ________________ do you _________________ to the cinema?
sometimes
Jane: I 2 ________________ go to the cinema. I go on Saturday or
Sunday.
Kim: 3 _____________________ you ________________ to the library?
Jane: I 4 ______________________ to the library. I like reading there.
Kim: 5 _____________________________________________ ice skating?
Jane: I 6 ________________ ice skating. I can’t skate.
Kim: 7 ___________________________________________ the Internet?
Jane: I 8 ______________________________________. I do it every day.
Kim: 9 _______________________________________________ jogging?
Jane: I 10 _________________________________________. It’s good for
me.
Kim: 11 _______________________________________________________
Jane: I like music. 12 ___________________________________________
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E Jane is writing her diary about last Sunday. Help her circle the
correct words.

Last Sunday, I slept till eleven and got out of bed 1 (slow / slowly).
Mum was 2 (angry / angrily) and shouted at me 3 (loud / loudly)
because I forgot to go to my piano lesson. I phoned my piano
teacher and told her 4 (polite / politely) that I was 5 (late / lately).
She was very 6 (kind / kindly). She asked me not to rush and be
7 (careful / carefully). I got dressed 8 (quick /quickly) and got on a
9 (noisy / noisily) bus. My piano teacher was 10 (happy / happily)
because I played a piece of music 11 (beautiful / beautifully).

F Jane likes travelling. She wants to know what she should do

before getting on a plane. Help her rearrange the pictures in the
correct order and complete the notes.

show your passport get on the plane get your boarding pass
Gate 2
1

Gate:2

take your bags to the counter go to the correct gate

First, you take your bags to the counter.

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