Transcript Final Exam Revision

1415 2nd Term Exam
• English Language-paper 1 (reading and usage)
• Revision notes
Unit 5 vocabulary
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Talent show
Talented in singing
Musical
Solo
Semi-final
Final
Nerves
competitors
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On stage
Pianist
Audience
Judges
Clapped
On stage
Unit 7 vocabulary
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Crime scene
Victim
Evidence
Arrested
Nervous
Witness
Armed
Investigation
Present /past participles as adjectives
(3B p. 10-11)
Present participles describe people or things
that cause a certain feeling
• An interesting book
• An amazing singer
Past participles describe how people feel
• They felt tired.
• They got bored.
• They were excited.
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Other uses of participles
A falling ball (an active/continuous action)
A fallen ball (a passive/completed action)
A record-breaking CD (compound structures)
A well-known actor (compound structures)
Present/past participle phrases(3B
p.12-14)
• to show reason// order of 2 actions
• Subject of the participle phrase and main
clause must be the same
• As we were feeling nervous, we decided to do
some warm up exercise.
• While I was waiting outside, I met an old
friend.
(3B p.14)
• Billy is not interested in boxing, so he uses the
money to take ballet lessons.
• Billy’s father is shocked to find out the truth,
he(Billy’s father) asks Billy to stop the lessons.
• Miss Chan is annoyed at his attitude, so she
argues with him.
• He is amazed by Billy’s talent, so he supports
Billy.
Although/though;
despite/in spite of (3B p.54-55)
• Although HK is a safe city, you should take
precautions to prevent yourself from
becoming a victim of crime.
A clause: s + v
• You should take precautions to prevent
yourself from becoming a victim of crime
although HK is a safe city.
• Despite/ In spite of the additional cost, you
should use s second telephone line for added
security.
A noun or noun phrase
Showing preference (3B p.55-56)
• I would rather be creative than follow strict
rules.
Bare infinitives (basic
verb form)
• I would rather read a detective novel.
• I would rather do things to help people
around me than make more money.
Bare infinitives
• I prefer fact to opinions.
nouns
• I prefer to watch TV.
To -infinitive
• I prefer watching TV.
grrund
Passive voice (3B p.58-59)
will
• Present tenses :
- is questioning ---- is (am/are) + being +
questioned
- question ---- is (am/are) + questioned
-has questioned ---- has/have + been +
questioned
• Past tenses:
- Was robbing ---- was/were + being + robbed
- Guarded ---- was/were + guarded
- Had taken ---- had + been + taken
• Future tense
- Will catch --- will + be + caught
What is the past participle form of the
following verbs?
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Force (forced)
Hurt (hurt)
Injure (injured)
Scare (scared)
Send (sent)
Catch (caught)
Investigate (investigated)
Rob (robbed)
Wish you good
luck!!!