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Road to Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination

Common Cue Words Part A of Paper 3 Listening ( Part A )

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One/ one thing/ one area/ two/ the other/ another/ other/ the last/

3.

something else
First of all/ firstly/ one of the first things/ the first step / lets start/ to
begin with/ once
secondly/ the second thing/ then/ next/ the next one/ besides/
thirdly/after that
Whats more / what else? / something else is
lastly/ the last thing/ last but not least/ finally/ final thing/in the end/ the
final stage

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now
and / or/ also/ as well/ as well as/ too/ worse still
because/ since/ as/ so/ therefore/ as a result/ result in/ lead to
though/ although / but/ however

5. /

to/in order to/ so that/ so as to

reason/factor

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7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

effects/ consequences
aim/ purpose/ goal
You may/ You can/ You should/ You must/ You ought to
laugh/ cry
help
consider/ think
Whys that important?
How can you do this?
How about?

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13.
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What about?
important
make sure/ ensure/ sure/ not sure/ certain/ not certain/ uncertain
The good thing, the best thing
the bad thing, the worst thing
few/little

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not enough / lack

really?

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17.

How strange!
I cant say I was really interested.
advise

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allow me to give you some advice / Tip number one

That is / That is to say / In other words / So
I mean / What I mean is / To put it another way

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To put it simply
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To be more specific / To be precise / Specifically

remember to / keep in mind

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21.

dont forget to
tell / mention/explain/ask
My question is
What we ask is
What were interested . Is
One of the other important questions is

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A second / third question asks

require , need to
Ill do / I ll write / Ill mention / I ll jot that down / Could you write that
down?

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Ill make a note of that

Ill put a two there / certainly the second on the scale /

it was 2 on our scale / should rank as 3 on the list
High rating (1)
the highest rating / the most important / the most popular / favour / the
best
Middle rating (3)
in the middle of my scale / place it in the middle
Low rating (5)
not important at all / not very appealing / the least important / the other
end of the scale / at the end of the scale / not really foremost / near the
bottom of the list/ the worst
Comparison
slightly above / slightly less important than / marginally better than /

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more important than

curving ends/ angled corners/ triangular spines/ stand on two
legs/winged dinosaurs