S.K.H. ST.

SIMON’S LUI MING CHOI SECONDARY SCHOOL

F.1 English
Revision notes and exercises for the school suspension
Name: _______________________ Class: __________ ( ) Date: ____________________
Tenses
1. Present tense
He / she / it  verb + s/es
I / we / you / they  verb no change

Question: (1) Verb to be: Is / Am / Are

e.g. Are you hungry?

(2) Action verbs: Do (I / you / we / they)

Does ( He / she / it )

e.g. Do you like English?

Does she like eating chocolate?
** Time markers **

every day every morning every week every year

once a week twice a month three times a year
always usually often sometimes seldom never

2. Present Continuous tense

I  am  verb + ing
He / she / it  is  verb + ing
We / you / they  are  verb + ing

Question: Is / Am / Are  verb (ing)

e.g. Is it raining outside?

** Time markers **

now at the moment at present still

listen look while **when

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3. Past tense
He / she / it / I / we / you / they  verb + d/ed/ change the whole verb

Question: (1) Verb to be: Was / Were

e.g. Was you a member of the Drama club?

(2) Action verbs: Did

e.g. Did you eat the hamburger yesterday?
** Time markers **

yesterday last night last Monday last week last summer

last year ten minutes ago two days ago in the past
in 1980 once upon a time this morning

Exercises

A. Use the present tense of the given words to complete the following sentences.

1. Simon usually _____________ (leave) home at 7 o’clock.

2. Jason sometimes _____________ (go) to school on foot.
3. I _____________ (attend) Japanese lesson once a week.
4. My mother and my father always _____________ (cook) a lot of delicious food for us.
5. I _____________ (play) tennis with my father every week.
6. _____________ you _____________ (drink) milk every morning?

B. Use the present continuous tense of the given words to complete the following sentences.

1. My father _______________________ (take) a shower in the bathroom now.

2. When the bell is ringing, David _______________________ (do) his homework in the living room.
3. Mary and Susan _______________________ (cook) the dinner for us in the kitchen at the moment.
4. Look! The bird _______________________ (fly) in the blue sky.
5. I _______________________ (read) comics in at present.
6. My little brother _______________________ (play) football in the playground while my elder sister
_______________________ (sleep) in the bedroom.

C. Use the past tense of the given words to complete the following sentences.

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1. The police _____________ (catch) the thieves in Tsim Sha Taui yesterday.
2. Last Tuesday, I __________________ (lose) my key in the playground.
3. This morning, I ___________________ (wake) up at 7:00 a.m.
4. Once upon a time, a dog ate a magic chocolate and it ___________________ (become) a monster..
5. My mother ___________________ (fly) to Paris for a conference yesterday night.
6. Peter gets very poor examination result because he _____________________ (not do) any revision
yesterday.

D. Use the appropriate tenses of the given words to complete the following sentences.

1. I ___________________ (write) an email to Ann two days ago.

2. She ___________________ (call) him this afternoon but he was out.
3. I ____________________ (wait) for my litter brother at the moment.
4. Jack ___________________ (fall) off his bicycle yesterday and hurt his knees.
5. Cherry ___________________ (be) never absent from school.
6. “He had a bad cold yesterday. _________she __________ (see) a doctor?” No, he didn’t.
7. We ___________________ (not take) the MTR every morning.
8. At present, my classmates ___________________ (clean) the classroom.
9. She ___________________ (be) busy. She ___________________ (not go) with us last night.
10. The weather was bad this morning. We ___________________ (not play) football.
11. My parents ___________________ (not work) on Sundays.
12. Listen! Someone ____________________ (scream) outside.
13. Peter ___________________ (take) a shower every day.
14. I ___________________ (feel) tired so I went to bed early last night.
15. They ___________________ (not be) twelve years old.
16. My sister _____________________ (take) a bath while my brother ____________________ (do) his
homework.
17. _________they __________ (go) to China often? Yes, they do.
18. Rabbits always ___________________ (run) faster than turtles.
19. _________ he __________ (hurt) himself? No, he did not get hurt.
20. ____________ the children _______________ (play) football now?
21. _________he __________ (he / work) long hours? Yes, he works from 9 a.m. – 10 p.m.
22. It ___________________ (not be) clean.
23. _________ (be) the weather bad last Sunday? No, it ___________________ (be) a sunny day.
24. Ann ___________________ (not like) to go shopping.

Most common words 276 – 300

27 experienc 經驗 The poor children in China do not have any _________ of using the

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6 e computer.
27 art 藝術 We draw or make crafts in _________ lessons.
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27 next 下一 The __________ station is Tuen Mun. We are about to get off.
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27 near 附近 There is a supermarket _________ our home. We can just walk there
9 in 3 minutes.
28 direct 直接 There is no _________ bus to Sha Tin. You have to make a change in
0 Mong Kok.
28 car 汽車 My father goes to work by __________ every day. He parks it near his
1 workplace.
28 law 法律 He is studying _________ in the university. He would like to be a
2 lawyer in the future.
28 industry 工業 In the past, many women in Hong Kong worked in the clothing
3 ____________.
28 important 重要的 It is not so _______________. You can forget about it.
4
28 girl 女孩 Look! The little __________ who is wearing a red dress is crying in
5 the park.
28 god 神 Thank _______! I don't need to work today!
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28 several 幾個的 He died _____________ hours ago.
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28 matter 物質, 事情 What's the ____________ with you?
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28 usual 平常的 My __________ bedtime is ten o'clock.
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29 rather (與其...)倒 I would ___________fail than cheat in the test.
0 不如
29 per 每一 You want to have buffet, but do you know how much they charge
1 _________________ person? It's $600 each.
29 often 經常 I __________ drink a glass of milk before I go to bed.
2
29 kind 種類, 仁慈 You can eat many_________s of food such as Japanese and Korean
3 food there.
29 among 在..中間 You are the tallest _________ all your friends.
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29 white 白色 I like the ______________ T-shirt of our school uniform.
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29 reason 理由, 原因 Why are you late for school every day? Tell me the __________.
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29 action 行動 Don't just sit and think! We have to take__________. If we don't do
7 anything, we will never finish our work!
29 return 歸還, 回來 Please ____________ your book to the library tomorrow.
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29 foot 足 I go to school on_______________. It saves lots of money!
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30 care 照顧, 關心 My mum always gives me love and ___________. I love her so much!
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Exercises

Fill in the following blanks.

return art girl matter direct foot often action experience

car kind rather per important usual several white care
next industry among god reason law near

1. He died _____________ hours ago.

2. I go to school on_______________. It saves lots of money!
3. Thanks _______! I don't need to work today!
4. I like the ______________ T-shirt of our school uniform.
5. The __________ station is Tuen Mun. We are about to get off.
6. My father goes to work by __________ every day. He parks it near his workplace.
7. I __________ drink a glass of milk before I go to bed.
8. Look! The little __________ who is wearing a red dress is crying in the park.
9. Don't just sit and think! We have to take__________. If we don't do anything, we will never finish
our work!
10. You want to have buffet, but do you know how much they charge _________________ person? It's
$600 each.
11. In the past, many women in Hong Kong worked in the clothing ____________.
12. Why are you late for school every day? Tell me the __________ .
13. My mum always gives me love and ___________. I love her so much!
14. You can eat many_________s of food such as Japanese and Korean food there.
15. It is not so _______________. You can forget about it.
16. He is studying _________ in the university. He would like to be a lawyer in the future.
17. We draw or make crafts in _________ lessons.
18. The poor children in China do not have any _________ of using the computer.
19. There is a supermarket _________ our home. We can just walk there in 3 minutes.
20. Please ____________ your book to the library tomorrow.
21. My __________ bedtime is ten o'clock.
22. I would ___________fail than cheat in the test.
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23. There is no _________ bus to Sha Tin. You have to make a change in Mongkok.
24. You are the tallest_________ all your friends.
25. What's the ____________ with you?

Verb table

Present Present Participle Past Past Participle

1. bleed bleeding bled bled
2. feed feeding fed fed
3. meet meeting met met
4. feel feeling felt felt
5. keep keeping kept kept
6. sleep sleeping slept slept
7. die dying died died
8. lie lying lied lied
9. tie tying tied tied
10. have, has having had had
11. hear hearing heard heard
12. sell selling sold sold
13. spend spending spent spent
14. stand standing stood stood
15. tell telling told told
16. understand understanding understood understood
17. eat eating ate eaten
18. draw drawing drew drawn
19. know knowing knew known
20. wear wearing wore worn
21. break breaking broke broken
22. sing singing sang sung

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 23. draw drawing drew drawn
24. forget forgetting forgot forgotten

Exercises

Infinitive Present Participle Past Past Participle

e.g. go went gone going
1. tell

2. understand

3. lie

4. have, has

5. break

6. draw

7. meet

8. sing

9. tie

10. forget

11. wear

12. bleed

13. hear

14. eat

15. sell

16. sleep

17. die

18. keep

19. feed

20. draw

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