S.K.H. ST.

SIMON’S LUI MING CHOI SECONDARY SCHOOL

F. 1 English
Revision exercises for school suspension (Stage 3)

Tenses
Simple present tense
A. You have asked your friends about their hobbies. Complete the descriptions with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets.

Mark Tom
Hobbies: drawing, painting Hobbies: kung fu, Chinese poetry

Carol Wendy
Hobbies: drama, flying kites Hobbies: jogging, taking photos

About my friends
Mark (1) __________ (like) drawing and painting, but he (2) ________________ (not like) to write. He
(3) _________ (be) good at using watercolour.
Carol loves drama. She (4) ___________ (watch) plays or musicals once a month. She (5)
___________ (want) to be an actress in the future. In her free time, she usually (6) ___________ (fly)
kites with her family in Sai Kung.
Tom (7) __________ (have) passion for Chinese kung fu. He (8) _____________ (practise) for two
hours every day. Also, he (9) ___________ (study) Chinese poetry when he is free.
Wendy is sporty. She often (10) __________ (go) jogging after school. At the weekend, she explores
different places and (11) __________ (take) photos.

Simple past tense

B. Fill in the blanks with ‘Was/ Were/ Did’.
1. ______________ the show start on time?
2. ______________ the waiters in this restaurant nice?
3. ______________ you at the party last night?
4. ______________ there any pens on the table before?
5. ______________ the old woman tell you about her experience?
6. ______________ mum buy the breakfast for tomorrow?
7. ______________ this question easy to answer?
8. ______________ I forget about something important?

C. You are writing a diary entry about your weekend. Complete the diary entry using the correct form of
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 the verbs in brackets.
Dear Diary,

What a great weekend! On Saturday, I (1) _____________ (go) to an amusement park

with my best friend Danny. I (2) _____________ (wake) up early in the morning and

(3) _____________ (meet) him at the MTR station. Then we (4) _____________ (take)
the train to the amusement park.

The rides at the amusement park (5) _____________ (be) amazing. We (6)
_____________ (watch) some shows and (7) _____________ (visit) the ghost house too.
It (8) _____________ (be) a wonderful day.

Sunday (9) _____________ (be) Dad’s birthday. (10) _____________ we

_____________ (have) a party for him? Of course we (11) _____________ (do). We all
(12) _____________ (eat) the chocolate birthday cake too. Time flies and I can’t wait to
see my friends at school tomorrow!

D. Correct the bolded verbs into past tense.

Cinderella 1. live in a small village in the north of England. She 2. has two sisters; they 3. are very

ugly. She 4. gets up every morning at six o'clock, then she 5. makes breakfast for her sisters, and afterwards

she 6. cleans the house. She 7. works all day. Her two ugly sisters were very lazy.

One day, the postman 8. comes to the house. He 9. gives Cinderella's sister an envelope. The prince

10. sends an invitation to them and 11. invites them to a party held in the palace. However, the two sisters

12. don’t allow Cinderella to go to the party. They 13. tell her to stay at home and do the housework.

Cinderella 14. feels disappointed.

On Saturday at 8 o'clock, the ugly sisters 15. go to the party. Cinderella 16. sits in the kitchen.

Suddenly, someone 17. rings the bell. Cinderella 18. opens the door. 19. There is a woman. She 20.

says, "Hello! I am your Fairy Godmother. Why are you sad?"

1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________

5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _______________

9. _______________ 10. _______________ 11. _______________ 12. _______________

13. _______________ 14. _______________ 15. _______________ 16. _______________

17. _______________ 18. _______________ 19. _______________ 20. _______________

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Personal pronouns
E. You are writing an email to your friend Samuel telling him about a new social media website. Complete
the email with the correct personal pronouns.

Hi Samuel,
Do you know about InstaSpace? (1) __________’s a new social media website for teenagers.
My friends and I have an account already. (2) __________ share photos and some interesting
information there. Do (3) __________ know that Frank
plays the violin? (4) __________’s really good at (5) __________! Amy loves swimming. (6)
__________ practises four times a week. Her sister often
goes with (7) __________ at the weekend. (8) __________ are both good at swimming the
backstroke.
(9) __________ all enjoy using InstaSpace. It gives (10) __________ a chance to make new
friends online. There are other cool things you can do on InstaSpace. For example, (11)
__________ can post short videos and add cute stickers to (12) __________. It’s fun!
Write back soon.

Amy

F. Fill in the blanks by choosing suitable pronouns.

1. Excuse me, are (he/she/we/you) Mr Lee?
2. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards are from France. (I/He/She/They) are French.
3. I love your new bag. (I/You/She/It) is so pretty!
4. This is a special sofa. (he/she/it/they) becomes a bed at night!
5. Bobby doesn’t like anyone talking to (me/you/us/them/him/her/it) when he is doing his
homework.
6. I borrowed many books from the library yesterday. It will take me several days to finish reading
(me/you/us/them/him/her/it).
7. Jonathan is my best friend. I sit next to (me/you/us/them/him/her/it) in class.
8. May loves eating ice cream. Vanilla is (me/you/us/them/him/her/it) favourite flavour.
9. It is Tom’s birthday soon. I want to send (me/you/us/them/him/her/it) a birthday card.
10. Sarah is making a lot of noise. Please ask (me/you/us/them/him/her/it) to be quiet.

G. Complete these sentences with a suitable pronoun.

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1. Is this cake for me? Yes, it is for ______________.
2. Give ______________ a glass of water. I am thirsty.
3. Peter is hungry. Give ______________ a sandwich.
4. Is your mother at home? Yes, ______________ is sitting in the dining room.
5. Do you know John? Yes, ______________ know him.
6. Do you know Betty? Yes, I know ______________.
7. The boys are there. Do you want to talk to ______________?
8. This is my pen. Give ______________ to me.
9. Why is she here? Because ______________ wants to see you.
10. Are those boys English? Yes, ______________ are.
11. Are you French? No, ______________ am not.
l2. It's Anthony's birthday, so I'm buying ______________ a present.
13. You have the keys of my car, so please give ______________ to me.
14. That's a nice cake. I want ______________.
15. We are going to the supermarket and Christine is coming with ______________.

H. Circle the correct answer.

1) I / me like London.
2) The children are as hungry as we / us.
3) All the students passed except I / me.
4) A: Who’s there? B: I / Me.
5) They / them love vegan food.
6) A: Is that the man you told me about? B: Yes, that’s he / him.
7) We all like cake except she / her.
8) He / him will get a new phone soon.
9) His sister isn’t as tall as he / him.
10) Is that chocolate for I / me?
11) She / her wants to go home early.
12) Everyone arrived on time but he / him.
13) Please keep up with we / us.
14) A: Who ate all the chocolate? B: She / Her!
15) We / us have been to Rio.

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Prepositions of place
I. You are text-messaging your friend but there is a problem with your phone. Some of the words are not
showing properly. Complete the conversation by underlining the correct words in brackets.

Hi, Ted. How are you?

I’m fine. I’m (1) (at/below/on) the cinema

(2) (above/next to/between) my home. I’m queuing to buy
tickets. There are a lot of people (3) (in front of/
next to/on) me, so it will take some time. There’s a boy (4)
(behind/below/between) me in the queue.
He keeps hitting me with his bag. It’s so annoying!

That’s annoying! I’m (5) (in/on/under) a coffee shop

with my parents. The coffee shop is
(6) (in/on/under) the first floor. There’s a guitar shop
(7) (above/behind/below) it on the ground floor. It’s
so noisy because everyone plays guitars loudly!

It sounds like we’re both annoyed.

Let’s meet up later. We can have fun (8)

(at/next to/on) the arcade.

OK, sure! Where is it?

It’s (9) (between/in/on) the new shopping centre.

It’s (10) (between/in/on) the book shop and the toy
shop.

Great! I’ll see you there after the film.

J. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.

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1. You can get on a plane __________ the airport.
2. Dave is __________ a train.
3. Karen is __________ a conference.
4. Martin is ____________ a hospital because he is sick.
5. Judy is _____________ the hairdresser’s.
6. I saw Gary ___________ his bike.
7. We spent a few days ___________ New York.
8. We watch a show ___________ the Savoy Theatre.

K. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions (in/ on/ at).
Hi Sally,
I have just spent my holiday (1)_______ Japan last week! Let me tell you what happened during the trip.
On the first day, we almost missed the plane! The flight was at 10 a.m. but we were still (2)________
home at 8:30 a.m. Luckily, we arrived (3)________ the airport at 9:30 a.m. and we could still get
(4)________ the plane. After the arrival, the first thing we did was to have lunch (5)_________ a restaurant
because we were so hungry! I have read some articles about Japan’s best restaurants (6)_________ a book
before we went to Japan. Therefore, all the food we tried tasted amazing! The restaurant is located
(7)__________ 103 Sakura Road. It is (8)_________ the second floor of the building. You must try it next
time when you go to Japan!
On the second day, we went to the Disneyland (9)_______ Tokyo. There are different exciting rides
(10)_______ Disneyland! We spent our whole day playing (11)________ this theme park. I felt so tired after
that, so I fell asleep (12)_________ the train. In the evening, we tried some street food (13)________ a night
market. That day was the Spring Festival and so there were some celebrations (14)________ the street.
Some people played the music and dance (15)_________ the street! It was a great evening!
Now, I have to finish my holiday homework! Let me tell you more about my trip next time!
Best wishes,
Lily

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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

23. draw drawing drew drawn

24. forget forgetting forgot forgotten

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Exercises

Infinitive Present Participle Past Past Participle

e.g. go going gone gone

1. have, has

2. hear

3. tie

4. die

5. bleed

6. sleep

7. sell

8. keep

9. break

10. forget

11. draw

12. tell

13. draw

14. lie

15. stand

16. understand

17. wear

18. feel

19. sing

20. meet

21. know

22. spend

23. eat

24. feed

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Most common words 326 – 350
I like watching the film Transformer because the sound ________________ is
326 effect 影響, 後果
perfect and exciting.
There are many ________________ subjects in school. We can learn a lot from
327 different 不同的
school.
It's really a good ________________ to do homework together after school since
328 idea 意見
we can teach one another.
The English Fun Day assembly is really enjoyable. I don't feel bored in the
329 whole 完整的
________________ programme in the hall.
330 control 控制 David, you need to ________________ yourself. Don't move around!
Mr. Chan was sent to hospital this morning. He was not in good
331 condition 情況, 條件
________________.
332 field 田地, 領域 Joseph and David are both teachers. They work in the same ________________.
Sally and Lily have got 50 marks in English. In other words, they
333 pass 合格, 經過
________________ in it.
334 fall 下跌, 倒下 The floor is slippery. You may ________________ down if you are careless.
335 note 筆記, 注意 If you want to learn more, you should jot ________________s in class.
There was a ________________ arrangement for primary school students that
336 special 特別
they didn't need to go to school when the temperature dropped below 3'C.
Susan and Sam often ________________ with Peter in class, Ms Leung hated it
337 talk 說話
because they are too noisy.
338 particular 特別的 We can only eat or drink in school hall in ________________ situation.
339 today 今日 Yesterday, I had egg tarts for breakfast. ________________, I had noodles.
340 measure 量度, 措施 The ruler is used to ________________ length.
341 walk 行路 Sally takes a bus to school. I live nearby and I can ________________ to school.
Mr. Tse and Ms. Leung are English teachers. They always ________________
342 teach 教導
us English.
Malik gets very ________________ marks in dictation this time, Ms Chan said
343 low 低
he will be punished.
344 hour 小時 There are sixty minutes every ________________.
345 type 打字, 種類 We can use a keyboard to ________________ words on our computer.
It is raining heavily outside but Vivian forgot to ________________ her
346 carry 攜帶
umbrella.
The passing ________________ of your UT is just 30%,' Ms. Chan roared
347 rate 比率, 等級
angrily.
348 remain 仍然, 保持 We need to ________________ silence in the library.
349 full 滿 Bronson is overjoyed because he has got ________________ marks in the quiz.
350 street 街道 Our school is next to the ________________ named Heung Sze Wui Road.

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Exercises

Fill in the following blanks. (MCW 326 – 350)

rate street hour effect today full type field control special
remain particular low measure idea talk fall pass walk teach
whole condition carry different note

1. The floor is slippery. You may ________________ down if you are careless.
2. We can use a keyboard to ________________ words on our computer.
3. You can try __________________ kinds of food in the food court, such as Japanese food and Thai
food.
4. There are sixty minutes every ________________.
5. Sally takes a bus to school. I live nearby and I can ________________ to school.
6. It's really a good ________________ to do homework together after school since we can teach one
another.
7. Joseph and David are both teachers. They work in the same ________________.
8. Bronson is overjoyed because he has got ________________ marks in the quiz.
9. My bag is so heavy, can you help me ________________ it? 'asked Lily.
10. If you want to learn more, you should jot ________________s in class.
11. Susan ana Sam often ________________ with Peter in class, Ms. Leung hated it.
12. Mr. Chan was sent to hospital this morning. He was not in good ________________.
13. Tim, you need to ________________ yourself. Don't move around!
14. There was a ________________ arrangement for primary school students that they didn't need to go to
school when the temperature dropped below 3'C.
15. Our school is next to the ________________ named Heung Sze Wui Road.
16. We need to ________________ silence in the library.
17. I like watching the film Transformer because the sound ________________ is perfect and exciting.
18. I have got 50 marks in English. In other words, I ________________ in it.
19. Ms. Chan and Ms. Lee are my class teachers. They ________________ me a lot of things.
20. Yesterday, I had egg tart for breakfast. ________________, I had noodles.
21. We can only eat or drink in school hall in ________________ situation.
22. Malik gets very ________________ marks in dictation this time, Ms. Chan said he will be punished.
23. The English Fun Day assembly is really enjoyable. I don't feel bored in the ________________
programme in the hall.
24. The ruler is used to ________________ length.
25. The passing ________________ of your UT is just 30%,' Ms. Chan roared angrily.
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