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Second Term UT - Reading and Usage

1. Reading comprehension

2. Usage

a. Future Tense (Simple Future will & be going to)

b. Gerunds & To-infinitives

c. Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing

d. Adverbs of manner

e. Order of adjectives

f. Tenses (Simple Present, Present Continuous, Simple Past and

Simple Future)

Second Term UT - Dictation

Seen Dictation: OETA Unit 12 (Paragraphs 2, 4 and 5)

Unseen Dictation: Confidential (study vocabulary list)

Second Term UT - Listening

Part A: Short Tasks

-> use PENCIL

Part B: Integrated Tasks

-> use PEN

***study vocabulary list***

Second Term UT - Speaking

2-minute Individual Presentation (Video Assignment)

Mixed Tenses

(Simple Present, Present Continuous,

Simple Past and Simple Future)

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Multiple Choice

I ______(have) dinner at 7pm last night.

• have

• has

• had

• is having

Multiple Choice

Richard ______(wake) up at 7 a.m. every day.

• wake

• wakes

• woke

• is waking

Multiple Choice

She ________(visit) her grandma next week.

• will visit

• will visits

Multiple Choice

Jenny ______(do) housework now.

• do

• does

• did

• is doing

Simple Present

1. Facts and general truths
2. Things that are true now
3. Regular events (e.g. habits)

E.g. Richard wakes up at 7 a.m. every day.

Simple Past

happened in

the past

is

finished/ended

For example: I had dinner at 7pm last night.

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Different time
expressions

Last
month

Yesterday

In the
past

In
2019

10 minutes
ago

Last
week

Last night

We can present our statements in this way:

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

She was in P6A.

She was not in P6A.

They walked to
school.

They did not walk to
school.

Irregular
past
tense

Examples

Is/are

go

sleep

drive

sit

speak

was/were
went
slept
drove
sat
spoke

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is / am / are + verb (ing form)

Present Continuous Tense

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We use the present continuous
tense to …

1. talk about temporary events that are

happening now or around now

2. talk about developingandongoingsituations

3. describe photos or pictures

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Thomas is doing his English
homework now.

the event is happening
now, and will finish in

the near future

1. talk about temporary events that are happening now or

around now

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Use the correct time expressions
with the present continuous tense

e.g.now, right now, at the moment

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Yes/No questions

Wh-questions

Am I shouting loudly?

Where am I going?

Are you singing?

What are you reading?

Is she wearing glasses?

Why is the baby crying?

Simple future tense with

will

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When do we
use the
simple future
tense?

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We use the simple future tense
to talk about …

1. the future
2. a present decision to do something in the

future

3. things we hope or think will happen
4. a promise to do something in the future

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Positive statements

Negative statements

will + base verb

will not/won’t + baseverb

e.g. She will visit her grandma next

week.
I willbe there tomorrow.

e.g. He won’tjoin the picnic tomorrow.

You won’tgo swimming after school.

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Yes/No questions

Wh-questions

Will +

subject + baseverb

Wh-word + will +

subject + base verb

e.g. Willyou jointhe party?

Yes, I will.
No, I will not/won’t.

e.g.Where will you go tomorrow?

Whatwill you do?

Talking about the future

with be going to

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We use be going to for …

1. the future
2. plans we made before speaking
3. things that are certain to happen

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Positive statements

Negative statements

be going to + base verb

be not going to + baseverb

e.g. She is going tobake a cake for

tomorrow’s party.

They are going to have dinner
together tonight.

e.g. He is not going totell me his

secrets.

We are not going tojoin the
ceremony.

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Yes/No questions

Wh-questions

Verb to be + subject +

goingto+ base verb

Wh-word + verb to be + subject +

going to +
base verb

e.g.Are you going to join his

birthday party?
Yes, I am.
No, I am not/’m not.

e.g.Whatare you going to do this

summer?

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will

be going to

the future

the future

a present decision to do

something in the future

plans we made before speaking

things we hope or think will

happen

things that are certain to happen

a promise to do something in the

future

Multiple Choice

I ______(finish) my homework tonight. It is deadline tomorrow.

• will finish

• am going to finish

Multiple Choice

Ms. Wong _________(give) us a lot of homework for the coming weekend.

• will give

• is going to give

Gerunds and
to-infinitives

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Multiple Choice

_______ is a healthy activity.

• Hiking

• To hike

Multiple Choice

David chose ________(travel) to Germany for his holiday.

• travelling

• to travel

Multiple Choice

The coach suggests ______ training sessions twice a week.

• having

• to have

Multiple Choice

I am interested in ________(watch) the film.

• watching

• to watch

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• as thesubject of a sentence

e.g. Travelling is a great way to learn

about the world.

Subject

We use gerunds …

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We use gerunds …

•after some verbs

avoid

consider

dislike

enjoy

finish

imagine

keep

mind

miss

practise

recommend

suggest

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We use gerunds …

• after prepositions
e.g. She is interested

in joiningthe volleyball team.

after a preposition

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What are
To-infinitives?

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Infinitives

• the base form of a verb
• there are bare infinitives

(e.g. celebrate)
andto-infinitives
(e.g. to celebrate)

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We use to-infinitives …

• after some verbs

agree

manage

choose

hope

decide

want

learn

offer

plan

expect

promise

pretend

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We use to-infinitives …

• to talk about purpose,

i.e. to say why we do something

e.g. I wear a red dress to

celebrateLunar New Year.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is correct?

• I want to go jogging.

• She wants to goes jogging.

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The to-infinitive
always stays the same

e.g. I want to go jogging.

She wants to goes jogging.

Order of adjectives

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1

Opinion

amazing, beautiful, cute, scary

2

Size

big, small, tall, short

3

Quality/Taste

hard, sweet, light, heavy

4

Age

old, young, new, modern

5

Shape

flat, round, rectangular, oval

6

Colour

red, orange, green, blue

7

Origin

Chinese, British, imported, homemade

8

Material

metal, glass, silk, wooden

9

Purpose

formal, office, sports

Order of adjectives

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Opinion

Size

Taste/Quality

Age

Shape

Colour

Origin

Material

Purpose

Order of adjectives

Multiple Choice

This ___________(glass/dining/round) table is very expensive

• glass round dining

• round glass dining

• dining glass dining

Multiple Choice

Billy has a ___________(smart/young/small) puppy.

• smart small young

• small young smart

• young small smart

Adverbs of manner

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Adjectives describe people or things
(nouns).

Adverbs of manner describe how
something happens or how
someone does something (verbs).

What’s the difference?

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Example 2

• Ivan is careful.

•
Ivan explainedhis strategy carefully
to the team.

describingIvan
describing how Ivan explained

his strategy to the team

Adjective

Adverb

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Type of Adjectives

Adverbs

Most adjectives

Adjectives ending in a

consonant + le

Adjectives in with y

Irregular adjectives

+ ly

e 🡪 + y

y 🡪 + ily

1.

Word change

2.

No change

Adjectives ending in

ic
+ ally

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Sentence structure

Position of adverb

Subject + Verb

Subject + Verb + Object

Subject + Verb +

Preposition + Object

after the verb

1.

Before the verb
(long object)

2.

After the object
(short object)

before the preposition/

after the object

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Adjectives ending

in -ed and -ing

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Multiple Choice

Jacky is sick. His condition is _______(worry).

• worried

• worryed

• worrying

• worring

Multiple Choice

Ada was ______ at how well her team performed.

• surprised

• surpriseed

• surprising

• surpriseing

Adjectives ending in -ed

Describe the feelings

of a person or an animal

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Adjectives ending in -ing

Describe the quality of a
person, animal, thing, etc.

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For example …

Jenna was surprisedbecause
she found her coach’s
strategy surprising.

Jennafeltsurprised.

Jenna’s coach’s strategy made

Jenna feel surprised.

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