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TWGHs Yau Tze Tin Memorial College Form One English Language
First Term Examination 2020-2021
Exam syllabus
Name:_______________________________ ( ) Class: 1 ( ) Date: _______________________________
Paper 1 Reading Comprehension and Usage
Date: 18 January 2021
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
CORE SECTION Part A Reading Comprehension (3 texts) Part B Grammar and Usage
Section 1 Tenses (Simple Present Tense, Present Continuous Tense and Simple Past Tense)
Infinitive Third person singular Present participle (-ing) Simple Past tense
be is being was/were
bring brings bringing brought
buy buys buying bought
do does doing did
fry fries frying fried
have has having had
hold holds holding held
offer offers offering offered
say says saying said
stop stops stoping stopped
spend spends spending spent
teach teaches teaching taught
think thinks thinking thought
practise practises practising practised
wear wears wearing wore
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Simple Present Tense: A) In positive statements
I am short. He/She/It is short. You/We/They are short. Usually, he/she travels to school by bus. I/We/You/They like my school a lot.
B) In negative statements I am not short. He/She/It is not short. You/We/They are not short. He/She does not like oranges. I/We/You/They do not like studying Mathematics.
C) In questions Does he/she go to school on weekdays? Do I/you/we/they read daily? How does he/she go to school? What do I/we/you/they like about the new school?
Present Continuous Tense:
A) In positive statements Right now, I am making a robot for a Science project.
Look! They /You are fighting with each other. It is raining now.
B) In negative statements I am not reading comics. They/You are not playing. It is not ringing.
C) In questions
Am I talking too loud? Is he/she listening to the teacher? Are you/we/they having English lessons? What are you/we/they doing? What am I doing? What is he/she doing?
Past Tense: A) In positive statements
I/He/She/It was hungry. You/We/They were hungry. I/You/We/They/He/She/It ordered a pizza last night. I/You/We/They/He/She/It came home late last night.
B) In negative statements
I/He/She/It was not hungry. You/We/They were not hungry. I/You/We/They/He/She/It did not order a pizza last night. I/You/We/They/He/She/It did not come home late last night.
C) In questions
Was I /he/she/it at the cafe yesterday? Were you/we/they at the cafe yesterday? Did I/you/we/they/he/she/it have lunch yesterday? What did I/you/we/they/he/she/it do yesterday?
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Section 2 Adjectives ending in –ed and –ing
surprising / surprised relaxing / relaxed amazing /amazed
exciting / excited comforting / comforted satisfying / satisfied
Section 3 Countable and uncountable nouns
Countable nouns mango loaf strawberry egg person hour
orange sandwich pancake
Uncountable nouns bread milk ice cream sugar cheese water tea time rice fruit coffee ham
Section 4 How many / How much / some / any Part C Vocabulary (Words will be given in the examination.)
baked cupcakes savoury steamed
bland dim sum sour sweet
crispy grilled spicy (in)expensive
(inter)national (re)turn (inter)act (in)convenient
BONUS SECTION
Proofreading All previous English knowledge
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Paper 2 Writing
Date: 11 January 2021
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Text Type:
Personal letter Blog entry
Some difficult words / phrase you may find in the questions: Melbourne Australia cousin look forward to
get used to prepare for bookworm celebrate
fancy dining experience environment service
offer Italian dessert gingerbread cookies
Paper 3 Lsitening
Date: 15 January 2021
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
chocolate History Physical Education swimming
bowling composition dictation firedrill
boring colourful search bird-watching
insect study campfire dinner history hike deadline
recreation
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Paper 4 Speaking
Date: 12 January 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Part A Reading aloud
Today I open my locker, and out jumps a monster! ‘What is this ugly creature?’ Exclaims my
History teacher. It knocks everything over in the classroom and shoots out the door with a loud
‘BOOM’!
It makes a mess in the library and upsets the Drama Club’s activity. It eats up everything in the
canteen, and is now running towards Principal Bean, I’m just about to scream, when
my Maths teacher wakes me up from this bad dream!
Hello! I’m Jessie. I live in Central. I’m 13. I’m tall. I have long, straight hair and I usually have my
hair in a ponytail. I’m energetic. I like dancing. I practise hip hop dancing with my friends every
Saturday. They’re creative and often come up with new steps. Sometimes, we watch K-pop videos
on the Internet together. We always get very excited when we see our favourite groups. The singers
dance so well! My parents like dancing too, but they never do hip hop dancing.
Nice to meet you! I’m Ryan from Chester School. At our school, we have lessons in different
classrooms, so we carry our bags with us everywhere. I like swimming in the pool. There’s also a
gym on the top floor, a drama studio next to the library and a football pitch behind the assembly
hall. I study a lot of subjects but my favourite ones are PE and Science. Right now, I’m designing a
robot for a Science project.
Firstborn children are usually organised. I’m not sure about this. My eldest sister Judy often forgets
her tasks. Her desk is always dirty and she seldom tidies it! The eldest child is usually bossy too.
Well, Judy does ask us to do things for her all the time! My brother Andrew is a middle child. He
sometimes does crazy things like dying his hair green! The middle child has lots of friends and is
quite talkative. I guess that’s true because Andrew is always on the phone.
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Part B Individual presentation
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9 E S P 2
Your class is talking about activities students can do on the weekend to relax.
Prepare a two-minute presentation about activities students can do on the weekend to relax.
You can use some ideas from the following mind map and/or your own ideas in your
presentation.
You may use the following or your own words to begin and end your presentation.
Good morning/afternoon, everybody. I’m going to talk about activities students can do on
the weekend to relax.
Thank you. That’s all I want to say.
END OF PAPER
©Education Bureau, HKSAR 2018
Prepared by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
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transport
Activities Students
Can Do On The
Weekend To Relax
types of
activities
going to the
movies outdoor
activities
food and
drinks
where and how
to get there
country
park
shopping
?
things
needed
comfortable
clothing
2018-TSA-ENG-9ESP2-2
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Part C Phonics Read the following words aloud. 1. [s] sun, mess, city, mice
2. [f] fish, coffee, phone, laugh
3. [or] sauce, bought, floor, horn
4. [ar] far, star, car, bar
5. [r] rabbit, berry, ready, wrong