2010 General English June

General English – June Issue, 2010___________ by George Chow All rights reserved.
2010
Dissecting the fragments of a sentence
Subject and Predicate
*A simple and complete sentence has the structure of SUBJ. + VERB., which may be followed by a
complement, such as an object, an adjective, etc, making it grammatical yet informative as to complete
the meaning of the sentence.
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General English – June Issue, 2010___________ by George Chow All rights reserved.2010
Quick Test 1
Label the following sentences with the parts of speech
Noun, Article, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction

1. Three cats are chasing a mouse.
2. Tom jumped off from the roof to escape the fire.
3. When did you paint that?
4. For lunch we had sausage rolls.
5. Since when have you been studying abroad?
Quick Test 2
The sentences below contain one or more grammatical mistakes, find them out and correct them.
1. He must have take the book without notifying his classmates.
2. The puppy chewed up my Dad slippers.
3. Joey Yung is good and experienced singer.
4. English is not difficult as you might think.
5. Neither of us like ice-cream.
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The following pronouns are singular: (followed by a singular verb)
Someone
Anyone
None
No one
Everybody (everyone)
Either
Neither
The following pronouns are plural: (followed by a plural verb)
Both
Several
Quick Test 3
1. No one . . . . . . . . . . toad for breakfast.
2. Both . . . . . . . . . . coming to the show.
3. Everybody . . . . . . . . . . a dog.
4. Either you or I . . . . . . . . . . misunderstood.
5. Someone . . . . . . . . . . my drink, every day.
6. Several . . . . . . . . . . at the window.
7. Neither of us . . . . . . . . . . graffiti on walls.
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Vocabulary Builder – Learn in Context
Fill in the blanks with the words in the box below.
Ascribed Brute Domesticating Enervation Collateral

Ancestor Conventional Susceptible Exploit Partridge
Intricate Hedgerows Shoveling Credence Incisor
1. The . . . . . . . . . on both sides of this road are beautiful.

2. Peter’s . . . . . . . . . . is from the royal family 300 years ago.
3. A cousin is a . . . . . . . . . . . relative.
4. The watch is a piece of . . . . . . . . . . machinery which cannot be easily fixed.
5. John is such a . . . . . . . . . . . He is always rough, aggressive and violent.
6. I never like anything . . . . . . . . . . I am always looking for things which are exotic.
7. Feeling extremely hungry, he is . . . . . . . . . . the cake into his mouth.
8. The dentists take out my . . . . . . . . . . two weeks ago.
9. Everyone nowadays is . . . . . . . . . . to advertising.
10. My favourite bird is a . . . . . . . . . . .
11. The trainer in the circus is very good at . . . . . . . . . wild animals.
12. Factories in South East Asia are known to . . . . . . . . . . their workers by having them work long hours
without paid.
13. You are in the middle of an . . . . . . . . . . , you must take a rest before you resume your work.
14. I would give my . . . . . . . . . . only if you prove you are credible enough.
15. She . . . . . . . . . her success to hard work.
MARKS: ______/ 15
A: 15 B: 13 C: 10 D: 8 E: 6 F: <6
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Active vocabulary from selected reading materials
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
May 28th, 2010
“Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” is based on the video game sensation ( ) originally
created two decades ago, and is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the mastermind behind the “Pirates
of the Caribbean” series. Though Disney expected this to be the start of another phenomenal
franchise, it predictably turns out to be a lackluster letdown. Director Mike Newell hasn’t made
anything amazing since “Donnie Brasco” after all. That said, it’s an entertaining two hours if you can
embrace(接受) the fact that it is not to be taken seriously, and is meant to be a waste of acting talent.
Set in an imaginary ancient Persia, Jake Gyllenhaal (doing a passable British accent) plays the
adventurous Prince Dastan, who was a street orphan before King Sharaman adopted him and raised
him alongside his two real sons, the mild-mannered Seso and the bellicose( 好戰的 ) Garsiv. After
invading and conquering the holy city of Alamut with his brothers on a dubious tip claiming there are
hidden weapons of mass destruction (hello, Dubya), Dastan stumbles across a mysterious dagger. He
also meets Alamut’s exotic Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton, looking gorgeous AND smart), the
dagger’s true owner. Then, oh, Dastan is falsely accused of murdering his father and has no choice but
to flee with the rival princess, who plans to repossess the dagger and prevent it from falling into the
wrong hands. Why? Because the dagger has the power of reversing time when filled with magical sand.
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Meanwhile, the exiled Dastan is eager to prove his innocence to the king’s brother, Nizam (Ben
Kingsley), the empire’s advisor and the only person he trusts. That’s a lot of plot, but they’re only just
getting started.
You can’t deny that with exquisitely( 精緻地 ) designed costumes, sophisticated cinematography and
eye-candy leading actors, “Prince of Persia” is a well-produced commercial flick that will appeal to
youngsters. The performances are competent, and the sparkling chemistry and harmless flirtation
between the buff Gyllenhaal and the feisty Arterton lights up the story, despite the fact that they never
seem to know when it’s the right time to kiss.
The comic highlight of the film, which seriously lacks in good humor for the most part, is an ostrich( 駝
鳥) race in the Slave Valley featuring a brilliant Alfred Molina. The film also lacks solid substance, and at
times it feels like a missions-driven videogame (I wonder why). There are also a dozen WTF moments.
Additionally, the fighting sequences seem surprisingly perfunctory( 馬虎的 ) given that it’s an action
adventure film. In conclusion: yes, the super-tanned, bulked-up Gyllenhaal looks hot. But nah, the
prince of Persia ain’t no Captain Jack Sparrow.
(Freely adapted from http://hk-magazine.com/feature/prince-persia-sands-time)

The passage was modified by George Chow for teaching purpose.
Transitivity of Verbs
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Transitive Verbs – v.t. Def.:
Intransitive Verbs – v.i. Def.:
You try!
Separate the following verbs into two columns – v.t. and v.i. (Some words can be both transitive and
intransitive)
walk, send, choose, sing, wonder, sell, groan, collide, dissect, taste, destroy, peep, play, hesitate, meet,
paint, imagine,
Transitive verbs (v.t.) Intransitive verbs (v.i.)
Vocabulary Builder – Dictation
1. ____________________ 2. __________________
3. ____________________ 4. __________________
5. ____________________ 6. __________________
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7. ____________________ 8. __________________
9. ____________________ 10. __________________
11. ____________________ 12. __________________
13. ____________________ 14. __________________
15. ____________________ 16. __________________
17. ____________________ 18. __________________
19. ____________________ 20. __________________
21. ____________________ 22. __________________
23. ____________________ 24. __________________
Active Voice and Passive Voice (active sense and passive sense)
Active voice (i.e. Subj. + verb + Obj.) is used when we show the subject has an action which is
performed by the subject and which acts on the object. Passive voice (i.e. Subj. + be + verb (p.p) +by +
Obj.) is used when the action is acted on the subject by the object. See the following examples.
Active: The lion ate a rabbit.
Passive: A rabbit was eaten by the lion.
ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE

Present Tense The fire burns my house. My house is burnt by the fire.
Present Continuous Tense The fire is burning my house. My house is being burnt by the
fire.
Past Tense The fire burnt my house. My house was burnt by the fire.
Past Continuous Tense The fire was burning my house. My house was being burnt by
the fire.
Future Tense The fire will burn my house. My house will be burnt by the
fire.
Present Continuous Tense for The fire will be burning my house. My house will be being burnt by
Futurity the fire.
Present Perfect Tense for The fire will have burnt my house. My house will have been burnt
Futurity by the fire.
Present Perfect Continuous The fire will have been burning my My house will have been being
Tense for Futurity house. burnt by the fire.
Present Perfect Tense The fire has burnt my house. My house has been burnt by the
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fire.
Present Perfect Continuous The fire has been burning my house. My house has been being burnt
Tense by the fire.
Past Perfect Tense The fire had burnt my house. My house had been burnt by the
fire.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense The fire had been burning my house. My house had been being burnt
by the fire.
You try!
Make 10 sentences of active voice and passive voice using the following words:
Buy, steal, clean, leave, interrupt

1. _____________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________________________________
6. _____________________________________________________________________
7. _____________________________________________________________________
8. _____________________________________________________________________
9. _____________________________________________________________________
10. _____________________________________________________________________
A thing that you should remember:
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TENSE ASPECT
Present Tense
(including Present Tense for Futurity)

Past Tense
The Formation of the Indicative Mood of the Passive Voice
Tense Auxiliary Verb Form
Simple Present am/is/are past participle
Present Continuous am/is/are being past participle
Present Perfect have/has been past participle
Present Perfect Continuous** have/has been being past participle
Simple Past was/were past participle
Past Continuous was/were being past participle
Past Perfect had been past participle
Past Perfect Continuous** had been being past participle
Simple Future will (shall) be* past participle
Future Continuous** will (shall) be being past participle
Future Perfect will (shall) have been past participle
Future Perfect Continuous** will (shall) have been being past participle
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* The other modal auxiliaries form conjugations in the same way as shown for will and shall.
** The Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, Future Continuous, and Future Perfect
Continuous tenses of the Passive Voice are cumbersome, and are rarely used.
Questions and negative statements
As is the case for other English conjugations, verbs in the Passive Voice form questions and negative statements
using the first auxiliary.
a. Questions
To form a question, the first auxiliary is placed before the subject. For example:
Affirmative Statement Question
You were shown the sights. Were you shown the sights?
She is being shown the sights. Is she being shown the sights?
He will have been shown the sights. Will he have been shown the sights?
We should be shown the sights. Should we be shown the sights?
b. Negative statements
To form a negative statement, the word not is placed after the first auxiliary. For example:
Negative Statements
You were not shown the sights.
She is not being shown the sights.
He will not have been shown the sights.
We should not be shown the sights.
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You try !
Change the following affirmative statements into negative statements. For example:
e.g. 1 They would have been instructed to join us.
They would not have been instructed to join us.
e.g. 2 It was sent on time.

It was not sent on time.
1. We could have been seen from the island.
_______________________________________________________
2. It is being dealt with satisfactorily.
_______________________________________________________
3. They were being kept under observation.
_______________________________________________________
4. You will be held responsible.
_______________________________________________________
5. They were expected at six o'clock.
_______________________________________________________
6. He will be asked to participate.
_______________________________________________________
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Dissecting the fragments of a sentence

Subject and Predicate

Label the following sentences with the parts of speech

Noun, Article, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction

2. Tom jumped off from the roof to escape the fire.

3. When did you paint that?

4. For lunch we had sausage rolls.

5. Since when have you been studying abroad?

1. He must have take the book without notifying his classmates.

2. The puppy chewed up my Dad slippers.

3. Joey Yung is good and experienced singer.

4. English is not difficult as you might think.

5. Neither of us like ice-cream.

The following pronouns are singular: (followed by a singular verb)

The following pronouns are plural: (followed by a plural verb)

1. No one . . . . . . . . . . toad for breakfast.

2. Both . . . . . . . . . . coming to the show.

4. Either you or I . . . . . . . . . . misunderstood.

5. Someone . . . . . . . . . . my drink, every day.

6. Several . . . . . . . . . . at the window.

7. Neither of us . . . . . . . . . . graffiti on walls.

Vocabulary Builder – Learn in Context

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box below.

Ascribed Brute Domesticating Enervation Collateral

1. The . . . . . . . . . on both sides of this road are beautiful.

Active vocabulary from selected reading materials

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

May 28th, 2010

seem to know when it’s the right time to kiss.

prince of Persia ain’t no Captain Jack Sparrow.

(Freely adapted from http://hk-magazine.com/feature/prince-persia-sands-time)

Transitive Verbs – v.t. Def.:

Intransitive Verbs – v.i. Def.:

Transitive verbs (v.t.) Intransitive verbs (v.i.)

Vocabulary Builder – Dictation

9. ____________________ 10. __________________

11. ____________________ 12. __________________

13. ____________________ 14. __________________

15. ____________________ 16. __________________

17. ____________________ 18. __________________

19. ____________________ 20. __________________

21. ____________________ 22. __________________

23. ____________________ 24. __________________

Active: The lion ate a rabbit.

Passive: A rabbit was eaten by the lion.

ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE

Buy, steal, clean, leave, interrupt

A thing that you should remember:

(including Present Tense for Futurity)

The Formation of the Indicative Mood of the Passive Voice

Tense Auxiliary Verb Form

Simple Present am/is/are past participle

Present Continuous am/is/are being past participle

Present Perfect have/has been past participle

Present Perfect Continuous** have/has been being past participle

Simple Past was/were past participle

Past Continuous was/were being past participle

Past Perfect had been past participle

Past Perfect Continuous** had been being past participle

Simple Future will (shall) be* past participle

Future Continuous** will (shall) be being past participle

Future Perfect will (shall) have been past participle

Questions and negative statements

9. __ 10.

11. __ 12.

13. __ 14.

15. __ 16.

17. __ 18.

19. __ 20.

21. __ 22.

23. __ 24.