Link the sentences.

1. I was sleeping. Someone shouted "Fire!".


2. The rain stopped. We went for a walk.

3. It was a hot day. We went for a swim.

4. We were late. We were excused.

5. The child could not stop coughing. The doctor gave hime some cough medicine.

Proofreading exercise

1. I am sure he will past the examination.
2. Does someone want to join the competition.
3. I have a lot of students this morning.
4. Last night when I watched the TV, my sister called.
5. I agree to you.
6. This is an interested movie.
7. I am exciting about the news.
8. You can go but you can stay.

English test 18/11

1. comprehension
2. Vocabulary (My testbook p.30-31, 64-65)
3. Grammar
-Tenses
-linkers (joining rentense)
likes: (since, because, although, so, as to, in order to, so that, in order that)
-proofreading

Links for Grammar Practice

Modal Verbs

Tenses Exercise

Linking Exercise

Detective Fai Series I - The Gang

Detective Fai was a clever but quite ugly guy living in Hong Kong. He was good at catching criminals.

It was reported that on 25th of September, 1989; some gang members stole the brand name shops goods displayed in windows of the Christian Dior, LV in Shatin New Town Plaza in N.T. of Hong Kong.

Three people of the gang members were John Chan(J.C.), Peter Wong(P.W.) and Tony Lee(T.L.). When they passed Shatin Plaza, they met Detective Fai. Therefore Detective Fai chased with them.

Let me told you something, Detective Fai has a xenoglossia: throwing BOOGER!!! Detective Fai also has a nickname"BOOGER MAN".Detective Fai said"BOOGER MAN!!". And he started to throw booger. But J.C. spilled out some spit!! Finally, Detective Fai said"BIG BIG BIG BOOGER". Then J.C. , P.W. and T.L. fell down and they can't move!!!!!

Dectective Fai caught them easily, and the police thanks Dectective Fai very much and gave some prices to him too!!!!

My trip to Xian - Day five

Date: 5 August,2008 (Last Day of the Trip)

7:00 Time to get up

7:30 Breakfast

10:00 A Visit to Xian Jiaotong University

(We talked with the University's students. We learnt about the study of the universtiy.) ↑Xian Jiaotong University

13:00 Lunch Time

14:00 A Visit to the YWCA in Xian.

15:00 Shopping

(We went to a place where we did shopping, some of us bought local foods and souvenirs.)

17:45 Getting ready to take the flight back to Hong Kong at Xian XianYang Interenational Airport.

23:00 Arrival at the Hong Kong Interenational Airport.

My Reflection

I think it was an interesting day. We finally arrived Hong Kong. We had a lot to remember what we had experienced in Xian. We had a mixed feeling that we were back to the normal life.

I see there is a big difference between Xian YWCA and Hong Kong YWCA. In Xian, there is only one YWCA. But in Hong Kong, there are many YWCAs. I believe Hong Kong YWCA has done a lot of meaningful works in Xian. This is surely a meaningful trip in my life!

My trip to Xian - Day four

Date: 4 August,2008

7:00 Wake-up Time

7:30 Breakfast

10:00 Visited the Terracotta Army and took photos there.

↑The Terracotta Army

13:00 Lunch Time

14:15 Visited The Fountain Park.

↑The Fountain Park

16:30 Visited The Tang Paradise.

↑The Tang Paradise

20:15 Watched The Water Movie.

22:00 Back to the hotel and slept.

My Reflection

It was an interesting day! It was my first time to visit The Terracotta Army and watched the water movie. I was interested and impressed by a mix of old work and new technology! I enjoyed the day very much!

My trip to Xian - Day three

Date: 3 August,2008

8:00 Breakfast

9:00 Farming in the farmland

↑Ploughing the farm

10:00 Visiting some poor farmers and giving some foods to them.

12:00 Noodle Lunch

14:00 We went to the YWCA QianTonMing Hope Primary School. We talked with the principal to know more about the school.

↑YWCA QianTonMing Hope Primary School

16:30 We went back to the Compass hotel to have a bath and a rest.

18:00 Dinner. Yummy!

19:30 We went to a street where we had some interesting things to see it. (回民街）

↑The street

22:00 We went back to the hotel and sleep.

My Reflection

It was an exciting day. I didn't have any special feeling about ploughing on the farm. But I think it is quite a different life style I can experience there. Also, I saw many interesting things in the streets. Some was funny, some was strange to me.I enjoyed the day very much!

My trip to Xian- Day two

Date: 2 August,2008

7:00 Wake-up time

7:30 Breakfast.

8:00 Taking a bus to Zuozhi.

10:00 Arrived at Zuozhi Darou Primary School.

↑Zuozhi Darou Primary School

10:30 Talked with Darou Primary School Principal, to know more about Darou Primary School.

↑Talked with Darou Primary School Principal

↑Darou Primary School Principal

12:30 Noodle Lunch

15:30 We were invited to teach some English songs to the children.

↑Teaching ( Have a look at our small teachers!)

16:30 Our games group played some games with the Darou Primary's students. I played the fishing game with them.

↑See, we were playing and leading the games.

18:00 Dinner Time

20:00 Singing around the campfire

↑Campfire is burning

23:00 Staying overnight at Darou Primary School.

My Reflection:

It was an exciting day! Playing and leading big group games was a challenge to our team. It was the first time in my life playing around the Campfire. it was funny. I was so happy that we had Air-conditioner when we slept. I loved it very much!

My Trip to Xian - Day One

Date: 1 August, 2008

13:00 Shatin bus terminus to wait for an AirBus to Hong Kong Interenatonal Airport. We took the E42 line.

14:00 In Hong Kong Interenational Airport to check-in with a plane ticket.

15:55 We took Dragon Air No.KA940 to Xian.

↑The Plane
↑Foods on the plane.

19:00 We arrived at Xian XianYang Interenational Airport.

20:30 We went to eat Hunan foods.

↑Hunan foods

22:00 We went back to the Compass hotel to prepare for tommorow's activities

23:00 Slept

My Reflection

I think it is an exciting day for me because it is my first time joining this kind of voluntary activity. I think it is impotant to follow the guideline and to be on time for the activity.

The adventure of Detective Fai

Detective Fai was a celebrity in Hong Kong. He was good at catching criminals in Hong Kong. But it was unlucky that Detective Fai died in 1999 in Red Killer's hands. He also killed the Red Killer.

And now the Murdoch Poster Co. will post the Detective Fai's story at the blog http://kansit2008.blogspot.com/. The story is about how Detective Fai caught some bad guys in Hong Kong or other countries.

Story Writing

What is story?
Story is a piece of writing that describes a chain of related events. Every story is about one or more characters trying to deal with some sort of difficulty.

What is a story map?
A story map is a map that helps writer organise the story by focusing on characters, setting, plot; i.e. events that starts with beginning, rising, climax and ending.

What are the eight types of plot?
Plot can be defined as the arrangement of narrative events in a story. It is usually organised in such a way as to create interest and involvement for the reader. It also helps to establish and emphasise causality. There are usually eight types of plot mapped by writer to devise the sequence of events in the story.

They can arrange from:

1. problem to solution
2. mystery to solution
3. conflict to peace
4. danger to safety
5. confusion to order
6. dilemma to decision
7. ignorance to knowledge
8. questions to answers

Enhance Your Reading Skill - Posted by Terri

Reading fast can also help to increase your comprehension if you can fulfill the following conditions.

1. Read the material that meet your level of language proficiency.
2. Read and never lose your wonder in seeking meaning. Read with a purpose, follow the argument/s or story plot/s not the details.
3. Have fun in reading, time your reading if you have a clock around. By reading faster, one can make the reading process more challenging. Reading fast can also keep you awake because you must concentrate more.
4. Use a pencil tip to help your eyes scan the text in phrases, and always move forward as fast as as possible.
5. Speed up your reading by practise reading, reading, and reading. Progressively learn to see and comprehend more and more words ( i.e. from 3 to 10 words) at a time.
6. Target yourself to read at an average speed of 200 words per minute to a more advanced speed of 800 wpm.

A Recent Study on Literacy Warning

Today, I read a newspaper article with the title, "Study sends literacy warning". There are three interesting points mentioned in the article.

1. Time spent on the internet, playing computer games and sending messages through mobile phones and computers has an adverse affect on students' reading and writting skills.
2. The reading performance of students taught in the classroom is better than those who have private tutorial help.
3. Private tutoring reduces students' time for reading. it does not improve the reading performance of children, in fact, it makes their performance worse.