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ContentSChapter 1 - Nouns1 Proper and common nouns 1
e.g. Miss Wong, Mars, ball, girl
2 Countable and uncountable nouns 4e.g. apple apples, box boxes
3 Possessive nouns 8e.g. Dad’s car, the children’s work, Jess’ shoes
4 Noun phrases 12e.g. a dog, Jack’s dog, my dog, a small dog
Mind the mistakes 15
Chapter 2 - Pronouns5 Subject pronouns 16
e.g. I, you, we, they, he, she, it
6 Possessive adjectives 20e.g. my, your, his, her, its, our, their
7 Demonstrative pronouns 24e.g. this, that, these, those
8 Interrogative pronouns (Question words) 28e.g. what, who, where, when, which, how, how old, how many
Mind the mistakes 32
Text type - letter, back cover 33
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Chapter 3 - Determiners9 General determiners 35
e.g. some, a lot of, any
10 Quantifiers 39e.g. three toys, no money
11 Demonstratatives 42e.g. there is, there are
12 Definite and indefinite articles 46e.g. a, an, the
Mind the mistakes 50
Text type - riddle, comics 51
Chapter 4 - Verbs13 Action and stative verbs 53
e.g. is, am, are, have, feel, run
14 Modal verbs 57e.g. can, would, must
Mind the mistakes 61
Chapter 5 - Tenses15 Simple present tense 62 e.g. They have a child.
She swims. Ron does not eat carrots.
16 Present continuous tense 66e.g. The girls are cooking in the kitchen now.
Mind the mistakes 70
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Chapter 6 - Adjectives17 Describing people and things 71
e.g. Sophie is a beautiful girl. The box is blue.
Mind the mistakes 75
Chapter 7 - Adverbs18 Showing frequency 77
e.g. usually
19 Showing degree 80e.g. very much, best
20 Expressing similar ideas and feelingse.g. too 83
Mind the mistakes 87
Text type - poem, photo caption 89
Chapter 8 - Prepositions21 Showing places 91
e.g. on, under, near, in, next to, between, in front of, behind
22 Showing ways 95e.g. by bus, on foot
23 Showing togetherness 98e.g. with
24 Showing time 101e.g. at six o’clock, in the morning
Mind the mistakes 105
Text type - story, newsletter 107
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Appendix 131
Chapter 10 - Capitalisation & Punctuation27 Capital letters 117
e.g. Peter, Mr Leung, Hong Kong They are doing homework.
28 Full stop, question mark and exclamation mark 121e.g. My name is Carol. Do you have time? Help me!
29 Comma 125e.g. I have a pen, a ruler, an eraser and a fi le.
Mind the mistakes 128
Text type - conversation, postcard 129
Appendix 131
Chapter 9 - Conjunctions25 Adding information and showing choices 109
e.g. and, or
26 Telling reasons 113e.g. because
Mind the mistakes 116
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