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Pak Kau College

2015-16

S.2 English Workbook

Unit 3: Strange- but true?

Name: __________________________

Class: _____________ ( )

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Part A: Know more about the amazing fact in the world

- Complete the quiz on the amazing facts on P.58 of your textbook.

- Which facts do you class find the most amazing?

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Part B: Know more about the amazing fact in the world

Answer the following questions according to the text on P.60.

1. What is the genre of Text 1?

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2. What did He Jianma pull a bus with?

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3. How far could He Jianma pull a bus?

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4. Who need to wear tailor-made shoes?

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5. How many record(s) does Robert Wadlow hold?

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6. Why did Pobert Wadlow hate his height? (Give one reason.)

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7. Where is Josh Anderson from?

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8. When is the fastest record of eating a gigantic pizza being made?

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9. How long did it take Josh Anderson to finish a 30-cm pizza?

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Answer the following questions according to the text on P.61.

1. What is the genre of Text 2?

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2. Why did the children die in Peru?

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3. What do bats do during the day and night?

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4. Why did the Bram Stoker write the book Dracula?

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5. If you are interested in vampire bats, what progrmme should you listen to?

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Answer the following questions according to the text on P.62.

1. What is the genre of Text 2?

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2. What is werewolf condition?

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3. Why do people have werewolf condition?

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4. What is the name of the world’s hairiest girl in Guinness World Records?

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5. What problem did Supatra Sasuphan have in the past that she doesn’t have now?

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Vocabulary List

1. Bat n. 16. tail n.

2. Lion 17. beak

3. Bear 18. feathers

4. Chimpanzee 19. shell

5. Giraffe 20. horn

6. Hippo 21. fangs

7. Penguin 22. whiskers

8. Zebra 23. muzzle

9. wings 24. feet

10. paws 25. gills

11. claws 26. bony

12. hump 27. webbed

13. Hard scales

14. Trunk

15. Tusks

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A. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

1. _________________

2. _________________

3. _________________

4. _________________

5. _________________

6. _________________

7. _________________

8. _________________

9. _________________

10. ________________

11. ________________

12. ________________

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Grammar Revision-Comparison of adjectives and adverbs

A Look at the following cards and complete the sentences below. The first one has

been done for you.

Giraffe Height 500 cm

Length 240 cm

Weight 2400 kg

Top Speed 65 km/h

Age 25 yrs

Crocodile

Height 80 cm

Length 5 cm

Weight 450 kg

Top Speed 17 km/h

Age 45 yrs

Hippo

Height 140 cm

Length 330 cm

Weight 2200 kg

Top Speed 30 km/h

Age 40 yrs

Shark

Height 200 cm

Length 400 cm

Weight 2500 kg

Top Speed 40 km/h

Age 30 yrs

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A. Fill in the blanks with the correct words. The first one has been done for you as an

example.

e.g. Hippo is taller (tall) than crocodile but shorter (short) than giraffe.

1. Shark is __________________________ (heavy) among 4 animals.

2. Crocodile is ______________________________ (slow) shark in swimming.

3. Giraffe is _____________________________ (fast) hippo in running.

4. Giraffe is ______________________________ (good) runner among 4 animals.

5. Giraffe is ______________________________________ (heavy) hippo but

__________________________________ (light) shark.

6. Crocodile can have _________________________ (long) lifespan among 4 animals.

7. Do you think shark is _____________________________________ (beautiful)

animal among 4 animals?

B. Choose the correct answers to complete the following sentences.

1 Alan is (tall/taller) than Jason.

2 Peter is a (fast/faster) runner than Matthew.

3 His seat is (more comfortable/comfortabler) than mine.

4 I don’t think Mandy is (more smart/smarter) than Cherry.

5 The final exam is (difficulter/more difficult) than the mid-term exams.

6 Martha sings (more good/better) than Jenny does.

7 Peter is (more handsome/handsome) than James.

8 The food at Tasty Restaurant is (bad/worse) than the food at Delicious

Restaurant.

9 Matthew is (funnier/funny) than Catherine.

10 Sandra now lives much (close/closer) to school, than she did before.

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C. Complete the sentences below using the comparative forms of the adverbs given in brackets. The first one has been done for you as an example.

e.g. You have to get up earlier (early) tomorrow to catch the flight.

1. Don’t go any ________________________ (far) or else you will get lost.

2. I can’t follow. Could you speak _______________________ (slowly) please?

3. You will fail the final exam if you don’t work ____________________ (hard).

4. I am leaving! I can’t wait any ______________________ (long).

5. You aren’t swimming fast enough. You have to swim _____________________

(fast) to break the record.

6. ABC Publishing’s reference book is _____________________ (commonly)

used

than that of DEF Publishing. Almost every student in Hong Kong has got one.

7. Pat works _________________________ (carefully) than Jimmy. She seldom

makes mistakes.

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Grammar Learning - Prepositions of place and movement

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A. Choose the correct answer for each of the following sentences.

1 I saw Mary __________ (in/at/on) the ferry yesterday.

2 My aunt and uncle will arrive ___________ (in/at/to) Hong Kong next

Tuesday.

3 I have to arrive __________ (at/on/in) school early tomorrow.

4 Eating and drinking are not allowed __________ (on/at/in) the paid areas of

MTR stations.

5 There are many Thai restaurants __________ (on/in/of) Kowloon City.

6 The dogs are playing happily __________ (in/to/on) the beach.

7 Trams only run __________ (in/at/on) Hong Kong Island.

8 My English teacher came __________ (by/from/of) America.

9 My friend was born __________ (in/of/on) Hong Kong, but he was brought up

__________ (in/at/to) Canada.

10 Legend has it that going __________ (towards/backwards/out) the forbidden

forest will bring you bad luck.

B. Fill in the blanks with prepositions from the table below. Some prepositions can

be used more than once.

1 Trained lions can jump _______________ the hoops.

2 Don’t go _______________ the hill. Villagers say there are tigers.

3 The little girl was knocked down by a car when walking _______________ the

road.

4 The man dived _______________ the ocean.

5 You will find the cinema if you walk _______________ Nathan Road.

6 The firemen went ______________ the building to look for survivors.

7 We should get _______________ the office when there is a fire.

8 My father is going to hang our family photo _______________ the wall.

9 A coach carrying 50 passengers crashed _______________ a lorry last night.

10 Summer job workers are not allowed to go _______________ to the 14th floor.

on across through into onto

towards along out of up

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Grammar Learning: Modal Verb ‘can’

A modal verb is also known as a helping verb. It gives additional information about

the mood of the main verb that follows it.

e.g.

They will go out .

They may go out .

They must go out .

They can go out .

They go out .

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1 My father (can/can’t) speak five foreign languages. He is an expert on that.

2 I don’t think I (can/can’t) finish the project by Monday. I need more time.

3 If you have any problems, you (can/can’t) ask me for help.

4 Jane (can/can’t) join us today because she is sick.

5 The children (can/can’t) run this far. They are only three years old.

6 Daniel (can/can’t) go in there because it’s too narrow.

7 Do you know that paper (can/can’t) be made out of cotton?

8 She (can/can’t) run. She has broken her leg.

9 I (can/can’t) join the windsurfing class because I don’t know how to swim.

10 My grandfather (can/can’t) sing well. He is always out of tune.

B Complete the following questions with the words given in the table

below. The first one has been done for you as an example.

eat open walk join turn

win swim touch take

1 Can you swim across the sea?

2 Do you think I ______________ the whole cake?

3 ______________ the wizard ______________ the cat into a mouse with

magic?

4 _________ you _____________ your toes with your fingers?

5 _________ your dog __________ the door by itself?

6 _________ you __________ on a straight line if you close your eyes?

7 Do you think Katherine _________________ us tonight?

8 ________ you ________ over the paper without touching it?

9 ________ we ______________ part in this competition?

10 Do you think I ________________ in this lottery?

A Circle the correct answers.

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Grammar Learning - Reflexive Pronouns

Subject Pronouns

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Reflexive Pronouns

( )

I

You

We

They

He

She

It

You (plural)

myself

Yourself

ourselves

themselves

himself

herself

itself

yourselves (plural)

e.g. We can see ourselves in the mirror.

I enjoyed myself very much at the party.

A. Fill in the correct reflexive pronouns.

1. We should take care of ___________.

2. I clean up___________ when get up in the morning.

3. She dressed ___________up last night.

4. He cut ___________with a broken bottle.

5. Boys, the food is over there. Help___________.

6. They make ___________a meal.

7. That man is strange. He always speak to ___________.

8. The cat sat there and cleaned ___________.

9. The girl blamed ___________ for the mistake.

10. Peter, finish the work___________.

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B. Complete the sentences by circling the correct word from the brackets. The first one

has been done for you as an example.

e.g. (We / /Ours) dog is old and slow now.

1. Which pencil is (yours / your / yourself)?

2. Read the chapter quietly to (you / me / yourself).

3. Here, use (me / my / mine) book, yours doesn’t have enough space.

4. This is (your / yours / you) ticket, I’ve lost (ours / me / my) ticket.

5. (Me / My / Mine) greatest fear is to fall into deep water and not to be able to save (me

/ myself / my).

6. Do we buy (our / ours / us) own books for the lesson, or are they given to

(us / ourselves / we).

7. Tommy and (him / his / he) younger sister play together, but (her / their / they)

brother likes being by himself.

8. The dog is cute, but (it / its / he) is black. I don’t like (his / its /it) color.

C. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

Dear Dairy,

Today I went to Jimmy’s flat. 1) ________________ had a great time together and

played lots of computer games. Jimmy has some really good games. 2)

___________________ think his elder borther bought most of them for 3)

____________________. I don’t think he bought them 4) __________________because

some of them are really expensive.

For lunch, we made some dumplings. 5) ____________ weren’t as good as 6)

____________ but it was good to be able to cook by 7) ____________. Mum rarely

lets 8) ____________ in the kitchen at home, so I really enjoyed 9) ____________.

Perhaps I will become a chef when I grow up! The only problem is I hate washing

up. I wonder if chefs have to wash up 10) ____________ or if someone helps them.

Our

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Conditional Sentence: Type 0

Complete the sentences with the correct words.

1. People ________________ (get) fat, if they ________________ (eat) junk food.

2. If a person ________________ (do) sports, he or she always ___________(feel) good.

3. If the sun ________________ (rise) high, it ________________ (become) very hot.

4. Plants ________________ (die), if it ________________ (not rain).

5. If children ________________ (not get) enough sleep at night, they ____________(get)

tired all day.

6. Water ________________ (boil), if you ________________ (heat) it to 100 degrees.

7. Ice ________________ (float), if you ________________ (put) it in water.

8. We ________________ (become) sick, if we ________________ (eat) dirty food.

9. If we ________________ (work) under the sun, we easily ________________

10. If I ________________ (eat) too much chocolate, I ________________ (get) sick.