Theme Text type GrammarVocabulary

Useful phrases

Module: Study, school life and work

Unit 1 (p.2)Applying for a summer job

Letter of application

N (8)

• Simplepasttenseandpresentperfect tense N (8)

• Definingandnon-definingrelative clauses N (8)

• Jobs• Describingpersonalitiesor

skills• Phrasestowritealetterof

application

Unit 2 (p.12)Proposingaschoolevent

Proposal

L (2)

• Makingsuggestions:could and might L (2)

• Connectives(1) N (2) L (6)

• Eventsandpeopleinvolved• Benefitsoforganizingan

event• Phrasestowriteaproposal

Module: Rights and responsibilities

Unit 3 (p.22)Makingacomplaint

Letter of complaintN (5)

• Presentandpastparticiplesasadjectives N (5)

• Indefinitepronouns N (1)

• Idiomsaboutproblemsorbadfeelings

• Waystosolveaproblem

• Phrasestowritealetterofcomplaint

Unit 4 (p.32)Shouldjunkfoodbebannedinschools?

Debatespeech

N (6)

• Although / though and despite / in spite of N (7)

• Persuasiveexpressions L (3)

• Placesthatselljunkfood• Characteristicsofjunkfood

• Phrasestowriteadebatespeech

Module: Wonderful things

Unit 5 (p.42)A real treasure

Story

N (7) L (6)

• Pastperfecttense N (6) L (6)

• Gerundsandto-infinitives N (6)

• Itemsinatreasurehunt• Phrasalverbsandidiomsforwritingastory

• Phrasestowriteastory

and meanthatsimilartexttypeshaveappearedinpreviousTSAandHKDSEexampapers.N ( ) and L ( ) meanthatsimilartexttypesandgrammaritemscanbefoundinthespecifiedunitsof

New Treasure Plus (Second Edition)andLongman English Spark!respectively.

Theme Text type GrammarVocabulary

Useful phrases

Module: Wonderful things

Unit 6 (p.52)Givingbacktothecommunity

Newsletterarticle

N (2)

• Bareinfinitives N (3)

• Passivevoice N (2) L (8)

• Writingaboutaplaceorevent• Positiveopinions• Phrasestotalkaboutanewsworthyplaceorevent

Module: Cultures of the world

Unit 7 (p.62)Thebesttripdestination

Blogentry

N (1) L (3)

• Definingandnon-definingnounphrases N (1)

• Comparativeandsuperlativeadverbs N (7)

• Adjectivestodescribeatourist attraction

• Wordsusedinatravelblogentry

• Phrasestodescribeatraveldestination

Unit 8 (p.72)Addictedtoscreens

Lettertotheeditor

N (7)

• Connectives(2) L (7)

• Referencing L (5)

• Adjectivestodescribemodernhealthproblems

• Technologyanditseffects• Phrasestowriteaboutanissue

Module: Nature and environment

Unit 9 (p.82)Takingastrongstancefortheenvironment

Opinion essay

N (4)

• Expressingstrongopinions L (7)

• Givingadviceandtalkingaboutnecessity L (1)

• Wordsaboutanenvironmental problem

• Adjectivestodescribepollution

• Phrasestogiveyouropinion

Unit 10 (p.92)Animalrights

Two-sidedargumentative essay

L (8)

• Passivevoiceintroducingarguments L (8)

• Conditionalsentencesaboutpossible situations

N (2)

• Wordsaboutanimalconservation

• Adjectivestodescribetheanimalindustry

• Phrasestoarguebothsides

Links to learning resources (p.102) Structures of different text types (p.103)Answer key (p.113)

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StudentscanscantheQRcodestogetthegrammar,vocabulary,usefulphrasesandstructuresofalltexttypesintroducedinthisbook.