University Early Admission Policy

I am not for the university early admission policy. The policy is unfair to form 7 graduates. They will face more severe competition. The competition to enter universities becomes harder to most Hong Kong students. They must work harder than before.

Form 7 students are prepared to take the A-level exam. But the exam will not be taken by the students who have been offered the university places through the early admission policy. The policy takes away some university places from the form 7 graduates to the form 6 students who have been offered the places through the early admission scheme. So, the policy is unfair to other students.

The competition becomes harder to all secondary students who wish to enter the universities in Hong Kong.Hong Kong has only seven universities. They have limited places sponsored by the government. The government funding is also limited to include only the top ones. This makes the competition more severe.

Sentence Structure analysis - Sentence Examples

1. Simple Sentences
a. She gives a present to me.
She gave me a present yesterday.
b. I give him a hug.
I gave him a hug to congradulate him last week in the graduation ceremony.
c.I wait him for 30 minutes!
I waited him for thirty minutes yesterday outside the cinema.

2. Compound sentences
a.I want to eat candy but I am ill.
I wanted to eat candy but I was ill.

b.I meet Kate and go to the restaurant.
I met Kate and went to the restaurant yesterday.
c. I want to get the good result in the exam so I study hard.
I wanted to get the good result in the exam so I studied hard.

3. Complex Sentences
a. She says, "I will come to your home." Reported speech => She said that she would come to my home.
b. The book which belongs to Kelly is put on my desk.
c. My friend who has a rich boy friend is studying in a famous school in Hong Kong Island.
c.When I go out,it begins to rain, my clothes get wet.

A complaint letter

Dear Sir,
Re:A compliant about the holes along the pavement
I'm writing to complain about a number of holes along the pavement just outside the residential block in which I live .
I would like to draw your attention to the danger of the holes to the children who live nearby.I saw them always playing around the area.

Preposition Task

Fill in the blanks with the right prepositions.

Dear Mr Lam,

Re: Cleanliness _on___ staircase around the lobby _of___ Whamco Gardens

I am writing to complain about the uncleaned building and not regularly removed rubbish _around__ the lobby of our building.

I would like to draw your attention _to____ the fact that the staircase and lobby have not been cleaned _for_____ at least ten days. Therefore, they are very dirty. Besides, the rubbish collection has not been improved. __On_______ Sundays when we are _at__ home, there is rubbish piling __up_____ the staircase all day _until______ evening. We find that such an environment is very unpleasant to live __in_____.

Could you please inform us what the regular cleaning schedule and rubbish collection schedule __for__ the building are? We would also like to know whether there is any provision _for_____ extra cleaning in the case _of_____ bad weather or construction work _in___ the building.

We are paying what seems to be a hight amount _of____ management fees considering the standard _of_____ service that we receive.

I await your answer and a considerable improvement _in____ the cleaning service urgently.

Yours sincerely,


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Tenses Exercise

A. Fill in the right forms of the verb in the blanks.

1. He __washes_______ (wash) his bike by himself.
2. My friend sometimes ___plays_______ (play) with his uncle.
3. I like to _talk_________ ( talk ) with the actor.
4. My friend often _goes_________ (go) shopping.
5. My mother __cooked_________ (cook) the dinner last weekend.
6. My coaches ____are swimming_____________ (swim) in the sea.
7. We _finish_____(finish) doing our homework before dinner everyday.
8. My younger brother ___ate______ (eat) three apples yesterday.
9. One of my friends ___likes________ (like ) to play the guitar.
10. Can you _run_ (run) two miles ?
11. The teacher __had___ (have) a headache.
12. They ___watch_________ (watch) a movie every week.
13. Does it __snow___ (snow) outside?
14. He often _takes______ (take) his umbrella with him.
15. My good friends __stayed________ (stay) in a good hotel last week.
16. I was very happy to __play_______ ( play ) in the park yesterday.
17. My friends often _bring_________ (bring) his books to read.
18. The workers _washed__________ (wash) his car last weekend.
19. Tom and Jerry _are climbing____ (climb) the hill.
20. I _finish_____(finish) practice playing piano before dinner everyday
21. My aunt _cooked___ ( cook) lunch with me yesterday.
22. One of my uncles _doesn't like_ (not like ) to play the guitar.
23. Did you _fly___ (fly) by plane last week ?
24. The teacher __doesn't have__ (not have) a headache.
25. They __don't watch______ ( not watch) a movie every week.
26. Did it __rain______ ( rain) outside?
27. He often _rides________ (ride) bike by himself.
28. My best friend _lives_________ (live) with his uncle.
29. I like to _travel_________ ( travel ) to USA.
30. My friends often __go____ (go) shopping.

Present Tenses

Present or present continuous tense? Fill in with the correct tense.

1. Look! Dolly (jump) __is jumping__ into the water.

2. I (have) _have_ lunch in the cafeteria every day.

3. I (go)___am going____ to the beach next Thursday. Do you want to come?

4.Don't give Amy any yogurt. She (hate) ___hates___it!

5. You won't find Tiffany at home right now. She (study) ____is studying___in the library.

6. Once a week, I (go) ___go__ to an art class at the college.

7. I (think) ___think__ you're crazy!

8. Susan is rich - she (drive) __drives_________ a Mercedes.

9. It (snow) __is snowing___ quite hard - perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.

10.Marie isn't Chinese. I (believe) ___believe______ she comes from Japan.

This Week's Tasks

1. Read aloud the sample passges.
2. Study tense chart.
3. Finish two tense pattern worksheets
4. Write a paragraph of the complaint letter