Secondary 1 English Language
S1 English: five theme vocabulary sets and core grammar, then four reading strategies, four kinds of practical writing, and finally speaking and listening. Lessons are written in simple English with Chinese support and 5 vocabulary cards each.
The order below is the recommended shallow-to-deep path.
Units 單元
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主題詞彙 Vocabulary & themes5/5 live
- 1School LifeFoundation✓
- 2Family and FriendsFoundation✓
- 3Food and DrinksFoundation✓
- 4Hobbies and InterestsFoundation✓
- 5My CommunityFoundation✓
⚡ Unit quiz 快測5 Qs
Answer on your own first, then reveal — wrong answers go to your wrong-answer book.
Q1Where do you eat lunch?
Q2What is your uncle's son?
Q3What do you call a meal at 7am?
Q4What do you call an activity you do for fun?
Q5Where do you borrow books?
文法 Grammar5/5 live
- 6Tenses: Present and PastFoundation✓
- 7Nouns and ArticlesFoundation✓
- 8Pronouns and PrepositionsAdvanced✓
- 9Adjectives and AdverbsAdvanced✓
- 10Sentence StructureAdvanced✓
⚡ Unit quiz 快測5 Qs
Answer on your own first, then reveal — wrong answers go to your wrong-answer book.
Q1What tense is "I go"?
Q2Which article before apple?
Q3Which is subject?
Q4Which is adjective?
Q5What is SVO?
閱讀 Reading4/4 live
- 11Finding the Main IdeaFoundation✓
- 12Skimming and ScanningFoundation✓
- 13Reading Between the LinesAdvanced✓
- 14Guessing New WordsAdvanced✓
⚡ Unit quiz 快測5 Qs
Answer on your own first, then reveal — wrong answers go to your wrong-answer book.
Q1Which sentence is the main idea of paragraph 1?
Q2What is skimming?
Q3What does infer mean?
Q4What helps guess a word?
Q5Where is the topic sentence?
寫作 Writing4/4 live
- 15Writing EmailsFoundation✓
- 16Narrative WritingAdvanced✓
- 17Expository WritingAdvanced✓
- 18Picture CompositionAdvanced✓
⚡ Unit quiz 快測5 Qs
Answer on your own first, then reveal — wrong answers go to your wrong-answer book.
Q1Where do you write the email title?
Q2What is a narrative?
Q3What is expository writing?
Q4What is picture composition?
Q5How do you start an email?
說話與聆聽 Speaking & listening3/3 live
- 19Everyday ConversationsFoundation✓
- 20Listening for Key InformationFoundation✓
- 21Short PresentationsAdvanced✓
⚡ Unit quiz 快測5 Qs
Answer on your own first, then reveal — wrong answers go to your wrong-answer book.
Q1What do you say in the morning?
Q2What do you listen for?
Q3What is a presentation?
Q4What do you say when you leave?
Q5What is a number?
Vocabulary book 生字簿
All terms, bilingual (printable).
A chart showing lessons, times and rooms.
A subject you study at school.
A short break between lessons.
Where students buy and eat lunch.
A student in your class.
Teacher in charge of your class.
School gathering in the hall.
Work done at home after school.
Signals start or end of class.
Pens, books, rulers etc.
A member of your family.
Aged 13 to 19.
The bond between friends.
Have a good relationship.
Children of your aunt or uncle.
Brother or sister.
Person next door.
Older person in family.
Breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Food used in cooking.
Tasty, yummy.
Want food.
Want a drink.
List of food at a restaurant.
Ask for food at a restaurant.
Steps to cook a dish.
What you do for fun.
Gather things.
Do a sport or game.
Use your ears.
Look at.
Riding a skateboard.
Taking photos.
Piano, guitar etc.
The area where you live.
Person next door.
A store.
A public green area.
Where doctors work.
Where you borrow books.
Where you catch a bus or train.
Nearby.
Habits and facts.
Already happened.
Will happen.
Helping verbs.
Add -ed.
Go-went etc.
Yesterday, now, tomorrow.
Always, usually.
Person, thing, place.
A, an, the.
Can count.
Cannot count.
More than one.
A, e, i, o, u.
Not a vowel.
Man-men.
I, you, he, she.
I, he, she.
Me, him, her.
My, his, her.
In, on, at.
Does the action.
Receives the action.
In, on, under.
Describes a noun.
Describes a verb.
Bigger than.
Biggest.
Add -ly.
Good-better-best.
Changes meaning.
Base form.
Who does the action.
Action word.
Receives action.
SVO.
Starts with do/does.
Not.
Positive sentence.
Full stop, question mark.
The main message.
First sentence.
Supporting fact.
Prove main idea.
Short version.
A block of text.
Reading passage.
Important word.
Quick read for main idea.
Look for specific info.
Search word.
Skip words.
Specific fact.
Title.
Section title.
Find page.
Read between the lines.
Not directly said.
Writer's feeling.
How writer feels.
Use evidence to guess.
Words in text.
Implicit.
Hidden meaning.
Surrounding words.
Use context.
Base of word.
Un-, re-.
-ly, -tion.
Same meaning.
Opposite.
Look up word.
Email title.
Dear / Hi.
Main message.
Best wishes.
To field.
File attached.
Carbon copy.
Write back.
Tell a story.
Story events.
People in story.
Time and place.
Start story.
Problem/event.
How it ends.
People talk.
Explain something.
Main point.
Fact/example.
Group of sentences.
Ending summary.
For example.
True information.
How organised.
Photo/drawing.
Say what you see.
First, next, then.
Where/when.
Who.
What they do.
How they feel.
How it ends.
Hello, good morning.
My name is...
Goodbye, see you.
Please, thank you.
Can I...?
Sorry.
Well done!
Talk about weather.
Use ears.
Important facts.
Phone, time.
Person name.
Clock time.
Where.
Write down.
Ask again.
Talk to class.
People listening.
Visual aid.
Start talk.
End talk.
Look at audience.
Speak clearly.
Believe in yourself.