Welcome to class. Please speak English only! Subject : Common Errors in HK Powerpoint by Tom Grundy Designed for Hong Kong primary children

英語專區 ENGLISH ONLY WARNING: SPEAK NO CHINESE PLEASE

Common English mistakes in Hong Kong

examples

BBQ - Barbeque ‘ Bee Bee Queue’

Turn on the light / air-con ‘ Open the light / air-con’

Tax i ‘ Tax’

Lots of money ‘ many money’

On foot ‘ by foot’

How do I spell ___? ‘ How to spell ___?’

wanted / needed/ decided / posted / tasted / waited / invited / planted / shouted Don’t forget the ‘id’ sound! Past tense!

MTR ‘ MTR-o’

Are you bored? / I am bored ‘ Are you boring? / I am boring’

Ocean Park is fun! ‘ Ocean Park is funny’ Funny = laughing

No need for: ar, lah, lu, ma and wor … at the end of words No-lah!

The sounds of these letters are different! qu c

There is / There are ‘ There have’ ‘ There have one apple’

cam-era, choc-olate, comf-ortable, vege-ta-ble, cam-e-ra, choc-o-late, com-for-ta-ble, veg-e-ta-ble. Syllables

more revision

The A / An Plural Have / Has Bring / Take Use of the word ‘plenty’ Use of the word ‘later’ Different sounds of the vowels Pronunciation – e.g. Exit / Orange Juice / Temperature / Education / Excuse me / Favour / bathroom More revision topics

The

A / An

Plural

Have / Has

Bring / Take

Use of the word ‘plenty’

Use of the word ‘later’

Different sounds of the vowels

Pronunciation – e.g. Exit / Orange Juice / Temperature / Education / Excuse me / Favour / bathroom

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