Reading & Writing Comprehension Exercises Based on Authentic Materials

* Worksheets - Introduction

*Losing interest in Cantonese

• Comprehension & Writing Exercise

• Comprehension & Writing Exercise KEY

• Hong Kong's youth losing interest in Cantonese in favour of English and Mandarin

*Blue Water Line (Lyrics) (with KEY)

• Blue Water Line Exercise
• Blue Water Line Exercise KEY
• Blue Water Line Passage

*California Adapting to Chinese Tourists 

• California adapting to rising tide of tourists from China Passage
• California adapting to rising tide of toursits from China Comprehension Exercise

*Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

•  Charlie & the Chocolate Factory Passage - The Big Day Arrives
•  Charlie & the Chocolate Factory Comprehension Exercise

*Gap Year Student (with KEY)

• Gap Year Student Exercise
• Gap Year Student Exercise Key
• The pros and cons of taking a gap year Original Passage
• The pros and cons of taking a gap year Passage Student Version

*High School Stereotypes (With KEY)

• High School Stereotypes Passage
• High School Stereotypes Passage Student Version
• High School Stereotypes Exercise
• High School Stereotype exercise Key

*Lonely Far From Home (writing task for senior classes)

• Lonely far from home Passage & Exercise

*New School Year Resolutions (writing for senior forms)

• New school year resolutions Passage & Exercise

*Rainbow Project(with KEY)

• Rainbow  Project Passage
• Rainbow Project Exercise
• Rainbow Project Exercise KEY

* Still I Rise (poem with lots of additional information)

•  Comprehension Exercise
•  Reference Materials for Teachers
•  Still I rise Analysis Attachment 1
•  Still I Rise(poem) 

*Survey

•  Survey Passage
•  Survey Worksheet

*Tech Habits

• Tech Habits Passage
• Tech Habits Exercise

 
*The Book of Tomorrow

• The Book of Tomorrow Passage
• The Book Of Tomorrow Worksheets

*The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

• The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie Passage  
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie Worksheet

*Two Mice (easy for junior form weak students with demanding extended writing task)

• Two Mice Passage
• Two Mice Exercise

 
*You are Here (Difficult)

• You Are Here Passage & Reference
• You Are Here Comprehension Exercise

*Children Who Are Taught To Be Respectful with KEY

• Passage
• Worksheet
• Worksheet with Key

*Educator Leung Kee-cheong with KEY

• Passage
• Worksheet
• Worksheet with Key

*Gap Year Students with KEY

• Exercise
• The pros and cons of taking a gap year (Original Passage)
• The pros and cons of taking a gap year (Student Version)

*Hong Kong Falls Out of Top 30 (Writing Task for Senior Forms)

• Passage

• Worksheet

*MTR Service with KEY

• Passage & Worksheet
• Worksheet with KEY

*Parallel Traders with KEY

• Discrimination against visitors unacceptable
• Hooligans not the solution to parallel trading problem (2)
• Worksheet
• Worksheet with KEY

*Table Tennis Legend with KEY

• Passage & Worksheet
• Worksheet with KEY

*The Giving Tree with KEY

• The Giving tree

• The Giving Tree Additional Information

• Worksheet

• Worksheet with Key

*The Power of Dining Together with KEY

• Passage

• Worksheet

• Worksheet with KEY

*Listening Practice

• Listening practice websites

• Three More Very Useful LISTENING WEBSITES

*Proof Reading Exercises

• A student's view on parenting
• A student's view on parenting_ans
• A Work Problem
• A Work Problem_ans
• Fax to Lindsay
• Fax to Lindsay_ans
• Letter from Al
• Letter from Al_ans
• Letter from Mona
• Letter from Mona_ans
• Letter to the editor
• Letter to the editor_ans
• My brother and I
• My brother and I_ans
• Name Autobiography
• Name Autobiography_ans
• Opinion essay on gun control
• Opinion essay on gun control_ans
• Thank-you note
• Thank-you note_ans
• 50 basic sentence structures
• Idoms you should know FINAL

*Reading & Writing Practice

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (for junior forms)

• Passage
• Worksheet
• Worksheet KEY

San (for senior forms)

• San Worksheet
• San Worksheet  Suggested Key

The Power of Dining Together (for senior forms)

• The power of dining together Passage
• Worksheet
• Work sheet key

*Writing Practice

Speech

• Hong Kong Live able Sample
• Passage for reference 1
• Passage for reference 2
• Speech Composition Worksheet
• Speech Model for Teaching
• Speech Model Learning Points