Mr. Ng

Mr. Ng

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Mr. Ng studied English language and literature as well as linguistics at the University of Hong Kong. He was on the Dean's List for three years and graduated with a first class honours degree and an R.K.M. Simpson Prize in English. He received his Post-graduate Diploma in Education from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before teaching in secondary schools, he was a graduate student and a teaching assistant in the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware in the USA. He is currently an English teacher at Po Leung Kuk Vicwood K.T. Chong Sixth Form College but has taught in other local subsidized schools before. Externally, he has served the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority as a marker and an oral examiner for the HKCEE and the HKALE.

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possibility

More on Possibility

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2 years ago
by Mr. Ng in

 

幾天前討論過 possibility 一詞的用法，本篇將詳述更多該詞之搭配用法，供讀者參考學習：

 

[搭配] ADJ.

exciting, interesting

令人興奮的可能性；有趣的可能性

endless, many

無窮的可能性；許多可能性:

The resort offers endless possibilities for entertainment.

度假勝地提供數之不盡的娛樂活動。

further, other

更多的可能；其它可能性

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Africa travel

Make, Mean, Cause, Threaten 與句型轉換

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2 years ago
by Mr. Ng in ,

 

繼續看 2002 UE Section C ，今次想談動詞句法與句型的問題。

請看以下句子：

The dangers of disease, corruption and civil war __(23)__ Africa an extremely difficult and dangerous continent to travel through.
A.  mean
B.  cause
C.  threaten
D.  make

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possibility

Possibility

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2 years ago
by Mr. Ng in

 

同學生做2002年UE Section C，其中有一題考學生對 "possibility" 一詞運用之認識，甚為有趣，決定拿來同大家討論。

題目為：
"Then, there's __(26)__ possibility of being attacked by a hippo or crocodile."
A.  the very real
B.  a present
C.  always
D.  worrying

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chaucer

A (Very) Brief History of the English Language

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2 years ago
by Mr. Ng in
Dave Wilton

A Timeline of the History of the English Language

Indo-European and Germanic Influences

English is a member of the Indo-European family of languages. This broad family includes most of the European languages spoken today. The Indo-European family includes several major branches:

  • Latin and the modern Romance languages;
  • The Germanic languages;
  • The Indo-Iranian languages, including Hindi and Sanskrit;
  • The Slavic languages;
  • The Baltic languages of Latvian and Lithuanian (but not Estonian);
  • The Celtic languages; and
  • Greek.

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