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Spencer Lam

Spencer Lam

英文補習名師，港大一級榮譽，多年英文補習經驗，歷年來曾教授超過1000名學生，學生遍及各大名校，由初中至成人英語皆可因材施教，獲《TVB》、《Now TV》、《經濟一週》、《晴報》、《親子王》、《經濟日報》等專訪
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【 英文Grammar 】 Grammar 錯誤 Check

你有無試過寫完啲文章，然後自我感覺良好，但派翻篇文先知有好多 grammar 錯 。又或者有啲英文聽落好順耳，但有可能就係寫錯 Grammar 嘅句子。今日Spencer Sir將例子中嘅 Grammar 遂個 check 英文 Grammar 錯誤例子 (罐頭句篇) As a conclusion, heritage preservation can coexist with economic development. As the whole, Lionel Messi has been performing well. In my point of views, true democracy will never be adopted in Hong Kong. The ramifications of legalizing marijuana are as follow. Last but not the least, the conservative values of Confucianism has hampered the development of ancient China. The government should take an in-deep look at the practicality of the local education system. 英文 Grammar Check (罐頭句篇)​ 答案 To conclude, heritage preservation can coexist with economic development. As a whole, Lionel Messi has been performing well. From my point of view, true democracy will never be adopted in Hong Kong. The ramifications of legalizing marijuana are as follows. Last but not least, the conservative values of Confucianism has hampered the development of ancient China. The government should take an in-depth look at the practicality of the local education system. 你又答得岩唔岩呢? 英文 Grammar 錯誤例子 (主動被動篇) 今日就同大家睇睇…… 主動 同 被動式嘅伏位  直接俾大家三個例子 The earthquake was happened in 1976. The boy was disappeared seven years ago. She was suffered from depression and plunged to his death in 2003. 英文 Grammar Check (主動被動篇) 答案 三句都有錯 （偷偷話你知呢啲就係平時改文見到嘅常犯錯誤） The earthquake happened in 1976. The boy disappeared seven years ago. She suffered from depression and plunged to his death in 2003. 英文 Grammar 錯誤例子 (形容詞比較型篇) 比較型形容詞（例如： hard, harder, hardest） 不如簡單睇睇下面兩個字！ Far Safe 佢哋比較型係咩？ 英文 Grammar Check (主動被動篇) 答案 Farther, farthest 另外仲有啲淺水浸死人嘅例子 2. Safe 嘅比較型係咩？ 其實就係safer 但係有好多同學都就咁寫more safe 呢啲都係要特別留意！ 英文 Grammar 錯誤例子 (preposition篇) 好多level 2同學仔都會用錯的prepositions 你會唔會諗要加in on at 定係唔係加呢 咁今日就同大家睇睇preposition嘅3大伏位 I am honoured to share my view to you. He is skillful on dribbling and scoring. The winner was smiling to the audience. 正確答案： 英文 Grammar Check (preposition篇) 答案 呢三句都有錯處 但係讀落去就好順口… I am honoured to share my view with He is skilful at dribbling and scoring. The winner was smiling at the audience. 如果大家有什麼英文問題，如Spencer Lam, 好唔好咁樣學英文呀? 或者IELTS考試，成人英文/商業英文的知識及英文資源，歡迎你可以隨時再跟我多交流一下，可以Follow 「Spencer Lam English Team」 Facebook page同IG得到更多英文資訊，亦都可以上 https://spencerlam.hk/ 了解更多!

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Grammar 4種錯誤+ Grammar Check 工具

相信很多同學都想學好英文，但是又不知從何入手。學好英文的第一步，是要掌握好 英文 Grammar ，但其千變萬化相信很多同學不知道從何入手。今天將帶給大家4種 Grammar 常犯錯誤。 who / whom / whose分別? 描述人物或語境時，好多時都要用到”who”等連接詞，更仔細咁形容人物細節特徵。若同學冇分清楚”who”、”whom”、”whose”嘅分別，用錯咗就尷尬啦。 who “who”可以在你想將兩句主語一樣嘅句子駁埋一齊嘅時候用，例如： 句1. The girl is playing on the swing. 句2. The girl is my cousin. 進化為: The girl playing on the swing is my cousin. whom “whom”比其他兩個較唔普遍，都係用嚟連接兩個主語一樣嘅句子，但第二句嘅主語會喺SVO裡嘅O上，例如： 句1 Cardi B is a singer. 句2 People criticized Cardi B for a long time. 進化為: Cardi B is a singer whom people have criticized for a long time. whose “whose”嘅用法就好似”he/his”，”he” -> ”who”，”his”  -> “whose”，例如： Bruce Wayne is a billionaire. Bruce Wayne’s parents died when he was a child. 轉為 Bruce Wayne is a billionaire whose parents died when he was a child. 倒裝句 No sooner 倒裝句係其中一個最容易搞錯grammar嘅句式，一個唔小心就會有所失誤。 重點1. No sooner 嘅意思其實同 as soon as 差唔多，兩者都係用以形容兩件同時間發生嘅事。 重點2. 只不過用 no sooner 嘅時候要更加小心，因為用 no sooner 連接兩樣事情時，要加返 “than” 喺中間 (留意係 “than” ，唔好用錯 “then” )。 例如： No sooner had the teacher walked into the classroom than the students stopped talking. 重點3. 另外，運用倒裝句時嘅另一項鐵則，動詞係需要調位去主語前面，漏咗主語動詞調位嘅倒裝句就唔係真正嘅倒裝句了。例如： No sooner I had got to my destination than it started raining. (x) 應是： No sooner had I got to my destination than it started raining. (v) Reported Speech 3大重點 你有否試過想轉述人地講過嘅說話，但唔知點落手好？由direct speech轉做reported speech都有特定嘅技巧架，今日就嚟數三大reported speech嘅錯誤。 古惑的人稱 好多人轉speech嘅時候，會只集中喺句子內容上，諗點樣先可以完整咁轉好個句子，結果卻搞錯咗最開首嘅人物稱謂，例如： I told Peter, “we’ll meet up at noon.” to I told Peter that we would meet up at noon. (x) 應是： He told Peter that they would meet up at noon. (v) 搞不清楚現在或過去 (present tense vs. past tense) 同學大多數接觸到嘅 reported speech 都係過去式，因此就會亂咗，以為遇到 reported speech 都係轉做過去式就夠。但其實 reported speech 亦有唔使轉 tense 嘅時候，當語境發生喺現在時，見到動詞用 present tense 嘅就唔使轉換。 e.g. The lion says, “I am the king of the animals.” to The lion said he was the king of the animals. (x) 應是： The lion says he is the king of the animals. (v) 疑問句錯誤 普通陳述句就見得多啦，咁遇到疑問句又應該點算先好呢？，同學仔可以睇吓以下嘅例子。 e.g. My friend said to me yesterday, “Which one is your preferred color? Red or blue?” 改變為 My friend asked me yesterday whether/if I preferred red or blue. 最易錯的a/an/the 這個課題最初級但亦都最容易錯嘅當然要數a/an/the。但下面有3大易錯位 易錯位1. Many a student is good. 原來是對的! Many a student is good= Many students are good 易錯位2. a/an UFO 原來用 a UFO 因為要在乎本身的發音 There is a UFO – 因為決定用a/an 是睇a/e/i/o/u的發音，而不是 單單睇佢的咬字 其他例子: A university  (x an university) Grammar Check 工具 要掌握英文語法規則並唔係一朝一夕可以達成嘅事。呢三個免費學 grammar 嘅工具絕對可以令你事半功倍。 Grammar Practice Park 呢個係一個以不同小遊戲幫助大家培養語法技巧同埋興趣嘅網站，用嚟學習語法概念十分有用。 課題包括: Nouns Pronouns Verbs Past and Future Tense Plural Spellings Prepositions Grammar Man Comic 呢個網站將學習語法嘅內容以漫畫形式呈現出嚟，令學習者可以好似讀漫畫書咁學習文法。 BBC Bitesize BBC Bitesize係由英國廣播公司BBC設立，旨在幫助小朋友透過有趣嘅教材輕鬆咁學習語法 如果大家有什麼英文問題，如Spencer Lam, 好唔好咁樣學英文呀? 或者IELTS考試，成人英文/商業英文的知識及英文資源，歡迎你可以隨時再跟我多交流一下，可以Follow 「Spencer Lam English Team」 Facebook page同IG得到更多英文資訊，亦都可以上 https://spencerlam.hk/ 了解更多!

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【英文grammar】 Articles (a, an, the)嘅正確用法！【文法懶人包】

係英語當中有三個 articles (冠詞) 分別為a、an和the。很多人學完articles之後，就亂用，覺得邊個順耳就用邊個。 其實冠詞係用係名詞或名詞等價物之前使用，是一種形容詞。定冠詞 ( the ) 用在名詞之前，表示讀者知道名詞的身份。而不定冠詞 ( a , an ) 用在一般名詞之前或其身份未知時。在某些情況下，名詞不帶冠詞。 Article a an the 用法 Articles：A, An a 同 an 屬於不定冠詞，它們用於「不指定」的情況，你可能會疑問咩係不指定？當你要「泛指」呢個名詞，而你指稱的內容入面包括左這個名詞入面嘅每一個個體，無一例外的話，就叫「不指定」。那要特別注意 a 跟 an 是用在「可數名詞」前面。例如： An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一蘋果，醫生遠離我。 因為你冇特別指定邊一個蘋果可以令到醫生遠離你，而係「所以」蘋果都可以，只要一日是一個就會有結果，咁你就可以用不指定嘅an。 Articles：The 然而，the 同上面介紹的情況相反，佢係用於「指定」嘅情況下。亦姐係呢個名詞入面唔係指所有個體，而是只有部分，呢個情況下就用 the。例如： We are sold out of the coffee you want. 我地賣曬您想要嘅果款咖啡。 只係你想要飲嘅果款咖啡買曬，而唔係所有咖啡都買曬，所以:…the coffee you want. 又或者The girl is my classmate. 果個女仔係我嘅同學。 唔係全個世界嘅女仔都係你嘅同學，所以要加 the 黎指定。 a 同 an有咩分別呢? 係用a 同埋an嘅時候你可能會疑問幾時用a或者幾時用an呢？點解例句係an apple 而唔係用 a apple 呢？其實答案好簡單，就係根據 a, an 後面嘅名詞發音係以「母音」開頭。姐係佢係「a, e, i, o, u」嘅時候，你就要將 a 改為 an；若是子音開頭，則用 a 就好。而 apple 是母音 [a] 開頭，所以就要用 an，而唔係 a 啦。 Articles Grammar Exercise We’re having tea at __ __ Island Shangri-la Hotel.A. a B. (no word) C. the D. an Ben bought __ __ telephone and some DVDs this morning.A. a B. an  C. (no word) D. the In many ways, Hong Kong is __ __ unique place.A. a B. an C. (no word) D. the We’re just going to __ __ hospital to see Karen.A. a B. (no word) C. the D. an I think it’s dangerous to drive quickly at __ __ night.A. a B. an C. the D. (no word) That clock rings four times __ __ hour.A. (no word) B. an C. the D. a I’m going to buy two apples, four pears and __ __ orange.A. (no word) B. an C. the D. a My mother is __ __ university professor.A. a B. an C. (no word) D. the Answer C A A C D B B A 如果大家有什麼英文問題，如Spencer Lam, 好唔好咁樣學英文呀? 或者IELTS考試，成人英文/商業英文的知識及英文資源，歡迎你可以隨時再跟我多交流一下，可以Follow 「Spencer Lam English Team」 Facebook page同IG得到更多英文資訊，亦都可以上 https://spencerlam.hk/ 了解更多!

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【 英文 】點樣用 Part of speech ( 詞性 )？

What is part of speech ？ 英文嘅單詞可以分為9種基本類型，可以稱之為“詞性”或“詞類”。識別詞性係好重要，因為佢可以幫助你分析句子且理解佢哋。而且詞性仲幫助你講夠好句子。跟住落黎會分為3個部分去講解 part of speech 。 詞表 下面係9個詞性嘅概括總結 part of  speech              功能或 “工作” 例子 例句 Verb 動詞 動作或狀態 (to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must Spencer Lam English Team is a website. I like Spencer Lam English Team. Noun 名詞 事物或者人 pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John This is my cat. She lives in my house. We live in Hong Kong. Adjective 形容詞 描述一個名詞 good, big, red, well, interesting My dogs are big. I like big dogs. Determiner 確定者 限制或 “決定”  一個名詞 a/an, the, 2, some, many I have two dogs and some hamsters. Adverb 副詞 描述動詞、形容詞或副詞 quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly. Pronoun 代詞 代替名詞 I, you, he, she, some Gigi is Venezuelan. She is beautiful. Preposition 介詞 將名詞鏈接到另一個詞 to, at, after, on, but We went to school on Monday. Conjunction 連詞 連接從句或句子或單詞 and, but, when I like dogs, and I like cats. I like dogs, but I don’t like cats. Interjection 不定冠詞 短感歎號，有時插入句子 oh! Ouch! Hi! well Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don’t know. ** 一啲語法來源會將英語分為8個詞類。有人會說10。而我們使用最近的9個詞類分類。其他分類的例子是： 動詞可以被視為語音嘅兩個唔同部分： 詞彙動詞（工作，喜歡，運行） 助動詞( be, have, must ) 限定詞可被視為形容詞，而不是單獨的詞性。 係英文入面，有好多單詞可以唔知一種詞類。例如‘work’ 可以係動詞又或者名詞； ‘but’ 可以係連詞同介詞；‘well’ 可以係形容詞、副詞同感嘆詞。除此之外，有好多名詞都可以係形容詞。 以下會透過一啲對話嘅示例進行分析。 word part of speech example work Noun 名詞 My work is easy. Verb 動詞 Bella work in London. but Conjunction 連詞 Mary came, but Bella didn’t come. Preposition 介詞 Everyone came but Bella. well Adjective 形容詞 Are you well? Adverb 副詞 She speaks well. Interjection不定冠詞 Well! That’s expensive! afternoon Noun 名詞 Bella ate in the afternoon. noun acting as an adjective 名詞充當形容詞 Bella had afternoon tea. 如果大家有什麼英文問題，如Spencer Lam, 好唔好咁樣學英文呀? 或者IELTS考試，成人英文/商業英文的知識及英文資源，歡迎你可以隨時再跟我多交流一下，可以Follow 「Spencer Lam English Team」 Facebook page同IG得到更多英文資訊，亦都可以上 https://spencerlam.hk/ 了解更多!

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【英文 Grammar】 Run-on Sentences是什麼 【終極指南】

Run-on Sentences 是許多人在寫作當中經常都會犯的 Grammar 錯誤。但究竟什麼是連寫句，如何於寫作當中改善這個 Grammar 錯誤呢，接下來將會一一為大家解釋。 Run on sentence 定義 Run on sentence 中文可稱為連寫句，亦可以稱為融合句。 即是當兩個或更多的獨立句子連接起來，而沒有使用並列詞或者使用適當的標點點符號時出現。 但獨立句子連接錯誤可導致文意不清，使閱讀者混淆。 而連續句可短可長，長句不一定是連續句。 連貫句示例 下面的示例是一個結構為兩句獨立句的例子，它將兩個獨立的句子融合為一個句子卻沒有加上適當的標點符號。 錯誤例子： Bella enjoyed the bouquet of tulips Noah gave her on prom night however she prefers roses. 正確例子： Lila enjoyed the bouquet of tulips John gave her on prom night; however, she prefers roses. 相對於第一個例子，第二個例子是一個如何正確編寫這兩個獨立子句的示例。 第二個示例，你可以看到兩句句子中間加上了分號分隔兩個句子的想法。且還在兩句句子之間加上連接副詞和逗號，作為連接到第二句句子的過渡。 修復和糾正連寫句 為了避免連寫句，要仔細看清兩個或多個獨立子句是否傳達了不止一個想法。 若果兩個句子本身都是完整的想法，可以使用分號或句點去表示它們是單獨的獨立子句。可能這樣說很空泛，下列將會列出4種方法，教你一一糾正連寫句。 使用逗號以及對等連接詞（and, but, yet, so, or, nor, for） 在使用對等連接詞連接兩句獨立句子時，要記得在對等連接詞前加上逗號。 連寫句（融合句） I love to write papers I would write one every day if I had the time. 連寫句（逗號拼接句） I love to write papers, I would write one every day if I had the time. 修正（逗點 + 對等連接詞） I love to write papers , and I would write one every day if I had the time. 使用分號（在某些情況當中，也可使用冒號或破折號） 句子當中可單獨使用分號，或者另外加轉折語。例如：however、in contrast、as a result 等等。在轉折語後一定要加上逗號，這樣就不會形成逗號拼接句，因轉折句不是一句獨立句子。 連寫句（融合句） Bella enjoyed the bouquet of tulips Noah gave her on prom night however she prefers roses. 連寫句（逗號拼接句） Bella enjoyed the bouquet of tulips Noah gave her on prom night, however she prefers roses. 修正（分號） Bella enjoyed the bouquet of tulips Noah gave her on prom night; she prefers roses. 修正（分號 + 轉折語 + 逗號） Lila enjoyed the bouquet of tulips John gave her on prom night; however, she prefers roses. 將獨立子句分開，使其單獨成為完整的句子 連寫句（逗號拼接句） It seemed to Bella that her brother had more than enough pens, they were strewn across the bedroom floor, and some of them were broken, worse still, someone had used the tip of a red pen to mark a smiley face on the wall. 修正（將句子分開） It seemed to Bella that her brother had more than enough pens. They were strewn across the bedroom floor, and some of them were broken. Worse still, someone had used the tip of a red pen to mark a smiley face on the wall. 重組句子，即是將其中一個子句改為附屬子句 若果其中一個句子的重要性相對低於其他句子，便可考慮將其改為附屬句子。下列會舉出幾個例子，當中改為附屬句的句子將會用底線表示。但需要注意的是改寫之後的附屬句不再是獨立句子，因此不可以單獨成為完整句。 連寫句（逗號拼接句） The largest tree by volume in the world is the General Sherman Sequoia, it is a little over 52,500 cubic feet. 修正（句尾改為附屬子句） The largest tree by volume in the world is the General Sherman Sequoia, which is a little over 52,500 cubic feet. 連寫句（逗號拼接句） Joseph is a professor at the City University of Hong Kong, he wrote the novel The game boy. 修正（句中改為附屬子句） Joseph is a professor at the City University of Hong Kong, wrote The game boy. 連寫句（逗號拼接句） I told my roommate I would be late, she still locked me out. 修正（句首改為附屬子句） Although I told my roommate I would be late, she still locked me out. 如果大家有什麼英文問題，如Spencer Lam, 好唔好咁樣學英文呀? 或者IELTS考試，成人英文/商業英文的知識及英文資源，歡迎你可以隨時再跟我多交流一下，可以Follow 「Spencer Lam English Team」 Facebook page同IG得到更多英文資訊，亦都可以上 https://spencerlam.hk/ 了解更多!

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【Passive Voice 用法】3大狀況｜附完整轉換表！ 【文法全攻略】

Passive voice 教學 今次想同大家討論 Passive voice 用法 ，並配上大量Passive voice 例子！ 普遍同學認識 Active voice ，即係大家所講 SVO， Subject (主語)一定是句子中的第一個字， Verb (動詞)緊貼著主語，最後， Object (副詞)通常在句子的最尾部分。 相反，Passive voice的次序調轉，Object是句子的第一個字，Verb 緊貼著 Object，最後，Subject通常在句子的最尾部分。 在某些情況下，Passive voice 會沒有Subject。 今天，我會向大家介紹 Passive voice 用法 ，以及何時應該用Passive voice。 Passive voice 轉換 Passive voice 造句            S                 V                O E.g.  The school organizes the event. 這句句子是Active voice，如果將句子轉換成 Passive voice，就要將句子的次序調轉。               O              V                S E.g. The event is organized by the school.  The event 變成句子中的第一個字 Organize 變成被動式 (is organized) The school 變成句子中的最後部分 通常會在 subject 之前加 by  Passive voice 可能沒有 Subject。             O             V E.g. The house was built in 1990. 由此可見，句子只有 Object 和 Verb。 Passive voice 用法 情況1: 沒有執行者 正如上面的例子，如果句子沒有 Subject，我們應該用Passive voice表達意思。 此外，Passive voice 相對較客觀和正式，同學撰寫文章的時候，應該多使用Passive voice。 情況2: 對行動本身更感興趣 若果我們對一項行動比執行者更感興趣，那麼用Passive voice 就會比較恰當！ 例句： This house was built in 1343. Isn’t that amazing? 這房子建於1343年，是不是很神奇？ 誰建造的並不重要。 情況3: 執行者非常明顯 有些時候，我們不用明示，眾人都會知道誰是執行者。 在這種情況下，我們可以不要subject，改成Passive voice！ 例句： The thief was arrested yesterday.、 小偷昨天被捕了。 逮捕他的當然是警察。 Passive voice 表 simple present tense Subject   is/am/are (not) Past participle   My dog is called Sha   We are not paid well simple past tense Subject   was/were (not) Past participle   He was invited to the party   They were not shown the painting present continuous tenses Subject   is/am/are (not) being       Past participle     The pool is being cleaned now    We are not being watched   past continuous tense Subject   is/ am/ are (not) being        Past participle        The mall was being renovated at the time   The students were not being taught in their school future tense Subject will (not) be  Past participle     He will be invited to the party   We will not be met at the park be going to Subject is/am/are (not) going to be             Past participle   I am going to be given a paper We are not going to be accepted by the market present perfect tense Subject have/has (not) been      Past participle       He has been chosen for the leading role You have not been called yet past perfect tense Subject had (not) been      Past participle       He had been killed the day before They had not been arrested earlier Passive voice 轉換(Modal verbs) Subject modal verb (not) be   Past participle       They should be given the tips It must not be allowed   Passive voice 練習 把以下active voice改寫成passive voice： My aunt bought me two shirts. Do you grow wheat here? Why did you visit the museum? You need a password to access the website. The cleaner removes the rubbish from  the bins daily. 答案 His homework has been finished. Is wheat grown here? Why was the museum visited? A password is needed to access the website. The rubbish is removed from the bins daily by the cleaner. 如果大家有什麼英文問題，如Spencer Lam, 好唔好咁樣學英文呀? 或者IELTS考試，成人英文/商業英文的知識及英文資源，歡迎你可以隨時再跟我多交流一下，可以Follow 「Spencer Lam English

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【簡易英文】基本 Tenses 用法 懶人包

上次與大家分享 However, Yet 和 Nevertheless 的分別，今次Spencer Sir想同大家討論 Tenses 用法 。常見的 Tenses 可以分為三大類， Present tense (現在式)， Present continuous tense (現在進行式)， Past tense (過去式)。很多同學不知道他們的分別，經常混淆這三種tenses。今天，我會向大家介紹這三種 tenses 用法 ，指出他們的分別，以及何時才使用哪種tense。 如果想再詳細一點知道各種tenses的用法可以看這篇Tenses 懶人包 Present tense (現在式) Present tense 是描述一個事實，例如人的習慣或自然定律。用法非常簡單，只需要在動詞 (Verb) 後面加 s/es。   E.g. He likes running.          She likes driving.  不過，大家需要留意如果主語 (Subject) 是 I，We，You和They，無需要再動詞後面加s/es。 E.g. I go to schhool by bus.        You go to school on foot.  最後，如果動詞最後的字母是 o，sh和ch，唔需要在動詞後面加es。 Present continuous tense (現在進行式) Present continuous tense 描述現在的狀況，例如人們現在做什麼或者事物現在怎樣變化。用法非常簡單，只需要在主語 (Subject)後面加linking verb (is/am/are) 和動詞 (Verb) 後面加ing。  E.g. I am doing homework now.        He is playing mobile game now.        They are talking with each other. Past tense (過去式) Past tense 描述過去發生的事情，例如人們過往的習慣或者以往的定律。用法相對複雜，有些動詞需要加d/ed，有些動詞不會改變，有些動詞則會整個改變。 Eg. I liked (like) eating pasta.       I watched (watch) a movie yesterday.       I read (read) a book last week.       I bought (buy) a computer 2 days ago.  Tenses 4大伏位 1. 主被動 每句都要決定 主動定被動 (即 主語 有目的/意志  主動) 例: The train was packing with passengers. 火車無意志/目的 ，所以Packed 一定被動 2. 古惑的動詞 同一個動詞 可以有2個意思所以更小心 (found 本身都可以解作 創立) 例子:Find 搵 –>found –> foundFound 成立 –>founded –> founded This school was found in 2002. (正確答案: founded) 3. V+ing 有不同意思 不少英文底子不好的同學會誤會Opponents may counter our stance, arguing that this is bad 這裡的arguing 是 Participle Clauses (原句是who argues that …)所有同學奪Level 5+ 必備 4. 易錯的不規則動詞 Spencer Sir 建議考試前1晚 再溫一次Irregular Verb List (不規劃動詞): Seek –>sought (past tense 狀態)Bear –> bore (past tense 狀態)Deal –> dealt (past tense 狀態) 延伸閲讀 Tenses 懶人包 如果大家有什麼英文問題，如Spencer Lam, 好唔好咁樣學英文呀? 或者IELTS考試，成人英文/商業英文的知識及英文資源，歡迎你可以隨時再跟我多交流一下，可以Follow 「Spencer Lam English Team」 Facebook page同IG得到更多英文資訊，亦都可以上 https://spencerlam.hk/ 了解更多!

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【 DSE English 】 不同的「因為」的用法

喺 DSE English 入面，「因為」係最常用嘅連接詞。咁Due to 同 because of 明明都係「由於，因為」，而且兩個都係介係詞，點解成日喺 past paper 到都比人話我用錯文法呢? 事實上，佢哋係唔可以互換嘅，又點解呢? 咩他們用法係有唔同嘅咩?點樣先唔會喺 DSE English paper 2 到用錯？究竟差喺邊到呢? 等Spencer Sir立即幫你解惑! Conjunction & Preposition 「連接詞」(conjunction)，例如: because, so, as, although…等等。後面如無意外都係會跟一句完整句子，姐係同一般句子一樣必須包含有主詞、動詞(S+V)。 而「介係詞」(preposition) ，例如: for, by, of, to…等等 後面都係會跟名詞或動名詞。 because (conj.) / because of (prep.) 作文百分之90嘅「因為」就係because喇，而關於because以下幾點要注意: because 作為「連接詞」，後面要加一個完整句子，而常見嘅同義字有since, as，佢哋都係連接詞，所以用法同because基本上一樣，都係要有(S+V)。 because 加左 of 之後就變左「介係詞」，所以係要加上名詞或是動名詞。 例子(because): I was late because I didn’t hear my alarm clock 我遲到了，因為我聽不到我的鬧鐘 例子(because of): Spencer can’t go to work because of sickness (名詞) 因為生病，Spencer不能上班。 due to (prep.) due to 係個「介係詞」，因此必須要加名詞或動名詞 錯誤例子: I running so slow was due to my legs were injured 正確例子: I running so slow was due to the injury.        我跑得很慢的原因是受傷 because of 和 due to 到底有咩唔同？ 上面解釋左conjunction同preposition 嘅分別喇。但係都仲未解到because of 同 due to 有咩分解喎。雖然佢哋都係preposition又有同樣意思，但係其實用法上係有唔少出入。 以下嘅例子，可以好明顯睇到due to 同because of 嘅分別喇 Spencer cannot go to work because of sickness (O) Spencer cannot go to work due to sickness (X) Spencer not going to work was due to sickness (O) Spencer not going to work was because of sickness (X) 「主句嘅動詞」 喺使用because of 嘅場合，句子嘅主動詞會係一般常見嘅普通動詞，而唔係be動詞。所以喺語意上黎講，because of 係用黎修飾動詞。仲可以用on account of 同 in view of 互換。 Spencer cannot go to work because of sickness (O) = Spencer cannot go to work on account of/in view of sickness Because of 嘅意思就用黎修飾前面嘅動詞 go to work，解釋Spencer唔返工嘅原因。 喺使用due to 嘅場合，句子嘅主動詞只會係be動詞(is, am, are, was, were)，而唔係一般常見嘅普通動詞。所以喺語意上黎講，due to 就係用黎說明、形容「名詞」。仲可以用caused by 同 resulting from 互換。 Spencer not going to work was due to sickness (O) = Spencer not going to work was caused by / resulting from sickness Due to 嘅意思就用黎修飾前面嘅名詞 not going to work，都係解釋Spencer唔返工嘅原因。 Practices: The crisis was ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ  the spread of the disease. The crisis took place ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ the disease. The concert has been cancelled ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ lack of interest. ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ we’ve got a few minutes to wait for the train, let’s have a cup of coffee. She began to grow nervous, ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ he had promised to meet her at dawn. Owing to (be careful) Owing to 用法其實係同because of 一樣嫁 Owing to 用法其實係同because of 一樣嫁 Owing to 用法其實係同because of 一樣嫁 好重要 要講三次 雖然owing to同due to都係攞介詞to做結尾，好似咁。但係owing to 係同because of 一樣用法，而唔係跟be動詞。 而且Owing to大多都放係句子頭 Example: Owing to sickness, Spencer cannot go to work (O) Spencer not going to work was owing to sickness (X) As (conj.) 雖然 as 同 because 字面意思相同，但其實都係有少少分別。 As所強調嘅係結果 Because 所強調嘅係原因 例如: He hated being in the army because he had to obey commands. 強調原因:「要服從命令」 He hated being in the army as he had to obey commands. 強調結果: 「討厭當兵」 Since(conj.) 其實since嘅更正確嘅翻譯應該係「既然」先啱。 Since it is a sunny day, let’s go swimming. 既然今天天氣晴朗，去游泳吧 總結 希望今次嘅grammar post可以幫到大家改善日常會錯嘅小mistake，DSE中全力發揮，可以入讀自己心儀嘅大學，齊齊入A1，為中學生涯畫上圓滿的句號。

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