Tips & strategies answering English Language Paper (UPSR ) – PAPER 1 Topics to cover :
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7
Topics Relationship Animal Buildings Clot Clothi hing ng & acce access ssor orie ies s Events Food & beverages Tools Things around us People ( occupation )
Description , examples Cousin, nephew , pen-pal Female, male, group Parts, name, dome, tower Shir Shirt, t, neck neckla lace ce Hari Raya, Christmas, accident Noodles, muffin Rake, hammer, shears Classroom, office, living room Seamstress, orphanage
Sports , activities, hobby
Badminton, player,
Plan Plants ts,, flo flowe wers rs & veg veget etat atio ion n
Stem Stem,, roo root, t, dai daisy sy,, aub auber ergi gine ne
Day, month & year
Leap year, June
Colour, shape
Triangular, indigo
Parts of body
Navel, thigh
Countries
Malaysian, east, south
Weather
Rain, flood, blizzard
Remarks
Transport
Grammar items :
Topics
1
Nouns
2
Articles
3
Pronouns
4 5 6
Conjunctions Prepositions Adjectives
Description , examples Common, proper, gender, numeral, collective, countable A, an, the Personal, Possessive, Demonstrative For, and, because, if On, in, behind, between Comparative, superlative
Remarks
7
Adverbs
8
Tenses
9
Modals
10 11 12 13 14
Subject Ve Verb Agreement Pos Positiv itive e & Ne Negati gative ve stat tatemen ements ts Questions & responses Punctuation Sentence type
Adverbs of manner -ly Present, Past, Continuous, Future, Participle
must, have to, *could, *should
Capitalize, comma, full stop Simple, compound
To score A:•
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Cover all the topic, grammar items above. You are advised to spend only 1-2 minutes (suggestion) for easy question.
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Read the instructions carefully.
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Read the passage or study the stimulus given carefully.
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Go through each question and all the options given.
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Choose the best answer from the options given.
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Circle A, B, C or D to mark the correct answer.
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Answer all the easy questions first. Then go back to the difficult questions.
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Do not waste time. Cross out the options, one by one, until you get the correct answer.
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Always check your answers. Time is precious. Use it wisely.
SECTION A VOCABULARY 10 multiple choice questions • Word level : Question 1 - 4 ( 4 questions )
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Read the question carefully.
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Spend 2 – 3 minutes for each question.
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Find clues given to help you.
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Underlined the clues.
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Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong.
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Choose/circle the best answer
• Phrase level : Question 5 – 7 ( 3 questions )
TIPS & HINTS •
Read the question carefully.
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Spend 2 – 3 minutes for each question.
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Study the picture carefully.
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Find clues given to help you.
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Underlined the clues.
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Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong.
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Choose/circle the best answer.
• Sentence level : Question 8 – 10 ( 3 questions ) Tests pupil's knowledge and understanding in vocabulary.
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Read the question carefully.
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Study the picture carefully.
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Get to know where it taken place.
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Spend 2 – 3 minutes for each question.
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Find clues given to help you.
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Underlined the clues.
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Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong.
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Choose/circle the best answer.
SECTION B SOCIAL EXPRESSIONS 5 multiple –choice questions.
• Social expressions : Question 11 – 15 ( 5 questions ) Test on social expressions used in various situations.
Social expressions (matching) Pictures with various situations 3 to 4 responses given in a list as options Types of situations / responses 1- greetings 2- introducing oneself / others 3- requesting objects 4- telephone conversations conversations 5- other social expressions TIPS & HINTS •
You are advised to spend only 5–10minutes (suggestion). (suggestion).
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Make sure you read through all the options.
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Choose the most suitable response from the list given.
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Answer all the easy questions first. Then go back to the difficult questions.
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Do not waste time. Cross out the options, one by one, until you get the correct answer.
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Look at the people in the pictures and what they are doing to get clues.
SECTION C GRAMMAR 10 multiple-choice questions Test pupil’s knowledge and understanding in grammar, spelling and punctuation. punctuation. • Grammar : Question Question 16 – 21 ( 6 questions questions ) Test pupil’s knowledge and understanding in grammar.
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Read the question carefully.
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Study the picture carefully (if given).
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Spend 2 – 3 minutes for each question.
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Find clues given to help you.
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Underlined the clues.
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Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong.
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Choose/circle the best answer.
Read the grammar item table, make sure you cover all the topics.
• Punctuation : Question Question 22 – 23 ( 2 questions questions ) Test pupil’s knowledge and understanding in punctuation.
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Read the question carefully.
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Study the picture carefully (if given).
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Spend 2 – 3 minutes for each question.
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Instead finding the answer, find errors for each option given first.
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Underlined the errors.
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Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong.
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Choose/circle the best answer.
Don’t lose marks (2 marks) for these questions. Level of question : Easy, moderate.
• Spelling : Question Question 24 – 25 ( 2 questions questions ) Test pupil’s knowledge and understanding in spelling.
TIPS & HINTS •
Read the question carefully.
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Study the picture carefully (if given).
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Spend 2 – 3 minutes for each question.
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Find clues given to help you.
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Underlined the clues.
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Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong.
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Choose/circle the best answer.
Don’t lose marks (2 marks) for these questions. Level of question : Easy, moderate.
SECTION D GRAMMAR TEXT COMPLETION 1 passage which describes a picture 5 multiple choice questions
• Text Completion Completion : Question 26 – 30 ( 5 questions questions ) Test on language items such as nouns, tenses, adjectives, conjunctions conjunctions etc.
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Read the question carefully.
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Study the picture carefully .
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Spend 2 – 3 minutes for each question.
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Find clues given to help you.
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Underlined the clues.
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Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong.
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Choose/circle the best answer.
Read the grammar item table, make sure you cover all the topics. Level of question : Moderate, difficult SECTION E COMPREHENSION 2 passages oflinear and non-linear texts. 5 multiple choice questions are set for each passage. Multiple choice questions (comprehension (comprehension questions)
Interesting buildings in Malacca
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Many people visit Malacca to see the old buildings there. The most famous building is called “A Formosa”. The Portugese built it in 1511. Another old building is called “The Stadhuys”. It was built by the Dutch in 1650. It is a big building with many rooms and halls, stairs and corridors. 2
Places of worship are also interesting places to visit. A very old mosque is the Kampung Kling Mosque. It looks beautiful with its three-tiered roof. The Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, built in 1646, is the oldest Chinese temple in Malaysia. There are beautiful carvings inside the temple. 3
The Saint Paul Church is situated on top of a hill. Only its stone walls and floor can be seen today. Another interesting church is the Saint Xavier’s Church, built in 1849. It has two towers by the side of the entrance. 4 There are also many different types of traditional Malay buildings in Malacca. Most of these are wooden buildings. The roofs are made of attap. The rooms are cool and airy because of the numerous windows.
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Divide the passage accordingly to their paragraph.
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Draw line to separate them.
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Read the questions first.
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Skim and scan the passage to find the answer.
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No need to go through all the passage.
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First 3 questions always referring to first, second and third paragraph.
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Look at the bolded words
Types of questions 1- understanding main ideas 2- locating details 3- sequencing ideas/events 4- understanding meaning of words 5- recognizing cause and effect relationships relationships 6- predicting outcomes 7- drawing conclusions Stimulus 1- notice 2- advertisement 3- timetable 4- diary 5- report 6- letter 7- narrative 8- dialogue 9- factual passage 10- speech 3 or 4 multiple choice answers (objective) (objective) A,B,C or A,B,C,D
Letter
Map
Diary
Passage
Dialogue
Notice
