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Tips & strategies answering English Language Paper (UPSR ) PAPER 1

Topicstocover:
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Topics
Relationship
Animal
Buildings
Clothing&accessories
Events
Food&beverages
Tools
Thingsaroundus
People(occupation)
Sports,activities,hobby
Plants,flowers&vegetation
Day,month&year
Colour,shape
Partsofbody
Countries
Weather
Transport

Description , examples
Cousin,nephew,penpal
Female,male,group
Parts,name,dome,tower
Shirt,necklace
HariRaya,Christmas,accident
Noodles,muffin
Rake,hammer,shears
Classroom,office,livingroom
Seamstress,orphanage
Badminton,player,
Stem,root,daisy,aubergine
Leapyear,June
Triangular,indigo
Navel,thigh
Malaysian,east,south
Rain,flood,blizzard

Remarks

Grammaritems:
Topics
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Nouns

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3
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Articles
Pronouns
Conjunctions
Prepositions
Adjectives
Adverbs

Tenses

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Modals
SubjectVerbAgreement
Positive&Negativestatements
Questions&responses
Punctuation
Sentencetype

Description , examples
Common,proper,gender,numeral,
collective,countable
A,an,the
Personal,Possessive,Demonstrative
For,and,because,if
On,in,behind,between
Comparative,superlative
Adverbsofmannerly
Present,Past,Continuous,Future,
Participle

must,haveto,*could,*should

Capitalize,comma,fullstop
Simple,compound

Remarks

ToscoreA:

Coverallthetopic,grammaritemsabove.

Youareadvisedtospendonly12minutes(suggestion)foreasyquestion.

Readtheinstructionscarefully.

Readthepassageorstudythestimulusgivencarefully.

Gothrougheachquestionandalltheoptionsgiven.

Choosethebestanswerfromtheoptionsgiven.

CircleA,B,CorDtomarkthecorrectanswer.

Answeralltheeasyquestionsfirst.Thengobacktothedifficultquestions.

Donotwastetime.Crossouttheoptions,onebyone,untilyougetthecorrectanswer.

Alwayscheckyouranswers.

Timeisprecious.Useitwisely.

SECTIONA

VOCABULARY
10multiplechoicequestions
Wordlevel:Question14(4questions)

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X
X

TIPS&HINTS

Readthequestioncarefully.

Spend23minutesforeachquestion.

Findcluesgiventohelpyou.

Underlinedtheclues.

Mark(X)ifyoufindtheoptioniswrong.

Choose/circlethebestanswer

Phraselevel:Question57(3questions)

TIPS&HINTS

Readthequestioncarefully.

Spend23minutesforeachquestion.

Studythepicturecarefully.

Findcluesgiventohelpyou.

Underlinedtheclues.

Mark(X)ifyoufindtheoptioniswrong.

Choose/circlethebestanswer.

Sentencelevel:Question810(3questions)
Testspupil'sknowledgeandunderstandinginvocabulary.

TIPS&HINTS

Readthequestioncarefully.

Studythepicturecarefully.

Gettoknowwhereittakenplace.

Spend23minutesforeachquestion.

Findcluesgiventohelpyou.

Underlinedtheclues.

Mark(X)ifyoufindtheoptioniswrong.

Choose/circlethebestanswer.

SECTIONB
SOCIALEXPRESSIONS
5multiplechoicequestions.

Socialexpressions:Question1115(5questions)
Testonsocialexpressionsusedinvarioussituations.

Socialexpressions(matching)
Pictureswithvarioussituations
3to4responsesgiveninalistasoptions
Typesofsituations/responses
1greetings
2introducingoneself/others
3requestingobjects
4telephoneconversations
5othersocialexpressions
TIPS&HINTS

Youareadvisedtospendonly510minutes(suggestion).

Makesureyoureadthroughalltheoptions.

Choosethemostsuitableresponsefromthelistgiven.

Answeralltheeasyquestionsfirst.Thengobacktothedifficultquestions.

Donotwastetime.Crossouttheoptions,onebyone,untilyougetthecorrectanswer.

Lookatthepeopleinthepicturesandwhattheyaredoingtogetclues.

SECTIONC
GRAMMAR
10multiplechoicequestions
Testpupilsknowledgeandunderstandingingrammar,spellingandpunctuation.

Grammar:Question1621(6questions)
Testpupilsknowledgeandunderstandingingrammar.

TIPS&HINTS

Readthequestioncarefully.

Studythepicturecarefully(ifgiven).

Spend23minutesforeachquestion.

Findcluesgiventohelpyou.

Underlinedtheclues.

Mark(X)ifyoufindtheoptioniswrong.

Choose/circlethebestanswer.

Readthegrammaritemtable,makesureyoucoverallthetopics.

Punctuation:Question2223(2questions)
Testpupilsknowledgeandunderstandinginpunctuation.

TIPS&HINTS

Readthequestioncarefully.

Studythepicturecarefully(ifgiven).

Spend23minutesforeachquestion.

Insteadfindingtheanswer,finderrorsforeachoptiongivenfirst.

Underlinedtheerrors.

Mark(X)ifyoufindtheoptioniswrong.

Choose/circlethebestanswer.

Dontlosemarks(2marks)forthesequestions.
Levelofquestion:Easy,moderate.

Spelling:Question2425(2questions)
Testpupilsknowledgeandunderstandinginspelling.

TIPS&HINTS

Readthequestioncarefully.

Studythepicturecarefully(ifgiven).

Spend23minutesforeachquestion.

Findcluesgiventohelpyou.

Underlinedtheclues.

Mark(X)ifyoufindtheoptioniswrong.

Choose/circlethebestanswer.

Dontlosemarks(2marks)forthesequestions.
Levelofquestion:Easy,moderate.

SECTIOND
GRAMMARTEXTCOMPLETION
1passagewhichdescribesapicture
5multiplechoicequestions

TextCompletion:Question2630(5questions)
Testonlanguageitemssuchasnouns,tenses,adjectives,conjunctionsetc.

TIPS&HINTS

Readthequestioncarefully.

Studythepicturecarefully.

Spend23minutesforeachquestion.

Findcluesgiventohelpyou.

Underlinedtheclues.

Mark(X)ifyoufindtheoptioniswrong.

Choose/circlethebestanswer.

Readthegrammaritemtable,makesureyoucoverallthetopics.
Levelofquestion:Moderate,difficult
SECTIONE
COMPREHENSION
2passagesoflinearandnonlineartexts.
5multiplechoicequestionsaresetforeachpassage.
Multiplechoicequestions(comprehensionquestions)

InterestingbuildingsinMalacca

ManypeoplevisitMalaccatoseetheoldbuildingsthere.Themostfamousbuildingiscalled

AFormosa.ThePortugesebuiltitin1511.AnotheroldbuildingiscalledTheStadhuys.Itwas
builtbytheDutchin1650.Itisabigbuildingwithmanyroomsandhalls,stairsandcorridors.
Placesofworshiparealsointerestingplacestovisit.AveryoldmosqueistheKampung
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KlingMosque.Itlooksbeautifulwithitsthreetieredroof.TheChengHoonTengTemple,builtin
1646,istheoldestChinesetempleinMalaysia.Therearebeautifulcarvingsinsidethetemple.
TheSaintPaulChurchissituatedontopofahill.Onlyitsstonewallsandfloorcanbeseen
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today.AnotherinterestingchurchistheSaintXaviersChurch,builtin1849.Ithastwotowersbythe
sideoftheentrance.
TherearealsomanydifferenttypesoftraditionalMalaybuildingsinMalacca.Mostofthese
arewoodenbuildings.Theroofsaremadeofattap.Theroomsarecoolandairybecauseofthe
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numerouswindows.

Dividethepassageaccordinglytotheirparagraph.

Drawlinetoseparatethem.

Readthequestionsfirst.

Skimandscanthepassagetofindtheanswer.

Noneedtogothroughallthepassage.

First3questionsalwaysreferringtofirst,secondandthirdparagraph.

Lookattheboldedwords

Typesofquestions
1understandingmainideas
2locatingdetails
3sequencingideas/events

4understandingmeaningofwords
5recognizingcauseandeffectrelationships
6predictingoutcomes
7drawingconclusions
Stimulus
1notice
2advertisement
3timetable
4diary
5report
6letter
7narrative
8dialogue
9factualpassage
10speech
3or4multiplechoiceanswers(objective)A,B,CorA,B,C,D

Letter

Diary

Passage

Map

Dialogue

Notice

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