Professional Documents
Culture Documents
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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This module comprises 3 aspects;
2) Forecast Questions
3) Scoring Techniques
1.1 )ANALYSIS OF SPM ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAST YEAR QUESTIONS
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2010 Letter- 1. Descriptive Comp. skills, Poster- Comprehen- An important
Informal 2. Grammar Taman sion Skills incident that
Argumentative and Vocab Negara you
3.Expository remember
4. Narrative
5. Open Topic/
Descriptive
2009 Report 1. Descriptive Comp. skills, Book Review Comprehen- A difficult
2. Grammar sion Skills decision
Argumentative and Vocab made by one
3.Expository of the
4. Narrative characters
5. Open Topic/
Descriptive
B- Continuous Writing 50 40
Sub Total 85 72
B- Information Transfer 10 10
Sub Total 70 64
Paper 3 ULBS 30 30
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1.3 Analysis of Directed Writing in non-linear form
2004- Report
2005-
2016 - ? Informal
letter
2006-
2015 Talk Informal
letter
2013 -
2008- Article
Formal Letter
2012-
Informal 2009-Report
letter
2010-
2011 Talk Informal
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2)Forecast Questions
Recently, your school had organized a fund raising event for the building of a new open hall. As the
secretary of the Humanitarian Club, you have been asked by your teacher to write a report about
the event to your principal. Use the notes below to write your report.
Objectives:
give a title
state two other activities that were carried out in the event.
Note:
For your report you will receive up to 15 marks for the format and content points, and up to 20
marks for the quality of your writing.
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2. Social media has affected our health. Do you agree?
4. Write a story about your childhood friend. Begin your story with: I started playing with Ruben
when...
5. Two heads are better than one. Write about two people who had gone through this.
Paper 2
Questions 1-8
For each of the questions, read carefully and then study the information given to find the best
answer. Then, circle that answer in the answer sheet provided.
1) Telephone
2) Television
3) Tell a woman
Still need faster communication??? Tell her NOT to tell anyone!!! That is 5G.
MASTERFUL UNITED
Manchester United forgot their recent woes as they turned on the power and style to slay
champions Leicester City 4-1 in a Premier League clash at Old Trafford yesterday.
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D Manchester remains united after the match against Leicester City.
Questions 3 and 4
Flocks of hornbills covering our skies were common sight in the deep forests of Belum
Temenggor in the 1990s and up to the early 2000s. However, in recent years and from the recent
Hornbill Survey undertaken by the Ecotourism & Conservation Society Malaysia (ECOMY) at the
Royal Belum State Park late last month, theres an alarming decline in the number of these globally-
threatened species making their way past the Belum Temengor forest complex.
B the hornbills are slowly becoming threatened in Royal Belum State Park.
C The hornbills are making their way to Belum Temenggor forest complex
4. Which word has the same meaning as the phrase carried out?
A globally-threatened
B alarming
C undertaken
D decline
Questions 5 and 6
BAISO JAPAN
Singapore Branch
AM Shift:10am-6.10pm
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Speak Basic English, SPM cert
Call +65-65669585
D The full-time cashier post will be paid higher than the mid-night staff
A outlet
B division
C office
D section
Questions 7 and 8
Max Cryer
Exisle Publishing
Whats going to happen if you drop a slice of bread butter side down on the floor? Well, apart
from the obvious, superstition has it that it will start to rain. Also, if you roll cobwebs into a ball and
then swallow it, chances are youll alleviate an asthma attack. Clearly, some irrational beliefs are
wackier than others, and in the entertaining book, Max Cryer kicks off with abracadabra and ends
with yawn as he delivers into all manner of lifes everyday occurrences, rules, traditions and
commonplace objects and uncovers the quirky and curious superstitions that lurk behind them.
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D Max Cryer wrote a boring book on superstitions.
A inform
B entertain
C compliment
D criticise
Questions 9 15
Read the following extract and choose the best answer. Then, circle the answer in the answer sheet
provided.
As more people are opting for vegetarian meals _____________(9) days, many vegetarian
eateries have sprouted up, _____________(10) an array of tasty dishes to whet their appetite.
Vegipai Caf in Taman Desa, Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur, is one that will not _____________(11)
vegetarians and non-vegetarians.
Owner Cassy Lam and ______________(12) partner started the business eight years ago and
soon found that their clients were willing to travel from across the city just to
tuck______________(13) a good meal at the caf.
It has a modern Taiwanese-inspired ______________(14), with white tables, chairs and light
pink couches placed against a brick wall. Vegipais popularity must be due to its fusion of eastern
and western dishes, _____________(15) with its affordable prices, ranging from RM9.90 to RM
23.90.
B. these B. offers
C. that C. offering
D. those D. offered
B. disappoints B. their
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C. disappointing C. its
D. disappointed D. her
B. into B. theme
C. on C. motif
D. at D. ambience
15. A. couple
B. couples
C. coupled
D. coupling
Questions 16 - 25
Read the following article and complete the table that follows.
Moby, the electronic artist known for his dark musical undertones and staunch advocacy of
animal rights, has announced a new album in the form of an environmental manifesto.
Entitled These Systems Are Failing, the album to be released on Oct 14 will be debut of his new
act called Moby and the Void Pacific Choir.
Moby releases an initial two tracks, which have echoes of the techno sound that made him
famous in the 1990s, but carry a forceful wall of guitar and bleak minor-key arrangements.
A video for the title track starts with Moby dragging a microphone stand through a parking lot
into nature, before a rapid-paced tour of consumer culture. The video races through a supermarket
before showing piles of chicks being dumped to their deaths in an egg factory.
Moby will release the album before Circle V, a new vegan music and food festival on October 23
in Los Angeles.
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Question 16 20
Using the information from the article on Moby and his new album, complete the table below.
He mainly Advocates 17
22...
23
Circle V promotes 24
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SECTION C
(25 MARKS)
1 My best friend used to date a guy who would question her whenever she 1
thanked a wait staff member for bringing food to their table. She told him just
because its their job, its doesnt mean she couldnt be grateful for their service
and offer them a smile and a thank you.
2 Needless to say, the relationship didnt last. Its quite impossible to sustain 5
a meaningful bond between two people who couldnt see to eye on something as
basic as common courtesy. But the guy is just one example of the lack of
manners in our society these days. How often have we held the door for a
thankless stranger or kept the elevator open for people who avoided eye
contact-much less say thank you-and think its our job to hold it for them. 10
3 I consider saying thank you the cornerstone of good manners. The action-
be it to the mailman delivering your internet shopping order, the waiter sending
your teh tarik, or the cashier handing your change- should be as seamless as
breathing. It is your building block of your interaction with the world. Thats why
its the first thing parents teach their toddlers when they are old enough to
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interact with others. If a child is given something, often, his or her parents would
prompt him or her to say thank you. Its a very simple act, but one that
demonstrates gratitude and good manners.
7 Two weeks ago, I held the elevator at Le Meridian for a couple who entered
with their baby in a stroller in tow. Both of them said thank you, which goes to
show that something as simple and as important as good manners starts from 35
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the home and are best taught by examples.
26 From paragraph 1,
(a) What was the question asked by the writers best friends date?
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(b) From paragraph 4, what was the meaning of the policemans smile to the writer?
. [1 mark]
29 (a) From paragraph 5, why is it heart warming to see a courteous act nowadays?
...[1 mark]
(b) From paragraph 6, what made the writer feel upset when children knock her in the mall?
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(c) From paragraph 7, what is the evidence that shows that good manners are best taught by
examples?
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Question 31
Credit will be given for use of own words but care must be taken not to change the original meaning.
not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below
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Section D
A Poison Tree
William Blake
32 (a) (i) From stanza one, why the persona does not feel angry anymore?
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(ii) From stanza two, which word means tricks?
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(c) How would you want your friends to treat you in times of distress? Why?
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33. The following are the novels studied in the literature component in the English Language.
State one of the best lessons learnt in the story and give reasons for your answer. Support your
answer with close reference to the text.
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3)Scoring Techniques
Article
F1- Title
F2-Written by : Ann
F3- Purpose
Report Talk/Speech
F1-Address to F1-Greeting
F2-Title F2-Purpose
F3- Reported by:Ann Directed Writing F3-Closing
Format -3 m
Content-12m
Language-20m
Letter-Formal Letter
F1- Sender's address
F2-Recipient's address Letter-Informal Letter
F3-Date F1-Address,Date
F4- Salutation F2-Salutation-Dear Su
F5- Title F3- Closing-Your ?)
F6-Closing -Yours
faithfully
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Section B Continuous Writing
Ideas are well developed and organised with main ideas and supporting details
-Comprehension skills
-Grammar
-Spelling
-Correct information
-Answer are found in the given text, advertisement, poster, brochure, pamphlet
(Reading Comprehension)
(Summary)
-Do not exceed 130 words, -First content point found in the first line mentioned in the question
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Section D (Poem and Novel)
Poem
-Comprehension Skills
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State one of the best lessons learnt in the story and give reasons for your answer. Support your
answer with close reference to the text.
-The End-
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Answers/Suggested Answers
Paper 1
The Best Fund Raising Event
Last weekend was our first fund raising event that our school had organized for the
building of a new open hall. As the secretary of the Humanitarian Club, it is my responsibility
to give all the information pertaining this successful event.
Firstly, this event was carried out last week on the 1st of October 2016. We began at
exactly 8.00am and the whole programme ended at 5.00 pm.
The venue was at the school car park lot when teachers vacate their parking lots to
accommodate the booths set up on that day. They had to park their cars at the school field
for one day. The participants were mainly parents, students and teachers with a few
outsiders from the neighborhood who had heard of the event based on the banner hung
outside the school gate. Many attended this fund raising event simply to contribute.
There were three main objectives for this event and they were all met. Firstly the
event was meant to support the building of the open hall financially. We managed to collect
a sum of RM5000 profit from the sale of our items. Secondly was to instill consideration and
kindness. Again this was achieved when the club members showed consideration and
kindness to each other during the whole day despite their depleting energy level. Finally the
objective of encouraging team spirit was also achieved by all members.
We had a host of activities planned including the sale of Muffin and cakes. We had
appointed a bakery to bake a variety of muffins and cakes and sell it at a higher cost. People
bought them a lot for the fund raising event. Next, there were custom made scrapbooks and
plenty of stationery sold too. The students all bought them as they were quite cheap and
they wanted to help too. Many used their savings to buy all items. Of course the badges and
fridge magnets were sold like hot cakes too as they were colourful and trendy. The students
and parents bought them too.
We had carried out two other activities too in the event. First activity was the trip to the
ghost house when the tickets were sold at RM10 each. That was a huge success. Next was a
magic show by our very own students who performed some fantastic shows to the
audience. The tickets were sold at RM10 each too.
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Overall, the event was a huge success with the collection exceeding our target of RM4000.
Of course we were overjoyed with the RM 5000 collected. Hope, we could do such events in
the future too.
Ever since that first day when they met and shared their humiliation in gym class,
Cohen and Greenfield have been best friends. Although they moved apart during their
college years, they always seemed to find their way back into each others lives. Over the
years, the developed a friendship built on trust and shared values, which would go on to
become the very foundation upon which Ben & Jerrys was built.
We thought, why dont we get together and do something fun and be our own
bosses, recalls Greenfield, and since we liked to eat we should do something with food.
From sharing the cost of the $5 Penn State course on ice cream-making that they took for
which they received 100s on all their tests to deciding to go into business together, Cohen
and Greenfield realized early on the advantages of working together. Not only did they have
a trusting relationship and share many of the same operating principles, but they also knew
how to have a lot of fun with each other.
The story of Ben & Jerry highlights the success that can come from working with a
partner that you respect or as part of a team instead of going it alone. When Greenfield was
making the ice cream, Cohen was out selling the product. When Greenfield was picketing
the Pillsbury headquarters by himself, Cohen was printing Whats the Doughboy Afraid
Of? t-shirts. Together, the two knew each others strengths and weaknesses, and made the
most of each other in putting together their business.
Working with friends can no doubt have its drawbacks. A business relationship can put
tremendous strain on a friendship, even sometimes bringing the best of friends into court
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battles over business assets. However, throughout all the challenges of starting up their
business from trying to sell ice cream in the cold of winter to being nearly shut down by
Pillsbury Cohen and Greenfield managed to stick together, stay focused on their common
goals, and work in tandem to achieve the success that they did as the saying goes two heads
are better than one.
Paper 2
Section A
1. C 9. B
2. B 10. C
3. B 11. A
4. C 12. D
5 B 13. B
6. A 14. D
7. A 15. C
8. D
Section B
Questions 16 - 20
20. 1990s
*23. showing piles of chicks being dumped to their deaths in an egg factory
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*21 , 22, 23 - interchangeable
26. (a) The writer says that letter writing is a dead art because we hardly spend much
time writing personal letters these days [1 mark]
(b) A five-page letter is considered excessively long because our letters rarely
exceeds two pages./ we tend to write short letters. [1 mark]
28. (a) The main reason given by most of us for not writing is we are far too busy nowadays.
[1 mark]
29. (a) The difference between letter writing now and that in the 19 th century is the letters
written in the 19th century were far from trivial interpersonal notes They depicted very
vividly life / It has poetic quality. [1 mark]
(b) She was a sensitive person with a penetrating mind, coping with loneliness and sorrow.
She is very poetic. [1 mark]
30. Accept any related quality which is apt with a valid reason
Example: Observant (Quality) because they can convey their thoughts and images
vividly.(Reason)
31 Summary
Writing letters no longer holds the charm because we are far too occupied nowadays
to sit down and pen a few pages. Its easier to communicate with the phone which is just a
touch-button away. We can get bonded while still on the move. However, in the 19 th
century, personal letters were far from trivial interpersonal notes exchanged between
people. They portrayed life very clearly. It has detailed portraits, events around them. We
are given a glimpse of what life and living was all about in the past. The letters provided
insight into sensitive and penetrating minds. The poetic quality of their letters shouldnt be
missed. They were used as a tool to convey their thoughts, and the life they experienced.
We are filled with awe at this wonderful quality.
130 words
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Section D
(c) (i) Because every time we look at the photograph we are reminded of them.
(ii) They are still alive in our memories as we are reminded of the happy times in the
photograph. [ 2 marks]
Reason 1 - Firstly, it is Richard who is not prejudiced in any circumstances. When his
classmate, Hannahs familys tavern was vandalised by some hardcore anti-German people
from his town, he showed sympathy towards Hannah and her family. The next day, his
teacher, Mrs. Hansem, being broad-minded and open about this issue has asked the class
to sign a sympathy card. Nobody cares to sign the card other than Richard. He wants to sign
his name on the sympathy card that his English teacher Mrs. Hansen has bought. However
his friends refuse to sign the card as they call Hannah a Hun and thinks she is pro German,
as America is now at war with Germany. He wants to do it for humanity reason and not
because he isnt loyal to his country. I like this lesson the best because it teaches us not to
be prejudice to everyone as we are living in a multi racial country.
Reason 2- Furthermore, It disgusts Richard that people are picking on Hannahs family
simply because they sing German songs and speak their own language. How would he feel if
his family were picked on? he asked himself. Despite the fact that he is tired of being
different from everybody else as he likes to write poems. Richard knows that he has to sign
the card. He is a friend indeed. He has already made his decision.
Reason 3 -He signs his name on the sympathy card. By signing the card, it shows
Richard is very matured for his age. After all he is only a teenager. He has done the act of an
adult and shows compassion to another fellow human being when his teacher asks him to
sign the card. Only a matured and caring person will show compassion when something
terrible happens. This again shows and proves Richard as being prejudiced in any
circumstances and that is why this is one of the best lessons learnt in this story.
Next, Richard having a close relationship with Hannah even though they are of a
different race. Hannah supports Richards passion in writing poetry and always gives her
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ideas to Richard to improve his work. It shows that friendship is more important in life than
being prejudiced. He is a good listener. Often, he listens to Hannahs stories and her worries
of her brother Otto who has enlisted in the army. He consoles her and allows her to cry. He
is a good friend to Hannah because good friends spend a long time talking and listening to
each other and never being prejudiced in any circumstances. Likewise, Hannah is also not
prejudiced to Richard and she treats him as her good friend
Conclusion- As a conclusion the reasons stated above have made me choose the lesson
of not to be prejudiced in any circumstances as the best lesson.
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