BY NALANI RAGUNAZAN

ALLOCATE YOUR TIME

EXAM PAPERS REQUIRE PLANNING:
The planning:-
1. Scan the whole paper quickly, to
get overview of all the questions.
2. Look at the time allocated for
each section and set your clock
according to allocation.
 Q
Marks Time Allocation
Number

1 10 15 MIN

2 10 15 MIN

3 20 25 MIN

4 15 15 MIN

5 5 5 MIN

6 30 30 MIN

7 10 15 MIN

100
TOTAL 120 MINUTES
MARKS
 PRACTICE KEEPING TO YOUR TIME IN
ANSWERING THE PAPER.
PRACTISE WILL MAKE YOU PERFECT
 Read the passage carefully and
understand it. While reading, you
need to:
identify tense used throughout
the text [same tense used
consistently in each writing.
identify the subject and its verb in
every sentence.
1.Infinitive 'TO'
I plan to go to school.
I plan to going to school
I plan to goes to school
 Can, Could, May, Might, Must, Shall, Should, Will,
Would.
Modal verbs are used to express ability,
obligation, permission, assumptions, probability
and possibility, requests and offers, and advice.
Each modal verb can have more than meaning
which depends on the context of that sentence
(or question).
You can go now. (= permission)

I can play the guitar. (= ability)

 A Modal verb is followed by another verb in the base
form (the infinitive without the 'To') and they are not
conjugated (we don't add an 'S' in third person). See the
following structure:

Subject + Modal Verb + Verb (base form of the infinitive)

I can speak English (NOT: I can to speak English)

He can speak Spanish (NOT: He can speaks Spanish)
She can speak Spanish (NOT: She cans speak Spanish)
 Subject + Modal Verb + not + Verb (base form of the
infinitive)

You must not walk on the grass. (= You mustn't walk on

the grass.)
He cannot speak Arabic. (= He can't speak Arabic.)
We should not be late. (= We shouldn't be late.)
As you can see in the examples above, contractions of the
Modal verb + not are normally possible.

The negative of can is cannot ('not' is joined to 'can') and

the contraction is can't
 Modal Verb + Subject + Verb (base
form of the infinitive)

May I help you?

Can I have another piece of cake
please?
Would you like to come with us?
 he errors are almost always in the
same grammatical form as the
correct ones.
e.g are were
The correct words usually would
not steer away completely from
the errors.
A lot of grammar practices will
surely help you answer the question.
 REMEMBER to read the text BEFORE
and AFTER you find the answer. Make
sure the sentences read well with the
chosen words.
Wrong spelling is not accepted.
TAKE NOTE!
There should be one answer for each
line. If a student writes more than one
answer, take only the first answer into
consideration.
 Questions (a) to (d): TRUE OR FALSE
The answers are in the text
Highlight the sentences for
confirmation of T/F
Question (e), (f), (h) and (i)
Answers can be found in the text
Highlight the key word in the
questions so that you know what
is specifically asked.
Question (g) - word/phrase meaning
[from text]
 Question (j) - opinion, short email, note,
postcard
READ INSTRUCTION CAREFULLY
[IDENTIFY THE CORRECT FORMAT!!]
you can refer information in the text as
reference for your writing
you can add your own
opinion/saying/ideas
the key word is INTERESTING - make your
writing as interesting as possible
Write more than 50 words (the more the
better) always check time & the limit set.
 Read through the entire passage and the
questions before you do anything.
Read the questions and then underline/
highlight key words - keep reviewing the
key words while reading.
Read the text carefully & thoroughly -
highlight the mainpoint in each paragraph.
Answers from Qa - Qh can be found in the
text. Qi (hots) - your own opinion
FORM 1
-Sad I ams
-Newsbreak
FORM 2
-What is Red?
-My Hero
FORM 3
-The Day the Bulldozers Came
-The Poisoned Talk
 If the prince broke the glass
slipper,how else could he
find Cinderella?
Why was the glass slipper
important?
Do you think that anyone
who marries a prince will be
happy?Why and why not?
Why do the stepsisters hate
Cinderella?
 Stanza 1.

The persona is very proud of his

father who he feels is as brave as
any other father or even braver.In
his eyes,his father is Number One
as his father is fearless and not
afraid of the dead of night and
anything under the sun.
Stanza 2.
The persona says his father is not
afraid to watch horror movies late
in the night.Horror scenes of
skeletons do not scare him or put
him off watching them.
 Stanza 3.

The persona is positive his father

is not afraid of ghosts and would
even smile and acknowledge
them.His father dares to fight
against things that most other
dads are afraid of.
Stanza 4.
The persona's father will not be
intimidated by horror,figures like
vampires ,wolf-man or Frankenstein's
monster even if they appear at the
door.
Stanza 5.
The persona says his father is as brave as a
father can be an he's always keen to show
it.But when his father sees a spider,he will not
touch it and mother has to come to his
aid.This is something the persona cannot
understand about his brave father.Is he really
afraid of mere spider?