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PAPER 1

YEAR

SECTION A
(DIRECTED
WRITING)

2011

Talk

SECTION B (CONTINUOUS WRITING)

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2.
3.
4.
5.

2012

Letter

Descriptive A famous person you admire.

Argumentative Should school students have part-time jobs? Discuss.
Expository The best things in life are free.
Narrative Write a story that ends with they looked at each other and
smiled meaningfully.
Open topic Peace

5.

Descriptive Describe an outing with your friends.

Argumentative Should parents give children more freedom?
Expository Saving money for the future.
Narrative Write a story beginning with The teacher walked into the
classroom. It was the first period
Open topic Cleanliness

1.
2.
3.
4.

2013

Letter

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Descriptive Truly Malaysian. Describe what this means to you.

Argumentative Is tuition necessary?
Expository Write a story being alone.
Narrative Write a story that ends with and so I became a better person.
Open topic Reality shows

2014

Article

1.
2.

Descriptive Describe an important family event and how you felt about it.
Argumentative There is a lack of freedom given to teenagers today. Do you
agree?
Expository Why are animals important to human beings?
Narrative Write a story about a fisherman beginning with The wind blew
strongly. Out at sea
Descriptive A friend in need is a friend indeed. Describe how a friend
helped you in a difficult time.

3.
4.
5.

2015

Speech

1.
2.
3.
4.

5.

Descriptive Describe what makes you happy and explain why

Argumentative Social networking has caused a lot of problems. How is this
true?
Discussion Why is having good neighbours important?
Narrative Write a story about someone you know who took a big risk and
had a good result. Begin your story with, Everybody said that the plan would
never work. It was far too risky
Descriptive Honesty is always the best policy. Describe an experience
when this was true for you.

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PAPER 2
SECTION A (MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS)
YEAR
GRAPHIC STIMULI
AND SHORT TEXTS

RATIONAL CLOZE
(TESTING
GRAMMAR AND
VOCABULARY)

SECTION B
(SUBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS)

SECTION C (SUBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS)

INFORMATION
TRANSFER

READING
COMPREHENSION

SUMMARY
(130 WORDS)

2011

Q1 Notice
Q2 Letter
Q3; Q6; Q7 Extract
Q4 Advertisement
Q5 News report
Q6 Report

Q9-Q15
(tense, vocabulary,
pronoun, adverb, whquestion word)

Q16-Q25
(Poster on
Teachers Day
Dedication
Contest)

Q26-Q30
(Inferential and
referential questions
based on a passage
about the friendship of
the writer with a tiny
hummingbird)

Q31
(Summary on
how the writer
showed her love
and care for the
hummingbird)

2012

Q1 Message
Q2 Advertisement
Q3; Q6 Extract
Q4; Q7 Letter
Q5 Notice
Q8 Cartoon strip

Q9-Q15
(verb, preposition,
adverb, pronoun,
vocabulary)

Q16-Q25
(Description on
the role of fluids)

Q26-Q30
(Inferential and
referential question
based on a passage
about determined Amir
and his blind
grandfather)

Q31
(Summary on
how Amirs
efforts to
succeed in
football and
how he goes
surprised his
coach)

2013

Q1 Advertisement
Q2; Q3 Newspaper
extract
Q4 Letter to the
newspaper
Q5 Book sypnosis
Q6 Factual text
Q7 Report
Q8 Newspaper
extract

Q9-Q15
(tenses, vocabulary,
preposition, possessive
pronoun)

Q16-Q25
(Information on a
magazine
subscription)

Q26-Q30
(Questions based on a
passage about a
mountain climbers
experience when
disaster stuck when he
was in his chalet)

Q31
(Summary on
what the rescuer
did to save
Daniel when he
was trapped in
his room)

2014

Q1; Q3 Newspaper
report
Q2 Advertisement
Q4 Article
Q5 Conversation
Q6; Q7 Excerpt
Q8 Notice

Q9-Q15
(conjunction, tenses,
preposition, pronoun,
adjective, noun)

Q16-Q25
(Advertisement
about a bungalow
unit)

Q26-Q30
(Inferential and
referential questions
based on a newspaper
report about the writing
attending a basic
caving course)

Q31
(Summary on
the challenges
faced by the
participants
when exploring
this caves)

2015

Q1-Q8 1 stimuli
(short test message), 2
short texts, 4
extracts/articles, 1 short
text message

Q9-Q15
(SVA, determiner, Whquestion, vocabulary
usage, preposition,
conjunction, simple
present tense)

Q16-Q25
(Magazine article
based on a survey
of sending text
messages during
dinner)

Q26-Q30
(Inferential and
referential questions
based on a narrative
text)

Q31
(Summary on
the steps taken
by the vet and
his team to save
a pair of cubs)

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