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No. of Question - 40 Marks - 40 marks Time - 50 minutes Section - 5 sections Section A Vocabulary - 10 questions - 10 marks
Section B Social and language expressions (graphic with speech bubbles) - 5 questions - 5 marks Section C - Grammatical items - 10 questions - 10 marks
Section E Reading Comprehension questions ( 2 passages of linear and non-linear) - 10 questions - 10 marks
Read a lot of books (story books),magazines Make dictionary your best friend Speak English with your teachers, friends, brothers, sisters, parents Make your own dictionary Listen to English songs Always watch English Cartoon/English Movie Play English games with your friends e.g. Happy family, Scrabble, Spelling Bee, Vocabulary Congkak, One to Many, Get vocabulary everywhere, word maze, word puzzle
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E M F A N H D B
R U L E R R I L
A P P N S M A A
S E C H E N T P B W A K G F C K
R A C H A L K B
E I I N K A D O
A R L L A M P A
B C D U S T E R
T A B L E A N D
ANSWER
E M F A N H D B
R U L E R R I L
A P P N S M A A
S E C H E N T P B W A K G F C K
R A C H A L K B
E I I N K A D O
A R L L A M P A
B C D U S T E R
T A B L E A N D
Name of Buildings Name of Climate Name of Festivals Name of Games/Sports Name of Occupations Name of Food Parts of the body Parts of the buildings Young of animals Home of animals Family Relationship Days of the week Months of the year
Numbers Mode of Transport Action Verbs Antonym Synonym Hobbies Direction and location Events Currency Musical Instruments Collective nouns
We use collective nouns when we talk about a group of people, animals or things. e.g. a bouquet of flowers a choir of singers a bunch of bananas a troop of soldiers a flock of birds/sheep a band of musicians a school of whales a swarm of bees a library of books a fleet of cars a crew of sailors a gang of thieves a shoal of fish a litter of kittens/cubs/puppies a herd of cattle/goats/cows
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
To greet someone : Hi! Hello, _______ Good morning, _________ Good afternoon, ___________ Good evening, ___________ Good night, ___________
Selamat Hari Raya Happy New Year Happy Deepavali Merry Christmas Happy Birthday Happy Anniversary Happy Holidays Selamat Hari Gawai Happy Teachers Day
D. To congratulate a person :
Congratulations! Well done! Great! Wonderful! Excellent! Fine! Keep it up!
E. To thank :
Thank you. Thanks. Thank you for _______
To reply
Youre welcome Dont mention it. Not at all.
F. To apologize :
Im sorry. Im very sorry. Sorry, I _______
H. To make a request :
May I __________ ? Could/Can I _________? Would it be alright if I ________ ?
To agree to a request :
Of course. Certainly. Why not?
How to choose the most suitable answer?????? 1. Look at the picture and try to identify: (a) the relationship between
the two speakers. e.g. mother son, shopkeeper customer coach player teacher pupil between two friends, etc
b) the place in which the dialogue takes place e.g. sports day, in a bus, canteen, library, classroom, shop, along a road, at the entrance to , dining room, hall, kitchen, hospital, market, etc c) the action by one or both the speakers e.g. waving hands, receiving a prize, looking at an object, holding a telephone, carrying object, etc.
2. Read the words spoken by one of the speakers, From the words, try to identify : a) the purpose of the words spoken by one of the speakers - Is the speaker * making a statement . * asking a question * exclaiming a word
possible answer Could the response : * be positive or negative * must it contain information * show politeness
- Read a lot of books, magazines, cartoons, articles, posters - Do a lot of exercises on grammar - Learn grammar 10 minutes a day - Group discussion with friends - Play a lot of language games of grammar.
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4. Prepositions 5. Countable and Uncountable Nouns - much, many, a lot of, a little, a few, several, some, plenty of , etc
6. Question Words - What, Who, When, Where, Which, Why, Whose, Whom, How 7. Adverbs - Tell how the action is done e.g. walk slowly run quickly listen carefully play happily sing sweetly
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You He She It
am/have/do
are/have/do is/has/does is/has/does is/has/does
was/had/did
were/had/did was/had/did was/had/did was/had/did
shall/will
will will will will
They
We
are/have/do
are/have/do
were/had/did
were/had/did
will
shall/will
11. Modals e.g. can, shall, could, should, may, might, etc 12. Tenses - Present - Past - Future * simple * continuous * perfect
Punctuation
Full stop , Comma ? Question mark ! Exclamation mark CL Capital letter
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1.Time-table 2. Schedule 3. Plan 4. Map 5. Graph 6. Charts Bar chart Pie chart 7. Recipe 8. Menu
SECTION E What are the comprehension passages you should know ???
9. Note/Memo 10. Messages 11. Postcards 12. Poster 13. Picture/Pictures 14. Method/Process 15. Book Review/Book Report 16. Extract of story/Stories
17. Poem 18. Notice 19. Announcement 20. Advertisement 21. Label 22. Report 23. List 24. Form 25. TV/Radio Programmes
26. Duty roster 27. Diary 28. E-mail 29. Speech 30. News report 31. Factual 32. Narrative 33. Dialogue 34. Telephone Conversation 35. Letter formal & informal
Time
Question 1 - Sentence Construction (Based on the given words and graphic) - Write complete sentences based on a picture with the words given - Write 5 sentences - You are advised to spent about 15 minutes on this question - 10 marks
QUESTION 2 - Information transfer - Fill in 10 blank places - 15 marks - Spend about 25 minutes on this question QUESTION 3 - Note Expansion - Write sentences in a paragraphs form based on a series of visual stimuli - 15 marks - Spend about 35 minutes on this question.
Question 1 - Read the instruction carefully. - Study the picture given. - Ask yourself : i) Who are in the picture ? ii) What are they doing ? iii) What other things that you can see in the picture? iv) Where are they ?
- Study the words given. What are the words ? Words given are nouns, verbs, adjectives and prepositions. e.g. Nouns - Encik Hamid, family, eggs, food, farm, teacher, pupils, picture,
Year 6 Lily, etc
Verbs
- ate, collected, sat, feeds, hanging, arranging, dusting, drinks, playing, stands, etc
Adjectives colourful, cute, tame, loving, busy, caring, scared, etc Prepositions in, near, by, etc
Example of Question 1
park
man scared
reading newspaper
Man
Man Boys Boys
sitting
reading
tree
newspaper scared
run away
Construct sentences :
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3. 4.
5.
Two boys are walking around happily in a beautiful big park behind their house. There is a fat man sitting on a bench under a big shady tree. He is reading a newspaper loudly. The two boys are scared to see the man because he looks very fierce. So they run away quickly without looking back.
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Read the question carefully. Note down all the information given. Study the picture/s givensome information may be in the picture/s. Fill in the blanks be more careful of the spelling and punctuation.
5. While writing make sure you write your choice and give good reasons for your choice. - be careful of your * spelling * punctuation * grammar * writing 6. You can write: * Simple sentences * Compound sentences * Complex sentences
* Place - suitable - interesting - dull - popular - busy/quiet - clean/dirty - frightening - small/big - airy - beautiful - spacious - comfortable - convenient
* Food - favourite - clean - healthy - nice - delicious/tasty - balanced diet - junk food - nutritious - good
* Personality
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good looking handsome/beautiful/pretty smart looking honest trustworthy responsible polite brave well-behaved helpful clever/intelligent hardworking faithful kind/ kind hearted respectful shy humble obedient
- tall and thin/ short and fat - long/short/curly/wavy - small/big/beautiful - pointed/flat/beautiful - big/small/beautiful - oval/round/beautiful - same /older than/ younger than - good/interesting/same
b) Place - name of the place - offer - facilities - price - who advertise - to whom - date/time/day - discount
2. Books / Magazines - Price - Picture - Author - Publisher - Specialty - Number of pages - Characters - Moral value/s - Offer - Place where you can get it
3.Food/Drinks - type of food/drinks - price - place/location - time - offer - content of the food - nutrient - name of restaurant - type of meal
4. Society - name of the society - fee - place - when is the meeting - person in-charge - activities - advantages - offer
5.Choosing a friend/leader - who - age - hobby - feature - characters - activities - likes and dislikes - place where he lives
7. Choosing transport - name of transport - type of transport - place/destination - time arrival & departure - fare - facilities - offer - route
8. Choosing a pet - name of pet - feature * face * fur/feather * mouth * eyes * tail * legs - habitat - colour - type of animal tame or wild - group of animal mammal, reptile, bird, insect, amphibian
Read the question carefully. Study the pictures given and ask yourself: i) Who are in the pictures? ii) What are they doing? iii) What other things that you can see? iv) Where are they? v) Is there any moral value/s?
3. Study the words given. What are the nouns given? What are the verbs given? What are the adjectives given? When is the event?
4. Plan your essay. e.g. evening parents went town walked stalls * Where to start and where to stop? * How many sentences you are going to write? evening parents went town / walked stalls /
5. While writing : Be careful of: * SPELLING * PUNCTUATION * GRAMMAR * WRITING 6. Write : * Simple sentences * Compound sentences * Complex sentences
3 TYPE OF SENTENCES
Simple sentences e.g. 1. The boy is crying. 2. She is reading a book. 3. They are playing football. 4. Is Hilmi sleeping? 5. I ate fried rice.
Compound sentences: e.g. 1. Ali chased the cat but it managed to escape. 2. I like to eat rambutans and my sister likes to eat durian. 3. It is a hot day and I am thirsty. 4. We asked him to come but he refused. 5. Pak Hamid is watering the plants and Mak Minah is helping him.
Complex sentences : e.g. 1. The man whom you saw lives near the flats. 2. Here is the book that worth reading . 3. They visited the spot where the accident took place. 4. While he was on his way to school this morning he saw an accident.
Similes
as beautiful as the rainbow as proud as a peacock as big as an elephant as busy as a bee/ an ant as clear as crystal as cold as ice as deep as a well as fast as lightning as green as grass as happy as a child as hungry as a wolf as loud as thunder as white as snow as slow as a tortoise/ a snail as silent as the grave as stupid as a donkey as sweet as honey/ sugar
PROVERBS
What
is a proverb ??????
Example of Proverbs
A friend indeed is a friend indeed All that glitters is not gold An apple a day keeps the doctor away Better late than never Charity begins at home Honesty is the best policy Many hands make light work Practice makes perfect Slow and steady wins the race Too many cooks spoil the broth Two heads are better than one Where theres a will, theres a way
IDIOMS
What
is an idiom ????
An idiom is a phrase or sentence in which simple words are used to convey a special meaning.
Example of Idioms:
A black sheep : a- good-for-nothing person. e.g. Hilmi always causes trouble in his family. He is a black sheep in the family. A snake in the grass : a secret enemy e.g. I thought she was my friend until she betrayed me. Only than I did know that she was a snake in the grass. Apple of the eye : someone dearly loved e.g. He is the apple of his mothers eye.
From A to Z : from the beginning to the end. e.g. She studied the subject from A to Z. Once in a blue moon : very rarely. e.g. I go to the cinema once in a blue moon. Now and then : from time to time e.g. We do visit the library now and then. With flying colours : to be very successful; to do very well e.g. She passed the examinations with
To lend a hand : to help e.g. My car has broken down. Can you lend me a hand? To rain cats and dogs : rain very heavily e.g. It was raining cats and dogs this morning. To sell like hot cakes : to be sold off quickly e.g. The books sold like hot cakes because they were very popular. To talk big : to boast e.g. Dont talk big. I know who you are.
use adjectives and adverbs where possible e.g. tasty food run quickly
Be careful! You must pay attention to as you write, or when you are checking through your composition.
the main tense used in the composition
subject-verb agreement
punctuation
spelling
Picture 2 ran outside dark accident people hurt telephone Picture 3 ambulance police arrived proud help - victims
ADJECTIVES - cool night - loud crash - terrible accident - young people - local people - large ambulance - injured victims
accident
TWIST - Salim himself meets an accident as he is running out of the house after calling for an ambulance NEW INFORMATION - location of Salims house - type of vehicles involved in accident - possible reasons for accident
adjective
new information
adverb
other expressions
One cool Sunday night, Salim was sleeping soundly in his room. His house was at the junction of a busy road. Suddenly, he heard a loud crash. He woke up and rushed quickly to his window. When he saw what had happened, his face turned pale. He looked like he had seen a ghost.
adverb
new information
simile
adjective
Salim ran outside quickly. It was dark but he could see that a terrible accident had happened. Two cars had crashed head-on. Some young people in both cars were hurt badly. He suspected that both cars had been speeding. Salim ran as fast as lightning into his house to telephone the local police and the ambulance.
Other expressions
adjective
twist
simile
He dashed out again. Unfortunately, as he was running down the road, he tripped over a rock and fell down. Poor Salim! He hurt his leg and his right arm. Within five minutes, a large ambulance arrived. The young people were taken to the hospital. Salim felt as proud as a peacock because he had helped the injured victims.
thats all from me. Best of luck and may Allah bless you. Hope success will always be with you.