PAPER 2 Section A Guided Composition Pre Exercises Exercise 1- Simple Present Tense Underline the correct answers 1.

The hawker ( sells, sold ) fried noodles every Sunday. 2. The boy ( fell, falls ) from his bicycle and hurt himself. 3. Jeff ( meets, met ) an old classmate at the party. 4. The policeman ( stopped, stops ) the driver who knocks the lamp post. 5. Mrs Ooi ( buys, bought ) a lot of fruits every week 6. The show (starts, started ) early today. 7. The baby ( missed, misses ) his mother when she goes to work. 8. I usually ( see, saw ) Ali at the bookshop. 9. My friend ( comes, came ) to my house everyday. 10. Roslan always (lies, lied ) to his parents . Exercise 2- Simple Past Tense Underline the correct answers 1. The hawker ( sells, sold ) fried noodles last night. 2. The boy ( fell, falls ) from his bicycle and hurt himself two days ago. 3. Jeff ( meets, met ) an old classmate at the party just now. 4. The policeman ( stopped, stops ) the driver who knocked the lamp post. 5. Mrs Ooi ( buys, bought ) a lot of fruits yesterday. 6. The show ( starts, started ) an hour ago. 7. The baby ( missed, misses ) his mother when she went to work . 8. I ( see, saw ) Ali at the bookshop this morning. 9. My friend ( comes, came ) to my house last week. 10. Roslan ( lies, lied ) to his parents just now.

Exercise 3 - Subject-Verb Agreement Underline the correct answers 1. The birds ( fly, flies ) to their nest. 2.. The children ( hope, hopes ) to receive some good news. 3. The boy (walk, walks) slowly towards the shop. 4. I ( take, takes ) a bus home. 5. The villagers ( shout, shouts ) for help. 6. The wind (blow, blows ) strongly. 7. Pn. Ng and her daughters ( love, loves ) to go shopping. 8. My brother and I ( speak, speaks ) five languages fluently. 9. Aini always ( goes, go ) to the market with her mum. 10. Hardip ( call, calls ) her cousin every month. Exercise 4 - The infinitive Underline the correct answers 1. You have to ( finish, finished, finishes ) your homework now. 2. He has to ( writes, write, wrote ) a letter to his pen pal. 3. Dont forget to ( bring, brought, bringing) your umbrella along with you. 4. I tried to ( advises, advise, advised ) him but he did not listen to me. 5. The boys were warned to ( behaved, behave, behaves ) themselves. 6. She is afraid to ( talk, talks, talked ) to strangers. 7. My grandfather likes to ( plants, plant, planting ) orchids. 8. Johan prefers to ( stays,stayed, stay ) in the city. 9. My sister doesnt like to ( watched, watching, watch ) cartoons. 10. Our headmaster is going to ( retire, retiring, retires ) next month

Exercise 5- Modals Underline the correct answers. 1. I could have ( do, done ) it myself. 2. Will you ( dances, dance ) with me? 3. Paul could ( feed, fed ) himself when he was three years old. 4. We must ( attend, attends ) the meeting. 5. They should ( pay, pays ) attention in class. 6. You must not ( dirty, dirtied ) your clothes. 7. May I ( borrow, borrows ) your book? 8. They could have ( take, taken ) the money by mistake. 9. She will ( wait, waits ) for us at the bus stop. 10. I shall ( sleep, slept ) in my own room. Exercise 6 - After & before Underline the correct answers. 1. Wash your hands before ( eat, eating). 2. After ( completing, complete ) my homework, I went out to play football. 3. Before ( going, go ) to bed, we must brush our teeth. 4. He got married after ( graduated, graduating). 5. Before (cooked, cooking) the vegetables, we must wash them thoroughly. 6. The boys rushed in after ( opened, opening ) the door. 7 After (take, taking ) our lunch, we went home. 8. Before ( swim, swimming ), we must have a shower first. 9. After ( wash, washing ) my hair , I took my bath. 10. She practised hard before ( compete, competing ) in the tournament.

EXERCISE 7 Ahmad is going to school. He __(1)__ to school by bus. He __(2)__ to go to school. After __(3)___ school, he __(4)__ straight to class. His friends __(5)__ Ahmad very much. Ahmad always likes to __(6)__ his friends. 1) A. went 2) A. likes 3) A. reached 4) A. walked 5) A. likes 6) A. helps B. goes B. liking B. reaching B. walking B. like B. helped C. go C. liked C. reaches C. walks C. liking C. helping D. going D. like D. reached D. walk D. liked D. help

EXERCISE 8 It is easy to __(1)__ a cake. All you need __(2)__ some flour, sugar and butter. You may __(3)__ some eggs too. First, you must __(4)__ the flour, sugar and butter well. Then, add the eggs. After __(5)__ the eggs, it is ready to be baked. Finally, the cake __(6)__ ready to be served. 1) A. bake 2) A. is 3) A. added 4) A. mixing 5) A. add 6) A. is B. bakes B. are B. adds B. mixes B. adds B. are C. baking C. was C. add C. mix C. adding C. was D. baked D. were D. adding D. mixed D. added D. were

EXERCISE 9 Ahmad was admitted to the hospital because he met with an accident two days ago. His friends heard about __ (1)___ accident. They ___(2)___ him and brought ___ (3)__ some fruits. He was happy to __(4)__ his friends. The doctor who treated Ahmad said that he could __(5)__ the hospital in three days time. After __(6)__ to Ahmad and his friends, he went to another patient. 1) A. a 2) A. visited 3) A. he 4) A. saw 5) A. leave 6) A. talked B. an B. visit B. she B. sees B. left B. talking C. the C. visits C. him C. seeing C. leaves C. talks D. D. visiting D. her D. see D. leaving D. talk

EXERCISE 10 Three robbers in Kelantan used a coconut to ______ (1) a lorry attendant of his mobile phone. When the attendant ____(2) , one robber hit him with a coconut. As the victim _____(3), the robbers _______(4) the mobile phone and fled. Before ____(5), they warned him not to report to the police. 1) A. robbed 2) A. refuse 3) A. falls 4) A. snatching 5) A. leaving B. robbing B. refused B. fell B. snatches B. leaves C. rob C. refuses C. falling C. snatched C. left D. robs D. refusing D. fallen D. snatch D. leave

EXERCISE 11 Cats are interesting and adorable creatures. At times, they may _____(1) distant and even unfriendly. Unlike dogs, which ____(2) often quite friendly, cats seem to ________(3) to themselves a lot. They _____(4) not normally demonstrative but there are many cat lovers who _____(5) them lovable and cuddly. 1) A. seemed 2) A. is 3) A. kept 4) A. are 5) A. found B. seem B. was B. keeping B. were B. find C. seems C. are C. keep C. was C. finding D. seemingly D. were D. keeps D. is D. finds

EXERCISE 12 Maniam was caught stealing money and jewellery from his parents. His parents ______(1) him for being a drug addict, so he ______(2) away from home. He disappeared for two years. Then, one day, he arrived at his parents house and ______(3) for money. When they refused to ____(4) him any money, Maniam became very angry. His parents had to ______(5) the police to arrest him. 1) A. scolds 2) A. run 3) A. demanded 4) A. gave 5) A. call B. scolded B. ran B. demands B. give B. called C. scolding C. runs C. demand C. gives C. calls D. scold D. running D. demanding D. giving D. calling

PAPER 2 SECTION A Question 1 You and your friends went to Pulau Tikus for a holiday. Based on the map and notes given, write a letter to your friend about the trip. Day One Ferry to island-checked into Kalong Resort- sea view-water sports-dinner on the beach Day Two Sightseeing-orchid farm-fruit farm-ostrich farm-safari park-explored caves-old templelimestone formations-barbeque on beach Day Three Fishing-picnic by waterfall-jungle trekking-packed to leave-4.30 p.m. ferry to mainland When writing your letter: Elaborate on the given notes to make it more interesting. Make sure it is not less than 120 words.

(30 marks)

Question 2 Last week, you and some friends visited a factory which manufactures soft drinks. You found the visit very interesting. You took some pictures of the whole bottling process. You wish to share your experience with the other students in your school. Using the pictures and short notes below, write out the process . When writing the process:

Elaborate on the given notes to make it more interesting. Make sure it is not less than 120 words. The Bottling of Soft Drinks

(30 marks)

Question 3 Write a story based on the pictures and notes given below. Provide a suitable ending for your story. When writing your story: Elaborate on the given notes to make it more interesting. Make sure it is not fewer than 120 words.

(30 marks)

Question 4 Using the information from the pie chart below, write a report on how Azlan spends his monthly pocket money of 200 ringgit. Your report must not be fewer than 120 words. Make your report as interesting as possible.

Azlans monthly expenses

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Question 5 You are not happy with the bus service offered by the bus company in your town. You have noted down the following complaints: 1. buses not punctual 2. buses old dirty 3. drivers reckless 4. breakdown of buses common 5. too few buses peak hours 6. bus conductors often rude

Write a letter of complaint of about 120 words to the manager of the bus company. You may include any other necessary information.

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Question 6 You are the President of the Career Guidance and Counselling Club of your school. Your school is organizing a motivation camp-cum-examination seminar for students in Form 3. You have been asked to tell the Form 3 students about the camp-cum-seminar and persuade them to sign up for it. Write out your speech in not fewer than 120 words. Include the following in your speech. the venue, activities and cost who will speak at the seminar the number of places available why they should sign up e.g. they will be able to gain study tips

Include other details of your own to persuade your schoolmates to sign up for the motivation camp-cum-examination seminar.

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Question 7 You are concerned about the environment. You decide to write and submit an article to the editorial board of your school magazine on ways to take care of the environment. Below are some pictures and notes for your article. Write out the article in not less than 120 words.

cut down waste-reuse plastic bottles store food liquids recycle sort out disposable items recycling centres buy recyclable products

go shopping bring cloth paper bag refuse offer - plastic bags

save water do not let water run brush teeth glass of water wash car pails of water

conserve energy switch off lights fans not in use install - energy saving bulbs. (30 marks)

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Question 8 Read the following dialogue between two students. Who do you agree with? Provide reasons to support your answer. Add any interesting views and comments of your own. Your response should be not less than 120 words.

Daisy Kana

: Your mum tells me that you are always surfing the net. Dont you feel you are spending too much time on the internet? : I dont know why mum should be worried about that. I get a lot of information from the websites I surf. I find that the internet helps me in my studies. : Well, the internet is not always good. There are sites in there that can influence you in a bad way. Besides, surfing the net can become so interesting that you neglect your school work. Chatting with your friends will take up most of your time. You can use the time to do your studies and help your parents instead.

Daisy

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Question 9 You are a reporter working for a local newspaper. You witnessed a big fire in town. Using the notes below, write a newspaper report about the fire.

o o o o o o o o o

thick smoke a row of shops on fire firemen got to work firemen directing their jets of water fire fanned by strong winds Mr. Ramasamy victim helped by police victims appealed for aid damage estimated RM 500,000 cause of fire not known

Your report should be more than 120 words You may begin with : TELUK INTAN: Mon A row of shops was on fire last night.

30 marks

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Question 10 Use the notes below to write a story in not less than 120 words.

Ramli going home-sounds-bushes- men -talking roughly threatening kicking boy lyingclaimed owed money boy shouted men -extorting money pulled out - penknife Ramli took out - whistle men panicked ran away boy -thanked grateful

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ANSWER KEY FOR COMPREHENSION PRE-EXERCISES Exercise 1 1. sells 6. starts Exercise 2 1. sold 6. started Exercise 3 1. fly 6. slows Exercise 4 1. finish 6. talk Exercise 5 1. done 6. dirty Exercise 6 1. eating 6. opening Exercise 7 1. B Exercise 8 1. A Exercise 9 1. C Exercise 10 1.C Exercise 11 1. B Exercise 12 1. B 2. falls 7. misses 2. fell 7. missed 2. hope 7. love 2. write 7. plant 2. dance 7. borrow 3. meets 8. see 3. met 8. saw 3. walks 8. speak 3. bring 8. stay 3. feed 8. taken 4. stops 9. comes 4. stopped 9. came 4. take 9. goes 4. advise 9. watch 4. attend 9. wait 5. buys 10. lies 5. bought 10. lied 5. shout 10. calls 5. behave 10. retire 5. pay 10. sleep

2. completing 3. going 4. graduating 5. cooking 7. taking 8. swimming 9. washing 10. completing 2. A 2.A 2. A 2. B 2. C 2. B 3. B 3. C 3. C 3. B 3. C 3. A 4. C 4. C 4. D 4. C 4. A 4. B 5. B 5. C 5. A 5. A 5. B 5. A 6. D 6. A 6. B

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