Tips & strategies answering English Language Paper (UPSR )

Tips & strategies answering English Language Paper (UPSR ) PAPER 2 QUESTION 1 Study the picture carefully. Get to know where it taken place. Write in BM if you know the meaning of the words. List down all the subject ( people , animal ) , verbs , noun ( things , etc). Make sure the subject is relevant to the verbs. You also can circle the verbs. Start construct your sentences. Check tenses , spelling , punctuation.

Example : Subject Father Mother Boy Girl verbs drinking putting watching eating sitting nouns (things) food & drinks mat tree park shoes plate glass

Subject Father Mother Boy Girl

verbs drinking putting watching eating sitting

nouns (things) food & drinks mat tree park shoes plate glass

Adjectives : beautiful , windy Preposition : on , beside , under , behind

EXAMPLE 1 - ( 9-10 MARKS ) Excellent and confident use of language. En. Aziz and his family is having picnic at the beautiful park. They are sitting under a big shady tree. En. Aziz is drinking a glass of water while chatting with his family. His wife is putting some food into the plate by using a ladle. His daughter is eating her favourite food using a spoon. His son is watching the scenery of the park and enjoying the fresh air.

EXAMPLE 2 - ( 5-8 MARKS ) Confident use of language throughout. The man is drinking a glass of water. The man is holding a glass. The woman is putting some food into the plate. The boy is sitting on the mat. All of them are sitting under a big tree. The shoes is behind of the man. All the food is on the mat.

Tips & strategies answering English Language Paper (UPSR ) PAPER 1

SECTION A VOCABULARY 10 multiple choice questions Word level : Question 1 - 4 ( 4 questions ) TIPS & HINTS

Read the question carefully.

Spend 2 3 minutes for each question. Find clues given to help you. Underlined the clues. Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong. Choose/circle the best answer Phrase level : Question 5 7 ( 3 questions ) TIPS & HINTS

Read the question carefully. Spend 2 3 minutes for each question. Study the picture carefully. Find clues given to help you. Underlined the clues. Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong. Choose/circle the best answer.

Sentence level : Question 8 10 ( 3 questions ) Tests pupil's knowledge and understanding in vocabulary. TIPS & HINTS

Read the question carefully. Study the picture carefully. Get to know where it taken place. Spend 2 3 minutes for each question.

Find clues given to help you. Underlined the clues. Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong. Choose/circle the best answer. SECTION B SOCIAL EXPRESSIONS 5 multiple choice questions. Social expressions : Question 11 15 ( 5 questions ) Test on social expressions used in various situations. Social expressions (matching) Pictures with various situations 3 to 4 responses given in a list as options Types of situations / responses 1- greetings 2- introducing oneself / others 3- requesting objects 4- telephone conversations 5- other social expressions TIPS & HINTS

You are advised to spend only 510minutes (suggestion). Make sure you read through all the options. Choose the most suitable response from the list given. Answer all the easy questions first. Then go back to the difficult questions. Do not waste time. Cross out the options, one by one, until you get the correct answer. Look at the people in the pictures and what they are doing to get clues. SECTION C GRAMMAR 10 multiple-choice questions Test pupils knowledge and understanding in grammar, spelling and punctuation.

 Grammar : Question 16 21 ( 6 questions ) Test pupils knowledge and understanding in grammar. TIPS & HINTS

Read the question carefully. Study the picture carefully (if given). Spend 2 3 minutes for each question. Find clues given to help you. Underlined the clues. Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong. Choose/circle the best answer. Read the grammar item table, make sure you cover all the topics.

Punctuation : Question 22 23 ( 2 questions ) Test pupils knowledge and understanding in punctuation. TIPS & HINTS

Read the question carefully. Study the picture carefully (if given). Spend 2 3 minutes for each question. Instead finding the answer, find errors for each option given first. Underlined the errors. Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong. Choose/circle the best answer. Dont lose marks (2 marks) for these questions. Level of question : Easy, moderate.

 Spelling : Question 24 25 ( 2 questions ) Test pupils knowledge and understanding in spelling. TIPS & HINTS

Read the question carefully. Study the picture carefully (if given). Spend 2 3 minutes for each question. Find clues given to help you. Underlined the clues. Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong. Choose/circle the best answer. Dont lose marks (2 marks) for these questions. Level of question : Easy, moderate. SECTION D GRAMMAR TEXT COMPLETION 1 passage which describes a picture 5 multiple choice questions Text Completion : Question 26 30 ( 5 questions ) Test on language items such as nouns, tenses, adjectives, conjunctions etc. TIPS & HINTS

Read the question carefully. Study the picture carefully . Spend 2 3 minutes for each question. Find clues given to help you.

Underlined the clues. Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong. Choose/circle the best answer. Read the grammar item table, make sure you cover all the topics. Level of question : Moderate, difficult SECTION E COMPREHENSION 2 passages oflinear and non-linear texts. 5 multiple choice questions are set for each passage. Multiple choice questions (comprehension questions)

Divide the passage accordingly to their paragraph. Draw line to separate them. Read the questions first. Skim and scan the passage to find the answer. No need to go through all the passage. First 3 questions always referring to first, second and third paragraph. Look at the bolded words Types of questions 1- understanding main ideas 2- locating details 3- sequencing ideas/events 4- understanding meaning of words 5- recognizing cause and effect relationships 6- predicting outcomes 7- drawing conclusions Stimulus 1- notice 2- advertisement 3- timetable

4- diary 5- report 6- letter 7- narrative 8- dialogue 9- factual passage 10- speech 3 or 4 multiple choice answers (objective) A,B,C or A,B,C,D