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

Topics to cover :
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Topics
Relationship
Animal
Buildings
Clothing & accessories
Events
Food & beverages
Tools
Things around us
People ( occupation )

Description , examples
Cousin, nephew , pen-pal
Female, male, group
Parts, name, dome, tower
Shirt, necklace
Hari Raya, Christmas, accident
Noodles, muffin
Rake, hammer, shears
Classroom, office, living room
Seamstress, orphanage

Sports , activities, hobby

Badminton, player,

Plants, flowers & vegetation

Stem, root, daisy, aubergine

Day, month & year

Leap year, June

Colour, shape

Triangular, indigo

Parts of body

Navel, thigh

Countries

Malaysian, east, south

Weather

Rain, flood, blizzard

Remarks

Transport

Grammar items :
Topics
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Nouns

Articles

Pronouns

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Conjunctions
Prepositions
Adjectives

Description , examples
Common, proper, gender,
numeral, collective,
countable
A, an, the
Personal, Possessive,
Demonstrative
For, and, because, if
On, in, behind, between
Comparative, superlative

Remarks

Adverbs

Tenses

Modals

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Subject Verb Agreement

Positive & Negative statements
Questions & responses
Punctuation
Sentence type

Adverbs of manner -ly

Present, Past, Continuous,
Future, Participle

must, have to, *could,

*should

Capitalize, comma, full stop

Simple, compound

To score A:

Cover all the topic, grammar items above.

You are advised to spend only 1-2 minutes (suggestion) for easy question.

Read the instructions carefully.

Read the passage or study the stimulus given carefully.

Go through each question and all the options given.

Choose the best answer from the options given.

Circle A, B, C or D to mark the correct answer.

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.

Always check your answers.

Time is precious. Use it wisely.

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

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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)

Interesting buildings in Malacca

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Many people visit Malacca to see the old buildings there. The most famous building is
called A Formosa. The Portugese built it in 1511. Another old building is called The
Stadhuys. It was built by the Dutch in 1650. It is a big building with many rooms and halls, stairs
and corridors.
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Places of worship are also interesting places to visit. A very old mosque is the Kampung
Kling Mosque. It looks beautiful with its three-tiered roof. The Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, built in
1646, is the oldest Chinese temple in Malaysia. There are beautiful carvings inside the temple.
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The Saint Paul Church is situated on top of a hill. Only its stone walls and floor can be
seen today. Another interesting church is the Saint Xaviers Church, built in 1849. It has two
towers by the side of the entrance.
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There are also many different types of traditional Malay buildings in Malacca. Most of
these are wooden buildings. The roofs are made of attap. The rooms are cool and airy because of
the numerous windows.

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
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understanding main ideas

locating details
sequencing ideas/events
understanding meaning of words
recognizing cause and effect relationships
predicting outcomes
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

Letter

Map

Diary

Passage

Dialogue

Notice