ENGLISH LANGUAGE

PREPARATION FOR UPSR 2012

PAPER 1

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY

LANGUAGE GAMES
A) WORD MAZE B) CROSSWORD PUZZLE C) WORD BUILDING

WORD MAZE Find 10 names of animals

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Test your vocabulary

Form 20 new words from the word:
CATERPILLAR Eg: cat

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. FILL IN THE BLANKS We buy meat at the We can read books at the. The people go to the clinic to get treatment A.is a person who sells flower Your mothers sister is your The actor and..acting very good Pen,pencil,sharpener and eraser are known as.. A person who makes furniture is called A .is a baby frog We watch films at a..

Answers
Market Library Sick Florist Aunt Actress Stationery Carpenter Tadpole cinema

Group the words under the correct category

teacher badminton english canteen science headmaster clerk football office library netball gardener mathematics ping pong music toilet

building

games

people

subject

Enrich your vocabulary

List out what you know about: a) parts of the body
b) parts of animal c) parts of flower

GRAMMAR

What you should know? a) Articles b) Conjunctions c) Pronouns - personal possessive reflexive d) Prepositions

GRAMMAR
e) Countable and uncountable nouns f) Question words WH questions g) Adverbs - describing verbs eg:walk slowly, run quickly h) Adjectives - describing nouns eg: pretty girl, naughty boy

Grammar
h) Singular and plural one chair - two chairs one rose - two roses one watch two watches
i) Conjunctions and,but,or,so,if,therefore

GRAMMAR
j) Tenses - present tense present continuous tense - past tense past continuous tense - future tense

GRAMMAR

k) Subject verb agreement

He She The boy The lady eats talks sleeps cooks I You The boys The ladies eat talk sleep cook

The child
The man The cat

plays
works meows

The children
The men The cats

play
work meow

GRAMMAR

l) Punctuation
. Full stop , comma ? Question mark ! Exclamation mark Capital letter apostrophe : colon

GRAMMAR
Collective nouns: a)A bouquet of flowers b)A troop of monkeys c)A herd of buffaloes d)A litter of kittens e)A bunch of keys f)A choir of singers

Clues:
1.No additional after the word to.. eg: to go to eat 2.There must be a Verb To Be before the ing form eg: He is going They are going I am eating

Now test your grammar!!

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. I had glass of milk for breakfast. The books belong to Mat.They are.. He is taller.Hashim ..bag is this? Dont put too.sugar to my tea. did you put my bag? Lina ran.the road He is absent .he is ill.

PAPER 2

SECTION A

CONSTRUCTING SENTENCES
To write 5 sentences based on a picture.

TO FORM 5 SENTENCES
1.List down the nouns and verbs Eg : girl man woman supermarket walking reading buying

Place them into columns

No 1 Nouns Man Verbs Sitting

2
3

Boys
Man

Swimming
reading

Boy

eating

Sample answer for weak pupils

1.The man is sitting 2.The man is walking 3. The woman is reading 4.The boys are looking at the man 5.They are at the supermarket

Sample answer for average pupils

1.The man is sitting on the bench. 2.The man is walking to the counter. 3.The woman is reading a newspaper. 4.The boys are looking at the tall man. 5.The supermarket is very clean.

Sample answer for good ones

1.The fat man is reading the newspaper under a big shady tree. 2.The boys are walking quickly to the counter. 3.The beautiful woman is looking at the dress displayed at the shop.

How to make your essay interesting

1 Use adjectives eg: fat man, tall boy, beautiful girl 2.Use adverbs eg: ran quickly, shouted loudly 3.Use similes/proverbs/idioms

SECTION B

QUESTION 2 Transfer of Information

WHAT TO WRITE?
1.
2. 3. 4. 5.

Choice/ option Reasons Subject matter/content Expansion Use of new words where necessary

Suggested sentences
Topic/area of interest 1. place/locations Reasons 1.It is near my house.So I can go there easily 2.It is a nice and beautiful place to visit. 1.It is the cheapest among the three. 2. I can afford to buy it

2. prices/costs/fees

3.Food/drinks

1.It is delicious and tasty 2.It is my favourite food 1. It is the most comfortable way of travelling 1.The offer is attractive 2.I can save my money

4.Transport/vehicle

5.Free discount

6. Activities/ Contest

1. The activities are interesting and challenging

7. Colours / patterns

1.I like the colour 2. It is my favourite colour

1. It takes shorter time to to reach the destination

8. Time /duration

SECTION C

QUESTION 3 NOTE EXPANSION

Some suggested expressions that can be used before starting a new sentence
1.Quickly 2. Suddenly.. 3.After that 4. While 5. As.

To end a composition
1.They went home tired but happy 2.They enjoyed themselves very much 3. He had learnt a good lesson 4. They are a happy family. 5. She thanked them for their kindness.

Some of the tips:

1. Look at the picture and try to answer the questions. eg: Who are they? What are they doing? 2. Look at the words given. Use the words to make meaningful sentences 3.Begin each sentences with capital letter 4. Arrange the words in paragraphs

Errors done by the candidates

1.handwriting - too stylish 2. Poor in punctuation 3. Using additional words that they dont understand - eg morever, therefore 4. Using words given although they dont understand the meanings

Errors done by the candidates

5. Copy down words wrongly
6. Not writing the choice 7. Not aware with the spelling of RM 8. Repeating same points/names

Conclusions
1.Read the instructions 2.Study the picture 3.Read the words and find the meaning 4.Underline the verbs to confirm the tenses 5.Story line intro, content, closure 6.Insert pronouns

THAT S ALL!!
Thank you very much for listening And may Allah gives his blessing to all of us.

Pn Faizah Sanusi SK Seri Utama