Tips for English 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                                  verbs                                      nouns (things)

 

                Father                                      drinking                                    food & drinks

                Mother                                     putting                                      mat

                Boy                                          watching                                  tree

                Girl                                           eating                                       park

                                                                sitting                                        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 5–10minutes (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 pupil’s knowledge and understanding in grammar, spelling and punctuation.

• Grammar : Question 16  – 21 ( 6 questions )
Test pupil’s 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 pupil’s 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.

Don’t lose marks (2 marks) for these questions.

Level of question : Easy, moderate.

• Spelling : Question 24  – 25 ( 2 questions )
Test pupil’s 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.

Don’t 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