strategies to help pupils to tackle paper 1

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Strategies to Tackle Paper 1


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What is to be tested in Paper 1?

Knowledge and understanding ofvocabulary

Knowledge and understanding ofgrammar

Knowledge and understanding of

spelling & punctuation Reading skills


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Guidelines forQuestions 1 - 10

Vocabulary

This section tests on pupilsvocabulary at either word, phrase orsentence levels.

Pupils must have a good knowledgeand understanding of vocabulary inorder to answer the questions. Ifthere are graphics, pupils must look

carefully at the graphics beforeanswering.


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Vocabulary

Objects

Clothing

Activities Transport

Places

Games

Animals

Relationship Occupation

Food


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Read the questions carefully

Check on the clue word /words

Check all the possible answers

Word level (Questions 1 4)


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Vocabulary (Word Level)Example

1. A ________ is a place wherescientists conduct experiments.

A kitchen

B lab

C clinic

D cinema


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Vocabulary Word Level

Vocabulary lab Clues place where scientists

conduct experiments


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Vocabulary audience

Clues listening/speaker gave hisspeech


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Vocabulary safari

Clues wild animals / park in Africa


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Vocabulary oil-lamp

Clues lights the / getting dark


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Phrases (Questions 5 7 )

Some samples of phrases are;

Collective nouns (a bouquet offlowers, a troop of soldiers)

Adverbial phrases (sleep soundly,

more popularthan me) Similes (as busy as a bee, as kind

as an angel)

Phrasal verbs (ran awayfromhome, fell down this morning)

Phrasal quantifiers (some books onthe table, a fewringgits)
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Phrase Level ( Questions 5 7)

Read the paragraph given

Study the pictures Check on clue word / words


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Phrase Level (Questions 5 7)


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(phrase level)

Vocabulary collective nouns

Clue : picture offlamingoes ata pond


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(phrase level)

Vocabulary prepositional

phrase Clue : picture of seeds in hand


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(phrase level)

Vocabulary prepositional phrase

Clue : picture of seeds in a packet


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Sentence Level

Questions 8 - 10

Get clues from:

the subjects

the verbs the time or place described


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Questions 8 10 (sentence level)

Study the pictures carefully

Check and read all the possibleanswers

Decide the best possible answerthat descibes the picture as awhole.


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Question 8

(sentence level)

Clue The picture shows a boy anda man making a wooden shelf.


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Question 9

(sentence level)

Clue The picture shows a girlmaking a basket.


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Question 10

(sentence level)

Clue The picture shows a womanfeeding a cat a fish.


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Types of situations and responses

(Questions 11 15)

Greetings & saying farewell

Introducing yourself or friends

Asking for specific objects, permission Greetings during festival

Making encouraging remarks

Congratulating

Offering assistance

Seeking and making suggestions


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Types of situations and responses

(Questions 11 15)

Excusing yourself

Making an emergency call

Apologising Offering sympathy

Inviting someone to a function

Seeking clarification, confirmation

Showing concern

Expressing gratitude


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SOCIAL EXPRESSIONS

(Q 11 15)

Understand the situation in eachpicture.

Read what the person is saying ineach picture carefully.

Ask this question, What will be asuitable sentence to respond to

what is being said?


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SOCIAL EXPRESSIONS

(Q 11 15)

If not sure of the answer, read thelist of answers given to see if anyof them fits the situation. Find asuitable response.

To do well in this section, pupilsmust get used to the different

language forms and functions inthe English Language.


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1. Look at the picture and identify

The relationship between the twospeakers. E.g. mother and son,teacher and pupil, two friends, etc.

The place in which the dialoguetakes place. e.g. in a bus, canteen,house, library, at the playground,etc.

The action by one or both thespeakers. E.g. receiving prize,looking at an object, waving hands,etc.


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2. Read the words spoken by one of

the speakers and identify

The purpose of the words spoken byone of the speakers. E.g. is thespeaker making a statement, askingquestions or exclaiming a word, etc.

The second speakers possibleresponse. E.g. could the response

be positive or negative or must itcontain information or showpoliteness?


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Remember :

The speech bubble at the topindicates the speech of the firstspeaker

The speech bubble at the bottomindicates the speech of the secondspeaker.


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Do not choose statement

with negative attitude.

First speaker

Secondspeaker


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Questions 11 - 15


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Question 11

Clue play basketball / court


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Question 12

Clue second speaker answersNo/ Question should either startwith Is or Are


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Question 13

Clue hand gesture of the secondspeaker


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Question 14

Clue first speaker is introducingsomeone to the second speaker


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Question 15

Clue action of the first speaker


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Grammar (Questions 16 - 20)

Areas of grammars

Nouns singular& plural-table,tables

Pronouns-he,she,they

Adjectives-huge,round

Tenses-present,past

Adverbs-angry,fast

Preposition-in,on,between

Articles-a,an,the

WH-questionwords-who,what,where

Conjunctions-an,but,because

Verbs-do,live,like

Spelling Punctuation

marks-? . , !


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GRAMMAR

Questions 16-20

Read the questions carefully

Study the picture (if any) Look for clue word / words

Be extra careful with the tenses.


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Question 16 adjective

Question 17 conjunction

Question 18 verbs (plural) Question 19 future tense

Question 20 article / possessivepronoun


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Opposite/Same (Question 21)

Read the instruction.

Determine if the question is askingfor opposite meaning or samemeaning.

Read the sentence and choose thebest answer.


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Questions 22-23 (Spelling)

Read each suggested answerscarefully.

If possible, segment the words.Be aware of the spellings of each

suggested answers.

Choose the best answer that youthink has the correct spelling.


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Questions 24-25 (Punctuation)

Read each sentences carefully.

Listen carefully to the intonation as

you read the sentences.Be aware of the capital letters,

commas and other punctuation

marks.Choose the best answer that you

think is correct.


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Make sure you know how to use all these properly -

( . ) full stop(?) question mark

( ) apostrophes

( , ) comma

( ! ) exclamation mark,

( ) inverted commas,

( A-Z ) capital letters, etc.


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T t C l ti


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Text Completion

(Questions 26 30)

Look at the picture carefully.

Ask, What is this picture about?

Read the passage at least twice.Underline all the verbs, thetenses used. This will give cluesto choose the best answer.

Read it again to see if the answersmake sense.


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READING COMPREHENSIONcontains 2 texts for reading in the form of:-

Questions 31 35 (non-lineartext)

- posters, timetables, TV or movieguides, product labels, notices,advertisements, charts, graphs

Questions 36 40 (linear text)

- e-mails, dialogues, formal orinformal letters, newspaper reports,stories, speeches


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Steps in answeringcomprehension questions

Read the passage quickly to get ageneral idea of the passage(skimming).

Do not waste time on difficultwords.

Read the questions given (study

the needs of the questions).


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Read through the passage slowly andcarefully a second time (scanning) tofind answers to given questions.

Underline words or phrases which mayhelp. Read the questions carefully again,

paying attention to words in bold /italic

or words in quotation marks.(e.g. best / most probably /them inline .)


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From the options A, B, C and D,cancel the impossible answers.Then, check the remaining optionsfor the BEST possible answer.

For the vocabulary question,choosea word that is of the same tense

and part of speech as the originalword.


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If a question is difficult, do otherquestions first and come back to itlater.

Dont leave any questionsunanswered.

Guidelines for Questions 31 40


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Guidelines for Questions 31 - 40

Reading Comprehension

When asked to select asuitable title for the passage,choose the one which bestsummarises the passage as awhole

Because many questions have

the word because. Thesequestions ask about REASONS,which areWHYquestions


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Except, not, untrue some of theoptions contain WRONG details.Check the text and cross out the

options that are wrongMost probably, best, main all

given choices may be correct in

some ways. Think carefullybefore answering.


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Can best be replaced by read theparagraph where the word orphrases is used. Replace it with

each option. Choose the one thatfits the meaning in the sentence.[Be extra careful with words that

have more than a meaning]e.g. bank, bow, tear, watch


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