Tips Strategies Answering English Paper 1 UPSR

Topics to covered

NO TOPICS EXAMPLES REMARKS

1- Collective Noun

2- Animal

3- Buildings

4- Clothing

5- Events

6- Food & Beverages

7- Tools

8- People

9- Occupation

10- Sports, Activities, Hobby

11- Parts of Body

12- Weather

13- Transport

14- Colour and Shape

15- Day, Month, Year

NO GRAMMAR EXAMPLES REMARKS

1- Nouns Common, proper, gender, numeral, collective, countable uncountable

2- Articles A, an, the

3- Pronouns Personal, Possessive, Demonstrative

4- Conjunction And, but, so, because, or

5- Preposition On, in, behind, between

6- Adjectives Positive, Comparative, Superlative

7- Adverbs -ly, soundly, happily, quickly

8- Tenses Present, Past, Continuous,Future, Participle

9- Modals must, have to, *could,*should

10- Subject-Verb Agreement

11- Positive negative Statements

12- Questions and Responses WH questions

13- Punctuation Capitalize, comma, full stop

14- Sentence Types 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.

Extra Tips & Hints

Find clues given to help you.

Underlined the clues.

Mark (X) if you find the option is wrong.

·Choose/circle the best answer

SECTION AVOCABULARY

10 multiple choice questions

• Word level : Question 1 - 4 ( 4 questions )

X

X x

• Phrase level : Question 5 – 7 ( 3 questions )

biscuits

sandwiches

magazines

• Sentence level : Question 8 – 10 ( 3 questions )

Tests pupil's knowledge and understanding in vocabulary.

SECTION BSOCIAL EXPRESSIONS

• Social expressions : Question 11 – 15 ( 5 questions )

Test on social expressions used in various situations.

greetings introducing oneself / others requesting objects telephone conversations 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 clue

SECTION CGRAMMAR

10 multiple-choice questionsTest pupil’s knowledge and understanding in grammar, spelling and punctuation.

• Grammar : Question 16 – 21 ( 6 questions )Test pupil’s knowledge and understanding in grammar.

Read the grammar items in the table, make sure you cover all the topics.

• Punctuation : Question 22 – 23 ( 2 questions )Test pupil’s knowledge and understanding in punctuation

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.

Don’t lose marks (2 marks) for these questions. Level of question : Easy, moderate

SECTION DGRAMMAR TEXT COMPLETION

1 passage which describes a picture

• Text Completion : Question 26 – 30 ( 5 questions )

Test on language items such as nouns, tenses, adjectives, conjunctions etc.

SECTION ECOMPREHENSION

2 passages of linear and non-linear texts.5 multiple choice questions are set for each passage. Multiple

choice questions (comprehension questions)

Interesting buildings in Malacca

1

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.

2

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.

3

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 Xavier’s Church, built in 1849. It has two

towers by the side of the entrance.4

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.

Tips And Hints

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

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