TECHNIQUES FOR TECHNIQUES FOR ANSWERINGANSWERING

UPSR QUESTIONSUPSR QUESTIONS

BY BY PUAN ZAKIAH BINTI DINPUAN ZAKIAH BINTI DIN

PAPER 1PAPER 1

VOCABULARYVOCABULARY

TOPICSTOPICS

1. Animals1. Animals2. Plants (Flowers, Fruits, Vegetables)2. Plants (Flowers, Fruits, Vegetables)3. Transportation3. Transportation4. Occupations4. Occupations5. Common Clothings5. Common Clothings6. Parts of the Body6. Parts of the Body7. Buildings/Parts of the buildings7. Buildings/Parts of the buildings8. Calendar/Time8. Calendar/Time9. Numbers9. Numbers10. Food/Drinks10. Food/Drinks

11. Relationship11. Relationship

12. Objects12. Objects

13. Places13. Places

14. Musical Instruments14. Musical Instruments

15. Games/Sports/Hobbies15. Games/Sports/Hobbies

16. Currency/Nationality16. Currency/Nationality

17. Events17. Events

18. Greetings18. Greetings

19. Festivals19. Festivals

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ANSWERANSWER

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Paper 1Paper 12.Grammar 2.Grammar

1. Articles1. Articles2. Pronouns2. Pronouns3. Adjectives3. Adjectives4. Adverbs4. Adverbs5. Nouns5. Nouns6. Conjunctions6. Conjunctions7. Prepositions7. Prepositions

8. Wh-questions8. Wh-questions

9. Modals9. Modals

10. Synonyms10. Synonyms

11. Antonyms11. Antonyms

12. Quantifier12. Quantifier

13. Tenses 13. Tenses

(a) Simple Present Tense(a) Simple Present Tense

(b) Simple Past Tense(b) Simple Past Tense

(c) Simple Future Tense(c) Simple Future Tense

(d) Present / Past Continuous(d) Present / Past Continuous

(e) Present / Past / Perfect(e) Present / Past / Perfect

14. Question Tags14. Question Tags

PassagesPassages

1.Time-table1.Time-table

2. Schedule2. Schedule

3. Plan3. Plan

4. Map4. Map

5. Graph5. Graph

6. Charts – Bar chart 6. Charts – Bar chart

Pie chartPie chart

7. Recipe7. Recipe

8. Menu8. Menu

9. Note/Memo9. Note/Memo

10. Messages10. Messages

11. Postcards11. Postcards

12. Poster12. Poster

13. Picture/Pictures13. Picture/Pictures

14. Method14. Method

15. Book Review/Book Report15. Book Review/Book Report

16. Extract of story/Stories16. Extract of story/Stories

17. Poem17. Poem18. Notice18. Notice19. Announcement19. Announcement20. Advertisement20. Advertisement21. Label21. Label22. Report22. Report23. List23. List24. Form24. Form25. TV/Radio Programmes25. TV/Radio Programmes26. Process26. Process

27. Duty roster27. Duty roster28. Diary28. Diary29. E-mail29. E-mail30. Speech30. Speech31. News report31. News report32. Factual 32. Factual 33. Narrative33. Narrative34. Dialogue34. Dialogue35. Telephone Conversation35. Telephone Conversation36. Letter – formal & informal36. Letter – formal & informal

My BonnieMy Bonnie

My Bonnie lies over the ocean.My Bonnie lies over the sea

My Bonnie lies over the ocean.O bring back my Bonnie to me.

Bring backOh bring back

Oh bring back my Bonnie to me,to meBring back, Oh bring back,

Oh bring back my Bonnie to me

PAPER TWOPAPER TWOQUESTION 1QUESTION 1

1.1. Study the picture given.Study the picture given.2.2. Study the words given – Find which are nouns Study the words given – Find which are nouns

and verbs.and verbs.3.3. Think what tense to use ! ( Present, Past or Think what tense to use ! ( Present, Past or

Future)Future)4.4. When writing, be careful of these :When writing, be careful of these :

- spelling- spelling- punctuation- punctuation- grammar- grammar- writing- writing

5. Check your answers.5. Check your answers.

Example of question 1Example of question 1

classroomclassroom teacherteacher chairschairs teachingteaching MathematicsMathematics

pupilspupils sittingsitting listeninglistening blackboardblackboard in frontin front

List down the nouns and the verbs.List down the nouns and the verbs.

Nouns VerbsNouns Verbs• ___________ 1 . _____________________ 1 . __________• ________________________ 2. ___________ 2. ___________• ________________________ 3. ___________ 3. ___________• ________________________ 4. ___________ 4. ___________• ________________________ 5. __________ 5. __________

Question 1Question 1

NounsNouns VerbsVerbs

pupilspupils sitting / learningsitting / learning

teacherteacher Standing / teachingStanding / teaching

blackboardblackboard

classroomclassroom

chairs and deskschairs and desks

How to construct sentencesHow to construct sentences

1. The teacher is teaching. 1. The teacher is teaching.

2. The pupils are learning.2. The pupils are learning.

3. They are in the classroom.3. They are in the classroom.

4. The blackboard is big.4. The blackboard is big.

5. There are many desks and chairs. 5. There are many desks and chairs.

Sample answer for average Sample answer for average pupilspupils

1.1. The teacher is standing in front of the The teacher is standing in front of the classroom.classroom.

2.2. She is teaching the pupils.She is teaching the pupils.

3.3. The pupils are learning Mathematics.The pupils are learning Mathematics.

4.4. They are sitting on the chair.They are sitting on the chair.

5.5. The teacher and the pupils are in the The teacher and the pupils are in the classroom.classroom.

Sample answer for good onesSample answer for good ones

1.1. The teacher who is standing in front of The teacher who is standing in front of the classroom is teaching Mathematics.the classroom is teaching Mathematics.

2.2. The pupils who are sitting quietly on the The pupils who are sitting quietly on the chair are learning Mathematics.chair are learning Mathematics.

3.3. The teacher and the pupils are in the The teacher and the pupils are in the classroom.classroom.

4.4. The big blackboard is behind the The big blackboard is behind the teacher.teacher.

5.5. The chairs and desks are arranged The chairs and desks are arranged neatly.neatly.

Paper 2 – Question 2Paper 2 – Question 2( Information Transfer )( Information Transfer )

Read the information given carefully and try to Read the information given carefully and try to understand.understand.

Note carefully the differences between the Note carefully the differences between the three three items.items.

When you transfer the information given, please be When you transfer the information given, please be careful of the following:careful of the following:

- Spelling- Spelling

- Punctuation- Punctuation

- Information ( complete information)- Information ( complete information)

- Writing ( RM, the amount )- Writing ( RM, the amount )

Example 1 – Question 2 (A)Example 1 – Question 2 (A)Choosing a CakeChoosing a Cake

Cheese CakeCheese Cake Durian CakeDurian Cake Ice cream CakeIce cream Cake RM 40.00 per kgRM 40.00 per kg Strawberry Strawberry and raspberry and raspberry filling.filling. Mango slices Mango slices topping.topping. Available Available immediately immediately RoundRound

RM 48.00 per kgRM 48.00 per kg Durian fillingDurian filling Chopped Chopped almonds andalmonds and cherries toppingcherries topping Available Available immediatelyimmediately RectangularRectangular

RM 50.00 per kgRM 50.00 per kg Chocolate ice Chocolate ice cream fillingcream filling Jelly and mixed Jelly and mixed fruits toppingfruits topping Need to orderNeed to order cake one day cake one day before before TriangularTriangular

Complete the table.Complete the table.

Cheese cakeCheese cake Durian cakeDurian cake Ice cream Ice cream cakecake

FillingsFillings ChocolateChocolate

Ice-creamIce-cream

ToppingsToppings Mango slicesMango slices

ShapeShape RectangularRectangular

PricePrice RM 48 per kgRM 48 per kg

AvailabilityAvailability ImmediatelyImmediately

Answer :Answer :Cheese Cheese

cakecakeDurian cakeDurian cake Ice cream Ice cream

cakecake

FillingsFillings Strawberry Strawberry and and

raspberryraspberry

DurianDurian ChocolateChocolate

ToppingsToppings Mango Mango slicesslices

Chopped Chopped almonds almonds

and cherriesand cherries

Jelly and Jelly and mixed fruitsmixed fruits

ShapeShape RoundRound RectangularRectangular TriangularTriangular

PricePrice RM 40 per RM 40 per kgkg

RM 48 per kgRM 48 per kg RM 50 per kgRM 50 per kg

AvailabilityAvailability ImmediatelyImmediately ImmediatelyImmediately One day One day beforebefore

Tips to answer question 2 (B) Tips to answer question 2 (B) State your choiceState your choice Write simple sentencesWrite simple sentences Make sure of your tenseMake sure of your tense Don’t make these mistakes:Don’t make these mistakes:

- Spelling- Spelling

- Punctuation- Punctuation

- Grammar- Grammar Copy the information carefully.Copy the information carefully. Write neatly and clearlyWrite neatly and clearly

* Food* Food- favourite- favourite- clean- clean- healthy- healthy- nice- nice- delicious/tasty- delicious/tasty- balanced diet- balanced diet- junk food- junk food- nutritious- nutritious- good- good

Some useful vocabulary for Some useful vocabulary for Question 2Question 2

*Price*Price

- cheap- cheap

- expensive- expensive

- low- low

- high- high

- reasonable- reasonable

- affordable- affordable

- worth buying- worth buying

* Place* Place- suitable- suitable- interesting- interesting- dull- dull- popular- popular- busy/quiet- busy/quiet- clean/dirty- clean/dirty- frightening- frightening- small/big- small/big- airy- airy- beautiful- beautiful- spacious- spacious- comfortable- comfortable

- convenient- convenient

* Colour* Colour- colourful- colourful

- interesting- interesting- light- light

- dull- dull- favourite- favourite- beautiful- beautiful

* Offer* Offer - good- good

- interesting- interesting - useful- useful - free- free

- valuable- valuable

* Prize* Prize- good- good- interesting- interesting- valuable- valuable- worthy- worthy- many/ a lot- many/ a lot- useful- useful

* Date/Day/Time* Date/Day/Time- suitable- suitable- valuable- valuable- punctual- punctual- free- free- the best- the best

Question 2 (B)Question 2 (B)If you were to buy a cake for your mother’s If you were to buy a cake for your mother’s

birthday, which one would you choose? Give birthday, which one would you choose? Give reasons for your choice.reasons for your choice.

I would buy the _______________ because I would buy the _______________ because ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sample answer :Sample answer :

I would buy the I would buy the cheese cakecheese cake because because my mother likes cheese my mother likes cheese cake. The price is only RM40.00 per cake. The price is only RM40.00 per kg. It has strawberry and raspberry kg. It has strawberry and raspberry fillings. The topping is mango slices. It fillings. The topping is mango slices. It is round.It is available immediately.is round.It is available immediately.

These are the reasons why I choose These are the reasons why I choose the cake for my mother. the cake for my mother.

QUESTION 3QUESTION 3Be careful of the following :Be careful of the following :

SPELLINGSPELLING

PUNCTUATIONPUNCTUATION

GRAMMARGRAMMAR

WRITINGWRITING

How to answer the paper ????How to answer the paper ????A. Before writing :A. Before writing :1.1. Read Instruction (Baca arahan)Read Instruction (Baca arahan)2.2. Study Pictures (Kaji gambar)Study Pictures (Kaji gambar)3.3. Read – meaning ( Baca – cari makna )Read – meaning ( Baca – cari makna )4.4. Underline verbs (Gariskan perbuatan)Underline verbs (Gariskan perbuatan)

- Confirm Present or Past Tense- Confirm Present or Past TensePresent tense (__s ,__es,__ies )Present tense (__s ,__es,__ies )Past tense ( __d, __ed)Past tense ( __d, __ed)Continuous tense (__ing)Continuous tense (__ing)

5. Mark full stops (Tandakan noktah)5. Mark full stops (Tandakan noktah)6. Story line (Buat jalan cerita) 6. Story line (Buat jalan cerita) 7. Insert pronouns (Selitkan Kata Ganti Nama)7. Insert pronouns (Selitkan Kata Ganti Nama)

For the week pupilsFor the week pupils

Study the three pictures given Study the three pictures given List down all the nouns and verbs that can List down all the nouns and verbs that can

be found in the pictures. be found in the pictures. Match the nouns and the verbs.Match the nouns and the verbs. Use the correct pronouns and tenses.Use the correct pronouns and tenses. Be careful of :Be careful of :

- Spelling- Spelling- Punctuation- Punctuation- Singular and plural- Singular and plural

Write a story based on the Write a story based on the pictures givenpictures given

Nouns/PronounsNouns/Pronouns VerbsVerbs

Pak HamidPak Hamid hashas

Restaurant (It)Restaurant (It) isis

foodfood isis

Nouns/PronounsNouns/Pronouns VerbsVerbs

cookscooks cookingcooking

TheyThey wearingwearing

KitchenKitchen isis

Nouns/PronounsNouns/Pronouns VerbsVerbs

WaiterWaiter takingtaking

CustomersCustomers sittingsitting

TheyThey eatingeating

Pak Hamid has a restaurant. It is big. The food is tasty. The cooks are cooking in the kitchen. They are wearing uniforms. The kitchen is clean. The waiter is taking the order. The customers are sitting on the chair. They are eating.

The best way to write :The best way to write :

Use these ideas to make your essaymore interesting

use adjectives and adverbs

where possiblee.g. tasty food

run quickly

use similes, proverbs, idioms,

expressions

add a little ‘twist’that is, something

unexpected

Be careful! You must pay attention to Be careful! You must pay attention to as you write, or when you are as you write, or when you are

checking through your composition.checking through your composition.

the main tense used in thecomposition

subject-verb agreement

punctuationspelling

Don’t forget to plan your time !Don’t forget to plan your time !

5 steps to follow :5 steps to follow :Read the questions and instructions properly

Plan what you’re going to write (use a mind map)

Organise your ideas into paragraphs

Write the composition

Check your answer

SimilesSimiles as beautiful as the rainbowas beautiful as the rainbow as proud as a peacockas proud as a peacock as big as an elephantas big as an elephant as busy as a bee/ an antas busy as a bee/ an ant as clear as crystalas clear as crystal as cold as iceas cold as ice as deep as a wellas deep as a well as fast as lightningas fast as lightning as green as grassas green as grass as happy as a childas happy as a child as hungry as a wolfas hungry as a wolf as loud as thunderas loud as thunder as white as snowas white as snow as slow as a tortoise/ a snailas slow as a tortoise/ a snail as silent as the graveas silent as the grave as stupid as a donkeyas stupid as a donkey as sweet as honey/ sugaras sweet as honey/ sugar

IDIOMSIDIOMSWhat is an idiom ????What is an idiom ????

An idiom is a phrase or An idiom is a phrase or sentence in which simple sentence in which simple words are used to convey a words are used to convey a special meaning. special meaning.

Example of Idioms:Example of Idioms: A black sheep A black sheep : a- good-for-nothing person.: a- good-for-nothing person.

e.g. Hilmi always causes trouble in his family. e.g. Hilmi always causes trouble in his family. He is a He is a black sheepblack sheep in the family. in the family.

A snake in the grassA snake in the grass : a secret enemy : a secret enemye.g. I thought she was my friend until she e.g. I thought she was my friend until she betrayed me. Only than I did know that she betrayed me. Only than I did know that she was was a snake in the grassa snake in the grass..

Apple of the eyeApple of the eye : someone dearly loved : someone dearly lovede.g. He is the e.g. He is the apple of his mother’s eyeapple of his mother’s eye..

From A to ZFrom A to Z : from the beginning to the : from the beginning to the end.end.e.g. She studied the subject e.g. She studied the subject from A to Zfrom A to Z..

Once in a blue moonOnce in a blue moon : very rarely. : very rarely.e.g. I go to the cinema e.g. I go to the cinema once in a blue once in a blue moon.moon.

Now and thenNow and then : from time to time: from time to timee.g. We do visit the library e.g. We do visit the library now and thennow and then..

With flying coloursWith flying colours : to be very : to be very successful; to do very wellsuccessful; to do very welle.g. She passed the examinations with e.g. She passed the examinations with flying colours. Her parents were very flying colours. Her parents were very proud of her.proud of her.

To lend a handTo lend a hand : to help : to helpe.g. My car has broken down. Can you lend e.g. My car has broken down. Can you lend me a hand?me a hand?

To rain cats and dogsTo rain cats and dogs : rain very heavily : rain very heavilye.g. It was raining cats and dogs this morning.e.g. It was raining cats and dogs this morning.

To sell like hot cakesTo sell like hot cakes : to be sold off quickly : to be sold off quicklye.g. The books sold like hot cakes because e.g. The books sold like hot cakes because they were very popular.they were very popular.

To talk bigTo talk big : to boast : to boaste.g. Don’t talk big. I know who you are.e.g. Don’t talk big. I know who you are.

To look down uponTo look down upon : to despise : to despisee.g. It is wrong to look down upon the poor.e.g. It is wrong to look down upon the poor.

Example essay for question 3:Example essay for question 3:

Picture 1 – night – Salim – sleeping Picture 1 – night – Salim – sleeping - crash – woke up - rushed – - crash – woke up - rushed – windowwindow

Picture 2 – ran – outside – dark – Picture 2 – ran – outside – dark – accident – people –hurt – telephoneaccident – people –hurt – telephone

Picture 3 – ambulance – police – Picture 3 – ambulance – police – arrived – proud –help - victimsarrived – proud –help - victims

accident

ADVERBS- sleeping soundly- ran quickly- hurt badly- woke up quickly

SIMILES-ran as fast as a deer- proud as a peacock

NEW INFORMATION- location of Salim’s house- type of vehicles involved in accident- possible reasons for accident

ADJECTIVES- cool night- loud crash- terrible accident- young people- local people- large ambulance- injured victims

TWIST- Salim himself

meets an accident as he is running out of the house after calling foran ambulance

One One coolcool Sunday night, Salim was Sunday night, Salim was sleeping sleeping soundlysoundly in his room. in his room. His His house was at the junction of a busy house was at the junction of a busy road.road.

Suddenly, he heard a Suddenly, he heard a loudloud crash. He crash. He woke up and rushed woke up and rushed quickly quickly to his to his window. When he saw what had window. When he saw what had happened, happened, his face turned pale. He his face turned pale. He looked like he had seen a ghost.looked like he had seen a ghost.

adjectivenew information

adverb

other expressions

Salim ran outside Salim ran outside quicklyquickly. It was . It was dark but he could see that a dark but he could see that a terrible terrible accident had happened. accident had happened. Two cars had Two cars had crashed head-oncrashed head-on. Some . Some young young people people in both cars were hurt in both cars were hurt badlybadly. . He He suspected that both cars had beensuspected that both cars had been speeding.speeding.

Salim ran Salim ran as fast as lightningas fast as lightning into into his house to telephone the his house to telephone the locallocal police police and the ambulance.and the ambulance.

adverb new information

simile

adjective

He He dashed outdashed out again. again. Unfortunately, as he was running Unfortunately, as he was running down the road, he tripped over a rock down the road, he tripped over a rock and fell down. Poor Salim! He hurt his and fell down. Poor Salim! He hurt his leg and his right armleg and his right arm..

Within five minutes, a Within five minutes, a large large ambulance arrived. The young people ambulance arrived. The young people were taken to the hospital. Salim felt were taken to the hospital. Salim felt as as proud as a peacockproud as a peacock because he had because he had helped thehelped the injured injured victims.victims.

Other expressions adjective

twist

simile

SONGSONGPEASE PUDDINGPEASE PUDDING

Pease pudding hotPease pudding hotPease pudding coldPease pudding cold

Pease pudding in the potPease pudding in the potNine days oldNine days old

Some like it hot Some like it hot Some like it coldSome like it cold

Some like itSome like itin the potin the pot

Nine days oldNine days old

Thank YouThank You

Hope you will pass Hope you will pass

with flying colours.with flying colours.

Good luck.Good luck.