monthly test 1 English language

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SMK PUTERI WANGSA UJIAN PENILAIAN 1
BAHASA INGGERIS 1119 TINGKATAN 5
1 JAM 20 MINIT TAHUN 2019
NAMA :___________________________________________
TINGKATAN 5: _____________________________
Question 1 ;DIRECTED WRITING
[35 marks]
Q1 35
Q2 15
When writing the article you should remember:
 To give a suitable title
 To give your name as a writer
 To use all the information
 To provide an ending.
 To add two other reasons why your friend was chosen

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Section B
QUESTION 2
Read the poem ‘The Living Photograph’ by Jackie Kay and answer the following questions.
My small grandmother is tall there,
straight-back, white broderie anglaise shirt,
pleated skirt, flat shoes, grey bun,
a kind, old smile round her eyes.
Her big hand holds mine,
white hand in black hand.
Her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the eye.
It was true after all that look.
My tall grandmother became small.
Her back round and hunched.
Her soup forgot to boil.
She went to the awful place grandmothers go.
Somewhere unknown, unthinkable.
But there she is still,
in the photo with me at three,
the crinkled smile is still living, breathing.
A]
1. List an item the grandma is wearing.[1mark]
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2. Why do you think the writer‘s small grandmother is tall in the photo? [1mark]
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3.In the first stanza what does the word ‘there’ refers to? [1mark]
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4..Which line tells you that the writer and her grandmother come from different ethnic
background? [1mark]
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5.If you were to take care of your grandmother for a day, what would you doto makeherexperience an
unforgettable one? [2marks]
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SULIT
Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!' he said.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Some one had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volleyed & thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
6) Who does ‘he’ in stanza 1 refer to?
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7) ‘Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Some one had blundered’
What do these lines tell us about the soldiers?
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8) What did the soldiers do when they were attacked heavily?
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9) How do you think we should reward the soldiers who had fought for our country?
Suggest two ways.
i.
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ii.
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Read the following stanzas from the poem “A Poison Tree” by William Blake below and answer the
questions that follow.
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree
10 In Stanza 1, which word in the poem means anger?
(1 mark)
11 In Stanza 2, which phrase suggests that the persona pretended and used tricks?
(1 mark)
12 Why do you think the foe wanted the apple?
(1 mark)
13 The persona is happy to see his enemy dead. Do you think he is right to feel that way? Give
a reason.
2 marks
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