Bin Hwa was studying late one evening when he saw black smoke coming from his neighbor's house. Without wasting time, he ran out of his bedroom and woke up his parents, telling them about the fire and calling the fire brigade. The firemen arrived quickly and put out the fire, and the owner of the house and his family were safely thanks to Bin Hwa's quick action.

1. 23 MARCH 2013
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
SJK (C) PA YAI

2. SECTION C
• READ AND UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTION.
• IDENTIFY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE
QUESTION, USE THE PERSONAL NAME GIVEN
INSTEAD OF YOUR DESIRED NAME.
• OBSERVE THE PICTURES AND UNDERSTAND
THE WORDS GIVEN
• IDENTIFY AND WRITE YOUR SENTENCES
USING THE FORM OF TENSES GIVEN.

3. SECTION C
• INTRODUCE YOUR SUBJECT AS THE BEGINNING.
• ADD IDEAS BY USING YOUR OWN WORDS
– VERBS, NOUNS, ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
• USE SIMPLE AND COMPOUND SENTENCES, THOSE
WHO ARE EXCELLENT SHOULD USE COMPLEX
SENTENCES.
• USE INTERESTING EXPRESSIONS SUCH AS
SIMILES, PROVERBS AND IDIOMS.

4. Where are you?
Cemerlang Galus
Paper 1 (40) 34 18
Paper 2 7 3
Section A
(10)
Paper 2 12 9
Section B
(15)
Paper 2 11 6
Section C
(15)
64 / 80 = 36 / 80 =

5. Section C
Band Scores
A 13 – 15
( Cemerlang )
B 9 – 12
C 5 – 8
( Galus )
D 1 – 4

6. How to write creatively
To get Band A, pupils must be
able to write a variety of
sentences
1) Simple Sentence
2) Compound Sentence
3) Complex Sentence ( How )

7. Ways to expand a
sentence
• How I do it ?
1) who ( adjective )
2) doing what ( adverb )
3) when ( time )
4) where ( place )
5) why ( reason )

8. Expanding a simple
sentence
• Eg; The boy ran.
Who ( Adjective )
 The lazy boy ran.
Doing What ( Adverb )
The lazy boy ran quickly.

9. When ( time )
 After school, the lazy boy ran
quickly.
Where ( place )
 After school, the lazy boy ran
quickly to the field.
Why ( reason )
 After school, the lazy boy ran quickly
to the field to play football with his
friends.

10. Expanding a compound
sentence
• Eg; Ali saw a cat and chased it away.
• 1. Ali saw a fat Persian cat and
chased it away angrily.
• 2. Ali saw a fat Persian cat and
chased it away angrily this morning.
• 3. Ali saw a fat Persian cat and
chased it away angrily at school this
morning.

11. Expanding a complex
sentence
• Eg; He is the guy who killed the
monkey.
• 1. He is the bad guy who killed
the cheeky monkey.
• 2. He is the bad guy who killed
the cheeky monkey mercilessly.
• 3. He is the bad guy who killed a
troop of cheeky monkeys mercilessly
at the orchard yesterday morning.

12. Changing a Simple
Sentence
to a Complex Sentence
Eg, Michael played football in the field.
- Michael, whose father is a manager,
played football well in the grassy field
near his school with his good friends
yesterday afternoon after completing
his homework.

13. Changing a Compound
Sentence to a Complex
Sentence
Eg, Michelle took a pen and threw it at
Atan.
- Michelle quickly took a blue pen and
threw it hard at Atan, who enjoys
playing tricks on others, in the
classroom this morning.

14. Write confidently

15. 1) Bin Hwa was studying late in the
evening.
2) He looked out the window.
3) He was shocked.
4) He saw black smoke.
Bin Hwa, who is a diligent boy, was
studying late in the evening in his
bedroom.
When he was tired, he looked out the
window.
He was totally shocked when he saw
thick black smoke coming out of his

16. 1) He ran out of his bedroom.
2) He shouted to wake his parents up.
3) He phoned the fire brigade.
• Without wasting time, he quickly ran
out of his bedroom and shouted loudly
to wake his parents up.
• After telling his parents about the fire,
he immediately phoned the fire
brigade before it was too late.

17. 1) The firemen arrived.
2) They put out the fire.
3) The owner of the house was safe.
4) He thanked the firemen and Bin Hwa.
Soon the firemen arrived and quickly
put out the raging fire.
The owner of the house and his family
fortunately were safe.
He thanked Bin Hwa gratefully for his
quick action.
Bin Hwa’s parents were very proud of
him.

18. a. Bin Hwa, who is a diligent
boy, was studying late in the
evening in his bedroom. When
he was tired, he looked out
the window. He was totally
shocked when he saw thick
black smoke coming out of his
neighbour’s house.

19. b. Without wasting time, he
quickly ran out of his bedroom
and shouted loudly to wake
his parents up. After telling his
parents about the fire, he
immediately phoned the fire
brigade before it was too late.

20. c. Soon ten firemen in a fire
engine arrived and they
quickly put out the fire. The
owner of the house and his
family fortunately were safe.
He thanked Bin Hwa gratefully
for his quick action. Bin Hwa’s
parents were very proud of
him.

21. 2011
a. Yesterday, Michelle, who studies in
SJK(C) Chong Hwa, and her friends
were very nervous as a few nurses
came to their school to check their
health. All the pupils including
Michelle waited outside the hall for
their turns to have injections.

22. b. Michelle was talking to her friend
when she saw one of her classmates
crying after being given an injection
by the nurse. Meanwhile, Peter, who
sits next to Michelle, was so scared
that he quietly ran away. However, his
action was noticed by their teacher.

23. c. Mrs Tan, Michelle’s class teacher
somehow was able to bring Peter
back to the hall. At that time, Peter
was still crying. So, Mrs Tan tried her
best to persuade Peter to have an
injection. After Peter had taken an
injection, Mrs Tan gave him a bar of
chocolate that she had promised.

24. SECTION B
• CONTENTS MUST BE TRANFERRED
CORRECTLY WITHOUT ANY
SPELLING ERRORS.
• NEVER WRITE A SINGLE WORD IN
CAPITAL LETTERS.
• PAY ATTENTION TO
PREPOSITIONS IN THE PASSAGE

25. SECTION B
• USE ‘FROM ..TO’ ( eg. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
• QUESTIONS NORMALLY ARE ASKED
FROM TOP TO THE END OF THE TEXT.
• CROSS OFF WORDS IN THE TEXT THAT
HAVE APPEARED IN THE PASSAGE.

26. Answering Section B

27. Practice A
1. a wedding dinner
2. at Paradise Lagoon Hotel
in
3. 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.
4. sweet sour prawns and
crab sambal
5. About 300 guests

28. Practice B
a) an outdoor activity
b) go at weekends
c) relaxing and it saves
money too
d) a fishing rod, hooks and
some baits
e) fishing at ponds, rivers
and seas

29. SECTION A
(Requirement)
• WRITE ONE SHORT SIMPLE SENTENCE.
• MUST USE BOTH WORDS GIVEN.
• OBSERVE PICTURES GIVEN WELL.
WRITE WHAT YOU SEE NOT WHAT YOU
THINK. Eg, number of persons/object
shown

30. SECTION A
• DO NOT CHANGE THE FORM OF THE
WORDS GIVEN.
• WORDS MUST BE LEGIBLE.
• CHECK SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION
(FULL STOP ESPECIALLY)

31. Is it difficult to
construct a short simple
sentence ?

32. What is a sentence?
Sentence = Subject + Predicate
• Subject – thing or person we
talk about
• Predicate – what we say about
the subject
(content)

33. • What is a predicate?
• Predicate = verb + object
• So,
• Sentence
• = Subject + Verb + Object
• Verb => 1. Intransitive
• ( verb that stands alone )
• 2. Transitive
• ( used with an object )

34. 1. She sings well.
2. We walk slowly.
3. He sleeps soundly.
(intransitive verbs)
1. Maria puts a book.
2. They buy a new car.
3. He threw the bottle.
(transitive verbs)

35. • We also can talk about
time and place where an
event takes place.
(complement) Eg.
1.She puts a book on the table.
2.They bought a car yesterday.
3.He runs in the field.
4.Mia reads a book in the room.
5.They bought a car yesterday.
(subject) (verb) (object) (complement)

36. • TIPS: What Do U Check?
1. Subject Verb Agreement
Singular noun takes a
singular verb. Eg,
• He is handsome.
• She was helpful.
• It has a trunk.
• He writes a letter.
• She is working in the office.
• Kelvin has broken the pencil.
• Siti does not like durians.

37. Plural noun takes a
plural verb.
Eg,
• They are my cousins.
• We were classmates.
• They have a new born baby.
• We walk to school.
• They are playing in the field.
• The boys have taken lunch.
• They do not want to stand.

38. 2 . Article for singular countable
nouns.
• He cuts a / the tree with a / the saw.
• A / The tiger has no mane.
• The tiger is in danger of becoming extinct.
3. Prepositions (place, time, object)
• I go to school at 7 o’clock every day.
• The girls are playing netball on the field.
• I keep the key in the drawer.
• She waits for her mother at the bus stop.
• He hits the nail with a hammer.
• They received presents from their uncle.

39. PAY ATTENTION!!!
- buy --- for
- give --- to
- attend --- to
- wait --- for (something/somebody)
- Etc.
- Adjective?
- 1) before noun
- Albert is a naughty boy.
- 2) after noun
- Albert is very naughty.

40. How do you construct a
sentence?
- paying – counter
Subject-Verb Object + Complement
Agreement
He is paying bills at the counter.

41. - picnic - beach
Subject-Verb Object + Complement
Agreement
They are having a picnic at the beach.

42. • - reading - tree
Subject-Verb Object + Complement
Agreement
He is reading a book under the tree.

43. Are You Ready ?

44. Practice 1
1) – soldier - uniform
The soldier wears his uniform.
2) – playing – field
They are playing hockey
on the field.

45. 3) – pushing - girl
He is pushing the girl
on the swing.
4) – helping – cross
He is helping the old man
cross the road.

46. 5) – holds – shirt
My mother holds a shirt.
6) – plucked - pole
He plucked coconuts
using a pole.

47. 7) – birds – nest
There are birds in the nest.
8) – camping – jungle
They are camping
in the jungle.

48. 9) – burger – delicious
The burger is delicious.
10) – injured – slowly
The injured man walks slowly.

49. Practice 2
1) – bought – tickets
He bought two tickets.
2) – dancers – gracefully
The dancers dance gracefully.

50. 3) – duckling – pond
There is a duckling
in the pond.
4) – thorny – fruit
The durian is a thorny fruit.

51. 5) – kitten – ball
The kitten plays with
a ball.
6) – selling - stall
He is selling fruits
at the stall.

52. 7) – sandcastles – beach
They make sandcastles
on the beach.
8) – water – boiling
The water in the kettle
is boiling.

53. 9) – rowing – lake
He is rowing a boat
in the lake.
10) – fruit – seeds
The dragon fruit has
many seeds.