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Lets get to know

• THE ENGLISH
• UPSR PAPER ONE

by Mdm Nur Rashidah Khairunnisa
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PAPER 1 contains

• SECTION A Q 01 Q 10
• SECTION B Q 11 Q 15
• SECTION C Q 16 Q 25
• SECTION D Q 26 Q 30
• SECTION E Q 31 Q 40
• MARKS 40

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PAPER 1 SECTION A
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Guide to success...
For the questions at word level, four questions (
Question 1-4 ) will be given. You have to choose
the best word to fill in each blanks.
There may be one or two pictures included in any
of the questions. The pictures can be of living
things or non living things. You can use them to
help you answer the questions.
For questions without the pictures, you need to
read them carefully. Then, you have to choose
the best answers which are related to the
information given in the questions.
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Guide to success...
There will be three questions ( Questions 5 7 )
given to you at the phrase level. You will given
a short paragraph. In the paragraph, there are
three blanks for you to fill in the answers.
Each blank comes with a picture to help
you. Based on the contents as well as the
pictures given, you have to choose the best
phrases that complete the paragraph.
Choose a group of words that work together to
form a meaningful expression in a sentence.
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Guide to success...
For questions 8 10, you will be shown a picture
for each question. You will be asked to choose
the best sentence that describes the picture.
In order for you to do well in this part, you
must know a lot of words. These words include
the ones given to you under the World Level and
the Phrase Level.
Besides that, you also need to know a lot of
action words as the pictures usually show
actions.
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PAPER 1SECTION B

• QUESTION 11 QUESTION 15
• RESPONSE TO THE LANG. FUNCTION

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Guide to success...

1. Study the pictures given carefully.
2. Read the sentences in the speech bubbles.
3. Understand the situation in the picture given.
4. Read all the options given before choosing an
   answer.
5. Choose the most suitable option as response to
   the text in the speech bubble.
6. Select the correct answer.
7. Shade A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet given

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Common Social Expressions ( Useful Lists )

• INTRODUCTIONS
• AND RESPONSES
• My name is Ahmad.
• Atan, meet my
• brother, Abu.
• Hi, Im Susan.
• Hello, my name is Hariri.
• This is my friend, Ai ling.
• Pleased to meet you.
• Nice to meet you.
• How do you do?

• COMMON
• GREETINGS
• Hi!
• Hello!
• Good morning
• Good afternoon
• Good evening
• Good night
• How are you?
• Goodbye!
• Bye!

• GREETINGS ON
• SPECIAL
• OCCASIONS
• Happy New Year
• Happy Thaipusam
• Happy Chinese New
• Year
• Selamat Hari Raya
• Happy Birthday
• Happy Anniversary
• Happy Deepavali
• Merry Christmas
• Happy Mothers Day
• Happy Teachers Day

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Common Social Expressions ( Useful Lists )

• TO THANK
• Thanks.
• Thank you so much.
• Thanks a lot.
• Thank you very much.
• I appreciate your help.
• Thanks for your help.
• Thanks a million.

• TO TAKE LEAVE /
• To BID FAREWELL
• Farewell!
• Goodbye!
• Bye!Bye!
• Good night
• See you later.
• See you soon.
• See you tomorrow.
• Ive to go now.
• Im leaving now.

• TO CONGRATULATE
• Congratulations!
• Well done!
• Excellent!
• Good job!
• Thats wonderful.
• That was great.

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Common Social Expressions ( Useful Lists )

• TO AGREE
• Good idea.
• Thats a great idea.
• Excellent idea.
• Thats a good suggestion.
• What a good idea!
• Thats a wonderful idea.

• TO APOLOGIZE
• I am sorry.
• I apologize.
• Its all right.
• Please forgive me.
• I apologize for my
• mistake.
• Please accept my
• apology.

• TO GIVE
• PERMISSION
• Of course.
• Why not?
• Yes, you may.
• Yes, you can.
• Certainly.
• Alright.

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Common Social Expressions ( Useful Lists )

• TO REFUSE
• No, thank you.
• Im sorry but I cant.
• I dont think so.
• Sorry, I cant make it.
• TO ORDER
• Be quiet!
• Get out now!
• Close the window.
• Shut the door.

• TO INTERRUPT
• Excuse me. Is Mohan in?
• Sorry to interrupt. What is the time, please?
• Im sorry. Can you repeat that?
• Im sorry. What did you say just now?

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Common Social Expressions ( Useful Lists )

• TO INVITE
• Would you like to come to my party?
• Would you like to come with me?
• Please come to my studio later.
• I would like to invite you to my house.
• Would you like to join me?
• Would you like to go for a movie?
• Please join the gathering tomorrow.
• Would you like to come to my house?

• TO ASK FOR PERMISSION
• May I borrow your pencil?
• Can I go out with Hamid, dad?
• May I go to the toilet, please?
• Can I use your handphone?
• Teacher, please may I go out?

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MODEL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Here are three
sample questions. Look at the comments given to
show how each answer is obtained.
Look at the pictures below carefully. Choose the
best sentence to fit the situation in
each picture.
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Guide to success...
There will be six questions ( Questions 16-21)
testing you on your grammar knowledge. You are
required to choose the correct answers to form
grammatically correct sentences.
Some of the questions may include pictures as a
guide for you to answer the questions. Therefore,
what you need to do is , first, look at the
pictures carefully. Then, read the questions as
well as the options given. Finally, use your
grammar knowledge as well as the pictures given
to choose the best answer.
To get a good score in this part, you should know
all the important grammar items, Their rules and
how they function is a sentence.
Basic Grammar For Beginners
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Paper 1/Section C
NOUNS PRONOUNS VERBS
Q R TENSES SVA
SYNONYMS ANTONYMS SPELLING
PUNCTUATION PUNCTUATION ETC
VERBS ADVERBS ETC
ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES ETC
PREPOSITIONS PREPOSITIONS ETC
CONJUNCTIONS CONJUNCTIONS ETC
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Guide to success...
For questions 22 23, you will be asked two
questions on spelling. Sometimes, each question
will come with a picture. The picture will help
you to choose the correct answer.
In order for you to do well in this section, you
need to know how to spell a lot of basic
words. One way to do this is to study the section
on vocabulary. If you know some basic spelling
rules, it might also help you.
Most of the words given will be nouns. For
example, if the picture shows a bicycle, you are
to choose the correct spelling for bicycle.
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Guide to success...
There will be two questions ( Questions 24 25 )
testing you on punctuation marks. You are
required to choose the sentence with the correct
punctuation.

• You will be tested on any of the following
  punctuation marks
• full stop b) comma c) question mark
  
• d) colon
• e) semicolon f) exclamation mark g)
  apostrophe
• h) quotation mark i) capital letters

It is difficult to understand a sentence without
punctuation marks. Therefore, learn to use
punctuation marks if you wish to communicate
effectively.
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Paper 1/Section D-Text Completion-

• QUESTIONS 26 QUESTIONS 30
• TEXT COMPLETION
• FILL IN THE BLANKS
• WORDS GIVEN

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Guide to success...
There are five questions in this section (
Questions 26 30 ) which will test your
understanding and usage of grammar
and vocabulary. The questions will consist of a
picture as a guide to the correct answers.
You must always look at the tense of the passage
before you begin to answer the Questions.
How to answer this section Study the picture
carefully because the correct answers are
based on the picture. read the whole text
first. Then, read and understand the options.
Choose the best options that fit the numbered
blanks. Be careful to shade correctly the
options that you have chosen.
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Paper 1/Section E-Reading Comprehension-

• QUESTION 31 QUESTION 40
• ANSWERING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
• LINEAR AND NON LINEAR
• KBKK QUESTIONS

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Guide to success...

• First read through the 5 questions given.
• Then read the passage once to get an overall idea
  of what it is all about.
• Read it again. This time slowly and carefully.
• Read each question carefully.
• Read all the alternative given ( that is A,B,C
  D ) before choosing the correct answer.
• Refer to the portion of the passage which is
  related to each question. Look out for clues
  which will help you to arrive at the correct
  answer.
• The questions usually follow the development of
  the passage. The answer to the first question is
  found in the paragraph(s) that are before the
  paragraph which contains the answer to the second
  question and so on.
• You should therefore work through the questions
  progressively. In this way, you wont be wasting
  time going through the whole passage each time to
  look for the answer.
• If you are not sure of the answer to a question,
  skip the question and come back to it when you
  have finished answering the other questions.
• If you cannot answer a question, you should
• (a) Read the question and the four
  alternatives again carefully.
• (b) Check the passage again four the
  answer.
• (c) Then cross out the answers that you
  know are definitely wrong.
• (d) Choose the best or closer answer from
  the remaining answers.
• 11. For some questions, you have to think of the
  answers. Although the answer is not given in the
  passage, the clues to the answer are given in the
  passage. Look for these clues.
• 12. Always remember to check your answers before
  you hand them over.

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Use 4 'WH' technique...
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• Dont just say
• You want an A
• Go for it !!
• Till you succeed!!