1. ANSWERING TECHNIQUES for UPSR ENGLISH 014/1

2. (SK IJ CONVENT,JOHOR BAHRU)
COMPILED BY IRENE RACHAEL EXCELLENT TEACHER (ENGLISH) SK TAMAN TUN AMINAH 2
DELIVERED BY:
MEENA MOHAN DASS
(SK SRI SKUDAI)
RAHAYU KASSIM
(SK IJ CONVENT,JOHOR BAHRU)
RACHEL MURUGIAH
(SK LARKIN 2)
NOOR HUDA HAMID

3. Paper 1- Section A Vocabulary Questions Word level (Q 1- 4 )
Phrase level (Q 5 – 7)
Sentence level ( Q )
With or without pictures
Read the sentence carefully.
Look at the pictures/possible answers.
Strike off the distracters.
Blacken the answers on the answer sheet

4. tests all the vocabulary learnt from Year 1- 6
TOPICS :
Actions
Animals
Buildings/Places
Calendar
Clothing
Directions/Locations
Events/Activities
Hobbies/Pastimes
Family/Relatives
Food/Fruit/Meals
Numbers
Objects
Occupations
Shapes
Transport
Universal truths
Vegetation
Opposites
Same meanings

5. Section B Social and language expressions ( Q 11 – 15 )
Graphics with speech bubbles
Look at the pictures.
Read the dialogue in the speech bubble.
Find the best / correct answer.
Blacken the answer on the answer sheet.

6. Social/Language Expression
Social expressions
Greetings
Requests
Asking permission
Offer assistance
Ask for assistance
Apologizing
To show location
To show sympathy
To show gratitude
To suggest
To show concern
To encourage
To acknowledge
To refute

7. Section C Grammar items ( Q 16 – 21 ) Articles – a, an, the
Nouns – countable/uncountable
Determiners- a few, a lot of, some, several…
Pronouns- Personal P, Possessive
Pronoun/adjective, Reflexive P
Adjectives – tall, thick, bad, best
Adverbs- fast, quickly, as slow as..
Prepositions- direction, time, place, position
Conjunctions- and, but, so, if…

8. WH Q- who, whom, whose, what, which, why, how, where, when
Tenses - Simple Present Tense
She likes to eat apples.
They like to eat apples.
. Verb ‘to be’- am, is, are
I am hungry.
He is hungry
We are hungry.

9. Verb ‘have’ – have/has
Ahmad has a big car.
They have a big car.
Verb ‘do’- do/does
Aminah does her homework at night.
The girls do their homework at night.
Present continuous tense
I am running.
He is running.
They are running.

10. Simple Past
I broke the vase.
He laughed at the clown.
They ate rice and curry.
Mother cut her finger yesterday.
Past continuous
Mother was cooking last night.
My sisters were cooking last night.

11. Modals – can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might
Punctuation (Q 22 – 23 )
Full stop .
Exclamation mark !
Question mark ?
Comma ,
Open & Close Inverted Commas “…..”
Capital letters
Spelling ( Q 24, 25)

12. Family Of Nouns Family Of Verb 1. Article a , an , the
1. Verb – to-be-
(ialah) am, is, are, was, were.
2. Singular / plural
bag - bags box- boxes
sheep- sheep
2. Verb to have
(3H) (ada / mempunyai)
Has / have / had
3. Countable
Uncountable
pencils, apples
oil, water, sand
3. Action
play, plays, playing, played
4. Quantifier
Phrasal Quantifier
Collective Noun
many
a few, a little, plenty of
a brood of, a litter of
Tenses
Simple past
Simple present
5. Pronoun
I, he, they ,we, them,
their, his. her
Present continuous
Past continuous
6. Adjective
beautiful, thick, tall
4. Adverb
walk – slowly, quickly
Prepositions
Prep. of place
Prep. of time
Conjunctions
And, but, if, because

13. (Used in front of a noun)
Article – A / An / The
(Used in front of a noun)
a book
a piano
an apple
the book
the piano
e.g
We bought a pencil from the book shop.
Rahmah likes to play the drums.
A little cat is playing with a ball.
4.The house on the top of the hill is Mr. Lim’s.
5. I like to play hockey.

14. 2. Singular / Plural Noun.
e.g S
I have a cat P
Siti has five cats S
The child is crying P
The children are crying S
The lady often comes to my house . P
The ladies often come to my house

15. Countable Uncountable water soup oil juice ink sauce furniture cars
Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Countable
Uncountable
water
soup
oil
juice
ink
sauce
furniture
cars
potatoes
trees
books
boys
buses
children

16. a large number of pupils
4. Quantifier / phrasal Quantifier / Collective Nouns
Countable Nouns
Uncountable Nouns
a few bananas
many children
a large number of pupils
a little sugar
much juice
a large amount of dirt
e.g
Let me have a little time.
There is not much butter
on the bread.
e.g
There are a few plates
in the sink
Both
Some books Some bees
A lot of oil A lot of stories
e.g
I will give you some money

17. At The Beginning Of A Sentence In The Centre / Or At The End
5. Pronoun
At The Beginning Of A Sentence
In The Centre / Or At The End
Belonging
At The End I Me My
Mine
Ali He
Him
His
Siti
She
Her
Hers
Ali & Siti
They
Them
Their
Theirs
Ali & I We Us
Our
Ours
The Cat It
Its
e.g
e.g
I have a few cats at home.
They are all very cute.
Mariam and I walk to school together.
We are never late.
e.g
e.g
Mariam is my best friend.
She comes to my house everyday.
We are new here. Please show us the way

18. 6. Adjective - describes a noun.
a blue shirt
a thick book
a bright ,sunny day
e.g
The pupils are wearing white uniforms.
Mr. Tony has a brand new car.

19. Verb Verb to be – am / is / are / was / were
He is a prefect in my school.
They are the most intelligent pupils.
Present tense
I am a police officer.
He was a student in that school.
Past tense
They were the best football players

20. Present tense Verb to have – 3H has / have / had has (singular)
He has a bad memory
Present tense
have (plural)
They have many dolls
had (past tense)
We had early breakfast today

21. He walks to school every day.
3. Verbs
everyday / every week
/often/always
Present Tense
Verb + s
singular
singular
He walks to school every day.
Verb
plural
plural
They walk to school every day

22. They are walking to school.
Now
Present Continuous Tense
Is/are Verb + ing
singular
He is walking to school.
They are walking to school.
plural

23. Verb + ed or change spelling
just now
a few minutes ago
yesterday
Past Tense
Verb + ed or change spelling
(irregular verb)
play – played
jump – jumped
go – went
buy – bought
bring brought

24. I shall go to Kuala Lumpur with you. We shall call you.
Future
Future Tense
Will/shall + verb
He will buy the house.
I shall go to Kuala Lumpur with you.
We shall call you.

25. Tenses Table F1-Selalu F2-Sedang F3-Lepas F4-Akan Everyday Now
Yesterday
Tomorrow
I walk
I am walking
I walked
I shall walk
She comes
She is coming
She came
She will come
He buys
He is buying
He bought
He will buy
We collect
We are collecting
We collected
We will collect 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

26. PREPOSITION OF PLACE
INFRONT OF A PLACE
Among the pupils
At the market
On the wall
In the basket
Along the road
Between the two girls

27. In the morning/evening In July During the holidays/weekends In 1999
PREPOSITION OF TIME
IN FRONT OF TIME
On Sunday
In the morning/evening
In July
During the holidays/weekends
In 1999
At night

28. PREPOSITION OF DIRECTION
SHOWING DIRECTION
She is walking towards the shop.
They are going to the field.
He is walking across the street.
The book dropped on the floor.
I threw the rubbish into the dustbin.

29. CONJUNCTION To join 2 or more ideas in a sentence
and, so, or, if, because, but, although
He was punished because he was late.
I was hungry so I cooked some rice.
I will go if my mother lets me.
Ali and I both have a radio.

30. Section D Text completion ( Q 26 – 30) One composite picture
Look at the picture
Read the sentences
Look out for the main tenses used in the text.
Look out for other clues.
Find the correct / best answer.

31. Study the picture carefully Choose the best/correct answer
QUESTIONS
Short passage with a picture (cloze)
Study the picture carefully
Choose the best/correct answer
Use the clues and text

32. Section E
Comprehension
2 passages P1 - Q 31 – 35
P2 – Q

33. TYPE OF PASSAGES Descriptions Dialogues Advertisements Posters Letters
Stories
Descriptions
Dialogues
Advertisements
Posters
Letters
Announcements
Reports
Speeches
Instructions
Directions
Poems

34. TYPE OF QUESTIONS Identifying the main idea Meaning of words
Extracting information
Identifying the main idea
Meaning of words
Drawing conclusions
Inferring

35. GUIDELINES TO SECTION E
STEP 1
Read the whole passage
once to understand it
Read the questions
STEP 3
Circle the correct answer
clearly.
For the vocabulary question,
choose a word that is of the
same tense and part of speech
as the original word.
If a question is difficult, do
other questions 1st and come
back to it later.
Don’t leave any questions
unanswered.
STEP 2
Read the passage a 2nd time
& look for possible answer
Underline words or phrases
which may help
Read the relevant parts of
the passage carefully
Choose the BEST or closest
answer