PAPER 2 : SECTION A (GUIDED WRITING)
How to write an essay
1. Read and understand the question
identify the format (eg: narrative/informal letter/speech/report)
identify the tense (eg: present tense/past tense)
2. Construct sentences.
Use notes given to construct sentence. Underline the words that you
know.
Use basic sentence pattern ( Subject + Verb + Elaboration )
Subject (Subjek)
Verb (Kata kerja)
Elaboration (Huraian)
Use Wh questions to
Nouns (kata nama)
Action (perbuatan)
elaborate
eg: Abu, students,
Eg: go,eat,study
school,cat
What (apa)
Linking verb eg: am,
Pronouns (kata ganti
are,
Who (siapa)
nama)
Has,have,was,were
When (bila)
Eg:
Where ( di mana)
He,she,I,you,we,they
Why (kenapa)
How (bagaimana)
Ali
goes
to school everyday.
My mother
was
happy because I passed
in the examination.
3. Write in paragraphs Introduction, Content , Closure
LETS TRY
Sample question
Look at the pictures. You may use the words given to write about a visit to a farm.
You are advised to spend about 35 minutes on this questions.
holidays stayed
grandfathers
helped work early
farm rears
picked
chickens - ducks
- fed
afternoon eggs
van shops learnt
- business
1. Read and understand the question
identify the format : Narrative/story
identify the tense : simple past tense ( stayed, helped, learnt )
2. Construct sentences
Underline the words that you know.
Try to write using the sentence table ( Subject / Verb / Elaboration)
INTRODUCTION ( 1st picture )
holidays stayed grandfathers - farm rears chickens - ducks
1. Write about the character ( girl, boy, man, woman)
a. Who ? my cousin, neighbour or best friend
b. What ? how old, race
c. Where? he lives in
d. What ? give an adjective or two that are suitable to the story
SUBJECT
VERB
ELABORATION
Ali
He
He
He
He
is
is
lives
is
stays
His grandfather
His grandfather
Ali
has
rears
likes to
help
my best friend.
12 years old.
in Taman Setia.
kind and helpful.
with his grandfather in the village during
the school holidays.
a farm
some chickens and ducks in his farm
his grandfather in the farm
B CONTENT ( 2nd picture )
helped work early picked - fed
3.
SUBJECT
VERB
ELABORATIONS
Ali
went
He
He
He
His grandfather
helped
picked
fed
took
to the farm in Terengganu last
holidays.
his grandfather in the farm.
the eggs.
the chickens and ducks.
the eggs to the shop.
Closure ( 3rd picture )
afternoon eggs van shops learnt - business
SUBJECT
VERB
ELABORATIONS
Ali
He
He
He
sold
went
was
learnt
the eggs in the afternoon.
to the shops by van.
very happy.
doing business from his
grandfather.
3. Join up sentences to form a paragraph. Write in paragraphs Introduction,
Content , Closure
Sample answer
Ali is my best friend. He is 12 years old. He lives in Taman Setia. He is kind and
helpful. He likes to stay with his grandfather in the village during the school holidays.
His grandfather has a farm and he rears some chickens and ducks in his farm. Ali
likes to help his grandfather in his farm.
Last holidays, Ali went to his grandfathers farm in Terengganu. His
grandfather has many chickens and ducks. Ali helped his grandfather in the farm. He
picked the eggs and fed the chickens and ducks.
Ali sold the eggs in the afternoon. He went to the shops by van. Ali was happy
because he has learnt doing business from his grandfather.
Exercise 1
Look at the pictures carefully. You may use the words given to write a story.
WRITING A STORY
Write a story using Mr. How and His 5 Wives Technique (Wh Questions)
PICTURE 1 - INTRODUCTION
Subject
Verb
Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who /
(Who/What)
English Language
organized
Why/ How)
a visit to ____________________ (where) last
Society
The childrens
is located
Saturday.
in _________________________ (where).
home
We
departed
from school at ______________ (what time) by
We
The children
arrived
welcomed
__________ ( how did you go there)
there at ________________. (what time)
us happily.
PICTURE 2 - CONTENT
Subject
(Who/What)
We
We
The food
Verb
Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who /
had
ate
was
chatted
Why/ How)
breakfast with the children. (who)
fried rice and bread. (what)
_________________ (how its taste)
about __________________________________
laughed
(what)
because_______________________________________
_
__________________________________________(why
)
PICTURE 3 - CONTENT
Subject
(Who/What)
The society
Teacher Rina
She
Ahmad, Siva and
Verb
Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who /
organised
asked
gave
cleared
painted
Why/ How)
many activities there such as gotong royong.
us to form groups.
different tasks to different groups.
grounds.
_______________________ (what)
planted
the flowers
finished
______________________________(where)
our gotong- royong at ________________ (what
Ali
We
time)
PICTURE 4 - CONTENT
Subject
Verb
Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who /
(Who/What)
We
collected
Why/ How)
the money at the school to give to the
Teacher Rina
We
gave
felt
children. (what)
donation to their teacher. (who)
glad because our donation can reduce their
can see
thanked
burden. (why)
their happiness on their face.
to us for our donation.
We
Their teacher and
the children
PICTURE 5 - CLOSURE
Subject
Verb
Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who /
(Who/What)
The children
We
We
send
promised
returned
Why/ How)
us to the bus.
them to come again for the next time.
back to school at ___________________ (what
The journey
We
was
were sleeping
time)
long.
in the bus because ___________________________
arrived
were
__________________________________ (why).
at school at ________________ ( what time)
________________ (how do you feel) because
We
We
_________________________________________ (why)
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