how to answer upsr paper 1 questions effectively

“TIPS & STRATEGIES:HOW TO ANSWER

UPSR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1

QUESTIONS EFFECTIVELY”

By MARIANNE ABU UJUM, SK SAHABAT 16

To score ‘A’

Cover all topics and grammar items. Spend only 1-2 minutes for easy questions. Read the instructions carefully. Read the passage or study the stimulus

given carefully. Go through each questions and all the

options (A, B, C, D) given. Answer the easy questions first, then go back

to the difficult questions. Always check your answers.

Questions 1-4 (Vocabulary)

TIPS AND HINTS

Read the question carefully.

Find clues given to help you.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if you find the option is wrong

Circle the best answer.

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Questions 5-7 (Phrase level)

TIPS AND HINTS

oRead the questions carefully.

oStudy the pictures carefully.

oFind clues given to help you.

oUnderline the clues.

oMark (x) if you find the option is wrong.

oCircle the best answer.

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Question 8-10 (Sentence level)

TIPS AND HINTS

Read the questions carefully.

Study the pictures carefully.

Find clues given to help you.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if the option is wrong.

Circle the best answer.

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Questions 11-15 (Social Expressions)

Match the pictures with the various responses.

Types of situations/responses

1.Greetings (Hello, how are you?/See you again/)

2.Introducing oneself/others (Hi, my name is…/He is Ahmad.)

3.Requesting objects (Please give me the book./May I have a book please?)

4. Telephone conversations (Hello, may I speak to..?/Please give him my message.)

5. Other social expressions. (Delicious!)

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TIPS AND HINTS

Read through all the options given.

Circle the best response from the options given.

Answer the easy questions first, then do the difficult ones.

Spend 5-10 minutes.

Questions 16-21 (Grammar level)

TIPS AND HINTS

Read the questions carefully.

Study the pictures (if given) carefully.

Spend 2-3 minutes for each question.

Find clues given to help you.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if the option is wrong.

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Questions 22-23 (Spelling)

TIPS AND HINTS

Read the question carefully.

Study the pictures (if given).

Find clues given to help you.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if the option is wrong.

Circle the best answer.

Don’t lose 2 marks for these questions.

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Questions 24-25 (Punctuation)

TIPS AND HINTS

Read the question carefully.

Study the pictures carefully (if given).

Spend 2-3 minutes for each question.

Find the errors for each option given first.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if option is wrong

Circle the best answer.

Don’t lose 2 marks for these questions.

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Questions 26-30 (Grammar text completion)TIPS AND HINTS

Read the questions carefully.

Study the pictures carefully.

Spend 2-3 minutes for each question.

Find clues given to help you.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if option is wrong

Circle the best answer.

Questions 31-40 (Comprehension)

Divide the passage according to their paragraphs.

Draw lines to separate each paragraphs.

Read the questions first before choosing the best answer.

Skim and scan the passage to find the answer.

No need to go through all the passage.

First 3 questions always refer to first, second and then third paragraph.

Look at the bolded words.

Sample Questions

UPSR English Language 2013

All the best in sitting for your UPSR examination

2013!

Till we meet again!