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PERLIS ENGLISH LANGUAGE MODULE PAPER 2 Page 1

CRITERIA FOR EXCELLENT AND GOOD WRITING

1. EXCELLENT WRITING

a) The usage of the language should be excellent and confident throughout.

b) Ideas conveyed clearly through a variety of sentence structures,

e.g. simple and compound sentences.( according to the syllabus )

c) New words used confidently to express ideas.

d) Ideas should be well – planned , organized and are linked so as to sustain the

interest of the reader.

e) Pictures and words given as stimulus should be the guidance to construct

sentences correctly.

f) Accurate use of the spelling and punctuation.

g) Legible handwriting.

h) Express ideas creatively using similes , proverbs , idioms and metaphors as given

in the Year Six textbook.

i) Write in a paragraph or paragraphs.

2. BASIC WRITING

a) Simple sentences even with minor errors but meaning is still clear.

b) Satisfactory presentation of ideas.

c) Vocabulary is adequate to convey meaning.

d) A few punctuation and spelling errors.

e) Good handwriting.


TIPS ON ANSWERING THE QUESTION

1. Write in paragraphs – Introduction

- Content

- Closure

2. Write some introductions for the main character.

-name , age , address , school , attitude

3. Start writing content with timing – e.g.: Last Monday , Last school holidays,

One fine sunny day , etc.

3. Try to construct sentences using the words given and planned out the story step by

step according to the pictures and words given.

4. Make up your story using similes , idioms , metaphors , proverbs to make the story

more interesting and lively.

5. Use Connectors or Linkers to show the flow from a situation to another.

6. Check tenses used for the essay.

7. For closure – Show your feelings , express your hope , etc.

IMPORTANT POINTS

1. Check Tenses.

2. Check Spelling.

3. Check Punctuation.

4. To – infinitive

5. Flow of ideas and proper sequencing.

6. Suitable vocabulary , adjectives , adverbs , linking words or conjunctions.

7. Interesting expressions and use of similes and proverbs where possible.

8. Writing must be neat and legible.


Example of Introduction.

1. I have a friend. His name is Aman. He is twelve years old. He studies at SRK Putera.

He is kind and helpful.

2. Aman is my best friend. He is twelve years old same like me. He studies in the same

school with me which is SRK Putera. All the teachers and friends like him as he is

kind and helpful.

3. Aman is my classmate. We study in the same class which is Year Six Taqwa in SRK

Putera. He lives at Taman Gemilang which is just a stone’s throw away from the

school. All the teachers and friends like him very much as he is well – known to be

kind and helpful.

4. ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’ is a proverb that is suitable with my story today.

Halim , who is a Year Six student of Sekolah Kebangsaan Cemerlang , is well – known

to be kind , helpful and generous.

Example of Content :

1. Waktu : Last Sunday , One afternoon , One day , Last school

holidays , ……………….

2. Sedang : As he was walking home from school , suddenly he saw ……

3. Simpati : He felt very sympathy , so he quickly rushed to……

4. Tanpa berlengah: Without any hesitation , he quickly rushed to……

Without further delay , ………..

5. Cedera parah: The cyclist was badly injured.

6. Cedera ringan: The motorcyclist was slightly injured.


Example of closure :

1. Tolong orang: He felt very happy because he had done a good deed.

2. Jujur : The man offered him some rewards but he refused to

accept it because he believed that ‘Honesty is the best policy’.

3. Kenangan : He will never forget that memorable moment.

pahit/manis It was an unforgettable occasion /event / incident.

4. Seronok/ : They were very tired but happy.

Gembira He went home tired but happy.

5. Berani : They thanked Ali for his brave action.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

VOCABULARY THAT DESCRIBE GOOD MORAL VALUES

- kind – He is very kind.

- kindness - The blind man thanked him for his kindness.

- kind hearted - He is a kind hearted boy.

- brave – He is such a brave boy.

- bravery – The boy’s father thanked Ali and praised him for his bravery.

- polite – He is polite and everyone likes him.

- politeness – His teachers praised him for his politeness.

- good deed - The village headman thanked the scouts for their good deeds.

- quick action – The police congratulated him for his quick action.

- thanked – Mr Razak thanked and gave him a small reward.

- thankful – The boy’s parents were thankful because their son was not hurt.

- helpful – He is a very helpful boy.

- grateful – The boy’s parents were very grateful to Ali for saving their son.

- glad – He is / was glad.

- happy – Mak Minah was happy.

-happily –They returned home happily.

- enjoyed – They enjoyed themselves and hoped to be there again.

- enjoyable – They had an enjoyable time camping at the waterfall.

- marvelous – They had a marvelous time at the beach.

- honest – He is an honest man.

- honesty – The passenger thanked the driver for his honesty.



INTRODUCTION:

Encik Jamal is my uncle. He is forty years old. He lives at Taman Aman Jaya. He is

kind and friendly.

CONTENT :

Picture 1 :

bus driver – morning –drives – pupils- school

Encik Jamal is a _______________ .He goes to work early in the ________ . He

_____________ the ____________ to ___________.

Picture 2 :

afternoon – school –rest – short nap

In the ____________ , he sent some of the pupils back home after _________.

He took a ___________. Sometimes , he took a ______________.

Picture 3 :

evening – took – children home – finished – 8. o’clock – read – sleep

In the _____________, he _________the____________________. He

_____________ his work at ________________. At night , he __________ newspaper.

Then , he went to _______________.

CLOSURE :

He was very happy with his work. All the pupils like him very much as he is kind and gentle


ACTIVITY 2 ;

Rewrite the whole story into paragraphs.

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- Aiman – sister – living room –

vacuumed – carpet – dusted –

furniture -

- grandfather– bedroom-cleaned-

mirror – wiped – bedside lamp

- kitchen – mother – grandmother –

refrigerator – wiped – stove -

- bathroom – father – washed –

sink -

Practice 1 : Write a story based on the pictures below. You may use the words given to

help you. Write your answer in the space provided.


-businessman –has – factory

– workers – big office -

- business – overseas – always –

travels -

- home – family - evening




walking – bus – saw

– fell - lightning

told – incident -

agree

- went – tools –

cleaned –

cooperated -

- happy – satisfied –

can use -




Rina – sister –home – heard –

strange noise - bushes

bag – bushes – moving – noises –

cat – treated cruelly

mother – vet – observation –

clinic – week – allowed – keep –

cat – named - Sweety




Faridah -mother-stopped-stall-

vegetables- Puan Rosnah put-basket

-in front –basket –took a step

backwards –allow –man –pass –tripped

–basket –fell -banana

embarrassed - did not go – market –

many weeks




AH -Wei and May Lin –playing –

puppy-did not notice -gate-open

suddenly - puppy dashed out –

house – Ah Wei ran - puppy

Kamal – coming around the corner

–avoid – knocking –fell –drain –not

hurt




morning –Mr Mohan –breakfast – stall

–handphone - beside – plate –boy -

grabbed

ran after –shouted “Thief! Thief!” –

young man –heard – ran after - caught

policemen arrived –snatch thief- away

– patrol car




friendly - likes –job –happy –

customers –enjoy -food

Mr Tan - sell noodles –Lucky

Restaurant –work –morning –market-

buy – fresh vegetables

people –breakfast or lunch – enjoy –

delicious –side dishes –price -

reasonable




storm-rained heavily – wind –

strongly – lightning- tree – roof –

house

rushed out – hurt – house ––

belongings - damaged

storm – over – repair – house –

grateful




Amir -operation –thanked –

friends- grateful

Amir –hospital –examined –

doctor–operation –family- poor

teacher –classmates –raised funds

–sold –food –add jobs –parents -

donated






Jasmin – friend- walked- home

school-football








pupils – teacher – Sekolah Rendah

Kebangsaan Putera –visited – old

folks home - bus – last Friday

30-minutes – destination-

welcomed -person- in- charge –

swept- wiped –windows- fed

activities- sang – dance-

entertained – clapped - happy

4 p.m.- left-waved – shook – cried-

hugged – sad –promised- came –

next time - enjoyable - time






-camping-

caught-

--


Practice 16 : Write a story based on the pictures below. You may use the words given

to help you. Write your answer in the space provided.




o

k




3 p.m.


Malaysians – cyber flag – using 10430

diskettes

– 6.71 meters wide- 12.96 meters long –

worked hard

took twelve days – make – giant cyber

flag- proud




test- did not study – difficult –

scared - fail

decided – copy – answer – friend

– teacher - suspected

caught – cheating – sent-

headmaster – warned - lesson




camping – waterfall – classmates –

pitched - excited

- sleeping – woke up – saw – ghost

- screamed

- friends- came – branch –laughed -

grateful

Practice 21 : Write a story based on the pictures below. You may use the words given to help

you. Write your answer in the space provided.


afternoon – field – saw –fighting -

afraid

called – teacher – stop – advised

- ashamed

apologize – hugged – promise -

quarrel - happy




went – early – children – drew -

beautiful

cycled – saw – notice – take part mother – shop – materials – brushes -

paint

Practice 23 : Write a story based on the pictures below. You may use the words given to help

you. Write your answer in the space provided.

won- received- trophy-happy- proud


passerby – stopped – sent – hospital -

warded - thanked

Amin – woke up – late – cycled – fast -

busy road

suddenly – car – banged – behind-

felt - injured




Mr Wee – family – live – Johor

Bahru - bungalow

Mr Wee – engineer – wife –

teacher – they – two children

family- likes – visit – Singapore – go

there – often




Practice 26 : Write a story based on the pictures below. You may use the words given to help you.

Write your answer in the space provided.


Mohan – Ravi – Saidi – good friends –

fishing - lake

Ravi – used – worm – bait – threw – line

-lake

Saidi – shouted – loudly – happy – had –

caught – big fish




three houses – completely burnt –

no one - injured

fire – broke out – Kampung Aman – last

- night

fire brigades – ten minutes – fireman –

five hours – put out - fire




Hassan – walking past –pond – heard

someone – screaming - help

saw- girl – drowning – pond – jumped –

pond –rescued her

people – came –help Hassan- praised

him – being – brave boy






Yesterday –held – locals – tourists – came – watch – parade – soldiers –

uniforms – marched – saluted – king – school children- school bands –

spectator- enjoyed


EXTRA NOTES SAMPLE OF PUPILS’WRITING SAMPLE 1 :

Living two doors away from my house is my classmate, Azlan. He is twelve years old and he studies at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Perlis in the same class with me. We always walk to school together as our school is just a stone’s throw away from

our residences. All the teachers and friends like him very much as he is clever , kind- hearted and helpful. His parents love him very much as he is the apple of his

parents’ eyes. Not to forget , he also has a golden heart.

Last school holidays , Azlan decided to go for a picnic with his friends at a waterfall. They went there by bicycles. They were very excited because it was their first time to go there without their parents.

Out of the blue , Azlan noticed a girl fell into the water and was about to drown. She shouted for help loudly. Without further delay , Azlan who is good at swimming , jumped into the river and quickly pulled the poor girl to the riverbank for safety.

It was a brave and quick thinking action. The girl’s parents were pleased and thanked Azlan for his brave act. They praised him for saving their daughter’s life. He felt as proud as a peacock because he had done a good deed. His friends came and praised him too. Azlan did not want to blow his own trumpet as he is very good at

swimming and had a medal for helping people. He just kept quiet and smiled to his friends.

Azlan was as happy as a king as he had done a good deed. He always believes

that one good deed deserves another. It was an unforgettable day for Azlan.


SAMPLE 2 : ( UPSR 2012 )

Last school holidays , the pupils of Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Seri Pelangi went to the National Museum located in the heart of town. They were eager to go there

as this was their first experience to go for a school trip. Before they boarded the bus , they waved to their parents.

As the students made themselves comfortable in the bus, the driver went to the other side of the bus. He squatted down and arranged the bags meticulously in the luggage compartment. After everything was settled , he hopped to the driver’s seat and started the journey.

As the parents waved goodbye to their kids who were whisked away by the bus , something caught their eyes. A vibrant–coloured bag was left lying on the ground. They shouted to the driver who was driving the bus but no one heard them. Without any

hesitation , one of the parents who had a heart of gold took the bag and darted as fast as lightning towards the bus.

Fortunately , he got to the bus in the nick of time. The bus stopped immediately. The driver went out of the bus to know what had happened. The parent who was breathless , told the driver that a student had left his bag. Out of the blue, a student went out of the bus to claim his bag. He thanked the parent profusely. After he

claimed his bag , they continued their journey.

The parent was over the moon because he had done a good deed that day.


SAMPLE 3 : ( UPSR 2011 )

I have many friends all around the globe and one of them is Qistina. She grows

up in a filthy rich family. However , she is the only child in her family. Therefore , her

life is filled with loneliness. Her parents who are as busy as a bee gave her an adoring

female cat named Mimi on her twelfth birthday. Presently , Mimi is her only friend to

keep her company.

The weather was fine and humid for everyone to fo their leisure activities on the

fateful day.As usual , Qistina took her beloved pet , Mimi for a stroll at the garden.

There , she met her boon companion Eliza who is famously known as an animal lover.

She had a cat too. She took good care of it. Qistina was very excited to meet Eliza there

as she had a great story to tell her. Therefore , they released their cats for a while.

Like the other cats , Mimi and its new friend were playing around the garden

actively. Qistina and Eliza were busy chatting without keeping a watchful eye on their

cats.

Mimi which was energetic , quietly stalked on a bird until the top of the tree.

Qistina was worried about her cat. It was Mimi’s worst nightmare as it was truly

frightened. In the twinkling of an eye , Eliza’s brother broke into the scene with his

bravery. He put his heart and soul to save Mimi.

After a few minutes ,Qistina’s cat was saved by a brave big brother , Aiman. She

thanked him as she was touched by his kind gesture. She gave him some money as a

token of appreciation. Having a noble heart , he refused it. Qistina hugged Mimi and

she was happy indeed.

It was a memorable day for all of them. Indeed , one good turn deserves another.


VERBS ( ACTION WORDS )

IRREGULAR VERS

PRESENT

TENSE - VERBS

MEANING CONTINUOUS

TENSE

PAST

TENSE

PERFECT

TENSE

Has/have/had

1. be being was / were Been

2. begin mula beginning began begun

3. bend bengkok bending bent bent

4. bite gigit biting bit bitten

5. blow tiup blowing blew blown

6. break pecah breaking broke broken

7. bring bawa bringing brought brought

8. build bina building built built

9. burn bakar burning burnt burnt

10. buy beli buying bought bought

11. catch tangkap catching caught caught

12. choose pilih choosing chose chosen

13. dig gali digging dug dug

14. do buat doing did done

15. draw lukis drawing drew drawn

16. dream mimpi dreaming dreamt dreamt

17. drink minum drinking drank drunk

18. drive memandu driving drove driven

19. dry kering drying dried dried

20. eat makan eating ate eaten

21. fall jatuh/rebah falling fell fallen


22. fly terbang flying flew flown

23. forget lupa forgetting forgot forgotten

24. give beri giving gave given

25. go pergi going went gone

26. grow tumbuh/membesar growing grew grown

27. hear dengar hearing heard heard

28. hide sembunyi hiding hid hidden

29. hold pegang holding held held

30. lie baring lying lied lain

31. ride menunggang riding rode ridden

32. ring bunyikan ringing rang rung

33. rise naik rising rose risen

34. see lihat seeing saw seen

35. sing nyanyi singing sang sung

36. swim berenang swimming swam swum

37. take ambil taking took taken

38. tear koyak tearing tore torn

39. throw baling throwing threw thrown

40. wake bangun waking woke woken

41. write tulis writing wrote written


PRESENT

TENSE-VERBS

MEANING CONTINUOUS

TENSE

PAST

TENSE

PERFECT

TENSE

42. hang gantung hanging hung hung

43. lay bertelur / alas laying laid laid

44. learn belajar learning learnt learnt

45. leave tinggalkan leaving left left

46. lend pinjamkan lending lent lent

47. lie bohong / tipu lying lied lied

48. lose hilang losing lost lost

49. make buat making made made

50. meet jumpa meeting met met

51. feed beri makan feeding fed fed

52. feel rasa feeling felt felt

53. fight lawan fighting fought fought

54. find jumpa finding found found

55. say kata saying said said

56. sell jual selling sold sold

57. sleep tidur sleeping slept slept

58. sweep sapu sweeping swept swept

59. send hantar sending sent sent

60. shine sinar / suluh shining shone shone

61. shoot tembak shooting shot shot

62. shrink kecut shrinking shrunk shrunk

63. sit duduk sitting sat sat

64. spell mengeja spelling spelt spelt

65. spend membelanja spending spent spent


66. spill tumpah spilling spilt spilt

67. stand berdiri standing stood stood

68. stick lekatkan sticking stuck stuck

69. sting sengat stinging stung stung

70. tell beritahu telling told told

71. teach mengajar teaching taught taught

72. think berfikir thinking thought thought

73. come datang coming came come

74. run lari running ran run

75. become menjadi becoming became become

76. cost harga costing cost cost

77. cut potong cutting cut cut

78. hit pukul hitting hit hit

79. put letak putting put put


PRESENT

TENSE -

VERBS

MEANING CONTINUOUS

TENSE

PAST

TENSE

PERFECT TENSE

80 read baca reading read read

81 beat pukul beating beat beaten

82 clap tepuk clapping clapped clapped

83 drop jatuhkan dropping dropped dropped

84 hop lompat hopping hopped hopped

85 pin menyemat pinning pinned pinned

86 plan rancang planning planned planned

87 shop membeli belah shopping shopped shopped

88 slip tergelincir slipping slipped slipped

89 stir mengacau stirring stirred stirred

90 stop berhenti stopping stopped stopped

91 sweep sapu sweeping swept swept

92 take ambil taking took taken

93 teach ajar teaching taught taught

94 tear koyak tearing tore torn

95 tell beritahu telling told told

96 throw baling throwing threw threw

97 wake bangun waking woke woken

98 wear pakai wearing wore worn

100 wring memerah wringing wrung wrung

101 write menulis writing wrote written

102 weep menangis weeping wept wept


PRESENT

TENSE -

VERBS

MEANING CONTINUOUS

TENSE

PAST TENSE PERFECT TENSE

1 add tambah adding added added

2 answer jawab answering answered answered

3 arrange susun arranging arranged arranged

4 bake baker baking baked baked

5 bargain menawar bargaining bargained bargained

6 bathe mandi bathing bathed bathed

7 boil didih boiling boiled boiled

8 borrow pinjam borrowing borrowed borrowed

9 call panggil calling called called

10 camp berkhemah camping camped camped

11 cheer sorak cheering cheered cheered

12 clean cuci cleaning cleaned cleaned

13 clear bersihkan clearing cleared cleared

14 collect kumpulkan collecting collected collected

15 comb menyikat combing combed combed

16 circle bulatkan circling circled circled

17 cook memasak cooking cooked cooked

18 count mengira counting counted counted

19 cover menutup covering covered covered

20 cross melintas crossing crossed crossed

21 cycle mengayuh cycling cycled cycled

22 dance menari dancing danced danced

23 decorate menghias decorating decorated decorated

24 deliver menghantar delivering delivered delivered


PRESENT

TENSE -

VERBS

MEANING CONTINUOUS

TENSE


25 destroy memusnah destroying destroyed destroyed

26 design mencorak designing designed designed

27 enjoy gembira enjoying enjoyed enjoyed

28 enter masuk entering entered entered

29 exercise berlatih exercising exercised exercised

30 explore jelajah exploring explored explored

31 fail gagal failing failed failed

32 fish memancing fishing fished fished

33 finish tamat finishing finished finished

34 fold lipat folding folded folded

35 frighten takut frightening frightened frightened

36 gather berkumpul gathering gathered gathered

37 greet menyapa greeting greeted greeted

38 guide bimbing guiding guided guided

39 help tolong helping helped helped

40 hope harapan hoping hoped hoped

41 introduce perkenal introducing introduced introduced

42 iron seterika iron ironed ironed

43 join sambung joining joined joined

44 lift lifting lifted lifted

45 light lighting lighted lighted

46 live living lived lived

47 march marching marched marched

48 move moving moved moved


PRESENT

TENSE -

VERBS

MEANING CONTINUOUS

TENSE


49 need needing needed needed

50 obey obeying obeyed obeyed

51 operate operating operated operated

52 paint painting painted painted

53 paste pasting pasted pasted

54 peel peeling peeled peeled

55 pick picking picked picked

56 play playing played played

57 point pointing pointed pointed

58 pollute polluting polluted polluted

59 post posting posted posted

60 pour pouring poured poured

61 practise practising practised practised

62 pray praying prayed prayed

63 prepare preparing prepared prepared

64 press pressing pressed pressed

65 punish punishing punished punished

66 push pushing pushed pushed

67 put putting put put

68 rain raining rained rained

69 read reading read read

70 receive receiving received received

71 recycle recycling recycled recycled

72 remember remembering remembered remembered


PRESENT

TENSE -

VERBS

MEANING CONTINUOUS

TENSE


73 reply replying replied replied

74 report reporting reported reported

75 rest resting rested rested

76 rob robbing robbed robbed

77 rub rubbing rubbed rubbed

78 rush rushing rushed rushed

79 save saving saved saved

80 say saying said said

81 scold scolding scolded scolded

82 search searching searched searched

83 send sending sent sent

84 set setting set set

85 sew sewing sewed sewed

86 shout shouting shouted shouted

87 show showing showed showed

88 shut shutting shut shut

89 signal signaling signaled signaled

90 slap slapping slapped sapped

91 spread spreading spread spread

92 sprint sprinting sprinted sprinted

93 start starting started started

94 stitch stitching stitched stitched

95 stop stopping stopped stopped

96 study studying studied studied


PRESENT

TENSE -

VERBS

MEANING CONTINUOUS

TENSE


97 talk talking talked talked

98 teach teaching taught taught

99 tie tying tied tied

100 tire tiring tired tired

101 trim trimming trimmed trimmed

102 try trying tried tried

103 turn turning turned turned

104 use using used used

105 visit visiting visited visited

106 wait waiting waited waited

107 walk walking walked walked

108 wash washing washed washed

109 watch watching watched watched

110 water watering watered watered

111 wave waving waved waved

112 weave weaving weaved weaved

113 weigh weighing weighed weighed

114 wipe wiping wiped wiped

115 work working worked worked

116 worry worrying worried worried

117 wrap wrapping wrapped wrapped

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