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What is to be tested in Paper 1?
Knowledge and understanding ofvocabulary
Knowledge and understanding ofgrammar
Knowledge and understanding of
spelling & punctuation Reading skills
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Guidelines forQuestions 1 - 10
Vocabulary
This section tests on pupilsvocabulary at either word, phrase orsentence levels.
Pupils must have a good knowledgeand understanding of vocabulary inorder to answer the questions. Ifthere are graphics, pupils must look
carefully at the graphics beforeanswering.
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Vocabulary
Objects
Clothing
Activities Transport
Places
Games
Animals
Relationship Occupation
Food
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Read the questions carefully
Check on the clue word /words
Check all the possible answers
Word level (Questions 1 4)
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Vocabulary (Word Level)Example
1. A ________ is a place wherescientists conduct experiments.
A kitchen
B lab
C clinic
D cinema
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Vocabulary Word Level
Vocabulary lab Clues place where scientists
conduct experiments
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Vocabulary audience
Clues listening/speaker gave hisspeech
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Vocabulary safari
Clues wild animals / park in Africa
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Vocabulary oil-lamp
Clues lights the / getting dark
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Phrases (Questions 5 7 )
Some samples of phrases are;
Collective nouns (a bouquet offlowers, a troop of soldiers)
Adverbial phrases (sleep soundly,
more popularthan me) Similes (as busy as a bee, as kind
as an angel)
Phrasal verbs (ran awayfromhome, fell down this morning)
Phrasal quantifiers (some books onthe table, a fewringgits)
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Phrase Level ( Questions 5 7)
Read the paragraph given
Study the pictures Check on clue word / words
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Phrase Level (Questions 5 7)
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(phrase level)
Vocabulary collective nouns
Clue : picture offlamingoes ata pond
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(phrase level)
Vocabulary prepositional
phrase Clue : picture of seeds in hand
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(phrase level)
Vocabulary prepositional phrase
Clue : picture of seeds in a packet
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Sentence Level
Questions 8 - 10
Get clues from:
the subjects
the verbs the time or place described
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Questions 8 10 (sentence level)
Study the pictures carefully
Check and read all the possibleanswers
Decide the best possible answerthat descibes the picture as awhole.
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Question 8
(sentence level)
Clue The picture shows a boy anda man making a wooden shelf.
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Question 9
(sentence level)
Clue The picture shows a girlmaking a basket.
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Question 10
(sentence level)
Clue The picture shows a womanfeeding a cat a fish.
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Types of situations and responses
(Questions 11 15)
Greetings & saying farewell
Introducing yourself or friends
Asking for specific objects, permission Greetings during festival
Making encouraging remarks
Congratulating
Offering assistance
Seeking and making suggestions
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Types of situations and responses
(Questions 11 15)
Excusing yourself
Making an emergency call
Apologising Offering sympathy
Inviting someone to a function
Seeking clarification, confirmation
Showing concern
Expressing gratitude
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SOCIAL EXPRESSIONS
(Q 11 15)
Understand the situation in eachpicture.
Read what the person is saying ineach picture carefully.
Ask this question, What will be asuitable sentence to respond to
what is being said?
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SOCIAL EXPRESSIONS
(Q 11 15)
If not sure of the answer, read thelist of answers given to see if anyof them fits the situation. Find asuitable response.
To do well in this section, pupilsmust get used to the different
language forms and functions inthe English Language.
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1. Look at the picture and identify
The relationship between the twospeakers. E.g. mother and son,teacher and pupil, two friends, etc.
The place in which the dialoguetakes place. e.g. in a bus, canteen,house, library, at the playground,etc.
The action by one or both thespeakers. E.g. receiving prize,looking at an object, waving hands,etc.
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2. Read the words spoken by one of
the speakers and identify
The purpose of the words spoken byone of the speakers. E.g. is thespeaker making a statement, askingquestions or exclaiming a word, etc.
The second speakers possibleresponse. E.g. could the response
be positive or negative or must itcontain information or showpoliteness?
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Remember :
The speech bubble at the topindicates the speech of the firstspeaker
The speech bubble at the bottomindicates the speech of the secondspeaker.
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Do not choose statement
with negative attitude.
First speaker
Secondspeaker
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Questions 11 - 15
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Question 11
Clue play basketball / court
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Question 12
Clue second speaker answersNo/ Question should either startwith Is or Are
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Question 13
Clue hand gesture of the secondspeaker
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Question 14
Clue first speaker is introducingsomeone to the second speaker
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Question 15
Clue action of the first speaker
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Grammar (Questions 16 - 20)
Areas of grammars
Nouns singular& plural-table,tables
Pronouns-he,she,they
Adjectives-huge,round
Tenses-present,past
Adverbs-angry,fast
Preposition-in,on,between
Articles-a,an,the
WH-questionwords-who,what,where
Conjunctions-an,but,because
Verbs-do,live,like
Spelling Punctuation
marks-? . , !
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GRAMMAR
Questions 16-20
Read the questions carefully
Study the picture (if any) Look for clue word / words
Be extra careful with the tenses.
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Question 16 adjective
Question 17 conjunction
Question 18 verbs (plural) Question 19 future tense
Question 20 article / possessivepronoun
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Opposite/Same (Question 21)
Read the instruction.
Determine if the question is askingfor opposite meaning or samemeaning.
Read the sentence and choose thebest answer.
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Questions 22-23 (Spelling)
Read each suggested answerscarefully.
If possible, segment the words.Be aware of the spellings of each
suggested answers.
Choose the best answer that youthink has the correct spelling.
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Questions 24-25 (Punctuation)
Read each sentences carefully.
Listen carefully to the intonation as
you read the sentences.Be aware of the capital letters,
commas and other punctuation
marks.Choose the best answer that you
think is correct.
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Make sure you know how to use all these properly -
( . ) full stop(?) question mark
( ) apostrophes
( , ) comma
( ! ) exclamation mark,
( ) inverted commas,
( A-Z ) capital letters, etc.
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T t C l ti
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Text Completion
(Questions 26 30)
Look at the picture carefully.
Ask, What is this picture about?
Read the passage at least twice.Underline all the verbs, thetenses used. This will give cluesto choose the best answer.
Read it again to see if the answersmake sense.
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READING COMPREHENSIONcontains 2 texts for reading in the form of:-
Questions 31 35 (non-lineartext)
- posters, timetables, TV or movieguides, product labels, notices,advertisements, charts, graphs
Questions 36 40 (linear text)
- e-mails, dialogues, formal orinformal letters, newspaper reports,stories, speeches
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Steps in answeringcomprehension questions
Read the passage quickly to get ageneral idea of the passage(skimming).
Do not waste time on difficultwords.
Read the questions given (study
the needs of the questions).
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Steps in answeringcomprehension questions
Read through the passage slowly andcarefully a second time (scanning) tofind answers to given questions.
Underline words or phrases which mayhelp. Read the questions carefully again,
paying attention to words in bold /italic
or words in quotation marks.(e.g. best / most probably /them inline .)
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Steps in answeringcomprehension questions
From the options A, B, C and D,cancel the impossible answers.Then, check the remaining optionsfor the BEST possible answer.
For the vocabulary question,choosea word that is of the same tense
and part of speech as the originalword.
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Steps in answeringcomprehension questions
If a question is difficult, do otherquestions first and come back to itlater.
Dont leave any questionsunanswered.
Guidelines for Questions 31 40
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Guidelines for Questions 31 - 40
Reading Comprehension
When asked to select asuitable title for the passage,choose the one which bestsummarises the passage as awhole
Because many questions have
the word because. Thesequestions ask about REASONS,which areWHYquestions
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Except, not, untrue some of theoptions contain WRONG details.Check the text and cross out the
options that are wrongMost probably, best, main all
given choices may be correct in
some ways. Think carefullybefore answering.
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Can best be replaced by read theparagraph where the word orphrases is used. Replace it with
each option. Choose the one thatfits the meaning in the sentence.[Be extra careful with words that
have more than a meaning]e.g. bank, bow, tear, watch
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