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)
Nouns (kata nama) Action (perbuatan) Use Wh questions to
eg: Abu, students, Eg: go,eat,study elaborate
school,cat Linking verb eg: am, What (apa)
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
afternoon eggs
grandfathers helped work early
van shops learnt
farm rears picked
- business
chickens - ducks - fed
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 is my best friend.

He is 12 years old.
He lives in Taman Setia.
He is kind and helpful.
He stays with his grandfather in the village during
the school holidays.
His grandfather has a farm
His grandfather rears some chickens and ducks in his farm
Ali likes to his grandfather in the farm
help
 B CONTENT ( 2nd picture )

helped work early picked - fed

SUBJECT VERB ELABORATIONS

Ali went to the farm in Terengganu last

holidays.
He helped his grandfather in the farm.
He picked the eggs.
He fed the chickens and ducks.
His grandfather took the eggs to the shop.

3. Closure ( 3rd picture )

afternoon eggs van shops learnt - business

 SUBJECT VERB ELABORATIONS

Ali sold the eggs in the afternoon.

He went to the shops by van.
He was very happy.
He learnt 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) Why/ How)
English Language organized a visit to ____________________ (where) last
Society Saturday.
The childrens is located in _________________________ (where).
home
We departed from school at ______________ (what time) by
__________ ( how did you go there)
We arrived there at ________________. (what time)
The children welcomed us happily.

PICTURE 2 - CONTENT
Subject Verb Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who /
(Who/What) Why/ How)
We had breakfast with the children. (who)
We ate fried rice and bread. (what)
The food was _________________ (how its taste)
chatted about __________________________________
(what)
laughed because_______________________________________
_
__________________________________________(why
)

PICTURE 3 - CONTENT

Subject Verb Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who /

(Who/What) Why/ How)
The society organised many activities there such as gotong royong.
Teacher Rina asked us to form groups.
She gave different tasks to different groups.
cleared grounds.
Ahmad, Siva and painted _______________________ (what)
Ali
planted the flowers
______________________________(where)
We finished our gotong- royong at ________________ (what
time)
PICTURE 4 - CONTENT

Subject Verb Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who /

(Who/What) Why/ How)
We collected the money at the school to give to the
children. (what)
Teacher Rina gave donation to their teacher. (who)
We felt glad because our donation can reduce their
burden. (why)
We can see their happiness on their face.
Their teacher and thanked to us for our donation.
the children

PICTURE 5 - CLOSURE
Subject Verb Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who /
(Who/What) Why/ How)
The children send us to the bus.
We promised them to come again for the next time.
We returned back to school at ___________________ (what
time)
The journey was long.
We were sleeping in the bus because ___________________________
__________________________________ (why).
We arrived at school at ________________ ( what time)
We were ________________ (how do you feel) because
_________________________________________ (why)

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