GENTLE REMINDER FOR SPM ENGLISH EXAMINATIONS 2019

PAPER 1 - 1 HOUR 45 MINUTES - 85 MARKS

SECTION A - DIRECTED WRITING - 45 MINUTES - 35 MARKS
FORMAT - 3 MARKS, CONTENT - 12 MARKS, LANGUAGE - 20 MARKS
 REMEMBER ALL THE TYPES OF FORMATTED WRITING e.g TALK, SPEECH, REPORT, ARTICLE,
LETTERS.
 KNOW THE CORRECT FORMAT FOR ALL THOSE WRITINGS.
 READ THROUGH THE NOTES GIVEN IN THE QUESTION.
 ELABORATE ON EACH OF THE GIVEN NOTES AND GIVE ADDITIONAL CONTENT POINTS IF BEING
ASKED IN THE QUESTION.
 MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW THE SEQUENCE OF THE CONTENT POINTS. DO NOT SKIP OR NOT
FOLLOWING THE CORRECT SEQUENCE.
 ALWAYS HAVE AN INTRODUCTION, BODY OF PARAGRAPHS, AND CONCLUSION FOR YOUR
WRITING.
 MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE TIME ALLOCATED - 45 MINUTES.
 DO NOT SPEND TOO MUCH TIME IN WRITING THIS SECTION.

SECTION B - CONTINUOUS WRITING - 1 HOUR - 50 MARKS

 TYPES OF WRITINGS e.g DESCRIPTIVE, ARGUMENTATIVE, EXPOSITORY, NARRATIVE AND
OPEN / DESCRIPTIVE.
 CHOOSE THE QUESTION YOU ARE MOST COMFORTABLE WRITING.
 TIME YOURSELF WELL FOR WRITING THIS SECTION.
 1 HOUR FOR WRITING. DO A DRAFT AND PLANNING AND MIND MAPPING FOR IDEAS
FOR THE TOPIC YOU ARE WRITING.
 USE THE 5 WIVES 1 HUSBAND FORMULA TO HELP YOU COME UP WITH IDEAS e.g WHAT,
WHERE, WHEN, WHY, WHO, HOW.
 ASK YOURSELF THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN PLANNING THE IDEAS FOR YOUR WRITING.
 6 TO 8 PARAGRAPHS WILL BE GOOD.
 PLAN YOUR PARAGRAPHING WELL.
 ABILITY TO USE INTERESTING VOCABULARIES WILL BE A PLUS. THAT WILL DETERMINE
THE SCORE.
 MAKE SURE SENTENCE STRUCTURES AND GRAMMAR ARE APPROPRIATE.

PAPER 2 - 2 HOURS 15 MINUTES - 70 MARKS

SECTION A - 15 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS - 15 MARKS
 READ THE GRAPHICS AND STIMULI QUESTIONS CAREFULLY FOR QUESTION 1 - 8
 CLOZE PASSAGE QUESTION 9-15, READ CAREFULLY THE PASSAGE AND CHOOSE THE
MOST SUITABLE ANSWER, ESPECIALLY GRAMMAR ITEMS.
 MUST SCORE AT LEAST 13 MARKS AND ABOVE.

SECTION B - INFORMATION TRANSFER - 10 MARKS

 STUDY THE STIMULI PROPERLY BEFORE ATTEMPTING THE QUESTIONS.
 MAKE SURE YOU TRANSFER THE INFORMATION CORRECTLY.
 DO NOT BE CARELESS.
 MUST SCORE 10 MARKS FULL.

SECTION C - COMPREHENSION AND SUMMARY - 25 MARKS

COMPREHENSION - 10 MARKS
 READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY.
 ANSWER THE COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO THE INDICATOR IN THE
QUESTION e.g FROM PARAGRAPH 1…..
 QUESTION 30, GIVE APPROPRIATE AND LOGICAL RESPOND.

SUMMARY - 15 MARKS
 READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY, USUALLY 2 QUESTIONS.
 BE SURE OF THE LINES WHERE YOU WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE CONTENT POINTS.
 IF POSSIBLE DRAW THE BOXES/ TABLE OF 6x22, TO EASILY HELP YOU WRITE THE
CORRECT NUMBER OF WORDS FOR SUMMARY WRITING - 130 WORDS IN TOTAL.
 MAKE A DRAFT FIRST BEFORE WRITING THE FINAL SUMMARY TO AVOID MAKING
MISTAKES AND DOING UNTIDY CORRECTIONS ON THE ANSWER PAPER.
 ALWAYS WRITE THE 10 INTRODUCTARY WORDS BEFORE CONTINUING WITH THE
SUMMARY WRITING.
 COUNT THE NUMBER OF WORDS CORRECTLY AND INDICATE IT ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT
HAND CORNER OF YOUR SUMMARY WRITING.

SECTION D - LITERATURE - 20 MARKS

POEM - 5 MARKS
 DO REVISION ON THE 4 POEMS STUDIED IN FORM 4 AND 5 - THE LIVING
PHOTOGRAPH, CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO LULU, AND
THE POISON TREE.
 ANSWER THE COMPREHENSION QUESTION IN SIMPLE, DIRECT FORM.
 IF THE QUESTION ASKED FOR “WHICH LINE?” , MAKE SURE TO WRITE THE WHOLE LINE
OR PHRASE FROM THE POEM. DO NOT WRITE THE LINE NUMBER.
 MAKE SURE TO GIVE LOGICAL AND APPROPRIATE RESPOND TO THE LAST QUESTION.

NOVEL - 15 MARKS
CAPTAIN NOBODY
 BE FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A NOVEL - SYNOPSIS, SETTING, PLOT, THEME,
MORAL VALUES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE CHARACTERS.
 IN ANSWERING THE NOVEL QUESTION, DO HAVE A PROPER INTRODUCTION, THE
CONTENTS, ACCORDING TO THE QUESTION, PROPER PARAGRAPHINGS, AND A
CONCLUSION, STATING YOUR OPINION.
 TRY TO REMEMBER THE IMPORTANT INCIDENTS FROM THE NOVEL. RELATE IT TO THE
QUESTION AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR OPINIONS.

PREPARED BY :

MR. GILBERT CHUNG SIANG HUI

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER
SMK GREEN ROAD 2019