ANALYSIS OF SECTION A (SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION)

UPSR ENGLISH PAPER 2 2005 – A picture of a situation in the library 2006 – A picture of a situation in the kitchen 2007 – At a fruit stall 2008 – A family at home preparing for a

festive celebration (Hari Raya) 2009 – In a room. A few children are

painting the walls with pictures (mural) 2010 – A group of students in a room

preparing for an event 2011 – Activities at a farm

WRITE 5 SENTENCES READ THE INSTURUCTIONS CAREFULLY WRITE ONLY WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE LOOK AT THE 10 WORDS GIVEN TO YOU. THEY GIVE YOU

IDEAS. DO NOT ASSUME REMEMBER! NO PAST TENSE! YOU CAN WRITE SIMPLE SENTENCES. COMPOUND

SENTENCES ARE THE BEST! NO TIME FRAME – THIS EVENING, IN THE MORNING –

UNLESS GIVEN DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERS IF NECESSARY. MAKE SURE YOUR SENTENCES MAKE SENSE, ESPECIALLY

WHEN YOU ARE STATING REASONS. ADD ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, COLLECTIVE NOUNS OR EVEN

SIMILES TO MAKE YOUR SENTENCES MORE INTERESTING

Notes: ‘There is’ and ‘There are’

‘There is’ - singular. ‘There are’ - plural.

Notes: ‘There is’ and ‘There are’

‘There is’ - singular. ‘There are’ - plural.

STAGE 1You may start writing sentences about the people in a picture. To do so, you may use the sentence structure below:

1. There is one boy in the picture.2. There are three babies in the picture.1. There is one boy in the picture.2. There are three babies in the picture.

Picture 1 (UPSR 2005) Picture 1 (UPSR 2005)

1. There are two boys in the picture.

2. There are four girls in the picture.

Formula S-V-W Formula S-V-W

A girlA girl

readread

under the tree

under the tree

S (SUBJECT) V (VERB + ING)

W (WHERE)

A girl reading Under the tree

*There is a girl

*A pretty girl is reading under the big tree.

reading

under the tree.

Two boys are swimming in the pool.Two boys are swimming in the pool.

A girl is s sweeping in the room.A girl is s sweeping in the room.

CONJUNCTIONS?

andbecaus

ewhile

so but

ONE STEP FURTHER

Compound Sentences: Using conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘while’

A boy is writing in his book at his desk while another boy is reading a comic on the bed.

Compound Sentences: Construct sentences using conjunctions ‘because’

A boy is laughing because he is reading some jokes in the comic.

1. A lady is sitting on a rock while watching three boys swimming in the water.2. A man is taking a photo and a girl is holding a plate of biscuits.

Present tense

Present continuous

tense

USE ONLY!!!

cycling sitting football playing sunrunning happy hula hoop benchpark

a mana man

cyclingcycling

wavingwaving

two ladies two ladies sitting on a benchsitting on a bench

a handbag in betweena handbag in between

Adam with jersey number 3 and his friends

Adam with jersey number 3 and his friends

playing football playing football

two girls two girls

playing hula hoop playing hula hoop

happilyhappily

Ida with pony tails and AliceIda with pony tails and Alice

tree treesun shiningsun shining

ANSWER1. A man is cycling while waving to a

woman sitting on a bench.2. There are two ladies sitting on a bench

and there is a handbag in between them.3. Adam, who is wearing jersey number

three, is playing football in the field with his friends.

4. Amira, with pony tails and Alice, are playing hula hoops happily.

5. A sun is shining brightly and there is a big tree near the bench.

two boystwo boys

swimmingswimming

in the seain the sea

Two girlsTwo girls

building sandcastles

building sandcastles

on the beachon the beach

a ladya lady

Sitting on a mat

Sitting on a mat

Preparing meals

Preparing meals

A manA manreadingreading

under the tree

under the tree

sunsunA van and a carA van and a car

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