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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