Compiled By: Cynthia C. James 2012
Compiled By: Cynthia C. James 2012
Compiled By: Cynthia C. James 2012
Cynthia C. James
2012
(THIS MODULE IS DEVELOPED AS A TEACHING AND LEARNING AID ONLY. THIS MODULE IS NOT FOR SALE AND
NOT INTENDED TO BE USED FOR ANY COMMERCIAL PURPOSES).
UPSR PRE-WRITING MODULE
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION FOR REMEDIAL CLASS
by Cynthia C. James
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PART 1: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
baby babies
boy boys
girl girls
child children
man men
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woman women
(Pictures from: Kamus Bergambar KBSR English Bahasa Malaysia Pictionary, Buku MUST)
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Practice 1: Label the people in the pictures below.
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Practice 2: Look at the pictures. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
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There are three _____________ in the picture.
The ______ is sleeping with a newspaper on his face.
The ____________ is cooking in the kitchen.
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Exercise 1: Label the people in the pictures below.
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Other List of Vocabulary for People
Occupations
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(Pictures taken from free downloaded picture cards from http://www.mes-english.com)
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Family
father - bapa
mother - emak
son - anak lelaki
daughter - anak perempuan
brother - abang / adik lelaki
sister - kakak / adik perempuan
cousin - sepupu
nephew - anak saudara lelaki
niece - anak saudara perempuan
uncle - bapa saudara
aunt - emak saudara
grandfather - datuk
grandmother - nenek
Exercise
Find and list down the plural forms for all of the words for people listed above in your
exercise book.
Find more words that categorize people and list the words down in your vocabulary book.
Teachers Notes
Topics in the Textbook:
Year 6 Unit 1: Wonderfully Made
Year 5 Unit 1: Family First, Unit 7: People
Specifications in HSP:
3.2.2 Read and learn the meaning of key words for each topic taught.
4.2.1 Complete simple texts with the missing words.
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Pre-Writing 1
You may start writing sentences about the people in a picture. To do so, you may use the
sentence structure below:
a baby
is an child
one boy
girl
man
woman
old man
There old woman in the picture.
(number) babies
are several children
some boys
a few girls
many men
women
old men
old women
Notes:
There is and There are can be roughly translated as Ada in Bahasa
Melayu.
There is - singular.
There are - plural.
a, and an = one (1) or satu in Bahasa Melayu.
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Example:
Try to write!
Look at the pictures. Based on the given example, try to write sentences about the people
in the pictures.
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Picture 3 (UPSR 2007)
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Animals, Plants and Objects (Excerpts from Spotlight UPSR English, Sasbadi)
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Vocabulary for Fruits and Vegetables (Year 4 Unit 3: Healthy Living, Year 6 Unit 3: Fit
as a Fiddle)
Exercise: Find the plural forms for each type of fruits and vegetables above.
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Vocabulary for Objects in the Home (Year 5 Unit 1: Family First)
Exercise: Find the plural forms for each object in the home above.
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Vocabulary for Transport (Year 4 Unit 6: Moving Around)
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Vocabulary for Musical Instruments (Year 6 Unit 5: Sounds of Music)
Exercise: Find the plural forms for each musical instrument above.
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Vocabulary for Food and Drinks (Year 5 Unit 6: Glorious Food)
Exercise: Categorize the food and drinks above into countable and uncountable. For the
countable items, find the plural forms.
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Pre-Writing 2: Formula TiTa
People, objects, plants, animals, transport, fruits and vegetables, food and drinks are
classified under the part of speech that is called Nouns. We have learned that nouns can
be singular or plural.
We can use the structure There is and There are to write sentences about nouns. Lets
call the structure Formula TiTa.
Example:
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Lets try to write!
Write as many sentences as you can for the pictures below, using Formula TiTa. Write the
sentences in your exercise book.
Picture 1 Picture 4
Picture 2 Picture 5
Picture 3 Picture 6
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PLACES (Pictures source: http://www.mes-english.com)
Vocabulary for Places
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Include the names of places in your sentences to make them more interesting. For
example, instead of writing There are many children in the picture, you may write There
are many children at the playground.
Reinforcement: Redo the exercise on page 21. Change in the picture to names of places
according to the picture.
Homework: Find more names of places from the dictionary / Pictionary and write them
down in your vocabulary book.
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Actions (Verbs) (Year 4 Unit 1: What Do You Like?, Year 5 Unit 10: What Games Do You
Play?, Year 6 Unit 4: Magical Movements) (Picture source: http://www.mes-english.com)
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Extra activity: Find more verbs / actions. You can use the picture dictionary. Write the
verbs / actions in your vocabulary book together with their meanings in Bahasa Malaysia.
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Pre-Writing 3: Formula S-V-W
Example 1:
Article/Number Subject be Verb Wh
cat An old is holding a
woman cat.
old woman
Sentence:
hold
An old woman is holding a cat.
Example 2:
Article/Number Subject be Verb Wh
A rabbit is pulling a
pull carrot.
rabbit Sentence:
carrot A rabbit is pulling a carrot.
Example 3:
Sentence:
girl A girl is running.
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Before we start writing, lets practice some basic grammar items first.
I. Articles: a, an
Notes:
The article a and an means one.
The article a is placed before a word that starts with the consonant sound.
Example: a boy, a girl, a cat, a rabbit
The article an is placed before a word that starts with the vowel sound.
Example: an old man, an old woman, an orange, an apple
______ computer
______ boy
______ cat
______ umbrella
______ Eskimo
______ elephant
______ tiger
______ pyramid
______ tall boy
______ old woman
______ old man
______ Iban boy
______ experiment
______ apple
______ orange
______ small umbrella
______ igloo
______ architect
______ taxi
______ car
______ office
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II. Be Verb
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III. Verb + ing
We add the suffix -ing to root verbs when we want to write sentences using Continuous
Tense. When the verbs with the suffix -ing is put after the be verbs (is or are), it will
become Present Continuous Tense.
When do we use Present Continuous Tense? We use Present Continuous Tense when we
want to write about something that is happening now, at this moment.
It is best to use Present Continuous Tense when writing sentences for Section A of UPSR
Paper 2.
For most verbs, we can directly add the suffix -ing at the end.
Examples: play playing, read reading, sleep sleeping
For verbs that end with the letter e, we have to omit the letter e first before adding
the suffix -ing.
Examples: write writing, arrange arranging, bake baking
Sometimes, we have to double the final letters of some verbs before we can add the
suffix -ing at the end.
Examples: run running, swim swimming, put putting
The best way to identify which rule to apply when adding the suffix -ing at the end of
verbs is by reading a lot of English books, and by doing a lot of grammar practices.
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Exercise: Add the suffix -ing at the end of the verbs. Find the meaning of each verb in
the dictionary. Write it down in your vocabulary book.
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Crawl Give
Cry Glue
Cut Greet
Grow Point
Guide Possess
Hear Practice
Help Pray
Hide Prefer
Hit Prepare
Hop Press
Hope Pretend
Introduce Put out
Iron Reach
Join Read
Jump Receive
Kick Remove
Lean Repair
Learn Repeat
Leave Repair
Lend Ride
Lie Ring
Lift Roar
Like Rise
Listen Roll
Live Rush
Make Say
March Score
Move Scream
Must See
Need Serve
Obey Sell
Open Sew
Paint Signal
Paste Shed
Pat Shop
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Peel Show
Plan Sing
Plant Sleep
Play Slip
Point Spread
Tell Frighten
Speak Has
Spend Have
Sprint Hold
Stitch Post
Start Purr
Success Sort
Surround Spread
Sweep Sprint
Swim Stop
Take Succeed
Stir Teach
Talk Thin
Stuff Type
Subtract Water
Throw Wish
Turn Work
Twinkle Wrap
Use Write
Visit Floods
Wait Fold
Wake
Walk
Wash
Watch
Wave
Wear
Weave
Weigh
Wipe
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Lets start writing!
Practice 1: Look at the pictures on page 22 26. Find the articles/numbers, subject, verb
and Wh for each picture. Then, write your sentences.
Practice 2: Look at the pictures below. Write as many sentences as you can by using
Formula S-V-W.
Picture 1 Picture 3
Picture 2 Picture 4
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Exercise: Write as many sentences as you can for each picture below using Formula TiTa
and Formula S-V-W.
Picture 1
Picture 2
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Picture 3
Picture 4
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PART 2: ONE STEP FURTHER
And dan
While manakala
Example: Try to write as many sentences as you can for the picture below.
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Lets combine some of the sentences using the conjunctions and and while.
Practice: Write as many sentences as you can for the pictures below. Then, try to combine
the sentences using the conjunctions and and while.
Picture 1
Picture 2
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Complex Sentences: Describe the Subject
Example 1
Sentence 1:
A man is talking on the phone.
Sentence 2:
The man who is wearing spectacles is talking on the phone.
Example 2
Sentence 1:
A woman is smiling.
Sentence 2:
The woman who is wearing a scarf and baju kurung is smiling.
Sentences 2 in both examples above are complex sentences. We can write complex
sentences by adding a clause that describes the subject in the sentence. Note that the
article a is changed to the. When a subject is described, it becomes specific.
The structure:
The Subject who is (description) is verb+ing
are are
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Lets practice!
Fill in the blanks with the words / phrases in the box.
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Practice: Find phrases to describe the people in the pictures below. Then, form a complex
sentence for each picture. Use the words given to help you.
Example:
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- boy wearing a cap - fishing
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- two boys wearing neckties reading books
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- two boys have curly hair painting murals on
the wall
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Spice it Up! Use Adjectives (Picture source: http://www.mes-english.com)
List of Adjectives
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Adjectives to Describe People (Words are taken from Year 6 textbook, page 4)
Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box.
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Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box.
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Feelings (Year 6 textbook, page 5)
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Find the meanings in Bahasa Malaysia
Homework: Find as many adjectives as you can. List the adjectives in your vocabulary book.
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Back to writing!
Now, how do we use adjectives in our writing? There are three simple ways.
Example 1:
Sentence 1:
There are several tables at the library.
Sentence 2:
There are several big tables at the spacious
library.
(big besar, spacious luas)
In the example above, the adjective big is added before the noun tables, and the
adjective spacious is added before the noun library.
Example 2:
Sentence 1:
A few pupils are reading books.
Sentence 2:
A few hardworking pupils are reading books.
(hardworking rajin)
In this example, the adjective hardworking is added before the noun pupils to describe
the pupils in the picture.
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Practice: Add appropriate adjectives to the nouns in the sentences below.
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There are three glasses on the table.
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II. Write sentences to describe the people in the picture using appropriate adjectives.
Examples:
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III. Write sentences to describe the nouns in the picture (the place, objects, plants,
animals, etc) using appropriate adjectives.
Examples:
kitchen
The kitchen floor is messy.
The mouse is tiny.
The box is rectangular.
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Practice!
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Spice it up again! Use adverbs.
Adjectives describe nouns. Adjectives tell us how someone or something looks like or
feels like.
Adverbs describe verbs. Adverbs tell us how something is being done.
Adjectives are usually placed before nouns.
Adverbs are usually placed before or after verbs.
Examples:
(How?)
(How?)
(How?)
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List of Adverbs
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laughing heartily crying sadly swimming athletically studying hard
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dialing repeatedly pushing forcefully pulling effortlessly giving generously
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Lets write!
Use appropriate adverbs to rewrite the sentences for the pictures below. You may use the
words given to guide you.
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Grandmother is weaving the ketupats.
(skillfully)
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A woman is cooking.
(cheerfully)
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The pupils are working.
(cooperatively)
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Exercise: Write sentences for the pictures below. Use the given adjectives and adverbs to
make your sentences more interesting.
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Pictures from KBSR Textbook
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(Pictures from Year 5 textbook)
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(Pictures from Year 6 textbook)
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PART 3: EXTRA SKILL-BASED EXERCISES
(Source: CDrom for Program 1PPD 1005A, JPN Sabah)
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
EXERCISE 1
Fill in the blanks with the present continuous tense form of the verbs in the brackets.
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18. You____________________(spend) too much time reading comics.
EXERCISE 2
1. I do homework.
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5. We wait bus.
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8. You dance.
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9. We watch television.
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10. The cat drink milk.
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ADJECTIVES
10. "You are such a boy," Puan Aminah said to Ali. (naughty, naughtier,
naughtiest)
11. It is ..to learn the guitar than the piano. (easy, easier, easiest)
12. This bag is expensive but that one is even .. (expensive, more expensive, most
expensive)
13. "It's the .. movie that I have seen so far," Mei Lan remarked. (good, better, best)
16. Kumari is the ..runner (fast, faster, fastest) runner in the school.
19. The bag is too I can't carry it. (heavy, heavier, heaviest)
20. Which one is , this one or that one? (thick, thicker, thickest)
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B ) Underline the correct answer
10. Year Three Red is (noisy, noisier) than Year Three Yellow.
11. Juita is a pretty girl but her sister Anita is even (prettier, prettiest).
12. Rosli : I like this car. It is the (better, best) car that I have ever used.
14. He felt very weak after the long sickness but now he is feeling (better, good).
15. Can you tell me which is the (longest, longer) river in Malaysia?
18. The Mathematics paper was the (easiest, easier) of all. Everybody scored
high marks for it.
20. All the teachers are busy but Mr.Lee is the (busier, busiest) among them.
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C. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable adjectives from the box
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18. Would you like a ..drink?
Conjunctions
EXERCISE 1
e.g. The old man is deaf. The old man is dumb. (and)
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B) Join these sentences with and or but.
e.g. She took out some money. She paid the man.
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EXERCISE 2
4. The blue dress was torn. She wore the green one. (so)
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5. Wear a coat. You will be cold. (or)
EXERCISE 3
1. The girls enjoyed the show ___________ the boys did not. (but, so, if)
2. You can have ___________ coffee _________ tea. You cannot have both. (either.or,
neither.nor)
3. Latifah helped Harun _____________ she was in a hurry. (although, if, next)
4. ___________ Neela ______ Sonia wants to mop the floor. They both dislike housework.
7. You cannot win the game. You try very hard. (unless, but)
11. Tara does not know the answer. Muthu does not know the answer. (Either or, Neither
.nor)
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Prepositions
2 I go to school . bus.
9 I sleep . 10 oclock.
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22 The boys jumped . the pool.
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VOCABULARY EXERCISES
Topic : Objects
5. Please pour the hot water from the __________ into the flask.
( jug, kettle, bowl )
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Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
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Choose the suitable words to fill in the blanks.
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BUILDINGS
Words Meanings Words Meanings
Bank Beach
Bridge Apartment
Bungalow Bookshop
Bus station Stadium
Church Taxi stand
Cinema Minaret
Clinic Office
College Canteen
Condominium Storeroom
Factory Staffroom
Fire station Living room
Flats Sitting room
Hole Airport
Hospital Garage
Hostel Workshop
House Hangar
Hut Quay
Jail Gymnasium
Lighthouse Cabin
Longhouse Dormitory
Market Sty
Museum Den
Pagoda Coop
Palace Gallery
Parliament Igloo
Petrol station Aviary
Police station Barn
Post office Web
Prison Byre
Railway station Studio
Rest house Quarry
School Theatre
Semi detached Roof
Shop Camp
Shophouse Kindergarten
Shopping complex Burrow
Single-storey
Stall
Temple
Terrace house
Warehouse
Island
Light House
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Kennel
Nest
Kitchen
Arch
Court
Tower
Ranch
Port
Planetarium
Platform
Tent
Cannery
Classroom
Wigwam
Abattoir
Orphanage
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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
(A) Write the meaning of the words below.
1. The people of Sabah celebrate the ( Harvest Festival, Tamu Festival ) in May every
year.
2. During the Festival of the Nine Emprerors Gods last year, many ( Indians, Chinese)
went to the temple to pray.
3. Next week Vikram Naidu will go to Batu Caves to celebrate (Thaipusam,
Deepavali).
4. Every year on Prophet Muhammads Birthday ( Muslims, Buddhism ) take part in
processions.
5. Mahmud will take part in the Kelantan (Drum, Piano) Festival next year.
6. The ( State, National ) Day Celebration in Kuala Lumpur was grand last year.
7. My brother will attend the Penang ( Grand Prix, Grand Day ) next Saturday.
8. Daiyuns father cleans his grandfathers tomb every ( Qingming, New Year ).
9. I will make a lattern for the ( Moon Cake Festival, Harvest Festival ) next year.
10. Every year the pupils buy their teachers presents for the ( Teachers Day,
Birthday ).
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(D) Use the correct words to complete the sentences below.
1. Before the ... day, the teachers and pupils were busy decorating the
tent. ( sports, teachers )
2. They sang the National dan State anthem before the started.
( Prize Giving Ceremony, telematch )
3. Peter celebrated his . last week. ( birthday, wedding day )
4. There was a held at Dataran Merdeka yesterday.
( colouring contest, concert )
5. Many schools will take part in the . next week. It is opened
for pupils from Year 1 to Year 6. ( Story telling competition, top spinning
competition )
6. There was a loud .. from the house in the fire yesterday.
( explosion, noise )
7. Many teacher, parents and pupils brought their .. for the Gotong-
Royong project in the school. ( tools, food )
8. Ai Leen who was wearing a red dress, won the first prize in the
last night. ( Fashion Show Contest, Fashion Show Parade )
9. I usually buy a bouquet of flowers for my mother on the
( Mothers Day, Fathers Day )
10. My brother loves challenging activities. So he joins .
( Mountain Climbing, Swimming )
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PHRASAL VERBS
Write the meaning is Bahasa Melayu next to the given phrasal verbs.
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71. light up 111. regard with
72. listen to 112. return to
73. live on 113. ring up
74. look at 114. round up
75. look for 115. send for
76. look into 116. set aside
77. look up 117. settle down
78. make out 118. show off
79. marvel at 119. set up
80. meet with 120. smash up
81. mistake for 121. speak for
82. mix up 122. spread out
83. move on 123. stand by
84. noted for 124. stand for
85. object to 125. start with
86. open up 126. stay up
87. pack with 127. step in
88. part from 128. take away
89. pour out 129. take off
90. pay for 130. take over
91. pay up 131. tear down
92. piled up 132. turn down
93. pick out 133. turn into
94. plan for 134. turn out
95. play with 135. wait for
96. pleased with 136. wake up
97. plunge into 137. wrap up
98. point out 138. write down
99. pour in 139. work out
100. pull out 140. wind up
101. put down
102. put off
103. put on
104. put up
105. queue up
106. read out
107. receive from
108. reduce to
109. rain down
110. run down
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EXERCISES:
A. Underline the phrasal verbs in the sentences.
1. Please dont ( bring up, bring down, bring forward ) this matter again.
2. A stray cat was .. ( run into, run down, run across ) by a van.
3. Jimmy does not like to .. ( look at, look out, look through ) ugly
animals.
4. This ball is ( made up, made out, made from ) rubber.
5. You must .. ( stand up, stand by, stand for ) today, someone may not be
able to come.
6. You must ( come before, come down, come up ) seven oclock if
you want to buy fresh vegetables.
7. The aeroplane will . ( take off, take up, take out ) at half past seven.
8. Tell the children to . ( keep up, keep of, keep down ) the grass.
9. The race was ( called up, called off, called out ) because of the
bad weather.
10. The clown .. ( put up, put on, put off ) a funny dress.
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C. Fill in the blanks with one of the words given in the brackets.
5. The traveler who lost his way . the police for help.
A.turned up B.turned to C.broke up D.stepped up
8. The nanny has to look after four children. She cannot the job.
A.do with B.cope with C.take over D.break off
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DIRECTIONS AND LOCATIONS
English Malay
1. Above
2. Across
3. After
4. Against
5. Along
6. Among
7. Around
8. At
9. Away
10.Back
11.Before
12.Behind
13.Below
14.Beside
15.Between
16.Bottom
17.By
18.Centre
19.Corner
20.Down
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21.Downstairs
22.East
23.Edge
24.Everywhere
25.For
26. From
27. Here
28. In
29. In front of
30. Inside
31. Left
32. Middle
33. Near
34. Next to
35. Close to
36. North
39. Of
40. Off
41. On
42. Opposite
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43. Out
44. Outside
45. Over
46. Right
48. Round
49. South
52. Straight
53. There
54. Through
55. To
56. Towards
59. Under
60. Upon
61. Upper
62. Upstairs
63. West
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TRANSPORT
1. BICYCLE
2. SHIP
3. AEROPLANE
4. BOAT
5. SPEEDBOAT
6. BUS
7. CABLE CAR
8. JEEP
9. BULLOCK CART
10. RAFT
11. HELIPCOPTER
12. TRICYCLE
13. HOVERCRAFT
14. SAMPAN
15. TAXI
16. CAR
17. COMMUTER
18. LRT
19. FERRY
20. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE
21. TRAILER
22. SUBMARINE
23. YACHT
24. JUNK
25. SPACESHIP
26. JET
27. ROCKET
28. COACH
29. MOTORBOAT
30. MOTORCYCLE
31. AMBULANCE
32. TRUCK
33. FIRE ENGINE
34. TANK
35. CARAVAN
36. TRACTOR
37. OIL-TANKER
38. TRAIN
39. SCOOTER
40. TRISHAW
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41. VAN
42. CABLE CAR
43. LORRY
44. STAGECOACH
45. MONORAIL
46. TRAM
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Resources / Materials:
1. UPSR Past Year Papers by Lembaga Peperiksaan Malaysia (LPM) 2005 2010
2. Penjana Pentaksiran Instan Sasbadi (e-banksoalan.com)
3. CDrom 1PPD 1005A Program JPN Sabah
4. Resources/Modules/Notes from Guru Cemerlang/PPD/JPN
5. KBSR Textbook Bahasa Inggeris (Year 4, 5, and 6) by Curriculum Development Centre
6. Kamus Bergambar KBSR English Bahasa Malaysia Pictionary (Buku MUST)
7. Pictures from http://www.mes-english.com
8. Excerpts from Spotlight UPSR English by Angeline Spykerman, Lina Lee and K.K. Lim (Pan
Asia
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