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2021 SPM English Module 6

The document discusses whether emojis and GIFs restrict language and communication. It notes that English has a large vocabulary but wonders if emojis could lead to a shorter vocabulary in the future, replacing words with emoji equivalents. However, it also argues that images have long been used to communicate and can convey meaning across languages.

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2021 SPM English Module 6

The document discusses whether emojis and GIFs restrict language and communication. It notes that English has a large vocabulary but wonders if emojis could lead to a shorter vocabulary in the future, replacing words with emoji equivalents. However, it also argues that images have long been used to communicate and can convey meaning across languages.

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SPM English Module 6 Date :______

B.A. (Hons) USM , TESOL (London)


The Fun & Effective Way of Learning English
“Do What You Can With All You Have, Wherever You Are.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
SPM Part 3 Reading

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SPM Part 2 - Reading

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Model Essay SPM 6
KIDNAPPED

The ____________________________________. The air was______________.


____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________. Lucas had woken up especially early and
decided to walk to school.
Everything seemed so ordinary. The birds were __________________________________.
The flowers were still_____________________________. Lucas was
__________________________________ in his mind and thought merrily to himself,
"Nothing could possible happen on such a superb day, could it?"
Suddenly, a van _____________________ beside Lucas. Two men dressed in
black_________________________________ . Before a ______________ Lucas
could____________________ , one of them __________ him while the other tossed a gunny
sack over him. Being a large boy, Lucas _____________________ but he was no match for
the_____________________________. Lucas was lifted ___________________ and
hurled into the van.__________________________. He was being kidnapped!
The_____________________________________. Lucas had to concentrate on
getting enough oxygen through the old musty sack. Approximately forty-five minutes later, the
vehicle finally came to a stop. After _______________________ by his captors, they finally
removed the sack. They could not have timed it a minute earlier as Lucas felt he was
__________________________ already. The poor boy was ______________ as he
gasped for air. Lucas__________________________ . It ______________ him that he was
locked in_________________________________ . Old paint was flaking from the
walls and a_____________________________________________ . Lucas
___________________________ of all sorts of _______________________
around the room.
In the next room, Lucas could hear the kidnappers calling his parents. "If you want your
child back, it'll be fifty thousand dollars and not a cent less!" they _____________________
and ________________ the phone, ___________________________________ .
Lucas knew that he had to try to escape. However, all the windows and doors were bolted tight.
All he could do was to wait for someone to rescue him. __________________________
Lucas and he _____________ into a restless slumber.
Suddenly Lucas was __________________ by the sound of a
_____________________ outside the room. He cowered in a corner praying that all would
be fine. There was a series of gunshots and then_________________ . Slowly, the door to his
room inched open. "Lucas?" It was a police officer! He was untied and saved! Lucas
______________________________ out of the room knowing that
_________________________________ to the kidnappers

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Using Power Word

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Subject Verb Agreement
Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

Exercise 5

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Exercise 6

Exercise 7

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Phrasal Verbs

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Do emojis and GIFs restrict our language and communication?

Recently I read Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian novel by George Orwell set in a


totalitarian state where even the language they use is controlled. Adjectives are forbidden
and instead they use phrases such as 'ungood', 'plus good' and 'double plus good' to express
emotions. As I first read this I thought how impossible it would be in our society to have
such vocabulary. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realised in its own way
it's already happening. I type messages to my friends and alongside each is the obligatory
emoji. I often use them to emphasise something, or to not seem too serious, or because this
specific GIF conveys my emotions much better than I ever could using just words. And I
wonder, with our excessive use of emojis, are we losing the beauty and diversity of our
vocabulary?

English has the largest vocabulary in the world, with over one million words, but who's to
say what it'll be like in the future? Perhaps we will have a shorter language, full of saying
'cry face' if something sad happens or using abbreviations like LOL (laugh out loud) or
BRB (be right back) instead of saying the full phrase. So does this mean our vocab will
shrink? Is it the start of an exciting new era? Will they look back on us in the future and say
this is where it all began – the new language? Or is this a classic case of the older
generations saying, 'Things weren't like that when I was younger. We didn't use emoticons
to show our emotions'?

Yet when you look back over time, the power of image has always been there. Even in the
prehistoric era they used imagery to communicate, and what's even more incredible is that
we are able to analyse those drawings and understand the meaning of them thousands of
years later. Pictures have the ability to transcend time and language. Images, be it cave
paintings or emojis, allow us to convey a message that's not restrictive but rather
universal.

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