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SPM ENGLISH PAST YEAR QUESTIONS - SECTION B Notice that most stories are HAPPY/SAD/BOTH
Descriptive
2003 : A day you wished had never happened (Sad story)
2004 : Describe a festival celebrated in your area (Happy story)
2005 : Describe the biggest challenge in your life (Both happy/sad)
2006 : Describe an enjoyable weekend you have experienced (H)
2007 : Describe an embarrassing experience in your life (S)
2008 : Write about a person who has worked hard to succeed in life. (H)
2009 : Describe an unforgettable incident that you saw on your way home from school. (B)
2010 : Describe the most popular student in your school. (H)
2011 : A famous person you admire. (H)
2012 : Describe an outing with friends. (B)
2013 : Truly Malaysian. Describe what this means to you. (H)
2014: Describe an important family celebration and how you felt about it. (H)
Opinion / Argumentative
2003 : You have been given a chance to visit a country of your choice. Which country would you choose and why?
2004 : How can we help promote tourism in Malaysia?
2005 : If you were given a chance to be anybody, who would you want to be and why?
2006 : How can television help students in their studies?
2007 : Teenagers today are only interested in entertainment. Do you agree?
2008 : Examinations good or bad?
2009 : School children should not have long holidays. Do you agree?
Many students got lower
2010 : The Internet is mostly a good thing. Do you agree? Support your opinion. marks because they wrote
2011 : Should school students have part-time jobs? Discuss
2012 : Should parents give children more freedom? about MORE THAN ONE
2013 : Is tuition necessary?
2014: There is a lack of freedom given to teenagers today. Do you agree? celebration when the
question clearly stated an
Reflective
2003 : An invention you cannot live without important family celebration.
2004 : My ideal school
2005 : How to keep oneself healthy
2006 : What changes would you like to see in your life in the next ten years?
2007 : My early years.
2008 : My perfect future husband or wife
2009 : My favorite day of the week
2010 : What we can do to save the environment?
2011 : The best things in life are free
2012: Saving money for future
2013 : Write a story about being alone. (Reflective story)
2014: Why are animals important to human beings?
Story Telling / Narrative
2003 : Write a story that ends with: If only I had listened to his/her advice (Sad)
2004 : Write a story ending with: We had never laughed so much in our lives. (Happy)
2005 : Write a story with the title: An Unexpected Visitor (Both)
2006 : Write a story ending with: If only I had been more careful, that wouldnt have happened. (S)
2007 : Write a story beginning with: Kim was nervous when the door opened (B)
2008 : Write a story ending with: Now I realize the value of a true friend. (B)
2009 : Write a story ending with: ...We said our goodbyes and went our separate ways. (S)
2010 : Write a story beginning with:It had been raining all day... (B)
2011 : Write a story that ends with: "...They looked at each other and smiled meaningfully." (H)
2012: Write a story beginning with: The teacher walked into the classroom. It was the first period (B)
2013 : Write a story that ends with: and so I became a better person. (H)
2014: Write a story about a fisherman beginning with: The wind blew strongly. Out at sea, (B)
One Word
2003 : Friends
2004 : Clothes
2005 : Music One Word Essays have been phased out and is now replaced with
2006 : Food phrases. The question in 2014 was a common expression. Do pay
2007 : Tomorrow
2008 : Stars attention to additional details found in the question as IT MUST BE
2009 : Beauty ABOUT A FRIEND WHO HELPED YOU IN A DIFFICULT TIME: eg. family
2010 : Home
break-up, financial problems, health problems, moving away etc.
2011 : Peace
2012: Cleanliness
2013: Reality shows
2014: A friend in need is a friend indeed. Describe how a friend helped you in a difficult time.
*NOTE: PREPARE YOURSELF WITH TWO PERFECTLY EDITED STORIES, A HAPPY ONE AND A SAD ONE AS MOST QUESTIONS ARE RELATED TO THESE TWO
ELEMENTS. STEP 1: Draft out your story, STEP 2: Ask your teacher to help edit and add good stylistics/vocab/proverbs etc, STEP 3: Rewrite and finally
memorise as a back-up for the actual exam. CAUTION/DANGER: If it doesnt fit the questions in the real exam DONT SIMPLY REWRITE THIS ESSAY BUT
WRITE A FRESH ONE. At least with prior practice you will have the necessary vocabulary to write a new essay during the exam. GOOD LUCK!!!!
*Remember to add a TWIST to the story, Happy to Sad or Sad to Happy.

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1. BACKGROUND 2. RISING 3. CLIMAX 4. FALLING 5. RESOLUTION

ACTION ACTION
Planet 370, Izam Green Avatar: Black croc kidnapped Many Avatars died, Nisa died,
Green/Pink Avatar muscular, laser eyes, Nisa, Izams laser-eyes gave birth to purple
3013 sexy lips cut the crocs tail... Avatar...
warm, Izam inspired all black blood...
volcanoes, Nisa Pink Avatar: avatars, green + pink A new and peaceful race
flying skyboards, pretty, attack enemy and of purple Avatars are
flowers/ loving save Nisa born.
insects
Shyukrie
Black Crocodile,
wants to conquer
planet 370.
1) Love is colour blind & 2) Blood is thicker than water
STORY MOUNTAIN WORKSHOP
1. BACKGROUND 2. RISING 3. CLIMAX 4. FALLING 5. RESOLUTION
ACTION ACTION

AJINOMOTO: List two sayings or idioms that are related to your storyline.
1)

2)

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AJINOMOTO: Here are two ways to expand your vocabulary.

A) Select a noun and expand it by adding more information to the sentence, step by step. .
Example:

1. The man.
2. The lonely man.
3. The lonely old man.
4. The lonely old man fell.
5. The lonely old man fell and shouted.
6. The lonely old man fell and shouted for help.
7. The lonely old man fell and shouted for help but no one helped him.
8. The lonely old man, who was the village chief, fell and shouted for help but no one helped him.

Now its your turn to select a noun from your story and expand it:
1. ______________
2. ____________________
3. ____________________________
4. _____________________________________
5. ______________________________________________
6. _______________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________
8. ____________________________________________________________________________

B) 5 Senses: Sight, Smell, Taste, Sound, Texture Now its your turn to describe your characters.
Example:

pink but
tough
Avatar

as pretty
voice of
as the
an angel
sunrise
Nisa

hair that loving

smells of and
roses caring

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HAPPY <---------------------------------------------------------> SAD

No. 1. BACKGROUND 2. RISING 3. CLIMAX 4. FALLING 5. RESOLUTION
ACTION ACTION
th
1. Sweet 16 birthday Invited all her Best day of her life, Went swimming in Stung by a jellyfish.
celebration, excited to friends, planned the everyone who was the sea, suddenly Rushed to hospital.
celebrate at the beach party food and invited attended. there was a shout. Doctor said she would be
with family and friends. games. Best friend All had fun and Her best friend was fine but needed to be
did not know how to laughed a lot. screaming in pain. warded to check for
swim but she would infection. Sad that her
teach her. party ended unhappily but
thankful that no one else
was hurt.
2. Group of five 17 year old Everyone had a Every Friday night, They almost won the When he woke, his head
friends, all boys. Very motorbike and a the boys would race when Joe went hurt. He saw the nurse
close and spent all their license except Joe. gather and have a too fast and and begged her to tell his
time tinkering with He wanted to ride race among them. misjudged the car father that he was sorry
motorcycles, trying to but his father could The other gang ahead of him, but nurse did not reply.
make it faster and not afford to pay for wanted to race slammed into it and Then Joe died and the
better. his license or buy them and they did then blacked out. He doctor asked the nurse
him a motorbike. His not have enough did not know how he why she did not grant the
father told him to be members so Joe got to the hospital boy his last wish, and
patient but Joe was insisted he be part after that nurse said the boy had
very rude to him. of the team. killed his own father in the
accident.
3. Hamid was a farmers In school, Hamid His parents wanted Hamid decided to Suddenly, his friends
son. He went to school always daydreamed to go to KL for his have a barbeque began to smoke and they
in the day but after he would be a elder sisters party and invite some had thrown the cigarette
school he helped his successful man one convocation so of his friends. He buds into the dry paddy
father work the land. day who did not they told Hamid to managed to prepare field and there was a fire!
Together they planted have to work like a look after the some food and even Hamid was aghast when
paddy and earned just labourer. He was house and their got some beer. All his he saw the flames
enough money to feed very popular and land. Hamid was friends thought he consuming all the paddy
the family. had many friends. happy his parents was cool even he and his father had
trusted him to stay though he was just a taken months to plant.
alone at home farmers son. The fire department came
and stopped the fire but it
was too late. Hamid
regretted everything and
he could only cry over spilt
milk.

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SAD <------------------------------ ---------------------------> HAPPY
No. 1. BACKGROUND
1. A girl was born blind.
She always wanted to
see the world because
her friends, especially
her boyfriend, told her
that the world was very
colourful and pretty.
2. Jacob was a street smart
boy. All his life he had to
find his own food and a
place to sleep at night.
He left school after Form
3 because his parents
had died and suddenly
he did not see the point
of continuing his studies.
He did not want to live
with relatives or friends
and he thought the best
thing he could do was
find his own money. His
teacher tried to advise
him but he ignored her.
3. Aliens were invading the
earth. Something had to
be done to save our
planet. Civilians were
dying, cities were being
destroyed. Red alert
everywhere.
4.
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2. RISING 3. CLIMAX 4. FALLING 5. RESOLUTION
ACTION ACTION
Emma would always Emma graduated They quickly sent her Emma was delighted
ask her friends to and on the day of to the hospital and the that she would be able
describe each day her graduation she doctor checked her. to see the world and
and what they could was going on stage Luckily after the MRI when the operation was
see and it made her when she scan there was no successful; she looked
very sad that she accidentally tripped bleeding in her head. upon her boyfriends
was blind. She and fell. She Emmas parents and face and found he had
would do anything knocked her head friends were very only one eye. Only then
to see the world for hard and got a thankful. The doctor did she realise that he
herself. concussion. then told her the good had sacrificed one eye so
news, someone had they could see the world
donated one eye to together and she agreed
her and they would do to marry him and live
the operation for free. happily ever after.
He spent his days on One day, he The lady screamed and Jacob instinctively
the street watched a woman started running after slowed down because
sometimes begging with a cap enter Jacob. Usually, Jacob the burden of guilt was
for money and other the bank to never looked back but too heavy to bear.
times he became an withdraw money her voice sounded Suddenly, he was
expert at snatching from the ATM. He familiar. He turned and standing still and the
womens handbags saw she put a lot of saw the cap had flown teacher had caught up
and making a run for cash in her off her head and it was with him. When she
his life. Sometimes handbag and his Form 3 class looked at him, he had
too he would break decided to snatch it teacher, Ms. Audrey. tears streaming down his
into cars and steal from her. He She was screaming for face and she just hugged
the stereo system or followed her down him to stop the him, telling him
laptops left in the a quiet street and madness, just return everything was going to
car to sell then quickly her bag to her. be fine. It was never too
underground. grabbed her late to change for the
handbag. better. She took him in,
cleaned him up and
enrolled him back in
school and since then he
never looked back.
Captain Eric led the One of the aliens Aliens took him Finally, they reached a
armed forces pilots shot at the onboard their ship and truce. Since the alien
of Batallion 89 to Captains MIG- found a way to species could only live in
battle with the Fighter 26 and he communicate with extremely cold
spacecrafts that crashed into the him. He saw how conditions, all the
seemed faster and mountainside. advanced they were countries decided to
deadlier. and realised that allow them to stay in the
Nevertheless, the actually they were just Arctic and since then
fought on tirelessly. looking for a safe place they cohabited
to live. peacefully.
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HAPPY SAD
1. Birthday 1. Sickness/Illness (cancer etc.)
2. Engagement/Wedding 2. Accident/Injury
3. Festival (Hari Raya, Christmas etc.) 3. Fire
4. Graduation (pass with flying colours) 4. Lost in jungle
5. Recover from illness 5. Shipwreck
6. Learnt a good lesson 6. Alien invasion
7. Living in Candyland 7. Earthquake
8. Adventure in a different world 8. Tsunami
9. Journey to another country 9. Flood
10. Time travelling (Back to Egypt etc) 10. Attack of dinosaurs/wild animals
11. Magic lamp, 3 wishes 11. Regret taking drugs/alcohol etc
12. Jack & the Beanstalk 12. Death
13. 13.
14. 14.
15. 15.
16. 16.
17. 17.
18. 18.
19. 19.
20. 20.

Collection of idioms/sayings/proverbs/expressions:
1. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
2. A stitch in time saves nine.
3. Better late than never.
4. Better safe than sorry.
5. Prevention is better than cure.
6. Honesty is the best policy.
7. Empty vessels make the loudest noise.
8. Actions speak louder than words.
9. Never judge a book by its cover.
10. Beauty is only skin deep.
11. Birds of a feather flock together.
12. Life is not a bed of roses.
13. The early bird catches the worm.
14. Blood is thicker than water.
15. No point crying over spilt milk.
16. The best things in life are free.
17. Where there is a will, there is a way.
18. Home is where the heart is.
19. The grass is always greener on the other side.
20. Every cloud has a silver lining.
21. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
22. All that glitters is not gold.
23. Charity begins at home.
24. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

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