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

PRESENT TENSE

CORRECT CONJUNCTIONS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

TIPS
COLLECTIVE NOUNS ADVERBS

SIMILES

ADJECTIVES

1) Identify the people

2) Describe what the people are doing

3) Identify the place 4) Use conjunctions and, or, but, so, because, while 5) Use adjectives and adverbs

THERE ARE

WRITE VARIETY OF SENTENCES A BOY, A GIRL

THERE IS

THIS IS A PICTURE OF(THE SCENE) ADAM IS WHO IS

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

Notes:
There is and There are There is - singular. There are - plural.

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

Picture 1 (UPSR 2005)

1. There are two boys in the picture. 2. There are four girls in the picture.

Formula S-V-W
read under the tree

A girl S (SUBJECT) A girl V (VERB + ING) reading W (WHERE) Under the tree

*There is a girl reading under the tree.

*A pretty girl is reading under the big tree.

Two boys are swimming in the pool.

A girl is s sweeping in the room.

CONJUNCTIONS?

and

because
while

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.

USE ONLY!!!

Present tense

Present continuous tense

a man sun shining cycling waving

a handbag in between

tree

two ladies

sitting on a bench

Adam with jersey number 3 and his friends

two girls playing football playing hula hoop happil y Ida with pony tails and Alice

cycling running

sitting happy

football hula hoop

playing bench

sun park

ANSWER
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3.

4.

5.

A man is cycling while waving to a woman sitting on a bench. There are two ladies sitting on a bench and there is a handbag in between them. Adam, who is wearing jersey number three, is playing football in the field with his friends. Amira, with pony tails and Alice, are playing hula hoops happily. A sun is shining brightly and there is a big tree near the bench.

sun

A van and a car

Two girls

Preparin g meals

under the tree

building sandcastles

on the beach

Sitting on a mat

a lady

reading

A man

in the sea two boys

swimming