English Paper 2Section C

By Haslinda Midy

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Section C requires pupils to write paragraphs based on a set of pictures.

Some points to remember :

• Introduction

• Body

• Closure

Who WhereWhenWhatWhyHow

Consists of 2 or 3 paragraphsExpand the notes givenAdd your own informationAdd new words and phrasesAdd describing words or phrasesWrite long and short sentences

State your feelingGive moral values

First, pupils should know …Regular verbs in present and past tenses, for examples :

Present Tense Past Tense Present Tense Past Tense

thank thanked scare scared

ask asked watch watched

walk walked return returned

look looked call called

report reported wait waited

switch switched surprise surprised

start started pass passed

continue continued knock knocked

promise promised advise advised

happen happened cycle cycled

park parked help helped

decide decided reach reached

enjoy enjoyed pack packed

Pupils should know …Irregular verbs in present and past tenses, for examples :

Present Tense Past Tense Present Tense Past Tense

go went leave left

hear heard become became

catch caught bring brought

begin began tell told

take took buy bought

see saw throw threw

fall fell spill spilt

come came make made

wear wore feel felt

run ran win won

build built sing sang

wake woke put put

feed fed swim swam

Pupils should also know ..

Present Tense Past Tense

is was

are were

has had

have had

do did

does did

Verbs ‘to be’, ‘to have’ and ‘to do’

Don’t forget the sentence structuresSubject Verbs ‘Wh’

His parents went out to their friends’ gathering

Walter was left alone at home

He did not go with his parents

He was having some English homework

He felt tired

He watched a programme at the television

He heard a loud crash

His mother asked him to go to the grocery shop

Egberth walked to the shop

He bought a packed of sugar

Let’s begin with the ‘Introduction’Paragraph 1 makes up the introduction. Before writing, study the picture carefully. Introduce the people from the picture by giving them names.Then write, answering these questions: - When? - Who? - Where? - Why? - What? - How?

For example: Walter is twelve years old and likes to help other people. He is kind and responsible boy. He lives with his parents and always listens to his parents advices. Last Saturday night, his parents went out to their friends’ gathering, so he was left alone at home. He did not go along with his parents because he was having some English homework to do, given by his teacher. After doing his part of his homework, Walter felt tired and decided to relax for a while before continuing to the next topic, so he watched a programme at the television. While he was watching his favourite programme, suddenly he heard a loud crash from outside the house. He became scared as he was alone at home.

night – alone – parents – loud crash – scared

BodyThe body is often made up of paragraphs 2 and 3. Expand upon the notes given. Use your own words to make complete and correct sentences. - Add your own information. Add new words and phrases. Add describing words or phrases. - Write long and short sentences. (Simple and compound sentences) - Check your tenses, spelling and punctuation. Examples:

looked – break in – window – called – police

Creeping slowly to the window, he looked outside the window and saw someone breaking into his neighbour’s window. His neighbours were not at home as they went for a holiday abroad. Without a moment to lose, he quickly called the police station with the house telephone and reported the thief to the police in charge. A little while later, a police car came and waited for the thief to come out of the house.

Body

thief – climbing – siren – car – caught – thanked

As the thief began climbing down from the window, the police switched on the siren from the car. The thief was surprised and started to run but was caught and handcuffed quickly by the policeman and was put inside the car to be brought to the police station. The policeman thanked Walter for his bravery and honesty as well as his help in catching the thief.

ClosureState your feelings. - example: Walter is brave in taking quick action.

Give a moral value. -example:. Walter is a good and helpful boy.

Give proverbs or idioms (optional)- example:. ‘no pains no gains’

For example:

Walter was glad to have helped the policeman to save his neighbours’ belongings from being taken by the thief. Later that night when his parents came home, he told them of the incident. They praised Walter for his deeds and bravery in taking the quick action by telephoning and informing about the thief to the police station. Walter is indeed a good and helpful boy.

Some examples

Egberth is twelve years old and lives in Kampung Limbahau Papar. He is an obedient and careful boy who always listens to his parents. He also likes to help other people and very polite to elders too. Last Sunday, Egberth’s mother asked him to go to the grocery shop nearby his house to buy some sugar. He walked to the shop as it was just a few blocks from his house. Reaching the shop, he bought a packet of sugar and returned home a few minutes later.

As he was walking home slowly by the side of the road, he saw a boy who was cycling recklessly as he passed by him on the road. As he continued walking, suddenly a bicycle knocked him from behind. It was the same boy he had seen earlier. The boy had lost control of his bicycle while cycling, so he knocked Egberth and they both fell on the road immediately.

Egberth who was carrying the packet of sugar that he bought earlier was thrown together with the sugar onto the ground. When he looked around him, he saw the sugar had spilt on the ground. He then looked at the boy who had also fallen off from his bicycle, shocked of what had happened. The boy apologized to Egberth for what had happened. He promised to Egberth that he will never ride recklessly again and also promised to replace the sugar that had spilt on the ground.

Egberth advised the boy not to play the bicycle on the road again. It was dangerous and one might get hurt if one had an accident like what had just happened. The boy thanked to Egberth and went to the shop to buy the packet of sugar and gave it to Egberth. Then the boy walked home limply with the bicycle because he had hurt his leg.

Some examples

Farid and Halim are best friends. They usually play and study together. They always do their school activity together. One Saturday morning, Farid and his friend, Halim woke up early in the morning and took their bath. They had breakfast together. After that, they went to a stream near their house. They cycled slowly to the stream because it was a breezy afternoon. It made their journey less tiring. They wore caps because it was a hot and blazing day.

Farid and his friend brought their nets and plastic bags. They also brought two bottles of mineral water and some sardine sandwiches. Upon reaching the place, they parked their bicycles under a shady tree. Then, they looked for a suitable spot to catch fish.They went to the stream to catch the fish. After a while Farid caught some fish. He put them into the plastic bags. The boys were very delighted and happy. Later, they decided to go home. They packed everything and cycled home.

When they reached home, they put the fish into small bottles. They feed the fish everyday. They also change the water regularly. They enjoyed watching the fish swim as graceful as swans in the bottles. It was an unforgettable experience for them.

Farid – cycled – stream – nearhouse

brought – nets– plastic bag – happy

small bottles – feed – change water

Practice 1(a)

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Practice 1(b)

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Practice 1(c)

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Possible answers to practice 1Every year, Azmi’s school will hold the School Sports Day. Each time he will take part in the events. Last Saturday, Azmi’s school held the annual sport’s day. At each corner of the field, there were tents set up by the teachers for the participants to get ready. There were buntings all around the field. There were also flags posted at each tent. There was a large crowd who were standing around the field to give support to their teams.

Before the events started, some of the athletes did their warm-up exercises before they took part in any of the events. Azmi took part in the 100 meters event. When he was called to the starting point, he was so excited but at the same time, he felt nervous. He ran very fast that he won the event.

At the end of the sport’s day, the headmaster gave the trophies to the winners. Azmi was selected as the best athlete in the men’s event because he won more gold medals than the other athletes. He was so proud to represent the school to the next inter school sports events. His effort to keep fit during the training session had indeed given him the motivation to win his favourite event. As the saying goes, ‘make every effort to do something’.

Practice 2(a)

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Practice 2(b)

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Practice 2(c)

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Practice 3(a)

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Practice 3(b)

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Practice 3(c)

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Practice 4(a)

boy scouts – camping – waterfall – reached – surprised – dirty -

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Practice 4(b)

- left – picnickers – scout master – instructions – collected - burnt

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Practice 4(c)

pitched – tents – cooked – dinner – campfire – played – games – sang

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Good luck