ANSWER SCHEMES: SET 3

SECTION A: QUESTION 1

Thousands of people were in the Football Stadium.

e.g.

They waited in suspense of the most exciting match of

for

The Annual Soccer Championships. The Tiger and the

1. Tigers

Panthers have qualify for the finals. The game would

2 qualified

begins in a few minutes. The players of both teams ran

3. begin

slow to the field in a single file, with the captains leading

4. slowly

the way. All of them line up in the middle of the field.

5. lined

The King, accompanied with some of the officials,

6. by

walk onto the field. Then he was introduced to the

7. walked

players of both the teams. After the introduction, he

8. introductions

returned to the grandstand. As soon as all the player

9.

were ready, the referee blown the whistle to start the

10. blew

game. There were cheers from the supporters of both

teams.

SECTION B: QUESTION 2
(a) MAHARANI TUITION CENTRE
(b )experienced teachers and examiners
(c) English Language
(d) Bahasa Melayu
(e) Science
(f) Mathematics
(g) RM 80 for MAHARANI TUITION CENTRE students
(h) RM 100 for other students
(i) one-day seminar / 8.30 a.m. 4.30 p.m.
(j) Miss Anne

players

SECTION B: QUESTION 3
(a) True
(b) False
(c) True
(d) False
(e)By telephone
(f) students who are interested to help to help other students with their problems.
(g) i) pour your hearts out
ii) peer pressure
(h) They prefer to talk to someone whom they do not see face-to-face
(i) They think the peer facilitators understand them better as they are of the same age group.
(j) Accept any suitable answer

BAND/MARK
CRITERIA

SECTION C: QUESTION 4
(a) El Nino causes hot and dry season.
(b) El Nino has triggered off forest fires.
(c) Evacuation centres are located on higher grounds.
(d) Rain / flood / cold temperature
(e)

i triggered
ii preparing
iii wondered
iv foreign tourists

(f) The main crop of Guyana is Cassava

(g) Haze keeps the foreign visitors from visiting the Southeast Asia.
(h) Boat / helicopters
(i) (Accept any suitable answer)

SECTION C: QUESTION 5
(a) Lost all my strength
(b) Soldier / army
(c) The message the persona is saying to the younger generation is that they must stand up to
protect our freedom and independence
(d) Yes/No. (Any suitable reason to the response)

SECTION D: QUESTION 6
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school organised a gotong royong exercise

Keep Our School Clean campaign
half past seven in the morning
gathered for an assembly
class was selected to work on the rock garden
cleared the ground of rubbish
gathered some rocks and put them togetrher
arranged a few flowerpots among the rocks neatly
collected some flowering plants and planted them in the flowerpots
put small rocks on top of the bigger rocks
cemented the rocks together so that they would not fall off
checked on the rock garden
everyone agreed that the garden looked very nice
it did not look overcrowded
teachers came to inspect the garden
they were pleased with our efforts and praised us for a job well done
we were very happy too
found out that we enjoyed working together

SECTION D: QUESTION 7
A theme in the novel The Railway Children written by Edith Nesbit which interests me is
friendship. The children came to the countryside not knowing anyone. Along the way, they
made a few good friends. They managed to make friends with the Station Master and the
Porter, Mr. Perks. They also made friends with the old gentleman from the train and also his
grandson, Jim. The old gentleman was a really good friend. He helped the family a few times.
When the childrens mother was ill, he bought the special things needed. The old gentleman
also helped to free the childrens father from prison. The children made friends with Jim, the
hound in red shirt when they rescued him from the train tunnel.