PAST YEARS QUESTIONS SPM 2005 2009 - PAPER 1

PAST YEARS QUESTIONS PMR

YEAR GUIDED WRITING CONTINUOUS WRITING
2005
2005 2009
INFORMAL LETTER: a) Describe the biggest challenge in your life.
-write a letter to your friend about the b) Write a story with the title: An unexpected Visitor
YEAR experience
RATIONAL at a three-
POEM SHORT GUIDED
c) How WRITING
to keep oneself healthy NOVEL
CLOZE
day outdoor activity STORY d) If you were given a chance to be anybody, who would
2005 - descriptive
PRESENT THE DEAD BUNGA REPORT FOR THE ENGLISH
you want to be and why? WRITE ON ONE OF THE MORAL
-past tense/past
TENSE continuous
CROW tense
TELUR e) Music
LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER VALUES:
- National Day Celebration I) HONESTY
2006 INFORMAL LETTER: a) Describe
- Descriptive/ Past Tense an enjoyable weekendII)you have experienced
RESPONSIBILITY
- Write a letter to a friend giving reasons why b) Write a story ending with:
she/he would make a good Head Prefect If only I had been more careful, that wouldnt have
2006 PRESENT LAKE ISLE HOW DALAT LETTER TO YOUR UNCLE WHY YOU LIKE OR DISLIKE THE
- Suggestive happened.
TENSE
- Descriptive - Informal letter
c) What changes would you like ENDING OFyour
to see in THElife
STORY
in the next
- Present tense, present continuous tense - Plan to go for holiday
ten years (PLOT)
- Descriptive
d)/How
present and future
can television help students in their studies?
tense e) Food
2007 PRESENT LIFE BRIEF BUNGA WRITE A STORY ABOUT JOHANS WRITE ABOUT HOW TWO
2007 TENSE
TALK/SPEECH CANDLE TELUR EXPERIENCEa) Describe an embarrassing experience
CHARACTERSWORK
in your life TOGETHER
-Write a talk on science reference book that is
-Narrative b) Teenagers today are only interested
Essay TO OBTAIN in entertainment.
SUCCES Do
useful for secondary -Past tense you agree? Support your opinion.
2008 students
PRESENT LIFE BRIEF THE PENCIL WRITE A SPEECH c) My early years.
AT SCHOOL WRITE ABOUT AN INCIDENT
- Suggestive d) Write a story beginning with:
TENSE CANDLE ASSEMBLY THAT YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT.
- Descriptive Kim was nervous when the door opened
- Present tense, present continuous tense - Safety Measures In School
e) Tomorrow (PLOT/MORAL VALUES)
- Present tense/ Present continuous
- Suggestions
2008 ARTICLE FOR SCHOOL MAGAZINE a) Write about a person who has worked hard to succeed in life
2009 PRESENT
-Write THEfor
an article DEAD HOW magazine
the school DALAT ARTICLE
about aFOR
b) THE SCHOOLgood or bad? WRITE ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP
Examination-
TENSE
friend who wasCROW
chosen as the best group MAGAZINE
leader ABOUT YOURfuture husband or
c) My perfect BETWEEN
wife FRIENDS IN THE
at a leadership camp d) Write a story
EXPERIENCE AT AN OLD FOLKS ending with: STORY
-Descriptive HOME Now I realize the value of-CHARACTER
a true friend.
-Past tense e) Stars
- Descriptive -PLOT
-Present tense - Past tense
2009 REPORT a) Describe an unforgettable incident that you saw on your way
-Write a report for the Principal on the lack of interest home from school
2010 in sports LAKE ISLE THE PENCIL PROCESS AND PROCEDURES?
b) School IMPORTANT
children should not have LESSON?
long holidays. Do you agree?
? among the students in their school LETTER NARRATIVE?
c) My favourite day of the weekMORAL VALUES?
-Formal language REPORT? d) Write a story ending with:
-Argumentative /opinion We said our goodbyes and went our separate ways.
- Present tense/present continuous tense e) Beauty

2010?
PAST YEARS QUESTIONS 2005 2009 - PAPER 2

YEA SECTION A SECTION B SECTION C SECTION D

R GRAPHIC RATIONAL INFO. READING SUMMARY POEM SHORT NOVEL
STIMULUS CLOZE TRANSFER COMP. STORIES
/
SHORT
TEXT
200 -graphics Q 9-15: Type of - Locating info Steps and SI LOOKING FOR Write about how
5 3 QS -Tenses (1) books - understandin tools Harun TENGGANGS THE RAIN GOD love is
-Short -pronoun (1) g used to HOMECOMING - locate info from important in a
text -relative meaning in produce an -state moral text family
5 QS pronoun context ice values - ccts QS -moral values
(1) - making sculpture -make
-preposition inferences conclusion
(2) - giving -meaning in
-conjunction opinion context
(1) - ccts QS
-vocab (1)
200 graphics Q 9-15: Advertiseme - Locating info The THE ROAD THE DROVERS Write about the
6 3 QS -Tenses (2) nt on a - understandin hardships NOT TAKEN WIFE main character
-Short -article (1) carnival g The -Locating - locate specific as a
text -wh-question meaning in villagers specific phrase info from text determined
5 QS (1) context Faced -meaning for - ccts QS person and how
-conjunction - making because of specific word it affects the
(2) inferences flood and -ccts QS family
-vocab (1) - giving landslide/ -characteristics
opinion help -plot
provided
200 graphics Q 9-15: Different - Locating info Steps that SI THE LOTUS Write about a
7 4 QS -Tenses (1) types of - understandin should be TENGGANGS EATER character you
-Short -preposition mushrooms g taken to HOMECOMING - locate specific look up to
text (1) meaning in plant young - meaning in info from text - characteristics
4 QS -article (1) context tree context - ccts QS - moral values
-adverb (1) - making - locate specific
-conjunction inferences line in the text
(2) - giving - ccts QS
-vocab (1) opinion

200 graphics Q 9-15: History of - Locating info How the IF THE SOUND Write about
8 4 QS -Tenses (1) Olympics - understandin leopard - locate specific MACHINE whether the
-Short -preposition g attacked line in the text - locate specific ending was sad
text (1) meaning in the writer - meaning in info from text or happy
4 QS -article (1) context and what context - ccts QS -plot
-adverb (1) - making he did to - meaning for
-conjunction inferences save specific word
PAST YEARS QUESTIONS 2005 2009 - PAPER 2

YEA SECTION A SECTION B SECTION C SECTION D

R GRAPHIC RATIONAL INFO. READING SUMMARY POEM SHORT NOVEL
STIMULUS CLOZE TRANSFER COMP. STORIES
/
SHORT
TEXT
200 graphics Q 9-15: A book - Locating info How the MONSOON THE NECKLACE Write about a
9 4 QS -Tenses (3) review - understandin husband HISTORY -Inference difficult
-Short -preposition g helped his - meaning in question decision
text (1) meaning in wife to context - locate specific made by a
3 QS -article (1) context return to - locate specific info character. Is
-a -vocab (1) - making her job and words in the from text the decision
caption -personal inferences the text - ccts QS right
1 QS pronoun (1) - giving problems - ccts QS
opinion he faced in
doing so

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