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SULIT 1119/1

Section A : Directed Writing

[35 marks]
[Time suggested : 45 minutes]

The area you live in has a serious problem with traffic congestion due to housing
development. On behalf of the residents in your housing area, you have decided to write a
letter of complaint to the authorities to complain about this matter.

In your letter, include the following notes:

Causes:

 narrow roads
 new housing developments
 transport materials

Effects:

 terrible congestions
- peak hours
 rising number of accidents
- bottleneck road
 dirty neighbourhood
- muddy tyre tracks

Ways to overcome:

 build separate access road

 [ suggest one more idea]
 [ suggest one more idea]

When writing the letter, you must:

 lay out the letter correctly ( address, date, salutation, title, closing)
 develop all the notes given
 give your ideas when needed.

Note: For your letter, you will receive up to 15 marks for the format and content points, and up to 20
marks for the quality of your writing.
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SULIT 1119/1

Section B : Continuous Writing

[50 marks]

[Time suggested : 1 hour]

1. Describe how you would like to spend a day by yourself.

2. What problems do people in the city face? Explain and give examples.

3. How can you protect yourself from being a victim of crime? Discuss.

4. Write about a hardworking but quiet young woman who lives alone in a house near your
school. Begin your story with :

‘Every day I would walk pass a grey house on my way to school…………..’

5. ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’

Describe an experience when life became better after one went through difficult times.