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2Spm Sample of Continuous Essays PDF
2Spm Sample of Continuous Essays PDF
You are concerned over the implications and long-term health effects of the haze.
Write an article to the local newspaper expressing your concern based on all the
notes below.
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From: Penilaian Topik Vista SPM/Sasbadi/2009
In spite of government’s clear call to students to study English well, many students
still show very little interest in studying the language. As Chairperson of the English
Language Society, you are going to try to persuade the students to study the
language by writing an article in the school newsletter. In the article you have to tell
the students the importance of studying the language. Your article is given in the
point form below:
• will help you to further your studies
• will help you to get a job
• will help you in your job
• will help you in your travels
• will help you to enjoy many interesting programmes in television
• will help you to appreciate many of the world’s most beautiful literary works
PULAU PINANG, Thu – An elderly businessman and his wife foiled a robbery
attempt by two men armed with a screwdriver and a knife. The victims were reported
safe from any bad injury.
Tan Ah Wok, 60 and his wife were taking a morning walk near their home in
Helen Heights yesterday when two men on a motorcycle stopped them under the
pretext of asking for directions. As Mr. Tan was giving directions, one of the robbers
pointed a knife at him and ordered them to keep quiet. He then relieved Mrs. Tan of
her jewellery and instructed Mr. Tan to hand over his ring and watch. When he
refused, a struggle ensued. Meanwhile, his accomplice grabbed a helmet and hit Mr.
Tan on the head with it. On seeing this, his wife started screaming.
One of their neighbours, R. Subramaniam, who was taking his dog for a walk,
heard the screams and when to investigate. On seeing Subramaniam and his dog,
the robbers fled. “I was taking my dog for a walk when I heard someone shouting for
help. Knowing that something was wrong, I ran there as fast as I could. Before I
reached the scene, the robbers fled on a motorbike. They were probably afraid of my
Rottweiler.”
Mr. Tan, who suffered a small cut on his head, was given outpatient
treatment at a private clinic. He said that it was a horrified experience as he never
expected the two men would attack his wife and him. He thought that they were lost
and needed help. He also mentioned that the guard who in charge nowadays easily
allowed the strangers to enter their residents. State CID Chief Supt Harun Din
advised him and the people to be more careful in giving help to strangers. The guard
also must be stricter in letting people from entering any residents without proper
permission.
He added that the suspects, aged between 25 and 30, were believed to be
illegal immigrants. He said there had been similar incident last week when two men
approached a factory worker who was on her way home after work. The duo then
relieved her gold chain and cash. He advised the residents to be alert and reports to
police any suspicious-looking characters lurking in their area.
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From: Spot on Model Compositions and Summary/Oxford Fajar/2007
On 7th September 2011 at 10.30 a.m., I was walking alone Jalan 2/14 which
is next to the children’s playground. As I was about to cross the road to enter the
park, I saw a car driving swiftly down Jalan 4/14. It was a Honda Civic with the
number plate BEH 9110. Another car, a Toyota Vios 1.5 with plate number WHM
4657 came out of Jalan 4/14 as well. The Honda Civic was driving too fast that make
it did not have time to avoid collision.
The accident caused a loud crash. The Honda Civic hit the Toyota Vios on
the driver’s door. The door could not be opened and the driver had to get out from
the passenger’s door. The driver of the Toyota Vios was lucky as he survived with no
physical injuries. Both air bags popped up when they collided to each other. They
both were fortunate as their car was not badly damaged and dented.
The Toyota Vios’s windscreen was shattered to pieces. The Honda Civic’s
headlight and signal light were smashed. There was plenty of glass on the road. The
two drivers startled to argue. The driver of the Honda City was a woman. They
blamed each other and the argument stopped when her mobile phone rang. Most of
the passerby slowed down their vehicle to watch the accident. Some pedestrian
came by and offered help.
As it happened, I ran into my house which is close by. I called the nearest
police station and in ten minutes, a police car drove up. I told the police officer I had
witnessed the accident and offered to come out to the station to give a statement.
The cars were towed to the side of the road first, and then were brought to the police
station before to workshop. Pictures were taken for insurance claim.
In my opinion, the driver of the Honda City is to blame for the accident. She
was driving too fast and did not pay any attention to vehicles coming out from the
side road. The driver of the Toyota Vios should have stopped at the junction.
Julia Selamat
Julia Selamat
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Write Better Compositions and Summaries for SPM 1119 English/Oxford Fajar/2006
As a class project, you have been asked to write a book report. You decide to write a
report of a book you have just read.
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DIRECTED: REPORT – Report to Principal
You are very disappointed by the conditions and services provided by your school
canteen. You decide to write a report to inform your school principal about the poor
conditions and services of the canteen. These would include:
• insufficient table and benches
• food and drinks not covered
• too little food counters
• dirty and clogged drains – smelly
• food – expensive and lacks variety
• inadequate food – late comers have nothing to buy, to eat
• cold food – not fresh
• rude canteen workers
Reported by:
Malik
Malik bin. Mohd Jalil
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The President,
Bandar Baru Sentol Council,
Kompleks Utama,
07200 Bandar Baru Sentol 16 JUNE
2011
Dear Sir,
Uncollected Rubbish and Clogged Drains
I am writing this letter is to attract your attention to the above title. As the
representative of the community, I am calling to tell you that the 300 odd residents
living in Taman Sentosa are extremely unhappy about the lackadaisical attitude of
the local town council towards the uncollected rubbish and clogged drains in our
area.
2. The rubbish in our area has not been collected for more than a week. The
rubbish is supposed to be collected on alternate days but this has not been the case.
The town council workers collect the rubbish according to their own whims and
fancies. The uncollected garbage has attracted not only flies and mosquitoes but
also wild dogs which had attacked the residents on several occasions. These stray
animals also scatter the rubbish and make the roads dirty and smelly. As a result,
residents have to bear the discomfort of stench from the garbage and risk their
health.
3. We are also disappointed with the town council workers for not clearing the
clogged drains which are filled with rubbish. The drains would usually overflow when
there is heavy rain and the rubbish would then flow into the compounds of our
houses. Besides, putting up with the unbearable stench emitted from them, the
residents have to spend hours cleaning their compounds of rotten vegetables, food
leftovers and other rubbish.
5. We have made numerous appeals to the Municipal Council to look into our
complaints but to no avail. We have been putting up with this predicament for more
than a week. We hope the health authorities would do something to check these
health hazards.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Raju
(RAJU a/l MANIAM)
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DIRECTED: FORMAL LETTER: Letter of Application
You came across the following advertisement for the post Accounts Assistant Clerk.
Do remember to:
- use the formal letter
- use all the points given
- elaborate each points given
The Manager,
Lim and Sons Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.,
Lot 123, Interstate Industrial Area,
76 001 Nilai,
Negeri Sembilan 18 JULY 2010
I wish to apply for the post of Accounts Assistant as advertised in The New Strait
Times dated 15th July 2011.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Raju
(RAJU a/l MANIAM)
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Your friend in Singapore has written to you to inform you that his cousin in Penang
was down with dengue fever. He would like to know the situation in Malaysia as he
plans to bring his family over for the holidays in June. Write a letter to brief him about
the current situation.
Do remember to:
• use the informal letter format
• use all the points given
• expand each of the points given
• write in paragraph
No. 34, Street of Fame,
Taman Bukit Bintang,
Bukit Bintang,
67500 Ipoh,
Perak
14 January 2012
Dear John,
How are you? I’m sorry to hear that your cousin had dengue fever. This
problem seems to have become very serious all of sudden. We always feel that the
problem is not our concern until someone close to us is affected.
My neighbour’s daughter who was in Standard 6 last year could not sit for
UPSR examination because she was down with dengue fever on the eve of the
exam. Fortunately, the authorities gave her an exemption so she is now in Form
One. There were also a few students taking the examination in the hospital.
According to the news, students made up nearly 30 per cent of the 1 500
suspected cases over the first three weeks of the year. About 53 per cent of 621
confirmed cases last year comprised children and youth under the age of 24. These
statistics are quite worrying. This has prompted the health ministry to increase
checks on aedes breeding grounds in school and public areas. The construction
sites are largely to blamed. The problem is made worse by the rainy season. The
stagnating water attract the mosquitoes to lay egg and breeding on the areas.
The authorities have taken various steps to control the situation. Fogging has
been carried out in many public areas and most of the housing estates. Contractors
at the construction sites have been instructed to take appropriate actions and
warned to clean up. They could be fined up to RM 3 000 for breeding aedes
mosquitoes. Lot of campaigns through the television, radio and newspapers were
taken to make people aware of the issue and take precaution rather than cure them.
Before the long holidays for the Chinese New Year, schools all over Malaysia
carried out a clean-up campaign of the school compound. The residents’ association
in my housing are also organised a family day clean-up of the housing estate. There
were huge piles of rubbish especially old tyres and containers littered by the hawkers
near the might market site.
The situation in Malaysia has improved since the end of January. There have
been no reports of new cases of dengue. So, don’t worry. You can bring your family
for a holiday here in June. I’m looking forward to seeing them again.
Send my regard to your mom and dad. Do take care.
Yours sincerely,
Harun Din
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DIRECTED: SPEECH
A very good morning to our dear Principal, Mr. Hasnan bin Jaafar, teachers
and students.
Recently, our former Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi launched
an anti-smoking campaign called “Tak Nak”. You can now see this short and rhyming
catch phrase “Tak Nak” everywhere – on billboards, posters, TV ads, and sometimes
I even hear it on the radio. Though some people have criticised our government for
setting aside a staggering sum of RM100 million over 6 years for the campaign, it is
nothing compared to the huge amounts that tobacco companies spend to promote
smoking.
But in this war against smoking, money definitely talks; it is necessary for the
Tak Nak Campaign to constanly remind us of the hazard of smoking because about
50 Malaysian teenagers light up for the first time every day. In fact, some of these
youth progress steadily from this to regular use, with addiction raking hold within a
few years. And this is despite the warning on every pack of cigarettes that states
unequivocally “Smoking is dangerous to your health”.
What can the Tak Nak Campaign do to combat this? Their aggressive
advertising creates media awareness among the public, especially among the
fashionable young crowd, that smokers have yellowed teeth and suffer from
shortness of breath and tells them that it is not cool to smoke. It is also not
responsible of them to affect non-smokers with second-hand smoke.
Also, there is a succession of infomercials on TV and in the papers showing
the debilitating effects of tobacco addiction on the body and gruesome statistics of
smoke-related deaths. We are now familiar with the graphic pictures of damaged
lungs on billboards which should scare people into not smoking. This works, as I
know some of my friends are quitting now, or trying to reduce the number of
cigarettes they smoke per week.
However, I feel any anti-smoking campaign is more effective if other people
and organisations are actively involved too. Yes, the first step has been taken by the
top, but sad to say, many of our politicians smoke themselves. Nearer to home, so
do some of our parents and teachers.
These adults have to be good role models by not smoking themselves. If they
do smoke, they should tell their children and students that they regret that they ever
started, and then take steps to quit smoking as soon as possible. They must practise
what they preach.
On a more positive note, I commend the Malaysia Amateur Athletic Union for
its zero-tolerance of smoking because they know that smoking and health just do not
mix. How can our sportsmen excel if they cannot stop smoking.
Dear teachers and students, thank you for your attention. Let me end my
speech by reiterating that smoking is a bad habit, so make Tak Nak your mantra. If
you have started smoking, say Tak Nak and quit! And if you haven’t started smoking,
say know that smoking not only damages your health but you are also literally
burning your money.
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Friends
Friends are people whom we turn to when our spirits need a lift. They
are always by our side through thick and thin. They stand beside us even when our
disposition is not perfectly right and will fight for us if we are oppressed. Therefore, it
is clear that friends play a vital role in shaping who we are today. But what
qualitiesexactly do we need to look for in a friend?
A friend should always be caring towards you. He or she should take
interest in your problems no matter how big or petty your problem may be. A friend
should be able to sit beside you and encourage you to keep your chin up even when
everyone else is against you. A friend’s empathy and lovingness will also replenish
your worn-out soul and will make you realize how important a friend really is.
Apart from that, a friend should be an honest person. An honest friend
will dissipate any worries that he or she is lying towards you. A friend’s honesty will
enable you to trust his or she’s opinion when it comes to telling you the truth about
yourself. For example, an honest friend will remand you on your declining grades
and will ask you to work harder while a dishonest friend will see it with a blind eye.
Therefore, an overall improvement in yourself will be noticeable if you have an
honest friend.
Moreover, a friend should be generous both emotionally and knowledge
wise. A friend who is generous ought to be able to connect with you and provide
emotional support. He or she should also be generous when it comes to sharing
knowledge. A true friend must be ever-ready to help you when you are inept in
certain subjects. A friend can easily guide you towards understanding the subject
matter better as he or she is often on the same page as you. The only difference is
that you can’t quite grasp the content of the page per se.
Besides that, a friend must also be able to humour you. Humour plays a
quintessential role in making your day more lively and enjoyable. Friends who pull
your leg and mess about will indefinitely make life seem so much better. As they say,
laughter is the best medicine and a little levity on rainy days is always welcomed.
I In conclusion, friends are people we spend most of our time with. Thus,
we have to be selective when it comes to choosing our friends.
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