SPM ENGLISH 2019 TIPS

DO’
USE THE CORRECT FORMAT.
(ADDRESSESS & SINGNATORIES –
FORMAL LETTER ON THE LEFT;
INFORMAL LETTER ON THE RIGHT)
USE IDIOMS AND SIMILIES
SPARINGLY TO SHOW A GOOD
COMMAND OF LANGUAGE.
FOR POEMS, KEEP YOUR ANSWERS
SHORT & PRECISE WHILE TRYING TO
SIMPLIFY THE POEM’S MEANING
BASED ON WHAT THE QUESTION
ASKS.
FOR NOVEL, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW
THE THEMES, MORAL VALUES, MAIN
PLOT AND CHARACTER MOTIVATION
TO BE ABLE TO SCORE IN THIS
SECTION.
DO REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN WORDS LIKE ‘YOUR VS.
YOU’RE’, ‘AFFECT VS. EFFECT’,
‘DEFINITELY VS. DEFIANTLY’ AND
OTHER SIMILAR SOUNDING BUT
DIFFERENT MEANING WORDS.
TAKE NOTE OF THE TENSES USED.
DON’
DON’T USE MAGLISH LIKE “YOU VERY
CLEVER ONE MEH?” OR SLANG
‘GONNA’, ‘WANNA’ EVEN IF WRITING
DIALOGUE
FOR FORMAL LETTERS, DON’T USE
WORDS LIKE BUDDY, BRO, PAL, BFF
AND OTHER SLANGS. AND TRY TO
STAY AWAY FROM THEM IN GENERAL.
DON’T WRITE SENTENCES THAT ARE
TOO LONG
DON’T WRITE ESSAYS IN POINT FORM!
MAKE SURE TO USE FULL SENTENCES
AND REDUCE SPELLING AND TENSES
ERRORS.
DON’T CONFUSE THE PRONOUNS ‘HE’
‘SHE’ ESPECIALLY IN READING
COMPREHENSION.
DON’T CONFUSE THE FACTS OR
NAMES IN NOVEL.
DON’T EXCEED THE 130 WORD LIMIT
FOR SUMMARY.
DON’T WRITE ESSAY WITHOUT
PLANNING.

MUST
THE NOVEL AND LITERATURE. THERE IS NO WAY TO ESCAPE
THIS, YOU CAN REFER TO SHORT NOTES AND REFERENCE
BOOKS THAT BREAK DOWN THE STORIES BY THEMES AND
PLOT.
MUST MEMORISE AND BE FAMILIAR WITH FORMAL AND
INFORMAL LETTERS.
READ LOTS OF SAMPLE ESSAYS.