Section A

[ 15 marks ]
[Time suggested: 25 minutes]

Question 1 and 2
Read the extracts below and answer the following questions.

1. What did the boy mean when he said they were ‘in the red“?
A They had no more money.
B They embarrassed.
C Their faces turned red.
D They dressed in red.

FARM’S FRESH DRINK

Keep refrigerated

2. Which of the statements below best explains the product?

A You must finish the drink after opening the bottle
B You must keep the drink in a refrigerator before drinking it.
C You must keep the drink in a refrigerator after opening the bottle.
D You must open the bottle before keeping the drink in a refrigerator.

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 Jonathan : Hi Florence, are you free for dinner tonight? It’s my treat.
Florence : Hi Jonathan, I’m afraid I can’t join you as I am under the weather
today. Sorry.

3. From the dialogue above, we know that

A. Florence has another plan for that day.
B. Jonathan is asking Florence to pay for dinner.
C. Florence is unable to make it for dinner that day.
D. The weather is not good that day.

4. According to the pie-chart above, Cara is

A. a spendthrift
B. careful in her spending
C. a very rich girl
D. scrumptious meals lover

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5. From the graph above, we can say that
A students like reading science fiction the least.
B the majority of students enjoy reading mystery novels.
C more students like to read romance than comedy novels.
D students prefer fantasy novels more than comedy novels

Dear Editor,
The traffic situation in Desa Suria during the rush hour is nothing
but disastrous. Buses have to stop on the main road to pick up and
drop off passengers because of illegal parking at the bus stop. There
are also people who double park to buy fruits and banana fritters
from illegal hawker stalls. Those who parked on the main road also
take their own sweet time to eat in front of KG Mart.
Desa Suria used to be an ideal housing community and these blatant
lacks of common sense sorely reflects the state of civic-mindedness
of the society.
Upset Resident

6. What was the writer upset about?

A Cars being double-parked.
B The disastrous traffic situation.
C The lack of civic-mindedness in the society.
D DesaSuria not being an ideal housing community.

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7. The old lady is telling the old man that
A. she understands his problem
B he did not search hard enough
C. he is expecting a miracle to happen
D. the fridge is messy and disorganised

8. Read the advertisement below and answer the question that follows.
Premier water chalets and service suites at Port Klebang, Melaka.

· Freehold
· Price from RM284 000 only (inclusive of fittings)
· Luxurious hotel standards furnishing at a special price
· Healthy environment - beautifully landscaped garden with jogging tracks,
cascading waterfall and pool
· Gymnasium - fully equipped
Sales Office

2 show units for viewing daily

What would buyers of the chalets and suites be entitled to?

A Free use of cascading waterfall
B Unpolluted environment
C Use of gymnasium
D Free furniture

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Questions 9 – 15 are based on the following passage. Choose the best answer to fill in each blank.

Los Angeles-based Malaysian singer Yuna’s latest single Forevermore is an ode to

her home country, and __9__ comes with a music video, which was shot entirely in Malaysia.
The video was directed __10__ her husband, Adam Sinclair.
“Forevermore is a song that I wrote about growing up in a small town and __11__
from a small country, it motivates me to be the best that I can be,” Yuna says. “I remember
when I was younger, I couldn’t wait to see the world. Now that I’m in that __12__, I’m able
to appreciate where I come from now more than ever.”
Forevermore is about her life in Perlis, where she spent most of her childhood. “I
wanted to show how beautiful it was and still is, and how __13__ it is by modernisation,
which I love very much”.
On working with Sinclair, Yuna says, “It was a very special experience for me
__14__ it was directed by my husband. We are both from different parts of Malaysia. Perlis
was kind of foreign to him, so he managed to __15__ the beauty in the simplest things there.”
https://www.star2.com/entertainment/2019/04/05/yuna-forevermore-malaysia/
9. A it 13. A shielded
B he B secluded
C she C protected
D you D untouched

10. A in 14. A or
B at B but
C to C thus
D by D since

11. A living 15. A absorb

B staying B record
C coming C capture
D studying D document

12. A nation
B station
C position
D location

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 Section B
[ 10 marks ]
[Time suggested: 25 minutes]

Educational Apps For The 21st Century Student

Twenty years ago, most pupils’ early experiences of IT in the classroom were limited to tapping out
sentences on a stuttering old computer, or trying to draw wobbly pictures on Microsoft Paint with a computer
mouse. With technology now offering learning apps as well as our conveniently sized pocket posters, schools
are turning to digital tools to support their learning process.

Online apps have made life more convenient for millions of users, and have granted access to a wealth of
resources at the touch of a button. Online apps also allow pupils to instantly access a wealth of learning
materials at school, at home, and on the go.

Too much screen time is often portrayed as a barrier to effective learning; the media often blames
smartphones or tablets as a cause of lowered concentration and engagement with study. However, whilst too
much time spent on social media or recreational games may hamper efforts to learn new information, the
technological revolution has also created a whole new learning platform, which is able to support a whole
spectrum of different learning styles.

Benefits of Educational Apps:

 improve IT skills, and encourage children to actively engage with and apply their classroom learning;
 help teachers and pupils to identify early on which topic areas are in need of a little more work.
 give teachers and pupils the opportunity to instantly track progress
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Whilst textbooks will always have their place as a staple of the classroom and as a home revision tool, the
added benefits of digital apps have certainly helped to pave the way to a more accessible, interactive and
engaging future of blended learning.

INSTAPAPER DROPBOX QUIZLET PADLET

Save long web Dropbox is a free service Quizlet makes simple Padlet is an online virtual “bulletin”
pages to read later, that lets you bring your learning tools that let you board, where students and teachers
when you photos, docs, and videos study anything. Start learning can collaborate, reflect, share links
have time, on anywhere and share today with flashcards, games and pictures, in a secure location.
your computer, them easily. and learning tools — all for Padlet allows users to create a
iPhone, iPad, or free. hidden wall with a custom URL.
Kindle. EDMODO GOOGLE CLASSROOM

An educational technology company offering
a communication, collaboration, and coaching
platform to schools and teachers. The Edmodo
network enables teachers to share
content, distribute quizzes,
assignments, and manage communication with
students, colleagues, and parents.
Google Classroom is a free web service developed by Google
for schools that aim to simplify creating, distributing and
grading assignments in a paperless way. The primary purpose
of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing
files between teachers and students.

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Question 16 to 20
Using the information from the article, state the Educational Apps suitable for the
statement below.

Usage of Apps Educational Apps

16 To provide a convenient storage _______________________
17 To cater for later reading _______________________
18 To assign and evaluate task easily _______________________
19 To explore educational aids at no cost _______________________
20 To provide opportunities for training and mentoring _______________________
[ 5 marks ]

Question 21 to 25
Using words from the article, complete the text using no more than two words.

Learning apps offer numerous benefits that are otherwise inaccessible

through a traditional educational environment. Online apps made life better and

give wealthy of resources with a button touch. Students can easily access the

21 ______________________ anywhere they are. The media often accuses

22 ______________________ as a cause of poor concentration. Too much time

spend on social media may affect the 23 ______________________to learn new

information. The technological revolution has 24 ______________________

a whole new 25 ______________________ platform. Therefore, more and more

people are shifting from the conventional education system towards a user-

friendly educational experience through technology.

[5 marks]

[10 marks]

Section C
[25 marks]
[Time suggested: 50 minutes]

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 Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
1 The trees had just started to sprout leaves the day I quit my job to travel. As a contract
administrator for a shipping company, I had spent most of 2012 working in a windowless
office. While it was a great job for me, potentially even a good career, it was not what I
wanted. I wanted to write stories and see the world.
2 The decision was finalized two years earlier, in 2010, when I graduated from college and 5
moved to Spain to teach English. I exchanged my university texts for children’s books and
spent my spare time travelling around Europe documenting it all in my blog, Young
Adventures. I never thought that the blog would eventually grow into a business that sustains
me to this day.
3 After two years, my teaching contracts ended. I moved back in with my parents to work a 10
nine-to-five desk job dealing with financial reviews, tight deadlines, terrible co-workers and
fax machines that never worked.
4 Writing, however, continued to make me happy. During those two years in Spain, my
blog had grown a large following of dedicated readers. I faced a tough decision: quit and
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5 While I felt guilty for wanting something different, I knew that returning to the world of
writing and travelling was the right choice. I began planning my next move immediately.
This time, my goal was to move to New Zealand. This goal kept me sane during a year of
work, while I squirreled away as much money as I could and wrote every day.
6 Every night when I came home from my desk job, I would work on my blog. I spent a 20
year building up the content, growing my social media following and setting up freelance
writing contracts, so that I would have guaranteed paid work once I quit.
7 Halfway through the year, I took a week off and flew to Turkey on my first press trip. I
wanted to see if I would actually like travelling full-time and touring around a new
destination every day. A few months later, I was invited to explore Jordan, where I made 25
friends with Bedouins and ate more hummus and kunefe than I could have ever imagined.
Then, I went on a road trip through some of the most remote parts of Iceland under the
midnight summer sun. Finally, I hopped on a one-way flight to New Zealand.
8 Since quitting my job, I have sailed off the coast of Italy and Greece; dived shipwrecks
in Bali and Thailand; ridden horses across the high mountains of western Mongolia; slept 30
under the stars on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef; and chased elves in Iceland. Not once have
I regretted my decision to leave my job.
9 My path has been far from easy. It has definitely been a rollercoaster of emotions,
failures, freak-outs and learning experiences. Two years ago, I wanted to see as much of the
world as possible. Now, I prefer, to travel slowly, really dig in my heels and get to know a 35
country. I enjoy going back to places I have been before and seeing them in a new light.

10 Through all this, I have achieved my goal of becoming a writer, blogger and
Instagrammer; I did it. I gave up a comfortable life to pursue personal happiness – hopefully
proving that dreams really do come true, if you work for them. 39

Adapted from http://www.bbc.com/travel/story

26 From paragraph 1, when was the narrator first inspired to become a writer?

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27 From paragraph 4,
(a) state one reason why the narrator wants to become a full-time writer.

[1 mark]
(b) why did the narrator find it difficult to make a decision to become a full-time writer?

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[1 mark]
28 (a) From paragraph 5, which phrase tells you that the narrator saved money?

[1 mark]

(b) From paragraph 8, state one place the narrator visited after she quit her job.

[1 mark
29 (a) State one word to describe the narrator.

[1 mark]
(b) Give a reason for your choice.

[1 mark]
30 From paragraph 9, lines 38 to 39,
(a) “I enjoy going back to places I have been before and seeing them in a new light.”
What does the word them refer to?

[1 mark]

b) What can you learn from the narrator? Give evidence to support your answer.

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Evidence : ____________________________________________________________

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31 Based on the passage given, write summary on:

 what the narrator decided to do
 how the narrator developed herself to become a writer

Credit will be given for use of own words but care must be taken not to change the
original meaning.
Your summary must:

 be in continuous writing form(not in note form)

 use material from lines 10 to 39
 not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

After two years when the author’s teaching contracts ended, she……

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Section D

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[ Time suggested : 35 minutes ]

What Has Happened To Lulu?

What has happened to Lulu, mother? 
What has happened to Lu? 
There's nothing in her bed but an old rag-doll 
And by its side a shoe. 

Why is her window wide, mother, 

The curtain flapping free, 
And only a circle on the dusty shelf 
Where her money-box used to be? 

Why do you turn your head, mother, 

And why do tear drops fall? 
And why do you crumple that note on the fire 
And say it is nothing at all? 

I woke to voices late last night, 

I heard an engine roar. 
Why do you tell me the things I heard 
Were a dream and nothing more? 

I heard somebody cry, mother, 

In anger or in pain, 
But now I ask you why, mother, 
You say it was a gust of rain. 

Why do you wander about as though 

You don't know what to do? 
What has happened to Lulu, mother? 
What has happened to Lu?

Charles Causley

32. a) Who is the persona??

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b) In stanza 2, what did Lulu take with her?”

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c) Why do you think the persona’s mother crumpled the note?

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c) Lulu has left the house. Give two reasons why do you think Lulu decided to do so.
i) ______________________________________________________________________[ 1 mark]
ii)______________________________________________________________________[ 1 mark]
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33 The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English language.
Captain Nobody - Dean Pitchford
Dear Mr Kilmer - Anne Pitchford
Sing to the Dawn - Minfong Ho
Choose any one of the novels above and answer the question below.

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Based on the novel that you have studied, discuss the lessons you have learnt based on a
character. Support you answer with close reference to the text.
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KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT

SECTION C

SECTION A

1 A 9 A
2 C 10 D
3 C 11 C
4 A 12 C

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5 B 13 D
6 C 14 D
7 C 15 C
8 C

SECTION B

16 Dropbox

17 Instapaper

18 Google Classroom

19 Quizlet

20 Edmodo

21 materials / learning materials

22 smartphones / tablets

23 effort

24 created

25 learning

Question Answer Lines Mark

lifted

26 When she was working in a shipping company. 2 1m

27 (a) It is because writing makes her happy. 13 1m

(b) It was because she was uncertain / unsure about her future if 14 1m
she became a writer.

28 (a) ‘squirrelled away’ 19 1m

(b) Greece / Bali / Italy / Thailand / western Mongolia / Australia’s 29-31 1m

Great Barrier Reef /Iceland
29 (a) Adventurous / Brave / Daring 1m

(Accept appropriate answer)

(b) She enjoys travelling to places all over the world. 1m

30 (a) Places the narrator had visited previously 36 1m

(b) Lesson : We must be determined to follow our dream 1m

Evidence : She’s willing to give up her job to pursue her passion 1m

in writing. (Accept appropriate answer. )

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No Point Line

1 moved back with parents 10

2 worked regular / a nine-to-five desk job 11

3 planned her next move 17

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5 went to travel around the world 23-25

6 worked on her blog 20

7 spent a year building up the content 21

8 growing her social media 21

9 setting up freelance writing contracts 22

10 quitted her job 29

11 prefer to travel slowly 35

12 went back to places she had been before 36

13 gave up comfortable life 38

The Assessment Objectives for summary writing are to assess students’ ability to:

- Select and retrieve relevant information from a given text source.

- Use the information in the passage given to display an understanding of the task.
- Organize specific information from the passage coherently.
- Paraphrase effectively and concisely.
- Present the information in Standard English, in accurate and fluent form.

The above objectives are rewarded as follows :

Content - 10 marks

Style and presentation - 5 marks

Total - 15 marks

CHECKLIST FOR MARKING CONTENT

1 Introductory Words

- no penalty for omission

- no penalty for any errors made in them or for incompleteness

2 Length

- draw a double line where the introductory words end or should end

- count to 120 the numbers of words used after the double line

- draw another set of double lines after the 120th word

3 Marking Method

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 - number and circle each valid CONTENT point

- then assess the quality of writing for LANGUAGE

(PARAPHRASE & USE OF ENGLISH)

Content - 10 marks

Language - 5 marks

Total - 15 marks

- awarding LANGUAGE marks : add the marks for PARAPHRASE and USE OF ENGLISH

together and divide by two. Raise any half-marks to the nearest whole number.

4 Sequence Errors

- withhold the mark for a point if it is wildly out of sequence

- do not penalise the points that then follow

LANGUAGE DESCRIPTORS

Question 31 : Summary

Mark Paraphrase Mark Use Of English

5  There is a sustained attempt to 5  The language is accurate.

rephrase the text language  Any occasional errors are either first
 Allow phrases from the text which are draft slips or minor error.
difficult to substitute.  Very well-organised ad coherent
 Expression is secure throughout.
 Marked ability to use original
complex structures.

4  There is a noticeable attempt to 4  The language is largely accurate.

rephrase the text.  Serious errors are not frequent
 The summary is free from stretches of although they are noticeable.
concentrated lifting.  Well-organised and coherent in most
 Expression is generally sound. parts.
 Some ability to use original
compound / complex structures.

3  Limited attempt to rephrase the text 3  The language is sufficiently accurate.

 Intelligent and selective lifting  Serious errors are becoming more
 Expression may not always be secure frequent.
but the attempt to substitute will gain  Fairly well-organised and coherent in
credit some parts.

2  Copying of the text material in chunks 2  Meaning is not it doubt.

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care.  Poorly organized and lacks coherence.
 Attempts to substitute own language
will be limited to single word
expression.
 Irrelevant sections of the text may be
present at this level.

1  Mindless lifting. 1  Heavy frequency of serious errors,

 More or less a complete transcript of impeding the reading in many places.
the text  Fractured syntax is much more
 Originality barely noticebale. pronounced at this level
 Incoherent
 No sense

SECTION D

32. a) Lulu’s brother/sister/sibling

b) Her money box

c) She’s too sad/devastated/ any appropriate answer.

d) Accept any appropriate answer.

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