CONFIDENTIAL MPU 3022

INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU MALAYSIA

KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN MALAYSIA
QUIZ (40%)

PROGRAM IJAZAH SARJANA MUDA PERGURUAN DENGAN KEPUJIAN

Semester 1

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

CODE NO : MPU3022 DATE : 15 OCTOBER 2020

MUHD SYAFIQ FARHAN BIN
NAME : MOHAMMAD TIME : 1 HOURS 30 MIN

CLASS : PISMPBM3620

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES:

Answer ALL questions.

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Answer all questions.

Questions 1-13 (Parts of Speech / Word classes)

Read the following text and classify the word classes in bold according to their parts of
speech.

Dad (0) left his sales job and started his (1) own wholesale business. I
started primary school. That was when things started to change. Dad’s business wasn’t
doing so well, and our stable life (2) started getting shaky. He didn’t come home as much as
he used to – just a couple of times a week. And when he did come home, it was always late
and I would already be in bed. I started to get mad. Why didn’t he listen to Mum and just
stick to his old job? Why take the risk and place (3) the whole family in trouble? Over the
years, I stopped waiting for him to come home, and stopped going downstairs (4) to check
on him.

Today, I’m no longer a kid. Now 28, I’ve graduated from college and got a job. Dad’s
business has also started to get back on track. Things are better now. Yet the
uncomfortable (5) silence between Dad and me persisted. Two days before my birthday
last year, Dad came home early (6). As usual, I helped him carry his bags into his study.
When I turned to leave, he said: “Hey (7), would you like to help me clean my comb? It’s
been a while since I last cleaned it.” I looked at him a while, then took (8) the comb and
headed to the sink.

It’s a new comb. This one’s brown. I hadn’t noticed that he’d changed it. He used to have
the green one, then a pink one that he gave to me as a present but took back when his
green one broke. I punch a few drops of soap from the dispenser onto an old toothbrush,
and I brush the comb. It (9) hit me then: why, as a child, helping my dad clean his comb was
such a joy. That (10) routine meant that my dad was home early to spend the evening with
Mum and I. It meant he would watch TV with us or play a few video games with me. It meant
a happy and loving family.

I pass the clean comb back to Dad. He looks at it and smiles. But this time, I notice
something different. My dad has aged. He has wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiles, yet
(11) his smile is still as heart-warming as before. The smile of a father who just wants a good
life for his family. Dad carefully places his comb on top of (12) his wallet. After so many

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years, he still organises his personal items (13) in the same meticulous way. I guess some
things never change. And for that, I’m glad.

Adapted from: http://www.rdasia.com/true-stories-lifestyle/reader-stories/my-story-

evenings-with-dad

No Word Parts of Speech

Example 0 Dad Noun
1 his pronoun
2 life noun
3 place noun
4 downstairs adverb
5 uncomfortable adjective
6 early adverb
7 Hey interjection
8 took verb
9 It pronoun
10 That pronoun
11 yet adverb
12 on top of preposition
13 items Noun
[13 marks]

Questions 14-26 (Tenses)

Read the text and write your answers in the table below with the correct tense forms of the
verbs in the brackets.

Dear Mia,

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Thanks for your last letter. It is great to hear that you [Example. recently get] a job in
Singapore. I [14. visit] the place last year with my parents. I hope you [15. find] an
apartment to stay.
For your information, I [16. stay] in my parents’ homestay on Langkawi Island since
the beginning of the final semester break. I [17. finish] my third year at Malaya University
with good grades, and my father was very happy. I wouldn’t be here on holiday if I [18. do
not] study hard during final exam. And one more thing, my father [19. give] me a new car if I
obtain good grades for my final.
I [20. conduct] a research in January next year for my final project in Johor Baharu
and I plan to visit you in Singapore. I [21. manage] to save quite a lot of money for this trip
up to now. At the moment, I also [22. work] in a restaurant on Saturdays and Sundays, and
for now, I [23.decide] to give myself a break to go for this holiday adventure with my friends.
Aha! I saw Mark the other day and he was so excited asking about you. He [ 24.fly ]
to Jogjakarta with his colleagues for work on Friday next week and [25. come] back in
August.
Anyway, I must stop now. My friends [26. just arrive]. We rent a boat for sailing this
afternoon. The weather is fantastic; it is fine since those storms a week ago. Bye for now.
Best wishes,
Kimora

No Tenses Answers
Exampl
Present perfect have recently got
e
14 Present perfect have visited
15 Past tense found
16 Present perfect continuous have been staying
17 Present perfect have finished
18 Past tense did not
19 Future tense will give
20 Future continuous will be conducting
21 Present perfect have managed
22 Present tense work
23 Present perfect have decided
24 Future continuous will be flying
25 Future continuous will be coming
26 Present perfect has just arrived
[13 marks]
Questions 27- 33 (Sentence Moods)

Change these sentences into required sentence moods stated in the bracket.

Example: You are the champion (exclamatory sentence).

Congratulations! You are the champion!

27. Asari leaves the food in the kitchen (imperative sentence).

Please leave the food in the kitchen, Asari.

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28. She is going to Malacca after visiting Johor (interrogative sentence).

Where wil she go after visiting Johor?

29. Do you have a friend? (declarative sentence).

I have a friend.

30. I go to cinema once a month (interrogative sentence).

How many times do you go to the cinema in a month?

31. The sky looks lovely (exclamatory sentence)

Wow, the sky looks lovely !

32. Did she forget to bring some important documents during interview?
(declarative sentence)
She forgot to bring some important documents during interview.

33. Lina looks after her baby sister every morning (imperative sentence)
Please look after your baby sister every morning, Lina.

[7 marks]

Questions 34- 40 (Sentence Types)

Read the following sentences and state whether they are simple, compound or complex.

No Sentences Answers
Example She is crying. Simple
:
34 The boy looked at his brother and smiled. compound
The water was so cold that we could not swim in
35 complex
it.
All his customers were happy because they got
36 complex
what they wanted.
37 Goldie and Mia are shouting loudly. compound
38 The meeting was held in the room near the library. complex
As soon as the bell rings, the children rush out to
39 complex
the canteen.
Improper use of antibiotics helps develop drug
40 simple
resistance.
[7 marks]

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