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 SPM 2021

Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3 Paper 4

(Reading) (Writing) (Speaking) (Listening)

- 1 hour 30 mins - 1 hour 30 mins - 13 mins - 40 mins

- 40 marks - 60 marks - 24 marks - 30 marks

Paper 1 (Reading) – 40 marks

Part Topic No. of Marks Notes

Questions

1 Objective Questions 8 8 • ~2 minutes/question

2 Rational Cloze 10 10 • LESS than 2 minutes/question

• Grammar

3 Reading 8 8 • Read the questions first before reading the text

Comprehension • About 5 minutes to read text
• ~1 minute to answer each question
• Objective questions

4 Matching Gapped Text 6 6 • 5 minutes to read the text and the options
• ~2 minutes to answer each question
• Read the sentences before and after the gap. Make
sure that the answer fits the idea of the paragraph

5 Information Transfer 8 8 • 5 minutes to read the questions and the text

• ~1.5 minutes/question
• ONE word only

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Paper 2 (Writing) – 60 marks

Part Topic No. of Marks Notes

Words

1 Short Communicative ~80 20 • 25 minutes to write and check your essay

Message words • Email
• Message

2 Guided Writing 125-150 20 • 30 minutes to write and check your essay

words • Write your essay using the points given

3 Extended Writing 200-250 20 • 35 minutes to write and check your essay

words • THREE questions, choose ONE only and state the
question no. on the top part of the page.
• With or without a FORMAT.

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Paper 3 (Speaking) – 24 marks

Part Topic Duration Notes

1 General Questions 3-4 • Phase 1

minutes • Phase 2 (4 questions for each candidate)

2 Individual Task 3-4 • 1 topic for each candidate

minutes • 20 seconds to prepare
• Talk for about 1 minute
3 Discussion 4-5 i) Discuss the topic together (~2 minutes)
minutes ii) Make a decision together (~1 minute)
iii) Answering another question (different topic)

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Paper 4 (Listening) – 30 marks

Part Topic No. of Notes

Questions

1 Multiple-Choice 7 • One audio for every question

Questions • Each audio will be played twice

2 Multiple-Choice 8 • 1 audio
Questions • The audio will be played twice

3 Matching 5 • 1 audio
• The audio will be played twice

4 Note Completion 10 • 1 audio

• The audio will be played twice
• ONE WORD only

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• Be well-versed with the themes that you have in
your textbook.
• Know the terms that are related to those themes.

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