TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FOR PART 4
(PAPER 1)
HOW TO SCORE BETTER IN PART 4?
1 2 3 4
READ ONCE READ THE READ THE FILL THE
FOR CHOICES OF TEXT AGAIN GAPS
GENERAL ANSWER FOR THE
IDEA CAREFULLY MISSING
IDEAS -Read again to
-Note what see if the
information is -Read the
-Read sentences
missing in the sentences sound right.
carefully to sentences before and Start with the
get the whole after the gap easiest gao
PRONOUNS USED
Subject
(Singular/plural)
COHESIVE
HOW TO DEVICES
FIND Showing new
ideas / show
CLUES cause and effects
TENSES
Present or
past
VOCABULAR
Y
Synonym
LET’S TRY TOGETHER
Choose from the sentences A to H the one which fits each gap (27 to 32).
There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.
Road Accidents
There are many reasons why road accidents happen. The main culprits are the
PAPER 2
PART 1 – email
GR -123 -
GREETING C CLOSING
RESPOND CONTENTS
ELABORATIO
GREETING RESPOND TO EMAIL
Dear Ann / Uncle Jo…. - I am glad to hear from you
To Ann / Uncle Jo… - Thanks for writing
Hi/ Hello Ann / Uncle JO - I received your e-mail
yesterday.
123
CONTENTS 1 2 3
ELABORATIONS 123
CLOSING
And
But Do keep in touch./ Keep in touch
Or Looking forward to your next email.
Firstly I hope to hear from you soon.
Lastly Thank you for your help.
initially Wrote back soon.
CONJUNCTION / COHESIVE DEVICES
Next however Compared with
Then Therefore In the same way
In addition Although In short
Furthermore Unless On the whole
Moreover For instance In brief
Besides meanwhile To sum up
What Who
Why How
When How
much
Where How
many
PART 1 (80 WORDS : 20 MARKS )
SAMPLE ANSWER
You received an enail from your friend, Jenny who wants to know about your
experience joining writing competition
Hi,
Congratulation for becoming the seconf runner-up for an essay writing
competition. How did you know about the competition? Who inspired you to join
it? How did you react when you knew the result? I am so proud !
Hope to hear from you really soon.! Bye.
Remember !!!! GR -123 - C
G GREETINGS
R RESPONSE
AN EXAMPLE WITH ONLY ONE ELABORATION FOR EACH CONTENT.
CONTENT 1 How did you know about the competition?
I know about the competition from the poster
shared by the organizer in instagram.
1 Elaboration 1 What made you want to join it?
Initially , the poster attracted my attention
because of the topic given.
CONTENT 2 Who inspired you to join it?
When I asked Madam Lee, she encouraged me
2 to enter.
Elaboration 2
Without any doubt, she also helped me out by
checking my grammar and sentence structure
CONTENT 3 How did you react when you know about the
result?
Of course, It was unbelievable at first, then I
3 screamed out loud.
Elaboration 2
I am really happy because I had the courage to
join the competition
C CLOSING Thank you for your wish. Do keep in touch.
NOW , ITS YOUR TURN TO WRITE THE EMAIL.
TO
SUBJECT
PART 2 – GUIDED WRITING
I – CE123 – C
INTRODUCTI CONCLUSION
ON CONJUNCTION/
CONTENTS/
CD
ELABORATION
CONJUNCTION
CONJUNCTION / COHESIVE
/ COHESIVE DEVICES
DEVICES
Next Compared with however And
Then In the same way Therefore But
In addition In short Although Or
Furthermore On the whole Unless Firstly
Moreover In brief For instance Lastly
Besides To sum up meanwhile initially
COHESIVE DEVICES
PRONOUN SYNONYM RELATIVE TRANSITIOMA
REFERENCE PRONOUNS L WORDS
It Addition
They / them Beautiful / gorgeous Who Comparison
This/these Interesting / When/where/ Contrast
That / Those fascinating that Alternatively
Eg : Dina puts the Eg: The bowler Conclusion
books on the who won the Summary
table. Those are competition
the ones she trained hard.
borrowed from
the library.
CONNECTOR IN ENGLISH
SEQUENCE OPINION ADDITION EMPHASIS
CONNECTOR from my And Above all
First, firstly perspective....... Also More
(second/ As far as I am In addition importantly
secondly. concerned, Furthermore Indeed
Third/Thirdly, In my point of In addition Significantly
finally) At this view....... Notably
time Last but not In my eyes..... In particular
least. First and I would like to point
foremost, out that
Previously, I suppose.............
Before,Subseque I am of the opinion
ntly Above all, that....
Lastly and most Personally , I believe
Importantly. that .
CONCLUSION CAUSE EFFECT
In conclusion Because
To conclude Since
Finally’To sum up For
All in all So
Consequently
Therefore
SAMPLE QUESTION
Your class has been discussing how teenagers noemally spend their leisure
time. Your teacher has asked you to write and essay about the activity most
teenagers love to as their past time.
In your essay, you should erite about :
•kinds of activity do teenagers enjoy most?
•Give reasons why they enjoy it.
•When do they normally carried out the activity
Write your essay using the notes given.
I – CE123 – C
INTRODUCTI CONCLUSION
ON CONJUNCTION/
CD
CONTENTS/
ELABORATION
CE 123 C/ CD
Our class has been discussing In our last lesson /
INTRO how teenagers normally spend Last week.
(RUBRIC) their leisure time. Our teacger
has asked us to write an essay
about the activity most
teenagers love to do as their
pastime.
•kinds of activity do teenagers enjoy most?
C1 : First and foremost, I would like First and foremost,
what kind of activity to share about the activity because
do teenagers enjoy teenagers enjoy most which is
most playing football
E1:
What makes you say I am positif about this becauseit
so? has became a trend among
them.
•Give reason why they enjoy it.
CE 123 C/ CD
C2 :
REASON 1 : The first reason is playing online games The first
Make us mentally makes teenager’s mind mentally active. reason
active
In brief, most games generally have
E2(1) : How??? various level to be completed in limited In brief
time, subsequently, we learn about
time management
In addition , teenagers learn to be
REASON 2 : socially active by playing games. In addition
Socially active Without any
Without any doubt, they interact and doubt
E2 (II) : play with strangers online. These are 2
What is the reason why they like playing online
evidence??? game.
•When do they normally carried out the activity
CE 123 C/ CD
C3 :
When do they Normally, teenagers will play Normally,
normally carry out the online games everyday.
activity
On the whole, they use two hours On the whole
E3 : to play games in a day.
How long???
C - CLOSING Although teenagers enjoy playing Although
games, they still need to manage
their tile well.
Now its your turn to write the essay
REAL SPM - PAST YEARS QUESTIONS -
2022
Your class has been talking about the various cultural traditions in Malaysia and your
teacher has asked you to write an essay on it.
In your essay, you should write about:
* Some cultural traditions that are still practiced
* Why it is important to appreciate our cultural traditions
FIGHT SONG
Like a small boat on the ocean
Sending big _____ into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a ______open
I might only have one match
But I can make an ________
And all those things I didn't say
________ balls inside my brain
I will ________ th em loud tonight
Can you hear my _______?
This time this is my fight song
Take back my ______song
Prove I'm alright song
My powers turned on
_______right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care
If nobody else believes
Cause I've still got
A lot of fight _____ in me
Losing friends and I’m ________ sleep
Everybody’s _______about me
In too deep they say I'm in too deep
And it's been two years
I _______ my home
But there's a fire burning in my ______
And I still believe yeah I still believe