TIPS & STRATEGIES:

HOW TO ANSWER
UPSR ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PAPER 1 QUESTIONS
EFFECTIVELY

By MARIANNE ABU UJUM, SK SAHABAT 16

To score A
Cover all topics and grammar items.
Spend only 1-2 minutes for easy questions.
Read the instructions carefully.
Read the passage or study the stimulus given carefully.
Go through each questions and all the options (A, B, C,
D) given.
Answer the easy questions first, then go back to the
difficult questions.
Always check your answers.
 Questions 1-4 (Vocabulary)

TIPS AND HINTS

Read the question

carefully.

Find clues given to help

you.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if you find the

option is wrong

Circle the best answer.

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 Questions 5-7 (Phrase level)
TIPS AND HINTS

oRead the questions

carefully.

oStudy the pictures

carefully.

oFind clues given to

help you.

oUnderline the clues.

oMark (x) if you find

the option is wrong.

oCircle the best

answer.
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 Question 8-10 (Sentence level)

TIPS AND HINTS

Read the questions

carefully.

Study the pictures

carefully.

Find clues given to help

you.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if the option is

wrong.

Circle the best answer.

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 Questions 11-15 (Social Expressions)
Match the pictures with the various
responses.

Types of situations/responses

1.Greetings (Hello, how are you?/See

you again/)

2.Introducing oneself/others (Hi, my

name is/He is Ahmad.)

3.Requesting objects (Please give me

the book./May I have a book please?)

4. Telephone conversations (Hello, may

I speak to..?/Please give him my
message.)

5. Other social expressions. (Delicious!)

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TIPS AND HINTS

Read through all

the options given.

Circle the best

response from the
options given.

Answer the easy

questions first, then
do the difficult ones.

Spend 5-10 minutes.

 Questions 16-21 (Grammar level)

TIPS AND HINTS

Read the questions

carefully.

Study the pictures (if

given) carefully.

Spend 2-3 minutes for

each question.

Find clues given to help

you.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if the option

is wrong.
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 Questions 22-23 (Spelling)

TIPS AND HINTS

Read the question carefully.

Study the pictures (if given).

Find clues given to help you.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if the option is

wrong.

Circle the best answer.

Dont lose 2 marks for these

questions.
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 Questions 24-25 (Punctuation)
TIPS AND HINTS

Read the question carefully.

Study the pictures carefully (if

given).

Spend 2-3 minutes for each

question.

Find the errors for each option

given first.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if option is wrong

Circle the best answer.

Dont lose 2 marks for these

questions.
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Questions 26-30
(Grammar text completion)
TIPS AND HINTS

Read the questions

carefully.

Study the pictures

carefully.

Spend 2-3 minutes for

each question.

Find clues given to help

you.

Underline the clues.

Mark (x) if option is wrong

Circle the best answer.

 Questions 31-40 (Comprehension)
Divide the passage according to their
paragraphs.

Draw lines to separate each

paragraphs.

Read the questions first before

choosing the best answer.

Skim and scan the passage to find

the answer.

No need to go through all the

passage.

First 3 questions always refer to first,

second and then third paragraph.

Look at the bolded words.

UPSR English Language 2013

Sample Questions
 Till we meet again!

All the best in sitting for your UPSR

examination 2013!