How to answer upsr paper 1 effectively

1. “TIPS & STRATEGIES:
HOW TO ANSWER
UPSR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE PAPER 1
QUESTIONS
EFFECTIVELY”
By MARIANNE ABU UJUM, SK SAHABAT
16

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. (continuation)

5. 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.

6. (continuation)

7. 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.

8. (continuation)

9. 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.)

10. (continuation)
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.

11. 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.

12. (continuation)

13. (continuation)

14. 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.
Don’t lose 2 marks for

15. (continuation)

16. 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.
Don’t lose 2 marks for these
questions.

17. (continuation)

18. 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.

19. 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.

21. Sample Questions
UPSR English Language
2013

33. All the best in sitting for your
UPSR examination 2013!
Till we meet again!