1. WRITING vocabulary grammar sentence construction

2. MAKING SIMPLE SENTENCES SAMPLE 1 – 2 PARTS OF A SENTENCE SUBJECT VERB Suzie cried Dogs bark A snake hisses SAMPLE 2 – 3 PARTS OF A SENTENCE SUBJECT (Noun) Who/What VERB (action words) OBJECT (Noun) Who/what I am a girl Samy enjoyed the show. He visits his grandparents. Encik Amin and Puan Rokiah are English teachers.

3. SAMPLE 3 – 3 PARTS OF A SENTENCE SUBJECT (Noun) Who/What VERB (action words) ADJECTIVE (how) I am happy. Teck Hooi is honest. Juana is young and beautiful. Encik Amin and Puan Rokiah are very hardworking. SAMPLE 4 – 3 PARTS OF A SENTENCE SUBJECT (Noun) Who/What VERB (action words) PLACE (Where) My mother is going to school. He lives in Sungai Petani. I went to the post office. They were swimming in the pool.

4. SAMPLE 5 – 3 PARTS OF A SENTENCE SUBJECT (Noun) Who/What VERB (action words) TIME (When) I come every day. My parents went yesterday. Alicia dreamt last night. The baby cried just now. SAMPLE 6 – 4 PARTS OF A SENTENCE TIME (When) SUBJECT Who/What VERB (action words) ADJECTIVE/ OBJECT/ PLACE yesterday. They were at school every afternoon. He plays football this morning. I went to the post office today. They are happy

5. WH - TECHNIQUE PRONOUNS VERB ARTICLES PARTS OF SPEECH NOUN QUANTIFIERS ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS CONJUNCTIONS PREPOSITIONS

6. GENRE OF NARRATIVE The pictures below describe an incident. Use all the words given to make sentences about the pictures. Linda - strolling - street - found - wallet -drain - picked - wallet - contained - money - documents - identity card - honest - hand - police - thanked - praised - honesty TIME SUBJECT VERB ADJECTIVES/OBJECT/PLACE TIME/WHEN Yesterday, Linda was strolling along the street. yesterday. along the street Linda She found a wallet beside the drain. She Linda picked up the wallet. The wallet It contained money, documents and identitycard. Linda was honest. an honest girl. She Linda handed the wallet to the police. The policeman thanked Linda. Linda for her honesty. her for her honesty. He The policeman praised

7. Question 22 The pictures below describe what happened to Puan Sarinalast Sunday. Puan Sarina – clerk – works – post office – goes - foot man – incident – grabbed – thief– police station - thanked man – incident – grabbed – thief– police station - thanked

8. Draft 1 Puan Sarina – clerk – works – post office – goes - foot Subject verb Adjective/object/place /how time Puan Sarina is clerk a clerk. in a post office. Puan Sarina works post office. to work on foot on foot Puan Sarina goes foot every morning. Every morning, Puan Sarina goes to work on foot.

9. Sunday – walking – work – motorist– to snatch - handbag Subject verb Adjective/object/place /how time Puan Sarina was walking home from work to work last Sunday. Last Sunday, Puan Sarina was walking home from work. A motorist came to snatch Puan Sarina’s handbag.

10. man – incident – grabbed – thief– police station - thanked Subject verb Adjective/object/place /how time A man saw the incident. The man grabbed the thief. The man took police station. to the police station. the thief to the police station. Puan Sarina thanked the man.

11. Draft 2 Puan Sarina is clerk a clerk. in a post office. Puan Sarina She works post office. to work on foot Puan Sarina goes foot every morning. She Every morning, Puan Sarina goes to work on foot. Puan Sarina was walking home from work last Sunday. Puan Sarina was walking home from work. Last Sunday, A motorist came to snatch her handbag. Puan Sarina’s handbag. A man saw the incident. He The man grabbed the thief. He The man took the thief to the police station. Puan Sarina thanked the man. him.

12. Draft 3 Puan Sarina is clerk a clerk. in a post office. Puan Sarina She works post office. to work on foot Puan Sarina goes foot every morning. She Every morning, Puan Sarina goes to work on foot. Puan Sarina lives in my neighbourhood. She is a clerk in the post office not far from her house. She usually goes to work on foot every morning. Puan Sarina who lives in my neighbourhood is a clerk in the post office not far from her house. She usually goes to work on foot every morning.

13. Draft 3 Puan Sarina was walking home from work last Sunday. Puan Sarina was walking home from work. Last Sunday, A motorist came to snatch Puan Sarina’s handbag. her handbag. Last Sunday, she was walking home from work. Suddenly, a motorist came to snatch her handbag. She screamed for help. Last Sunday, as she was walking home from work a motorist came to snatch her handbag. She screamed for help.

14. Draft 3 A man saw the incident. He The man grabbed the thief. He The man took the thief to the police station. Puan Sarina thanked the man. him. A man was passing by. He saw the incident. He quickly grabbed the thief. He decided to take him to the nearest police station. Puan Sarina thanked the man and praised him for his quick action. A man who was passing by saw the incident. He quickly grabbed the thief and decided to take him to the nearest police station. Puan Sarina thanked the man and praised him for his bravery and quick action.

15. DRAFT 3 Puan Sarina lives in my neighbourhood. She is a clerk in the post office not far from her house. She usually goes to work on foot every morning. Last Sunday, she was walking home from work. Suddenly, a motorist came to snatch her handbag. She screamed for help. A man was passing by. He saw the incident. He quickly grabbed the thief. He decided to take him to the nearest police station. Puan Sarina thanked the man and praised him for his quick action.

16. DRAFT 4 Puan Sarina who lives in my neighbourhood is a clerk in the post office not far from her house. She usually goes to work on foot every morning. Last Sunday, as she was walking home from work a motorist came to snatch her handbag. She screamed for help. A man who was passing by saw the incident. He quickly grabbed the thief and decided to take him to the nearest police station. Puan Sarina thanked the man and praised him for his bravery and quick action.

17. gathered – Community Hall – groups – cleared – drains – can – plastic bags cleaned – compound – planted trees – plants – beautify – village 12 noon – lunch – village headman – thanked – service – headmaster – proud -

18. gathered – Community Hall – groups – cleared – drains – can – plastic bags Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Nuri organised a ‘Caring for the Environment Campaign’ in Kampung Keranji. The Boys Scouts ………………………………… SUBJECT VERB ADJ./OBJECT/PLACE TIME The Boys Scouts at the Community Hall early in the morning. gathered Community Hall There were groups the drains. two groups. groups Two groups cleared drains the drains. groups The first group cleared drains They gathered empty cans and bottles into plastic bags . cans into plastic bags

19. cleaned – compound – planted trees – plants – beautify – village SUBJECT VERB ADJ./OBJECT/PLACE TIME The other group cleaned the compound. compound The other group They planted trees and plants. They wanted to beautify beautify village. the village.

20. 12 noon – lunch – village headman – thanked – service – headmaster – proud - TIME SUBJECT VERB ADJ./OBJECT/PLACE 12 noon At 12 noon they had lunch. village headman The village headman thanked for their service. them for their service. was The headmaster proud of them. proud

21. DRAFT 1 Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Nuri organised a ‘Caring for the Environment Campaign’ in Kampung Keranji. The Boys Scouts ………………………………… The Boys Scouts at the Community Hall early in the morning. gathered Community Hall the drains. Two groups groups cleared drains They gathered empty cans and bottles into plastic bags . cans into plastic bags The other group cleaned compound the compound. The other group They planted trees and flower plants. They wanted to beautify beautify village. the village. At 12 noon 12 noon they had lunch. village headman The village headman thanked for their service. them for their service. was The headmaster proud of them. proud

22. DRAFT 1 Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Nuri organised a ‘Caring for the Environment Campaign’ in Kampung Keranji. The Boys Scouts gathered at the Taman Nuri Community Hall early in the morning. Two groups cleared the drains. They gathered empty cans and bottles into plastic bags. The other group cleaned the compound. They planted trees and flower plants. They wanted to beautify the village. At 12 noon they had lunch. The village headman thanked them for their service. The headmaster was very proud of them.

23. DRAFT 2 Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Nuri organised a ‘Caring for the Environment Campaign’ in Kampung Keranji. The Boys Scouts gathered at the Taman Nuri Community Hall early in the morning. They were divided into two groups. The first group cleared the drains. They gathered empty cans and bottles into plastic bags. The other group cleaned the compound. They planted trees and flower plants to beautify the village. At 12 noon they had lunch together. The village headman thanked them for their good service. The headmaster was also very proud of them.

24. DRAFT 3 Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Nuri organised a ‘Caring for the Environment Campaign’ in Kampung Keranji. The Boys Scouts gathered at the Taman Nuri Community Hall early in the morning. They were divided into two groups. The first group cleared the drains. They gathered the empty dirty cans and bottles into big black plastic bags. The other group cleaned the compound. They also planted trees and beautiful colourful flower plants to beautify the village. At 12 noon they finished their job and had lunch together. The village headman thanked and praised them for their good service. The headmaster was also very proud of them. They were very happy to see the village finally clean and beautiful. They went home tired but satisfied.

25. Avoid the following common errors

26. We ask he to show we the way. Mawar Flat is near ours school. WRONG USE OF PRONOUNS He went with her parents. She went to Taiping with his. I and my family love local fruits. Salimah honest girl. The lady in pain. MISSING VERBS You must helpful to the girls. The dancers very beautiful.

27. He have an idea. The prizes is good. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT He are going to Alor Setar. I were cycling to school. Her parents loves her. At there we saw many animals. You have a chance to visit to Sabah. PREPOSITIONS She thanked to Ahmad for his help. He jumped in to the river.

28. He can comes with you to my house. At first I cannot saw the lions. My father did not went with me. MODAL WORDS She does not plays netball every afternoon. Betty will writes the letter. Use root words after • infinitive - to • Modal words do, does, did can, could may, might shall, should will, would must

29. The lady was fell into the river. We are must clean the drain every day. DOUBLE VERBS Later he was crashed into the ditch. There have many ways to become clever. I very like to listen to music. POOR SENTENCE STRUCTURES There very many many people at concert. They go picnic last week with teacher they. Muthu was not go to school because he did not feeling well.

30. SOME COMMON ERRORS IN WRITING 1. Mr. Lim – took – family – picnic – waterfalls Mr. Lim took his family go for a picnic at the waterfalls. Mr. Lim took his family for a picnic at the waterfalls. 2. - farmer – feeds – hens – ducks - grains The farmer feeds the hens and ducks with grains. The farmer feeds the hens and ducks eat grains. 3. - children – gift – mother – birthday The children gave their mother a gift on her birthday. The children gave a gift to their mother on her birthday. The children gift their mother a present on her birthday. 4. There - accident – front – school – morning There was an accident in front of the school this morning. There had an accident in front of the school this morning. 5. Mr. Samy – wife – Penang – holidays Mr Samy and his wife went to Penang for the holidays. Mr Samy and his wife went to Penang for holidays. 6. Yesterday – rained – people – caught – rain Yesterday it rained heavily. Many people was caught in the rain. It rained heavily yesterday. Many people was caught in the rain. Yesterday was rained heavily. Many people caught in the rain.