Revision for

End-of-Year
Examination
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1. Format for End-of-Year Examination

1. Paper 1

2. Paper 2

3. Paper 3

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 1.
Format
What will be tested for EOY?
 Format

Paper 1 (70 marks) Paper 2 (50 marks) Paper 3 (30 marks)

➢ Editing (10 marks) ➢ Visual Text (5 marks) ➢ Listening Comprehension
➢ Situational Writing (30 marks) ➢ Narrative Text (20 marks)
➢ Composition (30 marks) ➢ Non-Narrative Text (25 marks)

1 hour 50 minutes 1 hour 50 minutes 45 minutes

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 2.
Paper 1
What do I need to take note of?
 Editing (10 marks)

➢ Use pencil to attempt the questions first

➢ Once you have checked, erase the pencil

marks and write in pen

➢ Do not leave any questions undone

➢ Duration: 10 minutes

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 Editing (10 marks)

➢ There are 8 errors (1 error each line)

➢ Do not leave your answers in pencil

➢ Circle the incorrect word, do not

underline

➢ Do not change the meaning of the word

➢ Eg: ‘phoned’ to ‘called’

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 Editing (10 marks)

➢ Change with the same category of words:

➢ a / the / an
➢ who / which / why / when / whom /
whose / how / what / where
➢ this / these / those / that
➢ than / then

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 Situational Writing (30 marks)

➢ Suggested duration: 40 minutes

➢ Read the questions carefully

➢ Plan your answer by writing your answers next

to the bullets (expected to develop on the given
points)

➢ Avoid just lifting the words from the text

provided

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 Situational Writing (30 marks)

➢ You have learned all these so far:

➢ Speech
➢ Article

➢ Refer to your marked assignments with the

Cambridge markers’ comments.

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 Situational Writing (30 marks)

➢ Speech
➢ Format:
➢ Title (Centralised & Underline)
➢ Introduction (who you are and where
you are from + state the purpose + the
choice made)
➢ 1 paragraph for 1 bulleted point
(development will based on using the
PEEL structure)
➢ Conclusion

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Situational Writing (30 marks)

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 Situational Writing (30 marks)

➢ Article
➢ Format:
➢ Capture the attention of the audience
(rhetorical question)
➢ State your purpose and the choice made
(Introduction)
➢ Restate your purpose (Conclusion)

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Situational Writing (30 marks)

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 Composition (30 marks)

➢ You have learned all these so far:

➢ Exposition i.e. Personal Response,
Argumentative and etc
➢ Personal Recount

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 Composition (30 marks)

➢ Read and analyse all the 4 questions

carefully using QTK

➢ Choose the question you have the most

points/content

➢ Plan your story by writing out the

summary of every paragraph

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 Composition (30 marks)

➢ Check your spelling, punctuations and

grammar after every paragraph

➢ You should not spend more than 30 mins

on this

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 Composition (30 marks)

➢ Personal Recount
➢ Use past tense (writing about something that
has already happened)

➢ Chronological sequence (step-by-step what

took place)

➢ Include paragraphs

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 Composition (30 marks)
➢ Exposition

➢ Must answer the question

➢ Point | Elaboration | Examples | Link
➢ Thesis statement (consists of the three
points) must be present in your
introductory paragraph
➢ Rephrase your thesis statement in the
concluding paragraph
➢ State your stand (Argumentative)

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 3.
Paper 2
What do I need to take note of?
Visual Texts

❑ When we see any of the 4

words, we need to include
quotation marks:

= word

= phrase

= sentence

= expression
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Language Used for Impact

❑ LFI questions are signalled by

the requirement to pick out 3
phrases and explain how they
prove ______.

= Read the question carefully.

= Highlight the paragraph(s)

identified

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Language Used for Impact

❑ DO NOT:
= Paraphrase the quote(s)

= Provide MORE than 3 quotes

= Repeat the words in the quote

in your explanation

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Language Used for Impact

❑ Remember:

= Follow the formula (similar to

PEEL): Quote + Explain + Link to
Question

= ONE quote, ONE explanation.

YOU SHOULD HAVE THREE
QUOTES AND THREE
DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS.

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Word | Phrase | Sentence | Expression

❑ Phrase

= more than one word

= without punctuation

= do not begin with a capital

letter

= cannot sound like a sentence

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Word | Phrase | Sentence | Expression

❑ Sentence

= more than one word

= with punctuation

= begin with a capital letter

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Word | Phrase | Sentence | Expression

❑ Expression

= Can be a word

= Can be a phrase

= Can be a sentence

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Comprehension Text
When we see the phrase
‘give one detail’, we can:
❖ Lift directly from the
given text
❖ Ensure that one point
is given per line

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Comprehension Text
When we see the word
‘why’, we need to:
❖ Provide an explanation

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Vocabulary

Meaning
➢ Must be based on the
given context
➢ NOT the dictionary
meaning

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Answer in your own words

➢ Answers are found in

the passage

➢ Change the verb OR

adverb OR adjective
ONLY

➢ Do not change the

meaning of the phrase
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 Talking Heads question
Quote directly when you see
= Give / Provide a piece of evidence

Paraphrase when you see

= “Explain how X could explain his/her position…”
= DO NOT change the meaning of the words

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 Summary
Do not
= Change the meaning of the sentences

= Write more than 80 words

= Include examples, statistics, elaborations

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 Summary
Please

= Read the question and highlight the keywords

= Refer to your past practices to refresh your

memory

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 4.
Paper 3
What do I need to take note of?
 Listening Comprehension

❑ Take down notes

❑ Inclusion of distractors

❑ Ensure your words are spelled correctly

❑ Ensure that the sentence is grammatically right

❑ Do not use short forms

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All the Best!

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