ANALYSIS OF UPSR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1 ( 2006- 2010 )

Section A ,Questions 1 – 10 ( VOCABULARY )
Question No 1 : Animals, footwear, plants , adverbs, places
Question No 2 : Footwear, place, transport, clothes, adjectives
Question No 3 : Kitchen utensils, relationship, animals, verbs (past tense ), animals (home )
Question No 4 : Objects, animals, occupation, animals, adverb of manner
Questions No 5 – 7: Fishing, Personal hygiene, Gardening , Having dinner at a restaurant
Question No 8 : Situation – At a stall, Stroking a cat, Having breakfast, In the bedroom, In the garden.
Question No 9: Situation – Mending shoes, Returning a wallet, Hanging the clothes, In the garden,painting
Question No 10: Situation – Playing with rabbits, Mowing the lawn,Missed the bus,
Baking a cake, Tapping the rubber tree.

Section B , Questions 11 – 15 ( SOCIAL AND LANGUAGE EXPRESSIONS )
Question No 11: How is your new school? ( To enquire ) / Does it fit you? ( To enquire )
I enjoyed the chicken curry. ( To confirm ) / Thank you for switching on the
light . ( To express gratitude ) / I did , but it’s too spicy. ( To explain )

Question No 12: It will start at any time. ( To inform ) / I would suggest these roses. ( To suggest)
I would like another piece. ( To request ) / I’ll help you to look for them.
( To offer ) / These hibiscus are beautiful, aren’t they? ( To ask for confirmation)

Question No 13: Where did you buy the blouse? ( To enquire ) / Go straight and take the first junction. ( To explain) / There’s someone at the door. ( To explain ) /
It’s alright! I can manage. ( To decline ) / Where is the nearest bus stop?
( To enquire )

Question No 14 : Which one would you like? ( To offer ) / Oh, how kind of you .
( To express gratitude. ) / Let me give you a hand. ( To offer ) / Jenny bought it at the new bakery. ( To inform ) / Pleased to meet you. ( To greet )

Question No 15: I can’t find my keys. ( To inform ) / I need a room for tonight. ( To request )/
I’ll take you to the clinic. ( To inform) / Let me check it for you. ( To offer )/
Please help me clean the hutch. ( To request )

Section C , Questions 16 - 25 ( GRAMMAR , SPELLING & PUNCTUATI ON )

Ques. 16: Comparison of adjective / Adverbs / Adverbs / Articles/ Articles
Ques. 17: Preposition /Adjectives / Adjectives / Verbs ( Interrogative ) / Main Verbs
Ques. 18: Pronoun / Quantifiers /Conjunction / Verbs ( to-be ) / Subject-verb Agreement /
Ques. 19: Adverb / Comparison of Adjective/ Present Tense / Prepositions / Conjunctions
Ques. 20: Conjunction / Past Tense / Verb / Conjunctions / Determiners
Ques. 21: Synonyms / Synonyms / Synonyms / Antonyms - Opposites / Antonyms-Opposites
Ques. 22: Spelling- Object / Description / Mode of Transport / Insects / Vegetables
Ques. 23: Spelling – Part of the body/ Food / Object / Object/ Adjectives
Ques. 24: Punctuation: Full stop / Apostrophe / Comma / Question marks / Exclamation marks
Ques. 25: Punctuation: Question marks/ Exclamation marks / Exclamation marks / Exclamation marks / Comma

Section D, Questions 26 – 30 ( TEXT COMPLETION )
Yr 2006 2007 2008
Q. No. 26: Past Tense Q. No. 26: Present Tense No. No 26: Noun
27: Collective Noun 27: Common Noun 27: Preposition
28: Preposition 28: Verb 28: Noun
29: Noun 29: Adjectives 29: Past Continuous Tense
30: Adverb 30: Preposition 30: Noun

Yr 2009 2010
Q. No, 26: Noun Q. No. 26: Noun
27: Noun 27: Verbs
28: Noun 28: Infinitive ‘to’
29: Verbs 29: Prepositions
30: Verb-to-be 30: Pronouns

Section E , Questions 31 – 40 ( READING AND COMPREHENSION )

( NL ) : Non-linear ( L ): Linear
Qs 31 – 35 Qs 36 – 40
2006 - TV Programme ( NL ) Narrative ( L )
2007 - Diary ( NL ) Factual ( L )
2008 - Life Processes ( NL ) Dialogue ( L )
2009 - Process in making ( NL ) Letter ( L )
2010 - Notice ( NL ) Narrative ( L )
Types of Questions Question Number
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Main Idea
( Ide-ide penting ) 33 31 31, 36 - 32
Specific Information
( Maklumat tertentu ) 31 32,39,40 32, 37, 38 31,34,36 31, 33, 34
Predicting outcomes
( Meramalkan hasil-hasil) 32,40 - 33 37, 39 40
Drawing conclusion
(Membuat kesimpulan )
Cause and Effect
( sebab dan kesan ) 35 38 40 32, 38, 40 -
Relationship
( Perhubungan ) 34, 37 35 - 35 36, 38
Vocabulary
( Perbendaharaan Kata ) 38 33,37 35,39 33 35, 39
Inference
( Inferens ) 36 34,36 - - 37
Sequencing
( Urutan ) 39 - 34 - -