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English Form 4 KSSM Answers

2. “Smart telephones are indispensable in our lives today.” school but some boys bullied her, calling her names. She told
• agree her teachers, parents and friends. The boys were punished by
• a necessity the principal. They stopped but started again after a while.
• not only for communication She hit back but they only laughed. It was an unpleasant
• used for many tasks experience, in which she felt hurt and insulted. She wished
• online banking and shopping she was big and brave to fight back! Later, she went to a
• to control CCTV, electrical items secondary school in town. One day, she saw the words
• a camera Muay Thai and recalled her bad experience. She pestered
• a guide-waze and Google Map her parents to enroll her into the class. She won her first
• can go cashless competition before joining the national team. She worked
3. An unpleasant prank hard and was rewarded when she won gold in the 2016
(120 words)
SEA Games.
• two boys wanted to prank a friend
• hid the friend’s bicycle 32. (a) Referring to the persona and her grandmother who
• put in behind the gardener’s shed are of different races.
• went to class as usual (b) Grandmother has forgotten to turn on the stove/
• they meant to follow him after school to see his reaction Grandmother has become forgetful.
• their teacher had extra lesson and they forgot about (Accept reasonable answers that refer to being
the prank forgetful)
• the boy could not find his bicycle and reported it to (c) Line 15/ “in the photo with me at three”
teacher (d) Advice : He / She must spend more time with friends
• teacher took him to police station and sent him home Reason: To stop him/her from continuously thinking
• two boys remembered about their prank about grandmother.
• told the friend about it the next day (Accept other reasonable answers)
• scolded by parents 33. Tanjong Rhu
• they both regretted their irresponsible act.” The short story, Tanjong Rhu is a story about Mr Li, a
4. difference between knowledge and skills. successful businessman and his mother, whom he calls Ah
• knowledge is theory about something Ma. Mr Li has brought his mother to stay with him. However,
• skills is practical on doing something he lets his business keeps him busy. So, he neglects his duties
• both are necessary-implement each other in providing love and attention to the lonely old lady.
• knowledgeable in football may not have skills to play I think an event that is interesting for me is when Mr
the game Li shows his mother the present Tanjong Rhu through the
• skillful in building house may not have certain binocular. Instead, Ah Ma recalls the time when Mr Li or Ah
knowledge Wah was still a child. It was the time when they live by the
• benefits gained when one has both sea and Ah Wah’s father was still alive. She talks about the
• produce better work/products time when they looked for crabs, Ah Wah was counting the
5. first day at primary school ships and also about his father.
This event is interesting because it was the time that

• primary school was SK Seri Perda Mother/Ah Ma still remembers about Tanjong Rhu. I think she
• preparation for school things wishes to recapture the old time when she gets the attention
• first day went with grandfather and grandmother of her husband as well as her children. It is also interesting
• mother could not take leave, teacher, too that now she is old, tries to hold on to her memory and
• felt excited, new uniform, shoes, bag, stationery refuses to accept the real situation. Most probably because
• entered a classroom alone, grandparents stayed Ah Ma feels that she is ‘alone’ although she lives among her
outside successful son, his wife and grand daughter who takes care
• saw many new faces of her, literally. His son lets her to do her daily ritual but Ah
• one girl was crying loudly, so mother went to sit with her Ma does not have any influence in the life of his son and her
• teacher gave paper with picture to colour grandchildren.
• learned names of others, made friends Finally, the event is interesting as Mr Li is not able to
• enjoyed first day, pity the girl who could not stop crying see through his mother’s eyes. In a way, his mother is trying
PAPER 2 to convey what she wants. She has missed the relationship
she used to have with his son. Mr Li does not realise about
1. D 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A it until he is too late. Hence, we should appreciate what we
6. B 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. B have now which include people, things and handicrafts, culture
11. A 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. C and traditions.
16. (Encik) Hassan Aidil 17. (Dr.) Firdaus Ramli
18. (Mrs.) Caroline Ng 19. (Mrs.) Leela Devi Leaving
20. Zack 21. few seconds The short story, Leaving, is about a Mother who wants
22. first impression 23. dress to provide good education to her two youngest children.
24. benefits 25. courteous However, she is reluctant to let Aloo, the youngest in the family
26. It was very convenient because the school was just pursues his studies in America although she has high hopes
across the road, opposite her house. (Line 3) of him.
27. (a) (i) When she walked past the boys, alone/she was An interesting event in the story is when Mother changes
alone (Line 8) her mind after getting opinions from others. At last she has
(ii) He pulled her hair (Line 10-11) given Aloo the permission to study in America. Although Aloo
(b) She called them names, too./She hit back by calling is allowed to go on certain conditions, Mother has made a
them ‘fat’ and ‘ugly’ (Line 14-15) great difference to Aloo. He does not have to study Agriculture
28. (a) big and brave (Line 20) which is not his favourite subject.
(b) She was of different race and religious belief./She One of the reasons that I choose this event is because
was a Chinese girl and had a different religion./She it shows the love of a mother for her child. Mother knows
was no different from the other girls except for her Aloo is upset when she has not given him the permission to
race and religious belief. (Line 19) study abroad but he is not going against her and accepts the
29. (i) She won her first competition. (Line 33) decision without much fuss. I also like that Mother is willing to
(ii) She was enrolled into the national team. ( Line 33) make the sacrifice of being separated from her youngest son
30. Feeling: Upset/Disappointed in order to allow him to study in America. It is also interesting
Reason : She loved the combat sports very much. to know that Aloo will get the chance to widen his horizon and
(Accept other reasonable answers) gain experiences outside his own country.
31. Summary: It is also interesting to see that although Mother worries
Gracie Yee attended her first year schooling in a national about Aloo forgetting his roots and may not come back
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