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spm 3 Short Texts and Graphic Materials

A nalysis Sign Year / Genre 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Advertisement ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Short text ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Slogan / Caption
Procedure ■
News report ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Notice ■ ■ ■ ■
Graph / Table / Chart ■ ■ ■
Cartoon strip ■
Extract ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Letter ■ ■
Conversation ■ ■
Text ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Tips and Techniques
For questions 1 to 8 in Section A of the English 1119/1 SPM Paper 2, students are required to answer eight
multiple-choice questions based on short texts and graphic materials given. This is to test the students’
understanding of what they have read.
The stimuli given includes:
• Reports/Extracts/Texts • Graphs/Tables/Charts
• Online websites • Cartoon strips (with and without dialogues)
• Advertisements • Instructions
• Procedures • Notices/signs
• Conversations
Guidelines:
1. Read through each question quickly to get a gist 7. Analyse each option (A, B, C and D) carefully.
of what is required of you.
8. Remember, multiple-choice options are often
2. Read and study each stimulus/text given similar. They are written in a way to try and trick
carefully. Do so at least twice. you. One is the actual answer whilst the other
three are distractors.
3. Then, read the question again.
9. Eliminate the options which you are certain are
4. Highlight the key word or phrase – what you are wrong.
required to find or answer.
10. Study and look for the best answer.
5. Pay attention to words like except/incorrect in
the question. 11. Check your answers before going to the next
section.
6. Look for the answer.
Answer within the allocated time frame suggested: 15 minutes
Marks allocated : 8 marks

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