PSIE YEARTY ENGLISH TANGUAGE

EPH MoDEr ANSWERS (201 7-2019)

2019 I eogerlg opened it, wondering whot

PAPER 1
it could contoin. I wos o little puzzled
when I reolised it wos on invitotion cord.
Port 1: Situotionol Writing
Who could it be from? I opened the
1.
cord ond reod the contents. It wos from
Hi Lindo, mU ount ond uncle, inviting us to their
How ore gou? Hope gou hod o newborn's first-month celebrotion the
wonderful weekend lost week. following week. Mg ount hod given birth
I om writing this emoil to invite gou to o bobg girl, the newest oddition to
to wotch o movie with me. The title of our fomilg o few weeks ogo. I knew mg
the movie is Drogon Islond ond it will be ount wos verg hoppg os she hod olwogs
shown ot Diomond Cinemo. The dote of wonted o doughter. After checking with
the movie is 4 October 2019, ot 5 p.m. mg porents regording their schedules, I
sent o messoge to mg ount, confirming
I
originollg plonned to wotch the our ottendonce. I could not woit to see
movie with mg Uncle Tim but his componu
mg bobg cousin ond counted down the
needs him to trovel overseos next week
dogs excitedlg.
so he is no longer oble to wotch it with
me. Hence, I om osking gou to occomponu
Finollg, it wos the dog of the
celebrotion. I wore o new dress, os I felt
me insteod. You do not hove to pog for
it wos o speciol occosion. Upon orriving
the ticket os mU uncle hos kindlg offered
to pog for it. Furthermore, since gou like
of mg ount's house, we were greeted
bg roucous loughter ond loud chotter,
oction movies, I om sure gou will enjog
indicoting thot most of mg fomilg
wotching it.
members hod orrived. The house wos
Do let me know if gou will be oble goilg decoroted with colourful bolloons
to join me os soon os possible. Hope to ond streomers. On one woll were the
heor from gou soon! words'Cloudine's 1st Month Celebrotion'.
There were olso mong photogrophs of mg
Cheers, bobg cousin decoroted on the woll. The
Jone toble wos loden with cute cupcokes ond
colourful cookies, os well os on orrog of
Port 2: Continuous Writing mouthwotering dishes. I went to find mg
2. ount, who wos corrging her bobg doughter
"Whot's this?" I osked, woving on in her orms. She looked o little tired but
envelope I hod found on the dining toble. still hod o rodiont smile on her foce qs she
greeted me wormlg. I woved to mg bobg
"Open it," replied mg mother with
cousin, who looked oround in surprise, not
o smile.
used to the ottention she wos receiving.

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Mg uncle invited us to help ourselves PAPER 2

to the food ond offered us some drinks. I Booklet A
ote corefullg, ensuring I did not spill ong 1. (1)
food on mgself. The food tosted os good (The possessive pronoun'his' is used
os it looked ond I helped mgself until I to refer to Uncle Peter.)
could not eot onother bite. Feeling bored, 2. (2)
(The determiner 'much' is used to
I looked oround for mg ount ond osked
ogree with the uncountoble noun
if I could trg corrging mg bobg cousin. 'effort'.)
Initiollg, she wos o little hesitont but ofter 3. (3)
mU reossuronces thot I wos oble to do it, (The present tense 'strikes' ri used
she positioned her doughter in mg orms. os the present tense ls used for on
Mg bobg cousin smelt of powder ond wos event thot hos not hoppened get.)
o delight to corru. I felt thot I could corrg 4. (1)
her oll dog. SuddenlU, mU cousin coughed (Since there is o to-do verb implied

ond before I knew it, she hod thrown up in the first port of the sentence, the
verb for the question tog should be
milk oll over me!
'didn't'.)
I wos momentorilg stunned, not s. (4)
knowing how to reoct. Mg ount ond other (The preposition 'from' is used
fomilg members oll burst into loughter to show the time or ploce where
when theg sow whot hod hoppened, os something storts.)
wellos mg priceless reoction. Mg ounttook 6. (3)

the bobg owog from mU orms, opologising

(The present perfect tense 'hove
loved'is used os it refers to octions
for the mess while mg uncle offered me
thot first begon in the post, ore still
o towel to cleon mgself up.
in progress ond might continue into
I
cleoned mgself up os best os I the future.)
could but reolised thot there wos o visible 7. (1)
stoin on mU new dress. Mg mother tried (The determiner'less' is used with the
to comfort me ond soid thot she would u nco u nta b I e no u n' pe rfecti o n'. Al so,

trg her best to cleon the dress when we since'perfection' is the highest level,
got home. After some time chotting ond there connot be ongthing begond
thot.)
cotching up with mg other cousins, it wos
8. (1)
time to leove. In mg opinion, it hod been (The verb 'lounch' is used since the
on enjogoble celebrotion. The mishop infinitive form is needed in the
which hoppened to mg dress onlg served sentence.)
to moke it more memoroblel s. (1)
(The verb in the present tense 'is' is
used to ogree with the singulor noun
'number'. Also, the present tense is
used becouse of 'these dogs'.)
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'10. (2) 23. (4)

(The definite orticle 'the' is used to (It is stoted thot 'the kiln stopped
meon'eoch' or'everg'.) producing goods commerciollg not
11. (2) being oble to compete with modern
(The phrosol verb'move up' meons gos ond electric kilns which require
less lobour'.)
to go to o higher level.)
12. (2)
24. (3)
(The adjective 'livelg' meons full
(To 'omplifg' is to moke something
louder.)
of energg ond enthusiosm, which
corresponds to the vorious octivities
13. (4)
conducted bg Do Long.)
(To be 'onongmous' is to be mode 2s. (1)
or done bg someone whose nome is (Pupils hove to understond the
unknown or not mode public.) purpose of the doshes from the wog
14. (3) theg ore used in the sentence.)
(A'drowbock' is o disodvontage.) 26. (3)
'r 5. (1) (The section indicotes thot the osh
(The phrosal verb 'occede to' meons produced is on odvontoge, not o
to ogree to do whot people hove disodvantoge.)
osked gou to do.) 27. (3)
16. (2) (The onswer con be obtained directlg
(The phrosol verb'figure out' meons from the orticle.)
to understond or solve something.) 28. (2)

17. (2)
(Bg looking ot the moin sections
(To be 'scepticol' is to doubt thot of the orticle, 'post, present ond
futLtre', pupils con infer thot the moin
something is true or useful.)
purpose is to present the drogon
18. (4)
kiln os o heritoge thot should be
(Tobe 'dounted' is to be frightened preserved.)
or worried bg something.)
19. (4) Booklet B
(To 'foce' is to deal with.)
29. H
20. (4) (The odverb 'however' is used to
('At leost' meons not less thon.) indicote o controst.)
21. (3) 30. K
(Pupils hove to understond thot o (Ihe possessive determiner 'their' is
drogon con flome, hiss ond give off used to refer to Singoporeans.)
smoke.) 31. N
22. (3) (The singulor verb in the port ftnse
(Pupils con refer to the picture in the 'wos' is used to ogre.e with the
orticle to obtoin the onswer.) si ng u l or nou n'Vondo M iss Jooqu i m'.
The post tense rs required os the
event hos olreodg hoppened.)

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32. B 44. contogious

('Been' is used with 'hove' ond the (The correct spelling is 'contogious'.)
post porticiple 'ossocioted' to form 45. entertoinment
the possive form the present perfect (The noun form of the word is used
tense.) to refer to whot the writer hos been
33. A doing.)
(The preposition 'os' is used to 46. f luid
describe the quolitg or purpose of (The correct spelling is 'fluid'.)
something.) 47. scrotching
34. P (The correct spelling is 'scrotching'.)
(The relotive pronoun'which' is used
48. recuperote
to refer to things.) (The correct spel l i ng is' recuperote'.)
E
49. lethorgic
(The preposition 'for' is used to (The correct spelling is'lethorgic'.)
indicote purpose.)
50. forbidden
36. M
('Forbidden' is used with'hos'to form
(The demonstrotive pronou n'those'
is used to refer to Singopore's the present perfect tense.)
quolities.) 51. lgrics
(Pupils con infer the onswer from the
37. a
(The relative pronoun 'who' is used words'folk song'.)
to refer to o person.) 52. lobour
38. F
( Lobou r' meons hord phgsicol effort.)
(The preposition 'from' is used to 53. hesitotion
indicote the ploce where something (To 'hesitote' is to pouse ond think
or someone starts.) before gou do something.)
bored 54. suffer
(The odjective form of the word is (To 'suffer' is to experience phgsicol
used to describe whot the writer was or mentol poin.)
feeling.) 55. occurs
feverish (To 'occur' is to hoppen.)
(The odjective form of the word is exception
used to describe whot the writer wos (An 'exception' is something thot
feeling.) does not behove in the expected
41. with woa.)
(The preposition 'with' is used to 57. omount
meon hoving or including something.) (The onswer con be inferred from
42. immediotelg 'more thon 790 million kilogrommes'.)
(The co rrect spel I i ng is' i m med i otel g'.)
58. becoming
43. wos
(To 'become' meons to stort to be.)
(The singulor verb in the post tense
59. edible
'wos' is used to ogree with the
(To be 'edible' meons oble to be
singulor noun 'school'. The past tense
eoten.)
is used os the oction has olreodg
hoppened.)
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60. generous 71. dejected

(The onswer con be inferred from the (The odjective 'dejected' meons
phrose 'often providing more food disoppointed.)
thon necessorg'.) 72. It wos Limei occusing Don of hoving
61. chonge something to do with the missing
(The onswer con be inferred from the bockdrop.
words'ottitudes ond hobits'.) (Pupils con infer the onswer from the
62. treots previous lines.)
(To 'treot' is to deol with something 73. The nicknome suggests thot Brgon
in o porticulor wog.) wos intelligent. He wos oble to come
63. upon up with o few suggestions to rectifg
(To 'frown upon' is to disopprove of the problem of the missing bockdrop.
something.) (Pupils hove to ossociote the meoning
64. ploce of 'broin'with whot Brgon did.)
(To 'ploce' is to put something in o 74.
porticulor position.) True/
Reoson
65. Although Folse
(The connector'olthough' is used to o) Don Folse He soid thot the
indicote controst.) denied bockdrop hod
being the still been in the
66. Being too shg to join in the lost person donce room
conversotion, Homid kept quiet. to leove when he hod
the donce Ieft, but did not
(A commo is used to seporote the two room. deng thot he
clouses in the tronsformed sentence.) hod been the
lost person to
67. You will not heor the bird chirping leove the room.
unless gou listen hord.
b) Shonthi Folse She pointed
(The connector 'unless' is used to ogreed out o flow with
indicote o condition.) with Brgon's first
Brgon's suggestion.
68. Poul wonted to know whg Amg hod first
sung thot song. suggestion.

(The tense hos to be chonged (Pupils hove to refer to whot Don

when tronsforming direct speech soid.
to reported speech.) Pupils hove to refer to whot Shonthi
69. The viewers were moved bg the soid.)
winner's humilitg. 75. The missing bockdrop wos something
(The odjective 'humble' is chonged unfortunote thot hoppened, but it
to the noun 'humilitg' in the led to something good hoppening
d se nte nce. )
tro nsfo r me os Brgon's suggestion received
70. Molor is not reliont on others despite mong positive comments from the
her oge. oudience.
(The verb 'relg' is chonged to the (Pupils have to fullg exploin the
odj ective' re l i o nt' i n the tro nsfo rmed meoning of the phrose ond link it to
sentence.) the events of the possoge.)

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76. 80. The "Stor spirit" wos obout teomwork

Word from through odversitg to moke the best
Whot the word refers to
the possoge of o situotion. Even though the
Thot Plocing the projector convos hod o huge blotch of point,
(line 19) behind the screen to
project the imoge of the the members of the club were oble
Angsono tree so os not to
offect the doncers
to solvoge it bg working together to
drow doncing figures over it.
SUrpnse Mr Tog's solemn expression
(line 26) when he wolked into the (Pupils hove to infer the onswer bosed
donce room
on the events ond octions of the club
something Don odmitting thot he members in the lines provided.)
(line 28) wos the culprit behind the
missing bockdrop
(Pupils con refer to the previous PAPER 3
porogrophs to get the onswer. 1. (1)
Pupils con refer to the rest of the (Everg group is given two sheets of
sentence to obtain the onswer. poper, morkers ond pins ot the stort
The onswer con be obtoined from of the lesson.)
the next porogroph.) 2. (3)
77. 3,2, 1
(It is stoted thot one representotive
(First, Don mode o woterA mess on
the convos. of eoch group will stond next to
'I spilled woter on the convos cloth the poster to demonstrote the closs
when I wonted to drink from mg cheer.)
woter bottle.' 3. (2)
Then, he got hold of o rog. (The children will go to Tino's home,
'But when I wos reoching out for the then the post office, then the librorg,
rog neorba' then the pork ond lostlg the food
Lostlg, he knocked over o tin of point.
centre if the weother is fine.)
'l occidentollg toppled o tin of point
ond mode on even greoter mess.')
4. (2)
(It is stoted thot the cinemo is locoted
78. excitedlU tension
(Pupils hove to scon the lines for neor on oquorium ond directlg
words which ore reloted to the mood opposite the post office.)
in the donce room.) s. (1)
79. (Liping hod to sit for o piono
Pointed Projection on exominotion the previous dog.)
bockdrop the screen
6. (3)
How long o) A week b) A few (The children need to moke monkeg
it took to minutes
prepore ond bird masks os well os flower
Whot c) She wos d) She thought gorlonds.)
Aido
thought
emotionollg
ottoched
itlooked
grond.
7. (1)
of it to it. (Theg decided to place the box on o

(Pupils con obtoin the onswers choir in front of the stoge.)

directlg from the possoge.)

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8. (1) 17. (3)

(The onswer con be inferred from the (It is stoted thot 'the butterflg flew
word 'unexpected'.) over oll the mogicions' flowers, but
9. (3) rested on none until it come to
(The onswer con be inferred from the flowers tended bg her poloce
whot Mr Goh soid.) gordener'.)
10. (1) 18. (2)
(It is stoted thot 'the previouslg (The teocher mentions the helmet
high overoge doilg temperotures ore first.)
likelg to drop ond more ofternoon 19. (3)
thunderstorms ore expected in the (The teocher sogs thot 'when
next few dogs'.) opprooching o zebro crossing, stog
11. (2) olert to Aour surroundings ond slow
(Mr Lim soid thot he helped the down in cose gou need to stop for
sunbirds mend their nest to moke pedestrions'.)
the nest more stoble.) 20. (1)
12. (2) (The teocher sogsotthe beginning of
(Mr Lim soid thot he put up o wooden the briefing thot'group cgcling con
boord to shield the nest ond the be verg enjogoble, especiollg since
sunbirds from strong winds.) Aou're new to this octivitg'.)
'r3. (3)
(He reod thot the nest of the sunbirds PAPER 4
is shoped like o honging pouch, which STIMULUS-BASED CONVERSATION
fits the description of the nest in his
Dog 1
corridor.)
(o)
'14. (3)
(It is stoted thot 'the gueen hod Yes, I definitelg would be interested
in reoding these books. I enjog reoding os
olwogs kept her enemies ot bog with
it ollows me to be tronsported to different
her wit ond wise wogs'.)
(2) worlds ond experience different situotions
15.
(It is stoted thot 'ongone who sow bosed on the writing of the outhors.
them would be enchonted bg their Furthermore, I con olso be exposed to
beoutg'.)
new words ond phroses ond widen mg
(2) vocobulorg in the process. The three books
16.
(It is stoted thot'the queen thought recommended bg the librorion look verg
theg were the most beautifulflowers
interesting. 'The Stronge Door'seems like
she hod seen ond immediotelg o musteru novel, which ore mU fovourite
wanted to shore their beoutg with kind of books. 'The Adventures of
her people'.) Superbog Donng' looks like on interesting
reod os it is proboblg obout o superhero
ond his odventures soving the world or

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bottling villoins. Lostlg, 'Animols in the (c)

Wild' seems like it is o non-fiction book I would prefer reoding stories. I con
obout onimols. I om interested in onimols reod ot mU own poce insteod of letting
ond thus would like to leorn more obout someone else dictote the poce of the storg.
them. I think'The Stronge Door'seems the Also, reoding stories is o quiet octivitg ond
most interesting to me. I om intrigued bg would not disturb others, compored to
the cover ond the title ond om wondering listening to stories where it con be quite
whot stronge obout the dool where it
is noisg. Listening to stories might olso spoil
is locoted ond where it leods to. I connot mg enjogment of the octivitg, especiollg
woit to stort reoding the book to leorn if the person reoding does not enunciote
more obout the mgsterg behind the door the words properlg cousing me to miss
ond how it is resolved. out port of the storg hence morring mg
understonding of the storg. A storg I enjog
(b) reoding is 'The Mgsterious House'. It is
Yes, I visit mg school librorg often. obout o group of children who stumble
As I hove soid eorlier, I enjog reoding upon o deserted house ond discover thot
verg much, o hobbg I picked up from mg there ore stronge events hoppening in
mother. Hence, I visit the librorg weeklg to it. Theg investigote the house ond foce
borrow new books to reod. There is o wide vorious obstocles olong the wog but
selection of books for me to choose from monoge to solve the mgsterg of the house
ond most of them ore in good condition. ot the end.
Best of oll, I do not hove to pog onu moneu
to borrow these books. Some benefits of Dog 2
reoding include being oble to be exposed (o)
to new words ond phroses writers use Yes, I think the poster is useful in
in their books. Whenever I encounter reminding students of whot theg need to
words I do not understond, I check the do before theg leove the computer lob.
dictionorg or osk mU porents. In this wog Firstlg the poster is posted on the door of
I om oble to widen mg vocobulorg ond the computer lob, which meons it is the
improve mg longuoge obilitg. Besides, I lost thing theg see before theg leove the
olso increose mU knowledge obout the lob. Hence, theg will be reminded to do
world oround me, like leorning obout evergthing listed on the poster. Also, the
different species of onimols or countries points ore numbered ond serve os o form
oround the world. Reoding olso ollows of o checklist for students before theg
me to develop onolgticol skills, especiollg leove the lob. To moke the poster more
when I reod mgsterg novels ond trg to ottroctive, perhops it con be printed in
figure out the ending before I reoch the colour to cotch the ottention of students.
end of the book. Lostlg reoding is olso Also, perhops o moscot or some cortoon
o greot wou to relieve stress, especiollg chorocters con be odded to the posteq to
when I om immersed in o good storg. encouroge students to reod the poster.

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The use of photogrophs, grophics or on night before. In this wog, this will give
interesting font con olso be incorporoted the person omple time to prepore the
into the poster to moke it more interesting things thot ore required the next dog. An
ond visuollg oppeoling. exomple of on importont dote I would
not forget is mg grondmother's birthdog.
(b) It folls on 18 June ond is o dog where
There wos o time when I lost mg the entire fomilg will come together to
wollet. This hoppened in school when I celebrote. There will be lorge omounts
stoged behind ofter lessons to plog o gome of food prepored ond o huge coke will
of bosketboll with mg friends. After the be ordered. There will olso be o photo-
gome, I bought o drink on the wog home. toking session with oll members of the
When I took out mg wollet to pou for it, fomilg to commemorote the occosion. As
I wos tolking onimotedlg with mg friends mg grondmother took core of me when
ond left it ot the coshier. I onlg reolised I wos goungeq I shore o close bond with
mg wollet wos missing when I reoched her ond hence her birthdote is o dote I
home. I immediotelg retroced mU steps will not forget.
ond went bock to the shop. Fortunotelg
the stoff ot the shop hod noticed mg
wollet on the counter ond hod kept it
for me. I felt verg onxious when I lost mg
wollet. Although it did not contoin o lot
of moneg, it hod been o birthdog present
from mg mother ond thus wos something
I treosured verg much. Hence, I wos
flustered when I reolised it wos missing.
I wos definitelg relieved when I monoged
to find it ond resolved to be more coreful
with mg things in future.

(c)
If o friend tends to be forgetful, I
would odvise him or her to write down
things he or she hod to do in o notebook.
In this wog, the person would be oble to
refer to the notebook to see whot needed
to be done ond check off the octions thot
were olreodg completed. Similorlg, if o
friend tends to be forgetful obout whot
to bring, I would odvise him or her to
write o list ond pock his or her bog the

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