English Paper 2 Section A
By Haslinda Midy
Strategy 1 TiTa (There is / There are)
For Remedial Students
STEP 1: Draw the TiTa table.
Ti table for Singular There There There is is is Object (What / Where)
There
is
Ta table for Plural
There There There There
are are are are
Object (What / Where)
STEP 2: Find the Nouns.
boy girls ladies
boys girl waitress
man
woman
STEP 3: Complete the table.
Ti table for Singular with the use of Articles a / an
There There There
is is is
Object (Who / What / Where) a boy at the slide a waitress with a tray
There
is
a man at the table
Ta table for Plural
There There There
There
are are are
are
Object (Who / What / Where) two ladies ordering some food three girls on the riding horses
two boys at the see-saw
STEP 4: Write simple sentences.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. There is a boy at the slide. There is a waitress with a tray. There is a man at the table. There are two ladies ordering some food. There are three girls on the riding horses. There are two boys at the see-saw.
Strategy 2 SVO (Subject+Verb+Object)
For Intermediates
STEP 1: Draw the S-V-O table.
Subject Verb Object (Who / What / Which)
STEP 2: Find the verbs.
sliding riding coming ordering attending
playing running carrying sitting
talking
Subject
Verb running carrying ordering
Wh
sliding
riding sitting attending playing
coming
talking
STEP 3: Find the Subject.
boy girls assistant lady
woman
assistant
boy
girl waitress
customers
Subject boy and girl waitress lady
Verb running carrying ordering
Wh
boy
girls customers assistant boys
sliding
riding sitting attending playing
assistant
customers
coming
talking
STEP 5: Find the Object (Wh)
sliding Where? slide
wooden horse
riding What?
coming Why? take orders
ordering What? food
playing What? see-saw Running Where? playground
tray
carrying What?
table
Sitting Where?
Subject boy and girl waitress lady
Verb running carrying ordering
Wh playground tray food
boy
girls customers assistant boys
sliding
riding sitting attending playing
down the slide
wooden horses table lady see-saw
assistant
customers
coming
talking
take orders
each other
STEP 5: Write simple sentences.
An assistant is coming to take orders. Three girls are riding on the wooden horses. Two boys are playing at the see-saw. A boy and a girl are running to the playground. An assistant is attending to the lady. A waitress is carrying a tray. The customers are sitting at the table. A lady is ordering some food. A boy is sliding down at the slide. The customers are talking to each other.
STEP 6: Combine simple sentences to form compound sentences.
Example 1
Simple sentence 1:
A lady is ordering some food.
Simple sentence 2:
An assistant is attending to the lady.
Compound sentence:
A lady is ordering some food and an assistant is attending to her.
Example 2 Simple sentence 1: Three girls are riding on the wooden horses. Simple sentence 2: Two boys are playing at the see-saw. Compound sentence: Three girls are riding on the wooden horses while two boys are playing at the see-saw.
Example 3 Simple sentence 1: A waitress is carrying a tray. Simple sentence 2: The customers are sitting at the table.
Compound sentence: A waitress is carrying a tray to the customers, who are sitting at the table.
STEP 7: Write complex sentences with adjectives and adverbs
The waitress, who is wearing an apron and a cap on her head, is carrying a tray of food to the customers, who are sitting patiently at the table. Two women with handbags on their shoulders, are ordering food from the assistants, who are standing smilingly near the delicious food displayed at the counter. Two happy children are running to the playground to join the others who are busily playing at the see-saw and the wooden horses.
Strategy 2 SIVAO (Subject + Information + Verb + Action + Object)
For Excellent Students
STEP 1: Draw the SIVAO table.
Subject (Who) Information (Which / Where) Verb to be Action Object (What/Where/When)
STEP 2: Find the subject.
boy assistant girls boys lady girl boy woman man lady assistant
waitress
Subject (Who)
Information (Which / Where)
Verb to be
Action
Object (What/Where/When)
boy boys girls boy + girl
waitress
man + woman
ladies
assistants
STEP 3: Singular or Plural? Verb to be
Subject (Who) Information (Which / Where) Verb to be Action Object (What/Where/When)
boy boys girls
is are are
boy + girl
waitress man + woman
are
is are
ladies
assistants
are
are
STEP 4: Find the extra information.
Subject (Who) Information (Which / Where) Verb to be Action Object (What/Where/When)
boy boys
with his hands up sitting on the see-saw plank
is are
girls
girl waitress man + woman ladies assistants
at the playground
with a ponytail wearing an apron sitting at the table with handbags at their shoulders with caps
are
is is are are are
STEP 5: Find the action (verb).
sliding riding coming ordering
playing running carrying sitting
talking
STEP 6: Complete the table.
Subject (Who) The boy Two boys Three girls A girl A waitress A man and a woman Two ladies Information (Which / Where) with his hands up sitting on the see-saw plank at the playground with a ponytail wearing an apron sitting at the table with handbags at their shoulders Verb to be is are are is is are are Action sliding playing riding running carrying talking ordering Object (What/Where/When) down the slides the see-saw on the wooden horses towards the playground a tray of food to each other some food
The assistants
with caps
are
attending
the two ladies
STEP 7: Write the sentences
1. The boy with his hands up, is sliding down the slides. 2. Two boys sitting on the see-saw plank, are playing the seesaw. 3. Three girls at the playground, are riding on the wooden horses. 4. A girl with a ponytail, is running towards the playground. 5. A waitress wearing an apron, is carrying a tray of food. 6. A man and a woman sitting at the table, are talking to each other. 7. Two ladies with handbags at their shoulders, are ordering some food. 8. The assistants with caps are attending to the two ladies.
STEP 8: Add adjectives and adverbs for compound and complex sentences.
1. The boy with his hands up, is sliding very fast down the slides while the two boys, sitting on the see-saw plank, are playing happily at the see-saw. 2. Three girls, who are at the playground, are riding cheerfully on the wooden horses. 3. A boy and a girl with a ponytail, are eagerly running towards the playground to join the others. 4. A pretty waitress, who is wearing an apron and a cap on her head, is carrying carefully a tray of food to the customers, who are sitting at the table. 5. Two ladies with handbags at their shoulders, are ordering some delicious food while the two assistants with caps on their heads, are attending patiently to them.
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Good luck to all my students.
