A lesson material to improve on SPM paper 1 Section B

1. SENTENCE VARIETY

2. VARIETY OF SENTENCES
SENTENCES
LONGER
WITH JOINING
WORDS
WITH DIFFERENT
BEGINNINGS
SIMPLE

3. SIMPLE SENTENCES
• It was raining heavily.
• I was frightened.
• I started running fast.

4. LONGER SENTENCES
• Najihah was not allowed to leave the
classroom. The teacher was busy in the office.
She had to get permission from the prefect on
duty.
• As the teacher was busy in the office, Najihah
was not allowed to leave the classroom unless
he got the permission of the prefect on duty.

5. LONGER SENTENCES
• I was on my way home from school. I saw
thick black smoke. It was coming from a
burning house. I saw people rushing out with
their belongings.
• ________ I was on my way home from school,
I saw thick black smoke coming from a burning
house. People were rushing out with their
belongings.

6. Students’ samples
• As I was on my way home from school, I saw
thick black smoke. It was coming from a
burning house and I saw people rushing out
with their belongings.
• I saw thick black smoke coming from a burning
house while I was on my way home from
school and I saw people rushing out with their
belongings.

7. LONGER SENTENCES
• I did not know how it started. I was in the
kitchen. I was waiting for the soup to boil. I
remembered my cat. I let it play at the porch. I
went out to have a check. It was gone.
• ?????????

8. Students’ samples
• I did not know how it happened because I was in
the kitchen while waiting for the soup to boil.
Suddenly, I remembered my cat that I let play at
the porch. When I went out to have a check, it
was gone.
• I did not know how it started. That time, I was in
the kitchen waiting for the soup to boil when I
suddenly remembered about letting my cat to
play at the porch. So, I went out to have a check
but unfortunately it had already gone.

9. SENTENCES VARIETY
• She cried out again and again. He did not hear
her.
• ???
• I was walking to school yesterday. I saw a
black cat in the drain.
• ???

11. Short Sentences for Action and
Excitement
• I sensed that someone was following me. I
turned around. There was no one there.
Again, I heard a thud of boots. So, I quickened
my steps. My heart started beating fast.

12. Student’s sample 1
• I felt like someone was following me since I
left the carnival and went to the toilet. I
turned around but there was no one there.
My heart started to beat faster and faster. I
could feel the adrenaline pumped through my
veins.

13. Student’s sample 2

15. Longer Sentence for Slow-moving
Events
• Only an hour ago I had celebrated my twenty-
first birthday and now he was gone. I knew
that I would never see him again but why was
I still waiting for his phone call? I hugged my
mother and cried uncontrollably. We will
never see him again but the memory of those
wonderful times we had would forever be
embedded in my mind.

16. Sentences with Different Beginnings
I pushed him aside
and entered the
room. I was angry.
________, I
pushed him aside
and entered the
room.
One
adverb I pushed him aside
in a rough manner
and entered the
room. I was angry.
______and _____,
I pushed him aside
and entered the
room.
Two
adverbs

17. - verb-part openers
• I was awakened by the ringing of the
telephone. I could not go back to sleep .
• Awakened by the ringing of the telephone, I
could not go back to sleep.
Sentences with Different Beginnings

18. - verb-part openers
• He was terrified by the darkness. He started
running as fast as he could.
• Terrified by the darkness, he started running
as fast as he could.
Sentences with Different Beginnings

19. Gerund
• She laughed with joy. She ran towards her
mother and hugged her.
• ________ with joy, she ran towards her
mother and hugged her.
Sentences with Different Beginnings

20. Gerund
• She trembled with fear. She escaped from her
kidnappers.
• __________ with fear, she escaped from her
kidnappers.
Sentences with Different Beginnings

21. Infinitives
• To ______ with flying colours, you need to put
a lot of effort into your studies.
• To ______ the poor is a noble deed.
• To ______ far and wide is my brother’s dream.
Sentences with Different Beginnings

22. Comments?
It was a Monday morning. It was early in the
morning. The school was quiet. No one had
arrived yet. It was an important day. It was the
day of our exams. I was very nervous. I had
revised hard. I studied till late night. I was
determined to do well.

23. Comments?
It was early on Monday morning. As no one had
arrived yet, the school was quiet. That day
was an important day because our exams
were starting. I had revised hard, studying till
late at night because I was determined to do
well. Nevertheless, I was still feeling very
nervous.

25. ANOTHER X-FACTOR
FOR BETTER ESSAY IS….

26. USING ________ WORD
D
V
V

27. SPEAK/TALK/SAY

28. U
B
E

29. M

30. MR

31. RU

32. R
S
A
T
M
M

33. T

34. I

36. LOOK

38. G

39. G

40. I

41. E

42. P

43. S
E

44. E
P
R
E

46. T

47. A
S

48. H
W
A

49. EAT

50. A
F

51. M

52. W

53. RV

54. E
G
L
B
B
O

55. S

56. TOUCH/HOLD

58. U

60. O
T

61. G
I

62. RUN

64. H

65. L

66. H

67. T
C
S
O
O

69. T

70. Write a story
• A teenager making a decision that he/she
regretted on. End with “I really wish I did not
do that”
• Best friends who went separate ways to
achieve dreams. End with “While our journeys
had just begun; our friendship would never
end”

71. You MUST
• Use ALL sentence varieties – longer sentences,
sentences with joining words, sentences with
different beginnings (gerund, adverb, verb –
awakened by…)
• Use VIVID words for verbs – see, hold, look,
run, speak (at least 3)
• Underline ALL the FIRST element of sentence
variety of its type
• For vivid words, underline ALL