Formula V and T: UPSR Sentence Construction Techniques

PAPER 2

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SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

PART 1: FORMULA VOLVO

STEP 1: DRAW THE ‘S-V-Wh’ DIAGRAM

Subject Verb Wh

STEP 2: Find the verbs.

carrying

holding

wrapping

weighing

chopping

buying

Subject Verb Wh

weighing

wrapping

carrying

holding

buying

chopping

STEP 3: Find the Subject.

womanman

fishmongerassistant

poultry hawker

Subject Verb Wh

weighing

wrapping

carrying

holding

buying

chopping

assistant

fishmonger

woman

woman

man

poultry hawker

STEP 4: Find the ‘Wh’.

carrying what?

holding what?

wrapping what?

weighing what?

chopping what?buying

what?

crabs cuttlefish

chickenbasketfishcrabs

Subject Verb Wh

weighing

wrapping

carrying

holding

buying

chopping

assistant

fishmonger

woman

woman

man

poultry hawker

crabs

fish

basket

cuttlefish

crabs

chickens

STEP 5: Write simple sentences.

• An assistant is weighing some crabs.• A fishmonger is wrapping some fish.• A woman is carrying a basket.• A woman is holding a cuttlefish.• A man is buying some crabs.• A poultry hawker is chopping a chicken.

STEP 6: Combine simple sentences to form compound sentences.

Simple sentence 1:A fishmonger is wrapping some fish.

Simple sentence 2:An assistant is weighing some crabs.

Compound sentence:A fishmonger is wrapping some fish and his assistant is weighing some crabs.

Simple sentence 1:A woman is carrying a basket.

Simple sentence 2:A woman is holding a cuttlefish.

Compound sentence:A woman is carrying a basket while holding a cuttlefish.

STEP 7: Write complex sentences with adjectives and adverbs

• The fishmonger who is wearing a hat is wrapping some fish with newspapers and his assistant who is smiling happily is weighing some crabs with a weighing scale.

• The woman who is wearing a headscarf is holding a cuttlefish while carrying a basket full of vegetables.

• The bald poultry seller is chopping a chicken at his stall which is next to the fish stall.

PRACTISE 1

STEP 1: Find the verbs.

playing

studying

napping cooking

STEP 2: Find the Subjects.

boy

younger brothers

father mother

STEP 3: Find the ‘Wh’.

computer games

at the coffee table

on the sofain the kitchen

STEP 4: Write simple sentences.

• A boy is playing computer games.• His two younger brothers are studying at the

coffee table.• His mother is cooking in the kitchen. • His father is napping on the sofa.

PRACTISE 2

PRACTISE 3

SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

PART 2:FORMULA TITANIC

STEP 1: Draw the ‘TiTa’ diagramDiagram S

There is a singular noun

Wh

STEP 1: Draw the ‘TiTa’ diagramDiagram P

There are *numberseverala fewsome

singular noun

Wh

STEP 2: Find the nouns

fish

cuttlefish

crabs

weighing scalebasket

chickens

stalls

STEP 3: S or P?Diagram S

basket

weighing scale

Diagram PThere are *number

severala fewsome

plural nouns

Wh

crabs

fish

cuttlefish

chickens

stalls

STEP 4: Complete the diagramsThere is a singular

nounWh

There is a at the stalls.

There is a on the counter.

basket

weighing scale

There are *numberseverala fewsome

plural nouns

Wh

There are some at the fish stall.There are a few

There are severalThere are some at the

chicken stall.

There are two in the picture.

crabs

fish

cuttlefish

chickens

stalls

STEP 5: Write simple sentences

• There is a basket at the fish stall.• There is a weighing scale on the counter.• There are some crabs at the fish stall.• There are a few fish at the fish stall.• There are several chickens at the chicken stall.• There are two stalls in the picture.

STEP 6: Combine the simple sentences to make compound sentences.