These six questions use one task: Tulis sebuah ucapan untuk menasihati murid supaya menjimatkan elektrik di sekolah. They practise the repairs from turning a vague essay plan into a relevant argument.
Questions 1 and 2: party and action
1. Rewrite this broad point: Elektrik penting dalam hidup.
Answer
Murid boleh menutup lampu dan kipas apabila meninggalkan bilik darjah kerana tenaga yang dibazirkan meningkatkan bil sekolah. The party is murid, the action is menutup lampu dan kipas, and the reason explains why.
2. Which version names the party and action? (a) Pembaziran elektrik berlaku. (b) Setiap kelas boleh melantik seorang murid untuk memeriksa suis sebelum pulang.
Answer
(b). It names the party (setiap kelas, seorang murid) and a concrete action. Option (a) states a problem and no one acts.
Questions 3 and 4: examples
3. Claim: Kerjasama kelas dapat mengurangkan pembaziran elektrik. Choose the best example: (a) Elektrik dihasilkan di loji janakuasa. (b) Kelas 5 Bestari menetapkan jadual giliran menutup suis, dan bil penggunaan kelas itu menurun.
Answer
(b). It shows a class cooperating and a result. Option (a) is a fact about electricity but does not show cooperation.
4. Write a link sentence after the example in question 3.
Answer
Contoh ini membuktikan bahawa apabila setiap murid memikul tugas kecil, pembaziran dapat dikurangkan tanpa kos tambahan. The sentence ties the example back to the claim.
Question 5: cause and effect
5. Replace this slogan with a three-link chain: Kita mesti menjimatkan tenaga.
Answer
Apabila lampu dibiarkan menyala sepanjang hari, penggunaan elektrik meningkat. Akibatnya, bil sekolah bertambah, maka wang yang boleh digunakan untuk membeli buku menjadi berkurang. The chain has a cause, an effect and a further effect.
Question 6: counterpoint
6. A writer adds: Pihak kerajaan patut menurunkan tarif elektrik. Should this stay in the ucapan? If not, suggest a better counterpoint.
Answer
It should be cut. The party is the government, and the task addresses students. A better counterpoint: Ada murid berpendapat menutup kipas menjadikan kelas panas. Answer it: Namun begitu, membuka tingkap dan mengatur waktu menggunakan kipas dapat menjaga keselesaan sambil menjimatkan tenaga.
If you got these wrong
Revisit rewriting a broad point so it answers the requested party and action for questions 1 and 2. For questions 3 and 4, read choosing a concrete example.
Question 5 links to replacing repeated slogans with a cause-and-effect explanation, and question 6 to checking whether a counterpoint strengthens or distracts.
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