Exercises on SAQs

Here are some examples of exercises using SAQs method that we had developed.
Read the instruction below and identify the good and the bad SAQs.


Short-Answer Question

Determine whether the following questions are good or bad SAQs.

1. Break down the acronym IELTS. 
2. List the five national principles. 
3. Explain the action taken in the short story Ibrahim Something. 
4. Define contextualization. 
5. State five guidelines on how teachers develop materials and elaborate on them. 
6. List two characters and describe one characteristic from the both characters in the short story QWERTYUIOP. 
7. Compare one theme from the plays The Crucible and The Importance of Being Earnest. 
8. Teachers' materials should be attractive. Elaborate. 
9. Comment on Rosli in pajamas. 
10. Describe Pak Kia's character in the novel The Jungle of Hope.

Sentence Completion 

Complete the following sentences.

1. The first Prime Minister of Malaysia is ______________________.
2. Soo is lame because ______________________.
3. The seven colours of the rainbow are ______________________.
4. ______________________ is considered a taboo because the Chinese believe that it will chase away the prosperity from the house.
5. Visiting one's grave needs ______________________.
6. In the novel The Secret Garden, while in England, Mary Lennox lives with ______________________.
7. We celebrate Christmas on ______________________.
8. Red roses symbolize ______________________.
9. ______________________ is created by Walt Disney.
10. ______________________ during Christmas.

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