10 Kesilapan Ini Kos Anda 5-10 Markah Setiap Kertas
Selepas memeriksa beribu esei Bahasa Inggeris SPM, saya nampak kesilapan tatabahasa yang sama berulang-ulang. Betulkan 10 ini dan anda akan dapat 5-10 markah lebih — bukan berlebih-lebihan.
1. Persetujuan Subjek-Kata Kerja
Salah: “The students in the class is studying hard.” Betul: “The students in the class are studying hard.”
Subjek ialah “students” (jamak), bukan “class.”
2. Konsistensi Tenses
Salah: “She walks to school and talked to her friend.” Betul: “She walked to school and talked to her friend.”
Pilih satu tense dan kekalkan. Esei naratif patut dalam past tense.
3. Ayat Run-On
Salah: “I went to the shop I bought some food I went home.” Betul: “I went to the shop and bought some food. Then, I went home.”
Guna noktah, koma, dan kata hubung.
4. Salah Guna “Their,” “There,” dan “They’re”
- Their = kepunyaan mereka (“their books”)
- There = tempat (“over there”)
- They’re = they are (“they’re studying”)
5. Penggunaan Preposisi Yang Salah
- Interested in (bukan on)
- Depend on (bukan from)
- Good at (bukan in)
Ini perlu dihafal — tiada jalan pintas.
6. Articles Tertinggal (a, an, the)
Salah: “I saw cat on road.” Betul: “I saw a cat on the road.”
Pelajar Malaysia sering tertinggal articles kerana Bahasa Melayu dan Bahasa Cina tidak menggunakannya.
7. Negatif Berganda
Salah: “I don’t know nothing about it.” Betul: “I don’t know anything about it.”
8. Pengubah Suai Tergantung
Salah: “Walking to school, the rain started.” Betul: “Walking to school, I got caught in the rain.”
9. Comma Splices
Salah: “She studied hard, she passed the exam.” Betul: “She studied hard, so she passed the exam.”
10. Kekeliruan “Affect” dan “Effect”
- Affect = kata kerja (“The weather affects my mood.”)
- Effect = kata nama (“The effect of the weather on my mood.”)
Cara Betulkan Kesilapan Ini
Membaca senarai ini tidak mencukupi. Anda perlu menulis esei latihan, menyemak secara khusus untuk 10 kesilapan ini, dan mendapatkan maklum balas spesifik. Itulah jenis pembetulan yang berkesan.