This set tests the five ideas in the Malay qualification routes module: your route, your exam year, assessed language, route-matched samples and who to ask. All names, notes and texts are invented. Cover each answer, write your own, then compare.
The questions
1. An entry confirmation reads 0546. Which Cambridge page do you open, and what is the route called?
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Open the Cambridge IGCSE Malay Foreign Language 0546 page. The route is Malay as a Foreign Language. The code on the entry decides the page.
2. Aina speaks Malay at home and assumes she takes 0696. What should she do?
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Read the code on her entry confirmation. Home language does not decide the route. If it surprises her, she asks the school or exam centre early.
3. A worksheet pack names no exam year. How do you label it?
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Unchecked. Use it for general language practice, and compare any task layout with the Cambridge sample material for your code.
4. Write one Malay sentence using kerana to give a reason. Why must it be wholly in Malay?
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Model: Saya pulang awal kerana hari sudah hujan. It must be in Malay because the response is assessed in Malay. The explanation language is for understanding only.
5. Find the English word in this invented sentence and replace it: “Kami belajar di library.”
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Library should be perpustakaan: Kami belajar di perpustakaan.
6. A sample asks for a long reflective essay, but your syllabus describes short everyday tasks. What do you do?
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Tag it as general reading and set it aside as route practice. Check the syllabus and ask your teacher if unsure.
7. Give the four labels for a sample.
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Route, skill, language level and source. The source says whether it is original or a real paper.
8. Who answers “By what date is my entry due?”
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Your school or exam centre. Your centre handles entry, dates and deadlines, so confirm them with your centre.
9. A friend at another school says your entry is surely 0696. What do you do?
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Ask your own centre. Each centre handles its own entries, and a friend’s answer is not an official record.
10. Put these in a sensible order: label the resource, confirm your code, check the year, choose a sample.
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Confirm your code, check the year, label the resource, choose a sample. The earlier facts decide the later choices.
If you got these wrong
Match the error to the lesson, then redo the question after a day.
| Error | Go to |
|---|---|
| Mixed up 0546 and 0696 or used home language to decide (1, 2) | Distinguish 0546 from 0696 |
| Trusted an undated resource (3, 10) | Check the examination year |
| Mixed languages in a Malay answer (4, 5) | Separate explanation and assessed language |
| Used a sample from the wrong route (6, 7) | Use a route-appropriate sample |
| Asked the wrong person (8, 9) | Confirm a course question with the centre |
Record each slip in the mistake log and retest queue, and use the summary selection and paraphrase studio for original Malay reading practice.
To have a teacher check your corrected answers, see online one-to-one Malay tuition.