1.

Describe one unforgettable festival that you have celebrated with your family
(SPM 2015)
RAYA OH RAYA!
Abang,

youre

such

Pengacau!.

That

was

my

wife,

who

was

complained

/complaining / complaines again ___________________ of my troublesomeness. I was

just tried/trying/tries to help her fold the clothes into the suitcase. She should not
blamed/blame/blaming

the

anticipation.

After

all

this

would

be

my

first

time

celebrating Raya.
My name is Alloysious. I _____________ Islam after I falling/fell/felt in love
with this ____________ <adjective> religion and even _____________________ with this
woman called Zaitun. It has been 5 months since our wedding day and it was the final
week of Ramadhan. We were both ____________ <adverbs> packing our suitcases to spend
the rest of the month at our kampung in Bidor, Perak. Thinking of my ____________
<adjective> experience fasting as a muallaf, I recalled the days where Zaitun yelled
into my ears, screamed/screaming/screams _________________ WAKE UP MAKRUH! as I lay
on

the

floor

with

my

arms

and

legs

spread

like

______________________,

waiting/waited/had waited for the Athan at dusk. Eventually, I learned/learnt/learning

a <adjective> trick how to sleep less at daytime and escape____________ <adverb>
Zaituns _______________screams. I started going to Bazaar Ramadhan to ogle over the
food

and

when

the

images

flew

into

the

cubicles

of

my

imagination,

only

the

ran

______________________.
So

once

we

loading/loaded/load

our

things

into

the

car,

______________________ towards the drivers seat before Zaitun shrieked again Hello,
the house needs to be locked! Aiyaaahhh! After all the ____________ <adjective>
drama, we were finally on the road and ____________________ as I sang Balik Kampung,
out of tune into Zaituns ears, the way she used to scream into my ears whenever I was
catching/catched/caught _______________________ at daytime. Ishh..Pengacau! After a
while,

my

wife

was

sung/sang/singing

reminded/reminding/remind

me

of

how

______________
much

loved

<adverb>

to

the

this

woman

song

too,

despite

her

_________________.
Assalamualaikum My _________________ voice choired/choiring/choir through the
neighbourhood before I heard one of the neighbours exclaiming Hmmm, the Apek Cina is
back. I was about to ________________ some choice words before the ____________
<adjective> door before me was opening/open/opened. We were greeting/greeted/greet by
my ex-Army of a father-in-law. Smiling _______________, I extended my hands to the old
man

like

an

obedient

puppy.

Being

welcomed/welcoming/welcome

by

his

habit

of

mispronouncing names had somewhat ________________ my annoyance for the racist remark
made earlier by the nosy neighbour. Ha, Assoylus.. Are you fasting today? Yes,
Ayah, I replied, _________________________.
through
her teeth

monstrou
s

catching
forty-winks

At the top
of her
lungs

a victim in a
warzone

Sky is the
limit

head over
heels in love

surpassed

1. Describe one unforgettable festival that you have celebrated with your family
(SPM 2015)
Imy heart

articulate

embraced

skipped a
beat

highpitched

from ear to
ear

at the
speed of
light

idiosyncrasies
.

beaming with
pride.

RAYA OH RAYA!
ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT

1. Post a 15 second VIDEO of RAYA CELEBRATION on your Instagram account.

2. Your RAYA GREETINGS must include:i.
A video showing the festivity of Syawal (can be a video of yourself in your
new BAJU RAYA/ families at your kampung/playing harmless
firecrackers /raya food /adorable cousins/ traffic jams/ DUBSMASH RAYA
ii.

or simply anything RAYA related)

Write A CAPTION of at least 40 words of RAYA DEDICATION. It could be
written in a form of a poem as shown below:
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
AN EVENING FILLED WITH BLESSINGS OF EID
MADE MORE MEANINGFUL WITH YOU
Eid Mubarak to fellow Muslims celebrating this festivity, especially

Merbokians:
dearest teachers & students, beloved homeroom ZA15 & my
cubemates.
May our days be filled with happiness and never ending
joyfulness.
3. Type hashtags #XYLRAYA and #MERBOKRAYA before posting the video.
4. If you wish to do this assignment in groups, please note that it is LIMITED TO
3 people per GROUP.
5. If you do not have an Instagram account, you may post your video on Facebook
(with #XYLRAYA #MERBOKRAYA) or email the video to aeshasal@gmail.com
with
SUBJECT: Raya Oh Raya!
EID MUBARAK & MAAF ZAHIR BATIN!
From The English Unit

1. Describe one unforgettable festival that you have celebrated with your family
(SPM 2015)
MRSM MERBOK