SECTION A

ERROR
IDENTIFICATION
(10 marks)

SECTION A 10 marks
ERROR IDENTIFICATION (QUESTION 1)

Test the students grammar and language skills

One grammatical error in each line, if the candidate identifies two or more errors

in a line, no marks will be awarded.

Identify and write the correct answer in the space provided
The correct answer must not change the meaning of the sentence

GRAMMAR

MEANING:

PRONOUNS
RELATIVE PRONOUN

Pronouns are words that replace nouns.

E.g: I, you, he, she, it, we, they etc.
Who. Whose, whom, which

VERBS

A verb tells what a person or animal does.

E.g: washes, built, cooked, accept
Adjectives are words that describe people, animals,

ADJECTIVES

things and places.

E.g: red car, round marble, green hat, long hair,
beautiful woman etc.
A noun is a word that represent a person, place,

NOUNS

ADVERBS

PREPOSITIONS

thing, activity .
E.g: grandmother, park, car, football, Fatimah etc.
Adverbs are words which describe verbs, adjectives.
E.g: loudly, softly, bravely, neatly
Words that show time, direction and location.
E.g : in, at, behind, under, by, on, before, after, to,
across, under, from

SAMPLE 1
The text below is about not being properly attired for an interview.
Read the text below. The first and last lines are correct for the remaining lines, there is
one grammatical error in each line.

The errors have been underlined. Write one word to correct the error in the space
provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the
meaning of the sentence. There are no spelling and punctuation errors in this text.

I got my first job when I was eighteen after I managed to convince my parents to
allow me to earn some pocket money. I hear that a company in the building
where my sister worked needed a temporary clerk. I phoned a companys office
for an interview. I was ask to report to the office the next morning. Never
having attended an interview before, I took pains to make a better impression.
Next morning, after anyone had woken up, I sneaked out in my best clothes. I
did not want to be teased about mine appearance. I walked into the office at 8.50
a.m.to be on time from the interview. After I had told the receptionist who I was
so why I was there, she pointed to a door. She said I could start work today and
that my desk was in the room. Greatly puzzled, I asked her about the interviews I
was supposed to attend. She explained that I was to be here for only a month.
Then, she told me smiling to wear shoes the next day. I looked down and was
stunned for moment I had rushed off in my slippers! From then onwards, I made
sure I was not wearing, slippers whenever I leave my house for appointment.

e.g: heard
a) the
b) asked
c) good
d) before
e) my
f) for
g) and
h) interview
i) there
j) smilingly

Comment and Answer(Sample):

a) the the article needed here is the not a because the company had been mentioned in the
line before.
b) asked the verb in the sentence should be in the past tense, so it should be asked not ask.
c) good- the word should be good not better as there is no need to use the comparative form.
d) before from the sentence, it is obvious that the writer left before everyone had woken up as
she said that she sneaked out as she did not want to be seen by anyone.
e) my the grammatical error here is the use of possessive adjective my not possessive
pronoun mine.
f)

for the preposition needed here is the preposition of time for not preposition of direction
from.

g) and the conjunction needed here should be and and not so as the sentence is about two
similar things.
h) interview-the writer was supposed to attend only one interview, so the word should be
singular.
i)

there- both words here and there refer to the place. The statement is used in the indirect
speech, so the word there is correct.

j)

smiling-the grammatical error is the word smile should be an adverb as it tells how the
receptionist talked to the writer, smilingly.

PRACTICE 1
The text below is about the attractions at an Oceanarium.
Read the text below. There are grammatical errors in the text. The errors have been
underlined for you.
Underline the correct word to correct the error in the space provided. An example
has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the sentences.

Aquaria KLCC is located in Kuala Lumpur Convention

Centre. It is a oceanarium which houses over 5000 aquatic e.g an
creatures. This is the place to visit if you want to seeing sharks, a)
1.8-metre Arapaima which are the oldest and largest freshwater fish b) ..
as well as the Sand Tiger Sharks up close. Going to the 90- c) .
metre transparent tunnel and stand on the moving walkway or you

d)

can leisurely admiring the sharks, stingrays, turtles and other e)

aquatic fish. You can also touch much creatures at the Rocky f) ...........
Shore Touch pool. Here, feels the Bamboo Shark, Horseshoe g)
Crab and the Chocolate Chip Sea Star. Another draw of a place is h)

watching the animals being fed. On 4 p.m., the Red bellied i) .

Piranhas are fed. There is approximately 200 of them in the j) .
tank and it only takes them seconds to eat all their food. Every
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, the electric eels are fed.
The aquarist uses a plastic feeding stick to feed them.
(10m)

PRACTICE 2
The text below is about Mr. Phang and his family.
Read the text below. The first and last lines are correct for the remaining lines, there is
one grammatical error in each line.
The errors have been underlined. Write one word to correct the error in the space
provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the
meaning of the sentence. There are no spelling and punctuation errors in this text.

The fire had destroyed everything. Mr Phang but his family had

a) ..

not been able to save anything. Pak Din looks sadly at the scene.

b) .

I think we should help them, said Mak Timah,her wife.

c) .

Which can we do? he asked aloud.

d) .

Mak Timah told him that the Phang family had going to stay with

e) .

a relative as all their belongings had been destroyed on the fire. She

f) .

suggested that they try to gather some useful items by the Phangs.
Thats the good idea. We have some old clothes that will fit
Their children. Tomorrow I shall ask the other neighbours if she too
would like to make a contribution, he replies.

g) .
h) .
i) .
j) .

(10 m)

PRACTICE 3
The text below are about elephants.
Read the text below. The first and last lines are correct for the remaining lines, there is
one grammatical error in each line.
The errors have been underlined. Write one word to correct the error in the space
provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the
meaning of the sentence. There are no spelling and punctuation errors in this text.

Elephants have poor vision and only an average sense of hearing

e.g : is

despite their big ears. However, their sense of smell are very strong.

a) .

Besides for smelling, their long muscular nose, where is called a

b)..

trunk, is used for picking up food. It was also used for carrying logs,

c)..

giving itself and its friends a shower, and hanging on to a tail of the

d).

elephant walking in front for it.

e)

When an elephant dies, the others elephants bury the dead animal

f).

under piles of dirt but branches. Sometimes, elephants even bury the

g) ...

dead of other species. In one instance, a herd of elephant tried to

h)

bury an old tribeswoman who have fallen asleep and had died

i) .

peacefully under a tree. Elephants are also knowing to shed tears

j) .

when a fellow elephant dies or is near death. As it cry, they

sometimes make sorrowful sounds to express their feelings.
(10m)
PRACTICE 4
7

The text below is about Haze and problems in the Southeast Asia Region..
Read the text below. The first and last lines are correct for the remaining lines, there is
one grammatical error in each line.
The errors have been underlined. Write one word to correct the error in the space
provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the
meaning of the sentence. There are no spelling and punctuation errors in this text.

Haze has been an ongoing problem on many countries in the Southeast a) .

Asia region, and Malaysia are one of the worst affected. The main cause of b)..
this haze is the slash and burn practice with farmers and peat fires blown by c)..
the wind from Indonesia. especially Sumatra, where mainly affects the d).
Peninsular Malaysia and Kalimantan, which mainly affect East Malaysia. A e)
state of emergency is announced once in 2005 at Port Klang as the Air f).
Pollution Index (API) went on the 500 level. Malaysia is working with the g) ...
Indonesian authorities to help curbed peat fires. Malaysia and Indonesia, h)
together with other member of the ASEAN community, signed the ASEAN a

i) .

agree on Transboundary Haze Pollution in 2002 as a result of a 1997 haze. j) .

However, Indonesia is the only country that has not ratified the agreement. A
repeat incident in 2005 and 2006 has forced Malaysia and Singapore to
pressure Indonesia to ratify it.
(10m)

PRACTICE 5
8

The text below is about Personal Hygiene.

Read the text below. The first and last lines are correct for the remaining lines, there is
one grammatical error in each line.
The errors have been underlined. Write one word to correct the error in the space
provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the
meaning of the sentence. There are no spelling and punctuation errors in this text.

One of the main reasons why we should practice good

personal hygiene is that it maintain cleanliness and that helps
to keep him free from diseases. Doctors have now discovered
that personal cleanliness plays a big role than medicine in
helping to maintain good health. Many diseases is now under
control because people are more aware in how to keep
themselves clean. Previously, people did not believed in
bathing every day. It was common to have head lice but body
sores. People did not know that it was by keeping ourselves

e.g : maintains
a) ..

b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)

...
..
..

clean that they were healthy. Personal hygiene bring out the
best of our natural beautiful and that makes us more attractive.
A person who have long, untidy hair and nails, or lice in his hair
will never look attractive.
[10 m]