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ANG MO KIO SECONDARY SCHOOL

FINAL EXAMINATION 2017
SECONDARY TWO EXPRESS
(ACADEMIC)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1128/01
PAPER 1
Total Mark: 10 3 October 2017 / Tuesday

INSERT 1 hour 50 minutes

Setter: Mrs N Nair

Instructions to candidates :

1. This insert contains Section A.

2. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

This document consists of 2 printed pages, including the cover page.

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 Section A (10marks)

Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines about the writer’s account of his
grandfather.
The first and last lines are correct. For eight of the lines, there is one grammatical error in
each line. There are two more lines without errors.
If there is NO error in a line, put a tick ( √ ) in the space provided.
If the line is incorrect, circle the incorrect word and write the correct word in the space
provided.
The correct word you provide must not change the original meaning of the sentence.

Examples:

I arrived to my destination at 2 pm. at______

The train stopped for a few minutes at a small village. √_______

He was more than just my grandfather. He was my father figure, my

mentor and, I am proud to say, my friend. As a child, there was no safe place than 1______________

the security of his lap. I would watched horror movies on television from behind 2______________

his seat. The monster would not dream of coming for me there! One of nine 3______________

children, he pulled himself out of poverty with great drive and determined but he 4______________

never forgot his root. He loved baseball. He would often have one game on 5______________

television where listening to another on his radio; still he could tell you what was 6______________

going on in both games. When he turned ninety, my cousin gave him a 7______________

autographed photo of Willie Stargell, his favourite baseball player. He was very 8______________

appreciative in that birthday present. He was seldom sick. At the age of eighty, he 9______________

could still do chin-ups. My cousin joked that he could even pushed us around the 10_____________

block in wheelchairs as he jogged.

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ANSWER KEY

Section A ( Editing ) 10 marks

Errors Correct answers

1. safe ……………………safer (adjective – comparative)

2. watched ……………….watch (tense)

3. √

4. determined…………….determination (word form)

5. root……………………..roots (plural)

6. where ……………………..while (conjunction)

7. a………………………...an (article)

8. √

9. in ……………………….of (preposition)

10 pushed …………………push (tense)