Section A

( 20 marks )
( Time suggested : 15 minutes )

The text below is about the benefits of cooking for children.

Questions 1 -10 are based on the text. The first and last lines are correct. For the remaining
lines, there is one grammatical error in each line.

Underline the error and write the correct word in the space provided. An example has been
given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the sentence. There are no spelling
errors in this text.

Cooking is one job that most children enjoy. Most parents do not allow

his children into the kitchen because of the potential accidents that can e.g. their

occur. Research show that children acquire many useful skills when 1._________

cooking. Teaching a child to cook is beneficial but fun. By learning to weigh 2._________

and measure ingredients and watching milk heat down, children learn about 3._________

Mathematics and Science. Besides, children can also learned about the 4._________

important of food. They can be told to stop eating junk food and taught to 5._________

cook nutritious meals instead. Social skills can also be learnt on the kitchen. 6._________

Working together on a recipe teach children the importance of 7._________

co-operation and sharing tasks. Hence, cooking are a great joy. Even a 8._________

cooking disaster can be funny. For example, when a freshly baking cake 9._________

ends up on the kitchen floor. Children can also enjoys the companionship of 10.________

cooking. Chatting while cooking and preparing a meal is a lovely pastime.

( 20 marks )
 Section B
( 20 marks )
( Time suggested : 25 minutes )
Questions 11 – 19 are based on the brochure below.

MELTA Language Centre is organising different workshops for enhancing different skills in
English for interested candidates.

Workshop 1: Listening for Accuracy Workshop 2: Reading for Accuracy

o Listening for gist o Skimming for overall results
o Listening for specific information o Scanning for specific
o Predicting answers information
o Understanding a variety of o Identifying main ideas
English accents o Understanding organisation of
o Familiarisation with a variety of ideas
question types

Workshop 3: Strategies for Workshop 4: Strategies for

Writing Speaking
o Analysing task requirements o Predicting the topics
o Describing and interpreting o Responding appropriately
o Organising answers
charts, tables and diagrams
o Understanding text organisation
o Writing argumentative and
comparison essays
o Writing effective introductions,
body paragraphs and
conclusions.