SECTION A

[10 marks]
[Time suggested: 15 minutes]
Answer all questions in this paper.
The text below is about a letter from a friend who has moved to another
state.
Question 1
Read the letter below. The first and the last lines are correct. For the
remaining lines, there is one grammatical error in each line.
The error has been underlined for you. 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.

Thousands of people were in the Football

Stadium.

e.g.

They waited in suspense of the most exciting for____________

match of

(a)

The Annual Soccer Championships. The Tiger and ________________

The

(b)

Panthers have qualify for the finals. The game ________________

would

( c)

begins in a few minutes. The players of both ________________

teams ran

(d)

slow to the field in a single file, with the captains ________________

leading

(e)

the way. All of them line up in the middle of the ________________

field.

(f)

The King, accompanied with some of the officials,

________________

walk onto the field.

Then he was introduced to _

the

(g)
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players of both the teams. After the introduction, ________________

he returned to the grandstand. As soon as all the (h)
player

________________

were ready, the referee blown the whistle to start (j)

the game. They were cheers from the supporters ________________
of both teams.

_
(i)
________________
_

(j) Your English teacher asks you to write about ways to find help if you have
problems in school. In about 50 words, write an email to your teacher. In
your email:
_______________________________________________________________________________
tell him/her about who can help you if you have problems in school
and
_______________________________________________________________________________
where you can find them
add other relevant information to make your writing interesting
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
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