Editing Practice Papers

Taken from :Zhonghua Sec MYE 2018

Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about the famous Mona Lisa portrait.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 with no 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 2pm. ……at…...

My mother always wears sensible clothes. ..….……

The “Gioconda” or Mona Lisa, probably the most famous portrait in the

world, is painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1503 and 1514. It is on 1. √

permanent display at the Louvre at Paris. The model, Lisa Gherardini, was 2. in

the wife of wealthy Florentine silk merchant, Francesco del Giocondo. 3. √

Many experts still belief that the background of the painting represents 4. believe

a very precise place in Tuscanywhen the river Arno passes through the 5. passed

countryside of Arezzo. The “Mona Lisa” was the protagonist of an 6. a

incredibly theft that was carried out on the night between 20 and 21 August 7. of

1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Italian employee of the Louvre. He felt that 8. an

the painting belongs to Italy and should not remain in France. He locked 9. belong

himself in a storeroom overnight but left the museum next morning with the 10. and

painting under his coat. 

Adapted from :http://www.villeinitalia.com/blog/the-mona-lisa-theft-identity-of-leonardo-da-vincis-painting/

Taken from : WRSS Sec MYE 2018
Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about families with children. 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 with no 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 tomy destination at 2 pm. at

My mother always wears sensible clothes. 

Singapore is greying at a faster pace compared with the last decade.

Singapore’s elderly is not short of assistance schemes by the State to meet 1. √

their material needs: from heavy medical subsidies and food vouchers, and 2. to

long-term financial assistance. “The great problem for many of them is social 3. isolated

isolation because of some stigma against mental illness. Many of such elderly 4. were

folks in Singapore are “forgotten by society”,by people going out of the way to 5. their

avoid them,” said Mr Ng Koon Sing, head of AMKFSC Community Services. 6. of

The isolation from the outside world feeds depression and suicide tendencies, 7. that

aggravates mental conditions, and worsen their physical health. In Singapore, 8. √

elderly suicides have been creeping up. They could pastunder the radar, until 9. from

the neighbour, or door-to-door outreach by social workers brings their plight 10. bringing

to light.

Adapted from https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/cnainsider/lonely-and-waiting-to-die-

singapore-s-elderly-poor-find-hope-in-8844768.
Taken from : Holy Innocents MYE 2018

Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines about hawker centres in Singapore. 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 with no 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.

Example:

I arrived to my destination at 2 p.m. _______at______

My mother always wears sensible clothes. _______√_______

Hawker centres or open food courts have come to define Singaporean

food culture. Popular markets liked Old Airport Road Food Centre, 1. like

Golden Mile Food Centre and Maxwell Road Food Centre offer the 2 . offers

best of Malaysian, Chinese and Indian cooking, wrapped with foods 3 . uniquely

that are unique Singaporean. Singapore’s lively culinary scene is 4 . attracting

gradually attracted renowned chefs from around the world. In the past 5. won

year, Singapore win its first Michelin star-rated restaurants: Santi and 6 . most

Guy Savoy. Like more fine dining restaurants in Singapore, these 7. √

establishments focus on Western food and reinterpretations of classic 8 . When

beloved dishes. After we look toward the future of these dishes, 9.√

though, we should look at how they came into existence in a first place 10 . the

as each dish has a story to tell about the Singapore culture.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story
Taken from :Bedok View MYE 2018

Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about Stephen Hawking, a renowned scientist
who was also a wheelchair user. 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 with no 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:

at
I arrived to my destination at 2 pm. ................................
.
My mother always wears sensible clothes. ................................

Stephen Hawking's death has reminded me why I'm tired, as a

disabled person and a wheelchair user, of being labelled an inspiration 1 as

only for living my everyday life. Professor Hawking is an extraordinary 2 a

scientist and an incredible intelligent human being. However, many 3 √

disabled people, including myself, would take issue with calling him an 4 have

"inspiration" as this term is often used in popular society to belittle 5 experiences

disabled people's experience. I am fine with my friends and family 6 √

members calling me "inspirational". However, I get labelled it by 7 that

random strangers, who hardly know me or just see the wheelchair and 8 or

my condition, not the person. People with disabilities are often frame as 9 framed

either inspirational or scroungers (people to be cared for or, worst, 10 demonise

demonised) by the media and on television screens.

Adapted from: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-43418251