Section A

10 marks
[Time suggested: 15 minutes]

The text below is about a student’s first day in a secondary school.

Question 1

Read the text below. The first and last lines are correct. For the remaining lines, there is one
grammatical error in each line.

Underline the error. Then, 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.

10 marks
Marks are awarded as follows:

Error Identification Error Corrected Marks

/ / 2

/ × 1

× / 0

Note: If the candidate identifies two or more errors in a line, no marks will be awarded.

Identification of errors Correction of errors Total

20  2 = 10 marks
10 marks 10 marks
Example 1 : 14  2 = 7 marks
Example 2 : 7  2 = 3.5 = 4 marks

Answer for Question 1

Error correction

Question Answer Marks Question Answer Marks

a whom 1 mark a who 1 mark

b looked 1 mark b looking 1 mark

c was 1 mark c were 1 mark

d his 1 mark d their 1 mark

e name 1 mark e names 1 mark

f quick 1 mark f quickly 1 mark

g above 1 mark g on/in 1 mark

h checked 1 mark h check 1 mark

i meet 1 mark i met 1 mark

J went 1 mark J gone 1 mark

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