Mock Exam 1

Senior Secondary Level

Question Paper
Total: 10 parts

Please read the instructions carefully, before you attempt the questions.
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Part 2: From INDIRECT speech to DIRECT speech

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Part 6: Tenses and Passives
Text 1:
A passenger __________ (tell) yrsterday of frightening scenes aboard the holiday
cruise ship SuperStar Leo when it __________ (run) into severe tropical storm
Hagupit on Wednesday, forcing it to __________ (change) course and
___________ (return) to Hong Kong a day late.
Passengers ___________ (is) slammed against walls, tables ________ (overturn)
and luggage ______ (fall) from overhead lockers, the passenger said.
The vessel's operator, Star Cruises, ___________confirm the day-long delay
________ (be) caused by the closure of Hong Kong harbour, which _________
(force) Leo to ______ (seek) shelter near Dangan Island, about 30km south of Tsing
Yi in mainland waters. However, the company ____________ (deny) anyone
___________ (injure).
The passenger said weather conditions _________ (deteriorate) quickly after 1pm
on Wednesday
and the ship ________ (rock) heavily until after 5pm. Leo ________ (schedule) to
return to Ocean
Terminal at 4pm on Wednesday but eventually ________ (return) Hong Kong at
10am on
Thursday.

Text 2:
Father Franco Mella ____________ (put) even more weight behind the right-of-
abode seekers
after his return from a four-month visit home to Italy - where he ________ (pile) on
10kg.
The 53-year-old, who ________ (begin) a hunger strike next Monday to promote the
right-ofabode cause, _______ (say) the home-made pasta, pizza and salami served
up by his 79-year-old
mother __________ (be) behind his expanded waistline.
The priest, who now ________ (weigh) about 95kg, ________ (point) out that he
________ (lose) about 10kg when he __________ (stage) a 10-day hunger strike
with the abode seekers last April before returning to his home
in Italy.
"When my mother first ___________ (see) me, she _________ (ask) me never to
fast again. But when she later _____ (see) me becoming fatter and fatter, she said:
'You better ______ (go) back to Hong Kong'," Father Mella said.

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Part 10

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