Section A

[20 marks]

[Time suggested : 15 minutes]

Questions 1 - 10 are based on the text . The first and the 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.

There once live a poor country mouse and a rich town mouse. The rich mouse e.g lived
was a good friend of the country mouse.
The poor country mouse invited he friend, the town mouse, to his home 1.
for dinner. The town mouse arrive all dressed up. As he looked around the 2.
countryside, he muttered to himself, "What a different place this is! There is neither 3.
carriages nor stores. I saw nothing but old-looking houses and fields." 4.
He was then led into an hut. Sweet corn, peas, barley and small pieces of 5.
cheese was placed in front of the guest who was grumbling with disgust. 6.
"Please help yourself, though it's not many of a meal," said the country mouse. 7.
Taking a bit of barley, the town mouse said to the host mouse, "How can you 8.
stand living on such poor food? Why don't you visit I in my town house. I will treat 9.
you for a big feast." 10.

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 Section A

[20 marks]

[Time suggested : 15 minutes]

Questions 1 - 10 are based on the text . The first and the 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.

e.g sat
One delightful summer's day, a duck sit on her nest waiting for her eggs to
hatch. A shell cracked. Than one after another, the sweet creatures hatched. When 1.
the largest egg do not break, the mother duck became worried. 2.
A nosy old duck paid her a visit or said, "This one must be a turkey's egg. 3.
Just leave them." 4.
At last, the larger egg cracked and out jumped a large duckling. 5.

"How ugly ! No doubt this is a turkey's children. If you put it in the water it 6.

will never learn to swim," the old duck say. 7.

As it was such a sunny day, the mother duck decided to take she family for a 8.

swim. She jump into the water and the little ducklings followed her, splashing about. 9.

The ugly duckling also jumped in and paddled along happily from his family. 10.

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 Section A

[20 marks]

[Time suggested : 15 minutes]

Questions 1 - 10 are based on the text . The first and the 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.

e.g her
Suthasinee Noi-in is better known by she nickname Mae Tiew (Mother Tiew)
among the AIDS/HIV orphans live in Home Hug Orphanage. Though she established 1.
it on 1987, it took her more than ten years to turn what was once a makeshift shelter 2.
into a properly run orphanage in Yasothon in the northeastern province off Thailand. 3.
Suthasinee’s devotion to her cause come under the national limelight in 2007 when 4.
her story were turned into a TV commercial for a life insurance company. The 5.
popular ad show the 54-year-old dedicating herself to maintaining and supporting 6.
these children despite suffering by cancer herself. But “fragile” is not a word you 7.
would use to describe that average-sized, dark-skinned woman who seems to glow 8.
even without some make-up. If she were, hundreds of children might not be alive 9.
today. Her desire to helping others started over 25 years ago at university when she 10.
joined a volunteer camp to help poor farmers in the province.

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 Section A

[20 marks]

[Time suggested : 15 minutes]

Questions 1 - 10 are based on the text . The first and the 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.

After the morning hustle and bustle, the atmosphere on Tai-tung county’s Central e.g at
Market quietens as every stall shuts for the day and their owners return to the comfort
of their homes. A lone lamp shines on a vegetable stall. With head bowed, Chen Shu-
Chu silently sorts out the vegetable leaves as she waits for the occasional afternoon
customer.
Decades of hard working have caused the fingers on the right hand to curl and 1.
joints to swell; her feet have deformed slightly. Chen lead her life with a daily 2.
routine – waking on at three in the morning, she makes her way to the vegetable 3.
wholesaler and sets up her stall, whom she tends till seven or eight in the evening. 4.
Being the first to arrive and last to leave, the other stall owners has fondly given her 5.
the title of ‘market manager’. In the dark and damp market, Chen, nearing hers 6.
sixties, holds the stall her father left her dearly. Yuan-Jin Vegetables is her 7.
everything. With her vegetables sells at “a bundle for 30 dollars, three bundles for 8.
50”, Chen earns only marginal profits. Yet, her frugality has allow her to donate 9.
about NT$10 million ($321,550) towards various charitable cause, including helping 10.
schools, orphanages and poor children.

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[20 marks]

[Time suggested : 15 minutes]

Questions 1 - 10 are based on the text . The first and the 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.
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In 2001, Fernandes was the vice president for ASEAN on Warner Music South East Asia. e.gOne
at night, he saw a Easy Jet telev
He realised that was what he wanted to do. He called his wife and told her of his plan, and
1. she couldn’t stop laughing.Fernan
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[20 marks]

[Time suggested : 15 minutes]

Questions 1 - 10 are based on the text . The first and the 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.
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A flood is a overflow of water that submerges land which is usually dry. Floods can happen
e.g in
anflat or low-lying areas when t
Floods will also occur if water falls on an impermeable surface, such as concrete, 1. paving and frozen ground, and cann
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