INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU

KAMPUS BAHASA ANTARABANGSA

PENTAKSIRAN ALTERNATIF JUN 2022

PROGRAM
PPISMP TESL A
(Programme)

AMBILAN
JUN 2021
(Intake)

SEM
SEM 2 PPISMP
(Sem)
ANGKA GILIRAN
(Index Number ) 2021212310012
NO.K/PENGENALAN
030411-03-1053
(Identity Card No.)
KOD KURSUS
TSLB1104
(Course Code)
NAMA KURSUS
GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT
(Course Title)
TARIKH
PEPERIKSAAN 7 JUN 2022
(Examination Date)

ARAHAN KEPADA CALON

1. Semua jawapan calon hendaklah ditaip dalam perisian Microsoft Words

menggunakan font Arial 12, serta langkau 1.5 baris. Setiap helaian jawapan
hendaklah dilabelkan dengan nombor angka giliran di sebelah kanan header dan
kod kertas peperiksaan di sebelah kiri header.

2. Calon diingatkan untuk tidak melakukan plagiarisme dan hendaklah mematuhi

peraturan penulisan akademik yang ditetapkan oleh IPG.

3. Calon hendaklah menjawab soalan secara individu dan diingatkan agar tidak
berbincang dan meniru jawapan calon-calon lain.

4. Calon yang GAGAL menghantar jawapan pada masa yang ditetapkan adalah
dikira telah gagal peperiksaan berkenaan.
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SECTION A

The term "subject-verb agreement" simply means that the number of the subject

and verb in a phrase must match. They must be singular or plural in both cases. There

are few examples of subject verb agreement, compound subjects, singular indefinite

pronouns, plural indefinite pronouns, noun phrase as subject, collective nouns and

inverted subjects. From the question text given there are errors in these subject verb-

verb agreement.

The first error is ‘are’. The word bolded is considered incorrect because the verb which is

auxiliary verb in the sentence is used for singular subject. But in this case, the subject in

the sentence is in the singular form ‘ghost colleagues’. This error could be corrected if

the number of the subject and the verb in the sentences are matched which means they

both must be singular. The verb can be replaced by ‘is’ which suits the number of the

subject. The next error is, ‘have’. In this case, the verb is considered as an error because

the sentence is in the compound subjects. Two subjects are used in the same sentence

called compound subjects. Unless the combination is treated as singular in popular

usage or the two subjects refer to the same object or person, they normally take a plural

verb. And in this case, the sentence is treated as singular. This can be seen in the

sentence, the phrase ‘remote working or working from home’. The verb agrees with the

nearest subject when "or" is used in a compound subject with a singular and plural

subject. So, the phrase ‘remote working or working from home’ is considered as

singular. The verb ‘have’ should be replaced with ‘has’. Furthermore, the error that can

be seen in the text is ‘feels’. This error are other example of the number of subject and a
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verb in the sentence is not matched. The verb feel is the root verb of ‘feels’. The

presence of letter ‘s’ in the verb means it is used for singular subject. So, it is clear that it

is a wrong verb to use in the sentence because the subject ‘many workers’ is plural. The

correct verb to replaced the error is ‘feel’. Other than that, other error that I found in the

text is ‘have’. It is an error because the verb ‘have’ is in the plural form. In this case, the

subject in the sentence is a noun unknown, unclear and uncountable. So, the sentence

‘The switch to remote work’ is unclear. Singular indefinite pronouns is use to make the

sentence appropriate. To correct the sentence, the verb ‘have’ should be replaced with

‘has’. The last error that can be seen after I analysed the text is the verb ‘works’. This

error is the same error as the third error. The verb ‘works’ in the sentence is supposed to

be used when the subject is in the singular form or singular which in this text the subject

of this sentence is in the plural form. The subject ‘employees’ which mean it is more than

one is plural. So, the same rules is applied to correct it, both must be in plural. So, the

verb ‘works’ must be replaced with ‘work’.

SECTION B : Question 2

The tone or form of a verb in a sentence is known to as grammatical mood. It

indicates the tone of a verb in a sentence so that the writer's or speaker's intent is clear.

From the text that I has analysed, there are some basic verb moods, Declarative,

Imperative, Interrogative and Exclamatory.

Moving on to the first mood sentence that I found in the text. Declarative mood which

also known as Indicative mood. An indicative mood sentence expresses a factual

statement, at least from the speaker's point of view. Most sentences are written in the

indicative mood, presenting information that we believe is correct. The example

is “Everything is going to work out, when everything is working out.”. This sentence
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shows a factual statement by the writers. The word ‘is’ is a indicative verb and in the

sentence shows that the writer believed and optimistic with the statement written in the

sentence. In the sentence, the writer applies the main verb which is one of the parts of

speech to give meaning to the sentence's object. To the readers, this will make them

easier to understand that it is factual and not an opinion . Other than that, other mood

that was found in the sentence is imperative mood. The imperative mood is a verb form

that is function to shows the object or subject in the sentence to gives command. The

commands can be orders, advice, requests, instructions, and warning. The example of

imperative mood in the text is “But that is exactly when you need to apply your faith”. In

the sentence, the words ‘you need to’ shows that the writer is giving the readers advice.

The imperative mood in the text is important to make the readers focused in some part of

the text. Usually imperative mood is applied in the child story books to give them advices.

The next sentence mood that I found in the sentence is Interrogative mood. By asking a

question, this mood is used to indicate a sense of uncertainty. This mood is appropriate

for asking questions. An auxiliary verb is added to another verb to make an interrogative,

with the auxiliary verb usually placed before the subject. An example from of interrogative

mood in the text is “How can I come out of this stronger?” It is considered as interrogative

mood because the presence of the word ‘How’ and question mark at the end of the

sentence. The last mood that can be found in the text is Exclamatory mood. An

exclamatory statement finishes with an exclamation mark and conveys a strong emotion.

An exclamatory statement is a stronger form of a declarative sentence. In other words,

an exclamatory sentence, like a declarative sentence, makes a point but also expresses

excitement or emotion. An example of exclamatory sentence in the text is “Everything is

worth the prize! Is worth the fight!”. This example can be seen as a statement but with

the presence of exclamation mark the sentence makes the reader enthusiastic.