Intermediate High School

Third Term Examination July, 2021

Form: 4 __ English A Time: 1 hr 30 minutes

General Instruction: This paper consists of THREE sections: A, B, and C. Answer ALL
questions in each section.

SECTION A
Items 1 – 6
Directions: Some of the sentences below are incorrect because they contain one of three
types of error. Each incorrect sentence contains only one type of error. Some of the
sentences are correct as they are. Select the option A, B or C which BEST describes the
status of the sentence. If the sentence has no fault, choose D.
A. The sentence is too wordy, that is, repetitive or contains redundancies.
B. The sentence contains clichés or misused metaphors.
C. The sentence is incorrect grammatically or faulty in diction.
D. The sentence is acceptable as it stands.

1. The little boys enjoyed playing in the yard of the uninhabited house where no one had
lived for many years.

2. The publishers, flushed with the success of their most recent anthology of Caribbean
poetry, launched out eagerly into the field of short stories, hoping to reach even greater
heights.

3. On the second day of Carnival the streets of Port of Spain burst into a kaleidoscope of
color.
4. The country has weathered the financial storm of the last few months and economic calm
is now visible at the end of the tunnel.

5. Between you and me, I don’t think she is very happy at home right now.

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 6. The opposition has taken a beating in this election and is now basking in a sea of
unpopularity.

Items 7 - 12
Directions: Some of the following sentences are unacceptable because of inappropriate
grammar, idiom or vocabulary. Some sentences are acceptable as they stand. No sentence
contains more than one inappropriate element.
Choose the one underlined part of the sentence that you feel is inappropriate by selecting
the appropriate letter. If the sentence is acceptable as it stands, choose D.

7. Diving into the pool, I was shocked by the chill of the water and I was forced to loose
A B
my grip on the ball held in my hand. No error
C D

8. The two robbers, not knowing the value of the loot, were unable to agree on how to
A B
divide it among themselves. No error
C D

9. We always feel good whenever our cricketers play well enough to win a series of
A B C
matches convincingly. No error
D

10. One must be aware of threats to your health if happy living is one’s goal. No error
A B C D

11. While driving through the ranch on a conducted tour the farmers were appall to see
A B C
several diseased cattle. No error
D

12. Having finished all the work given him to do, he seemed more pleased with himself
A B
than usual. No error
C D

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 Items 13 – 20

Directions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer items 18 – 25 on the basis
of what is stated or implied.
The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic Ocean. It stretches southward
across the largest and northernmost state in the United States, ending at a remote ice-free seaport
village nearly 800 miles from where it begins. It is massive in size and extremely complicated to
operate. The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of delicate tundra that tops
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rocky crags, makes its way through thick forests, and passes over or under hundreds of rivers and
streams. The pipe is 4 feet in diameter, and up to 2 million barrels (or 84 million gallons) of
crude oil can be pumped through it daily.
Resting on H-shaped steel racks called "bents," long sections of the pipeline
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15 follow a zigzag course high above the frozen earth. Other long sections drop out of sight beneath
spongy or rocky ground and return to the surface later on. The pattern of the pipeline's up-and-
down route is determined by the often harsh demands of the arctic and subarctic climate, the
tortuous lay of the land, and the varied compositions of soil, rock, or permafrost (permanently
frozen ground). A little more than half of the pipeline is elevated above the ground. The
remainder is buried anywhere from 3 to 12 feet, depending largely upon the type of terrain and
the properties of the soil.
One of the largest in the world, the pipeline cost approximately $8 billion and is by far
the biggest and most expensive construction project ever undertaken by private industry. In fact,
no single business could raise that much money, so 8 major oil companies formed a consortium
in order to share the costs. Each company controlled oil rights to particular shares of land in the
20 oil fields and paid into the pipeline-construction fund according to the size of its holdings.
Today, despite enormous problems of climate, supply shortages, equipment breakdowns, labor
disagreements, treacherous terrain, a certain amount of mismanagement, and even theft, the
Alaska pipeline has been completed and is operating.

13. The passage primarily discusses the pipeline's

A. operating costs C. consumers
B. employees D. construction

14. The word "it" in line 3 refers to

A. pipeline B. ocean C. state D. village
15. According to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline each
A. day B. week C. month D. year

16. The phrase "Resting on" in line 9 is closest in meaning to

A. Consisting of B. Supported by

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 C. Passing under D. Protected with
17. The author mentions all of the following as important in determining the pipeline's route
EXCEPT the
A. climate C. local vegetation
B. lay of the land itself D. kind of soil and rock

18. The word "undertaken" in line 18 is closest in meaning to

A. removed B. selected C. transported D. attempted

19. How many companies shared the costs of constructing the pipeline?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 8 D. 12

20. Where in the passage does the author provide a term for an earth covering that always
remains frozen?
A. Line 2 B. Line 9 C. Line 13 D. Line 22

Total: 20 marks

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 SECTION B
(Suggested time: 40 minutes)
You MUST answer this question.
1. Read the following article on navigating social networks carefully, list FIVE MAIN
points discussed, then write a summary of the article in NOT MORE THAN 120 words
in ONE paragraph. If this limit is exceeded, only the first 120 words of your answer
will be read and assessed. Remember to include in your summary paragraph the five
points you listed.
As far as possible, use your own words. Your summary must be in continuous prose.
You may use the space on page 5 to jot down a plan.
In your answer, you will be assessed on how well you
(a) identify the main ideas and opinions in the extract
(b) organize and express these ideas and opinions in your own words
(c) use appropriate grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary, spelling
and punctuation.

Navigating Social Networks

Online social networking enables individuals to connect with family and friends, play games and
express themselves. It is this last element that tends to get users of social networking tangled up.
Posts on sites like Facebook have the potential to reach a vast audience in a very short time. It is
one thing to have an opinion, but it is something else to share it with the world, especially in a
permanent format. As more and more students and educators join social networks, the lines
between individual rights and school rules become blurred.
Behavior on social networks can affect not only students, but also teachers. Most teachers
understand that they are considered role models and will be held to a high standard of
professional and personal conduct. Even when teachers’ social networking sites are not available
to students, comments on such sites that are perceived as inappropriate can be problematic for
these teachers. Unfortunately, the news is full of stories of teachers who seemed to forget that
there is no such thing as privacy online. For example, a New Jersey teacher was dismissed after
posting on Facebook, “I am not a teacher — I am a warden for future criminals.”
When teachers use social networking to vent, they are no longer talking to close friends; they are
potentially sharing their thoughts with a billion other people. In one case that went to court in the
United States, a College senior was dismissed from her student-teaching assignment, because of

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her posts on a social network site. In these posts, she included negative comments about her
supervisor and pictures of herself drinking.
There are still many questions about the rights of both students and teachers in the world of
social media. In the meantime, teachers appear to be held to a higher standard, and they should
be aware that comments they make on social networking sites make them vulnerable to charges
of unprofessional conduct. The world of technology has blurred the lines of individual rights and
school rules. It is a matter of time before the US Supreme Court steps in and gives more solid
rules to follow. Until then, educators need to think of their social networking as an extension of
who they are in the classroom, and to navigate with care as they venture into this new world.
Adapted from De Anna Hamblin and Marilyn Bartlett, “Navigating Social Networks”.
Indion leadesh Vol 7 No. 6 March 2013, p.25.

Total 25 marks

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 SECTION C
(Suggested time: 30 minutes)
You MUST answer this question.

2. Study the situation presented below and then complete the task that follows.
Your Form 5 class of St John’s High School located at Aston Bay, St John was carrying out an
experiment in the Science laboratory in the period before lunch on 30 April 2019. Your teacher,
Mr. Daly, had to leave the room to meet a parent at the office. Two students, Mary St Rose and
Andrew Campbell, rolled up sheets of paper around a ball and began to throw it at each other.
Mary threw the ball and Andrew did not catch it. The ball hit a set of beakers on one of the desks
next to them. The beakers fell and broke.
When Mr. Daly returned to the Science laboratory, he enquired about the cause of the incident
but no one responded. Mr. Daly then asked that the area be cleaned and he informed the students
that their parents would be contacted to pay for the broken beakers. After the class, he reported
the matter to the school’s principal, Mr. John Clarke, who asked the class prefect to write a
report of the incident to be submitted to him.
Imagine you are the class prefect. Write the report to the principal. Your report MUST be in
continuous prose.
Your answer will be assessed on how well you:
• format the report
• select relevant and complete information
• organize and express the information in your report
• use appropriate grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary, spelling
and punctuation.

Total 30 marks

THE END

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GOOD LUCK!