TemasekSec_2023_Prelim_4N_EL_P1_QB-1

1 No part of the paper is to be reproduced without the approval of the Principal of Temasek Secondary School. Name: ________________ Index Number: _______ Class : ________ TEMASEK SECONDARY SCHOOL Preliminary Examination 2023 Secondary Four Normal (Academic) Level ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1190/01 Paper 1 Writing 1 hour 50 minutes Question Booklet 1 Candidates answer in the Question Booklet. Additional Materials: Insert Question Booklet 2 READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Do not open the booklet until you are told to do so. Write your name, index number and class in the spaces at the top of this page. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer Section A, Section B and one question from Section C. Write your answers in the spaces provided in the Question Booklet. The Insert contains the text for Section B. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the head of each section. This document consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page.

2 No part of the paper is to be reproduced without the approval of the Principal of Temasek Secondary School. Section A [10 marks] Question 1 Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about Halloween. The first and last lines are correct. For the remaining ten lines, there is one grammatical error in each line. Circle the incorrect word and write the correct word in the space provided. The correct word you provide must not change the original meaning of the sentence. Example: I arrived to my destination at 2 pm. ....……at…… Halloween is a festival celebrated each year on October 31. In 2023, Halloween will fall on Tuesday. A tradition originated from the ancient 1…………… Celtic festival of Samhain, where people will light bonfires and wear 2…………… costumes to ward of ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III 3 ………….. designate November 1 as the time to honour all saints. Soon, All 4 ………….. Saints Day incorporated some of the tradition of Samhain. The evening 5…………… before was know as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, 6…………… people began to dress up in costumes but go house to house asking 7…………… for food or money, a practice that eventual became today’s ‘trick-or- 8…………… treating’. In 1800, there was a move to moulding Halloween into a 9…………… holiday which was more focused on community though on ghosts, 10………….. pranks, and witchcraft.

3 No part of the paper is to be reproduced without the approval of the Principal of Temasek Secondary School. Section B [30 marks] You are advised to write between 180 and 250 words for this section. You should look at the printout of a webpage on page 2 in the Insert, study the information carefully and plan your answer before beginning to write. Your school has recently announced that it will