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NAME INDEX No. CLASS ST. ANTHONY’S CANOSSIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL Mid Year Examination 2020 Secondary 4 Express/5 Normal Academic ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1128/01 Paper 1 Writing 27 April 2022 Setter: Mrs Florence 1 hour 50 minutes Additional Materials: Insert READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, index number and class in the spaces at the top of this page. Write in dark blue or black ink on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid / tape. 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. Section A Section B Section C Total Parent’s Signature: This document consists of 12 printed pages including the cover page and 1 insert.

Section A [10 marks] Question 1 Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines about Aquaculture. The first and last lines are correct. For eight of the lines, there is one grammatical error in each line. There are two more lines with no errors. If there is No error in a line, put a tick (√ ) in the space provided. If the line is incorrect, 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. Examples: I arrived to my destination at 2 pm. at My mother always wears sensible clothes. Away from the hustle and bustle of the mainland, everything around Pulau Ubin Is exceptionally quiet while Timothy Ng’s fish farm gentle bobs up and down as 1 _________ Each wave passes. Mr Ng’s off- shore farm feature a traditional set-comprising 2_________ Wooden boards and a open-net cage system. It is one of the 110 licensed sea- 3_________ Based fish farms. Here, about 10 tonnes of sea bass, snapper and grouper are 4_________ Produced each year and supplied for the local market. But behind the tranquility, 5_________ Storm clouds have been brewed. Over the past two years, supply disruptions and 6_________ Manpower constraints have increased the cost of producing fish, making it hard now 7_________ For small farmers to compete with the low prices of fish imports oy neighbouring 8_________ Countries like Malaysia. More recently, the Russian invasion in Ukraine has pushed 9_________ Up prices of corn and wheat, which are important ingredients for fish feed. The 10_________ Worsening impact of climate change is also putting a strain on aquaculture.

Section B Read the printout of a flyer below and use the information to answer the question on page 3 of the Question Booklet. WHAT YOU CAN DO OUT DOOR FUN INDOOR FUN Activity 1: Team games • Nothing shouts ‘team spirit’ more than working towards a common goal – winning • Baton relay • Fastest runners • 8 runners per class •