2021 Y4 DHS English MYE (paper 1 qns + paper 2)

I Name: I I Index Number: DUNMAN HIGH SCHOOL Mid-Year Examination 2021 YEAR4 DHP ENGLISH LANGUAGE I Class: I PAPER 1 Essay 29 April 2021 1 hour 10 minutes --Aaartronar Materiars: -w-rrtmg -paper& Planntng r-emptate -· READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and register number in the spaces provided and on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black ink on both sides of the writing paper. Do not use staples, correction fluid or correction tape. Answer ONE question. The first 1 O minutes of the duration should only be used for essay planning. You will write your essay within the remaining 1 hour. The planning template must be submitted together with your essay. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. This document consists of 2 printed pages [Turn over @OHS 2021 EUMYE/Y4/P 1

2 [30 marks] Essay You are advised to write between 500 and 600 words on~ of-the following topics. At the head of your composition, write the number of the topic you have cnosen . 1. It is better to follow than to' lead. Do you agree? 2. 'Look before you leap.' Is this always good advice? 3. To be successful in Singapore, one has to be well-educated. Do you agree? -4. How has the past shaped the way we live today? @DHS 2021 EL/MYE/Y4/P1

2 Section A: Narrative Text [15 Marks] The text below describes a story about a 12-year-old boy who lives wit~ his rri0th8', a popiah seller. Read the text carefully and answer Questions 1 - 8 in the Question Booklet. 1 A few days before my mother's birthday, her thirty-sixth, I planned a ~Lirpri~ed From my daily pocket money and the change tne sta_ll qwner~ gave m~, I sav~ · ten dollars, which I hoped was enough to buy a small cake·and a gift. A few~o~ ths earlier, I had discovered her date of birth from her identification card, which she kept in a plastic case in her wardrobe. This was unexpected though. I stared at the picture,· trying to find my mother behirid the smifing young girl. She looks very different in the photograph on the card, with long, dark h~ir tucked behinq hE?~ ears 5 and a bright, lively spark in her eyes. My mother does not like me going through her things so I had to take great care to put everything back in place, 2 Once, she caught me rummaging through the drawer of her dresser, where she keeps jewellery, letters and wedding photographs, and caned me. She told me it was wrong to look through other people's .belongings and that she did not raise me to be a thief. When I asked her· who the man in the ptiotograph was, she brought the cane down on my-thighs again, crying hard even as she left long streaks all over my legs. 10 15 3 On her birthday, I headed to the neighbourhood bakery, where I realised I could 4 afford only a slice and not a· whole cake. I deliberated for some time before choosing her favourite flavour: pandan. I also bought a photo frame with a border of plastic flowers and inserted a photogr