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1184/1/GE/23 O JURONG SECONDARY SCHOOL 2023 GRADUATION EXAMINATION SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS CANDIDATE NAME CLASS INDEX NUMBER ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1184/01 PAPER 1 WRITING INSERT 15 August 2023 1 hour 50 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST This insert contains Section A. Write your answers in the spaces provided. This document consists of 2 printed pages including this page. [Turn over

2 1184/1/GE/23 Section A [10 marks] Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about the Konyak tribe of Nagaland. 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, 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 travelled to Kuala Lumpur on train. ………………….. My sister loves adventure films. ………………….. Of all the many fascinating tribes that call Northeast India home, the Konyak of Nagaland is the more intriguing. One of the largest tribes in the remote 1 …………………... region, Konyaks are known for their valour. They take proud in collecting the 2 …………………... heads of opponents to be displayed in their community houses. In the past, 3 …………………... the tribe strongly believed that the soul reside in the human skull. This was 4 …………………... why headhunting is a way for people to seize power and settle disputes. A 5 …………………... young man’s passage to adulthood would only have been complete when he 6 …………………... defeated his opponent and brought his head back to her community house. 7 …………………... With each kill, the victor gets tattoos in his face, arms and chest as marks of 8 …………………... honour, with which a good afterlife would be guarantee. Konyaks of today 9 …………………... no longer practising headhunting due to modernisation and conversion to 10 …………………... Christianity, but many are still fiercely proud of their ancestral beliefs. by ✓

3 1184/1/GE/23 Of all the many fascinating tribes that call Northeast India home, the Konyak of Nagaland is the more intriguing. One of the largest tribes in the remote 1 most (sup.) region, Konyaks are known for their valour. They take proud in collecting the 2 pride (WC) heads of opponents to be displayed in their community houses. In the past, 3 ✓ the tribe strongly believed that the soul reside in the human skull. This was 4 resides (SVA) why headhunting is a way for people to seize power and settle disputes. A 5 was (T) young man’s passage to adulthood would only have been complete when he 6 ✓ defeated his opponent and brought his head back to her community house. 7 his (pro