2021 CTSS 4E EL MYE P1 Ans

Name: _________________________________ Register Number: ______ Class: ______ Clementi Town Secondary School Mid-Year Examination 2021 Secondary 4 Express / 5 Normal (Academic) ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Writing 1128/01 5 May 2021 ANSWER SCHEME (Sections A, B & C) 1 hour 50 minutes Additional Materials: Insert, Question Booklet (Sections A&B), Question Booklet (Section C) CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, register 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, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE ON ANY BARCODES. 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 6 printed pages. [Turn over

2 Section A [10 marks] Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about why the writer travels so much. 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 2pm. at My mother always wears sensible clothes.  It was late afternoon and the sun was low in the sky. I had spent the entire day, and many days prior, scanning the horizon for signs in life. 1 of (prep) My small boat bobs up and down in the water. Every now and then, 2 bobbed (T) a wave crest slapped its fiberglass hull, creating a resounding clap and 3  shooting the curtain of spray upward. The shimmering glare of reflected 4 a (det) tropical light was overwhelming. I squinted or rubbed my eyes, because 5 and (conj) a haze of brine and dissolved sunscreen have blurred my vision. When 6 had (T) a faint puff of vapour shot under the air, I thought it was a mirage – a 7 into / through / across (prep) result of fatigue and my compromised senses. However when I saw a 8