2021 FMSS EL Prelims P1 Ans

NAME: ____________________________ ( ) CLASS: _______ FAIRFIELD METHODIST SCHOOL (SECONDARY) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2021 SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS / 5 NORMAL (ACADEMIC) ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1128/01 Paper 1 Answer Scheme Date: 23 August 2021 Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes __________________________________________________________________________ READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST This paper contains the answer scheme to the editing section of Paper 1. Setters: Mr Chua Chong Yuan Alvin This answer scheme consists of 2 printed pages including the cover page. [Turn over

NAME: ____________________________ ( ) CLASS: _______ 2 FMS(S) Sec 4 Express / 5 Normal (Academic) Preliminary Examination 2021 English Language Paper 1 Editing Answer Scheme Section A [10 marks] Question 1 Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about inequality in society. 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. Example: I arrived to my destination at 2 p.m. ……at…… My mother always wears sensible clothes. …….…… Inequality and poverty are urgent and global issues. They are topics that have received deep and sustain attention by academics, journalists, activists, policy 1 sustained (word form) makers and international governance institution. There is increasing recognition 2 institutions (singular/plural) that the two issues are linked, and that state actions and inactions, in tandem with 3  corporate practices, are crucial to intensifying and mitigating problems. The state 4 or (conj) of global inequality is bleak. Tremendous inequality remain between the legacies 5 remains (SVA) of imperialism and colonising. Inequality within societies is just as severe; 6 colonialism (word form) yet some own abundant cash and capital, many find themselves in more 7 while (conjunction) precarious situations. In cities where most people now live, we see inequality 8  manifested in the contrast among skyscrapers and slums, million dollar homes 9 between (preposition) and migrant worker dormitories, and construction workers that labour in the sun 10 who (relative pronoun) and those who work out at gymnasiums. Adapted from This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn ~ End of Answer Scheme 