2021 PLMGS EL Prelims P1

CANDIDATE NAME CLASS CLASS INDEX NUMBER CENTRE NUMBER INDEX NUMBER ______________________________________________________________________________ ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1128 / 01 Paper 1 Writing 19 August 2021 1 hour 50 minutes Candidates answer in the Question Booklet. Additional Materials: Insert ______________________________________________________________________________ READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. Write your name, class index number and centre number on the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black ink. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. Answer Section A, Section B and one question from Section C. The Insert contains the text for Section B. Write your answers in the spaces provided for Section A. Hand in your work as follows: (i) Question Paper and Section A answers, (ii) Section B answers and (iii) Section C answers. Information for candidate: The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] for each of the sections. The total marks for this paper is 70. Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary) Preliminary Examination 2021 Secondary 4 Express/ 5 Normal Academic

2 This paper consists of 5 printed pages including the cover page. Section A [10 marks] Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about how TikTok is shaping travel. 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. ______  _____ Pandemic lockdowns have clipped the wings of travelling content makers but the public appetite for glossy influencers posting jet-setting content from around the world also seem to be waning. Still, some creators have found novel ways to explore places that appeal to the TikTok audience and highlight locations that are off a beaten path. Now, as people armed with vaccines delve in trip planning, the social media platform may end up changing how people approach travel. These cohort is spending more now, especially on travel and dining, than they are pre-pandemic. It also presents challenges: Can TikTok’s talent for showing unfiltered bursts of life be harness to educate travellers without saturating destinations with unwanted attention, potential leading to overtourism —or worse, sinking into the confusing morass of paid influencers and product placements? 1 …………….. 2 …………….. 3 …………….. 4 …………….. 5 …………….. 6 …………….. 7 …………….. 8 …………….. 9 …………….. 10 ……………..

3 Section B [30 marks] You are advised to write between 250 and 3