2021 SASS EL Prelims P1

Class Index Number Name : ____________________________________________ OUTRAM SECONDARY SCHOOL MID YEAR EXAMINATION 2021 Subject : English Language Paper No. : 1128/01 Level (Stream) : Secondary 4 Express Secondary 5 Normal (Academic) Date : 28 April 2021 Duration : 1 Hour 50 Minutes Marks : 70 READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and index number in the spaces at the top of the pages. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. Answer Section A, B and C. Write your answers in the spaces provided in the Question Paper. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the head of each section. This document consists of 10 printed pages. Setter: Ms Ng Jia Yi

2 OSS/2021/4E5N/SA1/P1/QP Section A [10 marks] Question 1 Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about the art of photography. 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: Some might say that money makes the world goes round. go √ Photography is the most accessible and democratic way of making art. A photograph is an image captured on film, paper, or more common 1 now, in digital memory. Photography also include moving images 2 captured on film or video. Moving or still, we all knew a photograph is not 3 a pure record of the visual world. It can be edited and transformed in infinite 4 ways. However it is taken, whether by a pinhole camera and a phone, the 5 photographic image is the successor to the great art of the past. The 6 greatness of art lies on human insight. Photography relishes human life 7 like an oil painting from the past and is the quicker, most exact tool ever 8 invented to record our lives. Today, the photography that meet the criteria 9 of the art world is just a tiny fraction in the camera’s artistic riches. It is the 10 art of real life, however manipulated, and real life creates true art.

3 OSS/2021/4E5N/SA1/P1/QP Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/jan/10/photography-art-of-our-time Section B [30 marks] You are advised to write between 250 and 350 words for this section. Question 2 You should look at the information sheet on page 6, study the information carefully and plan your answer before beginning to write. You are the welfare leader of your Co-curricular Activity (CCA) group. The CCA teacher-in- charge has asked you and other committee members to plan a team bonding day for the CCA group at the end of the semester, with full consideration of prevailing safe management measures during this pandemic. You have come across a webpage about small group activities that can be conducted in school by external instructors and would like to provide a few suggestions. Write a proposal to your CCA teacher-in-charge detailing your suggestions and plans for the team bonding day. In your proposal, you should:  suggest any two activities your CCA group might enjoy  explain how you would organise and carry out the day of fun and bonding  explain how these activities will be effective in promoting bonding among your CCA members  how the team bonding day will benefit the CCA group Write your proposal in clear, accurate English and in a persuasive and polite tone to convince the CCA teacher-in-charge that these activities are meaningful. You may add any other details you think will be helpful. You should use your own words as much as possible. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

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