2023 WSS EL Prelims P2 Insert

Name Index Number Class O-LEVEL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS 2023 LEVEL & STREAM : SECONDARY FOUR EXPRESS SUBJECT (CODE) : ENGLISH LANGUAGE ( 1184 ) PAPER NO : 2 DATE (DAY) : 29 AUGUST 2023 (TUESDAY) DURATION : 1 HR 50 MINUTES READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST This Insert contains Text 1, Text 2, Text 3 and Text 4. This document consists of 6 printed pages including this cover page. Setter : Ms Rani Palaraju INSERT

2 Section A [5 marks] Study the online advertisement ( Text 1 ) and social media post ( Text 2 ) and answer Questions 1 – 4 in the Question Booklet. Text 1 is taken from an online advertisement for yacht rentals in Singapore. Text 2 is taken from a social media post reviewing the yacht rental. The views were gorgeous and having a birthday party on a yacht was a dream! Yachtrental.com was very responsive to my enquiries and the whole process of booking the yacht, especially as a first timer, was fuss free and stress free. The boat was very clean and the crew was really accommodating. There was complimentary paddle boarding too! The crew also helped us to take very nice pictures for our social media. I would totally recommend them for any party! www.yachtrental.com.sg Just round up your friends or family and let us take care of the details.

3 Section B [20 marks] Text 3 The text below tells the story of Lauren and her daughter, Dove, who are visiting Lauren’s mother’s house after the latter passes away. Read the text carefully and answer Questions 5 – 15. 1 2 3 4 5 It’s late in the evening when Lauren and Dove finally reach Swaying Palms, south of Florida. Lauren nearly misses the turn – the faded sign is almost entirely obscured by a trio of dogwood trees heavy with blooms, the streetlight above flickering like a strobe. She lets out the breath she had been holding as she swerved into the street. Beside Lauren, her daughter rests her head against the window, feet tucked beneath her. Dove has barely said a word since they left home sixteen hours ago, other than to ask how much farther they have to go. However, her curiosity gets the better of her as the car slows. She lifts her head, takes out her earbuds, and peers into the dark as they make their way through the eerily quiet but pleasant and welcoming grid of identi cal white houses and neatly manicured squares of lawn. They creep down smooth, asphalt roads lined with streetlights and palm trees that sway in the evening breeze, casting shadows onto signs that say things like ‘Welcome to Paradise’ or ‘I’m on vacation t ime’. The inhabitants of Swaying Palms are mostly retirees; most of them don’t even stay for the entire year, packing up and driving back to their hometowns as soon as the weather gets too hot. But, now, in mid-Febr