2012 PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS (MOCK II)Preparatory Course for Secondary Three (PCS)

1128/01ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Wednesday, 17 October 20121 HR 50 MIN3:15pm - 5:10pm

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

Write your Name and Student ID on the answer paper/answer booklet.If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet.Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper.Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

You must attempt Section A, Section B and Section C.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.Total Marks Awarded : 70

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS:Writing Paper

THIS DOCUMENT CONSISTS OF 4 PRINTED PAGES.

NAME : ____________________________________ CLASS : PCS

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Section A: Editing (10 marks)

Identify and edit grammatical errors in the written text below. There are NO spelling nor punctuation errors.Number your answers 1-10.

A couple friends and I have been exchanging emails over the past few days about 1. volunteer and its ability to solve social problems.

The conversation began when one of my friends sent out an email asking if we had seen the excerpt from a book called “The Soul of a Citizen: Volunteering Canʼt Solve Our Problems.” After reading the article, I was a little bitter because the author had a 2. limiting view of volunteers. He said that volunteers cannot solve problems 3.or I disagree. It is our business to solve community problems.

My friends and I think that volunteers already have a place at the heart of 4.society change. Many non-profit 5. venturing started out as all-volunteer operations – imagining and 6.implement solutions to problems large and small, global and local. These volunteers knew they could make a 7.different on issues like poverty, discrimination, hunger, human rights, and other social problems.

However, if the author wanted to get volunteers to be more 8. activity in change, we could use these ideas : First, volunteers need to be better advocates, which is, to share with others our visions and goals for a better world. Many people must hear what our heart is, and not leave it to volunteers to do the work themselves.Second, volunteers need to get better at telling our story so that the public doesnʼt simply see us as 9. feed the hungry and cloth the poor but also working on all levels to create 10. last social change.

Source : Adapted from Can volunteering solve real problems? by Tricia Thompson. http://handsonblog.org/2010/05/10/can-volunteering-solve-real-problems/, viewed Thursday, October 11, 2012

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Section B: Situational Writing (30 marks)You are advised to write between 250 and 350 words for this section.You should read the information carefully and plan your answer before beginning to write.Begin your answer on a fresh page.

Image Source : © Copyright http://kidhaven.com/2011/12/02/united-community-nursery-school-family-fun-fair-in-new-haven/ Viewed Thursday, October 11, 2012

Your class is interested in helping out at the Family Fun Fair by United Community Nursery School (UCNS). As class president, write a report to your teacher on your plans. The report should include :

• why this is interesting and meaningful to your class• how the participation will benefit the children of UCNS• how your class will be organised in different events during the fun fair

Set out your speech in the correct format, with clear, accurate English, and in a persuasive tone.

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Section C: Continuous Writing (30 marks)

You are advised to write between 350 and 500 words on one of the following topics.At the head of your composition, write the number of the topic you have chosen.

Begin your answer on a fresh page.

1. How important is literacy to very young children?

2. Where would be your ideal holiday destination?

3. Health.

4. Write a story of how a teacher helped a student change for the better.

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