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Section A [20 marks] [Time suggested: 15 minutes] The text below is about Selvi, a successful gardener. Questions 1 – 10are based on the text. The first and last lines are correct. For the remaining lines, there isonegrammatical error in each line. Underline the errorandwrite the correct wordin the space provided. An example has been given. The correct wordmust not change the meaningof the sentence. There are no spelling errors in this text.

This is a story about hard work and determination of a man. Selvidoes not start out as a rich man. His success is a Eg: did real rags to riches story. When he is a teenager, his father 1. ________ passed away, leaving his mother to fending for the family 2. ________ of five. Realizing she was up against it, Selvi starts helping 3. ________ out by do some part time gardening. As time passed, it 4. ________ became clear that it was not enough. Also, Selvi went for 5. ________ broke. He quit school and put all her time into his 6. ________ gardening job. Due to his skill and hard work, he soon 7. ________ became successful and eventually had teams of gardening 8. ________ working for him.

Today, he owns one of the biggest 9. ________

nursery in Malaysia. He lives happily with his mother on 10. his hometown. He believes that there is no success without

_____

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efforts.

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1. is

was

2. fending

Fend

3. starts 4. do 5. Also

Started Doing Therefore

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6. her

His

7. skill

Skills

8. gardening

gardeners

9. nursery

nurseries

10.on

In