PT3 English Language - Section A

Question 1 Read the text below. The first and last lines are correct. For the remaining lines, there is one grammatical error in each line. Underline the error. Then, write one word to correct the error in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the sentence. There are no spelling or punctuation errors in this text.

What is your reaction when someone does something to hurt you? Do you forgive the person? Do you just let it go? Or do you pent up all

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the hurt and anger inside? Not being able to forgive is not a good thing

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to have in our heart. It has been proven that not being able to forgive

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can cause physical ailments. This may appear as a surprise to many, but

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it is true. Imagine someone has hurt you and you happen to see the

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person. If you haven't forgiven that person, then your first reaction will

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be to get angry at that person.

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Anger will raise your blood pressure. Getting angry frequently will

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also raise your chances of a heart attack. Psychologically, getting angry

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will ruin your outlook in life and destroy your peace of mind. This may

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lead to anxiety, sleeplessness and a host of other ailments that are

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interconnected with each other.

Question 2 Read the text below. The first and last lines are correct. For the remaining lines, there is one grammatical error in each line. Underline the error. Then, write one word to correct the error in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the sentence. There are no spelling or punctuation errors in this text.

There are a lot of islands located in the north west of Peninsular Malaysia. There is an archipelago of islands called the Isles of

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Langkawi. The 104 islands which are part of this group have been called ______________ legendary. According to folklore, the name 'Langkawi' originates from

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the ancient words 'lang' and 'kawi' which when combined meant 'brown

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eagle'. True to its name, one can commonly see brown eagles soaring on

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high encircling airspace of chain of islands. These magnificent birds of

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prey look like the rulers of the skies.

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Often, eagles nest on the highest rocky peaks along the coastlines of

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the islands and mountains. They build their nests to teach their young to

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fly. A mother eagle teaches its young to fly by repeatedly kicking it out

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of the nest and catching it before it touches the ground until the eaglet

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learns to flap its own wings and fly.

Question 3 Read the text below. The first and last lines are correct. For the remaining lines, there is one grammatical error in each line. Underline the error. Then, write one word to correct the error in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the sentence. There are no spelling or punctuation errors in this text.

Good morning to the Principal, teachers, and my fellow students. My speech today is titled 'Using Plants to Beautify Our School'. When we

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look at our natural surroundings, we can see that it is mostly the plants

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that give life and beauty to a place. So, why don't we tap into this

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natural beauty in order to make our school environment more conducive

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to learning? The first thing we can do is increase the number and variety

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of potted plants in our school. It is best if each class takes the time and

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effort to do this – perhaps as a class project or as an extracurricular

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activity. The first thing we can do is conduct regular 'gotong-royong' or

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cleaning up sessions to properly maintain the readily existing plants in

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our school. We can weed and water the plants near our classrooms and

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even sculpt plants according to our own creative designs using wire

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moulds. I hope you will share my excitement in this endeavour. Thank you for listening.