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Section C
41. 34%
We always say at the supper, so D is the correct answer.
42. 33%
origin = where it was created/born , but
source = where it came from, so A is the correct answer.
43. 50%
Nouns after all, many and some must be plural, but country is singular, so it has to take every.
49. 12% only
crucified = died on the cross, a symbol of Christianity
It is better than option C nailed.
50. 28% only
a is used in front of the names of days when we are referring to one particular instance of that day.
E.g. The incident occurred on a Friday, not on a Saturday. (Examples of the same pattern can be
found in the next paragraph.)
56. 45%
really is used to emphasize the exact truth, meaning you are really unlucky.
Section D
This section was poorly done; some candidates got all answers wrong.
The structure of the article Is there a global language? is as follows:
Paragraph 1 builds up the argument for English as the global language. Paragraph 2 gives a
counter argument.
Paragraph 3 shows how even in the U.S. English is losing ground.
57. K English --- It is an official language --- It is the working language
58. C It is the working language --- And it is the dominant language
59. E Chinese --- And South Asian
60. I within 50 years Hindi Urdu Spanish and Arabic --- This change is coming Urdu,
Hindi, Arabic and Spanish
61. A Hold on a minute! (opens a paragraph informal way to introduce the opposing arguments)
--- What global language! (closes the paragraph informal way to conclude the opposing
arguments)
62. B in the U.S. 15 per cent speaks a language other than English --- these other languages
63. D In some parts --- In New York, for example --- in such a city
64. F Internet mainly English --- This is expected to change
65. G English science --- English science
66. J general conclusion
Section E
Questions unsatisfactorily performed are:
67. weekend
The clue lies within the advertisement.
68. leaving/departing (to depart from)
The future continuous tense is required here to express an activity that will be in progress at
that time in the future.
(Pattern: will + be + verb-ing)
departed/departure do not fit the tense nor the structure.
70. staying (to spend time at a particular place)
The future continuous tense is required here.
We say stay at a place.
71. share
The rooms are for two people they will need to use it together so they have to share a room.
75. On
on (prep) + a day (the next day)
Should be in capital letter (beginning of a sentence).
79. Sunday
The clue lies within the advertisement.
Should be in capital letter (proper noun).
81. time
The clue free time is given in the advertisement, but free time consists of 2 words, and it
cannot be a hyphenated word, so time is the only possible answer.
82. hesitate
do not hesitate to contact us is a common expression to be used at the end of the letter.
do not mind to contact us/ do not avoid to contact us are wrong/ chinglish expressions.
83. sincerely
Yours sincerely is used at the end of a letter when you have addressed it to someone by
their name.
Yours faithfully is used when you do not know how to address the person you are writing
to.
Section F
Candidates performed poorly in
85. In about 1920s was used instead of In the/around 1920s.
We say in about 20 years time, but not in about 1920s.
86. We say a game/a new policy was introduced into a country/a place, but not spread into or
brought into a country. Spread is followed by out and it means extend or distribute.
90. time limit is a common expression, time limitation or time restriction are incorrect.
91. at the end of the game, at the end of the lesson, at the beginning of are common
expressions.
92. We often say people are interested in doing something but not people are common in doing
something. Instead we say it is common to see people doing something. Thus the use of
common here is incorrect.
94. range/vary from to is a common expression. E.g. The scores obtained in this paper
range from 33 to 108. We dont say start from to . We say start at
95. who is a relative pronoun to connect the two clauses.
Everyone plays the game. Everyone seems to find the game exciting.
Everyone who plays the game seems to find it exciting.
97. The pattern used here is so that .
98. The pattern used here is find it (adj)
E.g. find it difficult to
find it annoying to
101. know when to stop is given as a clue in the next line.
103. loan sharks are people who lend money to people at extremely high interest.
104. ruin/destroy their lives is a common expression which means they will have no prospects.
affect/ kill their lives fail to bring out the desired meaning.
Section G
This section was poorly done. Lots of the mistakes were not spotted; instead the correct ones were
mistakenly altered. Some candidates put ticks at the end of all lines for the latter part of the article.
They scored no marks for those lines as marks would not be awarded for suspected guess work.
106. persuasive is used as an adj. to qualify the noun talk.
108. a/the is needed before responsibility as it is a countable noun.
109. believe is used in the active voice, so are is not necessary.
110. strict is used as an adj. to describe discipline.
General Recommendations
1. wide exposure to different text types
2. read instructions and examples esp. for new types of questions
3. be prepared for a wide variety of usage items
4. use English in everyday life