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Form 4C/S GRAMMAR EXAMINATION ANSWER KEY (FIRST TERM) 2015-16

Part A: PART OF SPEECH: (8 MARKS, 0.5 MARKS EACH)


1. preposition 5. noun 9. noun 13. determiner
2. adjective 6. verb 10. determiner 14. conjunction
3. preposition 7. adjective 11. preposition 15. pronoun
4. verb 8. determiner 12. conjunction 16. pronoun

Part B: PREPOSITIONS: (16.5 MARKS, 0.5 MARKS EACH)


1. of 10. in 18. Apart from / 25. at
2. for 11. of Besides / Other 26. over
3. to 12. in than 27. besides
4. X 13. to 19. from 28. past
5. on 14. in 20. between 29. with
6. at 15. from 21. beyond 30. on
7. with 16. in 22. Except for 31. in
8. for 17. on 23. off 32. for
9. within 24. along/up/ down 33. X

Part C: ARTICLES: (9 MARKS, 0.5 MARKS EACH)


1. a 4. X 7. the 10. A 13. X 16. The
2. the 5. the 8. the 11. X 14. the 17. the
3. the 6. a 9. a 12. the 15. X 18. X

Part D: SENTENCE PATTERNS: (8 MARKS, 0.5 MARKS EACH)


1. S-V-SC 5. S-V-O 9. S-V-SC 13. S-V-O
2. S-V-SC 6. S-V 10. S-V-O-OC 14. S-V-IO-DO
3. S-V-O 7. S-V 11. S-V-O 15. S-V-O
4. S-V-IO-DO 8. S-V-O 12. S-V-IO-DO 16. S-V

Part E: ADVERBIAL CLAUSES: (8 MARKS, 0.5 MARKS EACH)


1. than…does, comparison 10. X
2. By…arrived, time 11. X
3. so…river, result 12. (1) but…tomorrow, contrast
4. for…everywhere, reason (2) so…dilemma, purpose
5. on…again, condition 13. for…it, purpose
6. unless…effort, condition 14. so…again, purpose
7. As…country, time 15. As…license, time
8. as…paper, manner 16. when…door, time
9. X

Part F: MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS: (9 MARKS, 1 MARK EACH)


1. B 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. B 10. B

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Part G: ERROR SPOTTING: (10 MARKS, 1 MARK EACH)
1. d, go back → come back 6. a, British → the British
2. b, in McDonald’s → at McDonald’s 7. c, to look → that we should look
3. b, reducing → reduce 8. c, back-ground as → background to
4. c, access to → access 9. b, her to go → her going
5. c, won → had won 10. c, that had really long hair → who had really
long hair

Part H: QUESTION TAGS: (5 MARKS, 0.5 MARKS EACH)


1. mightn’t they 4. won’t they 7. shall we
2. hadn’t you 5. didn’t he/she 8. wouldn’t you
3. will you 6. he will, will he 9. it isn’t, is it
10. I ought, oughtn’t I

Part I: TENSES: (30 MARKS, 1 MARK EACH)


1. are told 11. is crying 21. Had he worked
2. have been raised 12. will you be doing 22. would not have failed
3. stays 13. shall visit 23. meet/met
4. has been postponed 14. is 24. will have changed/had
5. has not been confirmed 15. was changed
6. is believed 16. wants 25. will be burnt
7. retire 17. Will you join 26. is not taken
8. shall have worked 18. am going to meet 27. have been mending
9. have been crying 19. was 28. have only done
10. take 20. have dined 29. has broken
30. was looking for
Part J: INVERSION: (16.5 MARKS, 1.5 MARKS EACH)
1. No change
2. Were the lead chef here, the banquet would not become a mess.
3. Just as her mother wants her to spend more time with her family, so does the young girl want her
boyfriend to spend more time with her.
4. So carefully did the businessman discuss the details of the transaction that they even video-taped the
whole conference.
5. The team leader informed the members that only after the bell rang would they start the competition.
6. Not only do the Student Union advisors want to have more budget for their activities, but they also
wanted to have more resources.
7. No change
8. Among the flowers flies the butterfly, swinging its beautiful wings gracefully.
9. Had Mr Chan been kinder to his employees, his business would not have collapsed.
10. Hardly was the new park finished when vandals destroyed the flowerbeds.
11. Such are the demands of her job that she is rarely able to take a holiday.
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BONUS (+6)
(a) This is to emphasise the words and make them specific.
(b) The word is ‘CAUSED’.
(c) No, they are not. The word ‘REGRET FOR’ is badly used. (It should be ‘APOLOGIZ(S)E FOR)
(d) It is an adjective. (Past participle)

-END OF ANSWER TO GRAMMAR EXAMINATION (FIRST TERM)-

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