English A (P1)

Each of the sentences in this section has one underlined word. Choose from the four options the word which is NEAREST IN MEANING to the underlined word.

The flowers grow plentifully in the garden.

• wildly

• healthily

• plentifully

• colorfully

Each of the sentences in this section has one underlined word. Choose from the four options the word which is NEAREST IN MEANING to the underlined word.

The news story revealed the squalor of the

old prison cells.

• security

• strength

• ambiance

• filthiness

Each of the sentences in this section has one underlined word. Choose from the four options the word which is NEAREST IN MEANING to the underlined word.

Although she had visited the site on many occasions, nothing had prepared her for the grandeur of the sunset on that day.

• colourfulness

• splendour

• gaudiness

• harmony

Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

• dismiss

• promote

• employ

• demote

Some of the following sentences are unacceptable because of inappropriate grammar, idiom or vocabulary. Select the ONE underlined part that you feel is inappropriate and choose the corresponding letter.

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Some of the following sentences are unacceptable because of inappropriate grammar, idiom or vocabulary. Select the ONE underlined part that you feel is inappropriate and choose the corresponding letter.

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• B

• C

• D

Some of the following sentences are unacceptable because of inappropriate grammar, idiom or vocabulary. Select the ONE underlined part that you feel is inappropriate and choose the corresponding letter.

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• A

• B

• C

• D

Some of the following sentences are unacceptable because of inappropriate grammar, idiom or vocabulary. Select the ONE underlined part that you feel is inappropriate and choose the corresponding letter.

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• B

• C

• D

Some of the following sentences are unacceptable because of inappropriate grammar, idiom or vocabulary. Select the ONE underlined part that you feel is inappropriate and choose the corresponding letter.

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Read the following poem carefully (See image top left) and then answer Items on the basis of what is stated or implied.

Why does the poet feel the horses are

laughing(line l)?

• The prairie is all theirs to roam.

• He hears them laughing.

• They were replaced with something

  which causes harm.

• Tliey are treated well by their

  owners.