EL Practice Paper 5

1. 1
2. 4
3. 2
4. 3
5. 1
6. 2
7. 1
8. 1
9. 4
10. 2
11. 3
12. 2
13. 2
14. 2
15. 3
16. 2
17. 3
18. 2
19. 2 / 1
20. 1/ 4
21. 1
22. 3
23. 4
24. 1
25. 3
26. 4
27. 3
28. 4
29. 3
30. 3
31. F 
32. L
33. C
34. G
35. N
36. D
37. H
38. K
39. B/J
40. Q
41. rehearsals
42. were
43. disguised
44. their 
45. frowned
46. correct
47. pivotal
48. out
49. an/ its
50. rehabiliate
51. than
52. care, administration, management, handling, managing, overseeing, running
53. studied, read
54. of
55. considered
56. title
57. place, absence
58. prisoner, away, captive
59. had
60. nothing
61. sink, capsize, perish
62. however, fortunately, luckily, thankfully
63. for, of
64. doubt, ponder, wonder
65. cause, reason, case
66. No matter how hard Tim tried, he could not hit any pin with the bowling ball. 
67. Mr Ong whose main door was vandalised made a police report last night. 
68. The evening dress that Alice bought was neither cheap nor attractive. 
69. Due to Mr Tan's inability to fix the burst pipe, the kitchen is flooded. 
70. No sooner had the boy taken some money from the drawer than his mother walked in.
71. He was illiterate.
72. They were the punishment he received at school when he gave the wrong answer and the possibility that he had dyslexia. 
73. It was getting his father to trace the letters of his name. 
74. The phrase is "laboured over the words".
75. Due to his father's illiteracy, he was cheated of the title deed of the house when he unwittingly signed it off. / As the writer's father was illiterate, he was tricked/ forced into selling his farm and thus had to move out. 
76. The writer's father had lost weight. / The writer's father was ageing. / The writer's father was getting old. 
77. He was keen and willing to work. The two qualities were his efficiency/ persistence/ perseverance/ determination. (Any two = 2m)
78. He relied on the illustration which was not accurate. / He thought the picture on the can looked like pears so he bought it. 
79. He felt embarrassed and frustrated as he had bought a can of potatoes thinking it contained pears as he could not read the label. As he result, he could not surprise the writer with the dessert. 
80. The writer felt the warmth of his father's hand when his father touched the writer's shoulder on the evening walks and when he carried the writer on his lap.