ERROR IDENTIFICATION

Section A
[20 marks]
[Time suggested: 15 minutes]
The text below is about Selvi, a successful gardener.
Questions 1 10are based on the text. The first and last lines are correct. For the remaining
lines, there isonegrammatical error in each line.
Underline the errorandwrite the correct wordin the space provided. An example has been
given. The correct wordmust not change the meaningof the sentence. There are no spelling
errors in this text.

This is a story about hard work and determination of a
man. Selvidoes not start out as a rich man. His success is a
real rags to riches story. When he is a teenager, his father
passed away, leaving his mother to fending for the family
of five. Realizing she was up against it, Selvi starts helping
out by do some part time gardening. As time passed, it
became clear that it was not enough. Also, Selvi went for
broke. He quit school and put all her time into his
gardening job. Due to his skill and hard work, he soon
became successful and eventually had teams of gardening
working for him. Today, he owns one of the biggest
nursery in Malaysia. He lives happily with his mother on
his hometown. He believes that there is no success without

Eg: did
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
7. ________
8. ________
9. ________
10. _____

ERROR IDENTIFICATION
efforts.


ERROR CORRECT ANSWER
1. is was
2. fending Fend
3. starts Started
4. do Doing
5. Also Therefore
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6. her His
7. skill Skills
8. gardening gardeners
9. nursery nurseries
10. on In