Form 3 English Test Test 12: Spelling and punctuation ... - Pearson
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<strong>Form</strong> 3 <strong>English</strong> <strong>Test</strong><br />
<strong>Test</strong> <strong>12</strong>: <strong>Spelling</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>punctuation</strong><br />
Total: 40 marks<br />
Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________<br />
1. Correct the spelling <strong>and</strong> <strong>punctuation</strong> mistakes in the following story. Rewrite<br />
the whole passage.<br />
The recent suicides of five young people who hanged themselves in masunga<br />
over a period of one month has left many people dumbstruck.<br />
No one knows why these young people – for young men aged 18 <strong>and</strong> a women<br />
aged 20 – decided to end there lives.<br />
There has note been any reason advanced to explain this tragedies. Residents<br />
are steal reeling in shock <strong>and</strong> are having difficulty in coming to terms with the<br />
suicide.<br />
Masunga Police Station comm<strong>and</strong>er, Superintendent mpho Modisaotsile, has<br />
expressed his concern about the recent number of suicide cases, which he said<br />
are on the increase. The deaths, he noted, took place between 13 January <strong>and</strong><br />
15 Febuary, 2010. He said this was a shocking figure compared to the same<br />
period the previous year when only one case was recorded.<br />
Modisaotsile indicated that it is difficult for police to say what the cases of the<br />
suicides were. He said in most of these cases, there were no signs or obvious<br />
reasons why the teenagers were contemplating commiting suicide.<br />
“At times, we have had suicides among youths who were experiencing<br />
problems with their girlfriends or boyfriends <strong>and</strong> sometimes it is when a youth<br />
is dating a person who is not excepted by relatives,” he said.<br />
Modisaotsile appealed to the public to always seek help whenever they have<br />
problems. He said there are many people in the community whom these people<br />
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could turn to for help. He sighted social workers, pastors, district officers <strong>and</strong><br />
police officers, as examples of people who could help.<br />
“life is a very precious gift. We only live once, so we need to protect our life so<br />
that we don’t loose it unnecessarily.” he said.<br />
Psychologist, Anita Lebengo, agrees that it is possible for children to think of<br />
suicide. She says an 18-year-old could commit suicide when overwhelmed by<br />
stress, either from relationships, failure to meet certain dem<strong>and</strong>s of the soceity,<br />
argument with parents, <strong>and</strong> so on.<br />
“Sometimes some children who suffer from psychological disorders<br />
characterised by hallucinations <strong>and</strong> hearing voices, commit suicide to get away<br />
from these disorders,” she says. [10 x 2 = 20]<br />
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2. Correct the errors in verb tenses in the following paragraph. Rewrite the<br />
whole passage.<br />
A young man who lives in Lobatse was dumped by his girlfriend <strong>and</strong> decide the<br />
only thing left for him to do was to kill himself. He get into his car <strong>and</strong> drove<br />
recklessly to Gaborone because he want to have a head-on collision with<br />
another vehicle. Because of the heavy rains that day, his car gets stuck in the<br />
mud somewhere near Mogobane. A friend found him there <strong>and</strong> given him a<br />
ride. On the way back, he tell his friend what he was try to do. His friend was<br />
shocked <strong>and</strong> took him to a social worker he know. The young man told the<br />
social worker that he couldn’t live without his girlfriend. The social worker<br />
explain to him that he had a lot to live for <strong>and</strong> that he find another girl. After<br />
weeks of counselling, the young man realised that the social worker was right. [10 x 2 = 20]<br />
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