OL/2014/31-E-1 ay 6 Ste cP peg hin sonyan igs] All Rights Reserved) @.No. Marks qOnam a g ond =F (aod:mn coe) Bona, 2014: ats set Gung 6 (cretion. Bp uM, pines ae! ‘Examination, ‘December 2014 es 1 210 Od 5 ayusey Gong I BG twas Su sro bet ENGLISH LANGUAGE _1 One hour 6 Checked by Envered by “ol : | Tout = Pano = } Papert | Index. Number : Paper Il gain Baded 8 Bnd, e898 aged 9 Gasin, sivieor afimrdumencenl AsbeSaudwestGrrdss win. aces FINAL MARKS ANSWER ALE OUESTIONS ON THISPAPER ITSELE. O Test 1 oa Complete Hiruni’s diary entries. Select the mest suitable word from the box. swe only The first one is done for you Monday 23% ‘There's some good news today. Our class is organizing a (1) ...&.... entertainment. (@)_ popular Tucsday 24" — Weare going to sing, dance and also (2) .a.e« @ short play, |) pasting (© wonderful lay 25" I'm going to s 3) seeceee English 1 Wednesday 25" going to sing a very (3) lish song, bee Q ‘Thursday 26" Great day! Stared (4) ..........my song. @aaier || t* ‘Eriday 27" My teacher said, (5) - | You really can sing well.” (0) present Toul Ie made me feel $0 (6)... O Test 2 In a bookshop you see the following signs above the book shelves. (1) [GMLDREN's BOOKS (2) | ARTS AND-rHeFocRarny | @) [CooKeRY BooKs (@) [sports / ovrpooR ActIVITIES: (5) |HEALTH, FITNESS AND NUTRITION | (6) | COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY| Which shelves would you go to if you are interested in the following? The first one is done jor you. 2; ‘Taking pictures of beautiful sceneries Buying a book for your younger sister Losing weight by controlling the diet Learning 10 make various cakes and sweets Improving your ability to play badminton Learning about sending and receiving e-mails Q2 Toval ‘Gee page twoOL/2014/31-E-1 a2: For [0 Test 3 [ee Look at the pictures. Write what cach student is doing, Each sentence should have at least fore: five words. The first one ix done for you. Amila ay Amila is. ringing the bell for the interval. = Mala QB) cerceeseerere " i @ « Ruwan Q3 Ix © rowa_| “ 3 J Test 4 Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words. One is done Sor you, because, as soon as, when, before, but, white Lasith: Happy birthday Manori, Here are some cards for you. They came (1) while you were having breakfast. Well, all your friends seem to know (2) your birthday is. Manor: ‘Thank you Lasith. I have told my friends to come in the evening @) 4 0° clock. Lasith: V'm sorry. 1 could not buy a present for you (4). 1 was an not able to go to town yesterday, (5)... 1 will provide 1x ‘musie at the party al Manori: ‘That's very nice of you. Let's start the party (6) my me friends come. (See page threeOL/2014/31-K-1 sis O Test 5 Read what the students say. Match them with the teacher's responses. The first one iy done for you. 1 cannot read small leiters in the books. (cb. T always get low marks for Mathematics. Ql. ), db (@) You must get up early and ‘get ready. HAN T miss my school bus (b) You. must. ayes | every moming BL. Be strong. Ignore tinpleasant Tae hamgty ever before the wera and) ©) DESrne LP nleriees cannot concentrate on studies: 4y(...) You should eat a good j breakfust, I Tove to keep & pet, but my (©) Work hard. Practice doing parents don’t allow me. (8) (..--.) sums, (f) Speak to them and explain en [My friends pass unnecessary Sha eu eed i remarks and annoy me. _(6)( O Test 6 ‘Write a short paragraph on one of the following. Use about $0 to 60 words. 1. A visit to a fair 2. A joumey by train [Fa lexaminers| fuse only Qs | | ToaOL/2014/31-E-1 -4 a lo ‘Test 7 Read the following letter and answer the questions. Dear Uncle, After the carom tourament which ended with our team winning the championship wophy, our coach tok us 10 an island here in Malaysia, We are having a great time, We spend a lot of time swimming in the sea. The water is warm and inviting. In fact, we are enjoying ‘ourselves so much that we get out of the water only when the sun sets. We also enjoy watching people doing’ water sports like surfing and sailing. Yesterday, we took @ boot to the west coast of the island because my team mates wanted to do some fishing. As you know I dislike catching fish. Fortunately what they were at to catch were an old shoe and a plastic bottle. We also went on a day four round this island and saw some historical sites that looked really amazing, The tour 2lso included visits to some places where batik printing is done. Here the streets come alive in the night with little stalls selling all sorts of things and we really like’ strolling along the streets buying gifts for everyone at home, We will be leaving the island tomorrow to catch our fight to Sri Lanka. Uncle, 1 hope to sec you in April during the new ycar holidays. Lots of love, . Gimhan (1) Where did Gimhan go for the tournament? ...... (2) When do Gimhan and his team mates stop swimming? (3) When does Gimhan hope to see his uncle? .. ieee (4) ‘The word ‘strolling’ means. to (@) walk slowly (bd) walk fast (©) walk in a hurry (3) Write two things that Gimhan saw when be went round the island, @) oa. (b) Test 8 ‘You received two tickets. 10 see an event (e.g, Dram, Cricket match) held in your town or village. Write a note to your friend inviting him/her (o join you using about 50 words. Include the following Who gave you the tickets What the event ig and where it is held “The day, the date and the time of the event examiners} we only ee01 /2014/31-E-11 Sse san 6 ec tin A Rh Rel eae ene op (2802 ese) Serac, 2014 (@as Pe oe -t General_Certificate_af Education (Ord. Level) Examination, December 2014 | a 2 | aytiileo Gomi u BiowiiG worl gneiuureved et ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1 Two hours _ 13 4 Is | Paper II has 8 pages (5-12) on two sheets. 16 Paper Tota etn Bacied 8 88nd: 688 eyed B Basin, acteor leraaeniooid Brimtoasencetus an aqggim. ‘ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ON THIS PAPER IISELE. lO Test 9 ior ‘The following sentences are taken from a letter written by a student, There is a mistake in [S20 each sentence, Rewrite the sentences correcting the mistake. The first one is done for you: (1) Thank you for the letter you send me. Thank you for the letter you sent me (2) Sorry for the delay in reply. (3) We are forty students in our class (A) We play cricket at the interval. (5) Everyone here are getting on well. ot ag forward to patee from you. Bee page sieOL/2014/31-E-1L -6+ \D Test 10 Select a word from the box which has a similar meaning to the phrases given within brackets and write it in the space given: There are three extra words. ‘tink novel, eviews, topic If you want something to read, you can either buy 2 book from a bookshop or borrow » (@ book which tells an invented story) oF a (2)... ete (@ book which tells the story a. (the writer's own life ‘one from a library, You can either read @ (1) .-...0 of onother person's life) or an (3) story). If you want recommendations for which book to choose you can read the 4 san (peoples’ opinion about the book) in the papers. A book fhas the (5). 2 .. (the name of the book) and the name of the author on the cover: O Test 11 Read the poem and answer the questions given below it, Mrs. Spider’s Parlour will you walk into my living room? Do be friendly, Mr. Flys It is strange that all my neighbours Should be so very shy. Since I settled in this rose-bush, Nat a moth, fly or beetle, Hias been kind enough to call! ‘Thus sorrowful, Mrs. Spider Smiled her most charming smile: “Please come in; now, what's to stop Rest your tired wings awhile” “Thank you, Mam, but pray excuse me! ‘Mr. Fly just turned and fled “There are stories that your living-room 1s a dinining-room! he said. Sheila Braine (Adapted) (1) What is strange about Mrs. Spider's neighbours? (2) Where is Mrs. Spider’s home’! ........ (3) Whom did Mrs. Spider expect as visitors? Mention two types. a a (4) What did Mr, Fly do when Mrs. Spider invited him? - living room. Gee (5) Write the line which says what Mrs. Spider wanted the fly to do after walking, into the use only on 1x ‘page sevenOL/2014/31-E-I z (O Test 12 Complete the following passage using the passive form of the given verb im the correct tense, There are present, past and future passive forins, The Jirst one is done for you ‘The first Olympic Games (1) ....were held. (hold) at Olympia, in ancient Greece, nearly 3000 years ago. The Games (2) . (ban) in 393 AD. In 1896 the modern Games (3) ... « (revive) in Athens by a Frenchman called Pierre de Coubertin, Before the Games begin, the Olympic torch (4) ... (light) at Olympus by a mirror reflecting the sun. The runners carry it to the city where the Games take place. ‘The Olympic Games (5). . (hold) every four years. Do you know where the next Games (6) soe (hod)? (0 Test 13 Fill in the blanks in the following text using the words given in the box aweet, water, presented, teacher, deep, container, say ‘A young man while walking through the desert came across a spring of crystal-clear water, The water was so sweet he took some in a (1) .... teacher. (2) ... + a four-day journey he (3) ...+:.0000 a. sve Ueacher who took a (5)... and (6) ceccssseses his: student lavishly for the (7) . to give his o» the water to. the . drink, smiled warmly . water, The young man (8) ojscrcneirein to his village with a (9) heart. Later, the teacher (10) .... a) aay another student to taste the «He spat it out, (12) ~. said “You tasted only (14) .. .. it was horrible, The water. I tasted the gift. The water was a simple gift which showed his loving-kindness and nothing could be sweeter.” For use oaly O13 hx [Toul (See pare eightOL/2014/31-E-I1 -8. O Test 14 Last August your schoo! organized a programme to help the people affected by the drought in the dry zone. You were the chief organizer of the team. Write a letter to your friend who is in England about your programme. Use about 100 words, Include: what you collected how goods were transported ow you distributed them your feelings about the event ON ‘The following table shows the amount of money spent during the years 2013 and 2014 by the Friendship Club of Horana, on various social service activities. Study the table and write a description about it. The following words will help you, Use about 100 words, east, most, equal, increase, decrease Expenditure of Pendship Club of Horana in RS, millions) 2013 2014 Funding elders homes 3 + Providing dry rations to refugses 2 1 Disaster relief 2 3 Sponsoring scholarships for rural children 1 2 Providing tube wells 1o dry zone schools L 1 Donating wheel chairs to rural hospitals 2 2i et ee ee ag a a ee OL2014/31-E-11 es |cxaminers > Test 15 Read the following passage and answer the questions. Once upon a time two brothers, who lived on adjoining farms, quarrelled with each other. It was the first scrious rift in 30 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, labour and goods as needed without a conilict. ‘Then the long relationship fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew > into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence. One moming there was a knock on the older brother's door. He opened it to find a man with 2 carpenter’s tool box. “I'm looking for a few days” work,” he said. “Perhaps you have a few small jobs here and vo there {could help with?” “Yes,” said the older brother. “I do have a job for you. Look across the stream at that farm. That's my neighbour's in fact, it’s my younger brother's. Last week there was a grassland between the two farms, but he took his bulldozer to the river, flowing through the village and by breaking the river bank formed a stream between the two fais. He may have done 1s this 10 hurt my feelings and now I'm going to hurt him. “See that pile of wood in the backyard? 1 want you to build me a fence, an eight-foot fence; so that I don’t have to see his place or his face anymore.” ‘The carpenter said, “I think | understand the siwation. Let me begin the work at once.” ‘The older brother had to go to town, so he helped the carpenter to get the materials ready bo and then went away. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing and ni when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. ig. Late in the afternoon (See page tenOL2014/3LE = 10s, ‘The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw cropped. There was no fence at all. It was a bridge, ee 4 bridge stretching from one side of the stream to the other. A fine piece of work, handrails [© o"” 2s and all and his younger brother was coming towards him, his arms outstretched “You are quite a good brother (0 build this bridge, after all I've said and done.” The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge and then walked to the middle, and held each other's hands ‘They tumed to see the carpenter getting ready 10 leave. 20 “No, wail. Stay a few days. I've a lot of other work for you,” said the older brother. “Td love to stay on, but I can't.” the carpenter said, “I have many more bridges to build.” 1. Say whether the following statements are true or false by writing “I” or ‘F” against each of them. (a) The two brothers quarrelled because one brother converted the grassland into a river. 1 (b) The carpenter was asked to build a fence to hurt the feelings of the younger brother. fey (©) The carpenter obeyed the orders of the olor brother and completed the fence before sunset, (@) The bridge which was the carpenter's hard work helped to end the conflict between the brothers. (Ax 4= marks} 2. Complete the sentence using two words from the text. ‘The two brothers had a good relationship with each other for . (01 marks © Answer the questions. 3. What was the main reason for the quarrel between the two brothers? i rman $. Write the sentence that says the carpenter wants 10 go on resolving conflicts and uniting people “(at marty © Underline the correct answer, 6. When the carpenter said “I think 1 understand the situation” he knew that the ....... (a) two brothers were going to quarrel again. (b) older brother was planning to take revenge. (©) younger brother was a very cruel man eee 7. What do the following words in the passage refer to? ee *you" in line eleven +A fine piece of work’ in line twenty four (01 mark) (Gee page elevenoe OL2014/31-E-I us b inn ‘Test 16 eeaae Write on one of the following. Use about 200 words. (a) Your principal is retiring from your school. You have been asked to make a speech at the assembly thanking the principal for his service and wishing him a successful retirement. Include the following bis service to the schoo! ~ his personal qualities = why students Hike him Start like this Good morning everyone, Dear Principal, Dear teachers and students .... (b) An article to the school magivine on ‘Travel Broadens the Mind. You may include: ~ different’ modes of travet ~ _expericncing other cultures, food ete = enjoyment in travelling ~ meeting people (©) An essay on Advertisements ~ Are they beneficial or not? Some points that you can include: ~ give information about Iaiest products | make us buy unnecessary things = change our tie styles = wrong information is given sometimes entertaining. und. amusing make people want things they cannot afford @ Complete the following story. qt iful a T was in my flower garden. Mother came out of the Gee page twelveOL2014/31-E-IL - atti eH