CSEC ENGLISH
Hello there! We’ve been focusing on the English B Paper 1 recently, so today we devote the entire CSEC English page to English A. Read on, work through the exercises, and see how much you can learn!
BE YOUR OWN EDITOR
Take out the unnecessary words from these sentences:
1.
We visited to the museum last Thursday.
Our teacher stressed on the need for punctuality.
We all stopped talking when Bibi entered into the room.
I heard some men discussing about a fire at the factory.
My penfriend returned back to his own country last week.
All that rubbish must be removed away as soon as possible.
The speaker at our Speech Day emphasized on the importance of having a dream.
I usually always take the short cut to go to the market.
There is the secretary from whom I got the information from.
Devon is going to consult with a lawyer about his problem at work.
The increase in the number of people can match with the increase in the number of homes.
The accident happened when the police car reversed back into the yard. 6.
A SPELLING RULE
Does it end in -TS or –NCE?
Look at the words in this chart. Notice that all the –ts words are PLURAL and refer to PEOPLE, while all the –nce words are SINGULAR and refer to something ABSTRACT.
Fill in the blanks in these sentences, using words from the chart above: 1.
The principal and her deputy, accompanied by the head girl, whose name is Devika, enters/enter the large auditorium to thunderous applause.
His school report for the first two terms, notwithstanding the many comments about his being a fine chess player, a valuable centre forward for the football team and a member of the scouts, has/have not impressed his parents one bit.
Fielding questions from hostile reporters and disgruntled constituents is/are quite a headache for any politician.
His magnifying glass, along with some rubber bands and a few sticky sweets is/are all he has in his pocket.
Our hosts were busily preparing their house for the hurricane, reports of which was/were coming over the radio every few minutes.
Castellani House used to be the official re__________ of the President.
Several of the re___________ in my neighbourhood have formed a community policing group.
Since the students in the upper school ad__________, this movie will interest them.
One of the virtues that you need if you want to be a teacher is pa_____________.
When you move from childhood into ad__________, many changes occur—both physical and psychological.
Humility and pe_________are graces that the priest looked for in the young man who had sought his counsel.
Regular att_________at classes is one of the requirements in this course.
So many pa_______ were admitted to the ward this weekend that the nurses had to put up two extra beds.
The hotel manager asked the gardener to place two potted ferns at the en________to the hotel.
The wounded soldier hated above all his de__________ on people to help him with dressing and bathing.
This insurance policy will take care of your de_________ in the event of any injury to yourself or if you were to die.
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Where is Europe? The entire continent of Europe is located in the Northern Hemisphere, while most of it is in the Eastern Hemisphere. Below is a map of the continent of Europe. Try to find a bigger map and identify as many countries as you can on it.
Europe occupies a small northwestern part of the world’s largest land mass, Eurasia. As the name implies, it shares this land mass with Asia. Which continents are near Europe? Two continents near to Europe are Africa and Asia. Europe is located between these continents.