Oil from the big leak in the Gulf of Mexico has started to wash up on nearby islands in southern America. Pelicans and other birds covered in oil (has/have) been found on the uninhabited Chandeleur (ailands/islands), which are part of a big national wildlife area. Meanwhile workers (has/have) started lowering a funnel over the leaking oil well at the bottom of the sea. Remote-controlled submarines are being used to lower the 90-tonne box in an operation (ecspected/expected) to take two days. It will trap the oil and then send it to the surface in pipes so ships can collect it. But the effects on wildlife in the area are starting to be seen. Authorities have desperately been trying to stop the oil heading towards land but (its/ it's ) finally starting hit shorelines. 2.14 Should you use has or have in sentence 1 of the passage? (1) 2.15 Which spelling is correct in sentence 1 ailands or islands? … (1) 2.16 Should you use has or have in sentence 2 of the passage? (1) 2.17 What do you call the punctuation mark used in the word (Remote-controlled) in sentence 3? (1) 2.18 Look at sentence 3. Which word is spelled correctly: ecspected or expected? (1) 2.19 Change sentence 4 into a question. Begin the question with: Will it… (4) 2.20 Look at sentence 6. Must you use its or it’s? (1) [25] Grand total of paper: 40
Oil from the big leak in the Gulf of Mexico has started to wash up on nearby islands in southern America. Pelicans and other birds covered in oil (has/have) been found on the uninhabited Chandeleur (ailands/islands), which are part of a big national wildlife area. Meanwhile workers (has/have) started lowering a funnel over the leaking oil well at the bottom of the sea. Remote-controlled submarines are being used to lower the 90-tonne box in an operation (ecspected/expected) to take two days. It will trap the oil and then send it to the surface in pipes so ships can collect it. But the effects on wildlife in the area are starting to be seen. Authorities have desperately been trying to stop the oil heading towards land but (its/ it's ) finally starting hit shorelines. 2.14 Should you use has or have in sentence 1 of the passage? (1) 2.15 Which spelling is correct in sentence 1 … ailands or islands? (1) 2.16 Should you use has or have in sentence 2 of the passage? (1) 2.17 What do you call the punctuation mark used in the word (Remote-controlled) in sentence 3? (1) 2.18 Look at sentence 3. Which word is spelled correctly: ecspected or expected? (1) 2.19 Change sentence 4 into a question. Begin the question with: Will it… (4) 2.20 Look at sentence 6. Must you use its or it’s? (1) [25] Grand total of paper: 40
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