SECTION B: LANGUAGE USE (20%)

Answer both the sections.

Part I: Error Identification (10 Marks)

26. Fifty percent of the people alive today have never made a phone call, but thirty
A B

percent still have no electricity connections to their homes.

C D

27. Shoes of those kind are bad for the feet low heels are better.
A B C D

28. My father saw how much Uncle Tom was enjoying his early retirement, and so he
A B C
decided to do the same.
D
29. A number of trainees who take this course every year finds that their knowledge of
A B C
mathematics is inadequate
D
30. For a successful career as a beautician, one must be prepared to dissemble: you must not
A B C
tell your client the unvarnished truth about his or her appearance
D

31. A total of 35 percent of participants described themselves as fat despite been

A B C
underweight.
D

32. The number of universities offering foreign language courses have declined in the last
A B C
ten years.
D

33. Members of society usually acquire culture during early childhood, inrespective where
A B C
they live.
D
34. Obesity is a medical condition in which body fat has accumulated to the extents that it
A B C D
may have a negative effect on health.
35. It was felt that distractions in the classroom might have an adversed influence on
A B
childrens concentration, so interviews were conducted in an adjoining room.
C D

Answer

26.B(But is inappropriate here; change to and).

27.A(Kind is singular so we should use this or that, but not these or those.)

28 D (The words do the same are ambiguous. Change to take early retirement or

something similar.)

29.B (plural noun plural verb)

30.D (Ambiguous pronoun. Does the evidence support Darwin or Wallace, or both?)

31.C (been being)

32. C . have - has

33.C. irrespective

34. D extent

35.B. adverse