SECTION A: GRAMMAR (10 MARKS)

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SECTION A: GRAMMAR (10 MARKS)

I. Complete the following dialogue between two friends with suitable expressions chosen from those in the brackets. (5 marks)

• Grace: Good morning Sandrine. Any problem? You don't look happy.
• Sandrine: Good morning, I have been having a tough time with my father. He thinks he should choose a husband for me.
• Grace: What? Not in this age and time! Well, what does your mother say about this?
• Sandrine: Although she is not in support of it, she cannot do anything about it. It is the custom in my village for fathers to choose husbands for their daughters.
• Grace: Would you mind if I told my father about it? He works for an organisation that seeks to promote the rights of children. Children have the right to make choices too!

II. Rewrite the following sentences as instructed in the brackets. (5 marks)

1. "I am very happy today because I got a job last week". (reported speech) My sister said that she was very happy that day because she had gotten a job the previous week.

2. This is the colleague. He was sanctioned for unjustified absences. (use a relative pronoun) This is the colleague who was sanctioned for unjustified absences.

3. Smoking cigarettes is not good for students. Alcohol is not good too. (join with neither ... nor) Neither smoking cigarettes nor alcohol is good for students.

4. All participants at the conference must observe the COVID – 19 rules. (change to passive voice) The COVID – 19 rules must be observed by all participants at the conference.