CSEC English A Paper 1 January 2017 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers

The manager decided to inform the staff about all complaints received from customers.

There was a decline in airplane travel after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

In these difficult economic times, many organizations retrench workers only when absolutely necessary.

While the employers approved of his work habits, they objected to his radical views.

Many teenagers and even some parents do not agree with the amount of restrictiveness in today's society.

Items 6-10 Instructions: Each sentence in this section is followed by four sentences, A, B, C and D. Choose the sentence NEAREST in meaning to the original sentence. Read all four sentences before you choose your answer.

The lion, which had fallen ill, was lying in his den famished and upon the point of death.

The famous lion lying in his den was sick and on the point of death.

As a result of being starved, the lion collapsed in his den, sick and near death.

The famished lion, on the point of death, had fallen ill while lying in his den.

The sick lion was lying in his den, extremely hungry and on the point of death.

John told his parents in no uncertain terms that he was going to university as soon as he left school.

John boasted to his parents that he was going to university as soon as he left school.

John told his parents that they should permit him to go to university after he left school.

John made it quite clear to his parents that when he left school he would go to university immediately.

John's parents were told that it was obviously his desire to attend university immediately after leaving school.

I cannot understand why you have done this since you tell me that Mark means a lot to you.

Since Mark means a lot to you, the reason for your action is puzzling to me.

Since you tell me that Mark means a lot to you, he cannot understand why you have done this.

You tell me that although Mark means a lot to you, you did this.

Mark cannot mean a lot to you or else I know you would not have done this.

Realizing that her suitcase was left on the bus, the woman desperately tried to attract the conductor's attention.

When the desperate woman noticed that she was leaving the bus without her suitcase, she tried to attract the conductor's attention.

When the woman became aware that she had left her suitcase, she tried her best to attract the attention of the bus conductor.

The woman made all attempts to attract the conductor's attention to the suitcase which she had left on the bus.

The conductor's attention was attracted by the woman who in desperation, had forgotten her suitcase on the bus.

Much is being done to develop tourism in our country by providing good hotel accommodation and facilities.

It is important to provide good hotel accommodation and facilities for tourists.

Good hotel accommodation and facilities are crucial if we want to develop tourism.

We are doing a great deal to boost tourism by providing good hotel accommodation and facilities.

If we do not provide good hotel accommodation and facilities, tourists will not come to our country.

Instructions: Select the option, A, B, C or D, that BEST describes EACH of the sentences and mark your choice on the answer sheet.

There are many who have not considered the need to abstain from alcohol, but abandoning drink for sobriety is truly the only option for one who wishes to engage in healthy lifestyle practices.

The sentence is acceptable as it stands.

The sentence contains a cliché or misused metaphor.

The sentence is incorrect grammatically or faulty in diction.