471642 OL/2017/31-E-I(NEW) ag 8 B08 GEA (ppt) upngonniyen aig] All Rights Reserved] (20 Stecoal Gul LiN_SSLLwINew Syllabus Q.No. Marks 1 eee i i rs 2 qOuan evox avin op (Gidims cE) Buras, 217 eqaOav 3 sdoit Gurgyd syrEsh USBs (STBITOM SIL Uftens, 2017 gsi General Certificate of Education (Ord. Level) Examination, December 2017 4 BGS mre00 1 for Om 5 auido Gionys I lows soasid,pusronid |=} ENGLISH_LANGUAGE_I Ine hour J|s« Checked by Briered by BaF a 8 Total eaeen } . Paper 1 Index Number Paper It gd Baded © 8Bad, 289 oged 8 Garin, Asian ohemrdomseb AalemseroA@otis seo. ages, FINAL MARKS ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ON THIS PAPER SEL, ]O Test 1 train in the blanks in the following dialogue. Use the words given in the box. There is one] ure only extra word. The first one is done for you. Kishan : Uncle Nimal, when will the train (1) .. Nimal : In about fifteen (2) ..... or (0) -somme Kishan : What's the (3) .. . now, uncle? o ; ; (© close Nimal : I's only 730. aes Kishan : How long will the train (4) ......... here? © time Qi Nimal + For about ten minutes. @ s00n 1x Kishan + Oh! Can I (5) ......... a book at the bookstore? (@) minutes Toial Nimal : Yes of course, but be quick. 7 Kishan : Sure. I'll be back (6) .. |O Test 2 Underline the comect answer. The first one is done jor you. Kaveesh : Tell me what you did after I (1) ......... yesterday? (Ieave, left) Nirmala: Well, we (2) . to the town, (walked, walk) Gimhani + There was a small shop (3) masks. (sold, selling) Kaveesh : So you (4) a mask, Let me see it, (will buy, bought) Nirmala: No, the shop was closed. Ha! ha! hal Gimhani_ + Tomorrow we (5) there again, (are going, going) Kaveesh + 1 wish 1 (6)... join you. (could, can) Q2 Nirmala: You can't, You have to study. (See page twoOL/2017/31-E-I(NEW) ae Test 3 Study the picture and fill in the blanks in the text given below. Use only one word in each blank, This is Kamal’s room, He has gone out and the door is (1) bed is near the (2) .. and there is a curtain partly covering it. There is al 8) esse . of Sti Lanka hanging on the (4) .. seccssssene « His bed is a very) narrow one with a (5)... + OM ome Side. TWO (6) seccseoecceeeeeeneee and @ pair off o. sev are hung on the wall hanger. He has a big (8) .scscsecusteecesset0 sit ‘on when he is studying. On his (9) .. are several books. His mother has placed al (10) ssoresse OF water on it for him to drink when he is: thirsty. His room is neat] and clean, Test 4 Match the extracts with the headings. Write the comect letter in the blank provided. ‘The first one ix done for you. Extracts Headings (1) A tribute to all actors and actresses at the {a) Let the sun shine on you Tower Hall of and be well (2) Henry Ford is famous for founding the Ford (®) Enjoy our programme. Motor Company, Forget your worries (3) A doctor says being out in the mornings help (©) Missing water; our life to get ample amounts of vitamin D. blood (4) Watch a musical show presented by the students (d) Travel made casy for all of Central College on TV tomorrow. ( of us (5) Drought in the dry zone has destroyed village (© Be a nature lover. Say life. (ose) no to polythene (©) Use your own cloth bag when you go shopping. ) | CA) Stars brighten a. [For use only (See page threeQ1/2017/31-E-1/(NEW) cae For JO Test 5 sine Read the following letter and complete the dialogue. Use only one word in each blank. The |"*°"Y Jirst one is done for you. 26.11.2017 Dear Srinath, I came to Nuwara Eliya, but it’s too cold and gloomy. So I moved to a tea plantation bungalow in Thalawakele, where my uncle lives. Here it's warmer and I feel comfortable. The view is beautiful. 1 keep walking on the hills every morning until my fect hurt. 1 get tasty food to eat prepared by my uncle’s cook. I'm fine here. Sorry, I missed the match. See you next week. Give my regards to Arjuna. Srinath 1 received a letter from (1) Arjuna + Isuru? Where has he gone? I didn’t see him at the match yesterday. Srinath + Well, he didn't come to the match He is in Q) veesseseseeen seve staying With his (3) ..sscsesooseesssee Arjuna: How nice! It must be cool and nice there. Srinath + No, not as cold a8 i (4) sscsessves sy he says. 9s Arjuna: What is he doing there? Ix Srinath; Something he never does here; (5) .. : By the way, he is sending you his (6) .. poet Arjuna +1 must thank him when I see him, 5 JO Test 6 ‘The English Club in your school has organized a workshop on “English for Everyone” to be held in the main hall of the school. Write a notice informing about the workshop. Include the following. Use about 40 - 50 words = purpose of the workshop - date, time and venue _- participants Q6 Ic Total (See ‘age fourOL/2017/31-E-I(NEW) a4 Tor O Test 7 ‘examiners'| Read the following text and answer the questions. em ‘Vikum and Harsha were the best of friends until a misunderstanding made them drift apart. TI classmates Sajani, Hiruni and Lahiru wanted them to be friends again. They tried hard, but nothing worked. ‘One day Lahiru suggested a bike race because he knew that Vikum and Harsha loved bike racing. ‘So he met the ‘two angry birds’ and asked them to take part in the race. Vikum said, “Alright I'm ready to face the challenge.” They were to meet at the school playground the following Saturday. ‘Vikum checked his old bike to make sure everything was alright. Harsha did nothing. His bike was a brand new one. Nothing would go wrong. He wanted to defeat Vikum. After all he was his rival. \Vikum and Harsha arrived at the playground. All their friends were there. Lahiru shouted. “Ready, Steady, Go” and the two boys began to pedal, Suddenly there was a loud noise. The chain had fallen off Harsha’s bike. Vikum stopped peddling and turned back to help Harsha. Then the friends came running. Vikum and Harsha were laughing and hugging each other. is the loser?” asked Hiruni giggling. “No losers. Both are winners," said Lahiru. “Who (1) What made the good friends drift apart? .. Co (2) Who were the ‘two angry birds"? ......... (3) Write the sentence which says the two boys became friends again. (4) Hearing a loud noise, Vikum Fg (a) fell off his bike. (b) went to help Harsha. __(c) started peddling faster. () The word ‘challenge’ means (@) a difficult task (b) an easy activity. © a tiring race. O Test 8 Write on one of the following topics. Use about 50 to 60 words. (@) An unforgettable day in my life (b) An interesting person I know0L/2017/31-E-II(NEW) 8+ B89 0 BEDE FED! ews usbinyfisuceya1 igs TAll Rights Reserved) gio Baded © Bac 688 uged © Basin. about sfomTSEGEGD Bichon ggrat@aQus aSen sggys ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ON THIS PAPER SEL. Q.No. Marks E jee ae aan 10 gana cox, eS5 oy (sOinv cE) Sor0e, 2017 ocabas Sebold Cures SITE UdoT (engsrTam gL Lifts, 2017 pQeibuj IL General Certificate of Education (Ord. Level) Examination, December 201 Fees eee G8 ened Tt es eget By} agin Gong 0 DyeaiG wast pprumorrd B ENGLISH LANGUAGE _II Two hours 14 15 Paper I has 8 pages (5— 12) on two sheets, 16 = Coe eee Paper II Total | Test 9 Complete the sentences selecting a word. There are two extra words. (1) management, managerial, managing, manager, manage (@) You must learn to . your time efficiently. . now. (b) The hotel is under a new . © The - of the company is Mr. $, Perera @) participatory, participant, participate, participative, participation (@) The rebels agreed 10 .....ssese ccsens in the peace talks. (b) More .. a of the younger generation in community work is necessary. (©) Ruwan is an active . in the Science Association, (3) inventor, invention, inventive, invent (@) Global communication was transformed by the .. (b) He would .. any excuse to avoid doing homework. (4) competitor, compete, competition, competitive (@) Her dream is to ...... in the Olympics (b) ‘A’ Level is a . examination, cesses Of the intemet, fuse only a9 Mx [Total See page siz