2012 A Level GCE English Part 1 Question 1

Grammar (40 marks)
1. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition from the list given below.Use each preposition only once.
(10 marks)
on        of      into         with         in               out of                 over            round               for          towards

A small truck loaded(1) ................... glassware backed out of a factory driveway into the path of a large truck.Most  of the glass was broken (2) ........................... the crash and the driver seemed (3) ................... the verge of tears.  A big crowd gathered and a benevolent old gentleman said compassionately," I suppose you will have to make this good(4) .................... your own pocket?"




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Sri Lankan A level English paper April 2005 Part 1 sample questions

Sri Lankan A level English paper April 2005 Part 1 sample questions

• a = indefinite article : a object, th efirst letter of the word should not be a vowel(a e  u o i) 
  She has a dog.
  I work in a factory.
• an = indefinite article  with first letter as a  vowels (a,e,i,o,u)
  Can I have an apple?
• There is an object under the tree.
  She is an English teacher.
• He studies in an english medium school.
• the = definite article (a specific object that both the person speaking and the listener know)
  The car over there is fast.
  The teacher is very good, isn't he?
• The first time you speak of something use "a or an", the next time you repeat that object use "the". 
  I live in a house. The house is quite old and has four bedrooms.
  I ate in a Chinese restaurant. The restaurant was very good.
• DO NOT use an article with countries, states, counties or provinces, lakes and mountains except when the country is a collection of states such as "The United States".
  He lives in Washington near Mount Rainier.
  They live in northern British Columbia.
• Use an article with bodies of water, oceans and seas - 
  My country borders on the Pacific Ocean
• DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about things in general 
  I like Russian tea.
  She likes reading books.
• DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about meals, places, and transport
  He has breakfast at home.
  I go to university.
  He comes to work by taxi.

Types of organic reactions

Basically there are  6 types of organic reactions, lets see what they are and where they occur:
1.Combustion reaction
All organic compounds are combustible( they react with oxygen ) , the carbon in the organic compound forms CO2 and the Hydrogen present is converted to H2O .
If there is S it is converted to S02 .

2. Free radicle substitution reaction:


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