ENG1514 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2025

, ENG1514 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2025
MAIN EXAMINATION

Applied English Language for Foundation and Intermediate Phase: First
Additional Language

100 marks
48 hours


Question 1

Read through Paragraph1 and Pargaraph15. Write in full the different contracted forms that are
used in the paragraphs.

The contracted forms used in Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 15 are:
They’re = They are,
It’s = It is,
They’ve = They have,
Doesn’t = Does not,
That’s = That is.

Question 2 4 marks
a) Write out the adverbial/adverb phrase in Paragraphs 2 and 5. (3 marks)
Adverbial / Adverb phrases

From Paragraph 2:
“anytime we want to” → tells when something can happen.

“very hard” → tells how it can be for kids.

From Paragraph 5:
“much harder to walk away” → tells how difficult it is to walk away.


b) What type of phrase is” much harder” in Paragraph 14? (1 mark)

Type of phrase
“much harder” (from Paragraph 14) is an adjective phrase because it describes how hard something
is.


Question 3 2 marks
Identify two adjectives in the first sentence of paragraph 1

In the first sentence of Paragraph 1 —
“Spending time on social media has become almost a way of life for most adults” —

the two adjectives are:
-most (describes how many adults)
-social (describes the type of media)